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Published in Mohamed Ahmed Abd El-Hay, Understanding Psychology for Medicine and Nursing, 2019
Alfred Adler proposed that the primary human motivation is a striving for superiority, not in terms of superiority over others but in a search for self-improvement and perfection. Adler used the term inferiority complex to describe adults who have not been able to overcome the feelings of inadequacy they developed as children. Early social relationships with parents have an important effect on children’s ability to outgrow feelings of personal inferiority. If children have positive experiences, they can orient themselves toward attaining socially useful goals (for more details, see pp. 46–50).
Descriptive and Psychodynamic Psychopathology EMIs
Published in Michael Reilly, Bangaru Raju, Extended Matching Items for the MRCPsych Part 1, 2018
Actual self.Animus.Holistic approach.Idealized self.Individual psychology.Inferiority complex.Masculine protest.Psychobiology.Pathological mother.Shadow.Synchronicity.Transitional object.
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Published in Anton Sebastian, A Dictionary of the History of Medicine, 2018
Inferiority Complex [Latin: inferus, beneath + complexus, entwined] Mechanisms involved in overcoming this psychological state were described by psychoanalyst, Alfred Adler (1870–1937) of Vienna in 1907 in Study of Organ Inferiority and its Psychical Compensation.
Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Risky Sexual Behavior among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review
Published in American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
Adolescents with low self-esteem were more likely to not use condoms (Supplement 2 (Miller et al. 2000):). Low self-esteem can lead to an inferiority complex, which, in turn, leads to poor self-perception. It seems that adolescents are involved in RSB to conceal such flaws (Boden & Horwood, 2006). These adolescents have difficulty asserting their wish to use a condom for themselves and their sex partners; they engage in unprotected sex due to inhibition when purchasing a condom and poor self-worth. By contrast, adolescents with high self-esteem use condoms during their sex. A Swedish study on RSB among high school students in rural areas reported that condom use and self-efficacy in purchasing condoms increased with self-esteem (Unis et al., 2015). However, there are also studies showing no significant relationship between self-esteem and condom use (Supplement 2 (Babalola et al., 2002; Chewning et al. 2001; Enejoh et al., 2016; Mlunde et al. 2012):), thus calling for further studies, including qualitative studies, on the effects of self-esteem on condom use (Arsandaux et al., 2020). Professional counseling and parental and teacher support are needed for adolescents with low self-esteem so that they can develop healthy self-esteem instead of trying to increase their self-esteem by indulging in RSB (Mruk, 2013; van de Bongardt et al., 2016).
Correlates of Psychological Distress among Liberian Migrants in Nigeria
Published in Smith College Studies in Social Work, 2022
Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin, Alphonso Yarseah, Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo, Olasupo Augustine Ijabadeniyi
Self-conscious emotions that are manifestations of incompetency concerns such as inferiority complex, performance anxiety, self-criticism, doubtfulness, and shame have been found to impair psychological functioning. This is because such emotions directly affect or are related to the definition of the self (Gilbert, 2011; Heaven, Ciarrochi, & Leeson, 2009) and influence daily judgments or inferences people make and the expectations they have in social interactions (Berntsen & Rubin, 2006; Pinto-Gouveia & Matos, 2011). In addition, these emotions can influence the extent to which an individual seeks or enjoys social interaction because of perceived competency with handling such interactions (Lewis, 1971, 1992). Since social interaction is critical to wellbeing (Diener et al., 2018); self-conscious emotions can affect an individual’s survival (Kim, Thibodeau, & Jorgensen, 2011). For example, Molleti (2020) found that internal shame (self-generated criticism and self-evaluation) and external shame (distressing awareness of others’ negative view of the self) predicted depression and future anxiety. Similarly, Greenaway (2018) reported that shame, submissive behavior, shame proneness, and vulnerable narcissism were significant positive predictors of distress (anxiety, depression, and stress). Furthermore, Kabir (2016) found inferiority complex to be associated with less psychological wellbeing. Likewise, Seabrook, Kern, and Rickard (2016) found that positive interactions, social support, and social connectedness on social networking sites were related to decreased levels of anxiety and depression. On the other hand, social comparisons and negative interactions were linked to increased levels of anxiety and depression. Similarly, Lung and Lee (2008) reported that a feeling of inferiority was associated with hostility, insomnia, depression, and suicide ideation.