Stable Self-esteem Research Articles

EVALUATION OF ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT NEED AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH SELF-ESTEEM AND ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE AT SAIDU COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, SWAT

Orthodontic treatment needs can impact both self-esteem and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). The relationship between these factors, particularly in a developing region, remains underexplored. Objective: To investigate the relationship between orthodontic treatment needs, self-esteem and oral health-related quality of life among patients at Saidu College of Dentistry, Swat. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Saidu College of Dentistry, Swat and included 115 participants aged 8-30 years. Data were collected using the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Needs (IOTN), Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) over a six-month period. Demographic variables such as age, gender and socioeconomic status were also analyzed. Descriptive statistics and statistical tests such as chi-square and t-tests were employed to evaluate associations between variables, with significance set at p < 0.05. Results: Of the 115 participants, 59.1% were male and 40.9% were female. Age groups were distributed as 33% (8-15 years), 39.1% (15-22 years) and 27.8% (22-30 years). Socioeconomic analysis revealed that 25.2% belonged to the upper class, 49.6% to the middle class and 25.2% to the poor class. Severe orthodontic treatment needs were identified in 36.5% of participants. Self-esteem scores were unaffected by gender, age, or socioeconomic status. In contrast, oral health impact scores were notably high, with a mean OHIP-14 score of 19.77±17.7, indicating a significant need for comprehensive oral health care. Conclusion: Despite high orthodontic treatment needs, participants exhibited stable self-esteem levels, suggesting resilience in psychosocial health. The findings emphasize the strong connection between orthodontic needs, OHRQoL and patient demographics, providing important insights for oral health professionals in addressing both clinical and psychological aspects of care.

Learning to Trust: Two Clinical Journeys

In this paper, the author seeks to honor Joseph Palombo’s legacy through presenting two treatments of young women whose severe child abuse has caused not only PTSD, but also damage to their capacity to develop an integrated and positive identity with stable self-esteem. To provide a context for the clinical material, a brief overview of self psychology is presented. When what is called the “empathic mode of listening” is consistently utilized by the therapist, patients generally develop selfobject transferences, which function to temporarily stabilize the patient’s fragmented self. Over time, the psychoanalytic exploration of these transferences gradually leads to their internalization in the form of more integrated psychic structure, more stable self-esteem, and less vulnerability to fragmentation. The therapeutic journeys of Emily and Maia, including my own at times intense internal responses to them, illustrate in detail and depth how this process has enabled them to begin to feel an integrated sense of self and enhanced self-esteem, despite the traumatic impact of their extreme child abuse and severe PTSD. They also illustrate how a self psychologically informed treatment, often in conjunction with medication, can be a powerful tool in promoting recovery from even extreme child abuse.

Honesty Is Not Always the Best Policy: The Role of Self-Esteem Based on Others’ Approval in Qualifying the Relationship Between Leader Transparency and Follower Voice

In this article, we integrate social exchange theory with insights from contingent self-esteem to explain why leader transparency (LT) might not always be reciprocated by enhanced follower voice. We theorize that when leaders are transparent, they initiate a social process that offers the exchange of honesty by signaling that the work environment is psychologically safe enough for followers to express their opinions in return. Yet, for individuals whose self-esteem fragilely relies on the approval of others (i.e., self-esteem based on others’ approval), reciprocating transparent communication is more difficult because speaking up exposes their self-worth to the potential for rejection. We test our model at the individual and team level. In Study 1 (individual level), we find that LT is positively related to follower self-rated voice one-month later through enhanced follower psychological safety, but only when follower self-esteem based on others’ approval is low as opposed to high. In Study 2 (team level), we find that team LT is positively related to leader-rated team voice six-months later through team psychological safety; however, only when team level self-esteem based on others’ approval is low, but not high. These results underscore that leader transparency can be reciprocated with enhanced follower voice, but only when followers have secure and stable self-esteem.

Memaksimalkan Kepribadian Kritis Positif Materi Sifat Gereja (Satu) Model PBL Fase F SMK Theresiana Semarang

This study aims to maximize the positive critical personality of eleventh-grade Culinary 2 students at SMK Theresiana Semarang through the PBL Phase F model on the Church Nature material. The research background reflects the complexity of educational challenges in Indonesia, focusing on academic issues and educational access disparities. A Center of Excellence School such as SMK Theresiana Semarang strives to address these challenges through the Merdeka Curriculum and a vocational education approach based on Christian values.The exploration of the causes of the problem highlights the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor aspects of students. Self-concept understanding is influenced by internal and external factors, while the affective aspect, especially self-acceptance and meaningful life, affects motivation and self-confidence. Psychomotor challenges, such as reluctance to speak in public, are also related to a lack of strong self-acceptance.Recommendations for improvement involve a holistic approach, including emotional support, inclusive learning, wise social media management, and effective guidance. Improving self-acceptance is directed towards building a positive identity, stable self-esteem, and meaningful life motivation. These steps are expected to contribute positively to the critical personality development of students, creating an inclusive and empowering learning environment at SMK Theresiana Semarang.

