Sentences with phrase «found high levels of depression»

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The University of Pittsburgh surveyed 1,399 participants and found that going on vacation regularly contributed to higher positive emotional levels and less depression among the participants.

A recent, substantial, UK / US study, which controlled for mothers» depression, found high levels of emotional and behavioural problems in children (particularly boys) aged 3.5 years associated with earlier depression in their fathers (Ramchandani et al, 2005).

• In the US, a study of Head Start families found that fathers with higher levels of depression had less involvement with their children (Roggman et al, 2002).

• A substantial, UK / US study, which controlled for mothers» depression and for fathers» education levels, found severe postnatal depression in fathers associated with high levels of emotional and behavioural problems in their children (particularly boys) at age 3.5 years (Ramchandani et al, 2005) and at age 7 (Ramchandani & Stein, 2008).

A parenting stress study by Florida State University professor Robin Simon and Vanderbilt University's Ranae Evenson found that parents have significantly higher levels of depression than adults who do not have children.

Stay - at - home moms may have higher levels of depression because they want to be employed but find the cost of childcare too high to make a job worthwhile.

These new findings are consistent with numerous cross sectional and longitudinal studies showing that fruit and vegetables, together and separately, are linked with a lower risk of depression and higher levels of well - being assessed by several measures of mental health.

«In light of the current findings, it is certainly plausible that individuals displaying decreased pupillary response to emotional stimuli and relatively higher levels of disaster - related stress may be good candidates for cognitive therapy to alleviate their depression,» said Brandon Gibb, professor of psychology at Binghamton University, director of the Mood Disorders Institute and Center for Affective Science, and co-author of the study.

Afterward, in tests to see if the mice displayed the rodent equivalent of anxiety and depression symptoms, they found about 40 percent showed high levels of behaviors that included a preference for a dark compartment over a brightly lit one, or a loss of interest in sugar water.

The aim of the study, led by PhD student, Helen Rockliff, from the University of Bristol's School of Clinical Sciences, was to find out what types of coping strategies, social circumstances and personality traits — called psychosocial factors — help people through IVF treatment, and which types are linked to especially high stress levels, and can lead to depression and anxiety disorders.

In a study recently published online in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, the researchers found that mothers of teenagers with ASD or ID reported higher levels of stress and other negative psychological symptoms — think depression or anxiety — than mothers of teenagers with typical development, or TD.

The study found that most caregivers reported high levels of depression symptoms, which commonly persisted up to one year and did not improve in some.

And because altered levels of this neurotransmitter have been linked to anxiety - related disorders and to depression, Klaus - Peter Lesch of the University of Würzburg in Germany, Dennis Murphy of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and their colleagues wanted to find out whether the short promoter variant is linked to personality traits like high anxiety.

In addition, those with high levels of biospheric concern were most likely to report signs of depression, while no link to depression was found for the other two groups.

When the researchers looked at the participants» activity over those four days (two weekdays and one weekend), they found that people who did light - intensity activities, like leisurely walking, reported the highest levels of well - being and lowest levels of depression.

Previous research has found that people with depression have higher levels of inflammation in their blood, as well.

They state, «One of the biological factors for PPD may be higher levels of homocysteine,» and go on to discuss the results of their study, which assessed Edinburgh - confirmed postpartum depression and found elevated homocysteine at both 1 - 2 days postpartum and 6 weeks after delivery.

Too much cortisol has been found to have a negative effect on our immune systems and long term high levels of cortisol can lead to chronic depression.

One study followed 115 people with depression for six months and found that those with higher levels of B12 had a greater chance of recovery from depression, leading scientists to believe there is an association between B12 and mental health.

Studies have found that risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and depression are higher when levels of folate and B12 were low 3, 10 - 12.

Some of these symptoms that overlap between depression and menopause include irritability, insomnia, low energy levels, high levels of anxiety, finding it difficult to concentrate on a task, weight changes, etc..

With a high prevalence of mood disorders, and sugar intake commonly two to three times the level recommended, our findings indicate that policies promoting the reduction of sugar intake could additionally support primary and secondary prevention of depression.

For example, research has found moderate to high rates of depression among Head Start staff (HHS / ACF / OPRE, 2006) and 61 % of full - time early childhood staff earn roughly the equivalent of the poverty level income for a family of four (U.S. GAO, 2012).

Similarly, a study from 2013 conducted at Northwestern University found that those who had high debt relative to household assets, reported higher levels of stress, depression, and poor self - reported general health.

What they found was that children born to woman with high levels of exposure to PAH showed greaters signs of anxiety, depression, and difficulty keeping attention around age 6 or 7 — reports Medical Daily.

These facts affect retention of lawyers because findings also indicate that attorneys experience extraordinarily high levels of stress and depression.

A study out of Norway found that people who participated in cultural activities like joining a club reported lower levels of anxiety and depression as well as a higher quality of life.

Perceived neighbourhood disorder was found to be predictive of late - age depression, 10 and higher social cohesion11 — 13 and neighbourhood - level socioeconomic status (SES) 14 — 16 were associated with fewer depressive symptoms.

Finally, in considering temperament as a vulnerability factor for depression, it is important to note that in addition to behavioural inhibition several theorists have developed temperament models that link additional temperamental styles, particularly Positive Emotion (PE) and Negative Emotion (NE) to depression.58 Many cross-sectional studies have reported that youth and adults with depressive symptoms exhibit diminished levels of PE and elevated levels of NE59, 60,61 and the combination of these have been associated with concurrent depressive symptoms in clinical62, 63 and community samples.61, 64,65 Furthermore, longitudinal studies have found that lower levels of PE60, 66,67 and higher level of NE in childhood68 - 70 predict the development of depressive symptoms and disorders.

