Distress

consists of a 30 minute online training session, which provides some tips on how to help a friend who is experiencing psychological distress. During this 30-minutes, the student will be able to take a role as one of the characters, where different case scenarios will be presented. At these scenes, the student should identify which one of his friends are in distress based on their current situations and challenges. There are three stages Kognito approaches the student: First it…

Liberty University Abstract Procrastination is the delay of due tasks, is a widespread struggle with college students. Procrastination can be negative towards learning, achievements, academic self-efficacy, and quality of life, research has a better understanding of the factors that produces and maintain this troublesome behavior. Procrastination is increasingly viewed as involving failures in self-regulation and volition, processes commonly regarded as executive functions. Students tend to…

The term “sadism” was originally coined by Kraft-Ebing (1886) after Marquis de Sade, who wrote novels in which he described scenes of torture and killing in a sexual context (Hucker, 1997). Krafft-Ebing (1886) defined sadism as follows: Sadism is the experience of sexually pleasurable sensations, including orgasm, produced by acts of cruelty…It may also consist of an innate desire to humiliate, hurt, wound or even destroy others in order thereby to create sexual pleasure in one’s self…

disorder where people face physical, emotional, and mental distress due to social situations such as encountering groups of people or speaking to a person. According to the Social Anxiety Association, this social phobia has spread enough over the years to now affect 7% of the world’s population. Pioneers, such as Soheli Datta and Sanjukta Das, in the field of psychology have used a method as an asset in order to treat and reduce the distress of this socially phobic affliction: Cognitive…

Moral distress comes in many ways to many nurses. My moral distress situation came about when an unresponsive patient came to the emergency room and the family had a Do Not Resuscitate/Do Not Intubate paperwork. I was the primary nurse; the house supervisor was present to ensure that the proper paperwork was at hand. After verification of the paperwork and talks with the family, the team stood by to ensure the patient no further suffering and no further distress felt by the family…

reprisal. (Brown, 2018). Although Milgram stated participants were able to withdraw, verbal cues given by the experimenter convinced the participants that they were unable to withdraw immediately. When participants requested to withdraw due to the distress of hearing screams of the learner, rather than allowing them to leave instantly, the experimenter would state a set of verbal cues to encourage the participant. “Please continue,” “The experiment requires that you continue,” “It is absolutely…

support we will be able to provide by using good communication skills and a genuine empathy and care professional Communicates for the people we support – we can encourage them to express how they feel about what is causing them worry, anxiety or distress. Empathy involves the skills of developing an accurate understanding of the feelings and thoughts of another person. It involves being able to understand the world of another person and the feelings they might have. Empathising with…

of being defeated or taken advantage of using inhumane measures. The Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allen doe and Stone Mattress written by Margaret Atwood are two short stories based around the violent acts due to the distress caused previously in life. This distress affects one’s emotion, disturbing their moral and ethical thinking when resolving the issue. ‘Revenge’ is the natural human extinct when it comes to mending an unhinged past, and in order to take revenge, the idea of false…

assisted him to stand, he dropped to the floor. The nursing assessment was completed, he was afebrile and no distress was noted. On the morning of 3/13/2017, still he refused to walk or stand and nurse was notified. Up on nursing assessment, he had shortness of breath with wheezing and his SPO2 was around 84% on room air. He was sent to Vista East ER on 3/13/2017 by 911 due to respiratory distress and low oxygen saturations [84% spo2]. James Petrovsky was hospitalized from 3/13/17 to 3/18/2017…

For as long as I could remember, I have wanted to be a child psychologist. I have always had the desire to alleviate distress and promote me tell health, especially for children. Some children may not have the support or guidance in their home to deal with anxiety and stress. Personally, I grew up in a household with immigrants parents, which was difficult because I was an outcast at school and at home. The environment at school and at home conflicted each with other.I always wanted someone to…