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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"coping ability"”.
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Pilot Study of the Effects of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback on Perceived Stress, Perceived Coping Ability, and Resilience in Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing Students
… to test the effectiveness of a Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRVB) intervention on accelerated baccalaureate nursing (ABN) students’ perceived stress, perceived coping ability, and resilience over four weeks during an academic term of ABN coursework. This study was guided by Lazarus and …
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Examination of the influence of social emotional learning techniques on coping, academic self-efficacy, belongingness, microaggressions, and affect of Black students
… the impact of racism and discrimination on coping ability, sense of belonging, academic self-efficacy, experiences with microaggressions, and affect among Black undergraduate and graduate students. Method: Participants completed a pre- and post-survey consisting of the: Brief Coping with …
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The Effects of Perceived Locus of Control and Dispositional Optimism on Chronic Pain Treatment Outcomes.
… optimism). Overall, participants' increased coping ability was associated with scores on the LOT-R, but not with scores on the internality dimension of the PLOC. Subjects with the lowest pre-treatment scores on the LOT-R demonstrated significantly greater increases in post-treatment coping …
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Coping, Context And Family Mental Health Within CBT For Autistic Children
… of understanding as to the role of children’s coping ability within this process, and the systemic factors that may impact change. To address this gap, this dissertation investigated the impact of family and child moderators of coping skill change within CBT for autistic, school-age children. …
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The process by which combat-exposed student veterans achieve a meaningful and purposeful life
… (social support; instructor autonomy support, coping ability; academic self-efficacy; social and community participation; and meaningful activity). In study one, I considered meaning and purpose in life as an inferential construct, whereby a meaningful life was operationalized as high levels of …
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Chronically Ill Adolescents' Involvement in Health Treatment Decision Making
… has internal consistency of .72 to .90; (3) Coping Skills Inventory (CSI) to measure coping patterns has reliability ranging from.79 to .90; (4) (DK-PSDM) Deber-Kraetschmer Problem Solving Decision Making scale as a measure for preferences for involvement with Cronbach Alpha .71 to .90 …
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Misfit Between Motivational Style and Type of Job Demand as a Factor in Developing Occupational Stress
… perceived work stress and the perception of poor coping ability. Stress-related illnesses were correlated with poor perceived ability to cope. There was an association between misfit and consideration to change jobs as a result of stress at work. The study added support to the Person-Environment …
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Comparison of Older Urologic Patients' Perceptions and Nurses' Assessments of Discharge Readiness
… nurses indicated moderate levels of knowledge, coping ability, and expected support readiness.</p> <p>C<strong>onclusion: </strong>Patients perceived and nurses assessed a low total discharge and personal status readiness for discharge. Although both groups indicated patients were ready for …
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THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG OVEREXCITABILITY, SOCIAL COPING, AND BODY IMAGE DISSATISFACTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR GIFTED ADOLESCENTS
… number of specialized issues including overexcitability and social coping ability (Gatto-Walden, 1999). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among body dissatisfaction, gender, type of student (gifted or typical), overall overexcitability, social coping, and an interaction …
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The role of self-blame and resilience in psychosocial outcomes in college students who engage in cyberbullying
… has been defined as a measure of stress coping ability that encompasses personal competence, trust in one’s instincts, positive acceptance of change, control, and spiritual influences (Conner & Davidson, 2003; Masten, 2001; Rutter, 2006). The purpose of the present study was to examine …
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Coping stres ODHA (Orang dengan HIV/AIDS): Studi kasus pada ODHA yang telah meninggalkan perilaku beresikonya
… kaitannya dengan ketidakmampuannya melakukan coping dengan baik. Stres yang sangat kuat dan berlangsung lama dapat melebihi kemampuan kita untuk mengatasi (coping ability) dan menyebabkan distres emosional sperti depresi atau kecemasan, atau keluhan fisik seperti kelelahan dan sakit kepala …
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The development of an instrument for the measurement of psychological comfort
The purpose of the study was to determine the reliability and validity of the researcher-developed Comfort Scale measuring psychological comfort among pre and postoperative patients. The Comfort Scale, based on Davitz' The Language of Emotion (1969), consisted of 60 items which had been approved …
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Transcendental meditation on blood pressure in hypertensive patients as an alternative/adjuvant to pharmacotherapy
… pressure, anxiety, depression, and improved coping ability. Many of the studies on transcendental meditation and blood pressure have noted difficulties in obtaining unbiased data due to the funding of the study or researcher skepticism or enthusiasm about the transcendental meditation …
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Discrimination: because I want to or because I have to? : a comparison between the explanations of social identity theory and social dominance theory for intergroup prejudice in South Africa
… whether manipulations of group status, stability, and the legitimacy of status differences influences in-group bias in English speaking students from the University of Cape Town. They completed the SDO6 scale before and after being exposed to a contrived theory of coping differences …
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Super-strengths in elite sport
… mind-set, confidence, clarity of purpose, drive, coping ability, and performance. Findings highlighted the potential benefits of adopting strengths-based approaches in sport, and together with the findings from study one suggested that sport psychology (SP) practitioners conducting a …
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Caring for a relative with dementia: anticipatory grief and social death
… that taken as whole, there was considerable stability in the emotional and behavioural reactions of the caregiving relatives of dementia sufferers over time. Against this background, there was a sub-group of approximately one-third of the sample of carers whose shock, or disbelief, or hope was …