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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"psychological reactions"”.
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Pregnancy Loss: Disenfranchised Grief and Other Psychological Reactions
… dismissed as merely medical patients, and their psychological reactions were not considered or acknowledged by professionals, their friends, or their families. More recently fields such as psychology have recognized that women who have experienced pregnancy loss have complex psychological …
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Examination of Complicated Grief, Posttraumatic Stress, and Other Psychological Reactions among Student Survivors of the April 16th Shootings at Virginia Tech
The diagnosis of Complicated Grief (CG) is being proposed for inclusion in DSM–5. As such, it has been the focus of several studies purporting to build evidence of its validity and its conceptual and statistical distinction from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression (Bonanno et al., …
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Normal Violence: The Case of Fighting on a College Campus
… variables that may explain why the witnesses' psychological reactions varied. These included the gender and age of the witnesses, the extent of physical injury to the fighters, as well as several situational variables such as the time and place of the altercation and the social composition of …
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In reality meager: eluding death anxiety in Walt Whitman and Federico Garcia Lorca's poetics of the body
… between Whitman and Lorca can be found in their psychological reactions to death anxiety, as exemplified in their poems on the body. While Whitman imagines achieving immortality through construction of a transcendentalist “over-soul,” Lorca envisions an unending dance with death through the …
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Intercultural communication and adaptation: A longitudinal study of Taiwanese graduate students' sojourning experiences in a Midwestern American university
… and personal relationships, (c) self-related psychological reactions and identity issues, and (d) ecological and contextual aspects of the sojourn. The study explored the relationship of various pre-existing factors and events specific to the Taiwanese graduate students' adjustment in each of …
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The Experiences of Women Who Live with an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (lCD)
… benefits, lCD implantation is accompanied by psychological factors which merit research attention. This study investigated the experiences of women who live an lCD. The homogenous, purposeful sample consisted of 15 women who had an lCD that was implanted within the last three years and were …
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Elections Have Consequences: Moral Value Foundations Ensure Gridlock through the Ballot Box
… little research has explained their effect on psychological factors and voting behavior related to fiscal concerns. Guided by Betancourt’s integrative model for studying culture, psychological factors, and behavior, the present study investigated the extent to which socially shared moral value …
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Perbedaan bentuk reaksi stres mahasiswa dan anggota militer pada peserta ekspedisi NKRI 2013 koridor Sulawesi Sub Korwil-01 Kepulauan Sangihe
… causes people to react both physiologically and psychologically (response). Forms of psychological reactions in the form of reaction into 3 cognitive , emotional and social behavior . Student is someone who studied at university and become a participant Ekspedisi NKRI 2013 Koridor Sulawesi Sub …
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Ucwaningo ngesiko lenhlonipho njengensika yesizwe samaZulu
… came with systems aimed at controlling the psychological reactions of Africans and conditioning them to think of their culture as inferior and inadequate to deal with challenges that face them. Chapter four is looking at home as the point of departure for all socio-cultural activities. …
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The role of smell in urban design
… problematic due to perceived physical and psychological reactions. Through adopting a pragmatic approach to findings, where experiences of odour are considered on a site by site basis and within the context of local stakeholder engagement, a new model is proposed by which olfactory design …
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The Universal Grammar of the Laws of War: A Theory of Moral Discourse and International Norms
… out differently, people tend to have strong psychological reactions to the pain and suffering of war, and these reactions lead them to create more humane international institutions when the opportunities for social change arise.
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The Effect of Neutral Bath in Alleviating Stress Due to Group Psychotherapy
… and its effect upon the physiological and psychological reactions of the body, but there were no actual experimental studies found dealing with the measurement of blood pressure and pulse following group psychotherapy as an indication of Sixty-stress. three patients from 17 to 55 years of …
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The psychological impact of psychometric assessment: The influence of locus of control and feedback
… This research examines the short-term negative reactions to the test and feedback process in terms of changes in Positive and Negative Affect and 'State' Self-Esteem. It has been suggested that in addition to the common sense assumption that individuals who perform badly on a test might be more …
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Use of Federal Troops in Civil Disturbances 1892-1968
… with the goal of exploring the emotional and psychological reactions of different Americans to the commitment of regular military forces to quell domestic disorder. The conclusions arrived at as a result of this study were mixed. An examination of the objective historical record revealed a …
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Stroke and Its Dispositional Risk Factors: A Cross-Cultural Study Between British and Chinese
… develop psychiatric co-morbidity. Although these psychological reactions existed in patients regardless of cultural differences, the way in which risk factors associated with outcomes changed depending on cultures.
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Effect of Prior Trauma Exposure on Alpha Amplitude, Heart Rate, and Self-Reported Negative Affect
… influences that individual’s physiological and psychological reactions when exposed to a negative affective stimulus followed by a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention. Twenty-eight participants were placed into intact quasi-experimental groups based on their scores on the …
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Bilinguals’ Emotion and Language: An Exploratory Study of Korean-English Bilinguals’ Experience of and Expression of Shame
… investigate Korean-English bilingual students’ psychological experiences and verbal expressions of shame in Korean and English. In particular, this study focused on how English as a language of Education influences the ways in which University students acknowledge and express their feelings. A …
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The relationship between the loss of parents and academic performance among selected secondary school pupils in Mufulira district,Zambia
… revealed that some orphans exhibited varying psychological reactions as a result of the encounter they had with the death of their parents. The study also revealed a decline in the academic performance of the orphans owing to the various challenges they faced such as adjusting to new …
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The relationship between the loss of parents and academic performance among selected secondary school pupils in Mufulira district,Zambia
… revealed that some orphans exhibited varying psychological reactions as a result of the encounter they had with the death of their parents. The study also revealed a decline in the academic performance of the orphans owing to the various challenges they faced such as adjusting to new …
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Is Math for Me? The Impact of Identification, Mindsets, and Belonging on Marginalized Adolescents’ Math Anxiety
… anxiety, defined as tension, fear, and negative psychological reactions to mathematics-related exams and activities. Math anxiety has been found to predict poor math performance, low motivation, and low confidence among students. Underrepresented minorities (i.e., Black, Hispanic, and Native …
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