Sentences with phrase «control behaviours improve»

Data collected from 2,135 children aged 3 - 9 years from schools across China reveal that good self - control behaviours improve with age, and girls performed better than boys in tests of self - control.

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Improve our control of demand and consumer behaviour and make products sustainable.

In the intervention group, parenting skills as well as the child's disruptive behaviour, ADHD symptoms, anxiety, sleep problems and empathy improved significantly when compared with the control group and the results were permanent throughout the 12 - month follow - up.

The researchers found that prisoners after a ten - week yoga course reported improved mood, reduced stress and were better at a task related to behaviour control than those who continued in their normal prison routine.

If yoga is associated with improving behaviour control, as suggested by the results of the computer test, there may be implications for managing aggression, antisocial or problem behaviour in prisons and on return to society, the researchers note — though this is not measured in this initial study.

Diagnostic modelling can be used to improve the understanding of the processes controlling the behaviour of a particular ice stream, or to study the importance of one or more physical process in an ice sheet in general.

The system uses pneumatically controlled damper units and as well as altering suspension behaviour it can also controls sharpen steering and improve throttle response.

To suit the IS F's performance profile, Lexus adapted its Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) system, with management of the ABS, traction control, Electronically Controlled Brake and Vehicle Stability Control adjusted to improve behaviour both on road and oncontrol, Electronically Controlled Brake and Vehicle Stability Control adjusted to improve behaviour both on road and onControl adjusted to improve behaviour both on road and on track.

Jonathan Cooper, lead author of the paper, concluded that training with an electronic collar «did not result in a substantially superior response to training in comparison to similarly experienced trainers who do not use e-collars to improve recall and control chasing behaviour.

By investing in improved efficiency, improved environmental controls, conservation initiatives and changes in behaviour, offset purchasers like WNOTL, take responsibility for the emissions they are unable to reduce by investing in GHG reductions elsewhere.

Cognitive behavior therapy for depression in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized, controlled trial.Ann Intern Med1998Oct 15; 129:613 — 21OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Question In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, is cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), added to supportive diabetes education, effective in relieving depression and improving glycaemic control?

In a small scale comparative study, Behan et al. (2001) found that parents who completed the original Parents Plus Programme (for parents of children aged 4 - 11 years) reported fewer child behaviour problems and improved parent - child interaction post-intervention, when compared to a waiting list control group.

Psychological assistance may also be needed to reduce problem behaviours and improve emotional self - control.

Several studies have noted the comorbidity between impulse control disorders including pathological gambling and bipolar illness.1 Notably, Hollander et al report that the improvements in gambling behaviour were closely associated with reduced affective instability rather than improved mood or anxiety.

My colleagues and I have focused our research program on parent support of vulnerable groups and have found, through the use of randomized control trials, that systematic interventions directed at parenting behaviours improve parental contingency in low - income parents and in adolescent mothers.12, 13 Similarly, we have found that systematic intervention on family problem - solving behaviour, what Trivette and Dunst call participatory help - giving practice, also improves contingency of parent - child interactions.14

The children of parents allocated to parenting groups showed a large reduction in antisocial behaviour, but those in the control group did not improve.

A recent randomised controlled trial gave evidence for the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy, but only 60 % of the adolescents had made a complete recovery as assessed directly after treatment.13 In an uncontrolled study of the effectiveness of family cognitive behaviour therapy, 83 % improved, and this improvement lasted for the follow up time of six months.14 Multidisciplinary rehabilitative treatment was shown to be effective in another uncontrolled study, 15 but only 43 % had complete recovery.

Participants in the Incredible Years programme reported improved children's behaviour and more positive classrooms and home life, according to the results of randomised controlled trials by the National University of Ireland Maynooth.

The Doodle Den programme also made a positive impact on improving concentration and reducing problem behaviours in school, according to findings from the randomised controlled evaluation conducted by the Centre for Effective Education at Queen's University Belfast.

During the prenatal and infant periods, families have been identified on the basis of socioeconomic risk (parental education, income, age8, 11) and / or other family (e.g. maternal depression) or child (e.g. prematurity and low birth weight12) risks; whereas with preschoolers a greater emphasis has been placed on the presence of child disruptive behaviour, delays in language / cognitive impairment and / or more pervasive developmental delays.6 With an increased emphasis on families from lower socioeconomic strata, who typically face multiple types of adversity (e.g. low parental educational attainment and work skills, poor housing, low social support, dangerous neighbourhoods), many parenting programs have incorporated components that provide support for parents» self - care (e.g. depression, birth - control planning), marital functioning and / or economic self - sufficiency (e.g. improving educational, occupational and housing resources).8, 13,14 This trend to broaden the scope of «parenting» programs mirrors recent findings on early predictors of low - income children's social and emotional skills.

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) has been found effective in numerous randomised controlled trials for reducing suicide and self - injury, and for improving global outcomes in borderline personality disorder (BPD)[1, 2, 3].

This allows clients to experience better relationships, release from painful physical and emotional symptoms, greater empowerment and control, a deeper understanding of their feelings, and behaviours, and an improved sense of well - being.