Each year in the UK, around 1 in 5,000 people develop Bell’s palsy, which is characterised by unilateral facial weakness of rapid onset (Rowlands 2002,Holland 2004). The condition can develop at any age, but seems to be most common in those aged between 15 and 60 years (Peitersen 1982). In about 71% of patients, it resolves spontaneously without treatment, but 13% are left with slight facial we...

locus of control is said to affect learners' academic achievement. this effect has scarcely been examined within general english context. this study is concerned with examining the differences in general english (ge) course achievement among university students of humanities, sciences, and engineering. it also explores the effect of locus of control (loc) in ge course achievement among these th...

background: psychological characteristics affect the quality of life. this study aimed at determining the relationship between personal characteristics, internal locus of control , psychological hardiness and nurses’ quality of life. methods: in this correlation study, 297 nurses were selected based on curgesy and morgan table via multistage cluster sampling among 1023 nurses of the public hosp...

objective: psychological factors such as the health locus of control play an important role on health behaviors such as adherence to diet regimen. the purpose of this study was to examine the role of health locus of control in predicting adherence to diet regimen among a group of patients with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: research sample was recruited from several clinics in shiraz u...