Background & Aim: In pregnancy following stillbirth, the parental relationship and attachment to the dead child are denied, and this can impair the mother’s attachment to the new child. The present study aimed to determine the effect of cognitive behavioral training on maternal-fetal attachment in subsequent pregnancy following stillbirth. Methods & Materials: This quasi-experimental study was...

abstract previous studies on willingness to communicate (wtc) have shown the influence of many individual or situational factors on students’ tendency to engage in classroom communication, in which wtc has been viewed either at the trait-level or situational level. however, due to the complexity of the notion of willingness to communicate, the present study suggests that these two strands are ...

 Background: Increase and decrease of some hormones in the body and accumulation in breast tissue, can increase the risk of breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of eight weeks aerobic training on the sexual hormone binding globulin, insulin-like growth hormone-1 and lipoproteins in patients with breast cancer. Methods: Twenty four women aged 45-55 years wit...

this study was conducted to investigate the impact of podcasts as a learning and teaching tool on iranian efl learners’ motivation for listening as well as on their listening comprehension ability. the study also investigated the learners’ perception towards listening to podcasts and examined whether the learners were likely to accept podcasts. out of fifty-five intermediate learners studying e...

Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was Examine Response of some of the muscle damage enzymes to an acute exercise session following adaption to 8 weeks plyometric training with overload among young female handball player.   Materials and Methods: Twenty-four handball female randomly divided into two groups: training (n=12) and control group (n=12). Training group performed of pl...

Background and purpose: Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is accompanied by an increase in extracellular matrix (ECM), atrophy, and reduces the muscle power. Resistance training (RT) have potential positive effects on muscle function and morphology in elderly. This research examined the effects of eight week therapeutic resistance training on recovery of pathological changes after 6weeks chronic e...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between teachers’ class management practices with students’ self- regulated learning and academic self-efficacy. in this study relating to the management class, three dimensions, (training management, people management and behavior management) and three style (interventionist, interactionist and non-interventionist) was considered. r...

the present study sought to examine whether a task-based approach could have an impact on raising awareness of collocations. moreover, it sought to investigate the facilitative role of consciousness-raising tasks of collocations in the communicative instances of use. to this end, 68 intermediate learners of english were selected via a placement test. the participants were taught with classroom ...