Self Disclosure

Monday, March 2, 2009

Self Disclosure on Psychology Journal

In social life in the community, individuals are often suspicious dirundung feeling confident and not so strong that does not dare to deliver a variety of emotional shock or that is in itself to others, especially when the things that deems not good to know other people. As a result, the individual keeps a lot more variety of life issues that often end too heavy to be alone, giving rise to various psychological and physiological problems. In the counseling room in this website, many readers who say that they are very difficult to reveal the self (the opinions, feelings, ideals, feeling angry, irritated, etc.) to other people, did not even share the information if not required / asked. It is interesting that they recognize that the condition is very uncomfortable and tend to make their dijauhi by colleagues or family members own. While on the one hand they feel unsure and afraid to reveal themselves, but on the other hand, they feel that it is necessary to alleviate the burden themselves.

self disclosure can be defined as the provision of information about themselves to others. The information provided can include things such as life experiences, feelings, emotions, opinions, ideals, and so forth. Disclosure must be based themselves with honesty and openness in providing information, or in other words what is presented to other people, let not a private or a mask of lies so pure that only show the good side only.

To answer the question why someone needs to inform other people about themselves, then it should be seen as a cycle that involves three (3) the self-disclosure, namely, relations of friendship and acceptance of self. The explanation Self Disclosure is as follows:

- It is a very good thing if you say to friends or others who interact with you how they can affect you. With the feeling of sharing experiences and then will be able to strengthen the relations of friendship.

- Acceptance of a friend or someone else will be easier for you to be able to accept the condition yourself.

- Because you can accept yourself and feel comfortable with the conditions, then you are easier to reveal themselves so that the relationship with your friend feel more comfortable.

- With input from various other people, a high sense of security, and acceptance of self, then you will be able to see themselves in more depth and able to complete the various problems of life.

Self Disclosure on Psychology Journal

Frailty Syndrome

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Frailty syndrome is, to some extent still be foreign. This is not a disease but a collection of symptoms that describe the decline in function and the limited run day-to-day activities. This problem is related to aging, disability, and komorbid (of 2 or more diseases in one individual).

It's from the Greek myth about Titonus and Aurora, as submitted by John E. Morley, geriatrics specialist knowledge of Saint Louis University. Let's scrutinize story.

Aurora is a beautiful goddess with the two lovers lovers lovers morning and night. Titonus is his boyfriend in the morning. Aurora Titonus very loved, so he does not want to loss. Aurora at the request of the god Zeus his father, to his father to give eternal life to Titonus. Zeus also fulfill the desire daughter. Woe to the Aurora, while aware that there are things you forgot, he forgot to request eternal life to stay young. Although Titonus will not die, but he experienced the life of the elderly, age 50 years decreased muscle strength, age 70 years he became impotent, the age of 80 years must be running with a stick and is very slow, cognitive interference occurs, he began to babble all. Aurora no longer love, he condemns Titonus a grasshopper. Since then, the locust terdengarlah voice chirp, that is the Titonus-titonus no stopping the chatter.

Although it is not, in fact many disease conditions that contribute to cause Frailty syndrome, as anoreksia (appetite decreased dramatically), kaheksia (emaciated), immobility, aterosklerosis, imbalance, depression, and cognitive interference. According to John E. Morley in the study, frailty experienced by many women than men. Besides socio demographic factors, education, mental / psychological, and nutrition is also a subject where berperanan Feed with a high vitamin E tend to be less experienced frailty.

Treat frailty to recover things that are not possible, because every person born in the world surely the old age and experience symptoms of frailty. But perhaps that can be done is to apply preventative steps to slow the emergence and impact.

Some of these steps:

* Increase number of meals

* Sports with the burden (resistance exercise)

* Prevention aterosklerosis

* Not isolated

* Tai Chi exercises or balance

* Check the doctor each year

Physical exercise provides many benefits, including increased mobility in daily activities, improvement of walking patterns, injury risk is smaller, and increased bone mineral.

Resistance exercise is a physical exercise that is done against the detainees. Physical exercise in the simple and cheap but it is useful for the elderly Tai Chi (originating from China) and cobblestone walking (running over the stones). Impact of the main risk falling down almost 40%.

All steps of prevention before the business is to optimize health and improve quality of life for the elderly, so that lie in the hospital is not spectral for elderly utuk but hope a better life.

Frailty Syndrome on Psychology Journal

The narrow, clinical psychology

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Clinical Psychology on Psychology Journal

Clinical psychology is one of the areas of applied psychology in addition to Education Psychology, Industrial Psychology, and others. Clinical Psychology uses concepts of Abnormal Psychology, Development Psychology, Personality and Psychology Psikopatologi, and principles in assessment and intervention, in order to understand the issue-psychological problems, interference and adjustment behavior anormal.

View from the scope, clinical psychology can be defined narrowly or broadly. The narrow, clinical psychology is to learn the duties of the abnormal or subnormal. Main task is to use clinical psychology test which is an integral part of a clinical examination is usually done in the hospital. In a broader scope, clinical psychology is the field of psychology who discuss and learn the difficulties and obstacles on the emotional man, he does not look abnormal or subnormal. Clinical Psychology sustain the symptoms that can reduce the possibility for human happiness. Blissfulness close emotional relationship with life-sensitive and must be satisfied with a more-related to the terms of rational and intellectual terms (Hien Yap Kie, 1968).

Clinical Psychology on Psychology Journal

Forensic Psychologist

Forensic Psychology on Psychology Journal

A forensic psychologist is any psychologist who offers an expert psychological opinion in a way that it impacts one of the adversarial arenas, typically the courts. Many people think of forensic psychologists as focussing on criminal matters. This is certainly not always the case.

A forensic psychologist is any psychologist who by virtue of training or experience may assist a court or other fact finder in arriving at a just or correct decision. For example a forensic psychologist may assist in a wide variety of civil matters. Civil matters include but are not limited to lawsuits or insurance claims where emotional suffering is a part of the claim, determination of competency of an aged or ill person to make decisions, whether a death was an accident or a "disguised suicide" in an insurance claim case, or in a wide variety of other areas.

Becoming a forensic psychologist will first require you to get a doctorate in psychology, often (but not necessarily) in clinical or counseling psychology. It will probably take you about seven years after the undergraduate degree to get this doctorate, though some people may take a little less time. Competition is stiff to enter these doctoral programs, so study hard!

One way the person who is already a psychologist becomes a forensic psychologist is by doing additional informal study after receiving the doctoral degree. She or he does this by attending seminars, consulting with senior colleagues, or returning to the university to take additional course work.

Simultaneously, psychologists often undertake their first cases in the forensic area. When done well the ethical psychologist takes care to consult closely with colleagues in the early years.

After getting considerable experience and continuing education, some forensic psychologists will go on to become 'Board Certified' in the forensic psychology specialty. But not all forensic psychologists do become board certified.

Forensic Psychology on Psychology Journal