BACKGROUND The present study was designed to investigate orthorexia nervosa, or the phenomenon of being preoccupied with consuming healthy food. Specific aims were to explore relationships between orthorexia features and attitudes towards body image, fitness and health in normal weight female and male university students with high levels of healthy food preoccupation, i.e. orthorexia nervosa. ...

A survey of diverse aspects the reception, attitudes toward, and activities foreigners in major cuneiform cultures third through first millennia B.C.E. While outsiders could play important roles their new environments, they were generally soon assimilated into host societies without effecting significant changes them. Only toward close this period did arrival large groups invaders convinced sup...

in his seminal book on the historical periods of western attitudes toward death, philippe aries describes four consecutive periods through which these attitudes evolved and transformed. according to him, the historical attitudes of western cultures have passed through four major parts described above: “tamed death,” one’s own death,” “thy death,” and “forbidden death.” this paper, after explori...

Background & Aims:  Aging is a vital phenomenon that happens to everyone. In different cultures, there are diverse beliefs and attitudes towards aging. This study aimed to determine the attitude of Fasa residents towards the elderly. Materials & Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 800 individuals between 13 and 60 years old by cluster sampling. The data collection ...

OBJECTIVE In this study, we examined the relationship between borderline personality symptomatology and somatic preoccupation among a sample of internal medicine outpatients. METHOD Using a cross-sectional approach and a sample of convenience, we surveyed 116 patients who presented for nonemergent medical care in an outpatient resident clinic between September 2005 and August 2007. Survey mea...

There is considerable evidence that maternal postnatal psychiatric disorder has an adverse influence on infant development. In attempting to examine the pathways of intergenerational transmission, most research has concentrated on genetic factors or on maternal behaviours during motherchild interaction and attachment. However, researchers have largely ignored the possible role of maternal cogni...