Objective: Diabetes mellitus is a major health problem worldwide. The diabetes self-care behavior is an effective strategy to control diabetes. The study aimed to investigate the predictors of self-care behavior based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) among type 2 diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 390 diabetic patients referred to Hamadan D...

Abstract Introduction: The incidence and mortality of breast cancer will be reduced by screening. Objective: The study aimed to determine breast cancer screening behaviors based on the health beliefs model in women living in Mashhad City, Iran. Materials and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 406 women referring to five health-medical centers in Mashhad from July...

This study aimed to examine the factors affecting foreign language anxiety (FLA) in Chinese tertiary EFL classrooms. adopted a descriptive case design involving 490 students from one public university China. Data were collected via self-reported questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The findings reported moderate level of FLA among students. Internal external affected student’s FLA, inc...

Various studies have investigated the temporal aspects of non­ native speech and their relation to perceived fluency, because fluency constitutes an important aspect of second language proficiency. For this purpose it is important to determine which measures are most strongly correlated with perceived fluency and how these measures vary. In the present study objective measures related to percei...

The Writing Pal (W-Pal) is an intelligent tutoring system that was developed to improve students’ writing proficiency; however, it remains relatively unclear whether and how this system promotes self-regulated learning. In previous studies, we have begun to investigate the characteristics of students’ self-assessments, as well as whether interactions with W-Pal can lead to more accurate self-as...