Previous work has reported a relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice toward various social groups, including gay men lesbian women. It is currently unknown whether this association present across cultures, or specific to North America. Analyses of survey data from adult heterosexuals ( N = 11,200) 31 countries showed small pathogen disgust sensitivity (an individual-differ...

The relation between hypochondriacal attitudes, thermal pain threshold, and attentional bias toward pain was examined in a non-clinical population (N = 28). Attentional bias was operationalized with a concentration-performance test, which subjects performed while connected to a pain stimulator. Subjects were informed that they would receive a painful stimulus during the second part of the test,...

Humor is essential in maintaining the balance of human life socially and psychologically. Each culture world, including Islamic culture, perceives humor differently. Furthermore, from an academic perspective, can be constructed using linguistic features. Therefore, this study aims to examine verbal construction linguistics features evaluate how perceived by different cultures, particularly popu...

Abstract One of the long-term aims European Union is to incorporate intercultural education into lessons in foreign languages. However, studies have shown that teachers languages often do not know what teaching involves and are themselves interculturally competent. The aim an elective course Intercultural training a teacher study program develop students’ communicative competences (ICC) teach t...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients respond to serious illness in different ways. We wished to determine whether different attitudes toward illness are associated with survival after stroke. METHODS Three hundred seventy-two stroke patients were identified and medically assessed as part of a randomized trial to evaluate a stroke family care worker. They had all survived 6 months from randomizatio...

abstract: the physician-patient relationship has been undergoing significant changes in recent decades in western countries. taking a client-centered approach, society has given more autonomy and freedom to patients. the patient is regarded as a consumer who is looking for the best and most scientific approach and is free to choose among different methods of treatment. the role of the physician...