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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Asking for Help"”.
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Hide and Seek: a grounded theory study of psychotherapists’ experience of needing and asking for help
Asking for help is an important aspect of a psychotherapist’s professional experience. This constructivist grounded theory research study explores psychotherapists’ experiences of needing and asking for help inside the profession, a helping profession. The purpose was to gain a better understanding …
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And Now I'm Here: An Ethnography of Communication Inquiry into Asking for Help Practices at a Homeless Shelter'
… reveal the complex nature of personhood, norms for, and consequences of communicative interaction between homeless individuals and volunteers. Homeless individuals were depicted by themselves, staff, volunteers and the organization as persons who are 'broken,' 'addicted,' and as 'the new poor.' …
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Reconciling Life Balance: A Grounded Theory Study of Overcoming Failure
… are required to successfully repeat the course before they can progress in the nursing program. Students who re-take a failed course are often called "repeaters." This qualitative Grounded Theory research explored the process of overcoming failure and becoming a successful student repeater. This …
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"Can you ask her to help?" An examination of the factors that promote and discourage prosocial intervention in preschool children
… to detect who would be most likely to provide help to others in a given situation, but little is known about their ability to intervene based on this knowledge in a real-life setting. In the current study, 48 three-year-old children chose between two actors to retrieve an out-of-reach object …
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A study of public order police officers' perceptions of traumatic symptomatology
… To add to the problem, many officers fear asking for help. The creed of the male-dominated police profession reflects a predominantly macho attitude; police officers perceive themselves as problem solvers, not people with problems (Reiser, 1974). It can be argued in this study that …
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The effects of acquired disability on interpersonal relationships in Japan : an intercultural approach
… They developed new communication strategies for dealing with nondisabled people, especially centered on asking for help, and accepting or rejecting offers of help.</p> <p>Their cultural value orientations with regard to power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism-collectivism, and …
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An exploration of mental health issues in independent education: Undergraduates’ memories of their secondary schools
… secondary schools. The results will inform culturally specific counselling practices and school pastoral care programmes which support the psychological health and wellbeing of students, and it will contribute to further research into the mental health of young people within privileged …
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Second generation West African men's experiences of seeking therapy for the first time for psychological distress: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… West African Men (SGWAM) seeking therapy for the first time for psychological distress in the UK. This was as a response to the lack of data on how this rapidly growing population in the UK (Stahl et al, 2017), whose wellbeing have not been paid attention to (Abouguendia & Noels, 2001) …
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Perceptions about math placement and pre-calculus/calculus math courses among college first-generation, low-income, students of color
… of color identities impacted college experiences for these students, a strong dedication to learning and a deep value in seeing the benefit of higher education were combined with an extreme pressure to succeed. As one of the first experiences with students in college, the math placement process …
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Abrasive Teachers and Principal Response ; a Mixed-Methods Exploration of Administrative Decisions Regarding Teachers Who Bully Students
… American K-12 school principal is responsible for providing a learning environment that is physically and emotionally safe. An abrasive teacher who displays bullying behaviors towards students is a threat to that environment, impeding student academic progress and decreasing student perceptions …
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Towards ‘Skill’ and ‘Will’: Using Hope-infused Strategy Instruction in the English Writing Classroom at Chinese Universities
… education in China, there is no precise guidance for teachers to consider how to make constructive links to students’ knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, culturally mediated pragmatics, and so on in English writing. Very few Chinese teachers have employed writing Strategy Instruction (SI) in the …