BACKGROUND We investigated self-perceived cognitive deficits and their relationship with internalized stigma and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia in order to shed light on the clinical correlates of subjective cognitive deficits in schizophrenia. METHODS Seventy outpatients with schizophrenia were evaluated. Patients' self-perceived cognitive deficits, internalized stigma, and s...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the implications of internalized anger, self-control and experience of mastery for adolescent girls with severe anorexia nervosa (AN). METHODS Internalized and externalized anger, internal and external control, mastery, use of methods for self-control, and severity of anorexic symptoms were measured by self-report questionnaires in inpatient anorexic teenagers (N=26), i...

This study investigated the associations between internalized stigma, depressive symptoms, and temperament dimension Harm avoidance. One hundred and seventeen stable outpatients with schizophrenia completed a battery of self-report instruments. Internalized stigma was significantly positively related to depressive symptoms, while Harm avoidance moderated the internalized stigma-depressive sympt...

Experiences with weight stigma negatively impact both psychological outcomes (e.g., body dissatisfaction, depression) and behavioral outcomes (e.g., dieting, exercise). However, not everyone is equally affected by experiences with weight stigma. This study examined whether internalized societal attitudes about weight moderated the impact of weight stigma. Adult participants (n = 111) completed ...

the purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between employees’ perception of authentic leadership and their promotive psychological ownership and preventive psychological ownership. for this purpose, the survey-analytical method of research was used. population of this research consists of line staff of iran insurance company in tehran. a sample of 129 employees was selected rand...

This study assessed the level of internalized homophobia and associated factors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria. Using respondent driven sampling, MSM were recruited in Lagos and Ibadan between July and September, 2006. Internalized homophobia was assessed as a negative composite score using an 11-item scale. A total of 1,125 MSM were interviewed. About 44.4% self-identified as...

This study was an investigation of the relationships between internalized self-criticism and depression and between comparative self-criticism and depression as these relationships are mediated by the fear of self-compassion, fear of compassion from others, self-compassion, and the perception that one is important to others. To examine these relationships, data were gathered via online survey m...

The purpose of this exploratory study was to cross-culturally examine associations among self-construals, comparative vs. internalized self-criticisms, self-compassion, and depressive symptoms. 1200 undergraduates in the city of Kyoto, Japan, and 420 college students in Tennessee and Michigan participated in this study. The results indicated that both independent and interdependent self-constru...

Stigma is the society's development of prejudiced attitudes and behaviors against individual due to diagnosis treatment associated with mental illnesses, individual's exposure discrimination within social group. can be observed as internalized. Social stigma limit people's opportunities, options competitive conditions. Internalized internalization beliefs related discriminatory approach environ...

Background: Moral commitments of therapists is the important subject that attracted the attention of researches in the field of medical ethics. The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between basic psychological needs and moral identity among medical students. Method: The plan of this research is descriptive-correlation. Subjects were 140 medical interns of Shiraz Universi...