Sentences with phrase «more social adjustment»

Biracial youth withAsian American heritage, especially male biracial part - Asian American adolescents and male biracial adolescents with Black heritage had more social adjustment problems than did other biracial adolescents.

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While the very earliest stages might just call for an attitude adjustment, a bit later on physical interventions, such as more social interaction, might be more helpful.

Not so long ago, the social media giants made adjustments to their algorithms to push video content into more feeds.

The RSC budget make Social Security sustainably solvent by implementing a slightly modified version of Representative Sam Johnson's (R - TX) «Social Security Reform Act,» which would slow initial benefit growth for higher earners, gradually raise the normal retirement age to 70, and eliminate annual cost - of - living adjustments for higher earners while using the more accurate chained Consumer Price Index (CPI)(currently used for the tax code) for other beneficiaries.

In all of this it was understood that religion was an activity in process, as social groups sought to achieve more productive adjustment to the factors of the natural and social environment which carry their culture through historical development.

The social consequences of these developments are even more severe for dependent countries that are directly affected by the financial crisis and are subjected to the dictates of the IMF's adjustment plans.

Anyone who uses alcohol as a persistent means of interpersonal adjustment — who drinks regularly to allow himself to be more aggressive in his work or less shy at social functions — is in danger.

In this chapter we have given what can be considered a working definition of alcoholism: A person is an alcoholic if one or more of his major adjustments in living — health, vocational, social, or marital — is periodically or continuously hampered by drinking.

The Murray Darling Basin Plan's (the Basin Plan) Sustainable Diversion Limit (SDL) adjustment mechanism enables the Basin - wide SDL for surface water (10,873 GL per year) to be changed up or down by no more than 5 %, as long as environmental, social and economic outcomes are not compromised.

Results Mothers delivering in accredited maternity units were more likely to start breastfeeding than those delivering in units with neither award [adjusted rate ratio: 1.10, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.05 — 1.15], but were not more likely to breastfeed at 1 month (0.96, 95 % CI 0.84 — 1.09), after adjustment for social, demographic, and obstetric factors.

After adjustment for country of residence and individual social, demographic, and obstetric characteristics, mothers who delivered in an accredited hospital were 10 % more likely to start breastfeeding: adjusted rate ratio [95 % confidence interval (CI): 1.10 (1.05 — 1.15)-RSB-, than those who delivered in a unit with neither award (Table 4).

Longitudinal studies show that sons with involved and supportive fathers have higher measures of academic and social adjustment than sons without such support.5 Daughters who have strong connections with their fathers during adolescence become more self - reliant and academically successful.6

They're not just looking for the salve of $ 15 / hour, more government spending on social services, higher taxes on the rich, or some other minor adjustment to make us all feel better and sing «Kumba - Fucking - Ya» as hundred dollar bills fall from the sky.

target specific goals, such as bullying prevention; academic achievement and positive adjustment to school; conflict resolution; alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention; character development; social and emotional learning; and more

The 2.0 percent cost - of - living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 61 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2018.

He also suggested replacing the wage inflation adjustment with the more slowly - growing price inflation adjustment, and imposing a form of means testing so that people with other sources of income in retirement would see their Social Security retirement benefits reduced.

Whether it is a question as simple (on the surface at least) as when to file for Social Security, or something much more complex as to trying to anticipate cost of living adjustments to future monthly benefits; Americans can be certain of one thing: the high level of uncertainty that each retired or near retired individual faces.

The most effective adjustment is saving more, but there are other possibilities, such as staying on the job longer, working part - time in retirement, maximizing Social Security benefits and relocating to a lower cost area once you retire.

If you have more than one employer and you earn more than that amount, you'll receive an adjustment of any overpaid Social Security taxes on your return.

They're more social... a lot of times, they've lived with other dogs and cats and people and commotion, so there's not as much of an adjustment when you adopt an older cat,» Black said.

By expanding upon the core social features of the application, performing tweaks and adjustments to the in - game currency, and supplying players with more mini games, Miitomo could see user engagement levels soar to new and exciting heights in the months to come.

And there's support for HTC's Ice View case, a smartphone cover with a cut - out through which HTC's software serves up social media updates, texts, clocks, photos, volume adjustment, music playback controls, and more.

Licensed by the State of California, MFTs are psychotherapists who are uniquely trained and credentialed to assess, diagnose, and treat a wide range of issues so individuals achieve more adequate, satisfying, and productive relationships and social adjustment.

ABSTRACT: In the present study we examined 1) whether childhood disruptive behaviour, in terms of aggressiveness, hyper - activity and social adjustment, predicts school performance since toddler age or whether becomes it relevant first since middle or late childhood, 2) whether gender differences within the associations between school perform - ance and disruptive behaviour exist, and 3) whether there are trait specific effects in these associations, i.e. whether hyperactivity is more relevant determinant for later school success than aggression and social adjust - ment.

Furthermore, low income is strongly associated with poor parental mental and physical health.40, 42 Parental irritability and depressive symptoms have been associated with fewer interactions and more conflictual interactions with older children, leading to less satisfactory emotional, social, and cognitive development.43 Specifically, the parents» emotional state and parenting has been shown to greatly affect their children's social adjustment, self - esteem, social competence, and externalizing as well as internalizing behaviors.10, 13 As noted by the Institute of Medicine, there is an intergenerational transmission of depressive symptoms.17 Whether this relationship is due to poverty, home environment, family structure, family resources, social support, or other factors warrants further research.

