background and aim: mood bipolar disorders(bd) are associated with unstabilities in patients' interpersonal interactions which in the long term may result in impairments in their social adjustment. problem solving skills training, both in individual and group settings have been found effective on improving social adjustment. however, few studies have evaluated the efficacy of such approaches in...

mental health plays an important role in ensuring the dynamism and efficiency of every community. since human resources have crucial role in the cultural, social and economical developments of communities, students also are the brilliant segments of society and creators of future of each country therefore, assessing of their mental health is of utmost importance. the aim of the present study is...

Social capital has been found to be correlated with community welfare, but it is not easy to build and maintain it. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the role of professional coordinators of social relationships to create and maintain social capital in a community. We focused on extension officers in Japanese agricultural communities, who help farmers in both technical and soci...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between computer experience, social skills and blind students' self-efficacy in the secondary level through tehran city schools, so 129 students were selected among tehran blind schools with accessible sampling (36 females and 93 males). the results of regression analysis showed that computer experience and social skills can pred...

Research on social work in the criminal justice system was well represented in the social work literature until the 1990s. Since then, changes in the organisation, training and research base of probation practice, particularly in England and Wales, have all contributed to a separation between probation research and the mainstream social work research literature. However, recent probation resear...

Participants will be introduced to the risks associated with excessive early childhood televiewing and develop an understanding of the current recommended guidelines for children’s television exposure. My research agenda in Montreal (Canada) addresses modifiable factors in early childhood that influence human development. From birth through the preschool years, exponential brain maturatio...

Social media nowadays influences almost every part of life. Particularly the educational context is characterized by an increased use of social and digital media in teaching and learning scenarios. Although most students are familiar with the use of social media, many students have problems when it comes to integrate social media in the learning processes of educational and professional context...