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The mediating role of self-continuity on the link between childhood adversity and loneliness in later life

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Many factors may influence adaptation to critical life events such as divorce and bereavement in the second half of life, including having faced childhood adversity. However, pathways to reduced adaptation success are poorly understood.
Charikleia Lampraki   +5 more
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Dynamics of Perceived Positive Changes and Indicators of Well-Being Within Different Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, people reported about fears, depressive states, and phases of loneliness. However, there have also been positively experienced changes in terms of awareness of nature, reflection of life, more intensive ...
Arndt Büssing   +6 more
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Measuring Social Competencies [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
What are social competencies, how can they be measured, and do they remain stable over time. This contribution examines the difficulties in conceptualising and measuring social competencies at different developmental stages and in a changing social context.
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Association between multiple chronic conditions and insufficient health literacy: cross-sectional evidence from a population-based sample of older adults living in Switzerland

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Health literacy is the ability to find, understand, assess, and apply health information. Individuals suffering from multiple chronic conditions have complex healthcare needs that may challenge their health literacy skills. This study aimed to
Maud Wieczorek   +6 more
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When a parent dies – a systematic review of the effects of support programs for parentally bereaved children and their caregivers

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2017
Background The death of a parent is a highly stressful life event for bereaved children. Several studies have shown an increased risk of mental ill-health and psychosocial problems among affected children.
Ann-Sofie Bergman   +2 more
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Social Innovation: A Social Shared Competence

open access: yesEducation in the Knowledge Society (EKS), 2018
The article analyzes a conceptual framework to compares experiences of social innovation in Latin America, finding social innovation as a social shared competence, that crosses the borders between social and economic areas. The selected experiences are originated and guided by the satisfaction of a human need and the generation of relationships between
Martha Leticia Silva Flores   +1 more
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The concept of developing the social competence of high school students by means of youth educational forums

open access: yesВестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета, 2023
The purpose of this study is to identify and disclose the possibilities of youth educational forums in the development of the social competence of the younger generation.
V. A. Kayvanov, E. Yu. Litvinova
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Social competence in children with autism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Objectives: This paper investigates the associations of social competence with cognitive representation and communication skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), by measuring these skills in an expansive way through assessing both mental and internal-state understanding, and verbal and non-verbal communication.
Yavuz, H. Melis   +2 more
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Development and psychometric properties of the Avoidance Questionnaire for Adolescents (AQA) [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Emotional Education, 2018
Most questionnaires construe avoidance as resulting from a problem-solving process and analyse only a few, single-factor and mostly non-adequate, forms of avoidance. The aim of the present study was to develop a multi-dimensional questionnaire to measure
László Kasik   +5 more
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Development of Somatic Complaints Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Switzerland

open access: yesSwiss Journal of Sociology, 2018
In this study we explored the development of somatic complaints among adolescents and young adults aged 16 to 30 years in Switzerland. Using data from the Transitions from Education to Employment (TREE) study, we applied a hidden Markovian model with ...
Berchtold André   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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