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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"self-images"”.
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Self-images of selected groups of adopted and non-adopted adolescents
… has been an important part of adolescent self-image formation, according to many family therapy theorists. The aspects of family functioning that are the most positive in influencing self-image formation have not been specifically diagnosed, particularly as they apply to adoptive and …
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Imagery and the self in social phobia
… 1997) emphasise the importance of negative self-images in the maintenance of social phobia. Although evidence suggests that in social phobia these images influence some cognitive, affective and behavioural responses in social situations, it is unclear how they exert their effect. The …
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Self -Image Maintenance in an Educational Setting: A Perceptual Control Theory Study of Technical Training
… that participants carefully maintained their self-images. What they did and said (including performing the computer task) ultimately supported that maintenance process. However, the maintenance of the self-image was not as straightforward as expected. Unexpectedly, participants directed their …
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Exerciser self-image and indices of health-related physical fitness
<p>Self-belief about exercise strongly influences people's exercise behavior. This relationship may have significant impact on health-related physical fitness and help to address the exercise behavior deficit in the US. However, it is not known if self-belief about exercise significantly impacts …
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Encouraging A Positive Self-Image
… workshop to teach a method of encouraging better self-images in students. A series of self-improvement imagery exercises are outlined. Steps include choosing goals; writing them in behavioral terms and specific measurable outcomes; and using self-recording, self-reward and self-punishment. By …
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self-imAGE
Many current media images of women have underlying messages that affect our psyche in a negative way, whether or not we are aware. These images convey an unrealistic, distorted view of ideals and perfection, which create an unattainable model to live up to. As women, we should be cherishing our …
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Selling terror: excitement, emotion-driven choice and ISIS's recruitment in Britain
… emotions by appealing to their desire for self-expression and being a part of a ‘cool’ group. ISIS constructed its propaganda in a way that offers the group’s potential recruits a number of attractive self-images, which the recruits could use to construct an identity as a better version of …
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The effect of response distortion on the accuracy of predictive inferences of personality inventories
… and once faking to create socially desirable self-images. Results indicate that subjects could successfully distort their responses on all scales. Depending on the scale characteristics, faking could both reduce as well as increase scale variability and reliability. People who are highly …
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Using an Apple iPad for self-monitoring of students with autism
… was to examine the effects on using an iPad to self-monitor the behaviors of middle school students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Four students (12-13 years old, 4 male) participated in the study. A single subject design with ABAB phases was used. During the baseline, all students were …
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Respite, relationships and re-signification : a study of the effects of residential schooling on children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, with particular reference to the pupils' perspective
… means, promote improvements in pupils’ self images and the development of non-deviant identities, in contrast with the negative labelling effects of mainstream schools as reported in this and other research.
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"You Can't Put People In One Category Without Any Shades of Gray:" A Study of Native American, Black, Asian, Latino/a and White Multiracial Identity
… as the increase in the levels of autonomy in self identification, holds the potential to contribute to transformations in racial understandings in U.S. society by opposing imposed racial categorization. Through the process of conducting and analyzing semistructured interviews with mixed-race …
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Tradition Under Fire: Values, Role Regulation and Work Identity within the Fire and Rescue Service
… study considers how Firefighters renegotiate self-images and work orientations in response to their changing environment. This raises the importance of how Firefighter values and identity influence organisational perspectives regarding strategic direction, mission determination, visioning, and …
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Profiles of Promise: Students With Learning Difference Prepare For Optimal Foreign Language Learning
… their attitudes toward the program. Student self-images, their awareness of their learning styles, and what they learned about the study of language were assessed. Analysis indicates that students did benefit from HOLA! in different ways, but the benefits in common were two-fold: an awareness …
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Vault SEED Homeschool to build racial and intellectual identity : a qualitative case study.
… community, Black students developed positive self-images through a cultural awareness of their historical and present selves. In an effort to remove traditional, hegemonic practices, alternative forms of measuring Black students' achievement reflected their culture and efforts to belong and …
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Product design attributes and consumer preferences in the local furniture market
… stems from how their decisions mirror their self-images and whether aesthetics or functionality take precedence in their decision-making processes. This study aims to give organisations a better knowledge of their customers by carefully examining the furniture industry and consumer …
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Domains of Clarity: Clarity of Competence and Clarity of Liking
… present research applies the distinction between self-liking and self-competence (Tafarodi & Swann, 2001) to self-concept clarity. Self-concept clarity refers to the degree to which an individual’s self-views are internally consistent, confidently held, and stable over time (Campbell et al., …
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The all-clear incarnate? : Helmut Kohl's nationalism and the quest for normality
… helps to understand the particular repertoire of self-images that the nationalist can mobilise selectively to represent his ideal notion of the nation and himself. In Kohl's case, it was not only his membership of a political party (CDU), but also the combination of religious (Roman Catholic), …
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The all-clear incarnate? : Helmut Kohl's nationalism and the quest for normality
… helps to understand the particular repertoire of self-images that the nationalist can mobilise selectively to represent his ideal notion of the nation and himself. In Kohl's case, it was not only his membership of a political party (CDU), but also the combination of religious (Roman Catholic), …
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National images in international relations: Putin’s Russia and the West
… the impact of the perceived, projected and self-images of a state on its foreign and domestic policies. It approaches this problem by exploring the evolution of international images of the Russian Federation in the ‘West’ in the years of Vladimir Putin’s presidency (2000-2008) and by …
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