Sentences with phrase «psychological evidence in»

Immigration lawyers frequently need psychological evidence in support of waiver cases.

Critics of the annulment process charged that the diocesan tribunals were showing excessive deference to psychological evidence in granting annulments.

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Since then, additional high - profile studies have come out — including an article, published in the journal of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, which found no evidence that brain games improve everyday cognition — but the topic is still very much up for debate.

These limitations and complexities aside, the researchers concluded that their findings provide more evidence consistent with the idea that «some men high in homophobia indeed have a sexual interest toward homosexual stimuli, whereas others do not» and that they «provide a better understanding of the psychological processes involved in the processing of erotic gay material among men high in homophobia...».

According to a 1977 paper in the journal Psychological Bulletin, «there is remarkably little evidence for any association of left - handedness with deficit, as has often been suggested».

On every page of his seven - hundred - page Johann Sebastian Bach, Geck's heroic scholarship is in evidence but so too are excessive details on minor topics, incomprehensible sentences, psychological speculation, and a convoluted construction that whiplashes the reader between events, topics, and even centuries — and all of this in a translation that with generosity can be called lumpish.

This ignores in the name of autonomy a wealth of evidence that argues that most of those with chronic limits and progressive conditions may, after an initial period of anxiety and depression, find a worthiness to life so long as physical and psychological treatment is provided.

The intuitional evidence for belief in Allah, the belief based upon the recognition of Allah by our inner consciousness, is brought to our attention in the Qur» an by pointing out the important psychological fact that there is an instinctive feeling of faith in Almighty Allah, the Creator of the universe, which comes to men when they are free from inclinations, or the distractions of dull routines, or when surprised by the question of the origin of the universe, or when faced with hardships or misfortunes which they can not overcome by themselves.

«Despite almost a century of psychoanalytic and psychological speculation, there is no substantive evidence to support the suggestion that the nature of parenting or early childhood experiences play any role in the formation of a person's fundamental heterosexual or homosexual orientation.

Most strikingly, in 2006, the American Psychological Association (APA) stated: «There is simply no sufficiently scientifically sound evidence that sexual orientation can be changed.»

Two concessions must of course be granted to the relativist: (1) different bodies of evidence will be available at different times (in the wake, for example, of archeological research or of document discoveries), and (2) different frameworks of interpretation of available evidence will come to light (in the course, for example, of medical or psychological research).

There is evidence, for example, that toilet training based on repugnance for excretory products may result in psychological damage.

The body has joined the UK Council for Psychotherapy and the British Psychological Society in saying that using the practise to encourage someone to identify as a different gender (male, female, non-binary or gender fluid) is also not supported by any evidence.

Tamar is left with nothing more, and nothing less, than the evidence of a decisive change in her psychological makeup.

In all such accounts of psychological therapy there is overwhelming evidence that the ability of the counselor in some way to become a means of the self - expression for the other is of crucial importance, and that means the counselor's ability to take the feelings of the other sympathetically into his own beinIn all such accounts of psychological therapy there is overwhelming evidence that the ability of the counselor in some way to become a means of the self - expression for the other is of crucial importance, and that means the counselor's ability to take the feelings of the other sympathetically into his own beinin some way to become a means of the self - expression for the other is of crucial importance, and that means the counselor's ability to take the feelings of the other sympathetically into his own being.

Evidence for or against the existence of Thor or King Oberon would consist only in local facts, not universal truths of reason; it would be entirely empirical, episodic, psychological, personal, and hence elusive.

Mill's first claim that happiness is the ultimate object of all desire seems very questionable, based as it is on psychological evidence which is both suspect in itself and too narrow in scope to establish his conclusion.

In summary, then, I have tried to show how Whitehead might explain, within the context of his Psychological Physiology, certain of Merleau - Ponty's phenomenological evidences which are central for understanding personal identity.

I realize your psychological well - being is upset, and you get all flustered if you think about the «no god» idea, but it's not about evidence for logical conclusions, it's about your NEED to have it all wrapped up in a neat little box.

Among other things, as I stated earlier, this model reduces faith to a psychological gimmick in which people try to convince themselves that their beliefs are true beyond what the evidence warrants.

A growing body of evidence suggests that psychological factors play an important role in determining whether an athlete makes a successful return to sport following injury.

It will not spoil your child and there is no evidence that comfort nursing is harmful or that it will cause any negative psychological issues in older children.

We offer the option of water birth at Health Foundations because the best available evidence demonstrates that hydrotherapy offers physiological and psychological benefits in labor and birth.

Midwifery care is holistic in nature, grounded in an understanding of the social, emotional, cultural, spiritual, psychological and physical experiences of women and based upon the best available evidence.»

