one very decisive factor in students’ academic destiny is the result they get at final term examinations. because of its importance, both students and teachers are curiously anxious about them. as normally it is the case, these final term tests are prepared hurriedly in short time by teachers which result in students’ dissatisfaction, complaining on how the test was different from their expecta...

in the first part of this thesis we explored wetting and its dynamics for small droplets. first, we showed how a simple feature of water droplets on a surface, i.e. laplace pressure, can be exploited to build a micropump. we investigated capillary pumping in microchannels both experimentally and numerically. putting two droplets of different sizes at the in/outlet of a microchannel, will ge...

Background and aimsThe degree to which a person perceives that the outcomes of the situations they experience are under their personal control is a psychological variable known asLocus of Control (LOC). Safety LOC is the construct that specifically address the internal andexternal LOC in industrial domain. Previous research suggest that safety locus of control can be assessed and used to predic...

نتایج پژوهش نشان می دهد که بین منبع کنترل رفتار و خودپنداره با انگیزش پیشرفت ارتباط مستقیم و معنی داری وجود دارد که میزان ارتباط منبع کنترل رفتار با انگیزش پیشرفت (0/425= r ) و میزان ارتباط خودپنداره با انگیزش پیشرفت( 0/521= r)در سطح (0/01>p) می باشد. هم چنین بین منبع کنترل رفتار و انگیزش پیشرفت رابطه مستقیم و معناداری وجود دارد که میزان این همبستگی 0/425 = r در سطح (0/01>p) می باشد. از دیگر یا...

Introduction and purpose: In the process of development, retirement is a stage of beginning for important potential changes in life and this stage effect on quality life of the retirements. So, present study with the aim of investigating prediction of quality of life through locus of control, meaning of life and marital relationships was performed on retirements of Nahanavand of Iran. Materi...

methodology non-native participants in this study were sixty ba students majoring in english literature and teaching english as a foreign language at khayyam university of mashhad. they were senior students, between 21 to 24 years old, who had studied english for at least three and a half years and had passed several courses including grammar, reading, conversation, and writing. this was assum...

Substance abuse is one of the problems in human society that is increasingly enhanced, and there is no country where has been protected from its adverse effects.This study aimed to compare sensation seeking, locus of control and perfectionism between drug-dependent and non-dependent individuals. This research was a causal-comparative design. Fifty drug-dependent individuals and 50 family member...

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

Introduction: Exposure to stressful experience of cancer is an undeniable research priority. The aim of this study was to predicting post-traumatic growth based on health literacy and self-compassion: mediating role of health locus of control in cancer patients.  Methods: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and correlational researches category. The statistical population of the ...