Sentences with phrase «measure of anxiety symptoms»

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For the new study, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pittsburgh used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), an MRI technique that measures the integrity of white matter — the brain's signal - transmitting nerve fibers — to see if injuries to the nerves may be the root cause of these post-traumatic depression and anxiety symptoms.

Of all the symptoms measured, anxiety stood out as having the greatest impact on thinking skills, and the impact was much greater on women with HIV.

Using measures of anxious personality in parents and anxiety symptoms in their offspring, adult parents from identical twin pairs were found to show greater similarity in anxiety levels to their own adolescent children than their nieces and nephews.

The altered PMC connectivity was associated with several phenotype measures, including pain and urologic symptom intensity, depression, anxiety, quality of relationships, and self - esteem levels in patients.

They measured only certain aspects of depressive symptoms, the same goes for anxiety and hyperactivity — none of the used questionnaires were clinical tools.

Methods: Children with PRDs (N = 160 children; 8 - 17 years) were recruited from three pediatric rheumatology centers and completed measures of daily hassles, social support, depressive symptoms, and state and trait anxiety; their parents completed measures of internalizing and externalizing behaviors.

Frequency of suicide attempts and acts of self harm, number and duration of inpatient admissions, service utilisation, and self reported measures of depression, anxiety, general symptom distress, interpersonal functioning, and social adjustment.

Primary outcomes: overall symptoms (positive, negative, and neurotic symptoms combined); depression / anxiety; negative and positive symptoms; overall functioning (combination of function scores from measures such as the Global Assessment Scale and Global Assessment of Functioning scale); remission.

Measures of depression and depressive symptoms: Beck Depression Inventory - II (BDI - II), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES - D), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ - 9)

However, Reijntjes and colleagues» review included only 2 studies that measured psychosomatic symptoms; unfortunately, these symptoms were not distinguished from other types of internalizing problems (eg, depression, anxiety, or loneliness), but a pooled correlation for each study was computed, with no comparison between bullied and nonbullied children.

This study presents a follow - up of our earlier study on an online mindfulness course that examined change in perceived stress.41 It extends our previous study by examining the effect of the course on depression and anxiety symptoms, benchmarking the effects against other studies by using measures that are now widely used in primary care practices in the UK.

Method: Participants completed three measures: the Adolescent Personal Style Inventory was used to measure the Big Five personality factors: Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Extraversion, and Openness; the Performance Anxiety... Questionnaire — used to assess somatic and cognitive symptoms of performance anxiety; and the Marching Arts Satisfaction — used to assess for the physical, social, and contextual environments of drum and bugleAnxiety... Questionnaire — used to assess somatic and cognitive symptoms of performance anxiety; and the Marching Arts Satisfaction — used to assess for the physical, social, and contextual environments of drum and bugleanxiety; and the Marching Arts Satisfaction — used to assess for the physical, social, and contextual environments of drum and bugle corps.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

The participants completed measures of exposure to psychologically traumatic events, posttraumatic symptoms, anxiety, depression, and sense of coherence.

Patients completed the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI; score range, 0 - 63), 19 the trait (score range, 10 - 40) and anger expression (score range, 0 - 72) subscales of the State - Trait Anger Expression Inventory, 20 and the state subscale of the State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (score range, 20 - 80).21 Higher scores on all measures indicate greater symptom severity.

Researchers asked parents how frequently they performed eleven behaviors after their kids misbehaved over the prior year (kids also indicated how often their parents did these things) and also measured kids» use of aggression and anxiety symptoms.

