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Although there are over one million farmworkers in the United States, little is known about intimate partner violence (IPV) among this population. Given the particular demands of agricultural labor, however, farmworkers and their partners are highly susceptible to a host of occupatio...
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PMID: 21341898
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This study investigates the role of familism values in fostering socialization experiences that promote prosocial behavioral tendencies among Mexican American adolescents. Two hundred and four Mexican American mothers and their adolescent children (104 girls, age M = 10.91 years) com...
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PMID: 21341902
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This paper aims to be a theoretical examination of the role of individuals in sponsoring and facilitating effective, systemic change in organisations. Using reports of a number of high-profile initiatives to improve patient safety, it seeks to analyse the role of individual health care professionals...
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PMID: 21845981
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The purpose of this paper is to illustrate a microcosm of the complexities that women face in a masculine environment.
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PMID: 21845989
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The field of bereavement and grief has been expanding to recognise the potential for growth following the loss of a loved one. This study sought to examine the effect of the relationship to the deceased and perceptions of the severity of the trauma on dimensions of posttraumatic growth. Participants...
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PMID: 21842662
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We describe our findings from research designed to explore the effect of self-disclosure between virtual human counselors (interviewers) and human users (interviewees) on users' social responses in counseling sessions. To investigate this subject, we designed an experiment involving three conditions...
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PMID: 21685657
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The WGRF-16 checklist is not intended to replace other required monitoring of patients with severe mental disorders but is a facilitator of weight monitoring in conjunction with clinical guidelines....
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PMID: 21552187
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Attachment theory is a very influential general concept of human social and emotional development, which emphasizes the role of early mother-infant interactions for infant's adaptive behavioural and stress copying strategies, personality organization and mental health. Individuals wi...
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PMID: 21552202
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We reviewed the evidence regarding the effectiveness of community occupational therapy interventions, delivered alone or within a multidisciplinary team, in improving occupational outcomes for adults with selected chronic diseases.
We completed a scoping review of randomized controll...
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PMID: 21834458
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This exploratory study describes the impact of a peer-run warm line on the lives of individuals with psychiatric disabilities.
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PMID: 21768081
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The authors, with more than forty years of combined private practice experience, discuss professional satisfaction in the private practice setting. A change to an academic career may provide job satisfaction and revitalize a dental career, while simultaneously satisfying the need for...
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PMID: 21473236
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This study examined the mediated influence of a celebrated religious hero in South Korea, Cardinal Stephen Kim, through two forms of involvement--parasocial interaction and identification--on intention toward cornea donation and volunteerism, and it investigated how the news media diffused of his de...
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PMID: 21086210
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We have to understand PD as a not only movement but also cognitive disorder....
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PMID: 21387692
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We interviewed 25 wise Taiwanese nominees and used a grounded theory method to analyze the qualitative data. The wise nominees mentioned eight facilitative factors, including work experiences, life experiences, social interactions, observations, family teachings, professional development, religion,...
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PMID: 21834386
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I of the Korean Longitudinal Study on Aging. Findings show that sociodemographic factors, chronic health conditions, level of cognition, and social activities contribute to life satisfaction and mental health among older adults in South Korea. Life satisfaction is mainly determined by sociodemograph...
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PMID: 21834388
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Patients with AIDS are at risk for becoming depressed, pessimistic, and may begin to desire to die. The desire to live may remain strong in AIDS patients through the maintenance of physical health and a lack of pain. However, improvement in physical health is not always followed by resurgence in the...
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PMID: 21675348
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This paper aims to describe the care for persons bereaved by suicide from the perspective of mental health. Those bereaved by suicide experience three types of difficulties. The first encompasses difficulties in daily life, including death notifications, dealing with the funeral, cancellation of bank...
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PMID: 21404637
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Understanding how each partner's alcohol problems may contribute to the risk of male-to-female only, female-to-male only, or bidirectional partner violence is important for the prevention and treatment of these problems. Multinomial regression analysis was conducted using data from 848 blue-collar co...
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PMID: 21780531
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This study examines the effects of poor parenting on dating violence perpetration and victimization among approximately 900 males and females from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Results revealed that more physical abuse and low parental warmth were linked to great...
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PMID: 21780536
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Baseline satisfaction scores for the two different centers displayed no statistically significant differences. Treatment resulted in improved total OHIP-49 scores in both centers, with no significant difference between centers. Furthermore, no significant differences were observed in any of the indi...
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PMID: 21483889
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Recent research has demonstrated the devastating impact of female-perpetrated psychological aggression in intimate relationships broadly and dating relationships specifically. With the perpetration of psychological aggression in dating relationships occurring at shockingly high rates, prevention prog...
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PMID: 21846017
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Various aspects of social learning and self-control theories have been applied to partner violence among multiple samples in the United States, but these theoretical approaches have been less commonly studied cross-culturally. Consequently, childhood maltreatment and low self-control have been identi...
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PMID: 21846019
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Internet-based testing has become increasingly popular in recent years due largely to the availability of computers and the Web to research participants. For researchers studying interpersonal violence, Internet-based methodologies can also be used as a prescreening device to identify a population of...
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PMID: 21846020
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