background: adult age is a sensitive period of human life and paying attention to the issues and needs of this stage is a social necessity. regarding the specific needs of this period, considering the empowerment, dignity and self-efficacy in the elders is very important too which is frequently neglected. this study aimed to determine the effect of family-based interventions on the elders’ empo...

organizational challenge in the twenty-first century iscompetition due to the expensive resources that determine survival andgrowth of enterprises. the resources can be categorized as management,labor, land, capital resources and equipment. among these materials, humanresources and management have a special place. at present, competitiveadvantage in many countries is based on human resource cap...

introduction : the purpose of this study was to examine and compare the social adjustment in balanced and non-balanced patterns of the parent-child relationship.  methods : the research population was all female gifted students in the farzanegan high school in the first educational district of tehran in 2013-14. the sample research included 96 female gifted students who answered the parent-chil...

[ABSTRACT What does it mean to empower people through the housing in which they live, and how is this empowerment to be achieved? These are the questions which are examined in this paper. Typologies of empowerment processes are devised in an attempt to make sense of the conceptual and empirical variety involved. The distinction between ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ empowerment orientations is argu...

OBJECTIVE Oncology nursing is stressful by its nature, and nurses in the field experience a high amount of stress and burnout. In order to cope with occupational stress, nurses need to employ flexible adjustment mechanisms that allow them the power to process their experiences. Failure of efficient stress management causes burnout, and burnout is closely related to powerlessness. It is therefor...

Women's empowerment can be defined as a change in the circumstances of a woman's life, which enables her to raise her capacity to manage more enriched and rewarding life. Improvement in women's empowerment is a salient issue to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. National laws are influential factors in promoting women's empowerment. Lack of awareness of legal and constitutional provision...