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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"critical life events"”.
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The effect of fire regime on tropical savannas of north-eastern Australia: interpreting floristic patterns through critical life events
… that determine patterns. The assessment of critical events in a plant’s life cycle (referred to in this thesis as critical life events) is necessary to understand population dynamics and therefore the processes that determine floristic patterns. Fire may affect population size through its …
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Voices in the Mountains: A Qualitative Study Exploring Factors Influencing Appalachian High School Students' Engineering Career Goals
… related to interests, were largely influenced by critical life events. Additionally, patterns emerged based on whether or not the student was a continuing generation Appalachian (CGA), parent/guardian educational attainment and place of employment, and the location of the high school relative to …
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Looking Back: Tracing the Trajectory of Four Dominican Women Who Learned 'To Do' School
… study examines the educational trajectories, critical life events, variations and commonalities of four Dominican educators in the U.S. South who, despite being non- English speakers and immigrants, were successful in attending college and obtaining degrees in education beyond a Master’s …
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The Caller and the Called: How Young Adults Understand Vocation in Their Lives
… future research. These new understandings are critical because decisions relating to career choice and vocation are of particular importance to college-aged adults.</p><p>This study was informed by a conceptual framework identifying seven key domains that were assumed to potentially shape …
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Self-Reported Personal Problems of Adventist Academy Students
… in need of help to know how to cope better with critical life events they are facing.</p>
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The impact of serotonergic and dopaminergic genetic variation on endophenotypes of emotional processing
… to 5-HTTLPR, the effects of past stressful life events on the startle response were investigated: Participants who had recently experienced at least one stressful life event exhibited stronger startle responses and reduced habituation of the startle reflex although there was no 5-HTTLPR × …
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Between trauma and grief in psychosocial crisis intervention and beyond. An integrative biopsychosocial framework model of traumatic loss
… Traumatic losses are among the most frequent and critical life events. Despite their profound impact, to the best of our knowledge, no studies to date have commenced immediately following a death event to investigate the phenomenology of PTSD and PGD after traumatic losses. We defied the …