Who is rich? Who is happy?

Abstract

esteem, again I would like to offer an alternative explanation, namely, that self-esteem is normal in nonsmokers but impaired in smokers (as it is in many forms of drug dependency). Smokers who are quitting the habit should therefore experience a range of psychobiological improvements. This leads to another point: Not only does nicotine dependency cause stress (Parrott, 1999), it also leads to greater depression (Parrott, 2000a) and probably many other problems. Yet, there is surprisingly little research into the disorders caused by nicotine dependency. This clearly reflects the dominance of tobacco industry funding for nicotine research. Hence, many journals are dominated by research articles methodologically designed to show nicotine in a good light. Comparatively few research articles are concerned with abstinence, withdrawal, or the problems of nicotine dependency. This bias has also led to numerous convoluted models, based on the notion that that nicotine must have some positive functions. But once one grasps that nicotine is a psychologically damaging drug of addiction, its effects become far more straightforward to understand (Parrott, 1998(Parrott, , 2000a(Parrott, , 2000b(Parrott, , 2000c.

Kin keepers and good providers: Influence of gender socialization on well-being among USA birth cohorts

“…Good provider/public sphereSocioeconomic status (SES) has been associated with subjective well-being and mental health (Belle, Doucet, Harris, Miller, & Tan, 2000).…”

Adolescent mothers' relationship with their children's biological fathers: Social support, social strain and relationship continuity.

“…Clarifying the association between father involvement and adolescent mothers' psychological adjustment is important for several reasons. As stated above, research has found high rates of depression among low-income, minority mothers (e.g., Belle, Doucet, Harris, Miller, & Tan, 2000). Maternal stress and depression can take a toll on young mothers' parenting skills; depressed adolescent mothers have been rated as less competent in their parenting of infants than their nondepressed counterparts (Gelfand, Teti, & Fox, 1992).…”

Mental Health Assessment: A Comparison between Different Completely Edentulous and Dentate Patients

“…8,No.2, 2008 likely to accept complete dentures, than with the low levels. (20,21) If a comparison was done only for the completely edentulous groups, the result showed that the group with an age between fifty five and sixty four years of old that received treatment at Dentistry College at Mosul University, had the highest score within Mental Health Scale= 81.329, Table (4). This was also similar to investigations done by Hagglin et al (22) , and the opinion for such result that person at this age become a mature and wise mentally than other ages.…”