Sentences with phrase «psychological functioning among»

Parenting stress and psychological functioning among mothers of preschool children with autism and developmental delay.

B. Rind, P. Tromovitch, and R. Bauserman (1998) reported a meta - analysis of the relation between sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence and psychological functioning among college students.

Racial microaggressions and psychological functioning among highly - achieving African Americans: A mixed - methods approach.

and Abbott, R. (2009) Parenting stress and psychological functioning among mothers of preschool children with autism and developmental delay.

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The first: «Targeted alteration of dietary n - 3 and n - 6 fatty acids for the treatment of chronic headaches: A randomized trial» [full text here] and the second: «Targeted alterations in dietary n - 3 and n - 6 fatty acids improve life functioning and reduce psychological distress among chronic headache patients: secondary analysis of a randomized trial.»

Among its many beneficial effects, yoga has been shown to increase strength, flexibility, and balance; enhance immune function; lower blood sugar and cholesterol levels; and improve psychological well - being.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings support the hypothesis that mindfulness instruction improves psychological functioning and may ameliorate the negative effects of stress and reduce trauma - associated symptoms among vulnerable urban middle school students.

It is possible that this association could influence other psychological outcomes included in our path analysis, since fatigue may contribute to depression by reducing physical function as a result of lack of energy.46 These associations support a complex interaction among physical outcomes, depressive symptoms and fatigue.

Among patients with relapsed / refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, those who have higher stress related to their cancer experience at the start of treatment have worse psychological functioning during the first five months of treatment.

Significant relationship distress among committed couples impairs a wide range of social, psychological, occupational and physical functioning [16], [17].

Complex interactions among biological (neurodevelopment, genetic vulnerability), psychological (trauma, mental illness, learning disability) and social (family and peer dynamics) domains are seen as contributing to adolescents» impaired functioning, substance use and failure to advance developmentally.

Specifically, the ACE Study model relies strongly on the idea that adverse childhood experiences create a burden of psychological stress that changes behavior, cognitions, emotions, and physical functions in ways that promote subsequent health problems and illness.22 Among the hypothesized pathways, adverse childhood experiences lead to depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, which in turn can lead to substance abuse, sleep disorders, inactivity, immunosuppression, inflammatory responses, and inconsistent health care use, possibly leading to other medical conditions later in life.23, 24 Therefore, childhood behavioral and emotional symptoms very likely represent a crucial mediator linking adverse childhood experiences and the longer term health - related problems found in the ACE substudies.

Given the failure to find group differences in psychological distress and family functioning and the relatively low levels of stress and burden even among the severe TBI group, we concluded that injury stresses diminished after longer periods following injury and that most families, even those of children with severe injuries, adapted favorably.

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence, with a prevalence of 3 — 5 % in school - age children (6 — 12 years) and 10 — 19 % in adolescents (13 — 18 years); 1, 2 and the prevalence of anxiety disorders in this population tends to increase over time.3 Anxiety is the most common psychological symptom reported by children and adolescents; however, presentation varies with age as younger patients often report undifferentiated anxiety symptoms, for example, muscle tension, headache, stomachache or angry outbursts.4 According to the standard diagnostic systems, there are various types of anxiety disorders, for example, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobias (SOP), social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder (PD), overanxious disorder, separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).5 Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents often occur with a number of comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorders, 6 depressive disorders, 7 conduct disorder, 8 substance abuse9 or suicide - related behaviour.10 Youths with anxiety disorders experience serious impairment in social functioning (eg, poor school achievement; relational problems with family members and peers).11, 12 Childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders can persist despite treatment, 1 and they are associated with later adult psychopathology.13, 14