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Volume 1, Issue 2 (8-2020)
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Spending leisure time under the influence of economic-social developments and global values ​​is one of people's concerns. This research aimed to compile the political relations of serious leisure with the intention of travel and mediation of place attachment among men and women trekking Tehran's Tochal Mountain. The research method was a descriptive correlation implemented in the field. The statistical population of the research is trekking tourists who stay 12 nights a year at the resorts of this mountain. PASS software was used to determine the sample size. Finally, 275 samples participated in the research. In order to collect data, the questionnaires of Gould et al. (2008), Ramkinson et al. (2013) and Zhang et al. (2016) were used. In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used using SPSS version 25 and Lisrel version 8.8 software. The results showed that the two changes of serious leisure and place attachment could predict approximately 24% of the acceptance change related to travel intention. For this reason, one of the important factors for increasing people's intention to travel for leisure activities is place attachment. Also, the findings show no difference between male and female trekkers of Tochal mountain in terms of serious leisure, place attachment and travel intention score.

Volume 2, Issue 7 (12-2021)
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Volunteers are an organization's most complete human resource to hold a successful sporting event. Maintaining a volunteer workforce and motivating volunteers to continue their activities is one of the most important tasks of sporting event managers. This study aimed to investigate how volunteers' involvement in the 14th Sports Olympiad for University Students in Iran affected their behavior. For this purpose, 157 volunteers present at the 14th Sports Olympiad for University Students in Iran were randomly selected as the research sample. Researchers collected data using the Zitsmal et al. (1996) Modified Scale of Behavioral Intentions, Doherty's community involvement scale (2009), and Zaichkowsky's Event Involvement Questionnaire (1994). In order to test the hypotheses, structural equation modeling was used. The results showed that the measurement model has appropriate internal consistency, convergent validity and Discriminant validity. It was confirmed that all variables used in the study were accurate. In the structural model results, the index for determining the coefficient of behavioral intentions was 0.44. Showed that social participation and event participation had a moderate and positive correlation with each other (0.40), and community involvement and event involvement, respectively, with path coefficients of 0.45 and 0.34, had an effect on behavioral intentions, so it can be concluded that understanding the psychological and behavioral aspects of volunteers, such as types of involvement, helps sports organizations in attracting volunteers. In this way, they can maximize the willingness of volunteers to involvement in the future.

Volume 2, Issue 8 (3-2022)
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The purpose of the research was to the role of influential people in sports intentions. Descriptive-correlational research method; In terms of functional purpose, it was sectional in terms of time. The statistical population consisted of all the people who followed influential people on Instagram. Sampling was available online on social networks as a sample. Instruments for measuring information variability and social interaction from Harry Doxy and Hanson (2009), validation from Ohanin (1990), interpersonal interaction from Pierce and Rubin (1988), attractiveness from Greenwood et al. (2008), entertainment from Chao (2011), The intention to watch fitness on Instagram, the intention to exercise, the attitude towards fitness and the tendency towards fitness movies by Hsu and Line (2008). Internal and external evaluation of the model was performed based on structural equation modeling. Research findings showed; the first, second, third, fourth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth hypotheses were confirmed. In addition, the fifth, sixth and eleventh hypotheses were rejected. The current life is inevitably influenced by the performance of new media such as Instagram, and Iranian society is no exception. Therefore, following such a process, the fitness department is creating ideas taken from this media to guide them in the direction that is accompanied by acceptance from the audience. 

Volume 3, Issue 1 (3-2015)
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Aim: Considering the fundamental role of parents' function and family dynamics including the importance role of family communication pattern on preventing early-onset substance use in children, the present study aimed to determine the correlation between family communication pattern and mothers' preventive behavioral intention regarding preventing early-onset substance use in children. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 234 Iranian mothers in Tehran who were randomly selected to participate voluntarily in the study. The participants filled out a self-administered questionnaire including I- demographic information; II- family-based behavioral intention regarding preventing early- onset substance use in children; and III- family communication pattern. Data were analyzed by the SPSS software (ver. 21.0) using Pearson's correlations, independent t-test, and ANOVA at 95% significant level. Findings: The results reported a correlation between conversation (r=0.509**& P≥0.001), conformity orientation (r= -0.150*& P=0.022) and behavioral intention; as well as between conversation conformity orientation (r= -0.382*& P≥0.001), and conversation (r=0.218**& P=0.001), conformity orientation (r= -0.105& P=0.108) and age. Conclusion: The findings suggest that to develop a preventive program, it will be useful to increase family communication pattern, specially conversation orientation to prevent the onset of substance use in children.

