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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"adjustment difficulties"”.
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Child-Centered Group Play Therapy with Children Experiencing Adjustment Difficulties
… group play therapy with children experiencing adjustment difficulties. Specifically, this study determined the effectiveness of child-centered group play therapy in: (a) improving self-concept, (b) reducing externalizing, internalizing, and overall behavior problems, (c) enhancing emotional and …
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A Comparison Study of Individual and Group Play Therapy In Treating Kindergarten Children with Adjustment Problems
… of kindergarten children who are experiencing adjustment difficulties; 2) decreasing the overall behavioral problems of kindergarten children experiencing adjustment difficulties 3) decreasing externalizing behavior problems such as aggression and delinquency of kindergarten children …
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An Investigation of the Efficacy of Play Therapy with Young Children
… in: (a) improving self-concepts of children with adjustment difficulties; (b) reducing internalizing behavior problems, such as withdrawal, somatic complaints, anxiety, and depression; (c) reducing externalizing behavioral problems such as aggression and delinquent behaviors; (d) reducing overall …
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Adaptacijos sutrikimo, įveikos strategijų ir suicidiškumo sąsajos /
Adjustment disorder is among the most often diagnosed mental health disorders. Adjustment disorder is associated with impaired social, occupational and everyday functioning. There are evidence suggesting that people with adjustment disorder have a high risk of suicide. However, adjustment disorder …
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Fifth Grade Students as Emotional Helpers with Kindergarten Children, Using Play Therapy Procedures and Skills
… for kindergarten children identified as having adjustment difficulties, by utilizing basic child-centered play therapy skills in weekly play sessions with the kindergarten children. Specifically, this research determined the effectiveness of filial therapy in increasing the fifth grade …
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Effectiveness of Filial/Play Therapy Training on High School Students' Empathic Behavior with Young Children
… for primary school children identified as having adjustment difficulties by utilizing basic child-centered play therapy skills in weekly play sessions with young children. Specifically, this study is designed to determine the effectiveness of filial therapy in increasing: 1) the high school …
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Overseas effectiveness of American expatriates in Germany
… characteristics and can intervene in the adjustment process to reduce the effects of adjustment difficulties on overseas effectiveness. The personal characteristics studied in this research effort are age, marital status, number of children, previous overseas assignment, and language …
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Postcombat Stress Disorder: A Case Study Using Art Therapy
… as well as veterans' symptoms, and psychosocial adjustment problems were discussed. Advanced was the notion that adjustment difficulties in veterans might result from posttraumatic borderline conditions. The case study illustrated how the veteran mastered his combat trauma and developed …
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Individual Differences in Reactions to Peer Victimization: The Moderating Role of Temperament and Sex
… the effects of peer victimization on children’s adjustment over a year to identify factors that put victimized children at heightened risk for adjustment difficulties. Children (N = 282; M age = 7.94 years, SD = 0.32) and teachers reported on exposure to peer victimization. Parents provided …
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Coping With Stress in Children
Unique stressors can prompt child adjustment difficulties. Coping strategies and emotion regulation that impact the adjustment of children in general and military family children were investigated. Eighty children, 36 with deployed parents, their parents and teachers participated. All experienced …
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Short and long-term effects of birth weight and neonatal medical complications on children's emotional and behavioral outcomes
… low birth weight are at increased risk for poor adjustment outcomes throughout development. Despite a relatively large literature, the mechanisms accounting for the association between birth weight and adjustment are not well understood. The current investigation examined the effects of birth …
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A Latent Growth Curve Analysis of Peer Difficulties, Self-Perceptions, and Peer Beliefs: Links to Psychological and School Adjustment
Evidence indicates that peer relationship difficulties are predictive of later maladjustment, but the mechanisms by which these stressors may impair healthy development have yet to be identified. Maladaptive cognitive representations of the self and others constitute one set of potential mediators. …
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Peer Victimization in the Pediatric Oncology Population: Review of Risks, Protective Factors, and Implications for Intervention
… functioning. Further, many psychosocial adjustment difficulties common in the pediatric oncology population are similar to those that place healthy children at risk for peer victimization. Thus, pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk for peer victimization. Based on current …
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The Underlying Psychophysiology of Pedophilic Disorder and the Implications for Treatment Approaches
… children of traumatized individuals have more adjustment difficulties than their counterparts who did not have a parent(s) with a sexual trauma history. This clinical research project examines the variables which contribute to the manifestation of Pedophilic Disorder. Specifically, this study …
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Correlates and outcomes of severe bullying: internalizing maladjustments of adolescent bullies, victims and bully- victims
… in bullying and victimization and internalizing difficulties such as self-esteem, social anxiety, depression and body image. Possible gender differences were also examined. The participants, high school students from Southern Ontario (N=533), were drawn from a larger, data set as part ofa study …
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Evaluating mandatory parent education for divorcing couples with children
… conflict is a major factor contributing to adjustment difficulties reported by children. Generally, parent education programs for divorcing couples with children focus on adjustment issues for parents and children as they navigate a demanding period of family change. A literature review of …
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A Developmental Model Predicting Adjustment in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Role of Executive Functions, Social Impairment, and Friendship Quality
… is known about the role of contributing factors adjustment in this population. The first aim of this study was to evaluate two meditational models of youth with ASD in which social impairment and friendship quality mediated the relation between various domains of executive functions (EF) and …
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Transitions to the other side of the net : tales of tennis players who became coaches
… particular, there are numerous reports about the adjustment difficulties many athletes experience at the end of their sporting careers. Despite the recent profusion of retirement research, there is still much more work to be done in terms of understanding athletes’ retirement transition …
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An Attachment Theory Perspective on the College Adjustment of International Students
… variables on international students’ college adjustment, few studies have considered the contributions of dispositional variables and intrapsychological processes that affect their transitional adjustment. Purpose: This study seeks to examine a theory-driven model using a short-term …
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Laboratory-based tasks in the diagnosis of ADHD in adults: a theoretical and empirical analysis
… emotional, occupational, relational, and/or adjustment, difficulties. Standardized clinical evaluations were conducted and structured clinical interviews were used to determine clinical diagnosis and group membership (ADHD vs. Non-ADHD). It was hypothesized that ADHD adults would exhibit …
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