Others, however, deliberately choose not to participate in biometric programs because of their individual beliefs. While these individuals constitute a relatively small minority, they are the most likely contingent to voice their concerns. Their criticism will probably not cause a biometric program to collapse or render it ineffective. However, such criticism could inhibit a biometric program’s...

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Five separate studies examined the associations of self-criticism and self-oriented perfectionism with goal pursuit across a variety of domains. Although self-criticism has previously been shown to be related to diminished goal progress, a controversy remains regarding the potential association between aspects of "positive perfectionism," such as self-oriented perfectionism, and enhanced goal p...

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the accident involvement of elderly drivers to date is low, corresponding to their low traffic participation. With a definite increase in the number of elderly drivers in the near future frequent adverse effects on traffic safety are expected. Particularly age changes in vision and reaction ability are considered to be important. Compared to a representative ...

Depression and marital discord are related to feeling criticized by others, especially by spouses (e.g., Hooley, J. M., & Teasdale, J. D. 1989). This study evaluated the extent to which criticism was overperceived in relation to "actual" spousal critical comments, with actual critical comments being established by independent observers and by criticizing spouses themselves. Using dyadic interac...

I enclose as an annex the letter I sent February 19, 2002, to among others Peder Rasmussen, as well as the letter I received from him (annex 1). In this the manners are the same as in the present commentary by Peder Rasmussen. Criticism is called misunderstanding, claims to critical examination are labeled defamation, and everything is presented with concepts like “campaign”, “persecution”, and...

The author responds to Professor Kottow's criticisms, explaining numerous errors and misconceptions.

This study explored the effects of oxytocin on Compassion Focused Imagery (CFI), that is, imagining another "mind" being deeply compassionate to oneself, and the interaction of these effects with self-criticism and feeling socially safe with others. Forty-four healthy participants (29 men and 15 women) completed self-report measures of self-criticism, attachment style, and social safeness befor...

The present study investigated the effects of self-criticism, dependency, and attachment variables in depression among couples. We utilized a multisource design that involved self-reports and spouse reports of personality and depression. This approach enabled us to explore the patterns of relations between self-reported and the spouse's report of the partner's view of self-criticism, dependency...

the writer introduces allamah tabatabaee as consenting to the scientific interpretation, and considers the difference of allamah's scientific interpretation with others, in that allamah does not directly make use of science in underestanding and interpreting the verses but first he interprets the verses with the help of other verses, and then take adventage of scientific interpretation, an...