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Showing 1 to 20 of 406 for “"adversity"”.
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Psychosocial pathways between adversity and psychosis
… that may mediate the associations between adversity and specific experiences of psychosis. For example, dissociation has been found to mediate the relationship between adversity and voices, whereas insecure attachment to mediate the relationship between adversity and paranoia. Other …
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Not All Adversity is Created Equal: Differential Associations of Adversity Profiles with Adolescent Cognitive Control and Psychopathology
… approach to characterize distinct profiles of adversity in early adolescence, and examined associations with later cognitive control and psychopathology. One hundred and sixty-seven adolescents (53% male) and their primary caregivers participated in a longitudinal study, with approximately one …
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Childhood and Adolescent Adversity and Chronic Pain
This dissertation used systematic review methods to examine the relationship between early life adversities and chronic pain later in life, with a focus on the temporal nature of the relationship and proposed moderating factors, such as the type, timing, and intensity of the adverse experience, …
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Virtue Resonance: Friendship in the Context of Adversity
This capstone examines how adversity and challenge are favorable conditions for developing friendship. In Part I, I provide an overview of positive psychology, and how my capstone topic fits into the science of well being. In Part II I gather the research and literature on friendship from positive …
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Repetition of parasuicide : personality disorder, personality and adversity
This study aims to describe the relationship of personality disorders to the repetition of parasuicide whilst taking cognizance of recent developments in the classification of and assessment for personality disorders. This study also aims to determine whether risk factors described by other authors …
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Children's Adaptive Psychological Functioning In The Face Of Adversity
<p>This explanatory research study is a secondary data analysis of the restricted release version of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) data. Only children from the CPS sample were used and included only children who were 48 months or younger at the time of the initial …
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An exploration of partners’ perspectives on adversity and challenge
… entitled, ‘drinker’s path as partner’s adversity and challenge’. Six superordinate themes (and their associated subthemes) were located along the journey. Namely: ‘Life before the drink problem’; ‘a creeping onset’; ‘in the thick of it’; ‘rock bottom’; ‘resurfacing reservedly’; …
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A cross-species network science approach to childhood adversity
… and well-being. Indeed, exposure to significant adversity in childhood increases the risk of a range of cognitive and behavioural difficulties later in life. Previous work has sought to understand this pathway by identifying neural correlates of exposure to poverty and violence, focusing …
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Early adversity and individual differences in adolescent mental health
… both immediate and long-term wellbeing. Early adversity, in particular, confers significant risks to adolescent mental health. Thus, adolescence is an important window for researchers to investigate processes underlying different outcomes. However, the heterogeneity across the various factors …
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Developmental burden of childhood adversity: Insight from longitudinal perspectives
Childhood adversity has been implicated in poorer developmental outcomes such as behavioral problems, poorer mental health and cognitive deficits. Studies have also linked adversity to alterations in cortical brain structures. To date however, almost all knowledge of the effects of adversity on …
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Building and breaking identities: How adversity shapes entrepreneurial motivation
… detailing the significance of multiple forms of adversity on founders' identity construction and behavioural responses. By illuminating the relationship between the sources of adversity and salient social identities, I demonstrate the far-reaching consequences of adverse life events prior to …
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The impact of early life adversity on later life health
… preponderance of the literature on early life adversity suggests that adversity has negative effects on later life health; however, an emerging body of literature suggests that early life adversity may develop a sense of resilience in individuals. Drawing from life course perspective, the …
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Childhood Adversity: Measurement And Impacts On Academic Goals And Outcomes
Exposure to childhood adversity – such as maltreatment, violence, and living in poverty – is related to problems with health and wellbeing across the lifespan. The present research aimed to improve measurement of one form of childhood adversity (maltreatment) and explore the role of adversity in …
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Life Adversity, Social Support, Resilience, and College Student Mental Health
This study investigated how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), current college student hassles, and perceived social support relate to college student resilience. This study also explored how ACEs, current college student hassles, perceived social support, and resilience relate to college …
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The nature, structure, and neural signature of early life adversity
… salient environmental influence is that of adversity experienced in early life. The long-term consequences of such experiences on cognitive development and mental health outcomes are well-documented. However, there remain gaps in understanding the precise neuropsychological pathways through …
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Attention after adversity: examining temperament as a protective and risk factor
… view into adult temperament, as well as how adversity and temperament interact to shape attentional control.
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From adversity to altruism and beyond: a pastoral theology of resilience
… is the experience of being strengthened in adversity,<br/>that is, the process of resilience. The context is Christian pastoral care with the<br/>research addressing questions of how Christian pastors can help others develop<br/>resilience and can be strengthened in pastoral ministry …
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Exploring Patient-to-Provider Communication of Childhood Adversity in Primary Care
… of health disparities, identifying childhood adversity among adults in primary care is not a mandatory clinical assessment standard. This is largely because primary care providers are unaware of these relationships and often ill-equipped with the communication skills and training needed to …
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The Impact of Early Life Adversity on Mediodorsal Thalamic-Prefrontal Cortex Maturation
Exposure to early life adversity (ELA) is known to disturb neural development and interfere with neural circuit function, causing long-lasting adverse effects on cognitive and affective behaviors. The basis for this is thought to be linked to developmental disruption of neural circuits underpinning …
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