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Trait self-control, identified-introjected religiosity and health-related-feelings in healthy Muslims: A structural equation model analysis
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Public Library of Science
, 2015 , Article)
Aim: The present study attempted to test McCullough and Willoughby’s hypothesis that self-control mediates the relationships between religiosity and psychosocial outcomes. Specifically, this study examined whether trait ...
Comparison of Mental Toughness and Power Test Performances in High-Level Kickboxers by Competitive Success
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
, 2016 , Article)
Background
Kickboxing is a high-intensity intermittent striking combat sport, which is characterized by complex skills and tactical key actions with short duration.
Objectives
The present study compared and verified ...
واقع خطبة الجمعة في دولة قطر : دراسة ميدانية
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جامعة قطر
, 2015 , Article)
إن كانت الصلاة ركن الاسلام، وعمود الدين، وأول ما يحاسب عليه العبد يوم القيامة، فإن صلاه الجمعة قد زادها الله تشريفا على ذلك التشريف كله، وخصها من القرآن ، بـ(سورة الجمعة)، ومن الأيام ، بـ(يوم الجمعة)، ومن الفقه بأحكام تعلي ...
Psychological and Psychosocial Consequences of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Women in Tunisia: Preliminary Findings from an Exploratory Study
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
, 2016 , Article)
Background
The incidence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) makes it the most widespread parasitic disease in Tunisia and the Arab world. Yet, few studies have addressed its psychological and psychosocial effects. ...
Ramadan Fasting and Patients with Cancer: State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects
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Frontiers Media
, 2016 , Article)
Ramadan fasting represents one of the five pillars of the Islam creed. Even though some subjects (among which patients) are exempted from observing this religious duty, they may be eager to share this particular moment of ...
The Development of the Dementia Screening Battery-100: Instrument Presentation, Reliability, and Construct Validity
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S. Karger AG
, 2017 , Article)
Background/Aim: The screening of dementia in non-Westerners has so far relied on translations and adaptations of reputed instruments. Other efforts focused on developing culturally appropriate tests or tests in touch with ...
On national flags and language tags: Effects of flag-language congruency in bilingual word recognition
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2017 , Article)
French-English bilinguals performed a generalized lexical decision experiment with mixed lists of French and English words and pseudo-words. In Experiment 1, each word/pseudo-word was superimposed on the picture of the ...
Human Factors in Driving Accidents: A Cognitive Investigation in the Gulf Context
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Human factors were reported by researchers to be the reason behind the majority of car accidents; examples of these factors were: inattention, stress, distraction, decision making, drugs and alcohol abuses. Most of such ...
The World (of Warcraft) through the eyes of an expert
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PeerJ
, 2017 , Article)
Negative correlations between pupil size and the tendency to look at salient locations were found in recent studies (e.g., Mathôt et al., 2015). It is hypothesized that this negative correlation might be explained by the ...
Emotion-Cognition Interaction in Nonhuman Primates: Cognitive Avoidance of Negative Stimuli in Baboons (Papio papio)
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SAGE
, 2016 , Article)
It is well established that emotion and cognition interact in humans, but such an interaction has not been extensively studied in nonhuman primates. We investigated whether emotional value can affect nonhuman primates’ ...