Introduction: Clinical education constitutes a major share of nursing education and clinical competence of instructors is a key factor in offering proper knowledge, skills and attitude to students. The diversity in competence level of instructors and absence of the same educational approaches, have led to a dependence of education on individual abilities of the instructors. As a result, evaluat...

The purpose of this study was to test the direct and indirect impact of attitude, locus of control, self-management skills and social commences on drug use among at risk adolescents. The subjects of the study were 480 students of junior high schools (mean age15.5 years) in Tehran City. Students completed self-management, locus of control, attitude toward drug abuse and social competence subscal...

In this correlational study, physical activity of girls’ has been predicted using ecological approach. For this purpose, 374 girls aged 10-12 years selected and completed Self-report questionnaire and physical activity children with reminders 7 days (PAQ-C), Perceived physical competence questionnaire (PPFS), Perceived School Climate Questionnaire for physical activity (Am & et al,2005) and Soc...

Introduction: Cross-cultural competence as a core component in professionalism has a unique role in medical sciences due to cultural diversity clients (especially university students and patients). Despite its importance, yet many aspects of this competence are unknown in our country. Therefore this paper presents a review of cultural competence, its significance in the medical community, and i...