Philip Thomas is Honorary Visiting Professor in Social Science and Humanities at Bradford University, Bradford, UK. Patience Seebohm is an independent researcher based in the UK. Jan Wallcraft is an independent researcher based in the UK. Jayasree Kalathil is an independent survivor researcher based in the UK. Suman Fernando is Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities...

What is patience? Humans and other animals often make decisions that trade off present and future benefits. Should a monkey eat an unripe fruit or wait for it to ripen? Should I purchase the iPhone at its debut or wait for the price to drop in a few months? In these dilemmas, large gains often require long waits, so decision makers must choose between a smaller, sooner reward and a larger, late...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of patience and its components (transcendence, tolerance, contentment, persistence, and hesitation) in predicting bullying among primary school children in shiraz, iran. another purpose was to compare patience and bullying between male and female students. method: the participants were 317 elementary school students (169 female...