Achieving sustainable self-esteem as the basis of a musician’s productive activity

the article discusses the phenomenon of young musicians’ assessment of their achievements. The article studies a stable self-esteem, capable of fulfilling a constructive function as the basis of productive activity, and unstable, exposed to fluctuations depending on circumstances, which become false reference point of personality development. By this logic the conditions and mechanisms for the formation of a stable self-esteem are determined. Psychotechnologies of self-knowledge and self-esteem have been developed to ensure the musician’s readiness for continuous improvement of professionalism and personal growth. As an example, it has been proved the conditionality of creative stage well-being by achieving a stable self-esteem.

Accommodative self-regulation: The sample case of imprisonment in young adulthood.

The present study examined the role of self-esteem stabilization processes in response to restrictive developmental conditions in early adulthood. It did so by investigating accommodative adjustments among incarcerated young adults. It was argued that an adjustment of how an individual desires to be to how they actually perceive themselves (i.e., accommodative adjustment) can help to maintain a more stable self-esteem and buffers negative changes. Within a longitudinal design with three measurements occasions data of N = 728 incarcerated men between the age of 14 and 24 were analyzed. Accommodative adjustments were assessed at two occasions as adaptations of the ideal self-concept ("I would like to be…") to the previous actual self-concept ("I am…"). In addition, assimilative adjustments were operationalized as adaptations of the actual self-concept to the previous ideal self-concept that means changing what individuals think of themselves in accordance to how they desire to be. Regression analysis showed that accommodative adjustments predicted self-esteem. Moreover, accommodative processes were particularly important when assimilative processes were less pronounced. Especially at the beginning of the incarceration period, accommodative adjustments of the self-concept buffer damaging effects of incarceration and support the (re-)stabilization of self-esteem.

Joint trajectories of adolescent narcissism and self-esteem predict interpersonal features in young adulthood

The joint developmental trajectories of narcissism and self-esteem were examined across ages 13 to 19 in the prediction of interpersonal features at age 20 (indirect aggression, jealousy, hypercompetitiveness, mate value). In 617 individuals (54.5% girls/women; 76.2% White), the five expected groups of interest were found: (1) high increasing narcissism/high stable self-esteem (i.e., grandiose narcissism; 13.1%, n = 81), (2) high increasing narcissism/moderate-to-low decreasing self-esteem (i.e., vulnerable narcissism; 1.1%, n = 7), (3) low decreasing narcissism/high stable self-esteem (9.9%, n = 61), (4) low decreasing narcissism/moderate-to-low decreasing self-esteem (6.5%, n = 40), and (5) moderate stable narcissism/high stable self-esteem (35.2%, n = 217). The grandiose and vulnerable narcissism groups significantly predicted indirect aggression but differed in the other interpersonal features.

FEATURES OF THE MANIFESTATION OF REHABILITATIVE ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH PRINCIPAL DISABLING PATHOLOGIES

The article presents the results of a psychological study of patients with principal disabling pathologies that form the main structure of disability in the Russian Federation due to malignant neoplasms: diseases of the circulatory system; diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue; diseases of the endocrine system and metabolic disorders (diabetes mellitus of the first and second types). The article presents the results of studying a sample of patients by various psychological parameters, provides statistical comparisons of psychological characteristics of patients depending on the specifics of their social situation, in which patients either claim to be disabled and are under conditions of medical and social expertise, implying the possibility of changing social status, or patients of the same nosological categories, who do not claim to be disabled and who are rehabilitating on the basis of their own personal and socio-environmental resources outside of the "disabled" status. Psychological techniques are presented, the specificity of emotional and personal parameters is analyzed and characterized, including personality frustration and experience of the significance of the disease in the spheres of life, self-esteem indicators, identification characteristics, strategies that provide rehabilitation adherence, which characterize the activity of patients in the compared groups in many ways. The conceptual position that defines the activity of patients as «rehabilitative» has been substantiated. The results of the study revealed statistically significant differences in psychological indicators in the compared groups of patients rehabilitating outside the "disabled" status and patients claiming to be disabled. The indicators obtained in the study indicate that the personal self-regulation of patients rehabilitating outside the «disabled» status qualitatively differs from the self-regulation of patients claiming disability, in terms of stable self-esteem and belief in the ability to realize life in significant areas of social functioning, in the ability of perspective planning of the future, in active self-realization of social roles, active participation in interpersonal, leisure, professional, household and other spheres, high responsibility for one's health, against the background of stable emotional perception of the current social situation of the disease.

