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Family dynamics
Family dynamics refers to the patterns of interactions among relatives, their roles and relationships, and the various factors that shape their interactions. Because family members rely on each other for emotional, physical, and economic support, they are one of the primary sources of relationship security or stress. Secure and supportive family relationships provide love, advice, […]
Important of school counselling
Globally, guidance and counselling services are essential elements in discipline and management of people in all societies. It could be difficult for any society to function well without the exercise of discipline. Guidance and counselling services as a movement started in America at the beginning of the 20th Century as a reaction to change process […]
Romantic relationship
Romantic Relationships are a Hallmark of adolescence and it is a fundamental milestone of development which is viewed as a central developmental task for young adults. This is because young people at this stage, as they grow and develop spend a large amount of time fantasizing, talking and debating about being in a romantic relationship […]
Trust
Trust would arise from the experience which gained from the interaction between products or services among consumers. Trust and reliability could create a positive expectation and consumers’ relationships. After interaction occurs frequently, it will lead to emotional formations of Trust called “Emotional Confidence”. Trust is a psychological state. Despite divergence in particular conceptualizations, most authors […]
Motivation
Motivation Motivation is the experience of desire or aversion. You want something, or want to avoid or escape something. As such, motivation has both an objective side a goal or thing you aspire to and an internal or subjective aspect: it is you that wants the thing (or wants it to go away). At minimum, motivation requires the […]
Access to counseling is school
Guidance and counseling services is a set of task and activities designed to assist students to cope with some problems and challenges as well as to adjust and improve their academic activities in schools. Guidance and counseling services create options for students to develop fully and emphasizes strategies which enhance their potentials. School guidance and […]
Why it important to Access counselling service
Access to counseling services are very important tools in human development especially during adolescent stage. Adolescent stage is characterized by rapid growth and change: physically, socially, spiritually, morally and intellectually. Most of adolescents are in secondary schools, that is why guidance and counseling services are seriously needed. Guidance and counseling are the assistances made available […]
Self Compassion
Self-compassion is extending compassion to one’s self in instances of perceived inadequacy, failure, or general suffering. Also, self-compassion is composed of three main elements – self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness. Self-kindness: Self-compassion entails being warm towards oneself when encountering pain andpersonal shortcomings, rather than ignoring them or hurting oneself with self-criticism.Common humanity: Self-compassion also involves recognizing that suffering and personalfailure is part of […]
Humanity
Humanity is quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings. Being human does not mean that an individual possesses humanity. If you want to understand the quality of humanity in an individual take note of what he does for people who give noting back in return […]
Prosocial Behaviour
Prosocial behavior is any behavior that is intended to benefit another person or persons. Examples include volunteer work, donating money, or helping a neighbor move a heavy item of furniture. The most striking type of prosocial behavior is altruism, where a person takes on a cost to help another person with no expectation or possibility […]
Integrity
There is a famous saying which perfectly describes integrity. “Honesty is telling the truth to other people, integrity is telling the truth to myself.” Integrity means being honest and having strong moral principles. A person with integrity behaves ethically and does the right thing, even behind closed doors. For instance, informing a cashier that they […]
STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS
The mentally ill face a multitude of challenges. One of those challenges is the stigmatization they face. Stigmatization is social rejection; those stigmatized are rejected by people because of the label they carry or that their behaviors clearly indicate that they belong to a certain labeled group. Stigmatization of the mentally ill is caused by […]
Innovation
Innovation is not something new or full of complex history. It is as old as mankind. From the very first day of human evolution, man has started innovation, by doing something new and unique with itself and its environment. innovation refers to creation and implementation of “new combination” of service, work processes, products and markets. […]
Happiness and Wellbeing
People have always aspired for a long, dignified and meaningful life. However, the stresses in contemporary life are increasing in such a way that it is becoming difficult to cope with them. Happiness and well-being are important and necessary for every individual. Both of these bring about the positive feelings of joy, satisfaction, pleasure and […]
Mindset and its types
Mindset refers to set of beliefs, attitudes, values and opinions held by an individual which influences how they perceive the world around them. It also refers to an individual way of thinking and dispositions towards circumstances. Individual mindset differs and this is determined by different factors such as environment, societal values, culture, upbringing, education etc. […]
Developing self-efficacy
Self-efficacy is people’s beliefs about their capabilities to produce designated levels of performance that exercise influence over events that affect their lives. Self-efficacy beliefs determine how people feel, think, motivate themselves and behave. Such beliefs produce these diverse effects through four major processes. They include cognitive, motivational, affective and selection processes. A strong sense of […]
Self Esteem
Self-esteem refers to how you feel about yourself (inside and out), encompassing what you think about and value in yourself and how you relate to others. Self-esteem can also be said to be the degree to which one’s self-concept, qualities, and characteristics are perceived. It is related to how you feel others view, treat, and […]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE PATIENT AND ITS BENEFITS
As living beings, we are prone to lose our patience at one point but doing so frequently and not being able to properly manage our emotions tends to affect our mental health in the long run. Patience is often said to be a virtue and every individual needs to be able to cultivate this skill […]
Stress Management
Individuals experience stress in the process of carrying out their daily activities. Stress cannot be escaped as long as we continue to live and interact with others but what varies among humans is our view of what can lead to stress and our response to these stressors. What then is stress? Stress refers to an […]