few studies use modern approaches to develop a quality of life (qol) questionnaire with acceptable construct validity, especially in iran. our main objective was to construct a new validated and uni-dimensional questionnaire, based on whoqol-100, using the rasch analysis.in a population-based, cross-sectional study in 2007, 500 tehran residents aged≥18 were randomly sampled. the persian version...

Temporariness has become an increasingly salient feature in international migration that presents itself as fragmented, non-linear, including different intermediate stops and multiple returns new departures. This special issue proposes a analytical framework brings together the role of policies defining migrants temporary migrant’s own agency perceiving their project or permanent. The proposed ...

Four studies analyzed how sexual orientation (heterosexual vs. gay) and age categories (young elderly) referring to men are cognitively combined. In Study 1, young gay were judged as more prototypical of than adult or elderly men, while young, adult, heterosexual perceived equally men. 2, stereotyped by rather stereotypical traits, not in terms age. 3, gay-stereotypical orientation. 4, be elder...