International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences
Aug 17, 2014 Volume 37, Number
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 10
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Risky Sexual Behavior of Modern Teenager’s Current Challenges
Darina Koskina, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
This article deals with some ways of conceptualizing and prevention of adolescent risky behavior. Specific ways for preventing and managing risky sexual behavior are discussed. Anonymous interviews... More
pp. 1-4
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<i>Coriolanus</i>: Celebrating a Bakhtinian Anarchic Body of Roman Republic
Roohollah Datli Beigi & Pyeaam Abbasi, University of Isfahan, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)
The last tragedy of Shakespeare, Coriolanus (1608), is one of the most ignored and controversial Shakespearian plays towards which there has always been a sort of dislike. Despite the fact that the... More
pp. 5-17
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Pragmatical Rules for Success in Persuasion
Daniela Gîfu, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Romania; Mirela Teodorescu, University of Craiova, Romania; Dan Ionescu, Nicolae Titulescu High School, Romania
The study reveals how to be successful, how to make friends, how to become influential, which are desires, goals for most of us. There is no manual, no theory, only rules, principles which work... More
pp. 18-28
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Involvement Load Hypothesis: Word Meaning Retention across Oral and Written Task Types
Javad Ahmadi Fatalaki, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)
Involvement Load Hypothesis for the first time has been proposed by Laufer and Hulstijn (2001). Based on their theory, second language vocabulary learning, consists of three basic components: need,... More
pp. 29-45
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Presenting a Conceptual Model to Explain the Role of Strategic Management and Planning in Islamic Banking Competitiveness
Seyed Reza Seyed-Javadin, Reza Raei, Mohammad Javad Iravani & Mohammad Safari, University of Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)
Financial system is the heart of any economy. To superior performance in the national and local level it is essential to have an efficient and convenient banking system. What this study aimed to... More
pp. 46-56
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The Comparison of Attribution Styles and Emotional Intelligence among the Successful and Unsuccessful Female High School Students in Ahvaz, Controlling for the Intelligence
Banafsheh Hasanvand & Afsaneh Rezai Nasab, Payame Noor University, Iran (Islamic Republic Of); Mahnaz Rezai Nasab, Tarbiat Moalem University, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)
The objective of the present study was comparing attribution styles and emotional intelligence of the successful and unsuccessful female high school students in Ahvaz, controlling for the... More
pp. 57-70
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Musharka Financing for Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan
Nadeem Iqbal, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan; Najeeb Haider, Ghazi University, Pakistan; Muhammad Ramzan Akhtar, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan; Sumia Hafiz Abdul Karim, Indus International Institute, Pakistan
Unemployment, with other factors, leads to poverty. Poverty is an important characteristics of the developing countries including Islamic countries. Poverty causes human degradation in all aspects ... More
pp. 71-81
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Optimal Hedge Ratio for Brent Oil Market; Baysian Approach
Mohsen Mehrara & Monire Hamldar, University of Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)
This paper examines the optimal hedging ratio (OHR) for the Brent Crude Oil Futures using daily data over the period 1990/17/8-2014/11/3. To gain OHR, it is employed a Vector Autoregressive (VAR)... More
pp. 82-87
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Iranian EFL Learners' Self-Concepts and Beliefs as Language Learners
Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza, Islamic Azad University, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)
The present study expolred English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' self-concepts and beliefs as language learners. Through a mixed-methods research design and using descriptive statistics,... More
pp. 88-96
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Speech Act Disagreement among Young Men in Iran
Afroozeh Heidari, Islamic Azad University, Iran (Islamic Republic Of); Abbas Eslami Rasekh & Shahla Simin, University of Isfahan, Iran (Islamic Republic Of)
Speech act of disagreement is one of the least attended among all the other types of speech act. The present study seeks to find out the ways in which this inherently threatening act is expressed... More
pp. 97-109