the present   study was conducted to predict the life quality of the girl students of islamic azad university ‚boin zahra branch based on the variables of differentiation of self and resilience .this descriptive –correlational study was performed on a total of 242 girls with the average age of 22.45(sd=4.9).the data collection tools were conner and davidson’s resilience scale (cd-resc) ‚skowron...

INTRODUCTION The adjustment difficulties of college students have been an emerging issue. Many studies have proved that the adjustment difficulties like appetite disturbance, concentration problems and depression are most evident in freshmen. To help college students in resolving their adjustment issues, we made efforts in the form of establishing a counselling system to provide intervention to...

The present study examined predictors of emotional problems amongst a nationally representative cohort of recent immigrants in Canada. Specifically, the effects of parenting status were examined given the association between parenting stress and mental health. Data came from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (N = 7055). Participants were recruited 6-months post landing (2001-2002)...

Although insomnia or excessive tiredness are familiar to most who live with schizophrenia they are not unique to it. At least 70% of people suffer from some sleep abnormalities at some point in their lives for various reasons. Sleep problems can be the result of either a physical, mental or emotional issue that disturbs the normal rhythm of our bodies which then creates a vicious circle, as lac...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between learning difficulties (LDs) and behavioural and emotional problems of 8-year-old children in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 (n=9432). STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study. METHODS Teachers assessed children's behaviour with a Rutter scale (RB2) and assessed their learning with questions about whether a child had difficulties in readi...

A modification of Kuethe's method for investigating social schemata in which 5s place magnets representing "mother," "father," and significant others on a board in relation to a centrally placed "self" magnet was administered along with the MMPI to 30 recently admitted female psychiatric patients. Distance between self and mother magnets was correlated with increased schizophrenia (Sc) and decr...

Adjustment is one of the most important psychological activities of human being. Life is a process of adjustment. If anyone wants satisfaction in life, then one has to adjust with their environment. The present study was conducted on the students of two collegesone urban and one rural of Jammu region. The main objective of the study was to identify the adjustment problems among college going st...

The authors examined the role of familial risk and child characteristics in the association between the type of child care in infancy (maternal care [MC]) versus nonmaternal care [NMC]) and emotional/behavioral difficulties at 4 years old. Canadian families (N=1,358) with children between 1 and 12 months old were followed over 4 years. Family risks were found to moderate the association between...

This study investigated relationships between attachment insecurity, maladaptive cognitive schemas, and various types of psychopathological symptoms in a sample of clinically referred adolescents (N = 82). A mediation model was tested in which maladaptive schemas operated as mediators in the relations between indices of attachment quality and conduct, peer, and emotional problems. Results revea...