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Objective: Bodybuilding has attracted a lot of people in recent years, but despite the popularity of using unauthorized and steroid drugs, it has caused many problems for athletes. The purpose of the present study was therefore to compare mental toughness and sense of coherence in natural and steroid bodybuilders. Method: This study was a descriptive and causal-comparative study. The statistical population consisted of all natural and steroid bodybuilders in Rasht in 2019 from 120 individuals (60 natural bodybuilders and 60 steroid bodybuilders) they were selected purposefully and included questionnaires on sport mental toughness Sheard, Golby & Van Wersch (2009) and Sense of coherence Antonovsky (1993) responded. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance by SPSS 24 software. Results: The findings of this study showed that there was a significant difference between the components of mental toughness and sense of coherence in the two groups (P<0.01). Natural bodybuilders had higher levels of Confidence (24.93, P<0.001), Constancy (15.60, P<0.006), Control (14.43, P<0.001), and sense of coherence (21.88, P<0.001) compared to steroid bodybuilders. Discussion: The results obtained from this research show that the abuse of steroid drugs has a significant impact on the psychological and physical aspects of bodybuilders. For this purpose, it is necessary to prevent possible injuries by providing proper information and providing psychological services to professional athletes.

Objective: Pelvic inflammatory disease is a common infection that can reduce family functioning by causing long-term complications such as chronic pelvic pain and infertility. This study Aimed to compare family functions in Infertile women with and without the pelvic inflammatory disease. Method: The research method was causal-comparative and the participants included 48 infertile women with pelvic inflammatory disease and 57 infertile women without The pelvic inflammatory disease, who were referred to Al-Zahra Hospital in Rasht in 2021. Based on the patients' records and the diagnosis of the gynecologist, infertile women with pelvic inflammatory disease (tubular factor) and infertile women without pelvic inflammatory disease (due to other causes) were selected purposefully. A demographic checklist and McMaster Family Functioning Questionnaire were used to collect data. Research data were analyzed using one-way and multivariate variance analysis. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of emotional fusion in infertile women with pelvic inflammatory disease and infertile women without pelvic inflammatory disease (P <0.05). In addition, there was a significant difference in the two levels of high and low education in emotional control and response and interaction between group and education components (P <0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of this study and the importance of the emotional integration component in women with infertility without pelvic inflammatory disease, this component can be used as a strength in these women for more effective communication in married life and to reduce the negative effects of infertility and education should be further examined as a possible influential variable.