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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Loss (Psychology)"”.
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A Study of Loss and Grief as Produced by Mandated Educational Change
… the proposition that subjective feelings of loss and a subsequent behavioral complex of grief are produced in response to mandated educational change. Two primary questions related to the change-loss-grief construct were posed: (1) Do organizational members report professional loss in …
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The Impact of Unresolved Loss on Adolescent Anger and Defiant Behavior
This study examines the impact of issues of loss on adolescents. It was hypothesized that adolescents who experienced incidents of loss which were not adequately supported or processed to the point of resolution are much more likely to exhibit more angry and defiant behaviors than those who did not …
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Indicators of Ambiguous Loss in Families with Traumatic Brain Injured Members
… and experience increased stress and ambiguous losses (AL). These losses are often unacknowledged even by the family and cause significant distress. It is important that the family acknowledge these losses and allow themselves time to grieve and adapt to the changes in their lives. While it is …
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Parental Grief and Loss and the medical Staff Relationship: a Function of Attachment
Each year, too many parents must face the horrific ordeal of having to prepare for the death of their child; thought to be the most traumatic event in the life of an adult (Widger & Picot, 2008). It is in the desperate hours just prior to death that these parents, for many reasons, reach out for …
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The Grief Experience of Caregivers When the Child Has a Life Threatening Illness
… through the lenses of Chronic Sorrow, Ambiguous Loss and Anticipatory Grief. This study was conducted at the Loma Linda University Medical Center Hematology Oncology Pediatric Clinic and was completed by 106 participants who responded to a quantitative survey with open-ended questions. An …
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Differences between post-bariatric patients and controls in a substance abuse rehabilitation program: Implications for treatment
<p>A comprehensive substance abuse treatment facility began observing increased admissions who reported histories of bariatric surgeries. The present study examined what unique variables may pose risk for substance abuse among bariatric surgery candidates and what issues may affect prognosis or …
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Obesity and outcomes of bariatric surgery: A focus on patients with postoperative substance use disorders
… development of a SUD may affect weight loss and psychosocial outcomes. The present investigation used a quasi- experimental, non- equivalent, matched pair between subjects group design to compare these outcomes in post-RYGB patients in inpatient treatment for SUDs with post-RYGB patients …
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The way of connection : journeys with the map of loss
… is an increased understanding of The Map of Loss (Snyder. 1999) and the potential it offers for connection and growth. The Map of Loss is a simple. easy to remember picture that explains complex psychological processes everyone goes through during life. Creating metaphors using pictures. …
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Relationships between food reinforcement and eating behaviors to bariatric surgery weight loss and substance abuse outcomes
… to post-bariatric surgery percent total weight loss (%TWL) and substance-related outcomes. Participants were a convenience sample of 147 adults with a history of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Using online survey methodology, variables that may contribute to post-surgical %TWL and substance …