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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"stressful events"”.
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Bin collection day and other stressful events
Elizabeth is six when the ANC wins the first democratic elections in South Africa. While most of the country celebrates freedom, the only difference she notices is the growing intensity of her fears. Fear remains a faithful companion to Elizabeth as she grows up. She fears the rubbish trucks in her …
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Rumination in the Context of the Centrality of Stressful Events
… have been linked to negative outcomes following stressful events. It has been proposed that some repetitive thoughts may serve an adaptive function for some individuals. This study examined the impact of various rumination strategies on negative and positive outcomes and the centrality of an …
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Socio-Cultural Differences In Coping From Stressful Events As A Result of Hurricane Katrina
… clinical outcomes that emerged as a result of stressful events from Hurricane Katrina. Two-hundred eight participants completed the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Impact of Events Scale, the Neighborhood Social Climate scale, the short Network of Relationships Inventory and participated in …
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The Effect Of Traumatic Stressful Events On Schizotypal Symptoms In Community-Based Us Adolescents
… between different types and cumulative traumatic stressful events (TSEs, the most studied early life factors) and schizotypal symptoms in longitudinal community-based US adolescents. More than half of the adolescents reported a childhood TSE. Significant effects were found for the specific TSE …
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Supportive and Unsupportive Responses From Parents as Moderators of the Relationship Between Stressful Events and Negative Outcomes in Adolescents
… was to investigate the relationship between stressful events in adolescents and negative outcomes of substance use, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms. Parental support and unsupportive parental responses were examined as moderators of this relationship. The research design was …
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Taking the Edge Off: The Role of Stressful Events and Perceived Stress on Alcohol Use and Problems Among Older Adults
… support. Older adults endorsed lower levels of stressful life events, cognitive appraisal of stress and social support than younger age groups; alcohol consumption, at-risk drinking and rate of alcohol problems were also lower. In all age groups, higher levels of stressful events were associated …
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FROM SUSCEPTIBILITY TO RESILIENCE: Exploring sex-specific responses to mild and severe stressful events [DALLA SUSCETTIBILITA' ALLA RESILIENZA: Analisi delle risposte sesso-specifiche ad eventi stressanti di intensità moderata e severa]
Lo stress è una componente inevitabile della vita quotidiana, ma le persone lo percepiscono e lo affrontano in modi diversi, con conseguenze variabili sulla salute. Sebbene le risposte allo stress siano essenziali per la sopravvivenza, negli ultimi anni si è assistito a un aumento dei disturbi ad …
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Self-Disclosure, Secrecy, and Parental Knowledge in Caucasian and Latino Youth Managing Type 1 Diabetes
… about two self-identified diabetes-related stressful events: “Does your mother (father) know about this stressful event?” and “As far as you know, how did your mother (father) find out?” Quantitative data included adolescent responses to questionnaires measuring diabetes self-disclosure to …
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Strain, depression, and adolescent substance use: A temporal-ordering analysis
… study sought longitudinal associations between stressful events, and three outcome measures: depression, illicit substance use, and polysubstance use. Previous research highlights the co-occurring or comorbid roles of depression and substance use, particularly among adolescents and those …
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"markers" Of Vulnerability And Episodes In Paranoid And Nonparanoid Schizophrenics
… hypothesized to be a function of this level and stressful events, either in the environment or as perceived by the person. One way of investigating this model is to locate both "markers" of vulnerability and episodes by comparing remitted and episodic schizophrenics, to see how they differ …
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The Transition to School
… job satisfaction, work-home conflict, and stressful life events. Child characteristics were level of cognitive functioning and stressful child events. School adjustment was assessed through children's reports, parental reports of home behaviors, teachers' ratings, and classroom …
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Cultural influences on farm families' responses to difficult life events
… that explain how different families respond to stressful events, particularly the influence of cultural factors as identified by Salamon. This research addressed the following questions: (a) What level of distress is currently experienced by farm families?; (b) What are the differences between …
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Construct Validity Of The Child PTSD Symptom Scale
… in order to understand how children respond to stressful events, such as violence, abuse, war, and natural disasters. The current study attempts to address the need for valid and reliable instruments in childhood PTSD assessment research by investigating the psychometric properties of the Child …
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A study to examine the relationship among stress, resources, race, family structure, and parent involvement in a group of headstart parents
… resources to assist parents in coping with the stressful events in their lives. Fifty-three parents from a large, Virginia Headstart program were used in this study. Parental involvement was assessed by collecting data from Headstart records. In addition, parents were asked to respond to two …
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Evaluating daily life stressors in children: Parent-child agreement
… has been reported regarding the effects of stressful life events (i.e., divorce, severe illness) on children, only a small amount has addressed the measurement of daily life stressors (i.e., school, home, social activities). More specifically, the issue of parent-child agreement on childhood …
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Prediction of bulimic behaviors: social learning analysis
… as levels of self-efficacy related to handling stressful events, (2) mood states, (3) enjoyment of daily activities, (4) number of stressful events, and (5) number of binging and purging episodes. Participants were asked to monitor these events four times a day for seven days. Measures of locus …
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The Relationship of Stress Levels to Wellness Practices Among U.S. Radiologic Technology Program Directors
… program directors showed significant control in stressful events and issues, continued efforts are needed to promote wellness practices into their busy lives.</p>
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The relationship of problem solving skill, self-appraised problem solving ability and coping style to adjustment: a longitudinal analysis
… the process of assimilating or accommodating to stressful events.
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LIFE EVENTS, STRESS AND COPING
… systematic descriptions of the patient’s life events (social and burdensome) over time, and geographical sites are used as anchors for autobiographical memories. A so called lifeline follows each individual and provides information on the person’s social capacity, as well as information on …
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