New Publication on Verbal Aggression in Contemporary Society

Perspectives on Contemporary Society

Imagine a town where wealthy residents live in strong, well-built homes in the center of town, and poorer residents live in rather shabby shacks around the edge of the town. Every few nights, without warning, some sort of monster or group of terrorists from the surrounding countryside carries off one of the residents from the homes around the edge of town. The hapless resident is never heard fr...

Predictors of physical and verbal aggression in preschoolers

Background: childhood aggression, particularly in preschoolers, is one of the most common behavioral problems throughout the world. Therefore, it is important to identify the predictors of this problem. This study was conducted to determine the predictors of physical and verbal aggression in preschoolers. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on preschoolers in Rasht ...

Women in Contemporary Islamic Society: A Study of Iran

With the overthrow of the Shah and the rise to power of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, Iran changed from a monarchy to an Islamic regime based on an Islamic Constitution and Islamic laws. As a result, a western stereotype of Iranian women as veiled and helpless creatures got created. This stereotypical view has dominated public opinion since 1979 in both Western societies in general, and among wes...

[Child in contemporary Croatian society].

The symposium on the topic "Child in contemporary Croatian society", organized by Croatian Pediatric Society, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ministry of health and social welfare and UNICEF Croatia Office, was held in Zagreb on December 12, 2009. The lecturers have shown important information on difficulties the children in Croatia are exposed to. Namely, diseases of the so called "new ...

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