background and aim: social networking sites (snss), known in terms of cyberspace, are a very popular and accepted aspect of technology. internet is more useful for hearing-impaired children and adolescents than the other users because of the type of communication and its possibility of hiding their disabilities. this study aimed to determine the relationship between using cyberspace and the mot...

Background and purpose: This study aimed to examine the relationship between the life quality of physically disabled individuals and their social and emotional loneliness. Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional type of research in which "Physically Handicapped Life Quality Measurement Tool (WHOQOL-DIS)" was used to determine the quality of life, and "Social and Emotional Lonel...

The relationship between boredom proneness and health-symptom reporting was examined. Undergraduate students (N = 200) completed the Boredom Proneness Scale and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist. A multiple analysis of covariance indicated that individuals with high boredom-proneness total scores reported significantly higher ratings on all five subscales of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (Obsessive...

In the present Part I, we will present some fundamental notions frequently used in economics. The sequence of the ideas to be discussed is not chosen arbitrarily. On the contrary, the discussion of each concept will generate a question leading directly to the following one. At the beginning of our journey through economic thinking we refer to the observation that human beings are endowed (and b...

In the present Part I, we will present some fundamental notions frequently used in economics. The sequence of the ideas to be discussed is not chosen arbitrarily. On the contrary, the discussion of each concept will generate a question leading directly to the following one. At the beginning of our journey through economic thinking we refer to the observation that human beings are endowed (and b...

In the present Part I, we will present some fundamental notions frequently used in economics. The sequence of the ideas to be discussed is not chosen arbitrarily. On the contrary, the discussion of each concept will generate a question leading directly to the following one. At the beginning of our journey through economic thinking we refer to the observation that human beings are endowed (and b...

Objective: This study estimated prevalence rates of loneliness, identified characteristics associated with loneliness, and estimated the impact of loneliness on quality of life (QOL) and patient satisfaction. Method: Surveys were mailed to 15,500 adults eligible for care management programs. Loneliness was measured using the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) three-item scale, and QOL ...

Few sociologists have addressed the concept of boredom despite interest in the subject and experience of boredom from psychology, philosophy, the arts and popular culture. Classical sociological concepts of alienation, anomie and disenchantment are related to boredom, but do not address it directly. The history of the word boredom itself is not clear, though it appears it was first used in the ...

this study examined the factors that affect loneliness of older people and their relationship with quality of life.data in this cross-sectional study were collected through survey form, ucla loneliness scale and quality of life (qol) short form (sf-36) scale. the total number of elderly people over the age of 65 yr from whom the study population was chosen was 4,170. the study population was de...