Objectives: The aim of this descriptive study was to examine the relationships between identity styles of the Berzonsky model and religiosity. Method: 359 students (182 males and 177 females) who were selected using a randomized stratified multi-stage method from among undergraduate students of Shahid Beheshti and Tehran universities, were assessed using Berzonsky Identity Styles Inventory (ISI...

this study aims to investigate value conflicts between mothers and their daughters among families and influential factors on this conflict in yazd city. this study adopted a survey method and a questionnaire was used that its validity through construct validity (factor analysis) and its reliability by cronbach alpha were measured. the population of this study consists of all yazdian families th...

after the soviet union dissolution, a chaotic period was begun in the russia. russia lost its glory and felt disgrace. the first group of elites came to power under yeltsin; they tried to re-define russia’s identity as a european country and build a foreign policy on this baseline. therefore russia tried to become closer with the west especially with the u.s. according to their view the sovie...

Background & Aims: The formation of identity is influenced by interpersonal and acquired factors. In this regard, higher education can provide an opportunity for the formation of a stable identity and a framework for decision-making and problem-solving. The question now arises, is there an association between exposure to clinical field in training courses and identity styles of students?. hence...

This research aimed at studying the influence of basic psychological needs on academic achievement taking into account the meditational effects of identity styles. 330 students (166 males and 164 females) were selected using cluster sampling and answered to the basic psychological needs (La Guardia, et al. 2000) and identity styles (Berzonsky, 1992) questionnaires. Path analysis revealed that b...

Objectives Nursing profession is a stressful job. Nurses need to use appropriate coping strategies to maintain their focus on patient care and having marital adjustment and solving personal problems. The relationship between nurses’ identity styles with their used coping strategies and marital adjustment is not clear yet. Therefore, this study aims to determine the relationship of identity styl...

Because commitment is related to better communication, greater happiness and more constructive behavior during difficulties is important and thus study factors that designer in marital commitment is important. The aim this study was examine the predictive role of Relationship Maintenance Behaviors and Attachment Styles in marital commitment of personnel of state welfare organization of North Kh...

this thesis attempts to study the representations of the third-world intellectuals in three fictional works by the british-educated trinidadian nobel-winner v. s. naipaul: the mimic men, a bend in the river, and magic seeds. the first one recounts the story of ralph singh’s sense of alienation, his experiences as a colonial politician, and his struggle to give order to his disorderly world thro...