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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Positive Thinking"”.
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The Impact Of Positive Thinking, Optimism, Empathy, And Just World Beliefs On Social Perceptions Of Cancer
… was applied and the social phenomena of positive thinking (PT) was considered, in an attempt to understand how people view and respond to others' cancer experiences. The role of individual differences in just world beliefs, dispositional optimism, and empathy was also explored. …
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Norman Vincent Peale's best-sellers through the lens of metaphoric criticism and invitational rhetoric
… A Guide to Confident Living and The Power of Positive Thinking, through the lenses of metaphoric criticism and invitational rhetoric. Invitational rhetoric includes characteristics such as openness, equality, mutual respect and reciprocal understanding. Metaphoric analysis includes the …
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An Exploration of the Thoughts and Emotions Associated with Goal Attainment
… scholars and practitioners believing that positive thinking and an optimistic outlook are valuable components of successful goal pursuit, this study explores positive and negative thoughts and emotions in a unified way, to reveal the reality of the ‘inner-game’ with a view to informing …
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Capitalism, Consumerism, and Individualism: Investigating the Rhetoric of <em>The Secret</em>
… this phenomenon, which is a theory that takes positive thinking to the extreme. The theory states that reality can be literally manifested through one's thoughts. I am interested in this trend because it supports consumerist values, entrepreneurship, and self-actualization while using socialist …
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Transforming Disability To Advantage: A Phenomenological Study Of Career Success For Dyslexics
… (1) Challenging Academic Experiences, (2) Thinking Differently and Creating Success, (3) Championing a Growth Mindset and Positive Thinking, and (4) Leading with Strengths and Talents.</p> <p>This study explored the transformative shift from narrowly viewing dyslexia as a neurological …
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Exploring Elite Soccer Players' Attentional Focus in Performance Tasks and Game Situations
… forward. Cross-case thematic analysis indicated positive thinking and pre-performance routines as important sources of optimal focus. Attentional focus varied according to soccer positions and performance tasks. Information processing, sport expertise, and attentional systems theoretical …
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Stressors and coping behaviours of caregivers and children across the pediatric HIV-disclosure stages in resource-limited settings
… Disclosure, Active Coping/Problem Solving, Positive Thinking/Cognitive Restructuring, Religious Coping, Acceptance, and Information seeking, which often encouraged full disclosure, brought resolution to stressful situations, maintained positive self-esteem, or encouraged adherence to ART. …
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Comparisons of weight-loss behavior among dieters using TFA Systems™
… by negative feelings leading to impulsivity. positive thinking behavior increased and feelings decreased by the end of treatment. By one year post treatment, 87% of dieters had relapsed and returned to maladaptive behavior. The heavy emphasis on positive actions regardless of negative feelings …
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Using TFA Systems (tm) to assess behavior patterns of alcoholics who achieve sobriety
… Specifically, changes in the interactions of thinking, feeling, and acting behavior components of two groups of recovering, non-relapsed, alcoholics with 6 months or less and a third group with 5 or more years of sobriety were analyzed. The study used TFA Systems™, an integrated and …
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Trait Emotional Intelligence: Evaluating the theoretical construct, its relationship to other psychological variables, and potential interventions to enhance it.
… enhanced through a programme of relaxation and positive thinking when compared with a control group engaged in a non-demanding reading task. The results of the first study produced a definition of EI that included descriptions of work-related qualities with the second study yielding results of …
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Coping strategies used by Indonesian elite badminton players
… including: social support and relationships; positive thinking and orientation; training hard, preparing, and playing smart; personal mental strategies; rational thinking and self-talk; leisure activities; determining solutions to problems; personal physical fitness strategies; detachment; …
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Importing ‘Faith’: The Effect of American ‘Word of Faith’ Culture on Contemporary English Evangelical Revivalism
… and the continuing development of this way of thinking in American culture (and<br/>the globalisation of its religion). The second framework is a more religious<br/>interpretation that explains the nature of the movement’s ethos, worldview and<br/>interpretive assumptions. It acknowledges the …
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Cognition and self-presentation among publicly self-conscious, shy adolescent females
… more negative self-statements, fewer positive self-statements, and more of a protective style of presentation than girls who were just publicly self-conscious or girls who were not publicly self-conscious or shy. No such differences were found between girls who were publicly …
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Coping Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Attachment, and Resilience on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Private Sector Emergency Medical Technicians
… PTSD. Both EMT- Basics and EMT- Paramedics use Positive Thinking as their primary method of coping. Fifty-eight percent of EMTs fell into the average range on emotional intelligence, and 30% fell into the unusually high range. The EMTs demonstrated the greatest struggle in being able to utilize …
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Factors affecting student teachers' capacity for flow experience
… Furthermore, the strategies of flexibility and positive thinking emerged from this study as flow-conducive elements, since all three flow-quadrant participants reported that restructuring their attitudes and perceptions towards these ends enabled them to achieve flow, albeit the conditions under …
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Reclaiming power and peace. Protective factors for positive birth: A qualitative exploration.
… documented, and growing evidence suggests that positive perceptions of birth have a protective effect on postnatal mental health. Aim: This study asks; what factors influence peoples’ perception of the experience of birth in a positive way? Method: Using Qualitative Descriptive methodology, …
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Yoga Therapy for Chronic Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
… practice that aims to promote health and positive thinking. It has proven therapeutic benefits in chronic pain syndrome by altering perception of and attitude towards pain. Additionally, it can be beneficial in alleviating anxiety and depression, which are highly prevalent in the sickle …
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Studi kasus dampak penjurusan studi pilihan orang tua terhadap penyesuaian diri peserta didik SMAN 1 Kediri
… the BK, gives counseling services to encourage positive thinking and receiving all decisions of parents and (3) effect on motivation to learn is decreasing the motivation to follow the learning process, As the handling is by improving in the self-motivation (the intrinsic) by thinking logically …
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A study of the organizational culture of Panorama
… research questions explored were: What are the positive aspects of Panorama's culture? What are the negative aspects of Panorama's culture? Is the culture of the leaders different to that of other employees? What is Panorama'spreferred culture? What are the implications of the study's findings …