Based on the findings, it is argue that participation in combat sports can distance individuals from nonstructural risk factors in behavioral, community/social and economic spheres. ... It was clear that the traditional philosophical and psychological elements were vital to being effective in reducing risk factors associated with offending. ... Ironically, because of the ethical issues involved in researching those less than 16 years, the focus is exclusively on adults. ... It has shown that combat sport participation can act as a protective factor which distances participants from socio-cultu...

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When the sufferer is a child, the family is ultimately involved in all aspects of the experience from onset diagnosis, to remission and recovery. ... Mood stabilizers are usually prescribed along with antidepressants, to minimize the risk of manic symptoms worsened by a antidepressant. ... Because the adverse-effect profile of SSRI's is less prominent, these have fewer side-effects, and there is less risk of overdosing (AACAP). ... However these psychotropic drugs are filled with stimulants, anti-psychotics and mood stabilizers, carry major risks for serious side effects, which include ...

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Home chaos has been related to poor cognitive competence, less adequate language development, greater likelihood of a more difficult temperament, reduced mastery motivation, and an increased risk of accidental injury in children. ... Parents in chaotic homes have been shown to be less responsive, less involved, less likely to show objects to the child or to demonstrate how something works, less vocally stimulating and more likely to interfere with infant exploratory activities (Corapci and Wachs, 2002). ... Parenting Behavior as a Risk Factor for Children Maladaptive parental behavior has ...

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Later on in life children may be seriously affected by divorce, but divorce also increases the risk that a child will have behavioral issues or problems while the divorce is being dealt with legally. ... They are also more likely to become involved with substance abuse, breaking the law, and appear in juvenile court than children from intact homes. ... Risk factors such as high conflict with parents, the loss of important relationships and remarriage of the custodial parent or both parents can be the result of divorce. ... For years families avoided divorce because they feared it would be detr...

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Identify what is meant by risk and protective factors as they relate to mental disorders. ... Risk factors can include biological, psychological, or social. Risk factors are associated with an increased probability a disorder will develop, but do not imply cause. Protective factors are the flip side of risk factors. Protective factors are associated with lower risk of mental disorders. ...

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The risks of overuse are more serious in the pediatric/adolescent athlete because they cannot handle as much stress as the mature bones of adults. (1243) This is precisely because children's coordination and motor skills are still developing, and their bones have not finished growing and hardening. ... As more children are becoming involved in organized and recreational athletics, the incidence of overuse injuries is increasing. ... The Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness point out that "Anecdotal reports suggest risks of 'burnout' from physical and emotional stress, miss...

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Persons must have experienced or witnessed an event that involved actual or threatened death, serious injuries, or sexual violation." ... Though a traumatic event is widely accepted as the source of PTSD, researchers have discovered several different risk factors that affect an individual's susceptibility. "The risk of developing PTSD seems to be influenced by: the severity of the event, how long the traumatic event last, the proximity to the traumatic event, the type of traumatic event, whether the traumatic event was deliberately planned or accidental, and whether the person was previou...

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The symptoms can vary from mild to extreme depending on the individual involved. ... One study showed that, in addition to the previous finding, there is an increased risk of dying after bereavement for the recently bereaved, and there is a gender difference in that risk. ... They are different from adults in that their risk of mortality does not increase but their stress response reaction in the form of post traumatic stress disorder and depression risk does increase (Spuij et al., 2012). ... Different forms of treatment are utilized for adolescents and children. but they are still at risk o...

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This field is only one of the roles that psychologists can be involved in with the criminal justice system. ... Therefore psychologists have become involved with legal decision-making since that time. ...

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This can be seen from the fact that the researchers had to assure the human participants that by participating they faced no risk of withdrawal of health services from them or their children. ... The first method involved personal interviews with the participants. ... The second method involved obtaining data from the medical records of the children. ...

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After a series of questions were asked based on their family life, it was stated that men and women who grew up in families where fathers were genuinely involved from childhood were positively related to educational and occupational mobility. ... "Laine explained: being a non-residential parent I feel like I have to be involved with the school as much as I can... being in touch with the teachers." ... According to DiVerniero, "research shows that children in father-absent families have a heightened risk of delinquency and deviant behaviour.... Both Flouri(2006) and Stewart(2003) identifi...