REBT와 만다라 미술치료를 통합한 집단상담이 위기 청소년의 안정적 자존감에 미치는 영향 연구

REBT와 만다라 미술치료를 통합한 집단상담이 위기 청소년의 안정적 자존감에 미치는 영향 연구

REBT와 만다라 미술치료를 통합한 집단상담이 위기 청소년의 안정적 자존감에 미치는 영향 연구

REBT와 만다라 미술치료를 통합한 집단상담이 위기 청소년의 안정적 자존감에 미치는 영향 연구

Self-knowledge and varieties of human excellence in the French moralists

ABSTRACTContemporary accounts of knowing one’s own mental states can be instructively supplemented by early modern accounts that understand self-knowledge as an important factor for flourishing human life. This article argues that in the early modern French moralists, one finds diverging conceptions of how knowing one’s own personal qualities could constitute a kind of human excellence: François de la Rochefoucauld (1613–80) argues that the value of knowing one’s own character faults could contribute to an attitude of self-acceptance that liberates one from the effort of deceiving oneself and others. Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701) argues that knowing one’s own character faults could be an incentive for self-cultivation that leads to the development of character traits that are naturally good. Anne-Thérèse de Lambert (1647–1733) concurs with Scudéry’s insight and develops it further. According to Lambert, self-knowledge is crucial for developing character traits that give rise to the natural right of being esteemed by others and, hence, crucial for justified and stable self-esteem.

Humor, wartości i jakość życia – wyniki badań studentów

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between humor, values and the quality of life. In positive psychology, humor has been identified as one of 24 character strengths considered ubiquitously important for human flourishing. Humor is correlated with physical and mental health, emotional intelligence, coping with stress, well-being, social competence, stable self-esteem, happiness, resilience, and morality. Results show that (1) three types of humor based on Martin’s concept differentiate the level of the quality of life (2) adaptive humor styles strongly and positively correlate with the quality of life and its dimensions; maladaptive humor styles correlations are weaker, negative and not all significant (3) humor is weakly correlated with values (4) adaptive humor styles (especially, the self-estrangement humor) and religious values are predictors of the quality of life.

Self-Esteem Instability in Current, Remitted, Recovered, and Comorbid Depression and Anxiety

Self-esteem has not only been observed to be generally low in depression and anxiety, but also unstable. Few studies have looked at unstable self-esteem in clinical samples. The present study compared self-reported self-esteem instability across current depression (n = 60), anxiety (n = 111), and comorbid depression/anxiety (n = 71), remitted depression (n = 41), and anxiety (n = 29), recovered depression (n = 136) and anxiety (n = 98), and a never clinically depressed or anxious comparison group (n = 382). The comparison group had more stable self-esteem than all groups. Once controlling for overall levels of self-esteem, differences with current depression or anxiety, remitted depression, and recovered depression or anxiety remained, but disappeared for the comorbid group. The current findings are consistent with the view that not only enduring low self-esteem per se, but also high self-esteem reactivity may contribute to the aetiology of affective disorders.

Self-Esteem Trajectories and Their Social Determinants in Adolescents With Different Levels of Cognitive Ability.

This study examines the development of self-esteem in a sample of 138 Australian adolescents (90 males; 48 females) with cognitive abilities in the lowest 15% (L-CA) and a matched sample of 556 Australian adolescents (312 males; 244 females) with average to high levels of cognitive abilities (A/H-CA). These participants were measured annually (Grade 7 to 12). The findings showed that adolescents with L-CA and A/H-CA experience similar high and stable self-esteem trajectories that present similar relations with key predictors (sex, school usefulness and dislike, parenting, and peer integration). Both groups revealed substantial gender differences showing higher levels of self-esteem for adolescent males remaining relatively stable over time, compared to lower levels among adolescent females which decreased until midadolescence before increasing back.

Childhood Precursors of the Narcissistic Personality.

This research identifies the childhood personality characteristics that predict the presence of narcissism in adulthood. Using data from the longitudinal study of Block and Block (The California Child Q-set. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1980), childhood personality characteristics were assessed at age 11 (N = 100) using the California Child Q-set. A number of these were shown to differentially predict the presence of grandiose or vulnerable narcissism at age 23. Factor analyses of the Child Q-set items showed that the presence of Grandiose Narcissism was positively related to childhood factors representing social presence and negatively related to planfulness. In contrast, vulnerable narcissism was positively related to childhood impulsivity and negatively related to stable self-esteem. Both types of narcissism were positively related to childhood factors representing need for control.

