Financial Economics researches have become active since 1950’s and many prominent theories regarding asset pricing and corporate finance have been proposed (Markowitz, 1952; Modigliani, Miller, 1958; Sharpe, 1964; Shleifer, 2000). The assumption of the efficiency of financial markets plays an important role in the literature in traditional financial theory and many research have been conducted ...

Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on internalizing problems of children with externalizing disorders Methods: It was an experimental study with a pre-test/post-test control group design. Among the students of elementary schools of Tehran City, Iran, 90 boys were selected based on the motherschr('39') report and the Child Behavior...

This study was intended to assess the extent to which the low-expression allele of the serotonin transporter gene promoter predicts better response to exposure-based behavior therapy in patients with panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA). Ninety-nine patients with PDA underwent a 1-week in vivo exposure-based behavior therapy program and provided saliva samples to extract genomic DNA and classi...

background: special care needs of mentally retarded children can affect the mental health of the mother. the purpose of this study was the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (mbct) on reducing depression and increasing life expectancy of mothers with mentally retarded children. methods: this study was a two group quasi-experimental plan with pre and post test. the population has fo...

social phobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by heightened fear and avoidance of one or more social or performance situations, including public speaking, meeting new people, eating or writing in front of others and attending social meetings. people with social phobia are typically anxious about the possibility that others will evaluate them negatively and/or notice symptoms of their anxie...