This paper aims to probe international tourists' intention to revisit Iran using survey research method. Asian and European tourists constitute the research's statistical population. The data needed were collected from 200 respondents chosen on the basis of convenience sampling method. The data analysis revealed no difference between tourists’ economic-social attributes and their propensity to ...

identity is one of the focal concepts and ideas for any human being. any kind of activity carried out by human is an attempt to gain identity which his weltanschauung-oriented ideals determine for him. contemplating the significance and inner nature of objects and actions can function as one of the most important creators of the identity of the individual, society, and the city. different faces...

PURPOSE Little is known about the impact of surgical treatment on body image and health outcomes in older breast cancer patients. The purpose of this article is to evaluate whether concordance between treatment received and treatment preferences predicts posttreatment body image and whether body image, in turn, affects mental health in older women with breast cancer 2 years after treatment. P...

The Mental Image Search paradigm allows the user to retrieve images which match the target image s/he has in mind without a starting example. We present a novel approach for this paradigm which enables multiple descriptor range-query, which is necessary to match the more or less precise idea of the user’s mental image. In a simple and intuitive way, sophisticated queries can be formulated on th...

objectives: adolescence is a period of life in which the individuals face many mental problems concerned with mental body image. obesity could be the cause of dissatisfaction and makes adolescents’ self-esteem to decrease. this study aimed to examine the adolescents’ satisfaction of their body image correlated to their self-esteem. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study all of the...

OBJECTIVES The problems of self-image among patients with dermal problems have been seldom explored. As dermal diseases detrimentally affect well-being, functioning and adaptation of dermatology patients, they may decrease the level of self-acceptance. Self-image, on the other hand, may significantly affect the own mental health status and quality of life (QoL) in that group of patients. The ai...