Sentence examples for denial behaviour from inspiring English sources

Oncologists' recommendations for supportive counselling did not correlate with patient distress or the amount of perceived support but rather with progressive disease and less denial behaviour.

Factors such as stress, denial, avoidant behaviour, socio-economic reasons, consent reversed by family decision and travel to countries of origin were identified as reasons for poor recruitment/retention of study patients.

He was completely in denial about his behaviour.

Trade bodies representing the recruitment industry live in denial of their members' behaviour.

He cites the ordeal he has endured, but gave no thought to the tremendous stress he put on his victims by his continuous and ongoing denial of his abusive behaviour".

This may be attributable to illness behaviour; symptom denial at the time of presentation for ART initiation may be more common in men and therefore higher rates of immune reconstitution TB may be expected in men.

Locals say she is in denial about her son's behaviour.

Our ministers in charge of education, crime, punishment and equality of all kinds are in denial about what causes antisocial behaviour in young people (and indeed older people – all those pretending to be disabled, choosing to be disadvantaged, secretly loving being poor, you know who you are) – it's either pure stupidity, innate wickedness or a particularly toxic compound of the two.

This intervention contributed to the prevention of contract cheating by reducing the rewards for this behaviour (demonstrating the denial of benefits when caught) and reducing the provocations for cheating (by discouraging imitation).

Kirk sessions were able to apply religious sanctions, such as excommunication and denial of baptism, to enforce godly behaviour and obedience.

Extensive emphasis on risk factors among persons with excessive risk behaviors may induce fear and psychological distress, which may in turn be a barrier to behaviour change by reinforcing denial, as can be seen from our study.