Sentences with phrase «strengthen social bonds»

And the act of verbally opening up to someone can, in turn, help build new relationships and strengthen social bonds.

Animals that live with people or who are habituated to them through captivity may copy elements of human speech in order to strengthen social bonds, Angela Stoeger - Horwath, a bioacoustician at the University of Vienna and co-author of the elephant study, previously told Live Science.

They compared instances of aggression between groups — known as intergroup contest competition — with behaviours known to strengthen social bonds within groups, such as grooming.

Although fat talk has been thought of by psychologists as a way women may attempt to initiate and strengthen their social bonds, Corning's research finds that fat - talkers are liked less than women who make positive statements about their bodies.

«Religious participation may serve to strengthen social bonds.»

In a new study published in Nature Human Behaviour, Eleanor Power of the Santa Fe Institute writes that active religious participation may benefit practitioners by strengthening social bonds.

Oxytocin is another hormone released during sex (and also during childbirth and nursing) that strengthens social bonds, and female voles with more oxytocin receptors are also more likely to mate for life.

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By regularly engaging with its customers and communicating its social cause, Cotaxi strengthens its bond with its fans.

Ideologically, there had already existed an affinity between conservatism and anti-abortionism, but as Ziegler shows, these social currents strengthened and deepened the bond between the Republican party and the pro-life movement.

We need to serve needs of the poor, strengthen the bonds of social solidarity, and defend the dignity of the human person.

Hosting social opportunities for parents that nourish the community and strengthen the bonds that we share

- Relief from colic, wind, constipation and teething pain - Develops body awareness and coordination - Helps develop trust and build a sense of security - Increases relaxation and encourages deep sleep - Helps tone floppy muscles - Strengthens bonding and communication - Reduces crying and emotional distress - Boosts circulation and regulates temperature - Stimulates baby's digestion, nervous and lymphatic systems - Helps baby to feel loved, valued and respected - Increases recognition of facial and emotional expressions which supports development of social skills - Helps with language, memory and concentration

Benefits for baby: * physical stimulation aids in the development of the brain and nervous system * mom and baby yoga promotes bonding and social stimulation * baby yoga poses and gentle stretches aid in digestion, constipation and help relieve gas * physical movement helps promote longer sleep stretches Benefits for moms: * gentle yoga stretches help relieve neck, shoulder and back pain common to new moms * gentle abdominal and pelvic floor strengthening that is safe and effective for the postpartum period * learn fun songs and ways to interact and bond with baby * social interaction with other women at the same life stage

Just as non-human pals strengthen our social skills and connection, cats and dogs also offer furry, friendly comfort and social bonding to people suffering from Alzheimer's and other forms of brain - destroying dementia.

Many social animals — birds, horses, whales, monkeys — experience separation anxiety because they are genetically programmed to live within a social structure strengthened by emotional bonds, and this applies to dogs and cats as well.

Over the years, we've introduced such lifesaving practices as mobile adoption, puppy mill rescue, national low - cost spay / neuter referral, humane relocation, and most recently, the Mutt - i - grees ® Curriculum, a humane education program based on social - emotional learning that's strengthening the human - animal bond for more than 3,000,000 students across North America.

The result is an adaptation of available materials and the skill of the craftsmen, a «union of fishing and carpentry in Africa,» and «100 % African» — in the end, also strengthening local economies and social bonds.

Oxytocin is a social hormone; when it's released, it promotes attachment between individuals, strengthens bonds and trusts, and decreases anxiety and levels of cortisol.

