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        1 - Socio-Cultural Meaning of Kitchen in Religious Context of Iran (Case Study: City of Qom)
        Masoud Nari Ghomi
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        2 - Reading a Home: An Application of Rapoport's Viewpoint in Iranian Architecture Studies
        Ali Akbar Heidari Parisa Mohammad Hoseini Nazgol Behdadfar
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        3 - Investigating dimensions of Islamic culture in Iran and its impact on managers' behavior and job satisfaction
        mahdi eslampanah sayed mahdi alvani
        Introduction & Objective:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of dimensions of Iranian Islamic culture on organizational behavior of managers and job satisfaction of employees. research method:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effe More
        Introduction & Objective:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of dimensions of Iranian Islamic culture on organizational behavior of managers and job satisfaction of employees. research method:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of dimensions of Iranian Islamic culture on organizational behavior of managers and job satisfaction of employees. The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population includes all staff members of the Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution in Tehran with 223 people. The sample size was determined using purposeful sampling method of 92 people, which included 80 staff members with 4 years of work experience, 12 senior managers of the secretariat of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, who had at least three years of work experience in management. The statistical sample was added. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire on dimensions of Iranian Islamic culture on the behavior of managers as well as job satisfaction questionnaire (JFS). Validity of the questionnaire for assessing the dimensions of the Islamic Iranian culture on the behavior of managers by eight Islamic management professors and experts from the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution was confirmed in the policy of Islamic lifestyle in Iran. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.83 using Cronbach's alpha coefficient The validity and reliability of the job satisfaction questionnaire were approved according to the standard findings: Data analysis was performed using binomial test, t-test, ANOVA. The results of data analysis indicate that the studied indicators (morale of affection and Kindness (0.001), morale of forgiveness and passing (0.001), participation culture (0.000), Extension of knowledge (0.030) and reporting transparency (0.003) have been effective in terms of being Islamic and Iranian in the behavior of managers and evaluated in job satisfaction of meaningful employees. Also, the patience index against the problems in the behavior of influential managers was evaluated, but there was no significant difference in employee satisfaction (0.68). conclusion: The dimensions of Iranian Islamic culture have a direct impact on managers' behavior, and the behavior of managers has a significant relationship with job satisfaction. Manuscript profile
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        4 - The first impressive poets in the west (Saadi,Khayyam, Ferdoussy)
        Amir Ismaeil Azar Maryam Barzegar
        The culture and customs of Iranians reached the European countries by The Christian Missionaries Who went back home after Visiting Iran in 11th and 12th centuries. Itinerant who had come to Iran complied their itineraries white coming back home. They introduced Iranian More
        The culture and customs of Iranians reached the European countries by The Christian Missionaries Who went back home after Visiting Iran in 11th and 12th centuries. Itinerant who had come to Iran complied their itineraries white coming back home. They introduced Iranian culture and spiritual heritage. Meanwhile, Orientalism was to be gradually formed. In the caose of The time easter institutes stabled and had an effective roll in Iranology. In the end of 17th century and in the beginning of 18th century Europeans considered Iranian literature. For the first time Saadi was introduced and poets like Lafontaine, De sence, Voltair, Le Bailly were inspired by him. Khayyam Rubaaiats Translated perfectly by Edward Fitz Gerald, Nicolas and the others like Jean Lahor, goutier were inspired as well. Ferdoussy was introduced by Champion, Atkinson and Jules Mohl to Europeans. A Famous Writer as Matihew Arnold wrote a story named Sohrab and Rostam inspiring by Shahnameh. Manuscript profile
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        5 - Examining the discourse in independent images of Kermani's poetry
        zohreh saremi Mahdi Mohaghegh
        There are many works on the subject of image and its analysis, which are often studied based on the science of expression and novelty and under the title of imaginary forms.Images and fantasies are twins reflecting the reason and essence of poetic words and reveal the a More
