conclusions as one of the manifestations and the moving force of empowerment, education is the first major strategy in codifying, designing, and implementing empowerment programs. for women to be empowered, the active participation of all people in education is required. results results indicated that the frequency of domestic violence against participating women was significant after education...

background: health locus of control (hlc) has been associated with a variety of ailments and health outcomes and de­signed to predict behaviors and cognitive processes relevant to mental and physical health. this study investigated the relation­ships between perceived health locus of control, self-esteem, and mental health status among iranian students. methods: in this analytical study the sub...

background: most previous research has focused on polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) characteristics and their association with psychological disorders, such as anxiety and depression. objective: in the present study, our aim was to study whether pcos characteristics are associated with several aspects of psychological well-being namely self-esteem and body satisfaction. materials and methods: th...

objective: for decades, both theory and research have focused on the role of self-esteem and shame in constructing narcissistic traits. however, studies on the exact relationship between these two and overt and covert facets of narcissism have been equivocal.  methods: the current study is correlational. it examined these relationships among 308 iranian college students (155 males, 153 females,...

introduction: critical thinking disposition indicates individual’s inclination to critical thinking, which is one of the domains of personality. individual characteristics are important and influential factors in the growth and development of students’ critical thinking. one of these influential characteristics might be self-esteem, thus this study was to determine the correlation between criti...

The present study focused on the discrepancy between explicit self-esteem and implicit self-esteem, using the Name Letter Task with 86 graduate students. In line with suggestions from previous research, participants high in explicit self-esteem but low implicit self-esteem (called "defensive high self-esteem") showed higher in-group favoritism than participants who had high explicit and implici...

objective: the present study was carried out to investigate the effects of group narrative therapy on enhancing self-esteem and self-efficacy of 20 iranian male orphan adolescents (13-18 years of age). methods: participants were randomly assigned to the experimental and control group. then, a 10-week group therapy was performed. outcome measures included the rosenberg selfesteem inventory and t...

BACKGROUND Although adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients encounter unique challenges related to social adaptation and mental health, only minimal research has been conducted on this functioning in Japanese ACHD patients. The aims of this study were to describe aspects of the psychosocial functioning of ACHD patients and to determine the psychosocial factors influencing their mental he...