See Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory
Category: Theories
Ecological resilience refers to the extent to which a family can resist disturbance without resulting in structural changes, or how long it takes for resilience to mediate the transition back to stability after a disturbance occurs.
Citation: Gunderson, L. H. (2000). Ecological resilience: In theory and application. Annual Reviews of Ecological Systems, 31, 425-439. Retrieved from https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.31.1.425
Effect size is a statistical tool used to measure the practical significance of a measured relationship between variables. Effect size is reported as being small, medium, or large.
Category: Methodology
Effectiveness refers to the ability of some program or intervention to produce the desired results under real-world conditions.
Citation: Turner J.R. (2013) Efficacy. In: Gellman M.D., Turner J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9
Category: Methodology
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Efficacy refers to the ability of some program or intervention to produce the desired results under ideal, controlled circumstances.
Citation: Turner J.R. (2013) Efficacy. In: Gellman M.D., Turner J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9
Category: Methodology
Making the decision to avoid internal and external stimuli that remind one of a traumatic experience.
Citation: “Avoidance.” (2007). U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Category: Family Processes
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The perspective of interest in qualitative approaches that seek to obtain the insider's understanding and meanings rather than an
Citation: Bamberger, M., Rugh, J., & Mabry, L. (2006). Real world evaluation: Working under budget, time, data, and political constraints. Sage Publications.
Category: Methodology
The ability to allow oneself to experience emotions, even unpleasant emotions, without judgement.
Citation: Pedneault, K., & Tull, M. T. (2005). Assessing mindfulness and experiential acceptance: Attempts to capture inherently elusive phenomena. In S. M. Orsillo & L. Roemer (Eds.), Series in anxiety and related disorders. Acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches to anxiety: Conceptualization and treatment (pp. 71–99). Springer.
Category: Therapy & Therapeutic Techniques
An inability to manage negative emotions, resulting in extreme, often inappropriate, responses.
Citation: Aldea, M. A., & Rice, K. G. (2006). The role of emotional dysregulation in perfectionism and psychological distress. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53(4), 498.
Category: Therapy & Therapeutic Techniques
The ability to recognize an emotion and distinguish one emotion from another.
Citation: Salovey, P., Woolery, A., & Mayer, J. D. (2001). Emotional intelligence: Conceptualization and measurement. In G. J. O. Fletcher and M. S. Clark (Eds.), The handbook of social psychology: Interpersonal processes (pp. 279-307). Blackwell Publishers.
Category: Programs, therapies, and resources
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