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From:Nature (Vol. 537, Issue 7622) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Joern Birkmann (corresponding author) [1]; Torsten Welle [5]; William Solecki [2]; Shuaib Lwasa [3]; Matthias Garschagen [4] It is fitting that the United Nations Habitat III conference in October will be...
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From:Journal of Heart Centered Therapies (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed"Human strengths are inevitably a two-act play involving plummeting descents and soaring heights." (Ryff & Singer, 2003, p. 272) Abstract: The predominant themes in the paper by Stiles (2007) are: whether the...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedPurpose Diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer can generate many challenges which impact on adjustment, so understanding the psychosocial factors which contribute to individual vulnerability to poor adaptation...
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From:Journal of Psychology and Theology (Vol. 44, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWhen the Sichuan earthquake occurred in 2008, some "Chinese psychological experts" brought harm to the local survivors by immediately focusing on the pathological effects of trauma and on diagnosing PTSD. Since then,...
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From:Current Psychology (Vol. 40, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe purpose of this study is to determine the relation between spiritual wellbeing and psychological resilience among patients diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal cancer. The study was performed as a descriptive...
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From:Youth Studies Australia (Vol. 30, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe purpose of this study was to determine which psychological aspects, if any, predict psychological resilience among a selected group of 55 self-identified transgender youth in New York City. The group described their...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 40, Issue 7)This issue of depression among medical interns is not an individual problem, but a system one. If the 25% prevalence of depression among medical interns reported by Dr. Srijan Sen and colleagues is correct, there is...
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From:School Library Journal (Vol. 49, Issue 8)A teacher's influence on a student often transcends the curriculum, with a child garnering life lessons, work habits, and perspectives that he or she will rely on for the rest of his or her life. However, these are...
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From:Defense A R Journal (Vol. 22, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedResilience takes on many definitions and ideas depending upon who is speaking. Taking this one step further, consider resiliency as a concept that provides a holistic view of a system or capability, just as biomedical...
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From:Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development (Vol. 39, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn this study, the Resilience Scale for Adolescents (READ) was developed with confirmatory factor analysis and cross-validated factor model. The results show that the READ has sound psychometric qualities and that it...
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From:Federal Communications Law Journal (Vol. 63, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn the discourse on communications and new media policy, the average consumer--the user--is frequently eliminated from the equation. This Article presents an argument rooted in developmental psychology theory regarding...
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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 14, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedALL AROUND the world, countries currently face the most severe nursing shortage in history (Hatcher 2006). This shortage stems partly from the effect on employees, and ultimately therefore on organisations (Judkins and...
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From:Education (Vol. 131, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis paper provides a brief review of the literature on resiliency and highlights aspects from a resiliency of American Indian high school students. Current efforts to promote student resiliency for successful...
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From:Australian Journal of Early Childhood (Vol. 32, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedDEMONSTRATING PERSISTENCE and resilience, increasing numbers of Aboriginal and Tortes Strait Islander early childhood teachers are gaining university qualifications. This paper explores factors that support and...
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From:Current Psychology (Vol. 41, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAcademic resilience relates to children's ability to overcome disadvantaged backgrounds and perform well in school settings. In particular, culture may promote resilience through an understanding of cultural similarities...
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From:Black History Bulletin (Vol. 69, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn 1965, historian John Hope Franklin paid tribute to three enduring literary works--Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery (1915), W.E.B. Dubois's The Souls of Black Folk (1903), and James Weldon Johnson's The...
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From:Canadian Journal of Surgery (Vol. 60, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedTrauma Association of Canada Annual Scientific Meeting Fairmont Vancouver Hotel Vancouver, British Columbia Feb. 23-24, 2017 Process mapping as a framework for performance improvement in emergency general surgery....
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From:World Affairs (Vol. 174, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAs Japan picks up the pieces from its earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crises, the cold, hard numbers are rolling in. A recent Barron's article reported that industrial production dropped around fifteen percent in March...
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From:Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal (Vol. 46, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAbstract We explored the experiences of immigrant women and their journeys before and after coming to Canada and focused on their resilience in overcoming challenges faced during their resettlement process....
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From:Indian Journal of Community Psychology (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe abundance of investigations conducted on psychological distresses and abnormal behaviors suggests that the deficit-based approach has been generally regarded as more important than the strength-based approach among...