Background and Objectives: Marital relationship has been regarded as one of the deepest types of communication. This study was performed to determine the effect of communication skills training on increasing marital satisfaction among couples by applying the social support theory on females referred to health centers in Bahar. Materials and Methods: This experimental study was performed on 100...

Background: The purpose of this research is Pre-vocational assessment of mentally retarded students. Method: Population of study includes all teachers who work in Khodabande Province. Among all, 30 parent of children with mental retardation and 30 teachers at Exceptional schools were selected as sample group. Data obtained by using two questionnaires. The results were analyzed by using the d...

Introduction: As you know the health of people cause to the development of society and the students are the main parts of society. They are faced to many problems and have to tolerated stress and anxiety in these circumstances. They are exposed to many psychological and social problems. To prevent these injuries, life skills should be included in the curriculum in higher education. The aim of t...

Background and Objective: Communication skills are one of the factors that may affect the general health of the students. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between communication skills and general health of nursing students. Instruments and Methods: This analytical-descriptive cross sectional study was carried on 320 undergraduate nursing students in Hamadan University in ...

from 1950s onward, new theories and critical approaches burgeoned across humanities. these theories were context-oriented; as a result, the analysis of discursive practices gained significance. thus, social, political, historical and cultural discourses that have been hitherto marginalized and considered inferior to literary texts, were introduced as important texts to be analyzed by critics. o...

Introduction: Assertiveness, is one of the life skills that effects on increasing self-esteem, logical expression of thoughts and feelings, reducing anxiety, improving social  communication skills and supporting human rights and finally increasing life satisfaction and happiness Introduction: Assertiveness, is one of the life skills that effects on increasing self-esteem, logical expres...

this thesis is an evaluation of poetry of sylvia plath (1932- 1963) and forough farrokhzad (1935-1967) using feminist approach and finds the positive concepts of hope, reason and strength through feminine images in their poetry. plath and farrokhzad are from different cultures and different countries but they share the same concepts and themes in their poetry. by applying feminist theory to the...