        There are many works on the subject of image and its analysis, which are often studied based on the science of expression and novelty and under the title of imaginary forms.Images and fantasies are twins reflecting the reason and essence of poetic words and reveal the artist's mentality inside and outside the world. Imagination is the speaker's mental effort to create a novel link between his conscious and unconscious. In other words, the images are the result of the interactions of the artist's imaginative workshop, which change the nature and form of objects that are neither completely human nor natural. "Independent image" is one of the types of images whose constituent elements include the exclusive nature and self-reliance of the poet's thought and can exist outside the space of poetry.Considering the process of formation of the concept of image, the role of imagination, while preserving the theoretical nature of the image, in KhajaviKermani's poems, we have discovered and represented various dimensions resulting from recognizing the multi-layered structure and different types of images in his lyric poems,  achieving poetic image from different angles of aesthetics, literature, society, etc. The purpose of this study is to analyze and interpret independent images in KhajaviKermani's lyric poems to guide the reader to the discourse network of his poems. Categorization of obtained discourses by titles; Ontological, romantic, governmental political, and religious discourses, and discourses in the field of patriotism, etc., are divisible.The results obtained from the analysis of the discourse of independent images of Khajoo,s Ghazal illuminate details of the culture and society and the life, thought and vision of the poet. The poet's attitude to love as the main axis of human life, the discourse of disgrace and name and of course the discourse of the homeland are allusions to them. This research has been studied by descriptive-analytical method using library resources. Manuscript profile
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        6 - Reflection of Ancient Iranian Culture in Naser Khosrow's Rhetorical Poems (Based on Arabic Sources)
        Vahid Sabzianpour Touraj Zinivand Muslim Khazli
        Naser Khosrow is one of the famous orators and wise poets of the fifth century of Persian literature. In his poems, he has been influenced by both Islamic and Iranian cultures, but of course less attention has been paid to his influence on Iranian culture. This article More
        Naser Khosrow is one of the famous orators and wise poets of the fifth century of Persian literature. In his poems, he has been influenced by both Islamic and Iranian cultures, but of course less attention has been paid to his influence on Iranian culture. This article also intends to study the influence of Naser Khosrow on the culture and wisdom of ancient Iran, relying on the main and first-hand Arabic and Iranian sources. The main objectives and axes of this article are: a. A brief introduction to the value of wisdom in ancient Iran and the generalities of research. B. Analysis of Naser Khosrow's poems and expression of Naser Khosrow's influence on the wisdom of ancient Iran and the wisdom of Mutnabi. The main finding of this research is that Naser Khosrow has been influenced by the wisdom of ancient Iran through his knowledge of the culture of ancient Iran, which was passed down to him from generation to generation. Nasser Khosrow has also been influenced by Abbasid culture and Arabic literature and its poets, especially Mutnabi, who, of course, have their main roots in ancient Iran.   Manuscript profile
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        7 - Reflection of Pragmatic Knowledge in Iranian High School English Textbooks (Vision Series)
        Fateme Jamshidian Omid Tabatabaei Hadi Salehi Hossein Vahid Dastjerdi
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        8 - The Relationship Between Maternal Overprotectiveness in Iranian Cultural and Anxious Beliefs with Child Anxiety: Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affect
        Hossein Rostami Shirin Zeinali Maedeh Sattarinia
        he main purpose of this study was to study the relationships between maternal over-protection in Iranian culture, mother’s anxious beliefs and child anxiety via mediating role of mother positive and negative affect. The statistical population included all mothers of two More
        he main purpose of this study was to study the relationships between maternal over-protection in Iranian culture, mother’s anxious beliefs and child anxiety via mediating role of mother positive and negative affect. The statistical population included all mothers of two to four years old child inhabitants in Urmia and Tabriz in 2021-22 who referred to “Aramesh Andisheshe” and “Aramesh” consultant centers in Urmia and Tabriz respectively. The research sample embraced 225 mothers with their children whom were selected by convenient sampling process. The research method was correlational of path analysis procedure. To collect data Roth Manual of Mother-Child Relationship Evaluation (1961), Spence et al Preschool Anxiety Scale (2001), Francis and Chorpita Parental Beliefs about Anxiety (2010) and Watson et al Positive and Negative Affect Scale (1988) were implemented. Pearson coefficient and path analysis with SPSS and Amos was applied as main statistical procedure to analyze data. The results revealed that there was significant relationship between maternal anxious beliefs, positive and negative affect with child anxiety. Maternal over-protection and anxious beliefs with child anxiety via mediating role of positive and negative affect were also significantly correlated (p<0/001). The model also had optimal goodness of fit. Concerning the findings, the mothers’ psychological characteristics in Iranian culture and culture oriented parenting styles was effective on child anxiety. Manuscript profile