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This essay shall outline the psychosocial influence on biological health and disease in general, specifying, where possible, mechanisms involved. ... Variety of biological and psychological conditions affecting a mother during pregnancy can have profound effects on a child's development and adjustment and hence are at significant risk for a variety of maladaptive behavior with diminished abilities to handle life challenges. ... Gross brain pathology (that in, physical malformation of or damage to the brain) neurotransmission irregularities, imbalanced biochemical system places a person...

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In this essay I shall look at the meanings of media effects and violence within psychology, the different methods used to study this phenomena and the ethical issues involved in each of these methods. ... Correlational studies into the effects of exposure to media violence have usually involved the participants detailing what programmes they like to watch and how often they watch them, these programmes are then assessed for violent content. ... There should also be no undue stress put on the participant and no greater risk than they would experience in their normal life. ...

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Personally, I believe that children learn much better when they are having fun, they become more involved in the lesson and are even eager to find out more on the subject and do independent learning after the school day ends. ... For example, the teacher may invite the head into his/her classroom and involve them in the lesson; show how the children can understand better when they are actively involved. ... Also, there is the risk that pupils may view this kind of learning as 'playtime' which may lead to lack of attentiveness. ...

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For example, Harvard Medical University conducted a research that involved three groups of adult volunteers who could play the piano. ... It could risk a teen's relationship with another person or people, it can affect their education (i.e., lower grades) or career opportunities because they're so involved in the internet. ...

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A student who is achieving less than her potential, is academically below grade level, or whose behavior at school has negative impact on her academic or social development may be an at-risk student. ... Unfortunately, the process has become so tedious and so misunderstood by people involved that there are several ways it needs to be improved. ...

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According to Barclay Lisa K. in his book "Infant Development", the infants with highly involved fathers show less fear of strangers than did those with fathers with low involvement (416). ... Children moved from placement to placement or who express losses of parents are at serious risk of such handicaps. ...

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The major purpose of this paper is to present the Emotional Disturbance or What is the Emotional disturbance means as the learning problem to child. Which parents and teachers can do something about emotional disturbance and behaviour difficulties. Also to know what is the causes and effects of emotional disturbance and the possible solution or prevention for the emotional disturbance of a child. Individuals and emotional disturbed to a minor, moderate, or severe degree are unable to that degree o profit from their educational experiences. Therefore, children whose educational progress will ...

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Sherifâ's experiment involved the so-called autokinetic effect in which a point of light in total darkness will appear to move randomly, when in fact it did not move at all. ... We can choose to go against the group and risk the fear of criticism, we can yield to the group pressure (conformity), or we can obey specific instructions that may go against our belief systems (obedience to authority). ...

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As an individual who went through the extreme academic and exam oriented schooling system in an Asian country, I strive to create a teaching environment that will inspire hope, ignite the light of imagination and creativity as well as instill respect and love for education amongst my students. I bel...

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''Three brain chemicals -- noradrenaline (norepinephrine), serotonin, and dopamine -- are involved in both brain and bodily functions. ... According to Health & Wellness Blog, in the article How Creativity Affects Mental Health, a study done at several Swedish Institutions like Gothenburg University and Uppsaala University, it found out that artists were more at risk for Bipolar Disorder. (1) We are not talking about how depression or bipolar can somehow make you more creative and into a successful painter here. ...

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It has been hypothesized in Green et al. (1994) that hearing imaginary voices involves the same physiological processes as those involved in hearing real voices, but this hypothesis has not been conclusively confirmed. ...

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WALK-IN THERAPY IN RURAL MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS: CREATING THE CONTEXT, TRAINING THE STAFF Abstract: In rural settings, numerous complex challenges exist to the provision of high quality mental health services that can respond quickly to client needs. This article describes an immediate access service delivery model and a training program designed to assist staff in rural mental health clinics to implement the model. Introduction: This paper describes a service delivery and training model developed in Calgary Alberta, Canada, for clients living in rural areas who are seeking mental hea...

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The HAPA model considers there to be two phases involved in health behaviour decision making: A motivational stage, and a volitional stage. ... Hemmington (1998) finds that those from lower social class have higher relative risk of alcoholism due to poor he...

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In the recent years, many disciplines have focused on understanding childhood. Researchers from psychology, sociology, human development, religious studies, and other disciplines have sought to analyze childhood. However, the fact that all these disciplines have held varying perspectives without the existence of a childhood studies as a core subject of study like feminism. This has limited the possibility of addressing research in childhood as a central subject of knowledge. Evidently, these disciplines have embarked on research, yielding interesting findings that have served to shed light on ...

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