Sentences with phrase «well as protective factors»

Research focusing on precursors and risk factors for dysfunction as well as protective factors and resources that promote resilience and adaptive functioning;

Not exact matches

All families complete a Parent Survey or similar assessment in order to determine the presence of various factors associated with increased risk for child maltreatment or other adverse childhood experiences, as well as identify family strengths and protective factors.

Studies of home visiting's effectiveness as an intervention designed to prevent child maltreatment demonstrate some promise, but compared to the number of studies conducted that measure child maltreatment, risk for maltreatment, or protective factors, there are far more findings of no effects than reductions in maltreatment and improvements in child and family well - being.

She shows us how to shift our focus from the excesses of hyper - parenting and our unhealthy reliance on our children for status and meaning to a parenting style that focuses on protective factors known to contribute to both academic success as well as a sense of purpose, well - being, connection, and meaning in life.

Advances in research have demonstrated that the proximity of the infant to the parents during sleep is a protective factor against both SIDS and unexplained infant death, as well as valuable for bonding and sleep - time parenting.

«Mothers who develop postpartum depression often experience protective risk factors such as better access to resources, fewer children and are more mature, which helps them adapt to the stress of pregnancy,» Fisher said.

«We need to have equal focus on stimulating the protective factors as well as limiting the risk factors.»

Mice were intravenously injected with 100 ug each of lethal factor and protective antigen and then 48 hr later we examined the numbers of ILC3s in different tissues as well as the capacity of these ILCs to produce IL - 22 or GM - CSF ex vivo.

As physical activity is a well know protective factor against cognitive decline, it would be interesting to know if any measure of aerobic fitness or exercise index (current or past) are at disposal to examine possible differences between those groups.

There is also strong evidence supporting a valid association for monounsaturated fatty acid intake and a prudent diet (protective factors) as well as a western diet (harmful factor) among studies of high methodologic quality.

While it is now widely recognised that social - emotional wellbeing is a protective factor for wellbeing and mental health, as well as a key to educational success, the current emphasis on academic achievement and data - driven accountability in schools tends to relegate social and emotional learning to one side.

From this perspective, pastoral care can assist students to develop positive self - esteem, healthy risk taking, goal setting and negotiation, thus enhancing their strengths and other protective factors contributing to their resiliency as well as developing a sense of social cohesion that together can improve their overall health and wellbeing (Nadge, 2005 and Doll & Lyon, 1998).

Scientifically proven programs are utilized by Harford County Public Schools» teachers that promote character education, build self - esteem, provide resiliency and protective factors as well as educate students and parents about the dangers of drugs and drug abuse.

These include the widely distributed Guiding Good Choices (formerly Preparing for the Drug Free Years) curriculum which uses research evidence as the foundation to teach parents about risk and protective factors for drug use initiation.

Youth can learn about protective factors to prevent bullying as well as innovative strategies they can use to reduce the likelihood of being bullied.

The prior involvement in the protective order case could be a factor as well.

This will provide not only Smiling Mind but the entire mental health community, with much needed information about the effectiveness of such an intervention on participant wellbeing and stress, as well as the engagement in protective lifestyle factors such as sleep and physical activity.

Additionally, the findings of the current study permitted to think about the role of educational programs based on the development of life skills, demonstrated as widely efficient in various areas of well - being promotion in adolescence, including positive affectivity and resilience as protective factors in different way for boys and girls.

Risk and protective factors found in high frequency were those common to the mainstream community (for example, level of education, employment and income, experience of childhood sexual abuse and trauma in adulthood)(and possibly at higher rates to the general population), as well as those unique to the GLBQ community (for example experience of homophobia and «questioning» transition)

Trajectories of Offending Behavior Having reviewed trends in female offending patterns, subsequent interactions with the justice system, and the ultimate outcomes of such offending, I now turn my attention to what is known about how girls get into trouble in the first place, including typical trajectories of offending (in this section) as well as risk and protective factors (in the section that follows).

How might peers act as an exacerbating (make things worse) or protective (make things better) factor for young children prone to internalizing problems?

On the other hand, an authoritative parenting style as well as an extraverted, emotionally - stable, tolerant and open temperament can be regarded as EMS protective factors.

Positive infant health begins with supporting a pregnant mother and her family unit, building on the protective factors unique to the family, as well as assessing for, and minimising, any risk factors that may also be present.

In an article for Campus Review, as well as in an audio interview available on the Campus Review website, Dr Burke talks about how effective parenting and close parent - adolescent relationships are important protective factors for children in adolescence.

These include the mechanisms by which risk and protective factors exacerbate and temper the effects of trauma and migration experience, as well as the role of culture as a mediator in the experience of trauma and migration.

This approach helps understand the type, intensity, frequency and duration of anxious behaviours as well as predisposing (e.g. family history), precipitating (e.g. school stressors), perpetuating (e.g. avoidance) and protective (e.g. optimistic / hard working child) factors.

A comprehensive assessment may include interviews with the family, early childhood educators and using standardised checklists to help establish the nature and extent of the anxiety, as well as risk and protective factors in place.

