Sentences with phrase «psychological vulnerability of»

In addition, a denunciatory sentence will be fit and proper in circumstances where the offender took advantage of the physical and / or psychological vulnerability of a disabled victim in carrying out the offence.

The gist of the matter, without getting into the thing at any depth (because I don't know the law here) has to do with the particular psychological vulnerability of the plaintiff.

Not exact matches

The greater the pressure to drink in a given group, the less the degree of psychological vulnerability required to become addicted.

But in societies which have an extremely high degree of acceptance of large daily alcohol consumption, the presence of any small vulnerability, whether psychological or physical, will suffice for exposure to the risk of addiction.

In societies which have a low degree of acceptance of large daily amounts of alcohol, mainly those will be exposed to the risk of addiction who on account of high psychological vulnerability have an inducement to go against the social standards.

The top bar represents the degree of psychological disturbance in the individuals in a given population, producing vulnerability to alcoholism.

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

On one hand, we need to acknowledge that individuals bear some responsibility for their health, and on the other hand recognise that today's food environments exploit people's biological (eg, innate preference for sweetened foods), psychological (eg, marketing techniques), and social and economic (eg, convenience and cost) vulnerabilities, making it easier for them to eat unhealthy foods,» explains Dr Christina Roberto, from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA.

The case for familial and genetic vulnerabilities in female twins,» was published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine in January 2014 and showed that the associations between caregiving and different types of psychological distress (depression, anxiety, perceived stress and perceived mental health) depend largely on a person's genes and upbringing — and less so on the difficulty of caregiving.

Based on findings for a paper he and colleagues wrote more than 20 years ago on diathesis — a Greek term for disposition or vulnerability, Vitaliano argues that psychiatric states and psychological outcomes are a function of exposure to stressors and vulnerabilities (early family environment, genetic factors, disposition).

Healthcare providers should be aware of young and middle - age women's special vulnerability to stress and «ask the questions about psychological stress that often don't get asked,» Vaccarino said.

Wingard, young and eager to prove his burgeoning talent, takes some risks in depicting degrees of emotional and psychological vulnerability.

Players will be rewarded for their knowledge of each character's psychological vulnerabilities and immunities, as well as their preparations made during prior exploration and investigation.

In Nengudi's hands, these materials take on symbolic meanings that relate to the resilience and vulnerability of the human body and to the forces, both social and psychological, that shape our experiences of the world.

«Among my compositions, the body conveys a psychological load associated to emotional states such as the sense of vulnerability, the fear of disappearing and death.

A depiction of greater physical and psychological vulnerability would be hard to imagine.

The natural fragility to some of the materials she uses echoes her fascination with psychological vulnerability.

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,» he talks with Tristan Harris, who describes himself as «an expert on how technology hijacks our psychological vulnerabilities», is a former «Design Ethicist» with Google and founder of Time Well Spent, [1] a «non-profit movement to reclaim our minds from the race for attention.»

Prior history of psychological distress or vulnerability to distress, need to be considered in terms of previous depression, generalised anxiety, social / cosmetic / body image anxiety and the more severe disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).

Second, even though the adaptive process to a new culture can make provision for good outcomes, it can also increase psychological vulnerability through the creation of inter-generational stress.

Jacobson methodology, in distinguishing between improvement and recovery on a standardized measure of general vulnerability to anxiety, provides a stringent but clinically more meaningful evaluation of the efficacy of psychological therapies with GAD than has been available hitherto.

Emerging research reveals the effects of perinatal depression on the psychological development of infants and young children of depressed mothers, with a focus on vulnerabilities to the later development of psychopathology and likely mechanisms.

The difference is just that the narcissistic - style personality has been able to establish a fragile narcissistic defense against the direct experience of these underlying vulnerabilities, whereas the borderline personality - style personality has no inner psychological defense against the continual direct experience of these core attachment beliefs.

Results support the use of the RSCA in screening protocols for the identification of vulnerability that does not rely on the presence of an identified disorder or clearly defined psychological symptoms.

In Towards a Resources and Stressors Model: The Psychological Adjustment of Adult Children of Divorce, I also note that gender, financial hardship, and a parenting plan which limits access to both parents are risk factors impacting an offspring's vulnerability to divorce.

His research has helped to characterize psychological markers of relapse vulnerability to affective disorder.

These data are in accordance with a previous study from our group in which the role of attachment on children's migraine features and psychological profile were explored (14); in this previous paper, the hypothesis that a dysfunctional relationship between children and their mothers could be a vulnerability factor in young migraineurs was suggested.

This study investigated the buffering effects of psychological well - being on the relationships between cognitive vulnerabilities (fear of anxiety and negative beliefs about worry) and GAD symptoms among 297 Japanese undergraduates (female = 62 %, age = 18.91 ± 1.61) in a two - wave prospective cohort study.

Such models examine psychological vulnerabilities that are triggered following the occurrence of stressors that render certain adolescents susceptible to develop depression.

Contingencies of self - worth: Implications for self - regulation and psychological vulnerability

It is the short version of the Parent Stress Index, an instrument greatly used to value the parenting stress that is defined by the Authors like the constellation of biological, psychological and social factors distorting the adaptive reaction to parental stressors and predispose the parent to psychological vulnerability.

High neuroticism scores are related to reduced psychosocial wellbeing, psychological adjustment and quality of life in patients with IBD [81] or higher depression and anxiety vulnerability.

Results suggest that higher levels of attachment insecurity were associated with increased psychological symptoms, higher levels of cognitive vulnerabilities, and greater general and relationship impairments.

A three - step, hierarchical regression analysis was performed to predict change in generalized anxiety from cognitive vulnerabilities, sub-dimensions of psychological well - being, and their interaction (as well as T1 generalized anxiety).