Background Cognitive skills, such as literacy and numeracy, are undoubtedly powerful predictors of important life outcomes such as educational attainment, income, and health (Herrnstein and Murray 1994). However, during the last decade, other traits besides cognitive skills have emerged as potent predictors of life outcomes. These traits—often collectively referred to as “non-cognitive skills”—...

Investing in Our Young People This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful lives. The dynamics of skill formation reveal the interplay of cognitive and noncognitive skills, and the presence of c...

background: considering the occurrence of medical emergencies in dental practice, and the essential need of acquiring competency in basic life support (bls), the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of bls workshop on the skills of dental students in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation. methods: in this switching replication experimental study, students in the 5th year of mashhad d...

Everything about conflict is difficult for physicians, who are by nature and conditioning quite confrontation adverse. But conflict is inevitable, and conflict management skills are essential life skills for effective people. The keys to conflict management are prevention, effective communication, and anger management, skills that can be learned and polished. Conflict management skills can enha...

objectives : stressful life events, coping strategies and attitude towards life have been known as important components in tendency toward substance abuse. this study investigates coping patterns and dysfunctional attitudes among a group of clients at mashhad welfare center as substance abusers comparing with those of control group. method: 50 male substance abusers were selected randomly and m...