Abstract Epistemic virtues are character traits conducive to principled ways of thinking, leading a life flourishing. Recent years have witnessed an emergence theoretical accounts describing how they develop. However, few if any studies conducted rigorous empirical investigation into the mechanisms intellectual virtue development. In this study, we review several significant frameworks before u...

conclusions low onset age of smoking cigarettes, high novelty seeking and low cooperativeness in opiate dependents are among the important personality traits in future use of drugs that can predict the subsequent onset of using opiate drugs. results opiate addicts had higher scores in novelty seeking dimension and lower scores in cooperativeness compared to nicotine addicts. the onset age of sm...

abstract: the aim of the present research was to determine the role of temperament and character in prediction of symptoms obsessive disorder in adolescents. the research sample consisted of 60 who were selected from among students with symptoms of obsessive through the randomly sampled method in high schools of ardabil city. to collect the data, temperament and character inventory and obsessiv...

Four hundred and fiftynine students from 20 different high school classrooms in Michigan participated in focus group discussions about the character strengths included in the Values in Action Classification. Students were interested in the subject of good character and able to discuss with candor and sophistication instances of each strength. They were especially drawn to the positive traits of...

This research paper applies systemic functional linguistics (SFL) to analyze the transitivity patterns of Changez’s character in Mohsin Hamid’s novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist. study aims examine how evolve and shift over course narrative, particularly relation his changing ideological stance identity. Using Halliday’s SFL framework, analysis reveals that reflect evolving agency, worldview,...