Although religiousness is tied to coping, little work examines the role of specific religious beliefs in the coping process. Applying the transactional model of coping, positivity of God image and vertical religious focus were assessed in a national sample of 103 parents of children with disabilities. Controlling for general religiousness, these specific beliefs were correlated with parents’ ap...

The Bible is a cross-cultural (cc) training document. It has the only absolutes that we possess. A member of any culture can use it safely to relate both to God and to fellow humans. Ted Ward, a missiologist, has said that commonalties outweigh differences among people. We are more alike than dissimilar. The image of God rests on all people (Gen. 1:27). All people have a longing for eternity in...

Some have argued that belief in God is intuitive, a natural (by-)product of the human mind given its cognitive structure and social context. If this is true, the extent to which one believes in God may be influenced by one’s more general tendency to rely on intuition versus reflection. Three studies support this hypothesis, linking intuitive cognitive style to belief in God. Study 1 showed that...

aim and background: the concept of god concept is transferred to individuals by means of cultural and theological media. it is a conceptual understanding of people about the attributes of god and is closely associated with their mental health. the aim of the current study was to predict symptoms based on the concept of god in iranian medical students. methods and materials: in this correlationa...

background : marital satisfaction is defined as the feeling of pleasure, satisfaction, and joy experienced by the couples. premenstrual syndrome (pms) can cause problem in daily routine relation and activities.the study aimed determining frequency of marital dissatisfaction in couples who their waives suffer from pms in the city of yazd. methods : sample for this descriptive-analytical study wa...

objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the role of five major personality factors and sexual self-schema in body image dissatisfaction.  methods: in this study, a correlational design was used and 270 individuals (male: 135, female: 135) with age of 17 to 40, citizens of tehran, who were selected by the available random sampling were included. they completed neo-pi questionnaire, f...

there are three main ideas about relation between creatures and god. one of them is the theory of separation, according to this theory there's not any homogeneity between creatures and god it means the essence and existence of creatures are completely inhomogeneity with god's essence and existence. the second is the theory of oneness, according to this theory creatures and god are uni...