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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"ego strength"”.
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The Contribution of Faith and Ego Strength to the Prediction of GPA among High School Students
… to investigate the extent to which measures of ego strength, as conceived by Erikson (1963a) and operationalized by Markstrom, Sabino, Turner and Berman (1997), contribute to the prediction of academic achievement of high school students. At issue was whether the ego strength variables enhance …
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The effect of the modified "LORS" structured group process on ego-strength and prejudice of college students
… Technique (Hollis, 1975) on the levels of ego-strength and prejudice of college students. The study was conducted during the Winter Quarter of 1978 at Ball State University in 'Muncie, Indiana. A pool of 96 volunteer subjects were administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory …
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Individual differences in autonomic response to secondary aversive events
… that individuals scoring low on Barron’s (1953) Ego-Strength Scale show reduced skin conductance and heart rate response to a variety of stimuli. The question as to the manner in which these subjects reduce responsivity remains unanswered. Boudewyns and Levis (1975) have proposed an avoidance …
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The relationship between conditioned alpha rhythm and psychological variables
… the psychological variables of locus of control, ego-strength, and anxiety. Hypotheses were proposed which predicted movement along these dimensions in the direction of increased inner-directedness, increased ego-strength, and lessened anxiety as a result of the gain of control over alpha …
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-like Symptomatology in Pediatric Intensivists
… relationship was also influenced by resiliency, ego strength and attachment style. Individuals with higher levels of resiliency and ego strength reported less traumatic stress symptoms. Secure attachment style was not found to be associated with STS symptoms but fearful attachment and …
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The knowledge, skills and attributes of facilitators of psychotherapeutic groups for children
… adaptation to his or her life situation, build ego strength and teach problem-solving skills. The aim of the study was to explore the knowledge, skills and attributes of facilitators of psychotherapeutic groups for children.
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Identity and Self -Efficacy Development of Adolescents in an Adult Sponsored Volunteer Program
… subscale of the Psychosocial Inventory of Ego Strength (PIES), and the General Self-Efficacy Scale. The current study proposed five hypotheses: (1) adolescents who participate in an adult sponsored volunteer program will have higher levels of the informational style of identity posttest …
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Postcombat Stress Disorder: A Case Study Using Art Therapy
… reexperience their combat trauma and to develop ego mastery. Presented was a case study of a 39-year-old Vietnam veteran suffering from postcombat stress disorder who participated in 6 weekly sessions of nondirected art therapy at a Veterans Administration rehabilitation center. The etiology of …
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A study of the relationship of early school entrance and achievement in the Hampton City public schools
… significant difference (p<.05) in poor ego strength and race. The white children had higher ego strength than the black children.
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The relationship between self-care agency, self-care, and health in the pregnant adolescent
… revealed that two subscales of self-care agency (ego strength and health decision-making capability; and attention to health) accounted for 59% of the variance in self-care. Together self-care agency and self-care accounted for 61% of the variance in health.
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“You never know who’s watching”: how technology is shaping practice for social service professionals
… is the impact of viewing others’ posts on the ego strength of the person. The biggest implication for practice was the need for specific policies designed around professional digital behavior. In the absence of specific guidelines, professionals established their own set of rules to guide their …
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Art therapy with latency period boys exhibiting overt anger and/or aggression
… achieve the aims of anger management and ego strength, while incorporating projective drawing tests as part of the evaluative process. The Achenbach Child Behaviour Check List was used as a pre- and post-test to determine perceivable changes in each cbild1S anger management skills. The …
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Individual Differences in Children's Eyewitness Memory Skills
… measures of the children's anxiety, dependency, ego strength, intellectual functioning, attention, impulse control, reality contact, and social conformity using a standardized behavior rating scale. All of these variables were investigated to determine their impact on the various measures of …
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Roots and Pathways to Secure and Transformational Leadership
… enhanced the development of participants’ ego-strength to carry out leadership requirements. Components of self-determination theory, such as responsiveness, belief in others, and support for autonomous behaviour, were shown to affect individuals’ ability to be transformational leaders. …
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MMPI patterns in codependency: Before and after treatment.
… needs, mistrust in others, and limited ego strength. They shared many diagnostic characteristics with the Self-defeating, Borderline and Dependent Personality Disorders. Treatment intervention proved to be effective in diminishing elevated levels of psychopathology. The results obtained …
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Psychopathology, alcohol use, deployment history and IPV : the mediating effects of adverse childhood experiences and allostatic load
… and depletion of internal resources (i.e., ego strength, hardiness, resilience, empathy; Johnson, 2006). Therefore it is important to explore the biopsychosocial factors that are causally correlated with IPV, specifically the role adverse childhood experiences and allostatic load have in …
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Dominance and Passivity in Marriage Counseling: 1962-1976
… and acquiescence. G.F. King and M. Schiller use "ego strength, defensiveness, and acquiescence."
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