Sentences with phrase «predicted psychological distress»

In the final analysis, none of the infertility - specific variables significantly predicted psychological distress.

For example, in a longitudinal study, Segrin et al. (2016) found that baseline reports of social skills predicted psychological distress and access to social support in a one year follow - up.

The distress that couples experience in IVF treatment is well - documented though research exploring factors that might contribute to the distress is scarce and the role of infertility - specific versus more general psychological characteristics in predicting psychological distress remains unexplored.

This exploratory study aimed to describe, explore and test a self - constructed conceptual framework designed to understand the relative impact of infertility - specific and general psychological characteristics, in predicting psychological distress.

Furthermore, the findings indicate that more general psychological characteristics (dependency, self - criticism, active and passive coping, social support, intrusiveness and attachment anxiety) are more important in predicting psychological distress than the infertility - specific characteristics (the need for parenthood).

Since individual protective factors are a meaningful variables for psychological adjustment, we are interested to know the extent to which family variables (i.e., parental bonding and PA) and an individual variable (self - esteem) could predict psychological distress in adulthood.

Furthermore, it is possible that received social support influences momentary or daily affective states, such as negative and positive mood, and the accumulation of these daily states predicts psychological distress and well - being (Rook, 2001).

Not exact matches

A new study published last month, Do patterns of nutrient intake predict self - reported anxiety, depression and psychological distress in adults?

There are well - documented associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and intimate relationship problems, including relationship distress and aggression, 1 and studies demonstrate that the presence of PTSD symptoms in one partner is associated with caregiver burden and psychological distress in the other partner.2 Although currently available individual psychotherapies for PTSD produce overall improvements in psychosocial functioning, these improvements are not specifically found in intimate relationship functioning.3 Moreover, it has been shown that even when patients receive state - of - the - art individual psychotherapy for the disorder, negative interpersonal relations predict worse treatment outcomes.4, 5

All of these variables were entered into hierarchical regression to test whether psychological distress was predicted by parental functioning (in terms of care, overprotection and exposure to parental loyalty conflict behaviors) and by self - esteem.

Collectively the associative and predictive findings strongly suggest that escapist / avoidant coping strategies can robustly predict higher distress levels and can therefore be considered a risk factor for psychological distress in this patient group.