Child abuse is the brutal act of some adults on children. Each year‚ thousands of children are mistreated and harmed because of reasons such as psychological malfunctions of the abusers who choose to display their complexes on vulnerable children who are unable to defend themselves. Child abuse is a problem that includes many types‚ has many causes‚ and affects the innocent‚ abused children negatively and leaves deep emotional scars in them. The different types include physical violence‚ verbal abuse
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Millions of people experience the feeling of anxiety when they are put in uncomfortable situations or fearful of a future event‚ but some experience these feelings when there is nothing to worry about. These people may be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are mental illnesses that are can cause feelings of anxiety‚ nervousness‚ and panic more often than usual (Barrios). There are many different types of these disorders‚ including general anxiety disorder (GAD)‚ agoraphobia‚ and panic
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Test Anxiety is defined by Kondo (1996) as a double situation specific personality trait‚ consisting of two psychological components; emotional arousal and worry. Several studies have focused on test anxiety‚ as it is associated with lower test results and a higher amount of stress‚ so has attracted attention from researchers and teachers (Hembree 1998; Sarason and Sarason 1990) as cited in Kondo (1996). Most of the focus has been to reduce test anxiety by investigating the cognitive‚ affective
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nteMALAY VERSION OF THE EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE INVENTORY (ECI): A STUDY OF RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY CHUA BEE SEOK‚ Ph.D chuabs@ums.edu.my BEDDU SALAM BACO‚ MA beddu@ums.edu.my Sekolah Psikologi & Kerja Sosial Universiti Malaysia Sabah Tel: 088-320000 ext 1525/1549 HARRIS SHAH ABDUL HAMID‚ MSc. harris@iiu.edu.my Department of Psycholgoy International Islamic University Malaysia Tel: 03 2056 4000 ext 3058 ABSTRACT This study investigates the reliability and validity of the Emotional Competence Inventory
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In the long term the rapid rise of extremism had continued as the Nazi party were eventually able to capitalise Germany. Many historians agree that the rise to extremism began long before the Great Depression‚ but the Great Depression had only sped up the inevitability of the Nazi Party. Nevertheless‚ Hitler’s leadership skills had excelled the Nazi Party to its full capability of taking over Germany. The Nazi tactics of propaganda‚ technology and mesmerising speeches had convinced the German public
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ARTICLE Child Sexual Abuse: Consequences and Implications Gail Hornor‚ RNC‚ MS‚ PNP ABSTRACT Sexual abuse is a problem of epidemic proportions in the United States. Given the sheer numbers of sexually abused children‚ it is vital for pediatric nurse practitioners to understand both short-term and long-term consequences of sexual abuse. Understanding consequences of sexual abuse can assist the pediatric nurse practitioner in anticipating the physical and mental health needs of patients and also
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Color Therapy as an Alternative Medical Treatment for Mental‚ Physical or Emotional Ailment Many aspects of our lives such as emotions‚ thoughts and energies are able to be influenced by color in different levels through color therapy (Wong‚ 2008). This is because we are surrounded by colors that we perceived in different ways. The effectiveness of these colors to influence us is through the right technique of using them. Overview to colors and chakras
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By: desi Handling Stress This essay is about handling the stress of University studies. We will be looking into many ideas and different people¹s views on how to handle stress. I will also be giving my own opinions on how I think stress can be controlled or relieved. The first thing we must do is ask ourselves one very important question‚ ³what is stress²? WHAT IS STRESS? According to an Australian born physician‚ Hans Selye (1979)‚ stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF STRESS IN EDUCATION “59-year-old mother from Malacca urged youngsters not to be like her son‚ who chose to commit suicide when under pressure” (Isabellel‚ Ng & Raman‚ 2013‚ para. 1). Recently‚ there have been some news report about college students committed suicide all over the world. These issues had aroused much public attention. The factors of these incidents is stress faced by students in education. Most of the students will go through three stages of education which
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effects of stress has on the body. In his work‚ Selye - ’the father of stress research‚’ developed the theory that stress is a major cause of disease because chronic stress causes long-term chemical changes. He observed that the body would respond to any external biological source of stress with a predictable biological pattern in an attempt to restore the body’s internal homeostasis. This initial hormonal reaction is your fight or flight stress response - and its purpose is for handling stress very
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