background : acute lymphocytic leukemia is one of the common cancers of childhood and currently, 80 percent of these children survive more than 5 years by getting the right treatment. since long-term treatment is painful and invasive, preventing the side effects and their influence on quality of life is an important issue which introduces consideration for self-care. consequently, the present s...

the purpose of this research was to determine the effect of life skills training schedule on self-esteem and academic self-efficacy of the one - grade high school male students. forty male students of one - grade high school from district of six in tehran city were chosen with the multi – stage random sampling. groups had been matched with a view to academic achievement and iq coefficient. they...

aim and background: self-assertiveness is one of the ten life skills and its achievement is necessary in order to have a good and favorable life. precise measurement of these features and decision-making are necessary to promote it; therefore, the present study aimed to construct and review the quality of psychometric assessment of self-assertiveness scale in students of isfahan university of m...

DESCARTES'S ARGUMENTS THAT THE BODY can be considered a selfpropelled machine rely on a misuse of the Aristotelian concept of "self-motion." They depend upon the premise that life is self-motion, the Aristotelian definition which Descartes learned from Latin handbooks at La F16che. By retaining this premise, Descartes believed he was defeating the Aristotelians on their own turf when he argued ...

background: advances in treatment and critical care have largely improved the survival following burns; therefore, the importance of quality of life in burn patients is an issue beyond question. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of orem self-care program on quality of life of burn patients. methods: a randomized clinical trial study was conducted on 110 eligible burn patients w...