A theoretical framework is presented to explain individual differences in situation-specific emotional experience in terms of three different sources of variance: (a) individual differences in how one appraises one's circumstances, (b) individual differences in how appraisals are related to the experience of emotion, and (c) individual differences independent from situation and appraisal. The r...

although divorce affects many parts of the society including spouses, children and, families, the entire social life cycle of individuals, the kind of individuals' experiences, based on their gender, subjectivity in the process, degree of involvement. it may be perceived by the individuals as a positive or a negative experience. given the differences in divorce men's experiences and t...

nowadays novel is one of the most important patterns of story writing and indeed is an image of real life and the era that it was written in. the present article studies an era of social and political life of egyptians by studying “in darkness” as a novel written by najib alkeilani who is an egyptian contemporaneous author. najib alkeilani wrote this novel when he was in prison in 1957 ad.

Background: Considering the necessity of studying the phenomenon of work-life balance and the individual initiatives of the employees of the organizations in order to achieve it, the present research pursues the goal of discovering and representing the cognitive strategies of work-life balance among the academic staff members of the university. Government agencies of Northeast Iran have tried t...

OBJECTIVE The effectiveness of federal prison-based residential drug and alcohol treatment programs was evaluated using event history procedures that addressed the problem of selection bias and included a wide range of control variables. METHODS The sample comprised 760 treatment subjects and 809 comparison subjects. Treatment subjects were from 20 different prisons of medium, low, and minimu...

BACKGROUND Research has indicated that more intense treatment is associated with better outcomes among clients who are appropriately matched to treatment intensity level based on the severity of their drug/alcohol problem. This study examined the differential effectiveness of community-based residential and outpatient treatment attended by male and female drug-involved parolees from prison-base...

This article explores the relationship between individuals’ media use during incarceration and their re-entry experience. Previous research suggests that mass media may facilitate the transition from prison to the free world because they can normalise life in the penitentiary and keep prisoners informed about major events and developments in society. The findings of a quantitative study into th...