Research has been conducted on a) relations between academic self-concept and academic achievement, which is well established in the literature, however there remains disagreement about the causal ordering of these constructs b) relations between motivation and academic achievement which show moderate-to-strong correlations and c) relations between academic self-concept and motivational indicat...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether deliberate self harm is associated with contemporary Goth youth subculture. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study. SETTING School and community based study of young people living in the Central Clydeside Conurbation, Scotland. PARTICIPANTS 1258 people aged 19, surveyed in 2002-4 and followed-up since age 11 (1994). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Lifetime prevalence of...

UNLABELLED We evaluated the effects of a response-effort intervention on the occurrence of self-injurious hand mouthing and a competing response (object manipulation) with 4 individuals who had profound developmental disabilities. During Phase 1, results of functional analyses showed that all participants engaged in high levels of hand mouthing in the absence of social contingencies, suggesting...

BACKGROUND J. Watson's (2002) caring theory addresses caring relationships among humans and the deep experiences of life itself. M. Leininger (1988) noted that caring is a universal phenomenon, which is likely to be perceived differently by patients and nurses if they come from different cultural backgrounds. Little is known about the patients' perception of "being cared for" in the Kingdom of ...

Sullivan is with the Faculty of Physical Education and Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Paquette is with the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Holt is with the Dept. of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Bloom is with the Dept. of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,...

When I was 19, a crisis precipitated by a psychotic episode induced by experimentation with drugs resulted in an emergency hospitalization and my finally coming into treatment with a psychiatrist. I responded to the therapy and the medication I was given. I was able to complete college, make and keep new friends, and thrive again. The torrents of confusion, emptiness, and self-destructive behav...

Social Connectedness: Relationship with Social Competencies and Self Esteem among School Going Children. Rajesh Kumar* Roshan Lal** Vivek Bhuchar*** 028 About Authors : *Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Government College, Chandigarh **Assistant Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh ***Resource Person, Post Graduate Government College, Chandigarh

Humanitarian aid in settings of conflict has always been fraught with challenges. In the absence of political engagement, however, manipulation by state authorities, however, have the potential to pervert aid intervention to inflict harm. South Sudan exemplifies how states may abuse the humanitarian response to retreat from public responsibility, divert funds to further violence and conflict an...

Understanding self-concealment, the tendency to actively conceal distressing personal information from others, may be important in developing effective ways to help individuals with suicidal ideation. No published study has yet assessed the relation between self-concealment and suicidal behaviors. Additionally, most self-concealment research has been conducted solely with younger adults. The re...