This screening test is intended to be fun and educational, and may help increase your awareness of particular experiences or of particular
forms of psychological distress.
We explored the relations among stress, emotional support, and differentiation of self from the family of origin as
predictors of psychological distress in a sample of 200 college students.
However, it was also noted that clients with a high level
of psychological distress at baseline found it harder to develop sound therapeutic alliances with the outreach case managers over time.
In most studies, however, it seems resilience among parents and families of children with ID is implicitly defined as the
absence of psychological distress or family dysfunction.
First, it is possible that the association between child ID and parent psychological distress is the
result of psychological distress increasing the risk of ID in children.
Data were collected on potential
predictors of psychological distress, including: age, gender, educational attainment, marital status, income, poverty, alcohol consumption and tobacco use.
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.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 56 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who experience discrimination report
feelings of psychological distress, which are a risk factor for anxiety and depression.
This is one of the first community based cross sectional survey in Swat valley, Pakistan to assess the
prevalence of psychological distress during pregnancy in an area affected by conflict.
The NFMCPA adds that it can also give rise to sensitivity to light and sound, as well as to a
degree of psychological distress in the form of anxiety and depression.
«I am a clinical psychologist trained to work Adolescents and Adults who are experiencing many forms
of psychological distress including depression, anxiety, life transitions, loss, and divorce.
A study examining a brief MBI (specifically, mindfulness meditation) in a call center found that as employees became more mindful, their levels
of psychological distress decreased (Grégoire & Lachance, 2015).
The study, funded by the Diabetes Ireland Research Alliance and the Health Research Board (HRB), investigated the causes
of this psychological distress by conducting in - depth interviews with young Irish adults in their twenties with type 1 diabetes and healthcare professionals who work closely with these young adults.
Psychological symptoms that existed before ICU stay were strongly associated with depressive symptoms after ICU discharge, as was the
presence of psychological distress symptoms experienced in the ICU or hospital, including anger, nervousness and acute stress symptoms, such as emotional detachment or flashbacks.
In some patients, the symptoms can last for a year or more, and they are notably more likely in people with a
history of psychological distress before an ICU stay, the investigators say.
However, in addition to identifying factors
predictive of psychological distress, it is critical to identify factors that assuage the effect of parenting stress on psychological distress, as well as factors that enhance positive affective states or well - being.
Psychological distress was expressed as mean scores ± standard deviation (± s), using Chi square test and Logistic regression analysis on influencing
factors of psychological distress, using Pearson correlation analysis on correlation between psychological distress scores and related issues.
And they go on to say: «These findings suggest that in patients with stable [coronary heart disease], long term mortality risk is related to the cumulative
burden of psychological distress.»
«When we compared participants with women in the general population, we found significantly higher scores on all of the symptoms evaluated and on corresponding psychological distress measures, particularly for anxiety, depression, somatization (the
conversion of psychological distress to physical symptoms), and interpersonal sensitivity,» says lead author Judy McCook, PhD, RN, professor of nursing at East Tennessee State University.
Women in the top tertile of the omnivore nutrient pattern had better overall poor health scores than those in the bottom tertile and had lower
odds of psychological distress, such as anxiety and depression.