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Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]
Workplace harassment is belittling or threatening behavior directed at an individual worker or a group of workers. [1]Workplace harassment has gained interest among practitioners and researchers as it is becoming one of the most sensitive areas of effective workplace management.
The word undersocialized was used in order to avoid the negative connotations of psychopathy, but was commonly misinterpreted to mean that the child was not well socialized by parents or lacked a peer group. Also, the operational definition failed to include dimensions that could reliably predict the affective and interpersonal deficits in ...
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Harvey and Keashly found that length of time at work was able to predict workplace aggression such that the longer hours a person worked, the more likely they were to report aggression. The authors attributed this finding to two possible reasons. First, the more hours worked, the greater statistical probability of being victimized.
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This spurred a controversy in 2017 when it was pointed out that such assumptions are insensitive to autistic people who may have trouble making eye contact. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] In a 2019 journal article, Scott Lilienfeld , who is a critic of microaggression theory, titled a section: "The Search for Common Ground."
People with severe apathy tend to have a lower quality of life and are at a higher risk for mortality and early institutionalization. [2] They may also exhibit insensibility or sluggishness . [ 4 ] In positive psychology , apathy is described as a result of the individuals' feeling they do not possess the level of skill required to confront a ...