Sentences with phrase «less a functioning adult»

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This tells me that we have pastors leading congregations and setting the tone for community norms that are less than at an adult level of functioning.

Young adults are less likely to have three set meals a day, and so require snacks to perform a broader, more nutritive function.

Studies show most home school students have fewer «problem behaviours,» when in mixed groups (of home schooled children and non-home schooled children), and home schooled children are much more likely to be better developed socially, more capable of functioning in the real adult world, and less affected by negative peer pressure.

«Older adults who undertake regular physical activity also report significantly less disability, better physical function and that is regardless of their body mass,» she said.

While for younger adults, waking at 4 - 5 a.m. to drink water will be problematic, it is less likely to be onerous for older individuals, who often wake at least once during the night and frequently have a reduced sensation of thirst, so do not consume enough water to optimally support cellular functions.

These findings are relevant to a large number of you reading this, as insomnia is extremely common — about one - third of adults in all ethnic groups say they get less sleep than they need to function at their best.

Most adults need 7 or more hours of sleep per night and are unable to function well after less than 6 hours of nightly sleep.

Puppies eventually can be trained out of this behavior, of course, and there are exceptions to every rule, but generally speaking, an adult Pit Bull (or any adult dog) is much less likely to shred your drapes like coleslaw or function as a «helpful» canine document shredder.

As mentioned above, puppies have small bladders and less control over their bodily functions than an adult dog, so making him wait too long will have negative consequences for all involved.

Whilst portion size does not reduce from adult size, their foods need to contain more fiber and less fat to ensure healthier bowel function.

There is, for example, evidence for a link between family stress and compromised immuno - functioning in adults and to a lesser degree in children.28 Regardless of the factors that increase exposure to adverse social circumstances, the source of social adversity did not arise from crowding, financial strain, and low education, because these variables were also included in the analysis.

Nonetheless, on all scales, there were children who displayed less healthy or developed functioning or lacked access to supports (eg, 13.2 % of children reported a lack of any supportive relationship with an adult in their community or neighbourhood).

This, then, may lead young adults within collectivistic cultures to emphasize the pragmatic functions of dating and eventual marriage, while having less concern with notions of «love» and «romance» (Hsu 1981).

The importance of family functioning in the development of child and adult psychopathology is well established.1, 2 Less clearly understood are the specific family processes implicated and the patterns of cause, correlation and interaction that lead to specific disorders.3 These processes need to be understood over time and in depth.

The subjects with ADHD in the longitudinal studies generally fall into 1 of 3 main groups as young adults: (1) approximately 25 % eventually function comparably to matched normal controls; (2) the majority show continued functional impairment, limitations in learning and applying knowledge, and restricted social participation, particularly poor progress through school; and (3) less than 25 % develop significant, severe problems, including psychiatric and / or antisocial disturbance.31 It is unclear what factors determine the long - term outcomes.

In this large, nationwide cohort of adolescents / young adults, we observed that adolescents / young adults from families with high family functioning and high - quality of mother - and father - adolescent relationships were less likely to have overweight or obesity and less likely to engage in unhealthful weight - related behaviors, although the pattern of these associations differed by sex.

Hence, speculatively, perhaps certain proximal correlates of rearing in advantaged socioeconomic environments (e.g. more frequent and consistent exposure to supportive parenting practices and parent — child interactions; more frequent home and school exposures to adult modeling of adaptive decision - making) favorably influence — and in their absence, impede — the assembly and long - term functionality of brain systems supporting top - down or regulatory control functions that, in turn, bias individuals toward less impulsive decision - making (Hackman and Farah, 2009; Hackman et al.