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Decisiveness and Psychological Adjustment

Journal of Personality Assessment, 1976
Decisiveness, defined as the ability of the individual to engage in the decision-making process, was examined in relation to a number of parameters of psychological adjustment. Six decisiveness instruments, a series of adjustment measures, and peer rating assessments were obtained for 228 volunteer subjects.
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PSYCHOLOGIC ADJUSTMENTS TO RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Nursing Clinics of North America, 1994
Reconstructive surgery carries with it both physical and psychologic manifestations. The plastic surgery nurse must be aware of the functional, physical, and psychologic needs of the patient. This article explores issues associated with body image and psychologic adjustment, as well as nursing intervention for the trauma patient, the patient who has ...
R C, Anderson, D P, Maksud
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Psychological adjustment to systemic sclerosis

Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1996
AbstractObjective. To examine the role of demographic, disability, appraisal, and coping variables in predicting psychological adjustment in individuals with systemic sclerosis.Methods. Two hundred forty‐two individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc; diffuse and limited) were surveyed by mail.
V L, Malcarne, H L, Greenbergs
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Psychological Factors in Postmastectomy Adjustment

Psychological Reports, 1981
This study examined various psychological factors associated with cancer and its treatment in women. 10 mastectomy patients were compared with 6 gynecological cancer and 5 breast biopsy patients to measure changes in body image, depression, and over-all adjustment over a 2-mo. period.
H J, Krouse, J H, Krouse
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Acculturation, Personality, and Psychological Adjustment

Psychological Reports, 2011
Two studies investigated relationships between traditional indicators of acculturation, cultural distance, acculturation strategies, and basic dimensions of personality as they pertain to psychological adjustment among Hispanic students. Although personality characteristics have been shown to be important determinants of psychological well-being ...
Stephan A, Ahadi, Rogelio, Puente-Díaz
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Health Psychology: Psychological Adjustment to Chronic Disease

Annual Review of Psychology, 2007
Abstract  Chronic diseases carry important psychological and social consequences that demand significant psychological adjustment. The literature is providing increasingly nuanced conceptualizations of adjustment, demonstrating that the experience of chronic disease necessitates adaptation in multiple life domains.
Annette L, Stanton, Tracey A, Revenson, Howard, Tennen   +2 more
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Psychological adjustment to the melanoma experience

Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 2003
To provide a review of the literature on the psychological adjustment to malignant melanoma.Research reports and review articles.Three prominent themes evolved from the literature: (1) delineation of issues concerning long-term survivorship and quality of life following a diagnosis of melanoma; (2) coping with metastatic and end-stage melanoma; and (3)
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Gender role and psychological adjustment

Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1978
Three hundred and sixty-six university students (158 males and 208 females) completed a three-part questionnaire. The first two parts consisted of self-report inventories to assess psychological adjustment (Eysenck's Neuroticism Scale and Lanyon's Alienation Scale). The third part assessed gender role (Bem's Sex Role Inventory). Androgyny was scored as
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Psychology of Adjustment at Research Universities

Psychological Reports, 1991
Only 38 of 140 universities with the top research programs in psychology offer courses on adjustment. At some schools adjustment has been replaced by a similar course with a new title and more narrow course description.
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Psychological adjustment in transvestism and transsexualism

Behaviour Research and Therapy, 1981
Abstract Thirty-four transvestites who had shown fetishistic arousal in association with cross-dressing were categorized into two groups on the intensity of feminine gender identity. The two transvestite groups were compared to a group of 24 non-fetishistic transsexuals who sought a full sex change operation.
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