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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Psychological Function"”.
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The Impact of Tai Chi On Reducing Fall Risk In Older Adults: A Synthesis of Current Research
… the impact of Tai Chi on mobility, balance, and psychological function as selected risk factors for falls among older adults. </p> <p> <italic>Sources of Data<italic>: A review of relevant literature was performed via computer search, including University of South Carolina Library databases and …
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To evaluate the effects of an eight week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme on quality of life in palliative care cancer patients
… of life is closely affected by the physical function, emotional or psychological function, social function and symptoms of disease or its subsequent treatment.
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Reading Consciousness: Analyzing Literature through William James' Stream of Thought Theory
… William James' "Stream of Thought" offers a psychological theory of consciousness from which I develop a literary theory that counterbalances the Freudian emphasis on the unconscious. Examining two works by Henry James, I demonstrate how assessing the elements of a character's consciousness …
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A Comparative Study of Patients’ Satisfaction after Prosthodontic Treatments
… bridge in three out of five areas: masticatory function of teeth, face and teeth shape, and gingiva and teeth care. Whereas, patients with a fixed dental bridge showed little more satisfaction than patients with dental implants in the remaining two areas: pronunciation function, and …
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Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study
In this dissertation I explore the underlying psychological function of the competitive behaviour of an 11-year-old boy, whom I treated in individual psychotherapy. I postulate that his competitiveness functioned partly as a self-invigorating compensation, and partly as a defense against an injury …
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Implicit and Explicit Prejudice Are Related to Explicit Support for Politicians Who Are Conservative, but Not White or Male, Mostly Because They Promote Inequality
… and sexism and further our understanding of the psychological function of prejudice.
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Psychological Implications of a Small Changes Approach to Weight Loss
… promise in helping participants lose weight, the psychological impact of this approach has yet to be determined. The present study examines changes in depression, body satisfaction, and life satisfaction of participants in two separate small changes studies (ASPIRE II and III). Overweight female …
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Challenge and threat states: An examination of variance components, interventions, and performance
… challenge and threat states vary largely as a function of personal and person by situation interactional components, suggesting that these factors are promising targets for interventions. The next two studies showed that three established interventions for optimising performance by targeting …
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF PROCESS TO OUTCOME IN BRIEF EXPRESSIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY.
… higher positive feelings and improved psychological function at treatment conclusion as compared to treatment inception. High levels of patient participation were significantly related to reduced patient distress and physical pain, a result supporting the hypotheses. Both …
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Outcomes following admission to paediatric intensive care: A systematic review
… performance; physical function, psychological function/behaviour impact, quality of life outcomes and social/family implications. Studies focused on Neonatal Intensive Care Admission and articles with no English translation were excluded. Results One hundred and five …
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INVESTIGATING CAUSAL SELECTION: CAUSAL JUDGMENTS BETWEEN NORMS AND EXPECTATIONS
… To answer this, I outline a hypothesis about the psychological function of this practice—the Optimal Control Hypothesis. This not only offers a qualitative account of the effects of norms on our causal judgments, but also explains them in a way that is consistent with an interventionist theory of …
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The poetics of the real and aesthetics of the reel
… forwarded in the texts observe an integral psychological function: Premised upon linear perspective they imply a singular, static subjectivity appealing to the postmodern subject. In the corpus texts, the rise of digital technology in the 1990s thus appears not so much to have displaced …
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Building a community of our own: How can the built environment help? Neighborhood communal space and community participation in Chinese urban communities
… communal space not only lies in its social function as a locale for interpersonal interactions and its psychological function as a source of place sentiment, but more importantly, it has civic virtue in the sense that it facilitates community participation through the social-capital …