this study aims to offer a sociological explanation of influential factors on the rate of tendency toward divorce in kermanshah city. a combination of homogamy theory, exchange theory, and network theory is used as the theoretical framework of the study. the study has been conducted via survey method and data is collected through questionnaire and interview. the statistical sample of study cons...

In addition to traditional factors, demographic changes also depend on factors such as marriage and divorce. Yet only a few researchers investigated the impact of divorce on housing costs. The aim of this paper is to estimate the effect of divorce on housing costs in Iran. Doing so, we have applied a fixed Panel Spatial Autocorrelation model using the data from a set of Iranian provinces over t...

This symposium volume begins with a simple provocation: race and racism are central to the development of medicine and the health sciences. If pursuits of health equity are to be taken seriously, this repositioning of race as central rather than peripheral to science and medicine suggests that improved health outcomes and reduced disparities cannot be attained until we acknowledge that these fi...

purpose: the comparison of object relational dimensions and perceived fatherhood relation in divorce demanding and non-demanding individuals. methodology: for this purpose, 122 divorce demanding individuals and 117 non-demanding divorce individuals completed bell object relations inventory (bori) and fatherhood scale (fs). then the data were analyzed by two way anova, using spss-20. findings: r...

The purpose of this study was to explore adult attachment as a means of understanding the intergenerational transmission of divorce, that is, the propensity for the children of divorce to end their own marriages. Participants included 157 couples assessed 3 months prior to their weddings and 6 years later. Participants completed the Adult Attachment Interview and questionnaires about their rela...

Imagination is an adaptive ability that can be directed toward the pursuit of personal goals. Although there a wealth research on goals and imagination, few studies lie at intersection—little known about individual differences in goal-directed imagination. In 153 adults, we examined how 28 aspects goal setting, pursuit, imagination relate to mental health. Higher well-being lower depressive sym...

With over 1 million children in the United States affected by parental divorce or separation each year, there is interest in interventions to mitigate the potential negative consequences of divorce on children. Family mediation has been widely heralded as a better solution than litigation; however, mediation does not work for all families. One proposed improvement involves bringing the child’s ...