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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"maladaptive behaviour"”.
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Social functioning in older adults with high levels of off-target verbosity
This study examined social behaviour and social relations among older adults who exhibited high levels of Off-Target Verbosity (OTV), a conversational style that is characterized by an abundance of unfocussed speech. It was hypothesized that such individuals would tend to exhibit socially …
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Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) process and outcome: a systematic evaluation of ACT for treatment resistant patients
Although traditional Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) has achieved many clinical successes, approximately 30-50% of patients are resistant to this form of treatment. This trans-diagnostic group of treatment resistant patients typically have chronic, co-morbid, and/or personality disordered …
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The Experience of South Asian Immigrant and Canadian Mothers of Children with a Developmental Disability: A Mixed Methods Study
… stressor (childs age, adaptive skills, maladaptive behaviours, financial burden, other life stressors), personal (self-efficacy, mental health problems, coping) and family resource (family hardiness, marital satisfaction), or social support variables? 2) Are there different predictors of …
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Top-down and Bottom-up influences on ACC activation: Evaluation of a proposed model of the feedback-related negativity
… in individuals at-risk for problem-gambling behaviour (PG). Individuals in this group were more sensitive to the valence of the outcome in a gambling task compared to not at-risk individuals, suggesting that gambling contexts increase the sensitivity of the reward system to valence of the …
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Leisure and adults with learning difficulties: a conceptual analysis and empirical investigation
… and family (Studies One and Two) ; adaptive and maladaptive behaviour, symptoms and personality (Study Three)? age, gender and intelligence (Study Four); and having learning difficulties (Study Five). No factor is found to have a major influence upon how individuals spent their leisure …
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The relationship between adolescent identity styles and parenting styles in one and two parent families in Botswana
… a role in the development of both adaptive and maladaptive behaviour in adolescents. Family and parenting are, therefore, important in adolescent identity formation. Berzonsky examined the process of social cognitive strategies that individuals utilize, when dealing with identity relevant …
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Environmental Context in Child Behavioural Difficulties: Exploring the role of Executive Function (EF) and Emotion Regulation (ER)
… (EF) deficits are evidenced in children with behavioural difficulties. Yet, it is not clear how specific executive processes impact maladaptive behaviour in this population. What is more, previous research suggests that not only are EF and emotion regulation (ER) intrinsically linked to …
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Investigating Maladaptive Habit Formation and Threat Influences in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Maladaptive habit formation is hypothesised to contribute to numerous clinical disorders, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The way in which habits become maladaptive and persist is not fully understood, but the acquisition of both goal-directed and habit-like behaviour can be captured …
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The Deconstruction of Reinforcement Learning in Human Substance Use Disorder
… and well-being. The mechanisms behind such maladaptive behaviour in human SUD remain unclear, but can be explained by disruptions to reinforcement learning processes that under normal circumstances shape behaviour adaptively. This perspective has led to two different, but not mutually …