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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"resiliency factors"”.
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Resiliency Factors Associated with Adaptive Conflict Tactics.
… relationship with the mother were examined as resiliency factors. Participants were 129 men and 256 women enrolled in classes at East Tennessee State University. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, a mother-father conflict resolution form of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS), The …
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Resiliency: Factors Effecting Academic Achievement of At Risk Fifth Grade Girls Living In Poverty
… grade girls living in poverty regarding risk factors present in their everyday lives. Also, the researcher explored the various coping processes these students used to negotiate life stressors to be academically successful. Therefore, the study was designed to examine resilience from the …
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Resilience in Indian families in which a member has died
The present study aimed to identify those resiliency factors that enabled Indian families to transform and adapt after the loss of a family member. Using a convenience sampling method, thirty families were identified. Open-ended questions and the following measurement scales were completed by the …
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Organizational Complexity, Plan Adequacy, and Nursing Home Resiliency: A Contingency Perspective
… and organizational behavior scientists measure resiliency through anecdotal qualitative research, i.e. personality analyses and stories of life experience. Empirical evidence remains limited for identifying measurable indicators of resiliency. Therefore, a testable contingency model was needed …
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Risk and Resilience Variables as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress and Growth: A Longitudinal Media-Based Study
… predispositional variables (i.e., risk and resiliency factors) associated with PTSD symptoms is important and clinically advantageous. Most experimental investigations of PTSD symptoms have been necessarily retrospective, making causal determinations of predispositional variables difficult, …
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Investigating the Various Ways Parental Incarceration Affects Children: An Application of Mixture Regression
… and methodologically. Using risk and resiliency theory, the various ways children are affected by fathers' concurrent and previous incarceration are outlined. Using mixture regression, the various ways children are affected are identified. Child, family, and neighborhood …
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Resilience in Swazi families in which a member has passed on
… purpose of the study was to identify resilient factors in thirty Swazi families who had experienced death of their member. The researcher used a questionnaire that included qualitative components as well as the following measurement scales: Social Support Index, Relative and Friend Support …
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The Psychological Vest: Trauma, Resiliency, and Posttraumatic Growth Among Police Officers
… it is vital to better understand psychosocial factors which serve to increase risk or resilience, to shape a metaphoric psychological vest. In addition, a psychometrically sound measure of moral injury is needed to accurately identify such risk and resiliency factors. The current dissertation …
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The Aftermath of Intergenerational Trauma: Substance Use Risk and Resiliency
The present study explored resilience factors to substance use within Canada’s First Nations adults. This was explored through a lens of historical trauma experienced as a group through the Residential School establishments. Secondary data from phase II (2008/10) of the Regional Health Survey were …
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Living in Nyanga: an exploratory study on resilience among violence-affected male youth from a community in Cape Town
… young people. This study aims to understand the resiliency factors of the youth of Nyanga who are not involved in crime and violence. To achieve this, the objectives were to explore the perceptions of the youth of Nyanga regarding crime in their community, the impact it has on their lives, and …
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Causal attributions and posttraumatic stress disorder: The relationships among dispositional attributional style, trauma-specific attributions, and PTSD
… has been applied to the search for risk and resiliency factors in trauma survivors, but few studies have compared dispositional attributional style with traumaspecific attributions in relation to posttraumatic stress symptoms. In addition, studies of attributions and PTSD fail to take into …
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A Retrospective Study of Gay Gifted, Young Adult Males' Perceptions of Giftedness and Suicide
… vignettes. Specific categories of risk and resiliency were revealed using coding and constant comparative analysis. Results indicated that resiliency played a predominant role in how the participants dealt with suicidal issues. All of the eight gay gifted males had considered attempting …
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Testing the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in Community - Residing Older Adults
… for a larger study designed to assess risk and resiliency factors for late life suicide (Dr. Marnin Heisel, PI). According to the IPTS, (Hypothesis 1) the interpersonal constructs of perceived burdensomeness (PB) and thwarted belongingness (TB) can each lead to passive thoughts of suicide (i.e. …
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Factors Influencing Academic Success in First Generation College Students
… others have suggested that various risk and resiliency factors may significantly influence these outcomes. The current study focused on the influences of one risk factor (family dysfunction) and one resiliency factor (perceived academic control) on self-reported grade point average (GPA) in …
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I Lost My Family: Grief, Loss, and Identity Formation of Adopted and Fostered American Indian Individuals
… associated with identity formation (3) risk factors, which describes factors that may create challenges to processing grief, loss, and identity formation, and (4) protective factors, which describes factors that may be helpful in managing challenges associated with grief, loss, and identity …
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Psychological distress among two American Indian tribes
… poorly. The findings of the study indicate that resiliency factors among the tribes such as cultural-spirituality, reservation community and social support are protective, but the findings also encourage further understanding of mechanisms and utilization of the resources available.
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University moms : an evocative story
… lends insight into the issues, challenges, and resiliency factors she faced along her journey. Hers is a story not only of personal change and development but also of issues reaching beyond her life into the social arena. Using Immersion/Chrystallization of the interview and fieldnotes collected …
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Resiliency and Risk in Native American Communities: A Culturally Informed Investigation
… research findings and empirically investigates resiliency and vulnerability factors within two Native American communities. The primary factors under consideration are related to American Indian psychosocial factors. This project is an exploratory investigation of pathology and wellness for …
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Resiliency and Risk in Native American Communities: A Culturally Informed Investigation
… research findings and empirically investigates resiliency and vulnerability factors within two Native American communities. The primary factors under consideration are related to American Indian psychosocial factors. This project is an exploratory investigation of pathology and wellness for …
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