Overcoming Adversity

Overcoming the Adversity of Diversity: An Australian Story

The low participation rate of women in computing education and the computing industry is a phenomenon that has been recognised by many western countries. While much has been written on the underlying reasons for the low participation in such a growing and dynamic industry, the situation only seems to be worsening. This paper examines briefly a number of approaches taken by researchers in Austra...

Mental Strategies of Elite High Altitude Climbers: Overcoming Adversity on Mount Everest

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...

Value From Adversity 1 Running head: VALUE FROM ADVERSITY

Participants in our study worked on an anagram task to win a prize while aversive noise played in the background. They were instructed to deal with the noise either by “opposing” it as an interference or by “coping” with the unpleasant feelings it created. The strength of attention to the opposing or coping response to adversity was measured by poorer recognition of the content of the backgroun...

Overcoming the Fear of Lecture

نقش ما در مراقبتهای بهداشتی، توسعه مهارتهای مراقبتی از بیماران است و این متضمن داشتن قدرت بیان مؤثر است، این قدرت بیان را نه تنها در جمع همکاران بلکه باید در جلسات نیز داشت، آنهم نه در برابر پنج نفر بلکه در برابر پانصد نفر، که این تسلط بیان را نه تنها هنگامی که شرایط مساعد است، بلکه به هنگام مناقشه و جر و بحث نیز  باید دارا بود.