More importantly, stress tackling through problem - focused coping, along with seeking social support and positive thinking which were found significantly increased in this study, has been suggested to enhance psychological adjustment to the disease (McCabe et al., 2004).

Children of depressed mothers also are more likely to have insecure attachment with their mothers, experience high social withdrawal, have poor communication and language skills, perform poorly on cognitive tasks, and show more disruptive behaviors across developmental periods.2 Particularly among low - income families, financial difficulties and related resource scarcity increase the detrimental impacts of maternal depression on the children's adjustment, the mother's health status, and the family's functioning as a whole.3

Maternal depression is demonstrated to contribute to multiple early child developmental problems, including impaired cognitive, social and academic functioning.3 - 6 Children of depressed mothers are at least two to three times more likely to develop adjustment problems, including mood disorders.3 Even in infancy, children of depressed mothers are more fussy, less responsive to facial and vocal expressions, more inactive and have elevated stress hormones compared to infants of non-depressed mothers.7, 8 Accordingly, the study of child development in the context of maternal depression is a great societal concern and has been a major research direction for early childhood developmental researchers for the past several decades.

Most men struggle more than women with adjustment after divorce due to drastic life changes, life - career balance issues, isolation, lack of social support, and alcoholism.

A prospective study of CFS in adolescents found significantly more anxiety disorders in recovered patients.28 In this study changes in fatigue and social adjustment were synchronous with changes in fear as measured by the fear questionnaire.

Developmental psychologists research and study normal teen development and social adjustment in addition to the more intense and often risky behaviors that can negatively impact future lives.

Mothers of a child with autism were highly stressed and more likely to report poor or fair mental health than mothers in the general population, even after adjustment for the child's social skills and demographic background.

However, mothers of a child with autism were more likely to report a close relationship and better coping with parenting tasks and less likely to report being angry with their child after adjustment for the child's social skills and demographic background.

Attachment Theory has received increasing interest as a framework allowing for a more refined understanding of the potential consequences of early relational trauma on psychological and social adjustment.

Children from dissolved families generally have more internalizing and externalizing problems, lower academic achievements and poorer social adjustment, compared with children from intact families (Frisco et al. [2007]; Størksen et al. [2006]; Sun and Li [2002]-RRB-, and the negative association between parental divorce and adjustment persist into adulthood (Amato and Sobolewski [2001]; Størksen et al. [2007]-RRB-.

Controlling for the unique content of the other four EBTs, the amount of AF - CBT Abuse - specific content delivered was significantly related to improvements on standardized parent rating scales (i.e., child externalizing behavior, anger, anxiety, social competence) and both parent and clinician ratings of the child's adjustment at discharge (i.e., child more safe, less scared / sad, more appropriate and respectful of privacy with peers).

MFTs are licensed mental health professionals who work with individuals, couples in relationship (married or not), families of all types, and groups to help them achieve more satisfying and productive relationships and social adjustment.

They work with children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly, either individually, as couples or families, or in groups, to help them achieve more adequate, satisfying, and productive marital, family or social adjustment.

They are trained to assess, diagnose and treat individuals, couples, families and groups to achieve more adequate, satisfying and productive marriage, family and social adjustments.

Despite more access to both parents, joint custody children show neither less disturbance nor better social adjustment than sole custody children» (Wallerstein & Blakeslee, 1989, p. 271).»

The second paper attempts this by looking at the rather more nebulous components of social adjustment.

Personal therapy had positive effects on broad components of social adjustment but had few differential effects on symptoms, and these patients remained more anxious than those receiving family or supportive therapy.

Male biracial adolescents were more likely to have elevated social adjustment problems than biracial females.

None of the differences by parental sexual orientation in children's well - being and social adjustment and in parenting quality came close to statistical significance even by this more liberal standard.

The psychological well - being and social adjustment of children reared by same - sex parents and heterosexual parents were identical or nearly so in each of the studies over more than 1000 observations.

The results showed that adolescents of some mixed ancestry combinations report more adjustment problems than the single ancestry adolescents in their constituent race / ethnicities on many but not all indicators of social adjustment.

High hyperactivity and poor social adjustment predicted adulthood low occupational status proposing a more slow effect on adulthood SEP..

These competencies provide a foundation for better adjustment and academic performance in students, which can result in more positive social behaviors, fewer conduct problems, and less emotional distress (Durlak et al. 2011).

Because children with SB tend to have less social contact than their able - bodied counterparts (Blum, Resnick, Nelson, & St. Germaine, 1991) and are more reliant on parents, parenting behaviors may be more highly associated with adjustment outcomes than among typically developing youth.

TY - JOUR AU - 이경림 AU - jae - kook Park TI - Conditions of Adjustment to University and Perception to the Social Support of University Students with Disabilities T2 - The Journal of Special Children Education PY - 2007 VL - 9 IS - 1 PB - Kacsn: Korean Association Of The Children With Special Need SP - 289 - 308 SN - 1229 - 8301 AB - This study is to analyze adjustment to university and social support degree for offering more various aids above and beyond physical and academic levels for university students with disabilSocial Support of University Students with Disabilities T2 - The Journal of Special Children Education PY - 2007 VL - 9 IS - 1 PB - Kacsn: Korean Association Of The Children With Special Need SP - 289 - 308 SN - 1229 - 8301 AB - This study is to analyze adjustment to university and social support degree for offering more various aids above and beyond physical and academic levels for university students with disabilsocial support degree for offering more various aids above and beyond physical and academic levels for university students with disabilities.