The purpose of this research was to assess perceived social support and its factors among the elderly. The study group included 734 elders who were aged 60 years old or more, and living in eight villages in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the information, and perceived social support was measured by PRQ85. This study found a high level of social supp...

The sacred texts of five world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism) use similar belief systems to set limits on sexual behavior. We propose that this similarity is a shared cultural solution to a biological problem: namely male uncertainty over the paternity of offspring. Furthermore, we propose the hypothesis that religious practices that more strongly regulate fema...

The harmony and peace that appears in the majority Muslim community vice versa is of non-Muslims, it very important to be investigated, especially relation cultivation form maintaining it, among others with attitude Tasamuh. Therefore, scope this research about value Tasamuh, how internalize Tasamuh model increasing for community, which based on Multicultural Islamic Religious Education village...

A range of socio-economic, cultural, and religious factors influence patterns of and responses to suicide in the Asian countries involved in the Strategies to Prevent Suicide (STOPS) project. As a general rule, suicide rates are highest among relatively more prosperous countries, particularly those which have developed rapidly. Within these countries, suicide rates are highest for sub-groups th...

BACKGROUND Traditional healing practice is an important and integral part of healthcare systems in almost all countries of the world. Very few studies have addressed the holistic scenario of traditional healing practices in Bangladesh, although these serve around 80% of the ailing people. This study explored distinctive forms of traditional healing practices in rural Bangladesh. METHODS Durin...

This article explores the mobilization of local resources to reconstruct devastated villages in Lombok after earthquake 2018. Local leadership and NGOs managed mobilize survivors their communities rebuild built environment by evincing principle gotong royong. They made an effort include reconstruction effort, enabling them begin recovery trajectory creating bonds friendship trust between variou...

Festivals in honor of mountain deities were revived across the Tibetan plateau 1980s, some years after end Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) People's Republic China. This article, primarily analyzes development one festival Amdo, Qinghai, focusing on decades from its revival until today. During deity festivals, men multiple villages, a range religious specialists, and representatives local author...