Resilience and Adult Development Chundra R. Smith University of the Rockies Abstract The word resilience is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as: “an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change”. This in the psychological world still has the same meaning as Bjorklund states: “resilience is the maintenance of healthy functioning following exposure to trauma”. In dealing with life and adult development we are either going to become more resilient or breakdown. It is my belief
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Issues Risks Possible Consequences Being Online 1. Cyber-bullying Children may receive texts or emails that make them feel sad‚ embarrassed‚ upset‚ depressed or afraid. This could be damaging to the child’s self-esteem and psychological well-being 2. Grooming Used by child sex offenders with the goal of obtaining sexual contact. 3. Confidential information Could inadvertently give out personal information such as
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story‚ "A Clean Well-Lighted Place"‚ the concept of nada is the central and most important theme. As described by Carlos Baker‚ Nada is "a Something called Nothing which is so huge‚ terrible‚ overbearing‚ inevitable‚ and omnipresent that‚ once experienced‚ it can never be forgotten" (Baker 124). It is a metaphysical state that symbolizes the chaos in everyone ’s lives. Some people have it more than others and some deal with this idea differently that others. Either way‚ nada is an uncontrollable
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about you‚ and does affect your well-being. I will also address the situation of how well-being changes after you have died. Imagine that after you die‚ people spread malicious rumors about you so that everyone comes to believe that you were a terrible person. Does this affect your well-being? If it does‚ how do you explain how your well-being can change after you have died? Now first of all‚ let me address the situation of being dead and still having well-being. For the sake of this argument
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AN OVERVIEW OF DRUGS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE A drug is any chemical substance which when taken into the body will modify or alter the way the body functions from its normal state or from the abnormal to normal state. Drugs can be orally administered‚ injected‚ chewed‚ sniffed‚ smoked or applied. Drug abuse is the non medical use of drugs that destroys the health and productive life of an individual. It is the intentional use of psychoactive substances for purposes of altering one’s psychological state
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A daughter witnesses domestic abuse in her family‚ which escalated to the death of her mother‚ and the suicide of her father. So she pleads with others in domestic violence situations to escape before it is too late. What effect does witnessing domestic violence have on secondary victims‚ such as the children who live in homes where partner abuse occurs? Although‚ the awareness about the rate of domestic violence in our society is increasing‚ the majority of the medical literature to date has
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found their way to succeed throughout high school and college. With some investigation of the factors that contributed to these women’s success‚ resistance and resilience were found as the common combination of influence. Resistance involves the response to unjust circumstances with strategies for the betterment of the situation. Resilience‚ on the other hand‚ refers to the coping and adapting mechanisms used to deal with adversities. In this particular case‚ resistance and resilience goes hand-in-hand
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By general definition‚ the term “resilience” suggests an individual’s capacity to positively transition through times of adversity. Contemporary research in the social sciences has coined the concept of a psychological construct‚ which has gained currency in its application to theories covering trauma and loss and subsequent clinical implications for the treatment of psychological disorders. Within neuropsychology‚ there are a number of arguments about the adequate nature and use of the term as applied
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pressure people to the brink of insanity. Two examples of stories dealing with seclusion are “A Rose for Emily” and “A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place”. In both stories‚ the characters are forced to handle the loneliness and despair in their lives. Through the use of setting and characterization‚ Faulkner and Hemingway both show that isolation drives people to find strange ways to cope. The setting in each story indicates the isolation felt by the characters. In “A Rose for Emily‚” the protagonist’s house
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Theme: A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place Sadness‚ frustration‚ or discontent‚ however it’s put‚ there is an obvious difference with the characters in‚ “A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway‚ and their ideas of mortality and old age. The short story shows the concept of “nothingness‚” displayed through a very depressing view on life. This suggesting that all people‚ even those who are happy and content‚ will eventually end up lonely‚ drunk‚ or unhappy. By allowing a reader to view this from
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