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        9 - Scientific-literary character of Amir Ali-Shir Nava’i and efficacy of his school
        Amir Nemati Limaee
        Amir Ali-shir Nava&rsquo;i is one of the famous and well-known politicians and cultural man of the Timurid era . His unique political and cultural perspective gave him a special position in Iranian cultural history. Investigating different aspects of his unique characte More
        Amir Ali-shir Nava&rsquo;i is one of the famous and well-known politicians and cultural man of the Timurid era . His unique political and cultural perspective gave him a special position in Iranian cultural history. Investigating different aspects of his unique character is the subject of this paper . This paper by means of the historical research method reviews some of his great works such as : his influence on Turkish literature , his role in spreading Iranian culture beyond Iran, providing the foundation for new schools of thought , and also writing different dictionaries . A study of historical records revealed that in one hand , Amir Ali-shir Nava&rsquo;i was a pioneer and leading figure in Turkish literature and on the other hand , he had a prominent role in introducing Iranian culture into Turkish language tribes . the result of his work created close contacts between Iranian and Turkish culture . Manuscript profile
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        10 - Iranian culture and civilization and globalization; opportunities and challenges
        Mohammad Yousefi Joybari Nejat Mohhamadifar
        Globalization is a process in which different technical, political, cultural and economic parts of different nations changed to be transnational with the development of connections through which national governments increasingly linked to each other. This dependence and More
        Globalization is a process in which different technical, political, cultural and economic parts of different nations changed to be transnational with the development of connections through which national governments increasingly linked to each other. This dependence and connections cause problems for national sovereignty and national government. This concept didn't have scientific validity until the early 1980's, but since then its application has been global.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Globalization creates many opportunities and challenges, and Iran due to its geographical and historical features which put it in the cultural crossroad of the world, has had wide connection with different nations. This is mainly influenced by the strategic location of Iran that western countries were always trying to exploit it to achieve their own goals and interests. These connections in recent century, especially in the late Qajar were taken a new form of colonization and it continued with many ups and downs during the Pahlavi regime. With the Islamic revolution, the connection of Iran with the world was taken a new form, which sometimes has been influenced by the revolutionary atmosphere and specific circumstances. With the ending of the imposed war, there were more opportunities for Iran to increase its connection with the world. This process has had different aspects of cultural, political, economic and etc., among them cultural aspect has been the most important. Because of its long history of civilization and culture, Iran has a huge potential to influence the global trends. Cultural aspects of Iranian civilization, has always had a significant manifestations in the world which indicates the Iranian high cultural capacity to retain itself and even influence on other cultures. The problem now seems to be considered by cultural authorities, is the offering of national culture symbols in a way, understandable and appealing to today's generation and avoidance of any dogmatism and intolerance in cultural affairs. This paper describes the cultural views about globalization and investigates the position of Iranian culture and its role in the process of globalization and also, challenges and opportunities facing it. Some guidelines and recommendations for dealing with the challenges and using the opportunities are presented. Manuscript profile
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        11 - An Evaluation on the Use of Islamic-Iranian Cultural Indices for Designing Practices in the Lessons, Introduction of Architecture Design (Case Study: Tehran University)
        Elham kazemi Hassan Sattari Sarbangholi Rahmat Mohammadzadeh Afra Garibpour
        The aim of this study is to evaluate the value of using Islamic-Iranian cultural indices to design practices in lessons of architecture design introduction. For this reason, college of fine arts in Tehran University was selected as case study. The method of investigatio More
