One of the main principles of social networks is the concept of homophily, defined as the tendency to form and sustain contacts with similar actors. Studies have shown that homophily can be based on race and ethnicity, on informal or ascribed status (e.g., gender, age, religion, education, occupation), or on shared values and beliefs. In this talk, we will investigate the Persian language blogo...

Fertility behavior based on stimuli, decision making process, and related attitudes can be considered as social behavior that occurs in a social environment. The general objective of this research is to investigate the social factors affecting the tendency towards childbearing among married women in Mazandaran province. The sample size of this study is 100 people who were selected by purposive ...

Even in predominantly religious societies, there are substantial individual differences in religious commitment. Why is this? One possibility is that differences in social conformity (i.e. the tendency to think and behave as others do) underlie inclination towards religiosity. However, the link between religiosity and conformity has not yet been directly examined. In this study, we tested the n...

Writers presenting Buddhism to European and North American audiences have often availed themselves of philosophical terminology from modern traditions to convey presumably less familiar ideas coming from various classical and medieval Asian settings. Since the Buddha and many philosophers who developed his ideas seem to have stressed the importance of practice over theory, Buddhism is frequentl...

Housing markets are unlikely to be impervious to the preferences and prejudices associated with urban segregation. For example, two neighbourhoods with very different religious attributes are unlikely to be perceived as close substitutes by homebuyers that have a strong preference for neighbours of a particular religion. This paper offers a new framework for the conception and measurement of so...

background & aim: knowledge and attitude of the nurses and midwives towards hiv/aids patients could affect the quality of care provision. thus, this study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and tendency of nurses and midwives towards caring for hiv/aids patients. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 303 nurses and midwives at healthcare centers, aff...