a bstra ct   background: divorce is one ofthe most controversial and damaging social issues. since the divorce rates are increasing rapidly, the current study evaluated the effects of factors leading to divorce application.   materials and methods: this qualitative content analysis used purposive sampling to select 10 female divorce applicants at isfahan department of justice (isfahan, iran). i...

in this research, we have investigated the relationship between psychological and social factors and green consumer behavior in tehran. with a sample size of 316, we have examined 15 hypotheses. the positive significant relationship between environmental attitudes, personal norms, perceived consumer effectiveness, and social (injunctive) norms with green consumer behavior dimensions (green purc...

background: foreign immigrants form the part of the population of each country. among the foreign immigrant population in iran, the share of immigrants and nationals from afghanistan is very noticeable. one of the factors that affect this people's physical and mental health is social support. this study aimed to investigate the status of social support and its effective factors on afghan immigr...

there is no single sociological theory which can explain the full extent of women's social participation in the developing countries. an analytical framework is developed to serve the objectives of the research. this article presents a summary of most important findings on the types and intensity of women's social participation in the city of tehran. factors related to their social pa...

background: factors that influence men’s childbearing intentions have beenrelatively unexplored in the literature.objective: this study aimed to determine the influencing factors about the firstchildbearing timing decisions of men.materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 300 men who were referredto private and governmental healthcare centers in shahrood, iran were randomlyrecruited...

background: health worker motivation has the potential to have a large impact on health system performance, and this depends on some factors. the purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting this motivation. methods: from winter 2013 to spring 2014, 1046 employees and physicians (439 males and 607 females) with a mean age of 36 and 37.2 years in men and women, respectively were ...

background: fertility as one of the factor affecting population growth itself is affected by various factors. therefore, identifying factors which can influence this component is very vital. the purpose of this study was comparative investigate fecundity rate of 15-49 year old and married women under imam-emdad-committee and rehabilitation organizations’ protection and 15-49 year old women who ...

following the failure of economic development and growth policies and dissatisfactions resulting from applying these policies, related discussions to life satisfaction was proposed among various experts. in their opinion, different factors can be effectual on life satisfaction. one of the most important factors is social welfare. this study is a social survey and it has used questionnaire for c...