background: accidents are the first cause of death in children under 5- year, especially in low- and middle-income countries. the aim of this study was to identify the determinants of prevention behavior of domestic accidents in mothers of children fewer than 5 years old based on protection motivation theory )pmt(. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study, 190 m...

purpose – this study tries to examine how perceived instrumentality organizational (the extent to which employees feel that their display of ocb will help in contributing to organizational operations and achievement of organizational objectives) and perceived instrumentality individual ( the extent to which employees perceive that their display of ocb will help in achieving individual objective...

present study tested a model consisting work ability as dependent variable and leadership effectiveness and perceived organizational support as independent variable, with job satisfaction as its mediator. data were gathered from a sample of 330 employees of an industrial organization in iran, who were selected by stratified random sampling method. of this sample, 72 percent were men and average...

this research offers a comprehensive model to investigate the relationships between services quality, hedonic affect, perceived value and behavioral intentions. the purpose of this study is to build a broader understanding of the determinants of customer satisfaction and behavioral intentions throughout the restaurant services by incorporating the perceptions of hedonic affect in service delive...

conclusions based on the results, participants in the study didn’t have favorable status with respect to perceived social support (in all dimensions) from their social network members. while, social support as one of the social determinants of health, plays an important role in improving psychological conditions in people’s lives; therefore, being aware of social support and designing effective...

introduction: hospital information systems (hiss) are computerized systems used as electronic tools for managing patient information. usability is necessity for the success and acceptability of hiss and can enhance the quality of provided care. this study aimed to evaluate the usability of hiss in hospitals affiliated with mashhad university of medical sciences (iran). methods: this descriptive...

objectives: psychiatric stigma refers to systemic and internalized stereotypical negative attitudes against individual with mental illness. this article describes the level of self stigma, stereotype endorsement and perceived discrimination experienced by patients with bipolar-i disorder in tehran. methods: data were collected from a total of 126 patients with bipolar-i disorder who responded t...

the aim of the current study was to investigate the perceived psychic distance of potentialtourists in relation to iran as a tourism destination. the concept of psychic distance refersto perceived similarities/ differences between specific destination and tourist's homecountry. the members of couch-surfing virtual community participated in this study. thestatistical data were collected by conve...