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you can either stop trying or you can pick yourself up and keep going.”
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a lack of strong relationships increased the risk of premature death by 50 percent. That's equivalent to smoking fifteen cigarettes a day.7 It appears one of the best ways to be physically healthy is to have plenty of good relationships.
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Mental health professionals have used three different perspectives in their search for the cause, explanation, and definition of abnormality: the biological, the psychological, and the systemic.
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“It's not easy to lose things that you love to do, like I loved sports. But I have found a love for new things that are within my capabilities. Although I can't do as much as I used to, I have found other important things in my life.”
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scores. Two, and perhaps relevant to our conversation about gender: Internality in boys is a predictor of their academic achievement from third grade through high school and into college,
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being External before you are married, especially if you are a woman, increases the chances of the marriage starting off on the wrong foot.
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Internality was related to better job satisfaction and higher feelings of well-being across all countries.
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Externals will be more comfortable knowing this information. “Free play” sounds good to many of us, but not to Externals. Teachers should even structure and guide “free play” by providing a limited number of choices. The day should begin with a meeting in which the day's activities are presented, posted, and referred to often. The end of the day sh
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Internals showed they were willing to invest more in their fitness behaviors than Externals by being healthier eaters and more enthusiastic exercisers.