the following null hypothesis was proposed: h : there is no significant difference between the use of semantically or communicatively translates scientific texts. to test the null hypothesis, a number of procedures were taken first, two passages were selected form soyrcebooks of food and nutrition industry and gardening deciplines. each, in turn, was following by a number of comprehension quest...

Background and Objectives: Irritable Bowel Syndrome is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases that involve a considerable part of society. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of self-compassion training on symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted using a pre- and post-test design with control and e...

this study aimed at examining the effects of iranian efl learners’ anxiety, ambiguity tolerance, and gender on their preferences for corrective feedback (cf, henceforth). the effects were sought with regard to the necessity, frequency, and timing of cf, types of errors that need to be treated, types of cf, and choice of correctors. seventy-five iranian efl students, twenty-eight males and forty...

abstract the current study examined the role of emotional intelligence and motivation on language learning of efl learners in iranian context. the participants of this study were 162 female and 100 male junior high school students. these participants were selected by convenient sampling method. to carry out the study two questionnaires were administered to the participants. first, the adap...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive self-compassion training on resiliency and self-efficacy female students with GAD. Method: The present experimental study included pre-test, post-test with the control group design. The statistical population of this study consisted of all female second grade  students of high schools in Izeh city in th...

Introduction: Evidence suggests that self-compassion affects life satisfaction and overall cognitive assessments of life. Although the relationship between self-compassion and life satisfaction has been examined, there are few studies on the mediating mechanism of this relationship. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the mediating role of hope in the relationship between self-compa...

Abstract The present study aims to investigate the moderating role of self-compassion in the relationship between body image and self-esteem among students. To this end, 250 students were randomly selected through stratified multi-stage sampling based on gender in the University of Kashan (Iran) in 2015-2016 academic year. The respondents filled out Body Image Concern Inventory (2008), Rosen...