In this paper we explore a self-regulatory perspective on the self-evaluative moral emotions, shame and guilt. Broadly conceived, self-regulation distinguishes between two types of motivation: approach/activation and avoidance/inhibition. We use this distinction to conceptually understand the socialization dimensions (parental restrictiveness versus nurturance), associated emotions (anxiety ver...

Because the brain is the organ from which all cognition and emotion originates, healthy human brain development represents the foundation of our civilization. Accordingly, there is perhaps nothing more important thata societymustdo than foster and protect the brain development of our children. Building on a well-established body of behavioral data and a smaller but expanding body of neuroimagin...

Introduction There is still a paucity of studies exploring the impacts teenage employment on mental health and development. In many developing countries, youths participate intensively in labor force. The involvement adolescent world work would promote development responsibility prepare young person to function more effectively adult roles. Objectives purposes present study were examine separat...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND The strategies that parents use to guide and discipline their children may influence their emotional health. Relatively little research has been conducted examining the association of parenting practices to depressive symptoms among Caribbean adolescents. This project examines the association of parenting styles to levels of depressive symptoms among adolescents in Jama...

This article examines two different aspects of the accountability of children: those children who are thrown away by their families because they are “sorcerers,” and those children who become soldiers and, through their involvement in armed conflict, inflict violence and death on others, including children. Like all other children, both sets of children are especially vulnerable because of thei...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To assess burnout among clinical research coordinators (CRCs) and to determine which personal and job-related factors are associated with burnout. DESIGN Random, stratified, cross-sectional mail survey. SETTING CRCs from membership lists of clinical research organizations. SAMPLE 252 CRCs in the United States. To be included in the study, participants must have been in ...

It is argued that personality pathology represents the final emergent product of a complex interaction of underlying neurobehavioral systems as well as environment inputs. A number of factors may be involved in the developmental pathway and a cascading of effects is plausible, although a unifying cascade for all personality disorders is not likely. The present study suggests a possible cascade ...

Little is known about whether the childhood family psychosocial environment (characterized by cold, unaffectionate interactions, conflict, aggression, neglect and/or low nurturance) affects coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. Objectives were to evaluate associations of childhood family psychosocial environment with carotid intima media thickness (IMT), a subclinical measure of atherosclerosis. T...