Self-Image And Self-Confidence, As Factors Facilitators Of Communication To Small Schoolchildren

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudiu Eduard Ionescu
Keyword(s):  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image

Summer Camp Hemodialysis for Children With Chronic Renal Failure

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-50
Author(s):  
William A. Primack ◽  
Ira Greifer
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Chronic Renal Failure ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Summer Camp ◽  
Maintenance Hemodialysis ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Hemodialysis Unit ◽  
Pediatric Hemodialysis ◽  
Satellite Unit

A hemodialysis unit was established at a rural summer camp for children. Required medical treatment was planned so as to interfere as little as possible with normal camp programs. Campers who require dialysis were mixed fully into the population of normal campers. Twenty-two children participated during the first summer of operation. Our experience indicates that children on maintenance hemodialysis can be integrated with normal peers in a recreational program and can improve their self-image and self-confidence. The program also demonstrates that chronic pediatric hemodialysis can be safely performed in a rural satellite unit.

scholarly journals Taking a closer look at the speaking of ideal self of Spanish undergraduates

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 901-916
Author(s):  
Aránzazu García-Pinar
Keyword(s):  
Ideal Self ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Multimodal Intervention ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image ◽  
L2 Motivation ◽  
L2 Motivational Self System ◽  
L2 Speaking ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Oral Presentations

Over the past fifteen years, research on second language (or L2) motivation has been dominated by Dörnyei’s influential paradigm, the L2 Motivational Self System. Students’ imagined visualisations are key components in this theory, as those students who have a clear ideal self-image with an L2 component will probably be more motivated to learn a language than others that have not established a desired future state goal for themselves. This article reports the qualitative findings of a mixed-method study that explored the effects of a multimodal intervention with influential speakers on changing the students’ attitudes in public speaking. Semi-structured interviews and open-ended questionnaires were conducted with 11 engineering undergraduates, who volunteered to take part in the present study. Qualitative data showed that the multimodal intervention accompanied by goal setting (i.e., students’ classroom oral presentations) triggered an increase in some students’ future speaking selves. Six of the eleven students demonstrated a slight development in their levels of linguistic self-confidence, which made their vision of their ideal L2 speaking selves more realistic and clearer. The article discusses the implications of these findings and calls for a pedagogical shift that embraces more opportunities to assess the multimodal skills and strategies students need to become fluent L2 speakers.

scholarly journals Politeness in compliment responses

Pragmatics ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şükriye Ruhi
Keyword(s):  
Management Approach ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Compliment Responses ◽  
Face Management ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
The Face ◽  
Negative Face

This paper analyses a corpus of compliment responses in Turkish according to the conversational maxim approach (Leech 1983, 2003) and the face-management approach (Brown and Levinson 1987) with a view to extending the conceptualisation of self-presentation in theorising on politeness. It observes that the two theories ground politeness on consideration for alter and give precedence to politeness in the sense of displaying deference and solidarity at the expense of self-politeness, described in the present study as speaker need for display of competence, self-confidence, and individuality in interaction, besides the need for non-imposition. Regarding the maxim approach, the paper argues that conversational implicatures triggered by a variety of responses ultimately tie to the Tact Maxim and more specifically to the Sympathy Maxim in the Turkish context. The analysis reveals that compliment responses may override the Politeness Principle, that self-presentational concerns are crucial motivating factors, and that face concerns need to be incorporated into the model. From the perspective of the face-management approach, the study supports the claim in O’Driscoll (1996) and Spencer-Oatey (2000) that the notions of positive and negative face as need for community and autonomy need to be disentangled from the theory’s conceptualisation of face as public self-image. With the incorporation of a number of self-politeness strategies, the face-theoretic analysis builds on this distinction and integrates it with the concept of interactional imbalance by extending an analytic framework adapted from Bayraktaroğlu (1991). The paper concludes with suggestions on how the two theories may complement each other.

Personality, Self-Image and Informal Helping Processes in Work Settings

1982 ◽  
Vol 50 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1295-1302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald J. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image

Two personality constructs (self-esteem, locus of control) and several aspects of self-image, e.g., Timidity, Abrasiveness, Perceptiveness, were related to several areas of helpers' and helpees' role behaviours in a work setting. Respondents were 136 nursing staff from a single hospital. Personality and self-image measures were more strongly related to helpers than helpees' role behaviour. Respondents with more self-esteem and internal locus of control were more active and satisfied with their helping roles. Respondents describing themselves as emotionally cold, abrasive, ineffectual, timid, not perceptive, and lacking self-confidence were less active and satisfied with their roles as helpers.

