Sentences with phrase «in present study»

However, the sub-scales were not used in the present study.

PTSD symptoms and the full range of criteria comprising a PTSD diagnosis have been observed in rescue and ambulance personnel.12 13 Healthcare workers typically are exposed to two types of trauma in the hospital setting: direct (personal involvement in traumatic events through confrontations resulting in their own traumatic experiences, e.g., workplace violence) and indirect (non-personal involvement in traumatic events through others» confrontations resulting in other people's traumatic experiences, e.g., witnessing other people's direct experiences of workplace violence, caring for dying patients «and threats of severe injury or exposure to trauma).4 14 — 16 In the present study, a traumatic event refers to a healthcare worker's exposure to physical violence in the workplace.

Although it is representative of the Denmark population, it may not be representative of other populations, as shown by the prevalence of pregnancy - related use of SSRIs, which was very low in the present study, as compared, for example, with the USA.22 The same applies to the prevalence of autism, lower in this study as compared with, for example, the USA.13

The moderating effect of the relationship strengths in the present study reflects the important influence of family upbringing on young students» psychological development.

Because of sample attrition, information regarding parental psychiatric disorders and maladaptive parenting behavior through the 1985 - 1986 interview and suicidal behavior through the 1991 - 1993 interview was available for the 659 families in the present study.

Moreover, parenting style, defined as a global climate in which a family functions, was not investigated in the present study and can influence the way in which anti-smoking practices affect adolescent behavior (Darling and Steinberg, 1993).

In the present study, we have demonstrated that rat pups exposed to DPP - IV inhibitors with different mechanisms of action in the early postnatal period might develop persistent behavioral disorders.

The low response rate obtained in the present study limits the confidence with which one can generalize the results, and there is a clear need for replication.

In the present study, we examined intergenerational differences and similarities in positive and negative relationship qualities.

As defined in the present study, access encompassed both knowledge regarding the existence and location of facilities and perceptions of their ability to get there, either by themselves or with the assistance of an adult for transport.

In the present study, the exploratory factor analysis tests if the nineteen subscales is a valid structure for upper elementary school students, using the second sample (N = 561).

It is therefore desirable that the pattern of correlation between PNS and big - five personality traits would be replicated in the present study.

In the present study, we propose to use two well - characterised ERPs, P - 300 and Mis - match Negativity that are known to reflect higher cognitive functions of attention and memory (see table 2 for details on the assessments at each site).

The most commonly used goodness - of - fit statistics were used in the present study (Byrne, 2016; Laveault & Grégoire, 2014), that is, the chi - square to its degrees of freedom (χ 2 / df; a χ 2 / df close to or less than 2.0 was considered to be indicative of a good model fit, and close to or less than 5.0 as indicative of a satisfying fit); the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA; good fit < 0.05, satisfying fit < 0.08); the Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR; good fit < 0.05, satisfying fit < 0.08); the Comparative Fit Index (CFI; good fit ≥ 0.95; satisfying fit ≥ 0.90), and the adjusted goodness of fit index (AGFI; good fit ≥ 0.95; satisfying fit ≥ 0.90)(Hu & Bentler, 1999).

Moreover, both in Zona da Mata and in the present study, the item «Has your partner pushed or shoved you?»

These serum lipid parameters seem to be little influenced by smoking.32 However, other authors found a clear association of cigarette smoking with low levels of TC and LDL - C.33 In the present study, lower levels of HDL - C were associated with smoking status in men after controlling for several confounders.

Measures in the present study were self - reported, and thus may reflect bias.

In the present study, we utilized the rtfMRI technique and graph theory analysis method to investigate neurofeedback training - related changes in the topological

While we controlled for child age in all regressions in the present study, doing this would not take into account the differences in eating behaviour in our preschool - aged sample, compared with the 9 - year - olds in Birch et al.'s study.

Whereas a few large studies find a similar prevalence of antineuronal antibodies in patients with psychotic disorders, other psychiatric disorders and healthy controls, 1 2 there is some evidence of an increased prevalence of N - methyl - D - aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antibodies in patients with first - episode psychosis.3 4 In their present study, the authors aimed to (1) investigate the prevalence of neuronal cell surface antibodies in patients with first - episode psychosis and healthy controls and (2) compare the clinical and cognitive profile of patient's with and without these antibodies.

In the present analyses, the full intervention group consists of all students who were randomly assigned to intervention classrooms in grades 1 through 4 in 8 elementary schools participating in the earlier experimental study, and who remained in schools assigned to the intervention condition in grades 5 or 6 in the present study.

We used a 6 - item short version of the German MAAS53 and Cronbach's alpha in the present study was 0.83.

