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Showing 1 to 20 of 403 for “"Protective Factors"”.
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Childhood Emotional Abuse, Effects, and Protective Factors: Comparison of Protective Factors between Emotional and Physical Abuse
… would attenuate. Additionally, the same protective factors were hypothesized to moderate the relationship between emotional and physical abuse and adolescent internalizing symptomatology. Two samples were used in order to test the aforementioned hypotheses: 1) a whole sample that …
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Burnout In Psychiatric Nursing: Possible Protective Factors
… fosters autonomy, appear to be environmental factors that may protect against burnout in nurses (Kanste, Kyngas, & Nikkila 2007; Mrayyan, 2003; Hanrahan, Aiken, McClaine, & Hanlon, 2010). However, more research examining these and other environmental protective factors needs to be conducted. …
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Burnout In Psychiatric Nursing: Possible Protective Factors
… fosters autonomy, appear to be environmental factors that may protect against burnout in nurses (Kanste, Kyngas, & Nikkila 2007; Mrayyan, 2003; Hanrahan, Aiken, McClaine, & Hanlon, 2010). However, more research examining these and other environmental protective factors needs to be conducted. …
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Resilience and Protective Factors in Older Adults
… promotes successful aging in place and protective factors promote resilience. This study sought to investigate whether or not the combination of three protective factors, physical health, social support, and self-efficacy are all of equal importance in predicting resilience among Marin …
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Investigating Protective Factors for Victims of Cyberbullying
… this study investigated social and personal factors (i.e., perceived social support and developmental assets) that moderate the relationship between victimization and negative outcomes (i.e., self-esteem, life satisfaction, school connectedness). The sample consisted of 165 Canadian …
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Protective Factors For Emerging Adults With Subclinical Adhd
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR EMERGING ADULTS WITH SUBCLINICAL ADHD</p> <p>by</p> <p>OLIVIA A. McGARRAGLE</p> <p>May 2013</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Stephen Hillman</p> <p>Major: Educational Psychology</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>This study investigated the understudied and …
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Resilience, Risk and Protective Factors among Nigerian Youth
… studied resilience, self-efficacy, and factors that support or impede these qualities. A quantitative method design was used for the study, which applied ecological theory and the risk and resilience framework to obtain data relating to the impact of family, the environment, and personal …
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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Risk-taking, and Protective Factors
… I explored the role of close friends and school protective factors as potential moderators in the hypothesized relationship between adverse experiences and risk-taking. My results indicate that ACEs do not significantly predict risk-taking as it was measured in the ABCD Study using a computerized …
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Neurocognitive risk and protective factors in addictive disorders
… substance abuse, potentially serving as risk factors for dependence, or if they are the consequence of protracted use. To address this question, endophenotype research using stimulant-dependent individuals’ biological siblings has been used to investigate traits implicated in the pathology of …
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Relationships Between Select Protective Factors and Tobacco Use
… conducted to determine the significance of two protective factors, which were employed to explain associations between students who stated that their parents had clear alcohol, tobacco, and drug use rules in the home as well as those who stated they frequently attended religious services and …
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Jordanian Adolescent Cannabis Use: Patterns, Risks, And Protective Factors
… CANNABIS USE:</p> <p>PATTERNS, RISKS, AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS</p> <p>by</p> <p>SUKAINA ALZYOUD</p> <p>Month, 2010</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Schim</p> <p>Major: Nursing</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>Background: Cannabis is considered to be the most commonly used substances …
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Neighborhood risk and protective factors for teenage childbearing and fathering
<p> <b>Background and Purpose:</b> </p> <p>Informed by ecological systems theory, social disorganization theory and social capital theory, this study investigates the neighborhood contexts associated with teenage childbearing and fathering for Latino and Black adolescents who resided in Denver …
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Racism and Aboriginal Australian children’s wellbeing: impact and protective factors
… mental health and wellbeing. Identification of protective factors against the effects of racism on child wellbeing was also contemplated. The thesis comprises seven chapters. Chapter 1 includes a review of the literature on characteristics of the Aboriginal Australian population and the effects …
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LGB youth's risky sexual behavior: protective factors and gender differences
… LGB youth and provides a new perspective on how protective factors and gender differences may influence LGB youth’s experiences with sexual risk-taking behavior. Consistent with previous research on differences in risky sexual behavior across LGB and heterosexual youth populations, chi-square …
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Risk factors and protective factors for depression in early maturing females
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of early onset of menstruation and biological father absence on depression in females. Participants (n=46) were asked to complete a demographic questionnaire and a series of psychometric assessments. It was hypothesized that females who reached …
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SUICIDE COGNITIONS AMONG ARAB AMERICAN EMERGING ADULTS: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
… in the near decade since its publication, factors that contribute to suicide vulnerability for this population remain unknown. Furthermore, studies have found that younger Arab Americans report more frequent experiences with discrimination (Awad, 2011). Building on a vast literature that …
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The Examination of Protective Factors between Corporal Punishment and Adolescent Aggression
… identified a large number of developmental risk factors within the individual, family, and social domains. Among them, poor parenting, including harsh practices like corporal punishment, have repeatedly been found to predict adolescent behavioural problems, that may then negatively affect adult …
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Reclaiming power and peace. Protective factors for positive birth: A qualitative exploration.
… 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, face-to-face semi-structured interviews …
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