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Empathy as Perceived Emotional Social Support: Fire Fighters in Hurricane Andrew

Description: Stress responses and coping strategies were assessed for 155 fire fighters who worked during and immediately following Hurricane Andrew in Dade County, Florida in 1992. The participants were surveyed approximately two months after the hurricane, and again one year following the hurricane. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the amount of emotional social support received and the amount of symptomatology the participants experienced. This study also introduced empa… more
Date: December 1995
Creator: Mumy, Elaine Schoka
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Motivational Style, Length of Residency, and Voluntariness in Relation to Nursing Home Adjustment

Description: This study related length of residency, motivational style, and the resident's role in deciding to move to a nursing facility to adjustment, represented by a number of variables (e.g., desired control, expected control, life satisfaction, and affect). Fifty-five residents of nursing facilities and assisted-living apartments were given an interview, compiled of a number of brief measures relating to aspects of adjustment. While results from multivariate analyses of variance failed to support any… more
Date: May 1997
Creator: Curtiss, Karin
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Psychological and Social Functioning Differences among Homeless Mothers

Description: Existing studies of people who are homeless provide descriptive information about the heterogeneity of the population. Families who are homeless are the fastest growing subset of this population. This study examined the variability in psychological and social functioning among homeless mothers and attempted to identify risk factors that predict level of adult functioning. Data was collected from 76 homeless mothers with minor aged children receiving services at area shelters. The sample was div… more
Date: December 1996
Creator: Green, Patricia Pater
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