Psychological symptoms among parents of adolescents with anorexia nervosa: a descriptive examination of their presence and role in treatment outcome.
Psychological symptoms among young maltreated children: Do services make a difference?
Purpose: We aimed to clarify the relationship between character strengths, psychological stress, and
psychological symptoms among these students from a positive psychological perspective.
Role of Virtues and Perceived Life Stress in Affecting
Psychological Symptoms among Chinese College Students.
Predictors of Comorbid
Psychological Symptoms among Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder after Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy
TITLE: Role of Character Strengths and Stress in
Psychological Symptoms among Chinese Secondary Vocational School Students
The Relationship of
Psychological Symptoms among Mothers of Children in Different Body Mass Index Categories
Not exact matches
• Another study not only recorded more depressive
symptoms among men whose partners were depressed but also more aggression and non specific
psychological impairment, as well as higher rates of depressive disorder, non specific
psychological problems and problem fatigue.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings support the hypothesis that mindfulness instruction improves
psychological functioning and may ameliorate the negative effects of stress and reduce trauma - associated
symptoms among vulnerable urban middle school students.
Functional expectations of caregivers are often huge with multiple responsibilities such as household chores, emotional support, providing transportation and
symptom management.4 As cancer survivorship grows, from 50 % in the 70s, to 54 % between 1983 and 1985, to 65 % in 2009, the illness may become a chronic disease, further stressing caregivers with a cumulative and unrelenting burden of care and responsibility.5
Psychological morbidity or psychiatric symptomatology
among cancer caregivers is high.6, 7 Levels of distress have also been shown to be higher than those reported by patients themselves.8
It is possible that this association could influence other
psychological outcomes included in our path analysis, since fatigue may contribute to depression by reducing physical function as a result of lack of energy.46 These associations support a complex interaction
among physical outcomes, depressive
symptoms and fatigue.
A previous study found that the Deterioration Model of Social Support has been useful in discriminating the potential of stressors to reduce support.57 They found that disaster - induced erosion of perceived social support increased
symptoms of depression
among both primary and secondary victims; the loss of perceived social support also mediated
psychological consequences.58 The Deterioration Deterrence Model of Social Support, which is similar to support - mobilisation models, has been used to explain how the perceived deterioration of social support can be counteracted by higher levels of received social support.58 59 If post — disaster support mobilisation is implemented, stress should be positively correlated with received support.
In those publications, a blend of
psychological techniques was applied, with particular emphasis on hypnosis.19 20 24 25 In fact, there is considerable evidence for the effectiveness of hypnosis as an empirically supported clinical intervention in managing
symptoms such as pain, 26 — 35 and also in promoting
psychological well - being across a variety of illnesses and disorders.36 — 43
Among PWH, studies have shown that hypnosis can contribute to control pain and to reduce frequency and severity of bleedings and factor consumption.19 20 24 Concurrently, by promoting better disease management, hypnosis can contribute to better coping and less distress.24
Several studies have found that certain character strengths are negatively correlated with
psychological symptoms (Duan et al., 2015), as well as various
psychological problems
among teenagers, including depression, juvenile crime and violence, risky sexual activity, and drug abuse (Peterson, Park, & Seligman, 2006).
The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of reciprocal filial piety (RFP) between the care recipient's behavioral and
psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and the caregiver's burden or gain
among adult - child caregivers caring for parents with dementia in China.
In comparisons of groups identified on the basis of either type of informant, differences
among the four groups were found in adolescents» self - perceptions of competence and in their fathers»
psychological symptoms.
These findings suggest older adolescents in our sample construed the maternal parenting styles firm control and
psychological control as more similar than did their younger counterparts, which may have contributed to the tendency for firm control to be associated with more depressive
symptoms among older adolescents.
Adolescent reports of firm control were associated with negative outcomes (e.g., higher depression, lower self - efficacy)
among older adolescents, whereas reports of
psychological control were associated with negative outcomes (i.e., higher depressive
symptoms) regardless of age.
Specifically, the ACE Study model relies strongly on the idea that adverse childhood experiences create a burden of
psychological stress that changes behavior, cognitions, emotions, and physical functions in ways that promote subsequent health problems and illness.22
Among the hypothesized pathways, adverse childhood experiences lead to depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, which in turn can lead to substance abuse, sleep disorders, inactivity, immunosuppression, inflammatory responses, and inconsistent health care use, possibly leading to other medical conditions later in life.23, 24 Therefore, childhood behavioral and emotional
symptoms very likely represent a crucial mediator linking adverse childhood experiences and the longer term health - related problems found in the ACE substudies.
The relationship between
psychological distress with salivary α - amylase and stress related
symptoms among breast cancer survivors
In this study we examine the interrelations
among marital dissatisfaction, depressive
symptoms, and
psychological and physical victimization in a sample of chronically depressed men and women.
This study investigated the buffering effects of
psychological well - being on the relationships between cognitive vulnerabilities (fear of anxiety and negative beliefs about worry) and GAD
symptoms among 297 Japanese undergraduates (female = 62 %, age = 18.91 ± 1.61) in a two - wave prospective cohort study.
For example, negative parent - adolescent interactions (i.e. increased conflict and aggression) and
psychological control (i.e., efforts to manipulate a child's thoughts, behaviors, and emotion) has been associated with increased internalized
symptoms (Kincaid et al. 2011) and decreased self - esteem (Bean et al. 2003; Gutman et al. 2005)
among African American adolescents.
Anxiety disorders are
among the most common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence, with a prevalence of 3 — 5 % in school - age children (6 — 12 years) and 10 — 19 % in adolescents (13 — 18 years); 1, 2 and the prevalence of anxiety disorders in this population tends to increase over time.3 Anxiety is the most common
psychological symptom reported by children and adolescents; however, presentation varies with age as younger patients often report undifferentiated anxiety
symptoms, for example, muscle tension, headache, stomachache or angry outbursts.4 According to the standard diagnostic systems, there are various types of anxiety disorders, for example, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobias (SOP), social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder (PD), overanxious disorder, separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).5 Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents often occur with a number of comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorders, 6 depressive disorders, 7 conduct disorder, 8 substance abuse9 or suicide - related behaviour.10 Youths with anxiety disorders experience serious impairment in social functioning (eg, poor school achievement; relational problems with family members and peers).11, 12 Childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders can persist despite treatment, 1 and they are associated with later adult psychopathology.13, 14
In a recent study, we evidenced a high prevalence of ambivalent attachment style
among young migraineurs; in particular, our data showed an association between migraine features (frequency and intensity of attacks), ambivalent attachment style, and
psychological symptoms (14).
[jounal] Harper, F.W.K / 2004 / The role of shame in predicting adult anger and depressive
symptoms among victims of child
psychological maltreatment / Journal of Family Violence 19 (6): 367 ~ 375
The transactional cognitive vulnerability to stress model Hankin & Abramson (
Psychological Bulletin, 127:773 — 796, 2001) extends the traditional diathesis - stress model by proposing that the relationships
among cognitions, depressive
symptoms, and stressors are dynamic and bidirectional.
The approach also reduced
psychological and physical
symptoms among community adults [26 - 28].
A recent review of studies published in the November 2014
Psychological Bulletin found that,
among seniors, volunteering is likely to reduce the risk of dementia and is associated with reduced
symptoms of depression, better self - reported health, fewer functional limitations and lower mortality.