Background: Moral commitments of therapists is the important subject that attracted the attention of researches in the field of medical ethics. The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between basic psychological needs and moral identity among medical students. Method: The plan of this research is descriptive-correlation. Subjects were 140 medical interns of Shiraz Universi...

This study aimed at investigating shades of identity in TEFL textbooks. Most identity studies have focused on authors as knowledge producers. They have neglected authors' roles in constructing identity. Further, few scholars have considered disciplinary specific textbooks in their analyses of identity. Trying to bridge these gaps, we applied Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics to investi...

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to examine the patterns of association of self-determination theory variables with exercise role identity and exercise beliefs as parts of exercise identity among men and women. Design: A cross-sectional study in which perceived autonomy support by the exercise instructor, basic psychological needs, behavioral regulations, and exercise identity were ...

The relationship between Islamic values and foreign languages in the school environment offers a relatively good example of the challenging aspects of Islamic identity formation amongst the students. Via focused group interviews, this study aimed to explore the teachers’ perceptions with regard to the influence of English language learning and the environment in the process of Islamic self-iden...

Identity theory and social identity theory have more points of overlap than differences in their understanding of the self. For this reason, we argue that the unification of these two theories is advisable in order to both avoid redundancies in theorizing about the self and to provide a uniform approach to the multifaceted nature of identities in terms of their bases, their processes, and their...

This research studies the origins of identity among the female students in Khalkhal high-schools in 2012-2013. Data was gathered through the survey method (questionnaires) and the library method. The dependent variable was the study of identity seeking, but the independent variable includes the degree of religious orientation, social status of the family, the access to foreign networks, the sol...

Despite huge environmental, economic, health, and social costs of pesticides, evidence revealed that farmers in developing countries would continue to use pesticides. The root of the problem appears to be related to the way of farmers’ decision making. As such, it is crucial for policymakers to understand how farmers think and behave with regard to these inputs. Therefore, the aim of this resea...

Ecological Theory, Self-Complexity, and Jewish Identity: Implications for Research and Practice. Jeffrey S. Kress Maurice J. Elias Abstract Ecological theory highlights the reciprocal interaction between individuals and their environment. In this paper, we show how this theory can be useful in the exploration of Jewish identity outcomes and influences on Jewish identity. In particular, ecologic...

Drawing on ideas from identity control theory and coping theory and on a diverse range of social psychology literature, we propose an integrative theoretical framework that unpacks and traces the processes by which information technology comes to affect users’ identity. We define four types of strategies (acting on the situation, adjusting the self, catharsis and distancing) through which peopl...