objective: this study investigated the relationship between resilience and religious orientation (internal and external) with posttraumatic growth (ptg). this study also examined the impact of marriage and sex variables on growth . method: participants were selected based on prescreening of a larger group of students enrolled in the university of shiraz. participants were recruited in two stage...

introduction: in the past 2 decades, research findings established achievement goal theory as a powerful framework for conceptualizing difference in the quality of student’s engagement, persistence on task, and academic resilience. so the present study examined the relationship between achievement goal orientations and academic resilience. method: participants were 606 students (307 girls and 2...

Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been shown to be positively associated with substance use and abuse, also linked subjective cognitive decline (SCD). However, studies examining potential pathways between ACEs SCD are lacking. In addition, this relationship related may differ by race/ethnicity sexual orientation. The aim of study was determine the mediational role marijuana i...

Abstract Background and purpose: Overweight and obesity are the health problem in adolescents and the main purpose of this study was to evaluate this problem and some socio-demographicrelated factors among two ethnic groups in Iranian northern primary school children in 2010. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study that performed on 4165 students (Turkman = 2852a...

background to date, no study has addressed the association between race/ethnicity and obesity considering other sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in iran. objectives the current study aimed to study lifestyle and the environmental factors affecting obesity in the iranian subjects of the steps survey, 2011. patients and methods the study was conducted on 8639 subjects (aged ≥ 20 years) in t...