undoubtedly, attempt to self-inflicted burning needs special conditions for special individuals. self-inflicted burn is highly depended on individual and social factors. this study is aimed at evaluating the burning percent, age, economical conditions, educational levels, occupation, and marital status of the self-inflicted burn females of taleghani hospital. this is a descriptive- sectional st...

BACKGROUND Small-scale evaluations suggest that the provision of feedback to parents about their child's weight status may improve recognition of overweight, but the effects on lifestyle behaviour are unclear and there are concerns that informing parents that their child is overweight may have harmful effects. The aims of this study were to describe the benefits and harms of providing weight fe...

Recent research in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) purports to show the existence of peer effects in the spread of obesity. Using a dataset of 5124 residents from Framingham, Massachusetts spanning the years 1971 to 2003, the authors show correlations between own weight gain and friends’ and relatives’ weight gain over this period. They find, furthermore, that these results are stron...

The present research tested the hypothesis that the negative effects of weight stigma among higher body-weight individuals are mediated by expectations of social rejection. Women and men who varied in objective body-weight (body mass index; BMI) gave a speech describing why they would make a good date. Half believed that a potential dating partner would see a videotape of their speech (weight s...

This study aimed at proposing a framework based on Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST) for addressing foreign language listening anxiety (FLLA) among Iranian learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The effectiveness of the framework in reducing the levels of FLLA among language learners was investigated when implemented by a therapist as well as by learners independently. To this end, 3...

the primary aim of current study research was to investigate the relationship of work-family conflict with perceived organizational support, job stress and self-mastery in expatriate personnel in distriction of gaz transition operation station . 75 people was selected by stratified random sampling. 66 questionnaire were filled out and were returned to the researchers.(return rate=82%). the resu...