the purpose of present research is to compare abuse. mental health and religious orientation in runaway and normal girls .the sample group of the research involves 25 runaway girls aged 17-25 that are being protected in the shelters for runaway girls. and 25 normal girls with the same qualities that were selected from a park in the southern part of tehran • as comparison group. in order to asse...

The current study examined the relationship between two developmental constructs: differentiation of self (DoS) and religious quest (Quest). A sample of 233 tertiary students from two Christian faith-based education institutions in Australia completed the Quest Scale and the Differentiation of Self Inventory-Revised (DSI-R). Results revealed that DoS was not predictive of Quest when the sample ...

This paper focuses on directional textures. It provides a new framework for the design of convolution masks dedicated to orientation estimation and an adaptive algorithm which chooses the best mask size for each pixel. The design of the adaptive algorithm is based on the combination of two complementary operators: a gradient based operator which is adapted to sloped regions and a valleyness det...

background religion and health have recently received much attention in modern medicine. several studies in various parts of the world have supported the role of religion as a protective factor against mental disorders. one of the common traumas in the field of mental health is suicidal behaviors. adherence to religious beliefs plays an important role in preventing suicidal behaviors. objective...