Volume 3, Issue 2 (9-2013)
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The purpose of this paper is to study and evaluate the effect of Job - Family Conflict on intention of nurses to quit their jobs in public and private hospitals (A comparative Study), by job burnout as mediator. Statistical society of this research was formed by Emam Khomeini, Firouzgar, Day & Hasheminejad hospitals. 275 nurses was selected randomly among those hospitals. Data analyzing performed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson Correlation test, Conformity Factors Analysis and Structural Equestrians Modeling. The findings showed that Job-Family Conflict has a meaningful (direct and indirect) effect on nurses' intention to quit. We also found that Job-Family Conflict can increase nurses' job burnout. With 95 percent confidence, differences between Job-Family Conflict in public hospitals and private ones was meaningful and Job-Family Conflict occurrence in public hospitals was greater than private hospitals. There was no meaningful difference between public and private hospitals in job burnout level and intention to quit.  

Volume 4, Issue 1 (10-2012)
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Our understanding of the reality of our knowledge and understanding of changing the way we know to be changed. To understand reality in faced with the complex realities in spiritual terms; we are forced to adopt methods that their main claim to discover hidden meanings and realize it is a fact. Religious and mystical experience in understanding the phenomena are very spiritual and sacred mixed, reduced to social or psychological reality, they can understand and prevent the use of empirical phenomenology to understand religious experience makes it inevitable. This article has attempted to offer gains over the experimental phenomenology and methodological principles of the present one, demonstrate the conceptual complexity of religious experience on the other hand, inevitably use this method to show understanding of religious experience And with providing a real example of the spiritual experience of pilgrimage in Iran empirical phenomenology emerges as an example for understanding the religious and mystical experiences are introduced.        

Volume 4, Issue 1 (6-2014)
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This research has accomplished answering following question, what is the suitable model of customer equity what are the relationship between its variables. Survey method used for data gathering and data analyzed using correlation method. The statistical population consisted of Tehran branches Keshavrzi banks customers, which 384 samples selected using stratified sampling method and Krejcie and Morgan table. We used questionnaire for data gathering and LISREL software for data analyzing. Findings show that research model has three independent variables which are value equity, bran equity and relationship equity and two dependent variables which are customer equity and purchase intention. Also, the results depicted that relationship equity and value equity has greater effect on customer equity and brand equity does not have direct significant effect on customer equity. Also, customer equity drivers does not have any significant effect on customer purchase intention.        

Volume 4, Issue 1 (6-2014)
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Philosophy of the organization is dependent with human life. Humans make organizations alive, and move and manage them. Being assure of organizational commitment and HR fitness is one of the best ways to attract and retain talented employees and improve business performance. This study seeks to investigate the moderate effect of person- organization fitness on the relationship between organizational commitment and turnover intention. In terms of purpose this study is applied and data collection Method is descriptive – survey. Population is consist of shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz employees. Sample was 126 employees that selected randomly according to random sampling method. Data was collected using standard questionnaire and analyzed with partial least squares structural equation modeling approach. Results indicate that there is moderate effect of quality of person- organization fitness on relationship between organizational commitment and turnover intention.    

