Sentences with phrase «including psychological measures»

Measures including psychological measures (depressive symptoms, perceived stress, vitality and mindfulness) and detailed methods for the blood draw, processing, biomarker assays and RNA sequencing of blood samples are described in the Supplementary Appendix, along with all statistical analyses carried out for group comparisons, construction of differential expression signatures, construction of coexpression networks, construction of Bayesian networks and pathway enrichment analysis.

The new study, published online January 24 in Psychological Science, teased out the answer by examining 30 years of data on thousands of Americans, including psychological measures of mood and well - being, reports of job and relationship success, and objective measures of health.

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The best guide we've found to measure that psychological preference is the uniformity or divergence of market action across a broad range of individual stocks, industries, sectors, and security - types, including debt securities of varying creditworthiness.

The most useful measure we've found of that psychological inclination is the uniformity or divergence of market internals across a broad range of individual stocks, industries, sectors, and security types (including debt securities of varying creditworthiness).

[1] At the end of the study after 12 months of supplementation, participants undertook clinical tests to assess their nervous system function including measures of muscle strength, coordination, mobility, tests of cognitive function including memory, and of psychological health.

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.

Additionally, the survey assessed family resources, including income and education, and other measures that impact children's psychological functioning and behavior, such as parental distress, family conflict, non-corporal discipline, parental monitoring, and deviant peer affiliation.

Some of these measures are already being used, including better screening of drivers for psychological problems and regular tests of their competence.

The study, which appears in the journal Pediatrics, reports that maternal demoralization, a measure of psychological distress capable of affecting a mother's ability to cope with stressful situations, was linked with a number of behavioral problems, including anxiety, depression, attention problems, rule - breaking, externalizing problems, and aggressive behavior.

As part of the Framingham Heart Study, participants updated researchers on their social contacts and health status, including happiness, as measured by a standard psychological questionnaire.

Other important factors that weren't measured in the study include menopausal status and a history of physical or psychological trauma, says Carol A. Landis, a professor at the University of Washington School of Nursing, in Seattle.

Then in 2007 and 2008, when they were about 50, a little more than 100 of those former students took a series of tests to measure their psychological health, including their levels of loneliness, depression, and overall well - being.

This report, which presents 12 - month impact results from a demonstration designed to strengthen marriages among low - income married couples with children, shows that the program produced a consistent pattern of small, positive effects on multiple aspects of couples» relationships, including measures of relationship quality, psychological and physical abuse, and adult individual psychological distress.

Valid, reliable, age - appropriate self - report surveys were used to measure outcomes of interest, including mindfulness, psychological functioning, and trauma symptoms.

Obesity researchers who included measures of binge eating in studies on obesity treatment concluded that BWL was effective and that there was no need for specialty therapies.12, 13 Limitations of these studies included small sample sizes, lack of longer - term follow - up, and self - report measures of binge eating rather than the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) semi-structured interview.14 Potential advantages of BWL are that it results in clinically significant short - term weight loss and can be implemented by a wider range of health professionals than a specialty psychological therapy.

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.

Outcome measures Primary outcomes included clinically diagnosed mental health issues, standardised assessment of mental health issues or self - reported psychological distress.

She has authored and co-authored over 120 academic journal articles and chapters in the field of coping, developed (with Ramon Lewis) psychological instruments to measure coping, namely Adolescent Coping Scale and Coping Scale for Adults, developed programs to teach coping skills including The Best of Coping (Instructor and Teacher workbooks)(co-authored with Cathy Brandon) and a CD - Rom Coping for Success.

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

Secondly, it is acknowledged that for understanding the determinants and development of behaviour and mental health information is needed at different levels, that is, social (e.g. socioeconomic background), psychological (e.g. temperament), and biological (HPA - function, DNA).18 Adherence to the second principle is demonstrated by the broad range of measures that has been included in the study (Table 2).

The Connor - Davidson Resilience Scale (CD - RISC, Connor & Davidson, 2003) includes 25 items measuring psychological resilience (e.g., Can handle unpleasant feelings).

