The International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (IJTMB) has as its core a key interest in and mission to develop the practice of therapeutic massage and bodywork by contributing to the field's body of knowledge. The IJTMB Editorial Board understands that one's daily practice provides the initial testing ground for the development of practice-based knowledge and, ultimately, expert...

In the absence of ongoing, structured, dialogue between the instructor and the students, a tutorless problem-based learning (PBL) format can give rise to several problems that interfere with learning: (i) students’ emotions can interfere with their willingness to participate and decrease the quality of their learning; (ii) misapprehensions and weak thinking, group, and problem-solving skills ca...

the us, not only failed to predict the occurrence of the middle east revolutions but also failed to understand the depth and the probability of its spread to other countries. while washington was engaged in tactical initiatives in confronting the islamic awakening, the islamic republic of iran took the creativity of a strategic game in hand. this was a three-step profile raised by the supreme l...

As I reflect on my years of editorship of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology (JPP) and our work together, I’m very proud of our collaboration and collective accomplishments as an editorial team. For the most part, I believe we have delivered prompt, high-quality reviews that have improved the quality of the published research in JPP. Many authors have commented on the quality and helpfulness o...

This study investigated children ‘s understanding (3-, 6, 9-, and 12-year-olds) of the different levels of meaning of the cognitive verb know as defined by the Hall, Scholnick, and Hughes (1987) abstractness andconceptual dificulty hierarchy. Weness andconceptual dificulty hierarchy. We found that cognitive verb knowledge increased with development and that certain low levels of meaning were ma...

This paper presents a theoretical framework for viewing elements that comprise distance education instructional systems in terms of dialogue. It is assumed that learning is mediated by intrapersonal dialogue and facilitated by interpersonal dialogue. Every resource in a distance education instructional system (eg, instructor availability, asynchronous communication networks, self-instruction te...

DESIGN Qualitative study. GPs were interviewed after analysing two audiotaped cardiovascular consultations. SETTING Primary health care. SUBJECTS A sample of 15 GPs who audiotaped 22 consultations. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Barriers hampering GPs from following the guideline. RESULTS Data saturation was reached after about 13 interviews. The 25 identified barriers were related to the risk t...

The authors theorized that overweight individuals experience social identity threat in situations that activate concerns about weight stigma, causing them to experience increased stress and reduced self-control. To test these predictions, women who varied in body mass index (BMI) gave a speech on why they would make a good dating partner. Half thought they were videotaped (weight visible); the ...

New Zealand is a country with cultural diversity and multiculturalism principles. Zealand's social culture also plays an important role in resolving conflict by creating spaces for open inclusive dialogue. The principles of "manaakitanga" (hospitality), "whanaungatanga" (kinship relations), "tikanga" (Maori principles) play shaping patterns interaction that are mutually respectful help create e...