objective: the present study was carried out to investigate the effects of group narrative therapy on enhancing self-esteem and self-efficacy of 20 iranian male orphan adolescents (13-18 years of age). methods: participants were randomly assigned to the experimental and control group. then, a 10-week group therapy was performed. outcome measures included the rosenberg selfesteem inventory and t...

Objective: Obesity can be defined as body weight above the desired level. has gone beyond being a cosmetic problem and is now referred to disease, there currently significantly increasing number of studies examining relationship between obesity psychopathology. The psychological social effects also affect self-confidence individual behavioral orientation at onset sexual intercourse avoidance. a...

Researchers agree that there are two narcissism expressions, specifically grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. However, their assessment remains contentious. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI; Raskin & Terry, 1988) assesses all aspects of grandiose narcissism for some whereas critics claim it assesses only ‘normal narcissism’. The alternative measure, the Pathological Narcissism Inven...

In their thoughtful commentary on our article (Swann, Chang-Schneider, & McClarty, February–March 2007), Krueger, Vohs, and Baumeister (2008, this issue) brought up many points with which we agree. Nevertheless, as they noted these points of agreement, we focus instead on several points of continued disagreement. In addition, we comment on a few new twists that they have added to their argument...

background & aim : adolescence is a sensitive period and psychological health during this period is of significant importance. several studies suggest that self-esteem is a better predictor of success in studying than intelligence scores. having assertiveness is considered important in having a high self-esteem. this study has been carried out in order to determine the influence of assertivenes...

Social media has become an inseparable part of Gen Z’s life. However, a number previous research documented contradictive findings regarding social use and its effect on psychological wellbeing among adolescents. This study aimed to investigate the role self-esteem, dependency, motives in well-being Z A total 647 students (aged 12 21 years, comprising 282 males 365 females) participated complet...

Self-esteem is an important aspect of individual’s personality and contribute in achieving one’s goal. Poor self-esteem has devastating effect impairs over all mental wellbeing. OBJECTIVES: To see the effectiveness Mruk’s model college students. The study engrossed insight participants about selfesteem quandary make them learn systematic approaches to thrive issues worthiness competence. METHOD...