Sentences with phrase «general psychological measures»

It is suggested that men seem to be affected differently by the stress of subfertility than are women, differently in a way that does not seem easily recognizable by standardized general psychological measures.

Not exact matches

Psychological distress was measured using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, a 10 - item questionnaire measuring general anxiety and depression.

After agreeing to volunteer as a research subject, users of the myPersonality app answer survey questions and take a series of psychological tests that measure things such as intelligence, competitiveness, extraversion versus introversion, and general satisfaction with life.

According to Seligman, General Casey stated «I want to create an army that is just as psychologically fit as it is physically fit,» and «The key to psychological fitness is resilience, and from here on, resilience will be taught and measured throughout the United States Army.»

Psychological distress was measured on the 12 - item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ - 12) with score 0 indicating...

Main Outcome Measures Trimester assessments of suicidal behaviors, emergency services use, and general psychological functioning.

The K10 / K6 scales were developed to measure this dimension by using modern item response theory methods9 that select questions with optimal sensitivity in the 90th - to 99th - percentile range of the general population distribution of psychological distress and that have consistent item response theory sensitivities across a number of sociodemographic subsamples.

This proportion is approximately double that of children found to be at high risk in the general New South Wales population (15 %) 27 but similar to the proportion noted in other studies of Aboriginal children (24 %, 5 22.5 % 28 and among Aboriginal participants in the New South Wales Population Health Survey).27 There is only one other study to date that has measured the factors associated with Aboriginal child and adolescent mental health.5 SEARCH makes an important, new contribution to this emerging area of research by considering, for the first time, the impact of carer psychological distress.

Main outcome measures Physical symptoms in the previous year (chronic), in the previous month (recent), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ - 12) measured psychological morbidity.

Correlations between the individual modes and measures of general psychological distress and well - being suggest a possible two category structure which subsequent exploratory factor analysis tends to support.

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

General psychological functioning and weight were also measured at 4 month intervals up to 1 year.

psychological distress measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)(scored as 0 — 12 with a cut - off of 0 — 1 and 2 — 12 for minimisation);

Jacobson methodology, in distinguishing between improvement and recovery on a standardized measure of general vulnerability to anxiety, provides a stringent but clinically more meaningful evaluation of the efficacy of psychological therapies with GAD than has been available hitherto.

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.

These data indicate gender differentially impacts the benefit of valuing athletics on measures of athletic anxiety and general measures of psychological well being.

Convergent validity results further suggest the MCC's distinctiveness regarding other measures of commitment, by showing personal, but not moral or structural, commitment, to correlate with the Investment Model Scale (Rusbult et al. in Personal Relationships 5:357 — 387, 1998), defining commitment as a unitary construct pertaining a general long - term orientation and intent to persist in the relationship, and psychological attachment towards the partner.

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.

4) Quality of life defined as subjective evaluations of both positive and negative aspects of life covered physical functioning, occupational role, interpersonal relationships and psychological functioning, measured by validated standardized including General Quality of Life Inventory -74 - GQOLI - 74 which measured physical functioning, psychological functioning, social functioning, and standard of living; Well - Being scale - WBS, measure positive aspects of psychological functioning.

A questionnaire was produced comprising these item pools in addition to well validated measures covering: The 30 Big Five facets, stress, general anxiety, social anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive symptoms, schizotypy, psychological (eudemonic) well - being, physical health, sleep quality, life satisfaction, coping styles, gratitude, hope, optimism, social desirability, and several measures of parenting.

Background Previous studies have demonstrated the association between psychological distress (measured by the 12 - item General Health Questionnaire, GHQ - 12) and risks of all - cause mortality and deaths from cardiovascular, cancer and other causes.

Measures of overt marital hostility, general marital adjustment, and children's behavior problems were obtained from the parents of 64 children referred to a child psychological clinic.

The goal of this study is to ascertain cross-sectionally and longitudinally: a) the specific contribution of the CU level and the presence of ODD diagnosis on psychological and functional measures as early as preschool age in the general population; b) the existence of a potential interaction CU × ODD, to determine if the contribution of CU levels on the children's clinical state varied for children with ODD and those without the diagnosis; and c) the stability of CU traits from ages 3 to 5.

On the other hand, they support the suitability of a reliable and valid single measure of general psychological distress.

General Linear Models (GLM, for psychological quantitative measures) and logistic regressions (for binary measures) assessed the specific contribution of CU levels and the presence of ODD diagnosis on the psychological measures.

Prior research has found significant associations between daily mood and general measures of psychological well - being.

Most parenting research has assessed the efficacy of social support by evaluating relationships between retrospective measures of social support processes and general measures of psychological distress (i.e., depressive symptoms, stress).