In June the British Psychological Society said there was «now significant body of evidence that the WCA is failing to assess people's fitness for work accurately and appropriately».

«So we were surprised to find that in UK schoolchildren there was no evidence of psychological conflict in the low acceptors — it was simply that they were unlikely to accept evolution if they were struggling to understand the concepts.

Much of the evidence for the negative effects of screen use in children and teenagers is not based on robust enough science says the British Psychological Society (BPS) in its new briefing paper «Changing behaviour: Children, adolescents and screen use».

Moreover, the entire article is gainsaid by a massive meta - analysis study by Northwestern University psychologist Michael Bailey and his colleagues published in the September issue of the peer - reviewed journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest, showing that «there is considerably more evidence supporting nonsocial causes of sexual orientation than social causes.»

In a classic report in Perspectives on Psychological Science (vol 2, p 53) Scott Lilienfeld of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, details a number of therapies which evidence suggests are harmfuIn a classic report in Perspectives on Psychological Science (vol 2, p 53) Scott Lilienfeld of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, details a number of therapies which evidence suggests are harmfuin Perspectives on Psychological Science (vol 2, p 53) Scott Lilienfeld of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, details a number of therapies which evidence suggests are harmfuin Atlanta, Georgia, details a number of therapies which evidence suggests are harmful.

However, our findings evidence that exposure to high levels of psychological domestic abuse was associated with a decrease in young people's satisfaction with their social support.

The current evidence base in respect of chronic pain supports the use of standard psychological interventions, CBT in particular.

Research shows no credible evidence that a single abortion causes psychological problems in women

«While there is evidence to support treatments for patients with active psychiatric disorders, interventions such as psychological first aid, psychological debriefing, crisis counseling, and psychoeducation for distressed individuals have not been adequately evaluated to determine whether they help or hurt in disaster settings.»

Their research is the first to find evidence of psychological responses that help a person avoid infidelity — one of the surest ways to cause a breakup — and stay in a long - term relationship.

The authors say «We have provided the first evidence that two brief psychological therapies targeting the two leading mental health related causes of the global burden of disease, delivered by the same lay counsellor in routine primary care, to patients who had never received such therapies before, can lead to sustained improvements in health over one year, and that the investments made in providing this intervention is excellent value for money.

Psychological scientists Genyue Fu of Hangzhou Normal University in China, Kang Lee of the University of Toronto in Canada, and colleagues wanted to see if they could find causal evidence for a link between the two.

The three Penn study authors are also participating with Cognition in a NASA effort reported earlier this year to study the molecular, physiological and psychological effects of spaceflight on the human body by comparing identical twins, evidencing the need for a comprehensive cognitive test battery for spaceflight.

«Although significantly more research needs to be done before we can truly begin to understand music's effects on our psychological experiences, I believe our findings provide initial evidence for the potential strategic use of music, especially in situations where people need to feel empowered,» Hsu says.

The authors theorized that scarcity induces mild psychological arousal in consumers, and they found evidence of this in self - reports.

Suspects in all three categories suffered with mental illness, but evidence showed that a greater percentage of loners — 40 percent, compared to 20 percent for lone wolves and only 3 percent for members of wolf packs — suffered some type of psychological disorder.

Kaitlin P. Gallo, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of anxiety and related disorders using evidence - based psychological treatments.

Davies and his colleagues provide evidence of this dynamic in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.

In the mid-1990s, the American Psychological Association (APA) took a step toward answering them when it issued a list, which it has continued to update, of treatments supported by empirical evidence.

In fact, much of the evidence suggests that the only real benefits to ice baths are psychological.

Following a 2012 review in the American Psychological Association's journal Review of General Psychology, EFT is moving closer to meeting the criteria for an «evidence - based treatment.»

Increasingly, scientific evidence shows that nourishing your gut flora with the beneficial bacteria found in traditionally fermented foods (or a probiotic supplement) is extremely important for proper brain function, and that includes psychological well - being and mood control.

Jason has a private practice in Los Angeles where he enjoys working with clients to integrate mindfulness with evidence - based psychological counseling treatments.

But the evidence that mindfulness exercises can result in long - lasting positive psychological effects, especially for people new to these experiences, is compelling.

According to the American Psychological Association, «evidence suggests that both pleasure and reproductive motives may influence these sexual patterns, as seen in participants» reactions following uncommitted sex.»

«To date, there is no compelling evidence that any online dating matching algorithm actually works,» Northwestern University associate professor Eli Finkel, the lead author of the study, told the Association for Psychological Science in February.