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    been a lack of documented research on the effects of culture of origin on adult outcomes. Studies have been carried out to explore the role of race on parentification using university/college samples but not on the general population. Consequently, this research is intended to offer insight on how an individual’s experience of assuming an adult role and taking care of sibling/s, parent/s, and other family members during adolescence can impact their psychological wellbeing in adulthood using a sample

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    Name: Obesity To determine whether obesity is a kind of disease, we need to understand the psychological and physical effect of obesity. Based on our daily experience, I can find that the effect is obvious and significant. But we still need to do further research to find out the extent of these two kinds of effects. Based on the article Psychological aspects of childhood obesity: a controlled study in a clinical and nonclinical sample written by Caroline Braet, Ivan Mervielde and Walter Vandereycken

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    Abduction and confinement is a psychologically damaging crime since it leaves victims with psychological wounds that take long to heal. Victims get deep mental and emotional scars that affect their lives in terms of love, trust, respect, and independence. Individuals who have survived kidnapping have been found to have problems regarding the issues of trust for the rest of their lives due to the deprivation of freedom as well as being held against their will. However, for people like Elizabeth Smart

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    Zombie or Death: The Physical and Psychological Effects of War War does not only destroy countries, they destroy the minds and bodies of soldiers as well. War can be a terrifying experience that can affect everyone. Soldiers are leaving their families, with the chance of not coming back, friends are turning against each other and innocent human beings are getting killed. Soldiers came back from war in a dehumanized state because of what they have witnessed and gone through. Liam O’ Flaherty, author

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    psychologically, psychically and emotionally (Bullying No Way, 2017). High school students are particularly inclined to being involved with bullying; this is explained by bullying being an age-related trend (Ken Rigby, 2012). Having such significant effects mentally during high school is especially damaging. The constant fear of attack increases the probability for disorders such as anxiety, depression, antisocial personality disorder and difficulties with relationships and learning. All these consequences

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    marijuana according to a 2013 survey conducted by Scientific America. With the change in public opinion concerning marijuana the need to understand the effect and consequences associated with its use are vitally important. What are the effects on the brain and the rest of the body? Does it matter when you start using marijuana? Also what is the effect marijuana use has on a person’s life, to include school, work, family and friends. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse marijuana causes

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    Psychological Effects of Cocaine Use Richard Estes Caledonia-Mumford High School Abstract In this paper the many physical and psychological effects of Cocaine use will be presented to the reader. The reader will be able to see the rough timeline of Cocaine use and how it has evolved into the narcotic that is seen today. It will be clear to see just how much the theories on the drug has changed throughout history as a one point Sigmund Freud himself promoted the drug as healthy

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    per cent reporting auditory hallucinations, 38 per cent visual hallucinations, and 21 per cent tactile hallucinations. Multiple other studies have reported similar findings in relation to the psychological effects of

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    David Santiago Goffe-McNish English 101-19 10/16/17 The effects of Marijuana and Cocaine in the United States Marijuana and Cocaine are both considered substance one types of drugs. There are multiple effects of the use of Marijuana and Cocaine in the United States. Marijuana is a drug typically smoked by teenagers and adults. People use Marijuana for medical reasons or recreational reasons. As for Cocaine, derived from the leaves of the coca shrub is an abused illegal drug (Columbia Electronic

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    on whether the internet has psychological benefits to it. Psychological effects is defined as pertaining or affecting a person’s mind in which it affects their function of awareness, feelings, or motivation. These effects can either be beneficial or non-beneficial. In this essay I will be stating why the internet does not have psychological effects that are beneficial to people. There are no psychological benefits pertaining to the internet due to psychological effects such as self-concept which

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