Abstract This pre-registered study examined the prevalence and correlates of sexual aggression in a sample 530 Iranians (322 women, 208 men) with behaviorally specific questionnaire distinguishing between different coercive strategies, victim-perpetrator relationships, acts. Significantly more women (63.0%) than men (51.0%) experienced at least one incident victimization since age 15 years, sig...

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE; OMIM: 106180) has an important role in the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II and degradation of bradykinin. Genetic polymorphism I/D (rs4646994) in the gene encoding ACE has been well defined. To get more insight into the genetic structure of Iranian populations, the distribution of the ACE I/D polymorphism among Iranians was compared with each ot...

background: the detrimental effects of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (phvos) on apolipoproteins have been reported from several parts of the world; however, few data are available in this regard from the understudied region of the middle east. the present study aimed to evaluate the association between type of vegetable oils, serum lipids and apolipoprotein levels among iranians. method...

The current study examines how social determinants influence the way youth from Canadian and Iranian contexts evaluate morally disengage as bystanders of cyberbullying. While culture differs other individualistic collectivist cultures, have become just technologically acculturated their global peers. Despite this, less is understood about respond to cyberbullying in comparison societies. Partic...

Abstract Issues of trust, privacy and security at the intersection state intervention use internet both by ‘publics’ individuals for—from State’s point view- dispreferred purposes have been great recent interest to researchers. This has accompanied a slowly developing concern for way in which these issues pan out people non-Western cultures. Based on study Iranians living urban centers, we exam...

The emergence and rapid proliferation of the predominantly anti-regime Farsi satellite TV channels (FSTCs) their productions since early 1990s have not only transformed Iranian mediascape, but also challenged state’s definition Iranianness. Among new generations these free-to-air transnational channels, is MANOTO, a London-based television network which became familiar name among Iranians 2010 ...