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This study followed discussion-based techniques using mobile phone technologies in order to compare Iranian EFL teachers' perceptions with their practices in higher education. Applying Convergent Parallel Mixed-Method Design, 73 English for Specific Purposes (ESP) instructors, teaching technical English courses to Law students at Islamic Azad University (IAU), South Tehran, Qods and Eslamshahr branches, completed a questionnaire, assessing teachers’ perceptions versus practices on the use of mobile phone technologies in discussion-based classes. Through typical-case purposive sampling, out of 73 ESP instructors, eight instructors (four traditional and four communicative), extracted through the questionnaire, joined semi-structured interviews, and their classes were observed during the semester by two observers completing the observation scheme. Afterwards, applying the grounded-theory-instigated analytical framework of Onwuegbuzie and Teddlie (2003), the triangulated observation-interview data were thematically analyzed through open, axial, and selective codifications congruent with Mishra and Koehler’s (2008) TPACK model components, i.e., technology, pedagogy and content knowledge. The results demonstrated EFL teachers' interest in interactional mobile phone technologies and in the content constituent, i.e., the second component of the questionnaire as well as the third module of TRACK model. Additionally, the results signified EFL teachers’ use of comparative translation activities for the reading comprehension skills via collaborative/cooperative reading strategies. Finally, this research represents some pedagogical implications for administrative executives in the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology to revise Law students’ curriculum, and positively alters material providers’ and ESP instructors’ attitudes toward using mobile phone technologies in discussion-based classes.

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of family empowerment with socio-emotional learning on psychological trauma and emotional expression in adolescents with parents with substance abuse. The method of the present study was a quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a control and follow-up group. 30 of them were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Research data were collected using the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) by Lovibond & Lovibond (1995) and the King & Emmons (EEQ) Emotional Expression Questionnaire (1990) and analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance. Were analyzed. The results of the present study showed that family empowerment on emotional expression and depression, anxiety and stress of adolescents with dependent parents was effective (P <0.01) and this effectiveness is stable in quarterly follow-up (P <0.01). According to the results of the present study, it can be concluded that family empowerment learning program is one of the effective treatments for psychological trauma and emotional expression of adolescents

Objective: Cancer is one of the most essential health issues in the world and Iran which is usually associated with significant clinical and psychological discomfort in the optimal use of coping strategies. Therefore، the purpose of the present study was to analyze a structural model of medication adherence based on health anxiety, positive meta-emotion, and pain self-efficacy mediated by health locus of control in men with cancer. Method: The research was descriptive-correlational using structural equation modelling to test the relationships between the variables. The statistical population was men with gastrointestinal cancer in Golestan province referred to Shafi Hyrkan Cancer Patients Support Center. According to, 227 people were selected through targeted sampling. The research instruments included the Salkowski and Warwick Health Anxiety Inventory, Beer and Moneta Positive Metacognitions and Positive Meta-Emotions Questionnaire, Nicholas Pain Self-Efficacy questionnaire, Morisky, Ang, and Wood's Medication Adherence Questionnaire, and Wallston's Health Control Source Inventory. Data analysis was performed in LISREL software version 8.71. Findings: The results showed that health anxiety, internal health locus of control, and positive meta-emotion had a positive effect (P <0.005) and pain self-efficacy had a negative and significant effect on medication adherence (P <0.001). The source of internal health locus of control mediated the effect of pain self-efficacy and positive meta-emotion mediated the medication adherence positively and significantly (P <0.005). Conclusion: Health anxiety, positive meta-emotion, and pain self-efficacy are correlated with medication adherence and affect medication adherence mediated by health locus of control.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a spirituality therapy training program on quality of life and spiritual intelligence among students with visual impairments. The methodology was of an experimental type with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population included visually impaired students, studying at Shoorideh Shirazi School for the Blind in the academic year 2019-2020, among them 32 visually impaired students were purposefully selected, randomly divided into two experimental (16 subjects) and control (16 subjects) groups. The instruments used in the study were the Quality of Life Questionnaire (1992) and the King Spiritual Intelligence Scale (2008), both filled out by the students in both groups as a pretest before the program. The spirituality therapy training program, consisting of 12 sessions, was presented to the experimental group for two months in the form of two 65-minute sessions per week. It is worth mentioning that the control group did not receive any training from the researcher and that they only received the same daily school educational program that was offered to the experimental group as well. Upon completion of the training program, the Quality of Life Questionnaire and the King Spiritual Intelligence Scale were completed by the students as a posttest. SPSS software was used to analyze data. And mean and standard deviation were used in the descriptive statistics section. In addition, a univariate analysis of covariance was used in the inferential statistics section. The results obtained from this study showed that spirituality therapy training improved quality of life and spiritual intelligence among students with visual impairments. Therefore, it can be concluded that the spirituality therapy training program can help enhance quality of life and spiritual intelligence among students with visual impairments.

The present study aimed to investigate the causal pattern of the relationship between personality variables and coronavirus-related health attitudes mediated by the internal locus of control, and the moderating role of self-esteem in students. The sample participants consisted of 150 students of varying educational levels who completed the Health Behavior, Health Attitude, Internal Locus of Control, risk-taking, self-esteem, and conscientiousness and neuroticism questionnaires, online and through messaging applications (Telegram and WhatsApp). To analyze data, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to measure fitness of the model and examine direct relationships. Measurement of the mediator relationship was assessed via, Bootstrap, and the moderator relations were examined with hierarchical regression. The results showed that the model's fitness well with the data and all direct relationships, except the relationship between risk-taking, and health attitudes were confirmed. The findings also confirmed the mediating role of the internal locus of control in the relationship between personality traits and health attitudes. The results further indicated the moderating role of self-esteem in the relationship between the internal locus of control and students' health attitudes. In other words, the relationship between the internal locus of control and health attitudes in students with higher self-esteem is stronger than the relationship in which students reported lower self-esteem. The results also confirmed the moderating role of self-esteem in the relationship between neuroticism and students' health attitudes. In other words, the relationship between neuroticism and health attitudes in students with lower self-esteem is stronger than the relationship in which students reported higher self-esteem