The purpose of this study is three-fold: 1) to evaluate the existence of gender differences in self-concept/self-esteem, 2) to study the concomitant relationships between psychopathological symptoms, behavioural problems, and self-esteem/self-concept, and 3) to identify the predictive variables of high self-concept and self-esteem. The sample consists of 322 adolescents aged 14 to 17 years old ...

During the period when females are sexually attractive — but only then — males of certain species of primates, such as chimpanzees, allow females access to resources. Because males are usually dominant over females, such male ‘tolerance’ is explained as a special, reproductive strategy to gain access to females. In this paper a simpler hypothesis is proposed on the basis of an individual-based ...

Most primate societies are characterised by hierarchical dominance structures. Males are usually dominant over females, but in periods of sexual attraction (during females period of tumescence) male ‘tolerance’ towards females rises. (Hemelrijk, 2002) shows in a model that this ‘tolerance’ is created as a side effect due to the rise of female dominance during periods of sexual attraction. This ...

At the theoretical and empirical levels, article reveals individual factors that cause professional burnout syndrome in social workers, employed community rehabilitation centre for addictive diseases. Addiction is considered a disease has aspects of biological, psychological, social, spiritual nature. Professional can be understood from different points view total comprise general concept consi...

The article is devoted to the problem of interpersonal interaction technical profile students. In particular, results a comparative study peculiarities creation by students different genders are described.
 article, considered as process direct or indirect subjects with each other, which creates their mutual state and relations. According empirical research, it was found that male have dom...

this study, sociological analysis of changes happened in modern individual identity and transformation of sexual identities in iran during the 1990s, among urban middle classes. we have used qualitative method especially semiotic in order to study and analyzes these three film. the kanaan by mani haghighi, the famous by iraj ghaderi and the none expected by mohammad hadi karimi. the findings sh...

Introduction Mercury poisoning has been recognized for over a century. Evans' (1962) report of poisoning due to chronic exposure to mercury vapour in industry is well known. Polson and Tattersall (1969) have described other circumstances including the ingestion of mercurous and mercuric chlorides, the subcutaneous, intravenous and intra-arterial injection of elemental mercury and acute exposure...

OBJECTIVE To further evaluate the adequacy of the items in our questionnaire aimed at unraveling the possible correlations between psychological features and internal disorders. This paper is dedicated to the items exploring the individual's interaction with other people. METHOD The items are divided into several subdomains. For each subdomain, we have calculated the correlations between the ...

Twenty-five years ago I landed in New Haven with a suit-case, a few dollars, and an urgent desire to study chemistry and biology of which I had already had the hors d'oeuvre, as it were. I was properly matriculated, with advanced standing, in the Sheffield Scientific School. Although I intended to major in chemistry, my chief concern that first week was how to earn "bread and butter," not to sp...

CONTEXT The term temperament refers to a biologically based predilection for a distinctive pattern of emotions, cognitions, and behaviors first observed in infancy or early childhood. High-reactive infants are characterized at age 4 months by vigorous motor activity and crying in response to unfamiliar visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli, whereas low-reactive infants show low motor activity...