a large number of verses in holy quran deal with the issues of women, such as their rights and duties and the juridical commandments about them. in addition, the names of some famous women have been pointed out in some of its chapters (surahs) who played main roles in quranic stories or historical events. utilizing library sources, women-related quranic verses which have been brought in third e...

OBJECTIVE To explore differences according to sex in sociosexuality and infidelity in individuals with TBI and in healthy controls. PARTICIPANTS Forty-two individuals with mild, moderate, and severe TBI having completed a postacute TBI rehabilitation program, at least six months after injury, and 47 healthy controls. MAIN MEASURES Sociosexual Orientation Inventory-Revised (SOI-R) and Attitu...

It is well-documented thatagreatdealofpsychological research, including the study of sexual behavior, relies on undergraduate students for its study participants (e.g., Landrum & Chastain, 1999; Miller, 1981; Owen, Rhoades, Stanley, & Fincham, 2010; Saks & Seiber, 1989). In many ways, undergraduate students are an ideal sample for understanding sexual behavior as this is developmentally consist...

BACKGROUND Increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has been observed in Ghana as in other developing countries. Past research focused on NCDs among adults. Recent researches, however, provide evidence on NCDs among children in many countries, including Ghana. Beliefs about the cause of NCDs among children may be determined by the socioeconomic status of parents and care givers...

Purpose: To investigate the practice and attitude of healthcare professionals toward the sexuality of cancer patients. Materials and Methods: The subjects were comprised of doctors and nurses who served at two medical centers. Questionnaires consisted of five domains and fourteen questions were disseminated via emails in March 2009. The first domain (3 questions) pertained the recognition of se...

Backgroung: Attitudes Towards Sexuality in Adolescents (ATSA) are built according to the experiences and different social contexts. Objectives: analyze attitudes towards sexuality itself, socioeconomic factors adolescents aged. Methods: Cross-sectional school-based study was carried out with 2,292 enrolled high school, 54 schools, through interviews using Toward (AFSA) instrument that has four ...

Although older adults are sexual, sexuality is infrequently discussed with them by health care professionals. Nursing students, as future professionals, can make an important contribution developing competences in discussing intimacy and to increase quality of life prevent sexual problems. In order improve these competences, current levels knowledge attitude need be explored. To investigate i) ...