The fuzzy preference framework of Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR), handling both crisp and fuzzy preferences of decision makers (DMs), is capable of calculating and predicting different conflict resolutions (equilibria) according to DMs’ different satisficing criteria. Employing this methodology, a water contamination conflict occurs at the boundary of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces ...

Images, especially those published in mass and social media, paint a picture that no text or description can capture. Nowhere is this as evident as in recent wars where conflict has frequently had a child's face, often going viral across the world. From the fear and intensity in the eyes of the war orphan Sharbat Gula from Afghanistan, 1 to the sight of poor Alan Kurdi lying dead on a Turkish b...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Mother–child relationship Teacher–child relationship Chinese only and non-only children Early social behaviors Urban–rural status Investigations regarding the differences between Chinese only and non-only children primarily examine children's social behaviors, which are closely related to their early relationships with mothers and teachers. In recent years, the n...

Objectives: The present study was conducted to compare the relationship between marital satisfaction and happiness in parents of autistic and normal childrenchildren. Methods: This causal-comparative research was conducted on all parents of autistic and normal children  who referred to the rehabilitation clinics in Tehran in 2017. Using available sampling, 220 parents (110 parents with autisti...

Although many studies have been carried out regarding the etiology and prognosis of ocular trauma in children but perhaps there are very few studies highlighting the ocular trauma in children in conflict zone. Most of the previous studies carried out may not reflect our own experience, although some studies from Pakistan, Israel, west bank and Gaza strip may be most relevant. In this study we h...

This study modeled teacher-student relationship trajectories throughout elementary school to predict gains in achievement in an ethnic-diverse sample of 657 academically at-risk students (mean age = 6.57 years, SD = .39). Teacher reports of warmth and conflict were collected in Grades 1-5. Achievement was tested in Grades 1 and 6. For conflict, low-stable (normative), low-increasing, high-decli...

Guided by the emotional security hypothesis developed by Davies & Cummings (1994), studies were conducted to test a conceptual refinement of children's adjustment to parental conflict in relation to hypotheses of other prominent theories. Study 1 examined whether the pattern of child responses to simulations of adult conflict tactics and topics was consistent with the emotional security hypothe...

We recorded Electroencephalograms (EEGs) during a cued Continuous Performance Task (CPT) to investigate lifespan differences in the efficiency of response conflict processing under conditions that put high demands on the ability to suppress a prepotent response. Previous evidence indicates that children and adolescents commit more errors under such conditions than younger adults, whereas older ...