Sentences with phrase «participants feel supported»

Whether the project is a middle - school science experiment, a third - grader's poem, or even a dance video, the protocol is designed to make all participants feel supported and to elicit new insights about their work and students.

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Supporting the feedback from our study, Friedewald et al. (Friedewald et al., 2005) in a review of 91 all male discussion forums that included 670 expectant fathers, found participants valued a male facilitator, felt the importance of their role as a father was acknowledged, and were able to discuss their fears and concerns without shame or embarrassment.

As a complement to Samuel Russell's really good answer: by cheating on the election count, instead of just making the numbers up, the dominant power tries to get away from elections as pure «demonstrations of support on previously agreed lines» thus creating the feel of legitimate choice for at least some participants.

One FOR - HOME participant said: «I feel that the support I received during my time at the hostel and after I moved on was invaluable, and helped to prepare me to live independently.

The study participants also continued to improve eight - months after the treatment ended, regaining a sense of hope and control over their lives and reporting feeling more connected to and supported by others.

In a presentation in January at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference, researchers Juliana Breines and Serena Chen described a set of experiments in which they asked one group of participants to give support to another person, such as writing down suggestions to make a friend feel better after causing a fender bender.

Each of the three participants found that food journaling, being aware of sugar content in food, and having weekly expert support helped them feel in control of their eating habits and curb their sweet tooth.

In my survey of 2232 patients with Hashimoto's, 45 percent of participants said they felt better after adding methylation supporting supplements like methylated folate, B12 and B6 to their regimen.

The proof of impact will be in classrooms this year but our participants reported feeling much more prepared to support students through the transition.

BTR staff also survey participants regularly to ensure that they feel supported and well - prepared, hoping that satisfied alumni, collaborating teachers, and school principals will continue to refer new candidates with frequency and enthusiasm.166

A pre-survey completed by participants identified specific challenges with which fosters felt they needed additional support and guidance.

I have found what I did suspect: the large number of scientists working in this huge, growing field, supported by grants, do indeed feel that they should be the only biased participants.

· A support group is a proven method for helping individual participants feel better, despite many difficulties they have been facing.

Some participants felt that the requirements to instrument selection process did not sufficiently engage the ocean climate user community, and they expressed a continuing need for this engagement to ensure that the missions flown support collection of climate - quality data records.

Before the conference, IAHA CEO Donna Murray said participants could expect a diverse and lively range of discussions, and that: «We hope everyone will come away from the Conference feeling stronger and with some practical strengths - based tools and actions to support them in their role and their communities.»

Sometimes the therapist may ask the participant to share the feelings of the letter with the group so that the group can learn that others are suffering as well and to offer support to the person that opens up in that fashion.

All participants completed a survey that included self - report measures of familism (e.g., «One should help economically with the support of younger brothers and sisters»; «When one has problems, one can count on the help of relatives») and attachment avoidance (e.g., «I prefer not to show a partner how I feel deep down»; «I find it difficult to allow myself to depend on romantic partners»).

This 8 - session group helps participants to deal with their separation by supporting them to let go of the past and start focussing on the future and re-establish feelings of worth and hope.

We randomly assigned participants to be in either a control condition (they thought about buying groceries) or an experimental condition (they thought about being in a difficult situation and then having a friend or romantic partner come and help them, give them love and support, etc.)-- this made these participants feel securely attached.

Relationship quality was indexed as both general perceptions of social support (e.g., the extent to which participants felt they had someone who is «around when I am in need» or «who cares about my feelings»), and the degree of closeness individuals felt with their romantic partner (i.e., the Inclusion - of - Other - in - the - Self (IOS) scale).

Findings from survey research seem to support these general assumptions.1, 2 With surveys, however, participants report their own feelings, so it may be that participants feel pressure to conform to existing stereotypes.

Their Yellow Ribbon Suicide Support Group guides participants in an exploration of the feelings associated with loss.

MSC, an empirically supported 8 - week course developed by Chris Germer and Kristin Neff, teaches participants how to hold themselves in a warm, connected and mindful presence when they suffer, fail, feel inadequate, or when life is just plain difficult.

Participants in the group are provided with an opportunity to begin the process of change by understanding the thoughts, feelings and behaviours that either support change or destroy relationships.

For many participants, joining a support group can feel like finding «home.»

Our outcomes evaluations confirm that a majority of PEPS participants feel less isolated, more confident and competent about their parenting skills, aware of parenting resources in their community and neighborhood and well connected with people who support them as parents.

Framed as a primarily clinical intervention, MBCT uses the platform of mindfulness (moment - to - moment, non-judgmental attention) to support participants in developing a different relationship with thoughts, which are often closely intertwined with feelings.

Participants report feeling supported, accepted, and connected in the group therapy environment in a way that is therapeutic even on its own.

Support groups provide an opportunity for participants to share and connect with others experiencing similar issues, explore thoughts and feelings in a comfortable and safe environment, learn and foster new coping skills, and decrease feelings of isolation.