Introduction: Although humor plays an important role in improving people’s mental and physical health, empirical studies on the effectiveness of humor skills training to improve the symptoms of the patients with schizophrenia are scarce. Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of humor skills training on positive and negative symptoms in male patients with chronic schizophre...

Despite the growing importance of creativity in adolescents, creativity in adolescents is still a neglected discipline. The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between creativity and emotional intelligence with mediating of humor in adolescents. In regard to the purpose, this research was Fundamental, and in regard to procedure, it was a correlation study. The study communi...

Introduction: Concerning the importance of examining the determinants and effective variables in psychological well-being, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between adaptive and maladaptive humor style with psychological well-being among nurses. Methods: This descriptive- correlation study was conducted on 190 nursing students (78 males and 112 females) from nursing stude...

abstract foreign and iranian cultures are far distinct in the constraints imposed on writing and translating for children, since the iranian literary system is mainly concerned with cultural and religious instructions which lead to manipulation of translated texts. this study sought to identify the cultural and social constraints and norms which determined the strategies applied in the transl...

in fact this study is concerned with the relationship between the variation in thematice structure and the comprehension of spoken language. so the study focused on the following questions: 1. is there any relationship between thematic structure and the comprehension of spoken language? 2. which of the themes would have greated thematic force and be easier for the subjects to comprehend? accord...

Background and Objective: Cancer-related fatigue is one of the most common side effects of breast cancer treatments. Humor therapy has a special role in alternative and complementary medicine. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of humor therapy on fatigue severity and quality of life in breast cancer patients undergoing external radiation therapy. Materials and Methods: This s...

iv abstract this study examined the linguistic behaviors of two iranian efl teachers each of them teaching learners of two similar proficiency levels, a beginner level and an intermediate level, to investigate the relationship between the learners proficiency levels and the amounts and purposes for l1 use by the two teachers. the study was carried out to investigate whether there were differe...

The present study was performed to examine the relationship between personality traits with mental health and sense of humor in bachelor students. One hundred students participated in this study. All students were asked to complete the Five Factor Inventory (FFI), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and Sense of humor questionnaire (SHQ). Analysis of data involved both descriptive and inferentia...