as the outdoor activities of mental defectives in institutions had previously been limited to elementary jobs, such as sweeping the paths, and generally acting as labourers to the staff engaged on the ornamental gardens. It was recognised that, for many years, patients in large mental institutions and colonies had been employed on farms, pig feeding, etc.; some of them had been taught to milk c...

poets use different artistic forms, such as allegory and symbol to express their thoughts in educational and mystic works. in particular, this paper is to investigate the artistic images and symbols made with the theme of “child” and “childhood” in these works. not only there are some thoughts about child training in educational and mystic poems, but each of his growth stages, up to his adultho...

OBJECTIVES It has been suggested that savouring positive memories can generate positive emotions. Increasing positive emotion can have a range of benefits including reducing attention to and experiences of threat. This study investigated individuals' emotional reactions to a guided mental imagery task focussing on positive social memory called the 'social Broad Minded Affective Coping (BMAC)' t...