a considerable part of the statements in different shi’ite jurisprudential chapters expresses the practical obligations of the obliged (mukallafīn) with respect to the denominational dissidents. the concept of denominational dissidents, in its general sense, refers to all those people who have any faith other than the twelve-imam shiism. among all such dissidents, the people of the tradition (a...

This article presents a case example of an individual with current major depression engaging in a positive mental imagery intervention, specifically a computerized cognitive training paradigm involving repeated practice in generating positive imagery in response to ambiguous scenarios. The patient's reported experience of the intervention suggests the potential of the positive imagery intervent...

an important feature of the holy quran, which has often gone unnoticed, is its rich vocabulary and expressions employed to eloquently express various aspects of daily life. this aspect of the holy quran is often reflected in everyday conversations of people from various walks of life: the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the literate and the illiterate, the master and the peasant. this...

Dishonest acts are all too prevalent in day-to-day life. This article examines some possible psychological causes for dishonesty that go beyond the standard economic considerations of probability and value of external payoffs. The authors propose a general model of dishonest behavior that includes internal psychological reward mechanisms for honesty and dishonesty, and they discuss the implicat...

The overall aim was to improve knowledge of the consequences of cognitive dysfunction in everyday life and of instruments to make these assessments. The thesis contains four studies each of different design using different populations. In study I, the relationship between cognitive function, ability to perform activities of daily living and perceived health-related quality of life were investig...