Objective: To investigate the differences between boys and girls in present variables, assess possible associations self-esteem teasing school physical education classes, self-efficacy, activity among adolescents. Method: The sample included 944 adolescents aged 14 to 19 years (mean =16.52, SD = 1.12, 53.6% male), enrolled public high schools Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Information w...

The purpose of this study is three-fold: 1) to evaluate the existence of gender differences in self-concept/self-esteem, 2) to study the concomitant relationships between psychopathological symptoms, behavioural problems, and self-esteem/self-concept, and 3) to identify the predictive variables of high self-concept and self-esteem. The sample consists of 322 adolescents aged 14 to 17 years old ...

This study aimed at examining the role of social support and self-esteem in the relationship between shyness and loneliness. The sample consisted of 399 college students, ranging in age from 18 to 30. Cheek and Buss shyness scale, multi-dimensional scale of perceived social support, Rosenberg self-esteem scale and emotional and social loneliness scale were used for data collection. Structural e...

Evidence on best practice for optimizing communication with prelingual deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children is lacking. This study examined the effect of a family-focused psychosocial video intervention program on parent-child communication in the context of childhood hearing loss. Fourteen hearing parents with a prelingual DHH child (Mage = 2 years 8 months) completed three sessions of vide...

Starting from the general principles of concept positive discipline, paper points out that schools and teachers can significantly contribute to application discipline affect different aspects a student’s personality development. The potentials applying in school for developing adolescents’ self-esteem are particularly emphasized. Accordingly, this will present results study aimed establish corr...

Caregivers of patients with schizophrenia have an impact on self-esteem and social support due to the nature symptoms prolonged duration illness. To assess compare among caregivers chronic Schizophrenia. The study was cross-sectional. It conducted at outpatient department (OPD) CIIMHANS, Dewada, Rajnandgoan, Chhattisgarh, India. A total 100 (50 50 normal controls) samples were selected through ...

Adolescence is a period that strongly influenced by the peer environment and very concerned about other people’s judgments them. The existence of negative evaluations in adolescents causes to experience problems with self-esteem. They are often self-critical have hard time seeing positive themselves. This case study aims determine effect reality therapy increasing self-esteem adolescents. assess...

This study aimed to analyze the effects of age, family income, body mass index and dance practice on levels of body dissatisfaction and self-esteem in female students. The sample consisted of 283 female subjects attending a public school with a mean age of 11.51±1.60 years and a mean body mass index of 18.72 kg/m2 (SD=3.32). The instruments used were the Body Dissatisfaction Scale for Adolescen...

Background: Working time accounts for a great deal of an individual worker’s life. This study aims to examine the impact of ergonomic conditions on the self-esteem of workers in Gaziantep, Turkey. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted recruiting 755 workers from two factories and verbal informed consent was obtained from the workers. Data were obtained from groups using a...

OBJECTIVE The number of male caregivers has increased, but male caregivers face several problems that reduce their quality of life and psychological condition. This study focused on the coping problems of men who care for people with dementia at home. It aimed to develop a coping scale for male caregivers so that they can continue caring for people with dementia at home and improve their own qu...