this study examined the effects of collaborative strategic reading and direct instruction in persuasion on iranian high school students persuasive writing and attitudes. students in three intact classes were assigned to one of three treatment conditions: collaborative strategic reading and direct instruction in persuasion or direct instruction in persuasion or a control group. treatment effects...

the present study seeks to determine the effect of explicit instruction of metacognitive strategies on iranian high school students’ reading comprehension ability. it also attempts to investigate the relationship between the learners reading comprehension and metacognitive strategies. furthermore, the study investigates whether iranian efl female high school students are high, medium, or low me...

Introduction: Emotional divorce is an abnormality in the family system that, although it does not lead to the separation of couples, but their married life lacks love, companionship and friendship and has negative consequences for the functioning of the family. The aim of this study was to determine the role of psychological capital and differentiation self in predicting emotional divorce in fe...

within the components of communicative competence, a special emphasis is put on the “rules of politeness,” specifically the politeness strategies (brown and levinson, 1978) that speakers deploy when performing the request speech act. this is because the degree of imposition that making a request places upon one’s interlocutor(s) has been seen to be influenced by several factors among which, as ...

Purpose: This study was done to predict sexual communication based on attachment style and differentiation of self in married female students of Universities in city of Ahvaz. The 220 participants were selected through accessible sampling. Methods: The participants completed Wheeless & Baus Sexual Communication Scale (1984), Simpson Adult Attachment Scale Questionnaire (2003), and Differentiati...

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as a kind of adult stem cells possess two properties of long term selfrenewal ability and multilineage differentiation potential into skeletal cell lineages. MSCs were first isolated and described from bone marrow samples. Further investigations have identified several other tissues as alternative sources for these cells. In spite of the clinical importance of MSCs...

The purpose of the current research was to investigate the relationship between attachment styles, differentiation of self and  feeling of guilt with moral commitment. the design research is descriptive- correlation.  The participants were 221 female married students in Ahvaz who were selected using  available sampling method.The instruments used were Behavioral Practices Questionnair, Marita C...

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...

Introduction: Relationship and sexual satisfaction act as an emotional barometer in couple relationships So that it can reflect couples' satisfaction with other aspects of their marriage, The  purpose of this study was to design a model for predicting sexual satisfaction based on sexual schemes and their differentiation in couples. Methods: The present study was a descriptive-correlational res...

Introduction: Relationship and sexual satisfaction act as an emotional barometer in couple relationships So that it can reflect couples' satisfaction with other aspects of their marriage, The  purpose of this study was to design a model for predicting sexual satisfaction based on sexual schemes and their differentiation in couples. Methods: The present study was a descriptive-correlational res...