BACKGROUND Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin that may affect the visible areas of body. Hence, the quality of life, self-esteem, and body image can be affected in psoriasis patients. OBJECTIVES We aimed in the present study to assess the effects of psoriasis on the quality of life, self-esteem, and body image. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 92 patients with p...

conclusions lower level of self-steem should be considered as an important factor for tendency for drug abuse. results the mean age of participants was not statistically different in three groups (p = 0.75) but the other variables (i.e. level of education, job, location of living, and marital status) show significant statistical difference (p = 0.001).the mean score of self-esteem in the group ...

the aim of this study was investigating the role of self-esteem, humorous styles and shyness in prediction of loneliness in students. the research method was descriptive-correlational and the population was all high school students in the city of damghan. the sample included 250 students (125 boys, and 125 girls) selected through cluster random sampling. to collect the data, four instruments we...

abstract   introduction: self-esteem play essential roles in all of life aspects of peoples, particularly adolescents with intellectual disablity. therefore, emphasized on instruction of programs that led to improvement of self-esteem. this study was aimed to investigate of the effctiveness of social skills training on self-esteem of adolescents with intellectual disability in mazandaran provin...

The purpose of this research is to examine whether meaningful life has a mediating role in the relationship between self-esteem and psychological resilience. study group consists 417 university students, 190 male (45.6%) 227 female (54.4%) studying at different universities. Easily accessible sampling method was used research. In study, data were collected using Brief Psychological Resilience S...

Cyberbullying experiences are considered an important factor contributing to social anxiety among college students. However, potential mediators of the relationship between cyberbullying and anxiety, which may strengthen or weaken this relationship, unclear. The present study examined mediating role self-esteem appearance as well moderating gender. A total 269 students participated in a questio...

a bstract background: self‑esteem is known to be one of the most important markers of successful aging. older people’s self‑esteem is influenced by several factors that particularly may be health related. therefore, this study aimed to explore some important general health‑related predictors of the older people’s self‑esteem.   materials and methods: in this study, 200 people, aged 65 years and...