Most studies in this review
measured psychological outcomes after IVF treatment was complete.
A meta - analysis of interventions with carers of patients with cancer concluded that small - to - medium effect sizes were appropriate for
measuring psychological outcomes.15 Further research using adequately powered RCTs is needed to establish: when support should be provided, how to assess carer needs, and how to provide effective psychosocial support to carers.15 — 18
This methodological issue reflects a broader conceptual problem in
measuring psychological outcomes, that is, the question of the degree of overlap between the absence of mental health symptoms and good psychological well - being.
Not exact matches
Historically - reliable valuation
measures are remarkably useful in projecting long - term and full - cycle market
outcomes, but the behavior of the market over shorter segments of the market cycle is driven by the
psychological inclination of investors toward speculation or risk - aversion.
The liberal - arts
outcomes measured by researchers included critical thinking, moral reasoning, inclination to inquire and lifelong learning, intercultural effectiveness,
psychological well - being, and leadership.
Another trend — exemplified by the humanizing law school movement — seeks to improve both learning and student well - being by decreasing some of the well - documented negative
psychological effects of law school created in part by the focus on competition and extrinsic motivation.8 Law schools are beginning to respond to these reports by revising their curricula and preparing for anticipated changes in the American Bar Association (ABA) standards for law school accreditation that will require a greater focus on student assessment and
outcome measures.9
Valid, reliable, age - appropriate self - report surveys were used to
measure outcomes of interest, including mindfulness,
psychological functioning, and trauma symptoms.
Despite controversies concerning the extent to which daily hassles are confounded with mental health
outcomes,
measuring daily hassles may be more useful than assessing major life events (e.g., parents divorce) in predicting
psychological and somatic adaptational
outcomes (Holm & Holroyd, 1992).
Main
outcome measures: DSH behaviour, including descriptions of the last act,
psychological symptoms, recent stressors, coping styles, help - seeking behaviour, lifestyle choices, and self - prescribing of medications.
Main
Outcome Measures Adolescent assessment of school grades, standardized test scores, absences, suspensions, aggression, anxiety / depression, other
psychological problems, drug use, trouble with police, pregnancy, running away, gang membership, and educational aspirations.
This gives an intrinsic motivation for behaviours driven by these
psychological needs.40 Hence, support group sessions are designed towards creating a platform that promotes participants» sense of autonomy, competence and relatedness, while
measures focusing on autonomy, competence and relatedness are utilised as secondary
outcomes.
Main
Outcome Measures Trimester assessments of suicidal behaviors, emergency services use, and general
psychological functioning.
Main
outcome measures: Mother — child interaction, maternal
psychological health attitudes and behaviour, infant functioning and development, and risk of neglect or abuse.
Main
outcome measures Physical symptoms in the previous year (chronic), in the previous month (recent), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ - 12)
measured psychological morbidity.
Outcome measures Primary
outcomes included clinically diagnosed mental health issues, standardised assessment of mental health issues or self - reported
psychological distress.
Primary
outcome Psychological well - being
measured using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scores (HADS), assessed at 5 ± 1 days postunit discharge and 28 days / hospital discharge.
Primary and secondary
outcome measures Self - reported exposure to
psychological, physical and sexual intimate partner violence.
Main
Outcome Measures (1) Association of 7 adverse exposures (3 categories of child abuse [physical abuse, sexual abuse, and
psychological maltreatment] and 4 categories of household dysfunction [caregiver problem drinking, caregiver depression, caregiver treated violently, and criminal behavior in the household]-RRB- derived from data collected when the child was 4 years old.
Contrary to the meta - analyses of Crits - Christoph5 andAnderson and Lambert, 7 studies of IPT werenot included (eg, Elkin et al30 and Wilfleyet al31), because the relation of IPT to STPPis controversial, and empirical results suggest that IPT is very close toCBT.9 Thus, this review includes only studiesfor which there is a general agreement that they represent models of STPP.As it is questionable to aggregate the results of very different
outcome measuresthat refer to different areas of
psychological functioning, we assessed theefficacy of STPP separately for target symptoms, general psychiatric symptoms (ie, comorbid symptoms), and social functioning.32 Thisprocedure is analogous to the meta - analysis of Crits - Christoph.5 Asoutcome
measures of target problems, we included patient ratings of targetproblems and
measures referring to the symptoms that are specific to the patientgroup under study, eg,
measures of anxiety for studies investigating treatmentsof anxiety disorders.33 For the efficacy ofSTPP in general psychiatric symptoms, broad
measures of psychiatric symptomssuch as the Symptom Checklist - 90 and specific
measures that do not refer specificallyto the disorder under study were included; eg, the Beck Depression Inventoryapplied in patients with personality disorders.34, 35 Forthe assessment of social functioning, the Social Adjustment Scale and similarmeasures were included.36
These children do well across a range of physical,
psychological and educational
outcomes and, interestingly, children raised by same - sex parents actually fared better on
measures of general behaviour, general health and family cohesion.
In this capacity, she worked extensively with the
psychological tools and
measures relevant to infant and child development and co-authored several papers on the long - range developmental
outcomes of preterm and drug - exposed infants.
Summary: (To include comparison groups,
outcomes,
measures, notable limitations) This purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of Project Healthy Grandparents (PHG) to improve reduce
psychological stress, improve physical and mental health, and strengthen the social support and resources of grandparents raising grandchildren.
The relations between independent predictor variables (
measures of immunological and
psychological function at entry to the trial, age of onset, and duration of illness) and dependent dichotomous
outcome variables (self rated global
outcome; presence or absence of caseness on the general health questionnaire at follow up; reduced or normal delayed responses to hypersensitivity skin test) were examined in separate logistic regression analyses.
We did not use
psychological distress as a fourth indicator of personal well - being, but included it as a separate
outcome measure, for which we used the total score of the HADS.
Thus, in the present study, we tried to replicate the ACE Study findings in a cohort of youth, using
psychological distress as an
outcome measure, and to explore whether the adversities enumerated by the ACE Study could be improved upon by considering a more comprehensive range of possible adversities, including some of the domains not considered in the ACE Study.
Strengths include the rigorous characterization of the sample and the combination of
measures for parental
psychological outcomes.
Table 1 contains the descriptives for the
psychological measures analyzed in this study for children at ages 3 and 5 (mean and standard deviations for the quantitative variables and prevalences for binary
outcomes).
Here we focus on two vital
outcomes,
psychological well - being and educational attainment, both
measured in adulthood.
Main
outcome measures: Self reported bullying behaviours and
psychological and psychosomatic symptoms.
There is also a paucity of research using positive emotional
outcome measures (e.g. well - being, positive affect, happiness or life satisfaction) to quantify
psychological adjustment.
Explored gender differences in parents on
measures of positive and negative
psychological wellbeing (anxiety, depression, stress, positive perceptions) and the impact of child characteristics (ASD symptoms, adaptive behaviours, behavioural and emotional concerns) on parent
outcomes.