Psychological distress refers to feelings of emotional or mental discomfort. It is a state when someone is experiencing intense negative emotions, such as sadness, anxiety, or stress. This distress can affect a person's overall well-being and may require attention and support to alleviate the discomfort.
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They were also around half as likely to report high / very high levels
of psychological distress in the last four weeks (19 % compared with 35 %).
Girls who have a strong relationship with their fathers during adolescence showed a lack of
psychological distress in adult life.
A movement from employment into unemployment is associated
with psychological distress for both men and women without prior psychological problems, as is a movement from employment to family care for women.
Results indicated that there were statistically significant differences in the direction predicted
for psychological distress, family resources, social support, and family coping, but not physical health.
A significant number of young people attending these services experience high levels of
general psychological distress compared with the general population.
Question: Question 1: How effective are interventions to
reduce psychological distress in people with cancer who meet a minimum threshold of distress, such as would be identified through screening programmes?
A prospective study of the impact of child maltreatment and friend support
on psychological distress trajectory: From adolescence to emerging adulthood.
The presence of
maternal psychological distress resulted associated with less optimal mother — child emotional exchanges, while the hypothesis regarding couple satisfaction and social support influence were not confirmed.
Victims may be entitled to medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, or even
psychological distress as a result of the attack.
Individual problems and
psychological distress during marital dissolution may interfere with parenting practices and affect the parent — child relationship.
In the process of a prolonged period of stress positive personality features may protect students
from psychological distress which may lead to greater distress, more functional impairment, and lower self - esteem.
In our sample, in regards to coping, the more participants engaged in passive coping strategies, the
more psychological distress they experienced.
The study did not find evidence indicating that
psychological distress affects retirement savings behavior through financial literacy or cognitive limitations.
The research also found that those girls who had previously experienced dating violence reported lower levels of psychological aggression and
psychological distress after completing the program, relative to girls in a comparison group.
Meanwhile, healthcare access and affordability for people
without psychological distress — even people with two or more physical chronic health problems, like cancer or diabetes — improved.
One possibility, the authors say, is that
psychological distress promotes inflammation and the release of stress hormones, which have a demonstrated ill effect on heart health as well as cancer.
A recent systematic review identified early environmental risk factors for childhood AD to be maternal
prenatal psychological distress, including depression, anxiety and stress [12].
Results revealed that exposure to parental loyalty conflict behaviors and self - esteem were associated with
psychological distress over and above the effects of parental bonding and age.
Chronic psychological distress may place parents at increased risk of marital disruption, family dysfunction, and for a number of physical and mental health conditions.
People who reported the
most psychological distress were two - thirds more likely than happy people to die during the various studies, which lasted for an average of about 8 years.
Notably, our findings indicated that self - compassion may be a particularly important construct, both theoretically and clinically, in
understanding psychological distress amongst those with higher levels of attachment avoidance.
Research over the past decade suggests a chain of causation may be present between mental health conditions (in particular,
serious psychological distress) and chronic disease.
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