Perceived workplace envy is a prevalent emotion. Moreover, envy may influence in organizational behavior and interpersonal relations. Envy is linked with hostility toward others. However, the focus on perceived envy and its consequences at the workplace is limited in Egypt. This study is the first to investigate perceived workplace envy from the Egyptian perspective. Toward this end, the current study examines the relationships between perceived workplace envy and job performance (includes: task performance, contextual performance and counterproductive work behavior). In addition, the study investigates the moderating effect of self-esteem on these relationships. A convenience sample of 303 Egyptian employees (121 males and 182 females) was selected from private and public sectors in Egypt. They responded to three questionnaires that assessed perceived workplace envy, job performance, and self-esteem. The results demonstrated that a significant negative correlation relationship exists between contextual performance and perceived workplace envy, whereas counterproductive work behavior was positively associated with perceived workplace envy. Additionally, the regression results revealed that self-esteem was found to moderate the relationship between perceived workplace envy and contextual performance only. The findings will contribute to the enhancement of the understanding on perceived workplace envy and its negative outcomes.

The present study aimed to explore the predictive role of autonomy-supportive parenting and autonomy- supportive teaching on adolescents’ educational aspirations. Furthermore, this study aimed to explore the moderating role of grade level on the relationship between autonomy-supportive parenting (ASP) and adolescents’ educational aspirations, and autonomy-supportive teaching (AST) and adolescents’ educational aspirations. The study employed a cross-sectional survey design and purposively recruited adolescents (N = 560) including both boys and girls from various private and government educational institutes of Wah Cantt, Taxila, Islamabad, and Attock cities of Pakistan. The constructs were measured through self-report instruments in the Urdu language. The findings of the study indicated that AST was positive predictor of adolescents’ educational aspirations. Findings of binary logistic regression suggested that grade level moderated the relationship between the AST and educational aspiration. Our findings suggest that autonomy-supportive teaching is an important precursors of adolescents’ educational aspirations. Adolescents who experience autonomy-supportive teaching are likely to have higher educational aspirations as their grades progress.

Highly visual social networks as Facebook, are related with concerns about body image. There is a limited number of works addressing the control of body image inside these social networks. The main goal of the present study is to adapt and validate in Spanish the Body Image Control in Photos Questionnaire (BICP). The Spanish version of the questionnaire (BICP-S) was administered to a sample of 1155 Mexican adolescents. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses were performed. The obtained model does not replicate the 5-factors proposed originally in Italian population. The results show that the 4-factors model of the BICP-S has good psychometric properties with adequate fit indexes. Gender differences in body image control in photos are genuine. Variability with the original model may be related to cultural and socioeconomic differences of the participants. BICP-S can be a good tool to evaluate the exposure and control of body image in photographs in social networks. Given the body changes of puberty, it is necessary to analyze the possible use of Facebook, as a tool allied to the processes of psychotherapy during this age.

The present study aimed at construction and validation of Life Regrets Scale for elderly people in Pakistan culture. In the first phase of Study I, an initial item pool was developed on the basis of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development and semi structured interviews from old people of Pakistan. A pilot study was carried out in phase II. After ensuring the content validity, factorial validity, and internal consistency were determined in phase III on a sample of 506 participants including both older men (n = 317) and women (n = 189) with a minimum age of 60. Factor analysis revealed a three factor solution that accounted for 32.63% cumulative variance with .92 alpha reliability. Factors were named, familial regrets, religious regrets, and personal growth related regrets respectively. Moreover, In Study II, confirmatory factor analysis validated the three factor structure with excellent model fit indices. Study III revealed a significant positive correlation of the Life Regrets Scale with depression and death anxiety while Life Regrets Scale appeared to be a significant negative correlate of ego integrity and quality of life. Findings of the Study III provided strong evidence for the construct validity of the Life Regrets Scale.