In this study, we investigated the relationship between perceived physical appearance and life satisfaction, and the role of self-esteem as mediator and life experience as moderator of the relationship in deaf and hearing adolescents. 118 Chinese deaf adolescents (55.1% male; mean age = 15.12 years, standard deviation [SD] = 2.13) from 5 special education schools and 132 Chinese hearing adolesc...

aim and background: it appears that depressed people have low self-compassion and forgiveness due to having negative attitudes. in order to test this hypothesis, the current study investigated the role of self-compassion and forgiveness in the prediction of depression severity among university students. methods and materials: in a correlational study during 2010-11, 136 individuals were randoml...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of self-reports of substance use among outpatients dually diagnosed with substance use disorder and either bipolar disorder or posttraumatic stress disorder. METHOD Self-reports of substance use were compared with supervised urine samples collected on the same day for 55 subjects. RESULTS Self-reports were highly valid. Only 4.7...

BackgroundTobacco usage has become a major public health problem. It is leading cause of preventable disease and death. The hazard related to tobacco consumption also increasing. Therefore, the present study aimed assess perception towards pattern products among auto-rickshaw drivers.MethodsA cross-sectional was conducted from November 2019 August 2020 161 drivers Udupi Taluk, Karnataka using p...

Cancer is the commonest cause of disease-related death in children over 5 years of age in various parts of Latin America, but the survival rates are improving. This study assessed the health status and health-related quality of life (HRQL) of more than 200 survivors of cancer in childhood in the countries of a Central American consortium devoted to pediatric hematology-oncology. Patients' self-...