Volume 4, Issue 4 (12-2024)
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Distinguishing between mental and non-mental phenomena requires clear marks. This article examines one perspective on the marks of the mental phenomena. Tuomas K. Pernu offers a "cluster" approach to identifying the marks of the mental phenomena. To differentiate between mental and physical phenomena, which serves as his guide in identifying mental characteristics, Pernu introduces the notions of intentionality, consciousness, free will, teleology, and normativity. After presenting Pernu’s view, this article critically examines his approach. The relationship of this perspective to essentialistic investigations of the mind is assessed, and several questions and critiques regarding his view are raised and addressed. Pernu’s proposed list is deemed incomplete. Furthermore, the article examines how the last three marks on Pernu’s list can be understood as characteristics of mental phenomena. Finally, a methodological proposal is presented to refine the process of discovering the features of mental states.
 

Volume 4, Issue 4 (12-2024)
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Regarding the characteristics of myth in various mythological approaches, it is evident that myth functions in the culture, society, mind, or psyche of human beings, has a collective aspect, is connected to an unconscious or preconscious state, and finally has a normative dimension. These characteristics make social ontology an appropriate place for the analysis of myths. Following the ideas of some social ontologists such as Searl or Tuomela, myth can be considered an institutional fact. However, according to the dominant approach in social ontology in the contemporary analytic tradition, all institutional facts are implicated by individual or collective intentionality. We argue that the peculiarity of myth’s connection with the unconscious state challenges all subcategories of the dominant approach in contemporary social ontology; hence, a shortcoming of the dominant approaches in analyzing myth as an intuitional fact.
 
Omid Hamedani,
Volume 5, Issue 17 (5-2012)
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In our times, the relationship between philosophy and literary theory has been addressed in a variety of different ways. This paper aims to demonstrate in an a posteriori manner how philosophy contributes to literary theory. In doing so, it stands in direct opposition to Rorty’s pragmatic conception of the relationship between these two fields of human knowledge. Philosophy, it is argued, can make at least four contributions to literary theory and the paper is accordingly divided into four parts: (1) it clarifies the ontological status of the literary work; (2) it helps us see the problem of discovering the author’s intention in a new light by questioning our Cartesian presuppositions concerning the relationship between mind and body, (3) it clarifies the philosophical roots of modern literary theory by putting these theories in their proper philosophical context; and finally (4) it paves the way for a critique of the modern relativism and constructivism inherent in modern literary theory. The paper thus ends by showing that if one accepts the possible ways in which philosophy contributes to literary theory and especially finds the critique launched against constructivism in part four plausible, then one has every reason to remain doubtful about Rorty’s view of the subject.

Volume 6, Issue 1 (7-2016)
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In today's highly competitive conditions to maintain and expand market share is the result of brand performance. Suppliers to maintain and improve its position against competitors must pay attention to branding and brand management.Therefore, identifying of factors influencing brand performance is an important issue in the implementation of marketing strategies.In this article, the researchers explore to thisquestion: What factors influencing on brand performance? This study discusses variables from customers’ viewpoints by taking the sample of industrial purchasersand buying center of experts from manufacturers of home appliances in Tehran.106analyzed questionnaires from buying center was presented to. PLS software was used to test hypotheses.The results of the data analysis confirmed that all of theHypothesis.Research Results indicate thatsupplier social responsibility, reputation, B2B brand equity, brand preference and purchasing repeat and loyalty intentions havesignificant and positive effect on brand performance. Relationships reputationand social responsibility on B2B brand equity;social responsibility and reputation;B2B brand equity and brand preference; brand preference and purchasing repeat intentions was significant positively. Internal Suppliers can use the researchfindings to branding and brand performance management in internal and externalindustrial markets.

Volume 6, Issue 3 (11-2016)
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An organization requires careful planning in human resources for its optimal use of human resource. One of the variables affecting HRP is turnover intention. The purpose of this research is planning human resource with emphasis on the influence of moral texture on female employees' turnover intention in a university. This research also examines the role of work values as a moderator variable. Research analysis is based on gathered data from a random sample of two-stage classification. The samples of 210 subjects were determined by Morgan table. For data analysis, ANOVAs test, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation by using WARPPLS software has used. The results of the interviews show that despite high turnover intention of the organization, staff refused to do so for the reasons such as lack of better alternative jobs outside the organization and also benefiting from public employment. Another finding indicates that the intention of turnover among female faculty members was greater. The results also show that the perception of ethical context has a meaningful effect on turnover intention and moderator role of work value was significant for leaving the organization. However, the relationship and reward value has more effective role on the relationship between ethical context and turnover intention.
 