TEACHING / PRESENTATION HISTORY Graduate Assistant — Texas Woman's University 2010 to Present Theories of the Family, Family Public Policy, Family Sexuality, Family Change and Diversity Guest Lecturer — Mountainview College Spring 2010 Guest Lecturer, Black Family Course Instructor — Axia College (Online) Fall / Winter 2007 Psychology Instructor — North Central Texas College Fall 2007 Graduate / Research Assistant — Texas Southern University Spring 2005 Presentations: 2010 Ohio Early Care and Education Conference, Columbus, OH April 2010 Pretend Play & African American Families: Learning While Bonding (requested workshop) Educational First Steps Annual Conference, Dallas, TX Feb. 2010 Learning While Bonding (requested workshop) National Black Child Development Institute, Atlanta, GA April 2009 Strengthening Black Families Through Play (workshop) Collin College Educators Symposium, Plano, TX April 2009 Share My World: Play and African American Children (workshop) Texas Woman's University Student Research Symposium, Denton, TX April 2009 The Impact of Adolescence on African American Parent - Daughter Relations (poster presentation) Collegium for African American Research, Bremen, Germany (paper presentation) March 2009 The 20th Century Social Scientist and the African in America: Implications for 21st Century Research Pearls and Ivy Annual Healthy Relationship Forum, Plano, TX (workshop) April 2009 Beyond, Me, Myself, and I: Impact of Early Adolescence on Females» Interpersonal Relationships Pearls and Ivy Annual Healthy Relationship Forum, Plano, TX Jan. 2008 Maintaining Healthy Relationships and Recognizing Unhealthy Relationships (workshop) The Health Group, Houston, TX Feb. 2005 Recognizing Depression in Yourself and Others (workshop)

I work closely with parents to help strengthen child / adolescent - parent bonds, to assist parents struggling to cope with child / adolescent developmental issues, to assist parents better understand their child who is struggling with emotional and social difficulties, to assist divorced parents in learning how to effectively navigate co-parenting issues, and to assist parents in providing a warm, nurturing, and respectful environment for their child.»

PALS was designed as a preventive intervention program to strengthen the parent - child bond and stimulate early language, cognitive, and social development.

NRFC relies on multiple avenues to share information including: the fatherhood.gov website, media campaigns, social media, virtual trainings, outreach and presentations at events, written products to advance the fields of responsible fatherhood research and practice, and a National Call Center for fathers and responsible fatherhood practitioners.10 In addition, the ACF's Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is implementing several research and evaluation projects, including the Building Bridges and Bonds (B3), the Parents and Children Together (PaCT) Responsible Fatherhood Evaluation, the Fatherhood and Marriage Local Evaluation and Cross-Site (FaMLE Cross-Site) project, and the Ex-Prisoner Reentry Strategies Study, all of which partner with Responsible Fatherhood programs.11 OPRE also awards grants to fund research on Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood, and provides information on the curricula used by Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood grantees through its Strengthening Families Curriculum Guide.12 To promote rigorous evaluation, strengthen the field of fatherhood research, and share information on effective fatherhood research and evaluation practices, OPRE funded the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN).13 FRPN provides grants to study responsible fatherhood programs, develops and shares measurement instruments for use in fatherhood program evaluations, and provides training and technical assistance to practitioners and researchers through webinars, written documents, and its Researcher and Practitioner Forum.14

Larry Young, a professor of psychiatry at Emory University who studies the neurological basis of complex social behaviors, thinks human evolution has harnessed an ancient neural circuit that originally evolved to strengthen the mother - infant bond during breastfeeding, and now uses this brain circuitry to strengthen the bond between couples as well.

Using encouragement, warmth and care to strengthen mother - child relationships and children's social skills are identified resiliency protective factors (Olsson, Bond, Burns, Vella - Bro - drick, & Sawyer, 2003).

It is designed as a preventive intervention program to strengthen the bond between parent and baby and to stimulate early language, cognitive, and social development.

It is designed as a preventive intervention program to strengthen the bond between parent and child and to stimulate early language, cognitive, and social development via positive language input, use of language and activities to encourage children's problem solving skills, and positive discipline strategies.

Originally designed to help troubled children to deal with issues related to self - esteem, anger management, social skills and trauma, the techniques have proved to be effective among day care workers, teachers, parents and anyone else looking for ways to playfully strengthen their bonds with children.

Theories speculate that regular joint church attendance provides a protective effect for the marriage by providing consistent social networks of like - minded individuals and strengthens bonds by reinforcing ideology and lifestyles.27 In addition to religious service attendance, regular in - home worship activities28 and other joint religious activities, coupled with fewer religious differences, 29 increased marital satisfaction.