Further, follow-up questions were asked to encourage participants to share their experiences and facilitate talking about them.
Relatedly, children's well-being suffers most greatly among those with lower levels of social support or higher social strain (defined as those without social networks that facilitate talking about violence; Kliewer et al. 1998).
21 22 Given the predominant social norm, some Korean mothers encourage their daughters to maintain a traditional or the socially prescribed female role, which does not facilitate talking about sexuality related to cervical cancer; rather, the topic is largely avoided in mother daughter relationships.
The use of objects and memorabilia, such as jewelery and other objects which the bereaved person is comfortable with, can be used to facilitate talking and bringing the mourning process to a close.
But then you cannot say more about it than "nice" when it happens (and all goes well in its course), and just register a fact beyond your control, except perhaps trying to establish a "choice architecture" (Thaler & Sunstein, 2008) that may facilitate talk and walk across group lines - say, placing a playground not within but at the intersection of two ethnic neighborhoods.
FOR the last week there have been widespread news reports that NATO is facilitating talks between the Afghan government and Taliban leaders, even as it routs Taliban forces from their main stronghold in Kandahar.
The United States has sought Russia's help in facilitating talks on a transitional government in Syria, but the American effort to reach out to the Russians failed last year when the Kremlin balked at the demand that Mr. Assad's departure had to be one of the results of any negotiation.
"He had a key role in facilitating talks between Gerry Adams and John Hume and, along with Reverend Harold Good, he played a vital part in the decommissioning process.
In his golden years he has been doing a lot more corporate engineering, facilitating talks between German truck maker MAN and Swedish rival Scania, and pushing for a three way tie-up with Volkswagen's Brazilian truck business last year.
The U.S. needs Pakistan's help in facilitating talks between Afghan officials and the Afghan Taliban leaders, many of whom are based in Pakistan.
