The Social Work Skills Laboratory underwent a reform to strengthen integration of theory and practice through experiential and reflective learning. In addition to the conventional in-house skills training, students were divided into small groups, each of which worked with a specific target group and organised a field project. Adopting both qualitative and quantitative approaches in the Action L...

This research explains and analyzes the value changes among the youth (15-29) years of age living in Mazandaran (Northern Iran). The survey, the quessionare and interview were used and after gathering the data, the whole research was statistically analyzed. The framework theory was including such as functionalism, structuralism, conflict and symbolic interactions. The data show that there are s...

We present a model incorporating both social and economic components, and analyze their interaction. The notion of a social asset, an attribute that has value only because of the social institutions governing society, is introduced. In the basic model, agents match on the basis of income and unproductive attributes. An attribute has value in some equilibrium social institutions (matching patter...

In social environments, it is crucial that decision-makers take account of the impact of their actions not only for oneself, but also on other social agents. Previous work has identified neural signals in the striatum encoding value-based prediction errors for outcomes to oneself; also, recent work suggests that neural activity in prefrontal cortex may similarly encode value-based prediction er...

background : social, occupational and emotional adjustment of oncology nurses were assessed and compared with other nurses in this study. subjects and methods: one hundred nurses including oncology nurses (n=50) and non-oncology nurses (n=50) participated in cross-sectional study conducted in shariati hospital. bell's adjustment inventory was used to measure social, emotional and occupational a...

introduction: the theory of value of children refers to the needs which children provide for their parents. considering the close relationship between the value orientation of people with the decisions in organizing life and forming a family, including having children, and according to decreased fertility rate in iran, the present study was performed with aim of intergenerational comparison of ...