Children who have a positive self-image are less likely to present behaviour and discipline problems.

有着正面自我形象的儿童较不可能出现行为和纪律的问题。

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Changing your beliefs about the nature of your self-control can have positive effects on character development.

改变你对自我控制本质的想法，可以对性格发展产生积极的影响。

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Our research team has been looking at cultural differences in self-enhancing motivations, helping people have positive feelings towards not only themselves but things connected to themselves.

我们的研究团队一直在研究自我提升动机中的文化差异，帮助人们对自己和与自己相关的事物抱有积极的感觉。

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Research has linked participation in sports to positive effects like better self-image, fewer teen pregnancies and higher grades.

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And in this quest for what is best, positive psychology does not rely on wishful thinking, self-deception,or hand waving; instead,it tries to adapt what is best in the scientific method to the unique problems that human behavior presents " in all its complexity."

在追求理想状态时，积极心理学不会盲目主观，或自欺欺人;,相反，它尝试用最科学的方法来探究,极其复杂的人类行为所表现出来的,特殊问题“

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But Gomez ends "Try to Remember" on a positive note, as Gabi gains self-confidence, educates herself and finds the strength to become an independent young woman.

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Given that many readers of self-help books that encourage positive self-statements are likely to suffer from low self-esteem, they may be worse than useless.

ECONOMIST: Positive thinking's negative results

Things also don't look good for the many young people who - although not classed as narcissists - have a disproportionately positive self-view.

BBC: Does confidence really breed success?

This even argues for setting a minimum price that would satisfy immigrant pessimists as a reasonable hurdle for proving economic self-sufficiency and positive spillovers and then auctioning off an unlimited number at that price.

FORBES: Low-Skilled Immigration Opponents Should Favor Market Based Immigration