abstract background: one of the most critical periods of the life of a person is adolescence. during this period, individuals face many problems such as low self‑esteem. self‑esteem can be influenced by many factors such as school, friends, and inner personality, but it seems that the family has a crucial role in shaping self‑esteem. therefore, the present study aimed to determine the relations...

BACKGROUND: The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence and the degree of lowered self-esteem across the spectrum of psychiatric disorders. METHOD: The present study was carried out on a consecutive sample of 1,190 individuals attending an open-access psychiatric outpatient clinic. There were 957 psychiatric patients, 182 cases with conditions not attributable to a mental...

Abstract Self-esteem is defined as sense of self-worth and self-respect, being crucial for understanding people’s well-being success. It one the most studied constructs in social sciences, with Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) used measure. Across four studies ( N = 1450), we tested psychometric parameters an abbreviated version RSES. Through Item Response Theory, five best items were selecte...

The objective of this article is to assess the impact of deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction on self-esteem and to analyze the correlation between aesthetic outcome and self-esteem. Global self-esteem was evaluated using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in 31 patients who underwent DIEP flap breast reconstructions. A study-specific questionnaire and photographic...

Obesity is a major health problem worldwide. It has been associated with high prevalence of depression and low self-esteem. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, a bariatric procedure, is simple and effective in weight reduction with few complications. We studied depression and self esteem in patients with morbid obesity before and after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Methods: Depression, self-est...

The study investigated the relationship between personality types, learning styles, motivation, self-esteem and academic stress among the distance learners of Ibadan Study Centre. Six hundred (600) respondents were purposively selected from four randomly selected faculties. The age range of the respondents was between 25 and 46 years with a mean age of 35.5 and SD = 4.2. Three research question...

Adolescents with cancer may demonstrate problems in their self-esteem and schooling. This study aims to screen the preadolescents and adolescents more at risk in their self-esteem perception and schooling difficulties post-five years from the end of therapy. Twenty-five paediatric ex-patients healed from leukaemia were recruited at the Haematology-Oncologic Clinic (University of Padua). The mea...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the self-esteem of Nursing faculty in public and private universities and compare the measures presented by two groups of teachers. This descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted with 71 teachers from two universities (public and private) from a municipality in the south of the State of Minas Gerais. After pilot testing an...

This study aimed to examine how stigma impacts on symptomatic and subjective recovery from psychosis, both concurrently and longitudinally. We also aimed to investigate whether self-esteem and hopelessness mediated the observed associations between stigma and outcomes. 80 service-users with psychosis completed symptom (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale) and subjective recovery measures (Proc...

background: the students’ vulnerability to different problems can have an impact on their mental health. regarding the lack of evidence on the effectiveness of interventional programs based on health education planning models in this area in developing countries, an educational-participatory program based on the precede model was used, to promote the medical science students’ self-esteem and me...