Background and Objective: Appropriate clinical environment has an important role in preparing students to use learned knowledge in practice through providing learning opportunities. Since the students’ EXPERIENCES in the clinical setting affect on quality of their learning, the current study aimed to explain the EXPERIENCES of nursing students concerning clinical education setting.Materials and Method: The current study was conducted based on conventional content analysis. Sampling was done purposively and the participants were 13 last year nursing students in Zabol Nursing and Midwifery School in 2013-2014. Data collection was done through in-depth semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was conducted through qualitative content analysis approach.Results: Based on the results, five major categories including threats, vision, dual forces, mindset and students’ action to clinical education and also10 subcategorie were identified.Conclusion: Since the formation of students’ EXPERIENCES in these environments is one of the predictive factors in achieving their learning and in facilitating the professionalization process, thus; the attention of managers in clinical settings is very important for decreasing the threats and concerns for students. In this way, the marred prospects of profession can be recovered through the meeting students’ expectations, attractiveness of the profession can be increased and the positive belief, actions and feelings can be created in students.

Introduction: Motorcyclists play an important part in increasing the death toll form road accidents in study is designed to identify the risky behaviors experienced by the motorcyclists which is believed to help promote the safety of them and other members of the community.Materials and Methods: This was a qualitative study and we selected a sample of motorcyclists from different parts of Tehran. The data was collected through in-depth interviews with participants. All interviews were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim and analyzed consecutively.Results: Analysis of the data revealed two behavioral themes describing risk riding in Iranian motorcyclists: 1) unintentional behaviors due to inability for riding, less control of motorcycle and low mood or lack of concentration while riding; 2) intentional behaviors such as riding an inappropriate or defective motorcycle; unallowable use of motorcycle; showing off; and breaking traffic laws.Conclusion: Even though, a great number of the risky behaviors identified are similar to those reported in previous studies, some differences were observed. This might be explained by a number of psychological and social factors that having a role t in the risky behaviors of the motorcyclists.

Background: Today, liver transplantation is a routine procedure in the treatment of patients with end stage liver disease and its survival rate is high. In order to promote health, nurses and other health care professionals need to discover the meanings of lived EXPERIENCES after liver transplantation. It is important for nurses to know what patients really experience; appropriate nursing intervention can be extracted from such understanding. This study aimed to describe the meaning of lived EXPERIENCES of liver transplant patients after discharging from hospital.Methods: A Phenomenological approach was chosen for the study. Unstructured and open–ended interviews were conducted with 9 liver transplant patients. The method of analysis described by Colaizzi (1978) was utilized.Results: According to Colaizzi, seven categories emerged: support, gradual adaptation, transplant outcomes, concerns, fallow up, gratitude and waiting for transplant. The patient’s physical and mental problems prevented them to fulfill personal goals before transplant. Although they had some concerns such as fear of graft rejection, they were at the peace with the world after transplantation. Lifelong medications were identified insignificant for the participants. Social support was essential for recovery and meeting other recipients in the same situation as well as sharing health and life EXPERIENCES is an important aspect among liver transplant patients. Health professionals were universally praised in the study however the fallow up care they received from them was not desirable.Conclusion: Health professional especially nurses should take a more active role in continuing care for such clients. Also, the support patients give each other should be encouraged and aided by health care team.

Aim and Background: Adoption is a subject with prolix antecedent in historical society and culture. Child acceptation affects on partner and family relation; so recognition of these families experience help nurses to have a deep knowledge about the individual and social relationship of these families.Methods and Materials: In this phenomenological qualitative study, 15 families with adopted child were selected by target based method, in Shahrekord, Iran. Data collected by in-depth semi-structured face-toface interviews. Data analysis was conducted using the phenomenological analytic method defined by Colaizzi.Findings: Totally, 160 codes were extracted. Nine main themes were obtained related to psychological EXPERIENCES including; parent role acceptation, adoption tools, interaction with others, child specification, mental changes, family relation, life changes, child acceptation and relation with child.Conclusions: Based on our findings, mental changes were the most important experience mentioned by families. Adoption has some compensation for the adopted child and consolidates the family basis. Nurses should consider these findings in the psychological interventions for solving related problems.

