There appear to be two forms of high self-esteem: secure high self-esteem (which is often linked with psychological health) and fragile high self-esteem (which is generally associated with poor psychological adjustment and impaired interpersonal relationships). Discrepant high self-esteem is a form of fragile self-esteem characterized by high explicit self-esteem and low implicit self-esteem. T...

Pathways linking parental depressive symptoms, adult relationship insecurity, interparental conflict, negative parenting, and children's psychological adjustment (internalizing symptoms and externalizing problems) were assessed using a 3-wave longitudinal research design. Two-parent families (N = 352) with 11- to 13-year-old children (179 boys, 173 girls) participated in the study. Maternal and...

One of the simplest and most widely used multiple comparison tests is the Bonferroni adjustment (test). It is applicable to the following situations: 1) Regardless of whether or not the sample sizes of each group are equal. 2) When the family of interest is the particular set of comparisons (not all pair-wise comparisons). We can easily obtain the results of the Bonferroni comparison by multipl...

• good communication is a basic component of good clinical care, without which even the technical aspects of medicine cannot be effectively delivered; • cancer carries with it a high psychological burden, thus the costs of poor communication are particularly salient in this patient population; • the literature suggests there are currently substantial problems in doctor–patient communication; • ...

The relations between 3 types of perceived control, symptom severity, and 2 adaptational outcomes, depressive symptoms and psychological well-being, were examined in a sample of 319 people with tinnitus. Consistent with previous studies of control and adjustment to chronic health conditions, general health and symptom control were associated with better psychological adjustment, and retrospecti...

Although Adjustment Disorder as a diagnostic category is widely used in clinical practice it is critically discussed that it has not been conceptualized as a category with unique symptoms. Hence, the conceptualization of Adjustment Disorder is subject to substantive change in ICD-11 including core symptoms and additional features in a uni-faceted concept. Adjustment Disorder was assessed with a...

Forming accurate perceptions is often linked to positive relationship and individual functioning, yet may also be detrimental in some contexts. The current study examined whether accuracy may be detrimental to individual functioning, both psychological and physiological, in an important social context: parent–adolescent relationships. Specifically, we examined whether the accuracy of adolescent...

The article presents a detailed study of clinical manifestations adjustment disorders. aim our research to the peculiarities disorders English speaking international students and develop system its psychotherapeutic correction in medical institution higher education. methods: theoretical analysis generalization literature on topic, psychodiagnostic mathematical-statistical methods. was conducte...