Moving from Fichte’s assumption that “the essence of the I is its activity”, this paper tries to analyze meaning and implications idea “activity” [Tathandlung] in order explicate peculiarities critical, transcendental, moral idealism. activity will be examined with reference such basic concepts as collision [Anstoss], interaction [Wechselwirkung], inter-determination [Wechselbestimmung], strivi...

Publish/subscribe infrastructures, specifically event notification services, are used as the basic communication and integration framework in many application domains. The majority of these services, however, provide poor or no extension mechanisms as well as insufficient configuration capabilities. As a consequence, different event notification servers have been developed previously to support...

Goal-striving stress refers to the discrepancy between aspirations and achievements, hard work and accomplishment, options and opportunities, and perhaps provides a pathway linking social structure and mental health. Although a number of scholars have speculated about the relationship between blocked opportunities and psychopathology, few studies have empirically examined associations between s...

d etermining the factors that promote successful goal striving is one of the fundamental questions studied by selfregulation and motivation researchers (Bargh, Gollwitzer, & Oettingen, 2010; Gollwitzer & Moskowitz, 1996; Oettingen & Gollwitzer, 2001). A number of theories, and supporting empirical data, suggest that the type of goal chosen and the commitment to that goal are important determina...

The purpose of this paper is to study the determinant factors of education and age equality in the marriage. The Sample was 419 subjects of Yazdian couples by the method of cluster sampling. Most respondents were Females and they believed that the equality of marriage and age would cause better situation for marriage.  In other words, the findings showed that there was a positive and meaningful...

Goal striving promotes hope and enhances motivation, which is important for psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery. The Collaborative Goal Technology (CGn is a new goal striving intervention that is used to support the autonomy and recovery processes of the person with a psychiatric disability. The CGT protocol and its utility are outlined. Theory and research from goal striving, motivation a...