Sentences with phrase «levels of hopelessness»

Levels of hopelessness in children and adolescents: A developmental perspective.

The only thing that has increased since Obama's elections is the poverty level, the unemployment level and the level of hopelessness particularly among those people who hitched their wagons to hope and change.

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The leveling of Paul in the dust of the Damascus road and the days of hopelessness that followed symbolize the humiliation that is the background against which maturing must unfold.

This raised urban unemployment to higher and higher levels, creating an atmosphere of hopelessness and despair and breeding the familiar problems of crime, drug addiction and alcoholism.

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

«Yesterday though, when I was told by the state Chair and his favorite henchman, Tom Connolly (the first Vice-Chair) that because Andrew Cuomo wanted our party to back the incumbent, my level of disgust, frustration and hopelessness became too much to bear.»

Having out of range thyroid hormones, adrenal fatigue, negative food sensitivities and low nutrient levels can lead to feelings of anxiety, hopelessness and stress.

And for those of you like that have had to escalate your baby - making problems to fertility treatments like me, be it IUI's or IVF, the stress levels are likely to either be through the roof, or on a steep trajectory towards it as your financial pressure grows along with your increasing sense of hopelessness as each attempt fails.

POMS measures levels of depression, anger, hostility, fatigue, and confusion, while DASS gauges other negative mood states as well, including hopelessness, lack of interest, anhedonia (lack of pleasure), agitation, irritability, and impatience with other people.

The report goes on to say that «without adequate access to play, children are deprived of the opportunity to develop important emotional skills, leading to an increase in anxiety levels, depression and feelings of hopelessness.»

Hopelessness and lack of confidence, spending dominating policymaking conversations, angst at all levels of government, and a public disgusted, disconnected and disappointed — descriptors of our current economic situation?

Students with poor academic performance should receive more attention from their teachers, because Chinese society emphasises academic performance and those with poor performance may have higher levels of frustration, poor self - esteem and hopelessness.

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Other predictors included hopelessness and a higher level of cognitive distortion at the start of treatment.

3 factors predicted failure to achieve clinical remission: a high level of initial self reported depression, a higher level of cognitive distortion, and higher hopelessness scores.

After several years of having the child in their home, high levels of stress and ongoing negative patterns of relating have produced a climate of hopelessness and despair.

Think about how it feels to be on the receiving end of such sweeping, all - or - none critical statements: Being told you never do anything right or always mess up in some way is likely to lead to high levels of frustration and a sense of hopelessness («If I can't do anything right, why even bother trying?!»).

Participants will be included if they meet the following criteria: (1) at high risk for development of a mental illness based on elevated levels of personality risk factors, including hopelessness, anxiety sensitivity, impulsivity and sensation seeking (as measured by the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS), described below); (2) ability to access the internet via a computer; (3) residing within Australia; and (4) willingness to provide contact details.

Overinvolved parenting may promote internalizing problems by increasing levels of psychological distress and feelings of depression and hopelessness in offspring (McKee et al., 2007), or it may socialize youth to use coercive and hostile behaviors in family interactions and outside of the family (i.e., externalizing problems; Dodge, Coie, & Lynam, 2006).

Across all parent groups, mothers had higher levels of distress and hopelessness than fathers, with the highest levels among mothers of children with CHD compared to mothers in the other groups.