Background and Aim: One of the problems of old age in today's world is sedentary lifestyle and inactivity. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of an educational program based on the theory of planned behavior with the aim of increasing the physical activity of elderly women in Sanandaj. Materials and methods: This interventional-experimental study was performed on elderly women o...

Aims: Today, the prevalence of tobacco smoking among students is increasing. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to determine the factors related with tobacco smoking among students using extended theory of planned behavior. Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 360 students of Universities of Malayer city who were selected by stra...

Background and Objectives: Breast cancer is the most common form of malignant diseases in women. Early diagnosis is effective on its successful treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate breast self-examination and its effective factors based on the theory of planned behavior among women in Kerman, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study, 300 wom...

Aims: Doing healthy behaviors and having a healthy lifestyle in students is important. This research was conducted to determine the effect of educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior on the promotion of healthy lifestyle behaviors in first-grade high school students in Rafsanjan city. Materials & Methods: The current study was a randomized control trial conducted on 120...

the central purpose of this study was to conduct a case study about the role of self monitoring in teacher’s use of motivational strategies. furthermore it focused on how these strategies affected students’ motivational behavior. although many studies have been done to investigate teachers’ motivational strategies use (cheng & d?rnyei, 2007; d?rnyei & csizer, 1998; green, 2001, guilloteaux & d?...

Background and Aim: Using drugs during pregnancy is one of the most important health concerns Prenatal care is crucial in addicted women and thus educational interventions are required. In the present study, the effectiveness of an educational intervention based on ‘Theory of Planned Behavior’ on prenatal care of addicted women was evaluated. Materials and Methods: This randomize...

this thesis deals essentially (but not from all aspects) with the extension of the notion of semigroup compactification and the construction of a general theory of semitopological nonaffine (affine) transformation semigroup compactifications. it determines those compactification which are universal with respect to some algebric or topological properties. as an application of the theory, it is i...

even though, to date, a lot of studies have been conducted on the subject of politeness theory, there are very few studies regarding the applicability of this theory to translation between english and persian which shows the reason behind conducting the present study. this study was carried out with the aim of highlighting whether there is any difference between english and persian methods of u...

Background: Recycling is one of the most important measures to manage the municipal solid waste. In order to design a training program, it is necessary to identify the factors that influence behavior. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the predictive factors of recycling behavior among residents of Bushehr city based on the extended theory of planned behavior.  Materials and Meth...