Research related to optimal youth development has begun to delineate critical dimensions of important social contexts.8 — 11 For example, some researchers propose 3 basic experiences (ie, connection, regulation, and autonomy) to define youth's main associations with their environment that can be measured across multiple settings.8, 12,13 Others have articulated similar concepts and expanded the number of dimensions to include characteristics, such as adequate nutrition, health, and shelter; physical and psychological safety; adequate and appropriate supervision and motivation; supportive relationships; support for efficacy and opportunities for skill building; and integration of family, school, and community efforts.10, 11

Other measures of subjective well - being include single - item scales, such as Bradburn's (1969) Global Happiness Item or scales that tap into various aspects of psychological functioning in addition to well - being (e.g., Dupuy, 1978).

Psychological and Neuropsychological testing, including cognitive, achievement, personality, and projective measures as well as diagnosis and recommendations

In fact, the strategies of alienating parents, which include «spurning, terrorizing, isolating, corrupting or exploiting and denying emotional responsiveness,» are reportedly extreme measures of psychological maltreatment of children.

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.

Psychological testing, including cognitive, achievement, personality, and projective measures as well as diagnosis and recommendations

In the second wave, additional measures of psychological well - being were added, including hostility, autonomy, purpose in life, self - acceptance, environmental mastery, sense of personal growth and measures of alcohol use.

So we were able to look at the differences between unhappily married people who divorced and those who stayed married on a number of psychological variables, including: global happiness, depressive symptoms, sense of personal mastery, self - esteem, hostility, autonomy, sense of purpose in life, and self - acceptance, as well as indirect measures such as days of drinking and number of drinks per day.

In addition to standard demographic variables (such as age, race, gender, income and education), the NSFH contains measures of marital happiness, domestic violence, conflict and a wide variety of measures of psychological well - being including: global happiness, depressive symptoms, sense of personal mastery, and self - esteem.

Valid measures of teacher stress (psychological and physical symptoms, and burnout), self - efficacy and emotion regulation were included; other teacher measures and measures relating to classroom functioning or child behaviour were excluded.

For example, longitudinal studies have concluded that social networks and social support are causal factors in several measures of health status, including psychological distress, cardiovascular diseases, chronic diseases, mortality, and quality of life (Berkman & Syme, 1979; Eng, Rimm, Fitzmaurice, & Kawachi, 2002; House, Landis, & Umberson, 1988; Seeman, Kaplan, Knudsen, Cohen, & Guralnik, 1987).

Race / Ethnicity Caucasian Hispanic African American Asian American Native American Other races not listed N / A Socioeconomic status < $ 10,000 $ 10,000 - $ 20,000 $ 20,000 - $ 30,000 $ 30,000 - $ 40,000 $ 40,000 - $ 50,000 $ 50,000 - $ 60,000 $ 60,000 - $ 70,000 > $ 70,000 Education level High school diploma Vocational training Some college Bachelor's degree Graduate / professional training Doctoral degree Marital status Measures The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Questionnaire (ACEs Questionnaire; Felitti et al., 1998) assessed mothers» exposure to seven dimensions of ACEs, including psychological, physical, and sexual abuse and exposure to parental substance abuse, mental illness, domestic violence, and criminal behavior.

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.

This 22 - item instrument measures different aspects of program quality including physical / psychological safety, supportive relationships, positive social norms, support for efficacy / mattering, and opportunities for skill building.

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.

Measures of negative behaviors, psychological status, and positive behaviors were included.

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.

Ten years later, 45 preschoolers and 43 of their siblings completed an assessment of their romantic relationships, including measures of physical and psychological IPV.

Psychological detachment was measured with the Dutch translation (Geurts et al., 2009) of the four - item Recovery Experience Scale of Sonnentag and Fritz (2007b), including items such as «After work, I could distance myself from my work.»

With the exception of Lowyck et al. (2009) who use the Amsterdam Scale of Well - being (Van Deierendonck, 2003) and Hynes et al. (1992) who included measures of self - esteem and self - confidence as part of a constellation of psychological adjustment measures, all the studies reviewed used only negative emotional measures of psychological adjustment (e.g. depression, negative affect, distress, anxiety, etc.).

The 23 studies reviewed (see Table III) collectively explored six indices of psychological adjustment including: stress, depression, anxiety, distress, well - being and a specially designed «IVF distress» measure.

It appears that overprotection measures in the chronic illness literature to date have largely measured parental behavioral control — which includes parenting behaviors such as limit setting and parental monitoring — rather than parental psychological control — which includes intrusiveness and criticism / guilt induction.