AAI, Adult Attachment Interview; AFFEX, System for Identifying Affect Expression by Holistic Judgement; AIM, Affect Intensity Measure; AMBIANCE, Atypical Maternal Behaviour Instrument for Assessment and Classification; ASCT, Attachment Story Completion Task; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BEST, Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BPVS - II, British Picture Vocabulary Scale II; CASQ, Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire; CBCL, Child Behaviour Checklist; CDAS - R, Children's Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale - Revised; CDEQ, Children's Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; CDIB, Child Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; CGAS, Child Global Assessment Schedule; CRSQ, Children's Response Style Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; DASS, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DIB - R, Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; EA, Emotional Availability Scales; ECRS, Experiences in Close Relationships Scale; EMBU, Swedish acronym for Own Memories Concerning Upbringing; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; FES, Family Environment Scale; FSS, Family Satisfaction Scale; FTRI, Family Trauma and Resilience Interview; IBQ - R, Infant Behaviour Questionnaire, Revised; IPPA, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; K - SADS, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - Age Children; KSADS - E, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Episodic Version; MMD, major depressive disorder; PACOTIS, Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale; PPQ, Perceived Parenting Quality Questionnaire; PD, personality disorder; PPVT - III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition; PSI - SF, Parenting Stress Index Short Form; RSSC, Reassurance - Seeking Scale for Children; SCID - II, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM - IV; SCL -90-R, Symptom Checklist 90 Revised; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; SEQ, Children's Self - Esteem Questionnaire; SIDP - IV, Structured Interview for DSM - IV Personality; SPPA, Self - Perception Profile for Adolescents; SSAGA, Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism; TCI, Temperament and Character Inventory; YCS, Youth Chronic Stress Interview; YSR, Youth Self - Report.

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI): This inventory developed by Beck and others (1988)[16] is a self - report scale which aims to measure the frequency of anxiety syAnxiety Inventory (BAI): This inventory developed by Beck and others (1988)[16] is a self - report scale which aims to measure the frequency of anxiety syanxiety symptoms.

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

For example, although we assessed mothers» symptoms of depression and anxiety, parental history of psychiatric disorder is an important risk factor for depression that was not measured.

This questionnaire was developed in a hospital outpatient clinic, avoiding questions that could be influenced by physical illness symptoms72 and has since been found a reliable measure of anxiety and depression symptom severity in physical and psychiatric illness, primary care patients and general population.73 It has been validated for Portuguese patients.74

In addition, we assessed changes in anxiety and depression as measures of associated symptoms and changes in the disability caused by the PTSD symptoms.

Difference in depression originates Items in commonly used measures of anxiety and depression symptoms may not equally capture the true levels of these behavioural problems in adolescent males and females.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of Child - Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) on young children with anxiety symptoms.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study tested the effectiveness of the Bounce Back program in improving symptoms of posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety.

Results indicate that significantly greater improvements found with EMDR were maintained on measures of PTSD, depression, anxiety, and general symptoms.

The reliability and validity of the HSCL as a measure of symptoms of anxiety and depression have been found to be good (Müller et al. [2010]-RRB-.

Measures utilized include the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Spielberger State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Subjective Units of Disturbance (SUD), the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), Impact of Events Scale (IES), the Modified PTSD (MPTSD) Scale, the Global Severity Index (GSI), Positive Symptom Distress subscale (PSD), and the Dissociative Interview Schedule (DIS).

The present study contributes to the literature by including a community sample of preschoolers and incorporating dimensional measures of CU traits, anxiety symptoms and ODD - related problems.

Finally, BIQ - SF scores were positively associated with measures of anxiety and internalizing symptoms, whereas no significant links were found with externalizing symptoms.

Self - report measures included the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)[both Beck inventories were later removed].

Measures utilized include the Childhood Maltreatment Interview Schedule, the Sexual Assault and Additional Interpersonal Violence Schedule, the Clinician - Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM — IV (SCID - I and SCID - II), the Modified Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale (MPSS - SR), the General Expectancy for Negative Mood Regulation Scale (NMR), the Anger Expression subscale (Ax / Ex) from the State — Trait Anger Expression Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the State subscale of the State — Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI — S), the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP), the Social Adjustment Scale — Self Report (SAS - SR), and the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI).

Measures utilized include Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disease (DSM - IV), the Clinician - Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), the Assault Information Interview (AII), the Treatment, Legal, and Drug Update Interview (UPDATE), the Stressful Life Events Screening Questionnaire (SLESQ), the SCID Non-Patient Version, the PTSD Symptom Scale - Self - Report (PSS - SR), the Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES - R), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Dissociative Experiences Scale - II (DES - II), and the State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).

