Sentences with phrase «psychological adjustment outcomes»

As a result, it is not known whether such experiences, which appear to be relatively common, impact psychological adjustment outcomes.

The primary constructs within the hypothesized framework are: (1) social position variables — characteristics that are used within societies to hierarchically stratify groups (race, gender, socioeconomic status); (2) parenting variables — familial mechanisms that may influence African American adolescents well - being, perceptions of competence, and attitudes towards others in various contexts (e.g., parenting practices and racial socialization messages); (3) racial discrimination — negative racially driven experiences that may influence feelings of competence, belongingness, and self - worth; (4) environmental / contextual factors — settings and surroundings that may impede or promote healthy identity development (e.g., academic settings); and (5) learner characteristics — individual characteristics that may promote or hinder positive psychological adjustment outcomes (e.g., racial identity, coping styles).

A total of 89 significant associations between psychosocial variables and psychological adjustment outcome were reported.

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Previous research has shown that failure to prepare for retirement makes individuals more likely to be depressed and less likely to successfully adapt to the life change; however, planning for retirement has positive outcomes, such as improved psychological well - being, more financial stability and better role adjustment.

Despite being more difficult to treat, however, adolescents in these programs had significantly improved outcomes in drug use, psychological adjustment, school performance, and criminal activities.

Paternal parenting styles was also related to psychological adjustment, however, although the advantage of authoritative mothering over permissive mothering was evident for all outcomes assessed, for paternal styles the advantage was less defined and only evident for depression.

Findings indicate that, regardless of age, children of authoritative parents perform better in school, display fewer conduct problems and show better emotional adjustment than those raised in non-authoritative homes.12 Adolescents with authoritative parents who balance appropriate levels of supervision, nurturance and democratic decision - making tend to achieve better psychosocial outcomes.12 Studies reveal that adolescents with authoritative parents are associated with less psychological distress, higher self - esteem, higher academic achievements, lower levels of delinquency and less substance use.13 Gray and Steinberg13 found that emotional and behavioural problems tended to be associated with the degree of behavioural control and supervision or monitoring.

If adherence and quality of life are viewed as indices of children's psychological adjustment to their medical conditions, the results of the study revealed that more paternal involvement in disease management was associated with better outcomes among adolescents in particular.

As shown by Fischer and Shaw (1999), African American youth who receive negative racial socialization messages or messages that devalue or overlook the positive characteristics related to being African American (e.g., «learning about Black history is not that important») are more prone to evidence poorer psychological adjustment and academic outcomes.

Studies have shown that more paternal involvement in parenting is associated with more favorable outcomes in terms of academic performance (Winquist - Nord, 1998), peer relations and psychological adjustment (Amato, 1994; Phares & Compas, 1992), prevention of substance abuse (Phares, 1998), and outcomes of behavioral parent training programs (Webster - Stratton, 1985).

There is also a paucity of research using positive emotional outcome measures (e.g. well - being, positive affect, happiness or life satisfaction) to quantify psychological adjustment.