Sentences with phrase «environment as a protective factor»

Only one study has considered the family environment as a protective factor, assisting coping within families.

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We speculated about the nature of late - onset ADHD: the disorder could have been masked in childhood due to protective factors, such as a supportive family environment.

A professional with at least 30 hours of training / education on listening to and reporting the views of the child including: 6.5 hours on child development and structured interviews of children, research on children in family justice decision - making, and ethics of interviewing children; 6.5 hours on child interview skills including building rapport, child friendly interview environments, appropriate language usage and questions, and effectively reporting the views of the child; and 17 hours of other relevant education on topics such as the rights of children, research on the inclusion and exclusion of children in family justice decision - making, the impacts of family breakdown or transition on children, risks and protective factors for children in family justice processes, family dynamics of separation and divorce including high conflict family dynamics.

As a result of changing our thinking as a staff team, we are more supportive and understanding of children's home environments and risk and protective factors that may influence their mental health and engagement in learninAs a result of changing our thinking as a staff team, we are more supportive and understanding of children's home environments and risk and protective factors that may influence their mental health and engagement in learninas a staff team, we are more supportive and understanding of children's home environments and risk and protective factors that may influence their mental health and engagement in learning.

Protective factors such as living in a supportive and nurturing environment assist children to be able to manage stressful events and can decrease the likelihood of ongoing impact, such as mental health and behavioural difficulties, after children have been affected by trauma.

In this situation, increasing both internal protective factors (such as a child's positive coping skills) and external protective factors (such as a supportive environment) is beneficial.

The concept of resilience and closely related research regarding protective factors provides one avenue for addressing mental well - being that is suggested to have an impact on adolescent substance use.8 — 17 Resilience has been variably defined as the process of, capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation in the context of risk or adversity.9, 10, 12, 13, 18 Despite this variability, it is generally agreed that a range of individual and environmental protective factors are thought to: contribute to an individual's resilience; be critical for positive youth development and protect adolescents from engaging in risk behaviours, such as substance use.19 — 22 Individual or internal resilience factors refer to the personal skills and traits of young people (including self - esteem, empathy and self - awareness).23 Environmental or external resilience factors refer to the positive influences within a young person's social environment (including connectedness to family, school and community).23 Various studies have separately reported such factors to be negatively associated with adolescent use of different types of substances, 12, 16, 24 — 36 for example, higher self - esteem16, 29, 32, 35 is associated with lower likelihood of tobacco and alcohol use.

For decades, many investigators have regarded the explanatory power of one of these two «main effects» perspectives as dominant over the other.11 An aim for this project is to move beyond «main effects» perspectives by utilizing a child by environment model in which risk / protective factors are seen as originating within the child and the relational environment.

Strengthening the protective factors — such as supportive family environments and social networks — that buffer children during times of stress is a complex undertaking.

Of particular interest, risks associated with poverty were mediated by disruptions in the quality of the caregiving environment, particularly instability and disorganization of the family, while affectional ties within the family and within extrafamilial informal support systems acted as protective factors.

Preventive interventions need to focus on building protective factors within young people themselves, as well as creating health - promoting environments at home and at school.

Others, such as the Healthy Families Parenting Inventory and the Protective Factors Survey, examine a range of skills parents may have (e.g., child development knowledge, emotional well - being) as well as situational challenges, such as the quality of the home environment or access to social supports, that enhance or limit their capacity to meet their child's needs.