Mean scores on measures of trait anxiety, frequency of the experience of depressive symptoms, optimism, and neuroticism for rapid regulating (N = 17) and nonregulating (N = 17) older adults.

To measure depression and anxiety, the appropriate subscales of the short form of the Symptom Checklist (SCL - 90), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)[32], were used to measure the effects of treatment on psychological dysfunction in dimensions related to symptoms of posttraumatic stress.

Measures of mental health outcome included Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), symptoms of depression, and symptoms of anxiety, Burnout (BO), and Vital Exhaustion (VE).

Depressive symptoms were measured with a subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; Zigmond & Snaith, 1983).

Compared with the passive control group, those in the intervention group showed significantly better post-training scores on measures of IQ, inhibition, test anxiety and teacher - reported behaviour, attention and emotional symptoms.

Symptoms of anxiety, these measured by Beck Anxiety Inventory, Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM - A), or the Trait subscale of the Spiel Berger State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAanxiety, these measured by Beck Anxiety Inventory, Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM - A), or the Trait subscale of the Spiel Berger State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAAnxiety Inventory, Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM - A), or the Trait subscale of the Spiel Berger State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAAnxiety Scale, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM - A), or the Trait subscale of the Spiel Berger State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAAnxiety Scale (HAM - A), or the Trait subscale of the Spiel Berger State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAAnxiety Inventory (STAI - T).

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.

Response (score of 1 or 2 (much or very much improved) on the Clinical Global Impressions - Improvement scale); symptom severity or investigator defined response on closely related measures; symptom severity (clinician rated DSM based anxiety scales such as the Child Yale - Brown Obsessive - Compulsive Scale); adverse events.

This review will consider studies that include the following outcome measures: the primary outcome is preventing progression to psychosis (incidences of sub threshold psychosis and first - episode psychosis), the secondary outcomes such as symptoms of psychosis (both positive and negative symptoms), psychosocial functioning, depression, anxiety and quality of life.

Distress symptoms were measured using shortened versions of the anger, depression, anxiety, dissociation, and posttraumatic stress scales of the Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children (TSCC).39 Respondents were asked how often they had experienced each symptom within the passymptoms were measured using shortened versions of the anger, depression, anxiety, dissociation, and posttraumatic stress scales of the Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children (TSCC).39 Respondents were asked how often they had experienced each symptom within the pasSymptoms Checklist for Children (TSCC).39 Respondents were asked how often they had experienced each symptom within the past month.

At minimum the report should include the assessment (from patient or independent rater perspective, not therapist) of at least two standardized outcome measures, global functioning and target symptom (i.e. depression, anxiety, etc), as well as one process measure (i.e. therapeutic alliance, session depth, emotional experiencing, etc) evaluated on at least three separate occasions.

Optimally, such a report would include several outcome measures assessing a wide array of functioning such as global functioning, target symptoms (i.e. depression, anxiety, etc), subjective well - being, interpersonal functioning, social / occupational functioning and measures of personality, as well as relevant process measures evaluated at multiple times across treatment.

Notably, substituting birth parent anxiety symptoms (BAI) for birth parent negative affect, which produces greater construct equivalence between birth and adoptive parent measures, resulted in an identical pattern of results.

Finally, we investigated the associations between the subscales of the SCARED - R and the overall measures of emotion understanding, emotion regulation, and attachment security, in order to see which aspects of children's anxiety symptoms explained the relations among the overall measures.

Both child and parent versions of the SCAS have been shown to be reliable and valid measures of child anxiety symptoms [30, 32].

A total of 478 adolescents in grades 6 — 8 completed measures of negative feedback - seeking, depressive symptoms, friendship quality, global - self - esteem, and social anxiety at two time points.

The current study measured adolescent perceptions of maternal anxious parenting (a combination of overprotection and expression of anxiety), mothers» levels of anxiousness, and adolescents» anxiety symptoms in 421 girls in grade 7 and their mothers.