Volume 6, Issue 4 (2-2017)
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Consumer behavior is a controversial and challenging issue including people, what, why and how they buy, as well as marketing and combination of marketing and market. In contemporary, man is not considered as merely a consumer of the created-value by the producers, but has rather an undeniable role in production cycle and through this seeks to gain identity, imagination, sense, value and experience. Thus, regarding the significance of the topic and the fewer research conducted, present study examined the impact of consumption values on purchase intention. In terms of aim, this study is applied and in terms of data collection procedures it is descriptive using correlation. For collecting data, a standard questionnaire were used and the data was analyzed through statistical. Statistical population and sample size were users of two Iranian mobile operators, HamrahAval and Irancell. Sample Size was determined using indefinite population formula. Results indicated that the consumption value of services provided by the mobile operators affects customers' purchase intention. In addition, among consumption values factors, functional and conditional values have significant effects on purchase intention; however, the impact of social, emotional and epistemic values on purchase intention was not confirmed.

Volume 7, Issue 1 (4-2003)
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Sayyed Mortaza Qasemzadeh Associate Professor Department of Law, Faculty of Judicial Sciences and Admenistrative Services  Although, the meaning of interpretation and adjustment is clear and each one should be applied in its own place, it is possible that the judge interpret it in the coverage of adjustment. The message of this article is that the mentioned meanings have independency and each one naturally should be used in its own place and whenever the interpretations in the coverage of adjustment, it's authorized and its reversed is forbidden. The main aim in interpretation is making clear contract provisions and obviating its ambiguity as well. All interpretators' at temp is to obviate all covers with the use of interpreting rules and to achieve to the common intention of both parties. Judge cannot deviate from common will of both parties and review on the provisions of contract or impose his own will on them, though it is near to justice or in agreed with it. Because, the justice should be searched in the shadow of parties mutual consent which has obtained in freedom. But in adjustment ( legal & jurisdiction), it is revocated from common intention of both parties and contract provisions coordinate with new conditions. Nevertheless, on the basis of an analysis, legal adjustment specified by judge ends to contract interpretation; it refers basically to the contract adjustment and has root in agreement of both parties. Because this analysis is justified by using a kind of joint & implied consent provision and as a result interpretation occures in the coverage of adjustment. This article has been prepared and compiled in two parts: binary interpretation and adjustment (first part) and the requirement of will governing principle, adjustment and similar samples in divine law and subject law (second part), respectively.

Volume 7, Issue 1 (5-2017)
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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between job stress and turnover intention with the moderator role of manager decisiveness and its impact on human resource planning. The population statistics is bank employees working in 22 banks in Fariman city. The sample which includes 152 subjects was determined by Cochran formula. Data were collected using standard questionnaires for each variable and its validity was confirmed by both content validity and face validity. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. The alpha coefficient was estimated to be 0.73 which indicates the reliability of the questionnaire. For the collected data Analysis, we used Amos22.0 and spss16.00 softwares Basic results showed that: 1) job stress and turnover intention of employees had a direct connection among the bank employees in Fariman. 2) The Manager’s decisiveness moderates job stress with turnover intention. 3) High-pressure work environment and job stress among staff intensify their turnover intention. 4) Planning of human resources in banks is possible by using quantitative methods. In the end it is suggested that we use the rate and method of Markov chain technology to forecast demand and supply of manpower in banks in Fariman.

