introduction: psychological constructs such as locus of control, personality traits, self-esteem and religiosity orientation play an important role in creating discipline desired behavior. this research aimed to investigate the relationship between locus of control, personality trait, self-esteem and religiosity with discipline desired behavior. materials and methods: this is a descriptive anal...

conclusions the current study showed significant association between the rosenberg self-esteem test results and smoking, and illegal drug abuse like heroin, pills, alcohol, nas, and other substances. therefore, increasing self-esteem is essential for preventing the adolescents’ emotional and behavioral disorders. this fact could guide us to the new approaches for smoking and drug-abuse preventi...

Enseña Chile (ECh) is one model in the direction of helping close the achievement gap between low-income and high-income students in Chile. This is the first adaptation of the Teach for America (TFA) model in Latin America, placing human capital of the highest quality—selected after a highly competitive process—in the most vulnerable urban and rural schools. This paper provides the first eviden...

purpose : to compare the psychosocial status before and after successful strabismus surgery on iranian strabismic patients methods : one hundred twenty-four strabismic patients, older than 15 years were evaluated between 2009 and 2010. they were asked to complete a questionnaire about their psychosocial experiences, before and three months after successful strabismus surgery. effects of strabis...

Purpose The purposes of this study were to test the predictions that lower self-esteem and higher shyness in individuals with a history of language impairment (LI) would continue from adolescence into early adulthood and that those with LI would have lower social self-efficacy in early adulthood. Method Participants were young people with a history of LI and a comparison group of age-matched ...

Surgical restoration of key functions of the upper extremity has tremendous potential to increase autonomy, mobility, and self-esteem by resuming critical abilities in patients with tetraplegia. New strategies of surgical reconstruction and postoperative rehabilitation of upper extremity function in tetraplegic patients have been developed, based on basic science and clinical studies. In contra...

abstract background: self-esteem is a determinant factor of mental health. individuals with low self-esteem have depression, and low self-esteem is one of main symptoms of depression. aim of this study is to compare the effects of problem-solving skills and relaxation on the score of self-esteem in women with postpartum depression. materials and methods: this clinical trial was performed on 80 ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the degree of loneliness among the visually impaired elderly and to make a comparison with a matched reference group of the normally sighted elderly. In addition, we examined self-management abilities (SMAs) as determinants of loneliness among the visually impaired elderly. METHOD In a cross-sectional study, 173 visually impaired elderly persons completed telephone inter...

Some individuals have a greater capacity than others to carry out sophisticated information processing about emotions and emotion-relevant stimuli and to use this information as a guide to thinking and behavior. The authors have termed this set of abilities emotional intelligence (EI). Since the introduction of the concept, however, a schism has developed in which some researchers focus on EI a...