Adolescents place more emphasis on social relationships which help them to develop a positive selfview. Based upon support theory, this study aimed examine the impact of perceived support, measured from three trajectories (perceived family friends and significant other support) adolescent’s self-esteem moderating effect skills. To attain objective, we developed conceptual model collected data 2...

conclusions this study showed that hiv-infected patients with jobs enjoy a great deal of acceptance from the people around them and a higher quality of life in general. it also led to suggestions for further study with the purpose of finding more effective solutions for hiv prevention and better strategies for dealing with psychological disorders. such research could also help in providing an e...

Bullying involvement is prevalent among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study examined the effects of theory of mind performance training (ToMPT) on reducing bullying involvement in children and adolescents with high-functioning ASD. Children and adolescents with high-functioning ASD completed ToMPT (n = 26) and social skills training (SST; n = 23) programs. P...

Individuals often get lost behind the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) while widespread differences between these patients are more common than similarities. Socioemotional Selectivity Theory (SST) suggests that as we age our goals change from future-oriented (acquiring new information) to present-oriented (enhancing the emotional, especially positive, meaning of encounters). The goal of t...

Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy (CBGT) is the most widely researched intervention program for social anxiety disorder (SAD, also known as social phobia), with a number of studies demonstrating its effectiveness. Another common treatment, social skills training (SST), has also been shown to be efficacious for SAD. The present study compared the standard CBGT intervention with a protocol in wh...

Oral history provides researchers opportunities to assess narratives and compare them to existing theories of aging. Oftentimes the discussion of psychosocial theories of aging does not include the oldest-old. The purpose of this study was to assess evidence of psychosocial theories of aging within oral history narratives from a subsample of 20 centenarians from the Oklahoma 100 Year Life Oral ...

Paper aims The objective was to propose a Social Skills Training (SST) program integrated with project-based learning (PjBL) and describe the student’s perception. Originality skills are recognized for promoting peer collaboration important requirements in professional environment. However, there no proposals on how integrate SST PjBL. Research method same PjBL applied students from different c...

S ocial skills training (SST) is a topic of great importance in the field of autism as social skill deficits are a prominent feature of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Common social deficits include (a) difficulty with receptive and expressive use of nonverbal cues such as facial expressions, gestures, and body language; (b) difficulty establishing peer relationships and friendships; (c) lack ...

background: availability of antiretroviral therapies has transformed aids into a manageable chronic condition and im­proved well-being among people living with hiv/aids (pha) in developed countries. in developing countries however, such transformations are yet to occur due to socio-economic, systemic and environmental constraint. this study examined the impact of social, economic, psychological...

predicting the quality of water and air is a particular challenge for forecasting systems that support them. in order to represent the small-scale phenomena, a high-resolution model needs accurate capture of air and sea circulations, significant for forecasting environmental pollution. data assimilation is one of the state of the art methods to be used for this purpose. due to the importance of...