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adversive

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adversive /ad·ver·sive/ (ad-ver´siv) opposite; as the turning to one side in an adversive seizure.
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Adversity can take many forms such as: disease, disability, societal rejection due to religion, poverty, adversive governments, war, natural disasters, persistent and unyielding weather conditions and many others.
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Moreover, research has also focused on those factors that may alleviate the adversive effects of some of these job stressors.
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[5] TABLE 1 Controlling anger * Keep an anger journal * Lower baseline levels of tension * Use alternative stress-reduction strategies * Break-up adversive chain reactions * Use imagery and response rehearsal * Use effective interpersonal tools * Practice empathy * Use time out * Develop a list of coping statements that help in refraining anger-generating thinking patterns.
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