Self-determination

to whether self-esteem should be considered as a personality trait, therefore remaining relatively stable, or should it be deemed as being a state-like concept, continuously fluctuating in response to different situations. Self-esteem, simply defined as “the way an individual feels about him or herself,” (Bobbio, 2009, p.549, cited in Yìğìter, 2014, p.1234) develops at a young age. Robins and Trzesniewski (2005) analysed the correlation between self-esteem and age and outlined how self-esteem is…

the confidence in my peers and make them feel good and happy about themselves. This task was a comment about how some people may act deviantly to appreciate the outcome of their achievement. After I completed this activity, not only did I boost the self esteem of my peers, but I also gained trust and felt more accepted. This act is considered deviant because in this time period, people usually throw insults at each other rather than compliments, especially with…

Time-Limited Treatment Intervention for Body Image Disturbance and Self-Esteem: A Single Subject Case Study Design”. The article was first published in the first volume third edition of the Journal of Psychotherapy in Independent Practice in 2000. The purpose of the article was to provide evidence that eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) was an effective time-limited treatment for treating body image disturbances and low self-esteem in a single Caucasian female. Dziegielewski…

school counselor today. Pt has hx dx of Anxiety D/O and Depressive D/O. Pt states he is currently SI with a plan to jump of his bedroom window head first. “ I wrote a letter to my best friend yesterday I want to die”, “Im fat and ugly”. Pt states of self harming behaviors such as punching his leg. Pt states that he has been a victim of bullying since the 7th grade by the same individual. Pt stated “He said he was going to murder me yesterday”. Pt endorses HI with a plan, “I’m going to…

After viewing the social security webinar: Internet Disability Appeals Application Revitalizations and Attachment Utility Update, which regards an easier method of filling out disability appeals online, I can definitely say I have a better understanding of how individuals with disabilities can receive disability benefits. The webinar explains a simpler method for the public such as a family member, an attorney, a nursing care agency, a social worker, or a non-profit organization to fill out a…

By today’s standards, this is a lighthearted romantic comedy. However, Otto Preminger encountered a great deal of resistance when he tried to distribute his film. In the Production Code files archive there are several letters between Otto Preminger and Joseph Breen (the director of The Production Code Association) discussing the denial of a seal of approval for The Moon is Blue. Among these are letters between Preminger and the heads of many studios that also refused to distribute the film due…

Self-efficacy can have an enormous positive or negative impact on a person’s work performance. Moreover, one’s beliefs can shape someone’s actions and results (). Personally, I have always been the type of person that set goals, been creative, and preserved even when things wasn’t functioning as planned. After graduating undergraduate school, hired by the Comptroller’s office of the State of Tennessee to perform audits on government agencies receiving federal and state funding. My very…

Self promoting behaviors are tactics that we us to try and induce others into thinking were competent. The tactics could be as simple as making an excuse for why we were not competent in a situation or it could be more complex such as staging our action at specific times and in specific instances in the presence of others, which we want to convince of our competence. As people we want to be seen as competent. To take pride in our skills, knowing that others understand and know how good we are…

rather than guys, making it seem like girls are more likely to be involved with this (Serani). With almost every self-injury case there is a background of childhood traumas, coming from abuse or being bullied at school. Although, the higher rates of people who self-injure are adolescents, they can range from kids being as young as third-graders to others as grandparents. Many that self-injure do not want to die, they feel numb and in order to feel alive they need to injure themselves, others…

Self-deception is a fundamental aspect of human nature, which is common to most characters or people to some degree and is used to attempt to cope with an unfacable or undesireable reality. In fact, it is almost impossible to find characters in literature who are almost entirely self-aware. Although it is far easier than facing difficulties fully conscious of them, self-deception often leads to a warped sense of self, and missed opportunities that could deeply impact both yourself and others.…