Abstract Alterations in body representations (i.e., image and schema) are increasingly getting attention clinical practice. Adolescents affected by idiopathic scoliosis experience dissatisfaction, alterations schema have been suggested to be a consequence of the disease development. Although research has recognized predisposing role representation disorders psychopathologies, these aspects larg...

Demand for interactive products that are intuitive to use is high. Intuitive use in this paper is understood as the subconscious application of prior knowledge by the user. This definition is explicated by a continuum model of prior knowledge. Theories from several disciplines of application are surveyed whether they can contribute to the field of ‘Design for Intuitive Use’. Two sets of require...

the present study tries to analyze some conceptual metaphors in the bustan, using insights from cultural linguistics. the data analyzed shows that through a cultural model, the word del, productively, embodies the mind of persian speakers via conceptualizing emotions (love, happiness, and grief), mental faculties (understanding, thinking), cultural values (munificence, truth), character traits ...

the purpose of this research was to determine the efficacy of group schema therapy approach for b category personality disorders score adjustment in substance dependent individuals. the present study was performed on individuals under maintenance treatment with methadone in shiraz public centers. sample group included 30 persons who were under treatment. instruments used included: clinical inte...

Individuals with schizophrenia, particularly those with passivity symptoms, may not feel in control of their actions, believing them to be controlled by external agents. Cognitive operations that contribute to these symptoms may include abnormal processing in agency as well as body representations that deal with body schema and body image. However, these operations in schizophrenia are not full...

The current study was an investigation of the self-schema and social comparison theories of body dissatisfaction. The social comparison manipulation consisted of exposure to one of three levels of comparison figure: upward, downward, or no comparison. Two different imagery exercises served to prime either a participants' appearance self-schema, or a non-appearance schema. Participants completed...

MOTIVATION AND RESULTS A relational schema is described for capturing highly parallel gene expression experiments using different technologies. This schema grew out of efforts to build a database for collaborators working on different biological systems and using different types of platforms in their gene expression experiments as well as different types of image quantification software. The ta...

this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of schema therapy in the treatment of social anxiety disorder. method: the research method was a single-case experimental design with multiple baselines. five clients were selected by purposive sampling method. they were received 20 individual sessions based on young's schema therapy model. the social phobia inventory (spin), liebowitz social anxi...

abstract: this study was aimed to investigate relationship between child rearing styles and young’s early maladaptive schemas(emss).the child rearing questionnaire and young’s schema questionnaire ( short form) was administered to a sample of 150 students in college. multiple regression analysis revealed that child rearing styles predicted some of emss. results indicated that authoritative styl...