        The aim of this study is to evaluate the value of using Islamic-Iranian cultural indices to design practices in lessons of architecture design introduction. For this reason, college of fine arts in Tehran University was selected as case study. The method of investigation was descriptive-analytical via taking photographs from courses held in ateliers, 5 and 6. This study was an applicable study in the terms of results. The statistical society was comprised of 44 teachers of architecture in Tehran and Tabriz universities, which was collected by random sampling method. The questions were categorized into three concepts of geometry, innovation, form and space and each concept was comprised of Islamic-Iranian architectural parameters. In order to investigate the content of questionnaires, CVR (content validity ration) was applied among 10 specialists and their stability was determined as 0.88 by Cronbach's alpha. The analysis was performed via descriptive methods of statistics and conclusive statistics in SPSS software. The acquired results demonstrated that Islamic-Iranian cultural indices were evaluated as weak (4.54%), medium (86.36%), and strong (9.1%). Based on detachments, Islamic-Iranian indices have been followed in architecture design intro, 3 with average of 64.94 and this parameter was followed in architecture design intro, 2 and 1 with average values of 49.05 and 39.26 respectively. Eventually, it can be concluded that a little variation by teachers in designing practices and including low score parameters to each of the three lessons could provide appropriate practices based on Islamic-Iranian cultures. Manuscript profile
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        12 - The religion of Cyrus, based on historical sources and mythology
        Bahman Ansari
        Knowledge of the personal religion of Cyrus the Great has always been of interest to historians. However, due to the scarcity of sources and the lack of direct reference to the religion of Cyrus in historical documents and archaeological sources, various studies have no More
        Knowledge of the personal religion of Cyrus the Great has always been of interest to historians. However, due to the scarcity of sources and the lack of direct reference to the religion of Cyrus in historical documents and archaeological sources, various studies have not yet reached a definite and clear conclusion. But the point that has received less attention from researchers is the use of two sciences, mythology and linguistics, to illuminate this dark point in history. Therefore, in conducting this research, first the hypothesis has been raised that by using the information available in Greek and Roman sources, how can we gain knowledge of Cyrus's personal religion and then it has been discussed that the knowledge of mythology based on linguistics Ancient, how they will help us to reach a clear answer in this discussion. Therefore, with the knowledge of the above-mentioned issues, an attempt has been made to use the evidence, data and information contained in historical documents written by historians of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, and then analyze these data and measure the information of historical sources, which are mainly It has been obtained from foreign sources that with the surviving documents of ancient Iranian mythology and a glimpse into linguistics, we can for the first time obtain a clear answer in this field and obtain information about the personal religion of Cyrus the Achaemenid. Manuscript profile
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        13 - Developing a Happy School Model by Exploring Happiness Themes in Iranian Culture and Literature
        somayyeh Bahramian Mohammad alli Nadi fariba karimi عبدارضا مدرس زاده
        The present study was conducted to develop a happy school model by exploring happiness themes in Iranian culture and literature. The method used in this research is thematic analysis as a way of analyzing in the qualitative approach. The research data included sources a More
        The present study was conducted to develop a happy school model by exploring happiness themes in Iranian culture and literature. The method used in this research is thematic analysis as a way of analyzing in the qualitative approach. The research data included sources and texts related to Iranian culture and literature, getting studied through techniques of text analysis and based on data analysis process in thematic analysis method. Findings of the study indicate that happiness in Iranian culture and literature is configured around two main themes of external happiness (objective) and internal happiness (subjective). External happiness includes living in a happy world and well-being, and internal happiness encompasses attitudes, nature, and the pursuit of happiness. Developing a happy school model based on happiness themes in Iranian culture and literature requires attention to both external and internal happiness. These two dimensions could be accompanied the elements and components of the school and be performed in the form of developing a curriculum focused on happiness, having educational staff and school administrators as happiness instructors, considering lively school environment, and working on the happiness of the students. Manuscript profile
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        14 - Investigating the environmental factors affecting the ethical marketing system based on the Pierce and Robinson model based on the Islamic-Iranian approach with emphasis on the food industry
        Fatemeh noorshargh Hasan Esmailpour Hossein Safarzadeh Behrooz Ghasemi
        Due to the importance of the market and the role of norms and values ​​in controlling it, the present study examines the environments affecting the ethical norms of marketing. Emphasis has been placed on the food industry in Isfahan province. The present study, in terms More
