according to studies, self-esteem plays an important role in mental health. self-esteem is also one of the most important correlates of anxiety, especially social anxiety. being anxiety in adolescents make negative impacts on their academic performance, mental health and social function. this study aims to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and mental health, according to the medi...

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between anger management style, depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms in anxiety disorder and somatoform disorder patients. The subjects comprised 71 patients with anxiety disorders and 47 with somatoform disorders. The level of anger expression or anger suppression was assessed by the Anger Expression Scale, the severity of anxiety...

The first aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationships between adolescents’ physical self-perceptions (physical condition, sport competence, attractiveness, strength) and grade in Physical Education (PE). second investigate potential indirect effect PE test anxiety variables (worry, self-focus, bodily symptoms, somatic tension, perceived control) on PE. French adolescent s...

Objectives: To investigate the symptom responses associated with competitive anxiety through a finegrained measurement approach. Incorporating dimensions of intensity, perceptions of direction, and frequency of intrusions, possible time-to-event changes were assessed with respect to the between-subjects variable of skill level. Method: Male athletes (N 82), separated into two skill classificati...

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of personality (temperament and character) on specific depression and specific anxiety. A total of 541 Japanese undergraduates were investigated by using the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses demonstrated that specific depression was predicted by...

The aim of the present study was to examine self-reported psychological states and physiological responses (heart rate) experienced during different motivational general imagery scenarios. Forty competitive athletes wore a standard heart rate monitor and imaged five scripts (mastery, coping, anxiety, psyching up, and relaxation). Following each script, they reported their state anxiety and self...

Abstract Objective To identify regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) differences between individuals who self-reported either low or high symptoms of somatic anxiety. Method Individuals reported levels anxiety (0-20th percentile;n = 8962,Mage 39.2,39.2% female,62.6% Caucasian) and (80-100th 6427,Mage 40.9,39.0% female,69.5% were selected from a deidentified adult clinical outpatient database. Tho...

Abstract Although previous studies have investigated pre-competition anxiety (PCA), the research examining how to promote development of self-reflection and resilience in order regulate PCA is limited. This study has three aims: examine group differences age, gender, sport level, exercise duration resilience; test relationships between PCA, self-reflection, determine whether can predict PCA. Th...

OBJECTIVES Overall success of current tinnitus therapies is low, which may be due to the heterogeneity of tinnitus patients. Therefore, subclassification of tinnitus patients is expected to improve therapeutic allocation, which, in turn, is hoped to improve therapeutic success for the individual patient. The present study aims to define factors that differentially influence subjectively perceiv...

These studies tested the associations between responses to an induced imaginary romantic rejection and individual differences on dimensions of attachment and covert narcissism. In Study 1 (N=125), we examined the associations between attachment dimensions and emotional responses to a vignette depicting a scenario of romantic rejection, as measured by self-reported negative mood states, expressi...