Improving Social Performance Through Video-feedback with Cognitive Preparation in Children with Emotional Problems

2021 ◽  
pp. 014544552199109
Author(s):  
Silvia Melero ◽  
Alexandra Morales ◽  
José Pedro Espada ◽  
Mireia Orgilés
Keyword(s):  
Social Performance ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Video Feedback ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Emotional Symptoms ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Cognitive Preparation

Anxious children report a more negative perception of their social performance and increased nervous behaviors. The video-feedback with cognitive preparation allows children to contrast and modify their negative social self-image, increasing their self-confidence and decreasing anxiety behaviors. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Super Skills for Life (SSL) program in improving social performance in a sample of children with emotional symptoms. Results indicated that both objective and subjective evaluation showed positive effects of the SSL program on the children’s social performance, enhancing their social skills and reducing anxiety behaviors in social situations, both during the program and in the last session. Girls felt more comfortable and showed better speech and social performance than boys. Our findings increase the evidence about the short-term effects of the video-feedback with cognitive preparation of the SSL program and provide a useful transdiagnostic protocol for application in the clinical setting.

Psychosocial Construct of Career Adaptability from the Point of View of Theory and Empirical Evidence - Overview

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-125
Author(s):  
Petr Hlaďo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Time Orientation ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image

This overview focuses on a multidimensional psychosocial construct of career adaptability, to which a special attention has been paid recently. Career adaptability indicates individual’s means of coping with current or anticipated challenges, changes and traumas in professional roles. The study provides a description of career adaptability construct creation, its definition and dimensions – interest, control, curiosity and self-confidence. Further, tools for career adaptability measurement and selected empirical findings about career adaptability are presented. Focus is, among other things, on the relation of career adaptability and demographical variables, personality traits, self-image, self-esteem, confidence in own abilities, professional identity, time orientation, academic success, career vocation, career satisfaction etc. Presented theoretical and empirical findings are important for career counsellors and teachers of career education, who can, based on the knowledge of career adaptability, suggest interventions reflecting specific needs of individual clients and students.

Self-Image of Nurses

1976 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Reich ◽  
Andrew Geller
Keyword(s):  
Self Control ◽  
Check List ◽  
Graduate Nurses ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image

163 female graduate nurses described themselves using Gough and Heilbrun's Adjective Check List. The nurses scored higher on Dominance, Self-control, Achievement, Order, Self-confidence, Counseling, Readiness and Nurturance, among other variables and lower on Succorance, Change, Abasement, Lability and Number of Unfavorable Items Checked than the norms.

scholarly journals Fenestration Labioreduction of the Labium Minus: A New Surgical Intervention Concept

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Ostrzenski
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Image Perception ◽  
Labia Minora ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Reduced Height ◽  
Case Series Study ◽  
Aesthetic Results ◽  
Prospective Case Series

Objectives. To test applicability of the new surgical concept for labioreduction of the labia minora. Study Design. The observational, prospective, case series study was designed. Subjects. Three consecutive subjects were included. Methods. The application of new surgical intervention was tested. Main Outcome Measures. A primary outcome measured applicability of the fenestration labioplasty and secondary measures was used to evaluate surgical resolution of medical, emotional, and social symptoms; aesthetic outcomes; and potential complications. Results. Symptomatic, asymmetrical, and enlarged labia minora were associated with aesthetic dissatisfaction from deformations of the labia minora. The new operation was applied easily and without complications. The procedure reduced height and length, accomplished symmetries, preserved natural color and contour, and accomplished the labium minus expected appearance. Postoperatively, physical, emotional, social symptoms and signs resolved, pleasing surgical outcomes exceeded subjects’ aesthetic expectations. Meaningfully, self-image and self-confidence improved in all subjects. No feelings of regrets were reported. Emotional tensions were reduced, social openness improved, intimate interaction increased, and their body image perception improved following the operation. Conclusion. In this study group, fenestration labioreduction with inferior flap transposition was easy to execute without complications and the method was reproducible; the new operation achieves pleasing aesthetic results and the procedure improves physical, emotional, and social wellbeing.

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