Social and psychological well being includes aspects of personal adjustment, self-concept, interpersonal relationships, antisocial behavior, and cognitive functioning. Personal adjustment includes self-control, leadership, responsibility, independence, achievement orientation, aggressiveness, and gender-role orientation. ... A series of studies indicate that children in divorced, non-remarried families have lower self-esteem than children in intact families. ... Ongoing high levels of conflict, whether in intact or divorced homes, produce lower self-esteem, increased anxiety, and a loss of sel...

• Word Count: 2097
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, according to a 1991 survey by the well-known Fuller Institute of Church Growth, 90% feel inadequately trained to cope with these demands which explain why 70% of pastors have a lower self-esteem than before they started the ministry (Pastor 1). ... Self-esteem and depression are possible outcomes of such high expectations and pressures. ...

• Word Count: 1813
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Silas Marner is a novel about a character, which is portrayed in an ascending positivism throughout the whole book and scenery. One of the main aspects of Silas" life is his life as a communal member of the village of Raveloe. Much of the dramatic force in the novel is focused on his social life as ...

• Word Count: 774
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Children may also exhibit a drop in self-esteem and self-confidence. ... Children learn how to practice these skills in relation to the five stressful life events/experiences that occur to a significant number of children: (a) parental separation/divorce, (b) loss of a loved one, (c) move to a new home/school, (d) spending significant amounts of time in situation without adult supervision (self-care), and (e) feeling "different"- ethnically, physically, and so forth. ...

• Word Count: 1203
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As wife of the first Vice President, Abigail became an esteemed aid in official entertaining, influenced and prepared by her experiences of courts and society abroad. ... (Akers 11) reflects Abigail Adams" attitude of rational acceptance of life and its polarities while Mary Todd often overlooked this kind of reasoning and concentrated on her own self. ... (Baker 131) Nevertheless, unlike majority of females, these two women both retained the power of self-expression in their marriages and greatly influenced their husbands. ...

• Word Count: 1568
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"Love, in the world of Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant' is a destructive force."" Love has the power to heal; however the experiences of the Tull family in Anne Tyler's Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant' demonstrate the destruction and pain that individuals can also encounter as a result of ...

• Word Count: 950
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A woman cannot function well without the self-assertiveness and leadership that she, if traditionally feminine could not develop within herself. ... The deprecatory phrase "I"m just a housewife" typifies the low esteem in which this position is held in our society. ...

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Growing up, I only had interest in guys that were African-American. This reason is because I knew I would feel uncomfortable dating someone who had lighter skin, and spoke differently from me, so I wouldn't even bother thinking about dating someone outside of my ethnic circle. It is so much easier d...

• Word Count: 1895
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate