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Objective: Aim of the study is to examine the relationships between early maladaptive schemas and the character and temperament aspects of personality, which are known as two approaches to the understanding of personality structure. Methods: We conducted the study using the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form (YSQ-SF) and the Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) in 122 univer...

Background Prevalence of iron deficiency among children under five years old in Afghanistan is about 44.2%. The current study was aimed at the psychometric analysis of iron-deficiency anemia prevention scale among a sample of mothers who had female primary school children in Kabul, Afghanistan. Materials and Methods This cros...

Virtual agents are used to interact with humans in a myriad of applications. However, the agents often lack the believability necessary to maximize their effectiveness. These agents, or characters, lack personality and emotions, and therefore the capacity to emotionally connect and interact with the human. This deficiency prevents the viewer from identifying with the characters on a personal le...

The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to examine how personality traits such as sensation- seeking and impulsive decision-making affect Taiwanese college students' intentions to seek online information about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Five hundred thirty-five (n = 535) junior and senior college stu...

Eleven children with documented growth hormone deficiency were studied to assess their cognitive and emotional functioning and their academic achievement before and after 1 year of human growth hormone replacement therapy. Standardized personality and intelligence measures were used, and records of school achievement, as well as developmental and family history from parents, were obtained. Alth...

background: after each natural disaster a comprehensive treatment protocol is needed for volunteers of healthcare personnel of the disaster zone. the aim of this study was to emphasize the psychological aspects of coping strategies, personality, psychological distress and pain of patients survived the bam earthquake.   methods: eighty-six patients who had suffered several kinds of psycho-cognit...

Psychopathy was the first personality disorder to be recognized in psychiatry. According to Schneider (1923), a German psychiatrist, the term psychopathy referred to a variety of personality disorders (psychopathic personalities [PDs]) as extreme variants of normal personality. It has been given many different labels (Hare, 1991) such as psychopathic inferiority, character deficiency, moral ins...