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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Defensiveness"”.
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Reducing Narcissistic Defensiveness Through the Activation of Belonging
<p>People with high levels of narcissism possess extremely positive self-evaluations that may mask underlying feelings of inferiority and a need for love and acceptance. People with high levels of narcissism defend their inflated self-evaluations through chronic self-enhancement processes, which …
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Pediatric feeding problems related to tactile defensiveness: a case study
<p>The purpose of this exploratory, single-subject design study was to introduce to a child with a severe feeding disorder and tactile sensitivity different activities related to food in an attempt to increase the child's acceptance of new foods. After a baseline assessment, the child and his …
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Adults with Sensory Defensiveness and Their Use of Coping Strategies
… examining the relationship between sensory defensiveness and coping strategies, as well as establish typical ratings for sensory defensiveness among the adult population.<em> Methods: </em>Through snowball sampling, 91 participants completed the Sensory Response Questionnaire containing 69 …
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Effect of Hypnosis and Suggestions of Reduced Defensiveness on Creativitytest Performance
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Help-Seeking Attitudes among Clinicians in Training: The Influence of Psychological Defensiveness
The current study investigated whether psychologically-defensive clinicians-in-training were more resistant to engaging in personal therapy while pursuing a graduate degree in a mental health discipline. Participants were selected from graduate level mental health counseling and clinical psychology …
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Beyond white defensiveness: White self doubt in a white teacher affinity group
This dissertation attempts to model how white educators can critically examine their attempts and missed attempts to dismantle racist policies and practices by looking inwards at themselves to deeply analyze what they are doing to help/hinder anti-racist efforts. It also considers how …
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A Comparison of Microlab Discussions of Interpersonal Competencies and Corrective Feedback on Counselor Trainees' Defensiveness Levels
… and corrective feedback on counselor trainees' defensiveness levels. Additionally, the effects of microlab discussions of interpersonal competencies or corrective feedback on counselor trainees' beliefs about their ability to communicate more clearly, receive corrective feedback with less …
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The Impact of Fibromyalgia and Sensory Processing on Participation of Daily Activities
… substantiating increased levels of sensory defensiveness symptoms in individuals with FM and the effects in daily life. Currently, only one research study has provided evidence of increased sensory sensitivity across multiple modalities in individuals with FM. The purpose of this research …
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The Relationship Between Resilience, Attachment, and Emotional Coping Styles
… regarding attachment, trait anxiety, defensiveness, and resilience. It was expected that attachment behaviors would theoretically coincide with the dimensional characteristics underlying emotional coping styles (defensiveness and trait anxiety) as well as uniquely predict odds of …
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A Quantitative Analysis of God Attachment and the Christian Faith and Life Among Evangelical Christians
… beliefs about sin, and levels of religious defensiveness. The project used correlational and stepwise regression analyses. The study found there was a significant negative variance between avoidance of intimacy with God, anxiety over abandonment by God, avoidance of legalism and religious …
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Anxiety and birth order: does birth order play a role in a child's anxiety level?
… social anxiety, physiological anxiety, and defensiveness. It was hypothesized that females would feel a higher level of total anxiety, worrying, and social anxiety while males would have a higher level of defensiveness, and physiological anxiety. The data was analyzed using t-tests and 2-way …
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The Effects of Graduated Exposure, Modeling, and Contingent Social Attention on Tolerance to Skin Care Products with Children Who Have Autism.
… with two boys with autism who displayed tactile defensiveness. Upon each presentation step of skincare products the number of positive and negative responses and successful step completion were measured. Procedures included modeling, presenting graduated opportunities, and providing social …
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Effects of three methods of presenting negative interpersonal feedback using a self-disclosure paradigm
… in inducing behavior change, but it may arouse defensiveness in recipients. In this study three types of negative interpersonal feedback were used to induce behavior change. In descriptive feedback speakers describe the behavior they have observed in recipients of the feedback. In …
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The influence of personality type, social comparison information, and different rating settings on the accuracy and leniency of self-ratings
… of self-ratings may decrease an employee's defensiveness in the appraisal system. The current study investigated boundary conditions (Type A / B personality type, social comparison information, and public / private rating settings) that might facilitate more accurate, and less lenient …
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A Case Study Comparison of Brief Group Treatment and Brief Individual Treatment in the Modification of Denial Among Child Sexual Abusers
… social consequences at posttest than others. Defensiveness on the MMPI-2 increased regardless of treatment outcomes. A case study account is provided for each subject's treatment.</p> <p><em>Conclusions</em>. Some inherent therapeutic aspects of the brief group treatment model appear to be …
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Self-esteem levels of adolescents with learning disabilities or mental retardation in inclusive or non-inclusive educational settings
… with mental retardation because of high defensiveness factor scores was noted.</p>
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