«Acts of kindness may help to counter
negative social expectations by promoting more positive perceptions and expectations of a person's social environment.
Not exact matches
Getting to a place where being human outweighs meeting
social norms and
expectations will not only begin the process to reducing
negative mental health outcomes for mothers, but it will also help develop the supports that mothers need to be a model for positive self care and mental health for their families.
Woven into this highly personal narrative about a boy's journey from silent sidekick to hero are themes that translate to public education: the challenges of finding the right school or instructional method to meet a student's individual needs; the impact of
social stigmas on
expectations and performance, particularly for «discarded students» in low - income neighborhoods, and the need for a culture of high
expectations to counter those
negative societal assumptions; the importance of tireless, focused, caring teachers who do whatever it takes to help students succeed; and the ability for all children — regardless of learning challenges or race or income level — to learn.
This diagnostic preference for
negative traits over positive traits is thought to be a consequence of behavioral
expectations: there is a general
expectation that, owing to
social requirements and regulations, people will generally behave positively and exhibit positive traits.
Getting to a place where being human outweighs meeting
social norms and
expectations will not only begin the process to reducing
negative mental health outcomes for mothers, but it will also help develop the supports that mothers need to be a model for positive self care and mental health for their families.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in treating depressive symptoms among adolescents (Asarnow et al. 2001; Crocker et al. 2013) and it can be used to target the
negative expectations and habituated avoidance behavior as well as the
social problem behavior (Asarnow et al. 2001).
The role of
negative interaction is stressed by the
social relational perspective, which states that
negative interaction is fundamental in close relationships, resulting from the need to integrate different objectives and
expectations (Laursen and Collins 1994).