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Disabled Does Not Mean "Not Able": A List Of Books On People Who Triumphed Over Their Illnesses And Disabilities, John A. Drobnicki Oct 1991

Disabled Does Not Mean "Not Able": A List Of Books On People Who Triumphed Over Their Illnesses And Disabilities, John A. Drobnicki

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This annotated booklist offers guidance on locating biographical information about people who overcame, adapted to, or triumphed over illnesses and/or disabilities.


Dimensions Of Functional Social Support And Psychological Symptoms, Irvin Sam Schonfeld Jan 1991

Dimensions Of Functional Social Support And Psychological Symptoms, Irvin Sam Schonfeld

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In the summer following graduation a sample of 125 female college graduates (mean age = 28) completed Cohen & Wills' ISEL (1985) which includes scales measuring four social support functions: belonging (social companionship), appraisal (availability of confidants), tangible (instrumental), and self-esteem support. In the summer and fall subject status on two outcome scales was ascertained: the Psychophysiologic Symptom Scale and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Reliability of the difference scores suggested that the ISEL scales do not measure entirely different constructs and the ISEL Self-esteem Scale is operationally redundant with the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale and the CES-D. …


Burnout In Teachers: Is It Burnout Or Is It Depression?, Irvin Sam Schonfeld Jan 1991

Burnout In Teachers: Is It Burnout Or Is It Depression?, Irvin Sam Schonfeld

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