a bstra ct   background: divorce is one ofthe most controversial and damaging social issues. since the divorce rates are increasing rapidly, the current study evaluated the effects of factors leading to divorce application.   materials and methods: this qualitative content analysis used purposive sampling to select 10 female divorce applicants at isfahan department of justice (isfahan, iran). i...

Schotte (1992) argued that ego threat is not a necessary precondition for the disinhibition of eating in dieters. This article agrees that there are indeed other triggers for disinhibition, as has long been widely acknowledged, but also argues that when distress does act as a trigger for disinhibition, it does so by threatening the dieter's self-image.

performance appraisal systems are affected by organizational social context. social context consists of tow factors, distal variables, and, proximal variables. distal factors include but are not limited to organizational culture, organizational structure, and, values. proximal variable categorize as both process factors and structural factors. in this paper the process factors were examined. th...

background: p cesarean delivery rates have been increasing throughout the world. parallel to the developments in the world the cesarean rate in turkey has risen to 48.1% in 2013. some of the social factors were related with cesarean births. the purpose of this study was to determine cesarean birth rates and to find out social factors affecting the cesarean birth in primiparous women. methods: t...

background: foreign immigrants form the part of the population of each country. among the foreign immigrant population in iran, the share of immigrants and nationals from afghanistan is very noticeable. one of the factors that affect this people's physical and mental health is social support. this study aimed to investigate the status of social support and its effective factors on afghan immigr...

Many factors may be involved in determining why some students are more and some are less proficient in language. This study tried to explore the factors affecting Iranian EFL learners’ proficiency. 221 students at second, third and fourth year of university, including 50 male and 171 female were selected randomly to participate in the study. A researcher-made questionnaire and a proficiency tes...

following the failure of economic development and growth policies and dissatisfactions resulting from applying these policies, related discussions to life satisfaction was proposed among various experts. in their opinion, different factors can be effectual on life satisfaction. one of the most important factors is social welfare. this study is a social survey and it has used questionnaire for c...

background: factors that influence men’s childbearing intentions have beenrelatively unexplored in the literature.objective: this study aimed to determine the influencing factors about the firstchildbearing timing decisions of men.materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 300 men who were referredto private and governmental healthcare centers in shahrood, iran were randomlyrecruited...