protective factor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprotectiveandfactor
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protective
adjective
uk/prəˈtek.tɪv/us/prəˈtek.tɪv/
giving ...
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factor
noun[C]
uk/ˈfæk.tər/us/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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(Definition ofprotectiveandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprotective factor
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A criticalprotectivefactorwas high self-understanding among children.
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A longitudinal study of parenting as aprotectivefactorfor children of alcoholics.
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Depression or anxiety may function as aprotectivefactor, reducing conduct problems over time.
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Maternal warmth as aprotectivefactoragainst risks associated with peer rejection among children.
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The study demonstrates the importance of traditional extended family as aprotectivefactor.
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Total antioxidant capacity also did not emerge as a possible mediating risk orprotectivefactor.
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Consequently, additional methods are needed to assess psychological health as aprotectivefactor.
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Finally, close relationships with fathers acted as aprotectivefactorthat reduced symptoms of maladjustment.
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The term "protectivefactor" has also been used in inconsistent ways.
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However, children's individual differences in self-regulation may serve as a keyprotectivefactor.
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Depressive complaints may be associated with aprotectivefactorinvolved in the development of breast cancer.
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Educational level, which may in part be genetically influenced, was a significantprotectivefactorin most cases.
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For example, male gender, a risk factor for conduct disorders, could be considered aprotectivefactorfor anorexia.
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Thus, controlling parenting may be a risk factor for one group and aprotectivefactorfor another group of families.
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However, even in the presence of this, the single strongest known geneticprotectivefactoragainst drinking behavior, family environment mattered.
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Besides secondary security of the infant, also security of attachment representations in the parents may be aprotectivefactor.
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Whether a particular construct is labeled a vulnerability factor,protectivefactor, or both depends on where central effects lie.
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For males, the presence of a protective father (even if strict) may be an importantprotectivefactoragainst externalizing disorders.
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It also points to effortful control as a potentially criticalprotectivefactorfor children experiencing higher levels of contextual risk.
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As such, a "snare" is posited to be more than merely the opposite of aprotectivefactor.
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However, the ability to change a putative risk orprotectivefactoris an essential precondition for using prevention trials to test theory.
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Indirectly, it acknowledges that a philosophy of cosmic chaos can be a powerfulprotectivefactor, and an effective post-war healer of traumatic stress.
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