adverse circumstances
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadverseandcircumstance
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adverse
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈæd.vɜːs/us/ædˈvɝːs/
having a negative or harmful effect ...
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circumstance
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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All of the above studies have involved children living under highly adverse circumstances, or children with behavioral or emotional pathology.
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Successful ageing is all about the way people actively face adverse circumstances.
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Depressed persons tend to reside in adverse circumstances that may antedate, co-occur with, and persist beyond their depression.
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Likewise, these stressors may exacerbate parental depression, resulting in a negative cycle of depression, adverse circumstances, and maladaptive parenting.
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What we really seek to explain are the adverse circumstances responsible for the deletion of some members of a group.
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Similarly, when cortisol levels are sampled over the daytime hours, a flattening of the expected daily rhythm is often reported for children living under more adverse circumstances.
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Such an approach can lead to an identification of a sub-set of poor individuals facing particularly adverse circumstances and/or distinctive problems in escaping from poverty.
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Henggeler et al. (1989) also make the point that possible maltreatment effects need to be disentangled from other adverse circumstances.
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Respect of this most fundamental kind is due to any person who thinks conscientiously about their moral obligations, and acts, even in adverse circumstances, on their conclusions.
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A compassionate social policy requires the amelioration of adverse circumstances and negative events in the lives of poor children that risk or deficit model studies play a role in identifying.
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The review team found evidence of good work done by many children's homes despite adverse circumstances.
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We want these people to be content under the pressure of adverse circumstances.
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Under the adverse circumstances of war he has actually improved the national health.
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More important, if the consequences are adverse how do they propose to rectify those adverse circumstances?
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They have established their right to pension, and where adverse circumstances manifest themselves then the pension will be paid.
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They have proved their survival value in very adverse circumstances.
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They have coped almost heroically with enormously adverse circumstances and restrictions and with the atmosphere of hostility.
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