tourism organizations have become one of the main users of the internet in recent years bysetting their own urban tourism websites. however, not all the websites are effective to promote their goals andobjectives. an effective evaluation of urban tourism websites can help organizations on how best to employ them.using the ictrt (information, communication, transaction, relationship and technica...

Introduction: The lack of mental health interferes with one's individual achievement and ability for undertaking the responsibilities of everyday life. Researches show that psychological well-being and parenting styles have an important role in ones' increasing general health. The current study examined the relationship between psychological well-being and parenting styles with students' mental...

Treatment under conditions of gnotobiotic isolation can augment the stress of adaptation to a diagnosis of leukaemia. Identification of the psychological problems experienced in isolator treatment can contribute to the effective maintenance of therapy. Individual patterns of adjustment to treatment relate to the psychological defence mechanisms employed to contend with the dependent position en...

objective: substance abuse is a socio-psychological disorder. the aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy with 12-steps narcotics anonymous on psychological well-being of opiate dependent individuals in addiction treatment centers in shiraz, iran. method: this was a randomized controlled trial. data were collected at entry into the study and at po...

This study examined the effects of high-performance work practices on turnover intention through mediating role employee morale. The also extent to which psychological capital could moderate relationship between morale and intention. With aid questionnaire administration, collected 469 valid responses from frontline employees in hospitality sector Ghana. Findings hierarchical regression analysi...

This study aimed at exploring the hikikomori experience of Italian young adults to detect some psychosocial patterns hikikomori. A phenomenological analysis was conducted on narratives 17 individuals with (9 men, 18?39 aged), who posted their stories social isolation via an online forum. The detected ten themes synthesizing psychological structure participants? lived experience, which were grou...

Neurofibromatosis is a common genetic condition that causes nerves to develop non-malignant swellings (neurofibromas). These can occur on any area of the body, and can result in a wide range of symptoms involving the neurological, cognitive, orthopaedic, renal and endocrine systems. The severity of the condition is highly variable, and an individual approach is necessary to address the specific...

This study investigates the relation between EFL (English as a foreign language) learners’ autonomy, their identity styles, and their writing ability and it aims to show which independent variables have higher predicting power on variances in writing. To this end, 60 Iranian university EFL students at the language center of the researchers’ institution were selected to participate in this study...