Mysticism and its associated methods have been the subject of interest in the study of human potentials from the psychological point of view. Different schools of thoughts in the field have tried to interpret mystical approaches based on their own understandings, theory and teaching methods. In this article, direction and origin of these interpretations, and development of the latest positions taken by these schools of thoughts has been reviewed. In these regards, from denial of the above EXPERIENCES from Freud doctrine, to the role of archetypes and exogenous factors from Jung school of thoughts, and the impact of social factors from Maslow and Rogers, as well as, the latest development in neurological sciences and biochemical functioning of the brain, have been discussed. Also, interacting factors which encourage mystical behaviour have been addressed briefly.

Background: The quality of marital relationship and family function is a major global concern, especially in Iran. Indigenous contexts should be considered for identifying problems and effective measures. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of an indigenous intervention program for strengthening happiness EXPERIENCES on marital satisfaction, marital intimacy, and couples' happiness EXPERIENCES. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest, follow-up design and a control group. The study population included all couples living in Zanjan, from whom a sample of 30 couples was selected. The participants were divided into the intervention and control groups (n=15 per group). The intervention program was designed based on local capacities and qualitative study of happy couples. In the experimental group, the indigenous intervention of strengthening happiness EXPERIENCES was performed. ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (short form), Thompson and Walker Intimacy Scale, and Yousefi Afrashteh Happiness Experience Questionnaire were used to collect data. Univariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that the designed indigenous intervention program had a positive effect on the three dependent variables of marital satisfaction (F=128 and size P<0. 001), marital intimacy (F=57. 43 and P=0. 68), and happiness EXPERIENCES (F=64. 46 and P=0. 70). This effect was also confirmed in the two-month follow-up (P<0. 05). Conclusion: Based on the results, family counselors and planners need to consider an intervention program to enhance couples' happiness EXPERIENCES in conflict resolution and family strengthening and enrichment programs.

Introduction: Schizotypal traits can lead to disturbance in social and personal functioning and are a prodromal risk factor for developing psychosis. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of dissociative EXPERIENCES and intolerance of uncertainty in the relationship between traumatic childhood EXPERIENCES and schizotypal personality traits. Methods: The research was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population consisted of all students of Islamic Azad University of Birjand in the academic year of 2019-2020, whose number was 5200 people. The sample size was 400 people who were selected by cluster random sampling method. In order to data gendering, childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ), dissociative EXPERIENCES scale (DES), intolerance of uncertainty scale (IUS) and schizotypal personality questionnaire-Brief Form (SPQ-BF) was used. The present research data were analyzed using SPSS and LISREL software and the structural equation modeling method. Results: The results of this study showed that dissociative EXPERIENCES and intolerance of uncertainty mediated the relationship between traumatic childhood and schizotypal personality traits. In addition, this model has a good fit. Conclusions: The results of the present study support the mediating role of dissociative EXPERIENCES and intolerance of uncertainty in the relationship between traumatic childhood EXPERIENCES and schizotypal personality traits. These results emphasize the need to pay attention to these structures and consider their role by specialists, therapists, and planners when working with students and especially in counseling and treatment centers.

 Nowaday, understanding the reasons of successes and failures are a necessity for organizations survival and performance. Organizations need to learn from their own EXPERIENCES and the other organizational EXPERIENCES. EXPERIENCES documentation is one of the key issue to increase the organizational knowledge and learning through using the relevant EXPERIENCES in business and also the organizational performance. In order to accumulate, document, distribute and use effective of organizational EXPERIENCES, it is necessary to design an appropriate structure and framework. Therefore, this paper first reviews the related literature and theoretical bases. Then components and attributes of documentation system, evaluation system, reward system and distribution system are identified and explained. Accordingly a conceptual structure for organizational EXPERIENCES documentation (SOED) is developed. The suggested structure is verified according to the view of experts.