To compare schizophrenia-specific quality of life measures, this study examined an 18-item Chinese version of 41-item Quality of Life Questionnaire in Schizophrenia (S-QoL; S-QoL-18-C) using 41 patients. The S-QoL-18-C was validated and compared with Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale-Revision 4 (SQLS-R4). Index scores of S-QoL-18-C showed nearly identical psychometrics to S-QoL-C and S-QoL-18...

Although media exposure is known to relate to drive for thinness and social self-esteem in women, less is known about how media affects drive for thinness and social self-esteem in men. The present study examined the relationships between drive for thinness, social selfesteem, and media influence among men and women. Two hundred ninety-four college students completed the Texas Social Behavior I...

Research on adolescent self-esteem has been inconsistent regarding development patterns and processes, with some scholars concluding that self-esteem is a static construct and others concluding that it is a dynamic construct. A potential source of this inconsistency is the lack of attention to intraindividual changes in self-esteem across adolescence and to gender-specific developmental pattern...

Article history: Received 30 December 2015 Received in revised form 20 February 2016 Accepted 20 February 2016 Available online 23 February 2016 Drawing from the work–home resources model, we examined the relations of family incivility, counterproductive work behaviors (CWB), state self-esteem, and emotional regulation. Results from three-wave lagged data (N = 284) indicated that family incivil...

In order to better understand predictors of success and, when possible, improve the design of the first year computer science courses at university to increase the likelihood of success, we study a number of factors that may potentially indicate students’ computer science aptitude. Based on findings in general education, we have studied the influence of emotional and social factors on students’...

Cosmetic surgery has become increasingly popular in the past 15 years, and even seems to be common practice. The overall picture communicates that people profit from these interventions. Generally, people wish to alter their appearance when they are dissatisfied about their body image and when appearance determines their selfesteem to a great extent. Body image disturbances, such as body dysmor...

Targeting Non-Cognitive Skills to Improve Cognitive Outcomes: Evidence from a Remedial Education Intervention A growing body of research highlights the importance of non-cognitive skills as determinants of young people’s cognitive outcomes at school. However, little evidence exists about the effects of policies that specifically target students’ non-cognitive skills as a way to improve educatio...

BACKGROUND: Persons with mental health problems often experience stigmatisation, which can have detrimental consequences for their objective and subjective quality of life. Previous research seeking for elements buffering this negative association focused on coping strategies and revealed that none of the most often used strategies is successful. AIMS: This article studies whether peer support ...

In this article we present a defensive strategy that individuals may use to cope with sporting events in that they present the possibility of failure and potential threat to selfesteem. Previous research has indicated that failures in sport and educational contexts are related to high anxiety and low self-estimates of ability. The defensive pessimism strategy lead anxious people to perform well...

THE PURPOSE of this report is to compare men hospitalized for rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, or duodenal ulcer with patients from the surgical wards and with brothers and/or brothers-in-law of all of the above four groups. The comparisons are made with respect to the subjects’ interview reports of their: (1) achievement, selfesteem, and desire for change; (2) perception of parents; (3) pas...