        Due to the importance of the market and the role of norms and values ​​in controlling it, the present study examines the environments affecting the ethical norms of marketing. Emphasis has been placed on the food industry in Isfahan province. The present study, in terms of practical purpose and in terms of nature, is descriptive-predictive of correlational type and is among the field studies. In this research, library method has been used to prepare research literature and Delphi method based on field research and questionnaire tools have been used to collect statistical data. The research questionnaire was compiled based on the components of ethical marketing according to the Iranian Islamic culture based on environments and norms and the validity of the questionnaire by content method by experts and formally by a number of statistical population and statistical method of factor analysis. Confirmed. The reliability of the whole questionnaire was confirmed with Cronbach's alpha of 0.810. The statistical population of this study included 30 members of the scientific board and marketing specialists as experts in the Delphi method and 1660 senior managers, executive managers and managers of marketing and sales of food industry in Isfahan province. The volume of the sample was estimated to be 315 according to the Cochran's formula. In the analysis of statistical data, two methods of descriptive and inferential statistics have been used in SPSS, LISREL and PLS software environments. The results and findings of the data analysis showed that; The organizational environment of the organization had a significant effect on all norms. The internal environment of the organization had a significant effect on all norms except social norms and religious norms, and the remote environment of the organization had a significant effect on all norms except individual norms. Manuscript profile
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        15 - Evaluating the Ethical Behavior Management Criteria in the Culture of Iranian Society
        mohsen farhadinejad sakineh jafari
        The aim of the study was to evaluate the ethical behavior management criteria in the context of Iranian society culture. The study is applied research in terms of the purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection method. Statistical population consisted of More
        The aim of the study was to evaluate the ethical behavior management criteria in the context of Iranian society culture. The study is applied research in terms of the purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection method. Statistical population consisted of all citizens aged 18-45 years living in Tehran, Mashhad, Esfahan, Ahvaz, Karaj and Semnan cities in the year 2019. A sample of 500 people (306 women and 194 men) was selected using cluster sampling method. All subjects completed the Ethical Behavior Management Criteria Questionnaire. A reliable Cronbach&rsquo;s alpha coefficient for the scale (0.752) was established by the researcher. The data were analyzed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, one-sample t-test, Friedman test, using SPSS and LISREL software. The results showed that ethical behavior management criteria were classified into three factors: Individual, Social, and Religious. The average of ethical behavior management criteria (i.e., Media Criterion, Mother Criterion, Quality of Sleep Criterion, Personal Interests, Golden Criterion, Personal Virtues, Behavior Generalization, being a Role-Model, Legality, Mirror Criterion, becoming a Lesson to Others, Belief in Continuous Monitoring, Altruism Criterion, Following Religious Orders) was higher than the acceptable level. Also, amongst the ethical behavior management criteria, the golden criterion ranked first, personal virtues ranked second and mother criterion ranked third, while altruism criterion ranked last Manuscript profile
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        16 - Studying the Role of Zoroastrians in the Promotion and Excellence of Iranian Culture
        shabahang mohajerani aliakbar amini sayed ali mortazavyan
        The ancient Iran has had a wide variety of races and minorities since the past. Hence, it is possible to refer to the substantial evidence with regard to the impact of various subcultures on Iranian culture. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the role of Zoro More
        The ancient Iran has had a wide variety of races and minorities since the past. Hence, it is possible to refer to the substantial evidence with regard to the impact of various subcultures on Iranian culture. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the role of Zoroastrians in the promotion and excellence of Iranian culture. The premise of this study is that the Zoroastrian activities and practices in the years after the arrival of Islam in Iran to the contemporary period were influenced by the Islamic culture and belief system which contributed to the promotion and excellence of Iranian culture. The data collection technique was desk-and documentary-based research. The descriptive-analytical research method was used. The result of this study suggests that the conformity of the Zoroastrianism practices with cultural and ethical basis of their religion, struggling to preserve and safeguard the national identity, as well as striving for social development, has led to the promotion and excellence of Iranian culture. Finally, the impact of the culture on a nation&rsquo;s individual and social performance is inevitable. The study of historical procedure and social action of nations confirms this. &nbsp; Manuscript profile
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        17 - Identifying the Components of Islamic-Iranian Lifestyle among Students
