Sentences with phrase «greater emotional adjustment»

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After a debilitating series of panic attacks a few years ago, I began exploring the holistic measures, adjustments, and products that I could incorporate into my life for greater emotional support and resiliency.

Studies of students who attend high - quality programs for a significant period of time show improvements in academic performance and social competence, including better grades, improved homework completion, higher scores on achievement tests, lower levels of grade retention, improved behavior in school, increased competence and sense of self as a learner, better work habits, fewer absences from school, better emotional adjustment and relationships with parents, and a greater sense of belonging in the community.

Children who blame themselves for their parents» fighting have also been found to be at greater risk of poor social and emotional adjustment following their parents» separation.

Children in the NSCAW study with multiple placements had more compromised outcomes across domains than children who experienced greater placement stability.63 In another study of a large group of foster children, the number of placements children experienced predicted behavioral problems 17 months after placement entry.64 Other studies have reported that placement instability is linked to child behavioral and emotional problems, such as aggression, coping difficulties, poor home adjustment, and low self - concept.65 Relatedly, children's perceptions of the impermanency of their placements have also been linked to behavioral difficulties.66

The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) notes, «While great diversity exists in children's adjustment to divorce, and a majority of children weather the transition and become competent adults, up to a quarter of children whose parents divorce experience ongoing emotional and behavior difficulties.»

Those bullied demonstrated poorer social and emotional adjustment, reporting greater difficulty making friends, poorer relationships with classmates, and greater loneliness.

Victims and bully - victims clearly demonstrated poor emotional adjustment and greater levels of health problems.

The onset and persistence of conduct problems is important, as the earlier the onset, the greater the (a) co-morbidity of adjustment problems, such as emotional difficulties and hyperactivity, and the (b) risk for a life - course trajectory of antisocial behaviour and lifestyle (Moffitt 2006).