The association between religion and violence has raised much interest in both academic and public circles. Yet on the individual level, existing empirical accounts are both sparse and conflicting. Based on previous research which found that religion plays a role in the support of political violence only through the mediation of objective and perceived deprivations, the authors test Conservatio...

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 ...

assessment of frequency and types of violence against women and associated factors m mardani hamule ,msc h heidari , msc received: 14 april, 2009 accepted: 16 aug, 2009 abstract background & aims: violence against women is now recognized as an important public health problem. the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency and types of violence against women and its associated factors. mate...

A two day domestic violence training for child protection personnel was evaluated using self-report responses to two case descriptions. One hundred thirty-seven supervisors and 369 workers were trained and 225 personnel participated in the study. Consistent with the goals of the training, there was an increased reported likelihood of providing assessment and brief interventions, holding the abu...

background domestic violence appears to be a major social problem. researches in the last 10 years have uncovered multiple effects of witnessing domestic violence on children, ranging in severity from little or no effect to sever psychological harm. objectives this study aimed to measure the prevalence of exposure to domestic violence among high school students in tehran. materials and methods ...

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...

Dyslexia does not cause criminal behaviour, but it may worsen aggressive behaviour tendencies. In this study, aggressive behaviour and risk of future violence were compared between forensic psychiatric patients with and without dyslexia. Dyslexia was assessed using the Swedish phonological processing battery 'The Pigeon'. The patients filled in the Aggression Questionnaire, and trained assessor...

In a social and political context characterised by high rates of sexual violence and interest in the responsibilities of the state towards rape survivors, a specialist enclave of research is developing and re-defining sexual violence research in South Africa. Pressures to understand the extent, frequency and nature of sexual offences in light of current legal reforms by the state have resulted ...

Opinions in the literature on the relationship between cannabis and aggression. violence and crime are varied and contradictory. Laboratory studies of the acute effects of cannabis on human beings indicate that aggression and violence, at least under controlled conditions, are rare. Most investigators report a quieting or tranquilizing effect, although significant changes in behaviour are ordin...