        mehrdad navabakhsh seyed reza salehy amiri aliakbar rezaee s.abbas hashemi
        To have a prosperous and bright future, Iran needs cheerful and capable young people who are studying in universities and scientific centers. Paying attention to the needs and concerns of young people in life, especially during their student days, can help them in conti More
        To have a prosperous and bright future, Iran needs cheerful and capable young people who are studying in universities and scientific centers. Paying attention to the needs and concerns of young people in life, especially during their student days, can help them in continuing the path, and what is important and necessary is the serious need of young people to be educated and familiar with the Iranian and Islamic lifestyle. Therefore, the present study aims to identify the components of the Islamic-Iranian lifestyle among students among two groups of students in Tehran province and elites in various fields, including religious, social, cultural, economic, literary, etc., which in the second semester of 1995 / 96 have been engaged in education has been done. Their number is 140,000 people and according to Cochran's formula for a limited population of 384 people were determined as a statistical sample, which finally 400 questionnaires were distributed randomly. The data of this study were collected in the field with a questionnaire. The results of the analysis with SPSS showed that there are 11 components called indicators of morality, family, social status, belief, worship, finance, leisure, health, thinking and reasoning, security-defense and religious occasion that in the Islamic-Iranian lifestyle used daily by students.&nbsp; Manuscript profile
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        18 - Preparinga list for analyzing adults’ spiritual health based on Islamic-Iranian culture
        zahra abaspor azar sadegh taghi lou
        The spirituality and religious researchers have been focused on creating a measurement tool in recent years. However, this trend has been forsaken in spiritual health field so far. In order to introduce an efficient measurement tool, this research proposes a new spiritu More
        The spirituality and religious researchers have been focused on creating a measurement tool in recent years. However, this trend has been forsaken in spiritual health field so far. In order to introduce an efficient measurement tool, this research proposes a new spiritual health inventory. This is a practical research in the form of the questionnaire. The population pool included high school students of Karaj city. A number of 628 students were selected using multi level selection methods and were tasked to fill out the spiritual health and NEO-FFI questionnaires. A structure with eight components were developed using the principal component analysis (PCA). Finally based on scary test, six components were selected with varimax rotation. These components were as follows: religious&nbsp; belief, &nbsp;heart peace, spiritual aesthetics, self-acceptance,holy feeling, believe in miracle. These results also demonstrated that scores of extracted components are valid and reliable. Finally, the the correlation coefficients between spiritual health inventory components and NEOPI Factors were as expected. Conclusively, the results of this research indicates that spiritual health inventory test demonstrates reliable properties to be used as a spiritual health test in teenagers. Manuscript profile
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        19 - The Role of Mother's Adherence to Religious Teachings on Children's Spiritual Health with Looking at Iranian Culture
        Fatemeh  Askari Parviz Asgari Amir Reza Asgari
        The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mother's adherence to religious teachings on children's spiritual health with looking at Iranian culture. The research universe included all texts of religious teachings. The research sample enfolded mother's reli More
        The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of mother's adherence to religious teachings on children's spiritual health with looking at Iranian culture. The research universe included all texts of religious teachings. The research sample enfolded mother's religious teachings about children's spiritual health. The design of the research was descriptive-analytical. The library method was used to collect data, texts and references related to the subject. The data then were analyzed. The findings of the research showed that mothers should adhere to religious teachings for religious upbringing and spiritual health of their children. In Iranian culture, family is the main foundation and pillar of society and is considered a very valuable unit for Iranian society. In families with religious attitudes, children's attitudes are formed based on religious beliefs, and these beliefs lead to the formation of religious personality in children and finally concluded to positive behaviors on their part. Adherence of the mother to the religious teachings, including the customs of breastfeeding the baby, praying, fasting, accompanying the child in the mourning rituals of the family, encouraging the mother, morality and piety, helping to find a friend, prayer and trust, modesty, self-improvement and harmony. These religious teachings directly and indirectly from childhood affect the spiritual health of individuals and cause the formation of their spiritual personality. Manuscript profile