title: Seeking comfort: women mental health process in I. R. Iran: a grounded theory study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Psychosocial factor is considered as intermediate social determinant of health, because it has powerful effects on health especially in women. Hence deeper understanding of the mental-health process needed for its promotion. The aim of this study was to explore women's experience of the mental-health problem and related action-interactions activities to design the appropriate interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  In-depth interviews with women 18-65 years were analyzed according to the grounded theory method. The selection of Participants was based on purposeful and theoretical sampling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, a substantive theory was generated; explaining how female with the mental-health problem handled their main concern, which was identified as their effort to achieve comfort (core variable). The other six categories are elements in this process. Daily stress as a trigger, satisfaction is the end point, marriage is the key point and action - interaction activities in this process are strengthening human essence, Developing life skills and help seeking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Better understanding the mental-health process might be useful to design the interventional program among women with mental-health problems.
authors.affiliation: Social Determinant of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farahnaz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: Social Determinant of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Monir Baradaran
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Eftekhari
authors.affiliation: Social Determinant of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Masoumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dejman
authors.affiliation: Social Determinant of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ameneh Setareh
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Forouzan
authors.affiliation: Social Determinant of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirabzadeh
keywords: Daily stress; Iran; grounded theory; mental-health promotion; women