Volume 7, Issue 4 (4-2019)
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Aims: In modern communities, smoking is one of the most important causes of illness, disability, and premature death. It is regarded as a pervasive health problem in the world. The risk of death in the tobacco consumers is 80-90% higher than ordinary people. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior on the reduction of water pipe smoking in women.
Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on women over 15 years in Bandar Abbas who smoke water pipe at least once per day in 2015. The subjects were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method from four health centers and randomly divided into intervention (N=64) and control (N=64) groups. Data were collected using a valid and reliable questionnaire based on the theory of planned behavior constructs and demographic information before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed by SPSS 19 software using independent t-test and Mann-Whitney test.
Findings: Before intervention, the mean score of behavioral intention and subjective norms had no significant difference between two groups (p>0.05), but after intervention a significant difference was observed between two groups (p<0.001). Also, there was no significant difference between before and after intervention in control group (p>0.05), but in intervention group the mean score of research variables significantly increased after intervention compared to before intervention (p<0.0.001).
Conclusion: Educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior is effective on the reduction of water pipe smoking in women.


Volume 7, Issue 5 (11-2016)
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This current and interdisciplinary research in the fields of cognitive science, clinical linguistics, neurobiology of language, and language pathology tries to solve language-related problems and disorders. The present research aims to provide a comparison of the effect of stimulating mirror neuron system through music induction and intentional movement imitation on the increase in the average number of verbs in a sentence in free speech of autistic children. For this purpose, first, two pilot studies were performed in 12 sessions on 2 autistic girls aged 6 and 7 for four weeks in Iran University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences. After observing the positive and effective results of these two methods, other samples, i.e. 6 autistic monolingual Farsi speaking girls aged 5-8 were selected by convenience sampling, and underwent 42 sessions (i.e. three 20-30 minute session) of training over 14 weeks. The samples divided to two groups; during training intentional movement imitation in the first group including 3 subjects, no music was played in the class, while instrumental music (wordless music) was played in the class for the second group including 3 subjects during training intentional movement imitation. To evaluate the index of average number of verbs in a sentence, speech of the subjects, after and before intervention, was recorded during the play and everyday conversation. Then, the average number of verbs in their sentence was measured. The research findings were examined using SPSS software (version 20) by Paired-samples t-test and ANCOVA test. The obtained results indicate that the average number of verbs in the sentence significantly increased after the training course in both groups. In addition to the significant changes in all the subjects, the average number of verbs in the sentence in the subjects of the second group showed a significant difference compared to the first group. Based on the research findings, it can be said that stimulation of mirror neuron systems through music induction and intentional movement imitation positively affects the increase in the average number of verbs in the sentence in autistic children. However, it should be mentioned that audio-visual-motor stimulation of the neuron system has a greater impact on verbal skill development of autistic children.

Volume 8, Issue 1 (6-2018)
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Today, branding and brand management have much interest in the world of marketing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between brand satisfaction and customer repurchase intention. In this regards, two factors that may influence this relationship has been reviewed. These factors are, consumer lifestyle and hedonic values which has the moderating role in this research. The statistical population of this study is composed of consumers of Home appliances industries in Tehran. Based on the Cochran formula 413 individuals have been considered as the statistical sample. For data collection the standard questionnaires were applied. The validity of the final Questionnaire was tested and the needed corrections were done. To test the reliability, the Cronbach was applied and the result is shown that the questionnaire is reliable. The collected data have been analyzed using SPSS 22 and smart pls 2 software. As the results show, brand satisfaction affect repurchase intention positively. Moreover lifestyle as a positive effect on the relationship between brand satisfaction and repurchase intention. Besides, hedonic value has a weak influence on this relation.

Volume 8, Issue 3 (8-2017)
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Nowadays, subject crush in its own subjective and theoretical form is the focus of attention in linguistic milieu. To this end, scholars should accept some in adaptations in their points of view with current issues in literary science where some of their proponents ignore the intention of the author.  This article tries to investigate the impact of this approach on Persian linguists and scrutinizes the unacceptable consequences of subject crush subjectivity. In addition, the author wants to know why some followers of this approach do not pay attention to author intention. In order to respond to these questions and by applying and criticizing some scholars of this realm like Saussure, Pierce, Hjelmslev, Wimsatt, Barthes and Breadsley, this article explains the reason of subjectivity of the words by referring them to the external entities. Hence, it verifies what has the impact on the author’s intention. The impact of these kinds of discussions on other related sciences like Uṣūl, Literature, their Acceptance or Refutation are the Main Objectives of the Present Research.
   

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