We propose two fundamentally different motives for helping: gaining pleasure and fulfilling one’s duty (‘‘pressure’’). Using the newly developed Pleasure and Pressure based Prosocial Motivation Scale, we demonstrated the distinctiveness of pleasure and pressure based prosocial motivation in three studies. Although the two motives exhibited different relations to a variety of personality charact...

In Taiwan, workplace health promotion programs have been designed on an organizational basis, and the specific health needs for workers within different occupational categories have not usually been taken into account. This study describes the various levels of overall health promoting lifestyles and health-promoting behaviors of workers within different occupational categories,and examines the...

The main objective of the present study is to investigate the relationship between the levels of self-actualization of people and their attitude of democracy. In this regard it has investigated the relationship among 384 Yazd university students in 2013-14 by survey method. Thus, after collecting data, through SPSS and statistical tests including Pearson Correlation, ANOVA and etc., the data ha...

A model of self-knowledge is proposed which summarizes and integrates a few distinctions concerning self-standards and related self-discrepancies. Four types of self-standards are distinguished (i.e. ideal, ought, undesired and forbidden selves) and a hierarchical organization of these standards is postulated. There is a basic contrast between positive and negative standards at the higher level...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to further understand the health promotion behaviors of Korean goose mothers in the North America area. Health promotion behaviors measured in this study were self-actualization, health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, interpersonal relations, and stress management. METHODS The study is part of a larger study which used surveys (N=140) and in...

The article analyzes the results of theoretical and empirical study students-psychologist’s self-actualization indicators. A generalized analysis individual phenomenon, its components connection with professional formation process a psychologist-specialist is presented.
 an indicators in context their are analyzed. It summarized that future specialists characterized by medium personality m...