The mean ± SD number of nonsuicidal acts during the treatment year for subjects assigned to TAU in the 1991 study25 was 32.32 ± 69.97, with half that many (16.82 ± 60.81) for subjects assigned to CTBE in the present study; in contrast, DBT had outcomes in the present study almost identical to those found in the 1991 study (6.05 ± 11.55 and 6.38 ± 7.41 for the 1991 study and the present study, respectively).

A further strength in the present study is that well - established self - reported measures and a broad array of relevant psychosocial measures were used.

It also is possible that some third variable not examined in the present study contributed to clinical changes in both the mother and the child (eg, change in levels of stress, financial strain).

In the present study we aimed to identify predictors of long - term success in a family - based lifestyle intervention for overweight and obese children.

Personality traits measure that has been used in the present study was consistent with Watson, Clark & Tellegen's (1998) The PANAS Scales [24].

However, a recent report found that the rate of 12 - month treatment of adults with suicidal behavior in 21 countries averaged 40 % and was higher in the United States (63 % -82 %).43, 44 The slightly higher rate of treatment observed in the present study than in these adult studies reflects the fact that we examined lifetime treatment rather than 12 - month treatment and that the prevalence of mental disorders among those with suicidal behaviors, which is associated with increased probability of treatment, 45 was higher in the NCS - A than in the other studies.

It is unclear if the association is causal or rather if substance abuse is secondary to another factor, such as depression or hopelessness.9 In the present study, alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use remained significant even when the effects of other factors, including a measure of emotional health, were taken into account.

Notably, though, we observed this same pattern in 2 prior studies, 22,40 which suggests that it is not merely a chance finding in the present study.

The most frequently used emotion - focused coping strategies adopted by the parents in the present study were self - distraction.

In the present study, cross-sectional analyses revealed that restriction was positively correlated with food responsiveness at both time points.

In the present study, Cronbach's alpha of the total resources was 0.95.

In the present study, we found that modelling of healthy eating was associated with decreased food fussiness and increased interest in foods over the 12 - month period.

The following cut - off points of depressive symptoms were used when interpreting the results in the present study: the range of scores from 0 to 9 indicates no depression, 10 - 20 dysphoria and over 20 depression.

ABSTRACT: In the present study we examined 1) whether childhood disruptive behaviour, in terms of aggressiveness, hyper - activity and social adjustment, predicts school performance since toddler age or whether becomes it relevant first since middle or late childhood, 2) whether gender differences within the associations between school perform - ance and disruptive behaviour exist, and 3) whether there are trait specific effects in these associations, i.e. whether hyperactivity is more relevant determinant for later school success than aggression and social adjust - ment.

In the present study, Cronbach's alpha was 0.95.

The reliability of the HADs in the present study was acceptable (anxiety: α = 0.86; depression: α = 0.77).

However, even with these social services, poorer economic circumstances do appear to be associated with mental health problems in Norwegian children.27 31 32 Yet, in order to study the relatively small population of poor children with adequate power, large samples, such as in the present study, are required.

In the present study of 326 married individuals, we found that constructive financial conflict messages were positively associated with financial harmony, marital satisfaction, and financial communication satisfaction.

Interestingly, there is empirical evidence that informant reports of personality have significantly greater internal consistency than self - reports, particularly in the assessment of personality disorder traits, so the use of significant - other assessment in the present study could be a strength rather than a complete liability (e.g., Balsis, Cooper, & Oltmanns, 2015).

In the present study, African American youth with high normal blood pressure (BP) were randomly assigned to either a 4 - month TM program experimental group or a health education control group.

Data collected for the research described in the present study was supported by the Center (P30 - MH52776) and NRSA (T32 - MH19985) Grants from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Deep weathering of outcrops can result in leaching of K and U64, however, due to the use in the present study of new road - cut sections at Daxiakou and Chaohu dissolution from weathering is minimized.

In the present study, we follow the same philosophy in the definition of reliability and interpretation of the rank histogram as Y12, which is analogous to how it is commonly used in numerical weather prediction.

In the present study, we also create a CMIP5 + CMIP3 - AO ensemble, which simply combines CMIP5 - AO and CMIP3 - AO.

However, in the present study, we estimate n obs using the EOF analysis explained in the next section, and then perform the statistical tests in Sect. 3.3.

In the present study, we do not investigate the twentieth century trend of PRCP, SLP, or TOA radiations.

In the present study, simulations of the present - day climate by two kinds of climate model ensembles, multi-model ensembles (MMEs) of CMIP3 and single model ensembles (SMEs) of structurally different climate models, HadSM3 / CM3, MIROC3.2, and NCAR CAM3.1, are investigated through the rank histogram approach.

In our present study, in contrast, the same negative judgments were made by experts who were unaware of what data they were considering.