Examining the Impostor Phenomenon in Relation to Self-Esteem Level and Self-Esteem Instability

The impostor phenomenon involves feelings of intellectual self-doubt that often occur to people in challenging new roles or in the wake of personal success. Many previous studies appear to have understated the relationship between the impostor phenomenon and self-esteem, and have included only measures of self-esteem level in their designs. In the present study, the impostor phenomenon was examined in relation to both self-esteem level and self-esteem instability. Three-hundred and four undergraduates completed the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and a measure of self-rated instability. A subsample was also assessed for statistical instability (n = 38). The impostor phenomenon was negatively correlated with self-esteem level (r = −.62) and positively correlated with self-reported (r = .32) and statistical (r = .57) instability (all ps < .001). A multiple regression model predicting the impostor phenomenon with self-esteem level and self-rated instability revealed a negative main effect of self-esteem level and a significant 2-way interaction. Simple slopes analysis revealed that the negative effect of self-esteem level was weaker among participants with unstable self-esteem, compared to those with stable self-esteem. Results emphasize the critical involvement of self-esteem problems in the impostor phenomenon, indicating that people with low self-esteem are especially vulnerable to impostor feelings, and that people with unstable high self-esteem are more vulnerable to such feelings than are those with stable high self-esteem.

Augmenting the Sense of Attachment Security in Group Contexts: The Effects of a Responsive Leader and a Cohesive Group

ABSTRACTAccording to attachment theory, the availability of caring, supportive relationship partners, beginning in infancy, is important to developing a sense of attachment security, which in turn fosters the development of stable self-esteem, constructive coping strategies, maintenance of mental health, and formation of mutually satisfying relationships throughout life. In this article, we move beyond the well-researched correlates of attachment security and the laboratory priming of security-enhancing mental representations to propose a broader group-related model of psychological change. According to this model, repeated interactions with responsive and supportive leaders and cohesive groups beneficially alter a person’s attachment patterns and psychological functioning. We review prospective longitudinal findings showing that being involved in a relationship with a responsive and supportive leader or a cohesive and supportive group creates long-term beneficial changes in attachment-related cognitions and feelings and in broader psychological functioning. The findings provide strong support for Bowlby’s ideas about the plasticity of the attachment system across the life span and the growth-enhancing consequences of responsive leaders and cohesive groups.

Performance Feedback and the Stress-Buffering Qualities of Stable Self-Esteem

Performance Feedback and the Stress-Buffering Qualities of Stable Self-Esteem

Let's talk about sex after cancer: exploring barriers and facilitators to sexual communication in male cancer survivors.

Changes to sexuality are a primary concern amongst cancer survivors, leading to psychological distress and impacting long-term quality of life. Effective sexual communication has been found to be critical in improving sexual satisfaction post-treatment. However, research suggests that many men struggle to disclose sexual concerns and preferences. This study aimed to qualitatively explore the common barriers and facilitators to sexual communication in male cancer survivors (MCSs). Seventeen MCSs participated in semi-structured telephone interviews, which were transcribed and coded using Grounded Theory methodology. The emergent theory described that those MCSs with lower quality sexual communication experienced diminished perceived masculinity following cancer-related sexual dysfunction. These feelings of inadequacy were compounded by inadequate partner support. Contrastingly, participants reporting effective sexual communication expressed the importance of a stable self-esteem and flexible partner support. This study challenges the notion that men naturally struggle with intimate dyadic communication and suggests that adequate partner support and a stable sense of self can mitigate MCSs' communicative behaviour, subsequently bolstering self-esteem. Future research should more broadly explore the diverse experiences of MCSs to enhance the efficacy of psychosexual interventions. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

How Will I Love You? Self-Esteem Instability Moderates the Association Between Self-Esteem Level and Romantic Love Styles

The purpose of the present study was to examine whether fragile self-esteem was associated with romantic love styles. This was accomplished by examining the associations that each romantic love style had with self-esteem level and self-esteem instability among 385 undergraduates. The results of the present study show that self-esteem instability moderated the associations that self-esteem level had with Eros (love style dominated by passion) and Storge (love style characterized by companionship and trust) such that individuals with stable high self-esteem reported the highest levels of these romantic love styles. Men with stable low self-esteem reported higher levels of Pragma (love style focused on practicality and suitability) than other men. Women with stable self-esteem reported relatively low levels of Ludus (love style focused on game-playing). The pattern of these results suggests that individuals with stable high self-esteem are more likely to engage in romantic love styles that are conducive to establishing and deepening emotional connections with romantic partners, whereas individuals who are uncertain about their feelings of self-worth are more likely to employ romantic love styles concerned with self-protection.