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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Resource Loss"”.
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The Mediational Role of Resource Loss between Residential Fire Exposure and Psychological Distress
… to examine the extent to which the four types of resource loss (object resource loss, condition resource loss, personal characteristics resource loss, and energy resource loss) mediate the relationship between fire exposure and total distress (as well as intrusion and avoidance symptom clusters). …
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Identifying Moderators of Resilience following Sexual Victimization: The Role of Resource Loss, Self-Efficacy and Social Support
… It has been noted, however, that resource loss following the victimization, as opposed to the act of victimization itself, is the driving factor in adaptation following the victimization. The current study attempted to address the impact of resource loss following sexual …
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Predicting Post-Disaster Adjustment After the Red River Flood: An Analysis of Resource Loss and Pre-Flood Preventative Behaviors
<p>The Conservation of Resources theory postulates that individuals will act to obtain, retain, or protect those resources that are of value to them (Hobfall, 1989). Natural disasters often result in depletion of resources, the extent of which has been found to be a robust predictor of …
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Identifying Protective Factors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Self-Reported Health Outcomes of Residential Fire Survivors
… peritraumatic emotionality, social support, and resource loss would predict PTSD, depression, and somatic health. Additionally, it was predicted that peritraumatic emotionality, social support, and resource loss would predict a unified construct of health. Participants were assessed via …
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Ethnicity, Religious Coping, and Post-Disaster Support as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents
… explored in these studies include ethnicity, resource loss, religious coping, and social support. The purpose of this study was to test portions of a model that characterizes the relationship between traumatic events and PTSD symptoms in African Americans and Caucasians. It was hypothesized …
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Identifying Factors Contributing to Child and Adolescent Resiliency Following a Residential Fire: The Role of Social Support, Coping and Ethnicity
… ethnicity in moderating the relationship between resource loss and resiliency. Results indicated there was a significant relationship between loss and resiliency. Specifically, resource loss was found to negatively predict resiliency. None of the proposed moderators were found to be significant. …
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Shame: associations with childhood maltreatment and mental health
… of maltreatment, internalised shame, and resource loss and gain. Participants in the BD group<br/>reported significantly higher levels of internalised shame, resource loss, and most sub-types of childhood maltreatment, compared with participants in the control<br/>iii group. Internalised …
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Symptom Subclusters as a Mediator of Self-Reported Somatic Health Among Individuals Exposed to Residential Fire
… of exposure to the fire (Fire Questionnaire & Resource Loss Scale), PTSD symptomology (Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule), and somatic health complaints (Brief Symptom Inventory). Consistent with previous findings, PTSD was found to mediate the relationship between exposure to a traumatic …
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Resource partitioning in buds and insect induced galls in the biocontrol of Acacia pycnantha
… bud material remains at the same weight. The resource loss to the plant caused by the galls is dependent on the size and number of galls present on the tree. Even with similar energy values per unit dry mass there were many more grams of gall material on a tree than bud material and thus they …
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Taking the First Step: The Labyrinth and the World of Landscape Architecture
… of exposure to the fire (Fire Questionnaire & Resource Loss Scale), PTSD symptomology (Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule), and somatic health complaints (Brief Symptom Inventory). Consistent with previous findings, PTSD was found to mediate the relationship between exposure to a traumatic …
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Do Tight Deadlines and Dirty Diapers Fuel or Fizzle the Next Big Thing? The Differential Effect of Work and Non-Work Stressors on Employee Creativity
As our society has transitioned from an economy built on production to one built on knowledge, employee creativity has become necessary for organizations seeking to gain and maintain profits. Therefore, the focus of this dissertation was to investigate how an employee’s social environment, …
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Resource Efficiency in the Chemical Industry
… approaches into one, while also accounting for resource quality as well as quantity. This thesis investigates how exergy analysis can be applied in industrial sites to achieve real resource and emissions savings. Production of ammonia and syngas through the steam methane reforming (SMR) process …