the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of instruction through debate on male and female efl learners’ reading comprehension, to examine the differences between the performance of male and female participants on the five dimensions of cctst including analysis, evaluation, inference, deductive reasoning, and inductive reasoning, and to examine the differences between male ...

in this study, the effects of oleothermal modification on physical and mechanical peroperties of fir wood (abeis sp.) blocks were examined. at first, some blocks of fir wood with 5 × 20 × 120 cm dimensions were prepared. the blocks were treated in soybean oil. the effects of 3 factors such as treatments temperature (180and 200 °c), holding time (12 and 15 h) and initial moisture content of wood...

Objective: Substance abuse is a serious global problem that is affected by multiple psychosocial factors, and some personality traits and impulsivity play a central role in its occurrence. The aim of this study was to predict tendency to drug use according to abnormal personality dimensions and the mediating role of impulsivity. Methods: In a cross-sectional descriptive study, 303 college stude...

Introduction: One of the main goals of nursing education is to train nurses who can provide individuals with meritorious and qualified services employing their knowledge and competency. It calls for nurses to have self-regulated skills in learning and several factors are involved in self-regulation. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the role of five styles of personality inn self-regula...

abstract: the present study is about prophet ishmael, some parts of his life; his personality in the quran and the bible; and the comparison of the content of these two religious books. compilation of the study has been done with a new perspective and new presentation approach. since prophets have been human beings’ role model and their life has been a perfect example for humanity in all ages,...

this exploratory study aimed to investigate a possible relationship between learners’ beliefs about language learning and one of their personality traits; that is,locus of control (loc). both variables, beliefs and locus of control, are assumed to influence the language learning process. the internal control index (ici) and the beliefs about language learning inventory (balli) were administered...

Objectives Alexithymia, as a personality trait, causes malfunctioning in individuals in three areas of recognizing emotions, describing emotions, and defective objective thinking. The present study aims to investigate the role of these three abnormal personality dimensions introduced in the 5th volume of the Diagnostic and Statistical Guide for Mental Disorders in the prediction of aspects of a...