Adversity, Wisdom, and Exemplarism

Gaining clinical wisdom from adversity: Nurse leaders’ ethical conflict and resilience experiences

Developing effective nurse leaders in today’s “reengineered” corporate healthcare cultures requires that more attention be given to the preparation of ethical leadership during undergraduate programs and nurses’ formative years in practice. Through analyzing the experiences of three nurse leaders dealing with ethical conflicts and the meaning they made of these experiences, we identified that n...

Childhood adversity and depression.

aDepartment of Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. *Corresponding author: Jenneke E. Wiersma, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest, A. J. Ernststraat 1187, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1081 HL, the Netherlands ([email protected]). J Clin Psychiatry 2015;76(7):e906–e907 dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.14com09454 © Copyright 2015 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. experienced emoti...

Early Adversity Running Head: Early Adversity and Health The Impact of Early Adversity on Health

A harsh early environment has adverse affects on health not only in childhood but across the lifespan. Chief among the toxic aspects of early environment that have been related to poor health are low childhood socioeconomic status and a harsh family environment, including physical and sexual abuse as well as more modest family dysfunction, such as family conflict, neglect, and a cold, non-nurtu...

EFL Teachers’ Adversity Quotient, Personal Growth Initiative, and Pedagogical Success

This study investigated the relationship among Iranian English teachers’ adversity quotient, personal growth initiative, and pedagogical success. The participants comprised 28 male and female English teachers and a total of 336 male and female EFL learners who attended the abovementioned teachers’ classes (12 for each teacher). Stoltz’ (1997) Adversity Response Profile (ARP) and Robitsc...

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