different cultural assumptions of “selfhood” in east and west cultures provide the individuated self-concept in west and collective self-concept in east, which in turn influence how individuals judge their well-being and mental health. while discussing how culture influences formation of self-concept, this paper examines the relationship between cultural pattern of collectivism and self-esteem ...

Background: Two main factors of success and failure of individuals in all different stages of life are considered to be self-esteem and body image. Objectives: The present study aimed at examining self-esteem and body image concern among students of Islamic Azad University of Abhar based on demographic variables. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2015, and participa...

Background and Objectives: Cancer as a frightening disease may affect people's confidence in their abilities, sense of controlling over their lives, and in other words self-esteem. Spiritual health as the main aspect of health can be an important source for calmness, decrease in existential distress, improvement of self-esteem and coping with the disease. This study was conducted to investigate...

background: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is a chronic disease which is accompanied with hopelessness and loss of the sense of well-being due to its symptoms and treatment. it also affects patients' sense of social and spiritual well-being. this disorder decreases patients' self-esteem and their quality of life by changing their mental image and self-confidence. this study was perfo...

background: body image reflects how a person thinks and feels about his/her own body. negative body image results in low self-esteem and depression. the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship of body image and self-esteem with marital adjustment among female married employees of kerman university of medical sciences. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 380...

Background: Addiction, theft and Prostitution are of the most important problems of contemporary society. On the other hand, self-esteem is one of the most important variables and concepts that might have a meaningful influence on these problems. This study aims to investigate the role of self-esteem in the individuals’ tendency to addiction, theft and prostitution in Kerman city, Iran. Methods...

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-...