In addition, the results indicated that single mothers of children with autistic disorder were found to be more vulnerable to higher level of depression than mothers living with a partner.

The article's authors found that people with anxious attachment styles reported higher levels of cell phone conflict than those with less anxious attachment styles and that phubbing indirectly impacted depression through relationship satisfaction and, ultimately, life satisfaction.

Lupsakko, Mantyjarvi, Kautiainen, and Sulkava (2002) found that higher levels of depressive symptomatology (but not clinical depression) occurred in a population - based sample of older adults relative to their non-impaired peers, and Crews and colleagues reported that mild or moderate levels of depressive symptoms are a common comorbid condition among elders who are visually impaired.

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.

However, when stratified by quality of studies, the Cochrane review found no statistically significant evidence in methodologically robust RCTs that exercise was more effective than psychological or pharmacological therapies.46 Nevertheless, we still found that depressive symptoms are associated with lower PA levels in individuals at high risk of CVD, which highlights the importance of screening and optimising conventional depression management48 to reduce depressive symptoms, which could help lower CVD risk.3 4

Three studies that explored symptoms of emotional disorders found that these were higher in children of parents with BPD compared with control groups: Barnow et al compared children aged 11 — 18 years of mothers with BPD with children of mothers with depression, and mothers with other personality disorders, and found the children of mothers with BPD to have signs of higher levels of emotional disorder and of suicidal ideation.21 Indeed, 9 % of children whose mothers had BPD had already attempted suicide, compared with 2 % of children of healthy mothers.

This finding demonstrated the unique contribution that self - efficacy plays in predicting treatment outcome and is concordant with previous findings that suggest that self - efficacy is a strong predictor of future behavior and that high levels of perceived self - efficacy may contribute to response to depression treatment, therefore justifying self - efficacy as a specific target for treatment intervention.

Examining findings from this review and other high - quality studies (some excluded as they focus on targeted prevention), we can conclude that parenting interventions appear to be effective for families with high and low levels of deprivation, with and without maternal depression, those from ethnic minorities and majorities and those with severe and moderate levels of conduct problems.

Specifically, negative emotional reactivity has been found to predict both internalizing problems (e.g., anxiety, depression) and externalizing problems (e.g., aggression, rule - breaking).1 Fearfulness predicts internalizing problems, and self - regulation difficulties predict externalizing problems.1 The large literature on parenting2 generally shows that high levels of warm and firm parenting are associated with positive child development.4

Levels of depression and antisocial behaviour were found to be higher in 1994 among the children whose parents eventually divorced.

The study found that the same characteristics associated with parental divorce by 1998 were also associated with higher levels of childhood depression and anti-social behaviour.

Such an approach is suggested by the finding of non-equivalent outcomes among children of parents with high versus low levels of subthreshold depression in TAU.

Personal factors that may compromise a parent's responsiveness include depression, perception of the parent's own child - rearing history as negative, or beliefs and attitudes that detract from a parent's sense of importance in his or her child's life.19 However, other factors, such as higher levels of social support from friends and family, can buffer some of these negative social - personal factors13 as well as predict which parents move from a non-responsive to a responsive style with intervention.20 This is an encouraging finding, as parenting interventions can be developed to provide a level of social support mothers from high - risk social backgrounds need in order to develop responsive parenting styles.21

They found that couples in which the husband but not the wife engaged in heavy drinking were characterized by high levels of verbal aggression reported by husbands, along with low levels of marital adjustment and high levels of depression reported by wives (Roberts & Leonard, 1998).

Conversely, individuals formerly bullied were found to have higher levels of depression and poorer self - esteem at the age of 23 years, despite the fact that, as adults, they were no more harassed or socially isolated than comparison adults.40 Those who have been bullied may view such treatment as evidence that they are inadequate and worthless and may internalize these perceptions.

Consistent with findings from other studies on maternal depression and depressive symptoms, the present study demonstrates that mothers» experience of a high level of depressive symptoms during the child's kindergarten year has a lasting negative impact on the child's socio - emotional development and adjustment during the early school years.

Parents raising children with ASD have been found to report higher levels of parenting stress, depression and anxiety, and increased general life stress than parents raising children with Down syndrome (DS), cerebral palsy (CP), fragile X syndrome (FXS), intellectual disability (ID), cystic fibrosis (CF) or typically developing (TD) children [e.g. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17].

Consistent with previous studies, we found that (a) being less prosocial and more physically aggressive at age 10 was characteristic of those children with the high rejection trajectory; (b) being less attractive was related to higher peer rejection from age 10 to 14; and (c) boys with a high rejection trajectory showed high levels of delinquency and anxiety - depression and low levels of academic aspiration at age 16 — 17, whereas girls with a high rejection trajectory showed low levels of academic aspiration and social competence at age 16 — 17.

However, higher levels of depression and positive perceptions were found in mothers.

We expected that high levels and high variability of negative emotions (anger, anxiety, and sadness), predict the stability of adolescents» anxiety, depression, and aggressive behavior scores from age 13 to age 14, in non-specific ways, thereby extending earlier cross-sectional findings (Silk et al. 2003).

The researchers in the study found that 62 percent of depressed people with high blood levels of C - reactive protein had a reduction in their depression while taking the infliximab, while only 33 percent of those with normal CRP levels noted improvement.