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According to the Rogerian perspective, self-esteem is a personal judgment of worthiness. It would follow then that low self-esteem is a result of personal judgment of unworthiness. Rogerian theory suggests that people who have a consistent self-view across situations are psychologically healthier than people whose self-view is variable [...]

The article I chose deals with one study done on the effect of mindfulness-based intervention on individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. This population deals with significant and persistent symptoms of anxiety. Although mindfulness has been widely used to help individuals without psychosis, the authors claim that theirs is the first study in adapting mindfulness [...]