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The present study investigated the possible relationship between self-defeating humor and the use of humor as a coping strategy. It also predicts that the use of humor as a coping strategy is negatively correlated with self-defeating humor Meaning, for example, if an individual has a lower self-defeating humor score, the lower the usage of humor as a coping strategy. However, the results of the present study do not support the idea of a negative correlation. Instead, there is a weak, but…

"Love is blind." All of us have heard this phrase and many of us will even agree to it. This proverb can have many meanings; it all depends on how you interpret it. Throughout my paper this phrase has two different meanings; it could mean love is blind in a relationship or that love is blind as far as self-love. In our lives we all fall in love one day or another. That love can be painful or grateful. Sometimes, love blinds us. Blinded is when you don 't see or hear anything besides your own…

Rhetorical Reading is grasping content, as well as taking a gander at content in the authors' point of view. Rhetorical reading requires rhetorical analysis in order to understand where the author is coming from. In other words to make a decision on the authors credibility. Rhetorical analysis attempts to answer 3 questions: what is the purpose of the author?, who is it intended for?, and how will the author present it to the audience?. Students utilize this by using several strategies…

are considered healthy or underweight, perceive themselves as being overweight. A total of 119 female undergraduate students ranging in ages (MA=22) will complete both a Psychosocial Risk Factors Questionnaire (PRFQ) and the Photographic Figure Rating Scale (PFRS). It is expected that the majority of participants will express moderate to strong negative feelings about their body. It is also predicted that females with negative body image or a desire to be thin have an increase chance of suffer…

If a material has an NRC of 0, it will reflect sound. If it has an NRC of 1, it is perfectly absorptive. These numbers can be converted into a percentage, therefore ranging from 0% to 100% in absorptiveness. (Noise Reduction Coefficients (NRC) Ratings for Common Building Materials & Products, n.d.) In order to soundproof a room, one must keep in mind that blocking an air path using a regular wall, ceiling, or door will not entirely reduce the sound. Vibrations will continue to travel through…

The adults judged the children’s speech accuracy, using VAS rating. The dependent measures are the fricative duration, fricative m1, vowel duration, and vowel-space dispersion. The independent variables are the stimuli produced by the children and the children’s developmental level. Results Julien and Munson (2012)…

Gavita, et al., 2012). FG-PEC is a multi-rater measure (self-rating, subordinate, superior, colleague and client rating) of managerial skills relevant for the prescriptive executive coaching process, based on the cognitive behavioral approach to coaching. It has 50 items based on five domains relevant to managerial competencies: behavior, emotion, thoughts, situations, and socio-cultural context. The instrument use a 6 point Likert scale, ranging from 0 (not an issue) to 5 (severe problems most…

it aids in the healing process and reduces the length of inpatient stays. A review of literature revealed that there are several pain scales used in assessing pediatric pain. One of the most common pain scales used is the Faces, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) scale. The National Institute of Health (NIH) states the FLACC scale was…

Association of America and their ‘rating system’ (Motion Picture Association of America, 2016) serves as an industry backed form of self-regulation for the content of films for the American consumer. However, amongst the changing times of the Country following World War II and leading into the turbulent 1960’s, Major movie companies were willing to forego industry-approved regulation for major films, forcing the MPAA to change from the Production Code towards the modern-day Rating system. Film…

Low back pain (LBP) is cited as the second most common musculoskeletal problems for which treatment is sought by individuals. An estimated 90% of LBP reported in clinical practice is categorized as idiopathic or nonspecific, meaning that the underlying pathoanatomy is unclear (Walker, 2000). Spinal manipulation (SM) has been identified as efficacious treatment methods, especially for patients with nonspecific LBP (Slater, 2012). Early use of thrust manipulation among patients with LBP has been…