Sentence examples for dysfunctional practices from inspiring English sources

Surely, as the nation's health care system works to reform dysfunctional practices, this makes no sense.

Car insurers were facing a full-blown inquiry today over claims that their "dysfunctional" practices pushed up premiums by £225 million a year.

It is quite simply a dysfunctional practice that wastes taxpayers' money and human lives".

There is some ironic comedy to be had here: particularly in two people secretly and derisively texting about a third person who is right in front of them, a dysfunctional practice camouflaged by the fact that everyone is on their phones all the time.

Associations between these indicate a consistent pattern such that dysfunctional parenting practices tend to co-occur, and parents who do employ dysfunctional strategies feel less competent as parents.

And the dysfunctional contracting practices that put them in harm's way are still in place.

The present study evaluated a computer-mediated parent education program aimed at improving parents' self-concept and dysfunctional parenting practices.

Parenting was measured by the Parenting Scale[ 21], self-report measure of dysfunctional discipline practices in parents with young children.

Compared to waitlist controls, SDPT+T mothers reported significant short- and six-months reductions in child behavior problems as well as in dysfunctional parenting practices.

The non-standardized treatment targeted family communication and mutual understanding, but it did not focus explicitly on the reduction of dysfunctional parenting practices or parental distress.

Formal regulatory mechanisms were seen as desirable in theory but dysfunctional in practice.