objective: the purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing student’s achievement motivation. statistical population of this research consisted of agriculture ms.c students in tehran university (n=712). methods: a random sampling method was used to collect data from 175 students applying cochran's formula. the main tool to collect data was a researcher made questionnaire. content v...

background & aim : adolescence is a sensitive period and psychological health during this period is of significant importance. several studies suggest that self-esteem is a better predictor of success in studying than intelligence scores. having assertiveness is considered important in having a high self-esteem. this study has been carried out in order to determine the influence of assertivenes...

introduction: this study was conducted with aim of investigating the relationship between religious orientation and self-esteem of students. methods: the present research was of a correlational study. the research population consisted of all students (boys and girls) studying at islamic azad university, payam noor and applied science universities in darehshahr city in the academic year of 2013-...

Recent debate has considered the connection between self-esteem and aggression. The present study attempted to clarify this association by examining the possibility that self-esteem instability moderates the association that self-esteem level has with aggression. Perceived aggression was measured in 234 (34 men and 200 women) undergraduate participants. These participants were then evaluated by...

BACKGROUND Self-esteem, a key construct of personality, influences thoughts, actions, and feelings. Adolescence is a critical stage to the development of self-esteem. Taiwan currently offers no self-esteem building curriculum in the public education system. Therefore, incorporating self-esteem-related teaching activities into the existing curriculum represents a feasible approach to enhance sel...

Individuals with defensive self-esteem score low on implicit measures of self-esteem (ISE) and high on explicit measures of self-esteem (ESE). Although there is some evidence about the consequences of defensive self-esteem, much of it is indirect and open to alternative explanations. Here, we offer direct and novel evidence regarding the implications of defensive self-esteem. Using a standard v...

objectives: adolescence is a period of life in which the individuals face many mental problems concerned with mental body image. obesity could be the cause of dissatisfaction and makes adolescents’ self-esteem to decrease. this study aimed to examine the adolescents’ satisfaction of their body image correlated to their self-esteem. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study all of the...

Self-esteem is the "feeling of self-appreciation" and is an indispensable emotion for people to adapt to society and live their lives. For children, in particular, the environment in which they are raised contributes profoundly to the development of their self-esteem, which in turn helps them to adapt better to society. Various psychologists have provided definitions of self-esteem, and examine...

The aim of the present study was to examine whether explicit and implicit self-esteem, the interaction between these two constructs, and their discrepancy are associated with depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and loneliness. Participants were 95 young female adults (M = 21.2 years, SD = 1.88) enrolled in higher education. We administered the Name Letter Task to measure implicit self-estee...