Nasrin Eyzadyar; Shirin Ahmadnia; Seyed Mohammad Seyedmirzaei; Seyed Ali Azin; Mohammad Yazdani Safa
Volume 8, Issue 1 , March 2014, , Pages 6-21
Abstract
Oocyte donation forms a part of so called "Assisted Reproduction Technology"
(ART) that assists infertile women with ovarian problems or other medical factors
to achieve their dream of having a child. Understanding the experience of infertile
women in a difficult decision-making period for oocyte ...
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Oocyte donation forms a part of so called "Assisted Reproduction Technology"
(ART) that assists infertile women with ovarian problems or other medical factors
to achieve their dream of having a child. Understanding the experience of infertile
women in a difficult decision-making period for oocyte donation and selecting it
over other alternatives (adoption or to live without children) is significant. Little is
known about the lived experience of recipient women though, especially in Iran,
due to the cultural, social, and religious conditions of the society. The present
article describes the experience of those infertile women.
This study was conducted using qualitative method and phenomenological
approach with the aim of recognizing and describing the experiences of the
women recipients of donated oocyte. Eleven participants were selected by
purposive sampling method from women who had turned to Royan Infertility
Institute in Tehran, Iran. The data were generated from transcription of taped
Semi-structured in-depth interviews. Data analysis was in accordance with the
procedure introduced by Colaizzi.
Six main themes emerged from the women’s descriptions of their
experiences:(1) the possibility of maintaining the confidentiality in egg donation;
(2) the opportunity of having the experience of pregnancy, childbirth, and
breastfeeding ;(3) the chance of genetic transition from husband ;(4) the impact of
time factor in choosing oocyte donation ;(5) oocyte donation being permissible
from a religious point of view; and (6) emotional and social burden of infertility.
B. Zare; M. Rohandeh
Volume 9, Issue 2 , July 2015, , Pages 64-87
Abstract
Social and political participation as essential feature of modernism is very important in modern societies. So participation (in all form of it including political, social, economic and cultural) is one of the main concepts of sociology and political science. The present study is a quantitative one ...
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Social and political participation as essential feature of modernism is very important in modern societies. So participation (in all form of it including political, social, economic and cultural) is one of the main concepts of sociology and political science. The present study is a quantitative one which aims at examining the social factors affecting socio-political participation. The survey was conducted with a sample of 400 residents of Karaj in 2012. Data was collected through self-constructed questionnaire. The data were analyzed using multivariate liner regression, T. test, multiple regression and path analysis. Results of multiple regression analysis show that among independent variables the political satisfaction (beta = 0.33), the newspaper reading (beta = 0.25), the religiosity (beta = 0.19), and watching satellite (beta = 0.15), have significant effects on participation rate. Totally, independent variables of this study explain 0.41 of the variation of sociopolitical participation. In general, the results of study support the theoretical framework the study was based on.
Golam Reza Khushfar; Arezo Mohammadi; Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh; Razieh Mohammadi; Fatemeh Akbarzade
Volume 9, Issue 1 , March 2015, , Pages 71-102
Abstract
The concept of social health, along with other aspects of health (physical, mental, spiritual), is a significant component and is influenced by many factors. Security, particularly social security is one of the most important factors related to social health.. Due to this importance, this study aimed ...
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The concept of social health, along with other aspects of health (physical, mental, spiritual), is a significant component and is influenced by many factors. Security, particularly social security is one of the most important factors related to social health.. Due to this importance, this study aimed at identifying the relationship between social security and social health of youth (15-29) years in Ghaen. The study relies on social health theory of Keyes and modern approach to social security. ترجمه از: فارسیThe study is a survey with sample size of 376 which were randomly selected. Findings from the analyses of the data indicate significant and direct relationship between social security and social health. In addition, relationship between social security and social integration, acceptance, participation and social prosperity is positive and significant. Social acceptance has the highest and social integration has the lowest correlation with social security. At the same time, there is no significant relationship between social security and social cohesion.
Leyla Yazdanpanah; Fatemeh Hekmat
Volume 8, Issue 2 , July 2014, , Pages 128-152
Abstract
This article examines effective factors on social responsibility which are necessary actions or personal reactions in different situations .Theories of mutual humanism, Bandora’s social learning and social roles theory are used.
We conducted a survey and used a questionnaire to collect the data. ...
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This article examines effective factors on social responsibility which are necessary actions or personal reactions in different situations .Theories of mutual humanism, Bandora’s social learning and social roles theory are used.
We conducted a survey and used a questionnaire to collect the data. The
questioner was distributed among 404 male and female students of Shahid
Bahonar University of Kerman in the year 2011, who are selected by random
systematic sampling.
The results show that the sense of self esteem, responsive and intimate parenting, formal and informal social participation, interpersonal social trust ,generalized institutional trust, gender and socio-economic position are effective variables on the youths’ social responsibility.
Mohsen Niazi
Volume 5, Issue 2 , July 2012, , Pages 158-181
Abstract
Combined research methods are called the third movement in research methodology. It means that in conducting the social research, seeking combined research methods is needed for improving the methodology of research that started with qualitative and quantitative approaches. In conducting humanistic and ...
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Combined research methods are called the third movement in research methodology. It means that in conducting the social research, seeking combined research methods is needed for improving the methodology of research that started with qualitative and quantitative approaches. In conducting humanistic and social research, the main approaches have developed in different methodological directions. What is known as the first wave of methodological change, initiated the application of empiricism and quantification. After a period of exerting dominance, it was recognized that quantification was not successful in showing individuals’ thoughts and ideas on complex as well as specific issues and events. The second wave of methodology known as qualitative research developed in 1970-1980. It emphasized perception processes that led to consequences of issues under study. In the last decade, limitations of qualitative approaches in generalizing results, combination of research results with researcher specific values, and the problem of validity and reliability of data have been considered as important challenges in qualitative researches. Thus, it is important to consider combined approach as the third movement of methodology. The main purpose of combined method known as multi-characteristic approach is to combine qualitative and quantitative approaches for giving a more inclusive perception of research issues. In this approach limitations of each of qualitative and quantitative researches are compensated. In addition, this method offers more reliable evidence and proof for research that will help the researcher to answer the questions that are unanswered by each of the qualitative and quantitative approaches alone. The other purpose of this research is to study qualitative and quantitative methodology comparatively, in a manner so that to recognize methodological limitations of each of these two approaches and to offer combined methods as a basic type of approach in the humanities and social research.
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