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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"interpersonal difficulties"”.
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Eating Disorders and their Affect on Interpersonal Difficulties
… how eating disorders affect a diagnosed person’s interpersonal relationships. To examine this relationship, research on eating disorders and interpersonal difficulties was gathered and analyzed. Two important models that were found and are examined are the four factor maintenance model for …
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The Role of Daily Interpersonal Difficulties in the Relationship between Perfectionistic Concerns and Change in Anhedonic Depressivity
… of perfectionistic concerns lead to social difficulties that consequently give rise to depressive symptoms (Sherry et al., 2016). Thus, the aim of the current study is to empirically test the PSDM and investigate daily interpersonal experiences that explain the relationship between …
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Exploring the relationships among impulsivity, interpersonal difficulties, and social risk-taking in borderline personality disorder: behavioural influences and neural correlates
Impulsivity and difficulty maintaining interpersonal relationships (interpersonal difficulties) are two symptoms characteristic of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Past work has shown that these symptoms may have differential effects on risk-taking behavior: impulsivity has been associated …
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It's Not Me It's You: Examining the Link Between Partner-Schema Organization, Relationship Functioning, and Depressive Symptoms
Depression is associated with a host of interpersonal difficulties, particularly within intimate relationships. While a significant body of literature has supported the presence of a highly consolidated negative self representation or “self-schema”, no studies have examined whether depression is …
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Concurrent Validity Study of the Clinical Assessment of Depression with the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition
… life, increasing the risk for illness and interpersonal difficulties in the future. Therefore, it is imperative that significant levels of depressive symptoms be recognized, assessed, and treated. The usefulness and psychometric properties of new measures of depression are determined, in …
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Concurrent Validity Study of the Clinical Assessment of Depression with the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale
… Depression can increase the risk for illness and interpersonal difficulties in the future and affect almost every aspect of an individual’s life. Self-report measures are often utilized to assess depression, and when these measures are able to effectively detect depression, diagnosis and treatment …
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Understanding social function in psychiatric illnesses through computational modeling and multiplayer games
… conditions are often challenged by the difficulties of formalizing dynamic social exchanges and quantifying their neurocognitive underpinnings. Recently, the rapid growth of computational psychiatry as a new field along with the development of multiplayer economic paradigms provide …
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Can the empathic underpinning of counselling psychologists detect gelotophobic responses to expressions of joy above non-counselling psychologists and psychology others?
… meaning expressions of joy negatively affect interpersonal interactions and could be a barrier to positive outcomes in therapy. This study investigated participants’ perceptions of gelotophobes and non-gelotophobes responding to expressions of joy and examined whether the empathic …
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Women’s Sexual Fantasies in Context: The Emotional Content of Sexual Fantasies, Psychological and Interpersonal Distress, and Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships
… fantasies are related to her psychological and interpersonal functioning. The present study aims to elucidate the significance of sexual fantasies with respect to women’s emotional and interpersonal lives. The study evaluated a model, which hypothesized that internal representations of self and …
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Aggregate Sexual Trauma Load, Quality of Life, and Psychiatric Comorbidity in Veterans with Military and Civilian Sexual Trauma
… in risk-taking behaviors, marital problems, and interpersonal difficulties. This suggests that individuals with higher lifetime incidence of sexual trauma (including MST) may be at increased risk for poorer outcomes in quality of life and psychiatric symptoms. Moreover, relatively little …
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The social and emotional functioning of adults with high functioning autism or asperger syndrome
… those with AS or HFA with regards to reported interpersonal difficulties, friendships and social relationships as measured by the SEF-Q. Discussion. This research suggests there are important differences between these clinical presentations. People with HFA have greater difficulty in …
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Development and initial validation of the Ethnic Minority Social Self-Efficacy Scale—Asian American version
… been found to experience a significant amount of interpersonal difficulties (Leong & Okazaki, 2009; Zane & Song, 2007). This study further explored Asian Americans' social experiences and aimed to operationalize Asian American self-efficacy during social interactions with White individuals. The …
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Psychotherapy with people with Asperger Syndrome; exploring ways to improve client and therapist well-being
… Tantam, 1988); one contributor possibly being difficulties with social interaction (Frith, 2004). People with Asperger Syndrome and mental health problems may therefore require support, one form being psychotherapy (e.g. Schopler & Mesibov, 1983). However, despite the possible need of this …
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Understanding the Complex Mental Health Challenges of Children and Adolescents Seeking Community-based Care
… were found to be associated with self-reported interpersonal difficulties and caregivers’ reports of externalizing; however, only caregiver-reported externalizing challenges correlated with poorer treatment outcomes. Importantly, neurocognitive challenges were associated with long-term treatment …
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A mother without a mother: women’s experiences of maternal estrangement in motherhood
… give particular attention to the shame infused interpersonal difficulties often masked in experiences of estrangement.
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Effortful Control, Attention and Executive Functioning in the Context of Autism Spectrum Disorder
… of particular cognitive, behavioural and interpersonal difficulties seen in ASD is of great interest. Temperament offers particular value given that it influences the development of social behaviours, emotionality and self-regulation (Shiner et al., 2012). The self-regulatory temperament …
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Examining the Effect of Object Relations and Defense Mechanisms on Interpersonal Relations in Adults with ADHD Symptoms
<p>Impaired interpersonal functioning, often persistent from childhood through adulthood, is common in ADHD. Symptoms of ADHD such as restlessness and impulsivity may result in behaviors such as being overly talkative, interrupting or intruding on others already engaged in activities, while …
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Disability grant utilization and barriers to access for patients with personality pathology: A mixed methods study
… suffer the misnomer of “difficult to treat”. Difficulties in interpersonal style attendant with this diagnosis can impact on clinician attitude. This suggests that negotiating access to government health and social services, including the disability grant, might be a process with unique …
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Filling the gap: development and qualitative process evaluation of a task sharing psycho-social counselling intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa
… effects of depression, how to cope with interpersonal problems, and financial stressors. Based on these conditions, the review of manuals and expert consultation, key components of the counselling intervention were identified as: psycho-education, problem solving, healthy thinking and …