Meningitis: An Institutional Review Ana Moran, MD; Wyatt Ramey; Brian Beck MD; Yashar Kalani, MD, PhD; Andrew Montoure; Kris Smith; Nicholas Theodore, MD; Peter Nakaji, MD; Omar Gonzalez, MD; Infectious Diseases, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoneix, AZ; Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institu...

The objective of this article is to assess the impact of deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction on self-esteem and to analyze the correlation between aesthetic outcome and self-esteem. Global self-esteem was evaluated using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in 31 patients who underwent DIEP flap breast reconstructions. A study-specific questionnaire and photographic...

This study explored the associations between adolescents’ assertive behaviour, psychological well-being and self-esteem. The sample consisted of 1023 students (14.9±0.51; 47.6% boys). Two dimensions of the Scale for Interpersonal Behaviour (distress and performance), two factors of the General Health Questionnaire-12 (depression/anxiety and social dysfunction) and two factors of the Rosenberg S...

OBJECTIVES Identification of the causal impact of self-esteem on smoking stages faces seemingly insurmountable problems in observational data, where self-esteem is not manipulable by the researcher and cannot be assigned randomly. The aim of this study was to find out if weaker self-esteem in adolescence is a risk factor of cigarette smoking in a longitudinal study in Iran. METHODS In this lo...

Sarah Hodge Bournemouth University Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow Poole, BH12 5BB shodge@ bournemouth.ac.uk Jacqui Taylor Bournemouth University Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow Poole, BH12 5BB jtaylor@ bournemouth.ac.uk John McAlaney Bournemouth University Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow Poole, BH12 5BB jmcalaney@ bournemouth.ac.uk Christos Gatzidis Bournemouth University Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow Poole, BH...

AIM The study aimed to investigate the relationship among sociodemographic factors, neurocognitive factors, self-esteem, and health locus of control in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. We examined the self-esteem, internal health locus of control, and external health locus of control through sociodemographic and neurocognitive factors. METHODS Forty-six schizophrenic patients and 31 hea...

OBJECTIVES Create a head-and-neck keloid quality of life (QOL) questionnaire. Demonstrate the reliability of the keloid-specific QOL scale according to test-retest and internal consistency standards. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS Patients presenting to a keloid clinic in a tertiary referral institution between April 2012 and February 2013 were enrolled on their first visit....

Previous research and theory (Crocker & Wolfe, 2001; Kernis, 2003) suggests that adaptive self-esteem stems from just being oneself, and is characterized by a sense of authenticity (SOA). Maladaptive self-esteem is derived from meeting external standards and social comparisons, and is characterized by a sense of superiority (SOS). Thus, the qualitative difference between SOA and SOS depends on ...

BACKGROUND Interpersonal dysfunction in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by an 'anxious preoccupation with real or imagined abandonment' (DSM-5). This symptom description bears a close resemblance to that of rejection sensitivity, a cognitive affective disposition that affects perceptions, emotions and behavior in the context of social rejection. The present study investig...

This study examined the relationship between internalized homophobia, self-esteem, and lesbian identity development in 35 undergraduate women. Results indicated evidence of a strong relationship between the two identity development measures, the Stage Allocation Measure (SAM; Cass, 1984) and the Gay Identity Questionnaire (GIQ; Brady & Busse, 1994), and moderate relationships between identity d...