65 Conventional wisdom suggests ethnic inequality predicts civil war onset. Stewart suggests that when individual selfesteem is bound up with ethnic identity, ethnic inequality produces grievances that lead to mobilization and civil war. However, recent cross-national studies have been inconclusive due to methodological problems (Fearon J & Laitin D, working paper presented at APSA 1999). Altho...

The present study examined children at risk for anxiety, analyzing their symptoms, selfesteem, and their perception of parental behavior. Data were collected as part of a large anxiety prevention study conducted at the University of Rhode Island. Elementary and middle school children who were identified as at risk for anxiety through an initial assessment were administered a battery of question...

Goal striving and achievement can be undermined when individuals have a competing desire to protect a cherished self-view. When individuals are more concerned with avoiding the negative implications of a likely failure than with self-improvement, they may ignore negative information or even go so far as to purposefully undermine their own performance. For example, self-handicapping involves cre...

Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between early maladaptive schemas and sexual self-esteem in female sex workers. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study conducted in February 2015, 108 female sex workers residing in Toos women's care center in Mashhad were selected through convenience sampling method. For data collection, Young Early M...

Objectives: The current research sought to establish the protective roles of individual difference factors associated with a positive self-orientation and also evaluate the role of personality vulnerability factors as predictors of depression in children from China. The main focus was on individual differences in feelings of mattering to other people. Methods: A sample of 218 children in grade ...

Self-Esteem as a Predictor of Posttraumatic Growth and Adaptation among Maltreated Early Adolescents By Hadar Simha Schwartz Adviser: Denise Hien, Ph.D. Child maltreatment, including neglect and physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, affects 12% of American children each year (Wildeman, Emanal, Leventhal, Putnam-Hornstein, Waldfogel, & Lee, 2014). Maltreatment can be devastating to an individua...

A 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome in Malaysia presented with extensive and generalized hyperkeratotic papules and plaques on her entire body (Fig 1) over a 4-year period. There was mild itching with severe hand and foot deformity. She was socially withdrawn with poor selfesteem and poor hygiene. She was also malnourished and could neither feed herself nor walk due to the deformity of her ex...

I welcome the discussion paper on values as a useful contribution to enhancing clinical practice. We have developed a training programme for healthcare professionals that has been used in primary care, undergraduate and postgraduate training. The workshop type programme identifies common personal values and discusses ways of integrating them into practice. Our experience is that by reflecting a...

The “Coming Home” project at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies was started in 2009 to research how virtual worlds could facilitate health care activities for returning US military personnel, who frequently suffer from psychological and physical challenges. These challenges include increased stress and loss of selfesteem related to the war events they ha...

British Journal of General Practice, January 2013 51 MENOPAUSE IN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS The increasing incidence of breast cancer combined with improving survival means that women live with the effects of cancer and its treatment for many years. Menopausal symptoms are a significant issue in breast cancer survivors for several reasons. Women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) at the tim...