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Mindfulness is an attribute of consciousness long believed to promote well-being. This research provides a theoretical and empirical examination of the role of mindfulness in psychological well-being. The development and psychometric properties of the dispositional Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

in one's life. We start by reviewing the debate about the adaptive versus maladaptive qualities of emotion. We then explore the literature on intelligence, and especiaUy social intelligence. to examine the place of emotion in traditional intelligence conceptions. A framework for integrating

. Ross This paper uses an intertemporal general equilibrium asset pricing model to study the term structure of interest rates. In this model, anticipations, risk aversion, investment alternatives, and preferences about the timing of consumption all play a role in determining bond prices. Many

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global financial services industry. I am delighted to have this opportunity to comment upon Steven Schwarcz’s illuminating paper on the role of credit rating agencies.1 As I find myself largely in agreement with the analytical framework his paper proposes, my comments will focus on extending his analysis

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This paper will focus on possible transformations of ‘family ’ in post-communist countries of Central Europe (using the examples of Slovakia and the Czech Republic) under the influence of ideas of Western feminism. It attempts to show how feminist ideas are reflected in the writings of Slovak and Czech social scientists and how they influence local cultural settings. Although the ideas of feminism gained much influence, support, and popularity in the West, they were not influential in former communist countries. This was not surprising because the communist regimes did not allow Western ideas to spread in those societies. Western feminists hoped that after the collapse of communist ideology the situation would change. However, I would argue that their expectations have not been fulfilled and feminist ideas remain weak in post-communist societies. There is a whole range of reasons that can explain why women in Central and Eastern Europe have not been very receptive to feminist ideas. This paper discusses some of these reasons, especially those that are related to family life and family setting. The focus of attention will be on the countries of Central Europe, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. However, to say that local social scientists are not receptive to western feminism is not to suggest that there is no thinking about gender issues. It is that their ideas differ from Western feminist perspectives, and their approach to women's issues is not in line with the developments of the Western women's movement in the 1960 and 2 70s. Central European writers build their discourse rather in terms of more recent Western neo-feminist trends of sexual difference, of the articulation of specific values of female subjectivity and identity.. The following section discusses some characteristics of the communist regime that had a strong impact on the position of women as full-time workers as well as on the value of the family.

Abstract: This study was aimed at exploring the necessity of life skills education from the viewpoint of learners at the Community Learning Centers (CLCs) in Iran. The target population of this survey research was learners of 16 community learning centers. A stratified random sample of 130 learners participated in the study. Data were collected using a five-point Likert type scale developed by the researchers based on the life skills suggested in the literature. Results indicated that all participants were in favor of life skills education at CLCs. Finally, some suggestions were made towards the improvement of the life skills education for adult learners.