Sentences with phrase «bolsters psychological security»

Such illusory perceptions evaporated when participants were first denied control but then given an opportunity to write about their most deeply held values, an activity that bolsters psychological security and quells feelings of helplessness.

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Complicating outside reality rarely intervenes, and when it does, it merely conforms to the tenor of their psychological trajectory at that point, as in a scene when an unconvincingly benevolent security guard (John Heard) bolsters Bobbie's moment of realization with fresh pizza and life advice.