BACKGROUND Unhealthy weight control behaviours (UWCB) among adolescents have significant health and weight consequences. The current longitudinal study aimed to identify personal and socio-environmental predictors of initiation or persistence of adolescent UWCB, in order to inform development of programs aimed at both preventing and stopping UWCB. METHODS A diverse sample included 1106 boys a...

conclusions results of the current study confirmed the effect of supportive nursing care on increasing the level of satisfaction in ect receiving patients, recommending the use of this therapeutic method. results the results showed similarities in socio-personal characteristics of both groups. however, there was a significant difference (p < 0.001) between the means of satisfaction in the group...

based on a new approach to the holly qur&apos;an and to the behavior of the wise, the present paper studies political taghiyyeh (act of concealing one&apos;s own belief). after elaborating on the concept of taghiyyeh briefly, personal and socio-political taghiyyeh are explained. with respect to personal taghiyyeh, there is a discussion over the obligatory precepts of the types of taghiyyeh base...

The purpose of this research was to study the effects of four personal and social variables including the age, literacy, job experience and size of herd on different variables such as implementing of managerial strategies in transition period, relevant costs of these strategies, average production per head and gross income of milk sale per head. For this purpose all required information were co...

man&apos;s expectations from religion was always an interersting issue for scholars. some consider religion a personal matter consisted of ethics and worshipping rituals, while others consider religion as a socio-political phenomenon. this article studies the above issue as expressed in iqbal&apos;s poems.