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Everett L. Worthington

Researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University

Publications -  351
Citations -  21903

Everett L. Worthington is an academic researcher from Virginia Commonwealth University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Forgiveness & Humility. The author has an hindex of 64, co-authored 340 publications receiving 19789 citations. Previous affiliations of Everett L. Worthington include National Institutes of Health & University of Missouri.

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Effect of cognitive strategy content and length of instructions on cold pressor pain tolerance.

TL;DR: The experiment demonstrated that the efficacy of cognitive pain-control strategies cannot be accounted for by length of instructions alone and people tolerated the pain longer when using effective than ineffective strategies.
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Adapting Positively to Trauma: Associations of Posttraumatic Growth, Wisdom, and Virtues in Survivors of Civil War

TL;DR: A growing body of research is emerging on the role of adaptive resources and processes that support positive transformation in the aftermath of adversity as mentioned in this paper, however, few studies in this strand have f...
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Compliance with homework to employ self-instructions in controlling ice water pain: an analogue to counseling

TL;DR: Four different strategies were used for reassigning a homework task of using self-statements to cope with pain produced by immersing one hand in ice water and were equally effective in eliciting compliance with the homework assignment.
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Forgiveness, Conflict, and Societal Change

TL;DR: Societal conflicts are perpetuated by self-interest intended not to derive solutions that are acceptable for multiple stakeholders, but to procure resources and end states desired by the protagonists as mentioned in this paper.