Higher scores
indicate higher levels of depression, anxiety or stress.
Scores ranged from 0 to 30 with higher scores
indicating a higher level of depression.
Not exact matches
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.
These facts affect retention
of lawyers because findings also
indicate that attorneys experience extraordinarily
high levels of stress and
depression.
Inclusion criteria: cancer prognosis
of 6 months or more; major depressive disorder for ⩾ 1 month not associated with a change
of cancer or cancer management; and a score
of ⩾ 1.75 on the Symptom Checklist - 20 (SCL - 20)
depression scale (score range 1 — 4,
higher score
indicating greater
levels of depressive symptoms).
The items in each subscale were on a four - point scale ranging from «strongly disagree» (1) to «strongly agree» (4) yielding possible scores from seven to 28, with a
higher score
indicating a greater
level of general anxiety and
depression.
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.
Whether such talk represents a clear intention
of suicide or is a way
of expressing feelings
of depression, it
indicates a
high level of distress that requires attention.
As shown in figure 1, for the anxiety,
depression and study scales, TIF reached a peak where students» ability was around 2.0; this
indicates that the measurement was most discriminative among students with a
high level of problems.
This
indicates that participants with
higher levels of depression at baseline who received the intervention showed larger reductions in
depression symptoms over the course
of the study.
On social - emotional measures, foster children in the NSCAW study tended to have more compromised functioning than would be expected from a
high - risk sample.43 Moreover, as
indicated in the previous section, research suggests that foster children are more likely than nonfoster care children to have insecure or disordered attachments, and the adverse long - term outcomes associated with such attachments.44 Many studies
of foster children postulate that a majority have mental health difficulties.45 They have
higher rates
of depression, poorer social skills, lower adaptive functioning, and more externalizing behavioral problems, such as aggression and impulsivity.46 Additionally, research has documented
high levels of mental health service utilization among foster children47 due to both greater mental health needs and greater access to services.
The purpose
of this study was to examine the effects
of the Strong African American Families (SAAF) on a subset
of 167 families in which the primary caregivers demonstrated elevated
levels of depressive symptoms at pretest as
indicated by a score
of 16 or
higher on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies —
Depression scale (CES — D).
Regarding the psychological wellbeing
of the young adults, those from female - headed households showed lower
levels of anxiety,
depression, hostility and problematic alcohol use than their counterparts from traditional families, and
higher levels of self - esteem,
indicating more positive psychological adjustment among young adults who had grown up in solo and lesbian mother homes, with no difference between the two.
Research
indicates that negative affect and / or
depression is associated with increased prevalence for smoking and
higher levels of nicotine dependence in adults and adolescents.
The results
of multivariate modeling
indicated that caregivers reporting
high levels of perceived caregiving stress (i.e.,
depression, low parenting satisfaction, daily hassles) participated at a
higher rate in two critical components (feedback and follow - up support interventions)
of the FCU program over the 8 - year trial period than caregivers reporting lesser degrees
of stress.
Results
indicated that
higher maternal
depression were associated with
higher levels of psychological control and
higher levels of internalizing and externalizing behaviors.