Introduction and purpose: Quality of life can be affected by several psychological factors including social capital, social support and psychological hardiness. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate role of social capital, social support and psychological hardiness in predicting older women quality of life. Materials and Methods: This study used cluster sampling method to select 250 ...

Background and Objective: People with social anxiety lack enough self-assertiveness. The main goal of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of eclectic intervention approaches such as cognitive restructuring, cognitive coping skills and role playing on social anxiety and self-assertiveness among female students of the University of Isfahan. Materials and Methods: This experimental stu...

 Background and Aim: Definition of World Health Organization 1948 for Health includes social domain which two other domains of health, physical and mental, have counter effects on it. Quantity and quality of an individual relation to community in order to improve population welfare is a definition for social health. Social capital and security improvement and reduction of impoverishment and ine...

Introduction: Curriculum of Ph.D. of social work in Iran was first approved in 2003 and in 2006 the University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences admitted first Ph.D. students. This curriculum has not revised since its approval. Due to the widespread social changes over these years in Iran, especially in the social health and social policy area, the Ph.D. program is not sufficiently ...