gholamreza khoshfar mahbobeh ilvari date of receive: 2014/12/9date of accept: 2015/5/11abstractthe present study was conducted to identify the relationship between religiosity and marital adjustment. since religion influences family relationships and regarding the fact that in the present conditions the strength of religious values in the family is one of the goals of our islamic society, condu...

Randall Collins’ theory of interaction ritual chains is widely cited, but has been subject to little theoretical elaboration. One reason for the modest expansion of the theory is the underdevelopment of the concept of emotional energy. This paper examines emotional energy, related particularly to the dynamics of negative experiences. It asks whether or not negative emotions produce emotional en...

background: recognizing the importance of ritual pray as one of the most significant indicators of practical religion; this study examines the ritual pray among students. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted at isfahan university of medical sciences in 2012 all freshman students by census were examined. entry criteria were being muslim and willingness to participate in the study. d...

Collective rituals are biologically ancient and culturally pervasive, yet few studies have quantified their effects on participants. We assessed two plausible models from qualitative anthropology: ritual empathy predicts affective convergence among all ritual participants irrespective of ritual role; rite-of-passage predicts emotional differences, specifically that ritual initiates will express...

Using a comparative analysis of Navajo healing ceremonials, acupuncture and biomedical treatment, this essay examines placebo studies and ritual theory as mutually interpenetrating disciplines. Healing rituals create a receptive person susceptible to the influences of authoritative culturally sanctioned 'powers'. The healer provides the sufferer with imaginative, emotional, sensory, moral and a...