Psychology Research Papers/Topics

Comorbidity of Autism and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (Draft Informative Essay)

The purpose of this paper is to inform others of how DMDD can go hand in hand with ASD, and what signs to look for, as DMDD is as I said a fairly new diagnosis. It is an important subject to me as my son is diagnosed on the spectrum and until recently with DMDD as well as PTSD. According to Haruvi-Lamdan, Horesh, Zohar, Kraus, and Golan (2020) although PTSD has not been widely studied as a co-occurrence with autism a study was done with 25 adults with ASD and 25 adults without in regards to s...

Proactive Personality and Social Support With Pre-retirement Anxiety: Mediating Role of Subjective Career Success

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of subjective career success (SCS) in the relationship between proactive personality, social support (SS), and pre-retirement anxiety. The result indicated that proactive personality, SS, and SCS showed negative relationships with the dimensions of pre-retirement anxiety (financial preparedness, social obligation, and social alienation). Subjective career success mediated the relationship between proactive personality and p...

لاستراتيجيات والفنيات العلاجية في علم النفس الإيجابي

يعتبر علم النفس الايجابي بمثابة " الثورة الكوبرنيكية " في مجال الفكر الإنساني ونظرته إلى علم النفس ،واشكالية الثابت و من يدور حول من. وهذا من خلال طرح جديد يبين جانبا أهم من المرض واللاسواء يستحق من البحث في علم النفس أن يعطيه اهتماما أكبر. فكانت من نتائج هذه الثورة منظومة من...

System Analysis of Contributing Factors to Substance Abuse Driven Sexual Violence in Nigeria

Abstract Sexual violence is one of the systemic problems facing womanhood throughout the world. From developed to developing countries, aged and young women are being assaulted sexually and raped by married and unmarried boys or men when an opportunity exists. It is a systemic issue because offenders do not commit crimes without the support of other actors, stakeholders, or elements. One of the key drivers of the violence in Nigeria is substance abuse among the youths, most importantly. This...

Body Image And Mental Health

The kind of perception or image we've of ourselves (our bodies) goes a long way to affect our mental health. Positive body image build our confidence while negative body image can lead to anxiety, depression and even unhealthy eating habits. 

Teacher‟s Career Performance In Secondary Education; Case Study Of Teacher's Psychology, Ethics, Moral And Values In Dodoma (M), Tanzania.

Abstract:  Every University in Tanzania has its own teachers ' training program curriculum, and the way teachers are educated to meet challenges but still upholding the teaching professional is also questionable. The present study assesses teachers„moral, value, ethics, psychology and working morale in secondary education. The study involved structured questionnaire interview, focus group discussion and key informants study design. The study found that student behavior is influenced by bot...

Pedagogical Practices In Early Childhood Education And Care In Tanzania: Policy And Practices

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine current pedagogical practices in early childhood education and care in Tanzania, a reflection from policy and practices to the implementation of Learner-Centred Pedagogy and to put forward possible improvements for the future. In 2005 a new pre-school education curriculum introduced a learner-centred pedagogy so the first intention of this study was to find out how this pedagogy was being used in the classroom context. Anecdotal experiences i...

Africa Can Solve Its Own Health Problems. Africa Needs Less Globalisation And More Real Assistance

Editor—The article by Holmes and the accompanying commentaries essentially aim to explore the evidence for the efficacy and effectiveness of the psychotherapies and how this should be applied in everyday clinical practice.1 It is ironic that the arguments against cognitive therapy include numerous instances of idiosyncratic use of research evidence.

Self-Disclosure of HIV Serostatus in Recently Diagnosed Patients with HIV in South Africa

ABSTRACT  Failure of people living with HIV/AIDS to disclose their HIV serostatus can place their sexual partners at risk. The current study examined HIV serostatus disclosure and its relationship to risky sexual behaviours in 69 sexually active, heterosexual, married (62%) or cohabiting (38%) patients recently diagnosed as HIV positive. Results show that 78% had not disclosed their HIV serostatus to their sexual partners and 46% had no knowledge of their sexual partner's serostatus. Compare...

Psychosocial factors influencing aggressive driving among commercial and private automobile drivers in Lagos metropolis

ABSTRACT Using300 purposively selected private and commercial automobile drivers in Lagos. Nigeria as participants. and with a combination of FGD. interview and questionnaire. the study investigated the influence of psychosocial factors such as (locus of control. age. years of driving experience. marital status and educational status) on aggressive behavior among the drivers based on the frustration - aggression hypothesis. Given the chaotic traffic situation in Lagos. premise was that the ag...

Developing a Logotherapeutic Model for understanding Victims of Sexual Assault

ABSTRACT Presently, there is no available logotherapeutic model for understanding the experiences of persons in crises, specifically the victims of sexual assault in Nigeria. The paper first reviewed the literature on some of the available models: equilibrium, cognitive and psychosocial transition. The author has added the existential/logotherapeutic model to literature and based on this model subsequently developed a technique in order to better identify the condition of victims of sexual as...

THE EFFECTS OF SELF-ESTEEM AND VULNERABILITY TO ILLNESS ON PERCEIVED QUALITY OF “PURE” WATER

Abstract This research was carried out to find out the effects of self-esteem and illness vulnerability on perception of quality of water packaged in cellophane bags, popularly known in Nigeria as “pure water”. The interest in “pure water” stemmed from the increase in the packaging, marketing, and consumption of the commodity in Nigeria and the health implications for millions of the nation’s citizens and residents who consume pure water. Participants in the research, whose design...

Domestic violence and its relationship with depression, anxiety and quality of life: A hidden dilemma of Pakistani women

Objectives: To find out the relationship of domestic violence with depression, anxiety and quality of life in married women in hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Methods: This co-relational study was conducted in Rawalpindi Institute of Health Sciences from January 2019 to December 2019. All the females’ patients who were the victim of domestic violence were the population of the study. Consecutive non-probability sampling technique was used for selection of sampling from the target pop...

Investigating the Similarity of Telepathy Experiences Among Students of a Mystical Meditation Class in Iran

This article is about the statistical analysis of a questionnaire that is the product of the experiences of telepathy meditation students. This questionnaire is the collection of their common experiences which has been organized through interviews. The purpose of the research is to determine the extent of similarity between reported common experiences. Therefore, draw the attention of researchers to conduct further research on the aforementioned experiments. Thehypothesis of Iranian meditatio...