Reviews and meta - analyses of the prevention of substance abuse (Gottfredson & Wilson, 2003; Lochman & van den Steenhoven, 2002), violence and antisocial behavior (Fagan & Catalano, 2013; Wilson, Lipsey, & Derzon, 2003), poor mental health (Greenberg et al., 2001; Hoagwood et al., 2007), and positive youth development (Catalano, Berglund, Ryan, Lonczak, & Hawkins, 2004) have shown that both universal and targeted prevention programs can substantially reduce the rate of problem behaviors and symptoms, as well as build protective factors that reduce further risk in child and adolescent populations.

Schools and early learning services are well - placed to help promote protective factors that can reduce the risk children will engage in maladaptive coping strategies such as self - harm.

Research resources on the KidsMatter website illustrate that a sense of belonging and connection at school are key protective factors for children to promote mental health and wellbeing, as well as academic achievement.

Positive self - esteem is not only seen as a basic feature of mental health, but also as a protective factor that contributes to better health and positive social behavior through its role as a buffer against the impact of negative influences.

These protective factors include child IQ, temperament, and health, as well as a warm parental relationship, engagement with school, and support outside the family (such as a mentor).

The concept of resilience and closely related research regarding protective factors provides one avenue for addressing mental well - being that is suggested to have an impact on adolescent substance use.8 — 17 Resilience has been variably defined as the process of, capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation in the context of risk or adversity.9, 10, 12, 13, 18 Despite this variability, it is generally agreed that a range of individual and environmental protective factors are thought to: contribute to an individual's resilience; be critical for positive youth development and protect adolescents from engaging in risk behaviours, such as substance use.19 — 22 Individual or internal resilience factors refer to the personal skills and traits of young people (including self - esteem, empathy and self - awareness).23 Environmental or external resilience factors refer to the positive influences within a young person's social environment (including connectedness to family, school and community).23 Various studies have separately reported such factors to be negatively associated with adolescent use of different types of substances, 12, 16, 24 — 36 for example, higher self - esteem16, 29, 32, 35 is associated with lower likelihood of tobacco and alcohol use.

Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Against Women: Taking Action and Generating Evidence World Health Organization (2010) Provides a framework for analyzing risk and protective factors of intimate partner and sexual violence as well as for developing programs and policies for prevention.

It now asks a number of questions about people's experiences of unemployment, crowding in their house, experiences of racism and grief, relationship breakups, gambling, and so on, as well as about community activity, education and other possible protective factors.

Our team and organization grew out of the Strengthening Families Illinois initiative which has been implementing the Strengthening Families ™ Protective Factors approach since 2005 and achieving success in embedding the Protective Factors framework into Illinois» child welfare system and hundreds of early childhood programs as well as supporting the development of thousands of parent leaders through training and Parent Cafe implementation.

«Parents as Teachers is designed to work closely with families through a trusting relationship with a trained professional to address critical parenting issues and behaviors that promote protective factors or the conditions that reduce or eliminate risk and promote healthy development and well - being of children,» said Constance Gully, President and CEO of Parents as Teachers National Center.

Additional studies that address protective factors (e.g., family and social support systems and the child's cognitive and social skills) are warranted as well as studies examining gender differences in the developmental pathways leading to adult APP which include measures tapping female types of aggression.

This issue brief builds on the fact sheet below, and includes national and state - level data on the prevalence of ACEs as well as health effects and protective factors that mitigate the effects of trauma.

Becoming aware of certain early - life experiences that may serve as buffering (protective) factors that promote better health outcomes later in life, even when early adversity was experienced.

Protective factors are conditions or attributes of individuals, families, communities, or the larger society that can promote well - being by serving as «buffers» to the effects of risk exposure and helping individuals and families negotiate difficult circumstances and fare better in school, work, and life.

The direction of the association between outcomes and the three final resilience measures in the table could well flow in the opposite direction to that suggested by proponents of resilience as a protective factor.

This secondary instrument looked at multiple child welfare factors, including: history of child maltreatment, child welfare system involvement, and out - of - home placement, as well as potential protective factors, as reported by the youth who were interviewed.

The results are discussed in terms of good emotional relations to friends not necessarily serving as a protective factor against emotional and behavioural problems, and the methodological value of a person - oriented approach as a complement to a traditional variable - oriented approach.

This class explores personal, political and clinical issues of race and gender in eating disorder treatment including differences between gender roles, sexual orientation and gender identity as well as specific risk and protective factors, the impact of oppression and assimilation stress on identity development, and culturally relevant treatment implications.

Parent presence and support, as well as a positive peer support system, appear to serve as protective factors.

Effective SEL develops skills in problem solving, conflict resolution, nonviolent ways of handling disputes as well as a sense of connectedness all of which serve as as protective factors for youth against suicide and other self - destructive behaviors during transitions or crises.

Dickson et al. (2002) present a conceptual framework with a 16 — page table, containing a very good review with risk and protective factors as well as corresponding prevention findings for adolescent substance use and abuse.

Data collection involved the administration of behavioral tasks evaluating different cognitive abilities as well as computer administered questionnaires assessing a wide range of family, peer, and individual level risk and protective factors for the initiation and escalation of adolescent SU.

[jounal] Olsson, M. B. / 2008 / Socioeconomic and psychological variables as risk and protective factors for parental well - being in families of children with intellectual disabilities / Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 52 (12): 1102 ~ 1113