disruptiveness
- noun
- /dɪsˈrʌptɪvnəs/
- The disruptiveness of the new policy significantly changed how students interacted in the classroom.
- social disruptiveness
- disruptiveness dimension
Examples
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Finally, hindrance was positively related to support, and both hindrance and disruptiveness were positively associated with behavior regulation.
Academic text (2008) -
The second section requires the teacher to list one to three problem behaviors in order of severity and to rate these behaviors with regard to manageability, disruptiveness, frequency, and longevity.
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For disruptiveness, these conditions were partly present.
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Disruptiveness measured the extent to which the social behavior was disturbing to the teacher.
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Teachers gave higher disruptiveness ratings to children with whom they reported to share unfavorable relationships, in particular, relationships characterized by conflict.
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Although effectiveness is an important factor for most clients, other variables (e.g., cost, side effects, disruptiveness to daily routine, etc.) are also likely to play an important role.
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In this analysis, the social disruptiveness dimension of sexual compulsivity was the only significant predictor of rates of unprotected intercourse with casual or one-time partners.
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The behavioral effects of stimulant medication include reduction of restlessness, excessive motor activity, aggression, impulsive behavior, noisiness, noncompliance, and disruptiveness.
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Such behaviors could include disruptiveness in class, absenteeism, missing homework, poor grades, lack of investment in the learning process, belligerent attitude, social withdrawal, and suspensions (Schulz, 2007).
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Teachers often noted the disruptiveness caused by loud conversations during group work in their lessons.
Synonyms
Getting involved in a situation in a way that stops or slows progress
A break in the normal flow of activity
An interruption to a normal system, like loud noise or signal trouble
A change that makes a system or process work differently than usual
Antonyms
How Disruptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
disruptiveness = disruptive (transparent) = disrupt + ive + ness
Standard adjectival base 'disruptive' plus nominalizing suffix '-ness' yields a clear meaning of 'the quality of causing disruption'.
Etymology
The word disruptiveness comes from dis- 'apart' and rupt 'break', the same root you see in interrupt and rupture. So, disruptiveness means breaking up or interrupting things, causing change or trouble.