stresses caused by their freezing and thawing. A key difference between a hardy plant and a non-hardy plant is believed to be where the ice forms in freezing: inside the living cells or outside of them. If ice forms inside of cells, it is almost always fatal to them, and this is probably the principal cause of frost kill in non-hardy plants. Normally hardy tissue may be killed by moderate tempe...

The background of the research is importance increasing competence for younger generation as nation's successor. This related to ability face challenges, carry out commitments, and proper control in midst globalization which has positive negative impacts. capacity development can be developed through guidance interventions based on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). purpose this study was a...

screening of native cultivars and understanding of the mechanisms involved in cold hardiness in grapevines is needed to match cultivars appropriately with growing sites and aid in breeding and selecting cultivars with improved freezing tolerance. in this study cold hardiness of fifteen grapevine (vitis vinifera l.) cultivars were evaluated using tetrazolium stain test and post freezing budbreak...

Background: Nurses are responsible for maintaining and improving the health and quality of life of patients. Therefore, it is important to assess the quality of life of nurses in order to improve it. Quality of life is affected by many variables  and among them burnout, perceived social support and psychological hardiness are the leading ones. This study aimed at predicting the quality of ...

Background: Employed and unemployed women have their own problems. This could be more important for female headed households. Hardiness and resiliency are among the characteristics that are very important for fighting against the problems of life. The aim of this study is to Compare the psychological hardiness and resiliency of employed and unemployed female headed households.   Materials and ...

Objectives: The objective behind this study was investigating the relationships between family functioning and psychological hardiness in parents of exceptional children versus parents of normal children. Methods: The study was causal-comparative. Population included all parents of normal and exceptional students in Bojnurd City studying in ordinary and exceptional schools in the academic ye...

objectives: the present study was designed to investigate the effects of job satisfaction and mental health on job stress and the balancing effects of hardiness and availability of social support network in a group of medical staff. method: two hundred of surgery room staff were studied by utilizing a low-high social support network index, operating room stress factor index questionnaire, life ...

background : today the psychological factor is one of the controversial subjects in tendency to cosmetic surgery. objectives : this study aimed to compare the hardiness, defense mechanisms and negative self-portrayal scale among cosmetic surgery applicants with non-applicants. patients and methods: this causal-comparative study carried out in tehran, iran from april to june 2015. the samples of...

This study examined the effect of coping strategy towards relationship psychology hardiness, well-being and gender among private financial institution sector employees in Malaysia. Correlations differences pertaining to were also determined. A total 141 employess from eleven institutions Malaysia participated this study. cross-sectional correlational research design was employed. Psychology har...