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Showing 1 to 20 of 120 for “"psychological functioning"”.
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Assessment of Psychological Functioning in Retired Firefighters
… demonstrate significantly high levels of psychological disorders such as depression and PTSD (Henderson et al., 2016). A previously unexplored risk factor for psychopathology in firefighters is active retirement. Retirement can lead to a decline in psychological functioning, as well as a …
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Controllability and its effect on psychological functioning
… of lacking control over negative situations on psychological functions involved in psychopathology. Controllability over various aversive stimuli was manipulated in healthy student participants. Studies 1 and 2 explored the impact of controllability on autobiographical memory. Study 1 found that …
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Children's Adaptive Psychological Functioning In The Face Of Adversity
<p>This explanatory research study is a secondary data analysis of the restricted release version of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) data. Only children from the CPS sample were used and included only children who were 48 months or younger at the time of the initial …
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Adult children of alcoholics : psychological functioning and problem alcohol use
… in this study (n = 229) were relatively well functioning college students. The Children ofAlcoholics Screening Test (CAST; Jones, 1983) was utilized to define parental alcoholism.Results of a multivariate analysis of variance indicated that COAs were more likely to exhibit symptoms related to …
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Sexual, relational, and psychological functioning among women with provoked vulvar pain
… comprehensively examine sexual and relationship functioning among women with provoked vulvar pain. In order to do so, three related studies were conducted. The first study was a systematic review of the literature examining sexual and relationship satisfaction among PVD-affected women. Secondly, …
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An examination of the relationship between positive psychological functioning and depression
… research, diagnosis, and treatment. While many psychological theories of depression include constructs of polarity, most research and diagnostic criteria have focused on a single dimension that concentrates on the presence of negative symptomatology. This is reflective of an illness model of …
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Examining processes in the relationship between narrative identity and psychological functioning
… support a link between narrative identity and psychological functioning. When examining this relationship, psychological functioning has typically been conceptualised in terms of diagnostic symptoms. As a result, the transdiagnostic psychological processes underpinning the relationship remain …
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The Relationship Between Discrimination, Acculturation, and General Psychological Functioning in International Students
… to attribute discrimination. General psychological health was used as an overall outcome measure in order to provide a picture of the importance of the adjustment factors and to allow for comparisons to be made between them. Results suggest that feeling discriminated against is …
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The Effects of Asian American Studies on Asian American College Students' Psychological Functioning
… commonly perceived to be highly achieving and functioning, psychosocial outcomes other than academic achievements are understudied. Nonetheless, stereotypes and racism have consistently been shown to be detrimental to Asian American students' psychological well-being and racial identity (e.g., …
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The Impact of Insight, Psychological Functioning, and Treatment Resistance on Completion of Diversion Programs
… insight, experiencing deficits within their psychological functioning, or being resistant to treatment. The purpose of this study is to examine how an offender’s level of insight, psychological functioning, and treatment resistance may impact their ability to complete a mental health …
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Can Self-Compassion Be Induced to Reduce Sexual Minority Stigma and Protect Psychological Functioning?
… Specifically, depression and anxiety as well as psychological distress and self-stigma are common among people with stigmatized identities. Self-compassion has been linked to enhanced psychological well-being and less negative feelings toward the self. The aim of this study was to investigate …
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The Academic Achievement and Psychological Functioning of College Students with a Family History of Alcoholism
… compared on standardized measures of emotional functioning, alcohol consumption, academic achievement, and cognitive ability. A 2 (parental alcoholism status) X 2 (gender) multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed on each of the four categories of dependent variables. The MANOVAs …
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Psychological functioning in couples undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or donor insemination (DI) treatment for infertility
… to investigate the emotional, marital and sexual functioning of female infertility patients and their male partners, to examine factors influencing psychological functioning, and to assess ways that patients cope with their infertility. Patients attending one of two London clinics for in vitro …
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The Impact of Weight Bias on Psychological Functioning: The Role of Weight Discrimination and Internalized Weight Bias
… association between body mass index (BMI) and psychological functioning, and whether internalized weight bias and weight-based stigmatizing experiences moderated this relationship. In addition, the present study examined if weight bias internalization mediated the relationship between …
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The Relationship between Childhood and Adolescent Family Environment and Adult Psychological Functioning in Females Who Experienced Childhood Sexual Abuse
… that CSA severity accounts for variance in adult psychological functioning beyond that accounted for by parental care, overprotection, and divorce.
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Family And School Impact On Psychological Functioning From Childhood To Late Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study Of Rural Chinese Youth
… in China have received less attention on their psychological adjustment. As Chinese youth constitute roughly 15% of the world’s population (World Health Organization, 2010), and the disproportionate quantity of longitudinal investigation on Chinese youth psychological functioning, understanding …
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The Role of Parents' Control in Early Adolescents' Psychological Functioning: A Longitudinal Investigation in the United States and China
… of three dimensions of parents' control (i.e., psychological autonomy support, psychological control, and behavioral control) on children's emotional and academic functioning in the US and China. Seventh graders (M age = 12.73 years, SD = .41) from the US (N = 373) and China ( N = 433) …
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An Exploration of the Relation Between Psychological Functioning and Reactions to Global Climate Change for Late Adolescents in New York City
… interview, the associations among participants’ psychological functioning and reactions to prompts about climate change were explored. While the limited quantitative findings demonstrated some of the anticipated relations among facets of the participants’ psychological functioning but not others, …
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