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The Relationship between Work Values and Psychological Problems for Individuals with Disabilities
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Lustig, Daniel C.; Zanskas, Stephen – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2013
Although research supports a relationship between work and psychological factors, one area not studied is the relationship between preferred career value and psychological factors. This study investigated the relationship between preferred career values and psychological problems for individuals with disabilities. Career values have been shown to…
Descriptors: Work Ethic, Disabilities, Values, Psychological Patterns
Supporting Special-Needs Adoptive Couples: Assessing an Intervention to Enhance Forgiveness, Increase Marital Satisfaction, and Prevent Depression
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Baskin, Thomas W.; Rhody, Margaret; Schoolmeesters, Shannon; Ellingson, Colleen – Counseling Psychologist, 2011
An educational group intervention focusing on forgiveness and marriage education was implemented with adoptive parents. Couples qualified by having adopted at least one special-needs child. Data were examined for 112 adoptive parents: 54 from a treatment group that immediately received a 36-contact hour intervention and 58 from a waiting list…
Descriptors: Intervention, Marital Satisfaction, Adoption, Depression (Psychology)