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Introduction: Teachers of exceptional schools due to the problems of students, need to improve the positive psychological characteristics, in particular mental well-being. The aim of this study was to predict subjective well-Being based on health promoting lifestyle, work-family conflict and job satisfaction among exceptional school teachers.
Methods: This study was a descriptive-correlational study. The research population was all teachers of Ahwaz exceptional schools in 2012-2012. 120 of them were selected by cluster sampling method. Data were collected by "Subjective Well-being Questionnaire", "Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile", "Work-Family Conflict Questionnaire", and "Job Satisfaction Questionnaire”. Data was analyzed by SPSS.19.
Results: Health promotion lifestyle (r = 0.476) and job satisfaction (r = 0.263) had a positive and significant correlation with mental well-being. On the other hand, the conflict of work-family (r = -0.301) correlated negatively with mental well-being. Also, health promotion lifestyle variables, work-family conflict and job satisfaction were able to predict 32.6% of the changes in subjective well-being of teachers of exceptional schools. In this prediction, the share of lifestyle enhancing health was higher than other variables (P < 0.01).
Conclusions: The results indicated the importance of health promotion lifestyle, work-family conflict and job satisfaction in predicting subjective well-being of teachers of exceptional schools. Therefore, it is recommended that counselors, clinical psychologists and therapists improve the mental health of teachers of exceptional schools by improving their lifestyles, improving their health and job satisfaction and reducing work-family conflicts.
 

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Introduction: The level of acceptance and action of people is influential in the emergence of body image and health-promoting behaviors in people. The present study aimed to predict a health-promoting lifestyle based on acceptance and action with the mediation of body image concern in obese women. 
Methods: The descriptive research method is correlation type. The statistical population of the current study consisted of women with a body mass index above 30 who referred to weight loss clinics in district one of Tehran city in 1402. Among them, 245 people were selected by non-random and conveyance sampling method. To collect data demographic questionnaire, "Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile", "Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II" and "Body Image Concern Inventory" was used. The validity of the instruments was measured using content validity using content validity ratio method and reliability using the internal consistency method by calculating the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient. The data was analyzed with SPSS 24 and AMOS 24.
Results: Acceptance and action (β=0.252, P=0.001) predicts health-promoting lifestyle in obese women. Body image mediates the relationship between acceptance and action (β=0.083, P=0.001) with health-promoting lifestyle in obese women. 
Conclusions: Health-promoting lifestyle is predicted based on acceptance and action with the mediation of body image concern in obese women. Health professionals are suggested to focus on obesity treatment and health promotion in obese women on their acceptance, practice, and manifestations, including body image.
 

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Introduction: The lifestyle and dietary restrictions of kidney patients seriously affect their physical and mental functions, work ability and even their social relationships. The purpose of the present study was comparison of health-promoting lifestyle and psycho-social adaptation in patients undergoing hemodialysis, with kidney stones and healthy people.
Methods. The present research method is descriptive-comparative. The statistical population included all adult men and women under hemodialysis treatment, patients with kidney stones and healthy people living in Tehran. A sample of 2 groups, each group consisting of 60 people (120 people) of patients treated with hemodialysis and patients with kidney stones referred to Iranshahr Hospital located in Tehran in the summer and fall of 2023 and a healthy group including 60 people that according to their statements, they were free of kidney diseases and were selected to visit Iranshahr Hospital for outpatient treatment or as a patient's companion. Finally, 180 people were selected by convience sampling method. Demographic questionnaire, "Health-Promoting Life Style Profile II" and "Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale" were used to collect data. For the validity of the instruments, previous researches were used and reliability was calculated using the internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data analysis was done in SPSS. 26.
Results: The results of one-way analysis of variance and Tukey's test showed that there is a statistically significant difference between the health-promoting lifestyle in healthy people and patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment. So that the score of health-promoting lifestyle in healthy people is different by 16 points (t=15.91, P=0.001) from patients treated with hemodialysis. But the results did not show any significant difference between other groups in terms of health-promoting lifestyle. Also, there was a statistically significant difference between the psycho-social adjustment to the disease of healthy people and patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment and patients with kidney stones, and the score of psycho-social adjustment to the disease of healthy people was about 23 points (t=22/88, P=0/001). It is different compared to patients treated with hemodialysis and also significant difference was seen between other groups.
Conclusions: Healthy people have a better health-promoting lifestyle than patients treated with hemodialysis, and also healthy people have better psycho-social adjustment to the disease than patients treated with hemodialysis and patients with kidney stones. Therefore, therapists and counselors are suggested to pay more attention to increasing psycho-social adjustment to the disease and improving the lifestyle of this group of patients, and if necessary, consider training or treatment courses for these patients.