Sentences with phrase «reported high levels of distress»

Those who reported high levels of distress and high levels of depressive symptoms were assigned one of three interventions, all of which were designed to reduce the distress associated with managing diabetes, rather than symptoms of depression.

Not exact matches

The psychosocial outcome receiving the most attention from researchers is problem behaviour, with most studies finding perceived negative reactivity in infancy to predict problem behaviour in childhood33, 34 and adolescent.35 Specifically, infants prone to high levels of fear, frustration, and sadness, as well as difficulty recovering from such distress, were found to be at increased risk for internalizing and externalizing problem behaviours according to parental and / or teacher report.

For example, four - month - olds who show high levels of motor activity and distress, called high - reactive, are likely to become inhibited to the unfamiliar at 1 - 2 years old and report more unrealistic worries and more frequent bouts of depression at age 18, whereas low - reactive infants are likely to become uninhibited to the unfamiliar in the second year and are at a slightly higher risk for asocial behaviour at age 18.

Mothers who breastfeed have been found to report lower levels of perceived stress and negative mood, higher levels of maternal attachment, and tend to perceive their infants more positively than mothers who formula - feed.9, 19 - 21 There is evidence to suggest that breastfeeding mothers may also spend more time in emotional care and be more sensitive to infant emotional distress cues than bottle - feeding mothers.22, 23 Relatedly, a small fMRI study of 17 mothers in the first postpartum month, found that breastfeeding mothers showed greater activation in brain areas involved in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and amygdala.

Women report more overall distress than men do and tend to experience higher levels of psychophysiological symptoms in response to stress — headaches, insomnia, muscle tension, anxiety, hostility, dizziness, nausea, pounding heart, lack of motivation, and various acute and chronic illnesses.

The researchers found that workers without paid sick leave benefits reported a statistically significant higher level of psychological distress.

Exposure to high rates of conflicting information during an emergency is linked to increased levels of stress, and those who rely on text messages or social media reports from unofficial sources are more frequently exposed to rumors and experience greater distress, according to research led by the University of California, Irvine.

In the study, researchers examined a subset of 28 women reporting high levels of psychological distress, who had originally been assigned to waitlist control group.

Distressed property sales rose to the second highest level in a year in March, according to a new Campbell / Inside Mortgage Finance report (which I learned of via a Calculated Risk blog post this morning).

This result did not agree with findings reported in a previous study; the level of psychological distress was higher in partners who had negative perceptions regarding patients» treatment than in partners who had positive perceptions [14].

In - depth analysis currently underway is attempting to identify characteristics and experiences specific to survivors reporting high levels of psychological distress.

Presenting the data, Lee said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were three times as likely to experience high or very high levels of psychological distress, with one in three reporting a mental health problem.

Functional expectations of caregivers are often huge with multiple responsibilities such as household chores, emotional support, providing transportation and symptom management.4 As cancer survivorship grows, from 50 % in the 70s, to 54 % between 1983 and 1985, to 65 % in 2009, the illness may become a chronic disease, further stressing caregivers with a cumulative and unrelenting burden of care and responsibility.5 Psychological morbidity or psychiatric symptomatology among cancer caregivers is high.6, 7 Levels of distress have also been shown to be higher than those reported by patients themselves.8

In fact, women whose partners were honest about porn use reported higher levels of relationship satisfaction and lower levels of distress.

Females reported higher levels of somatic symptoms and emotional distress than males.

In 2012 - 13, 30 per cent of adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reported experiencing high levels of psychological distress.

For example, four - month - olds who show high levels of motor activity and distress, called high - reactive, are likely to become inhibited to the unfamiliar at 1 - 2 years old and report more unrealistic worries and more frequent bouts of depression at age 18, whereas low - reactive infants are likely to become uninhibited to the unfamiliar in the second year and are at a slightly higher risk for asocial behaviour at age 18.

The review reported a significant mental health gap between Australia's Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, with higher levels of psychological distress, hospitalisation for mental illness and death from intentional self - harm.

Every respondent reported depressive symptoms, with the majority reporting medium to high levels of distress.

Study: Latino Parents Report High Levels of Psychological Distress Due to US Immigration Policies

Over half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who experience racial discrimination report feelings of psychological distress, meaning they can go on to develop anxiety and depression.1 There is also a «dose» effect: the risk of high or very high levels of psychological distress increases as the volume of racism increases.3

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) reported to occur before foster care were associated with lower levels of sense of coherence (8 %) and higher levels of psychological distress (6 %).

This study, published in «Paediatrics and Child Health» in 2000, reports that after this period of distress, most children are able to adapt to their new environments, leading to decreased anxiety over time, particularly when parents find ways to work together and maintain independently high levels of connection to their child.

Parents have previously reported higher levels of depression, burnout, and marital distress in comparison to those raising typically developing children.

Parents reporting higher levels of initial parental distress had children who displayed more ODD - related symptoms on the Eyberg intensity scale at pretreatment, but made greater gains by follow - up than children of parents reporting less initial parental distress.

He also points out that across age groups, «Most people report high levels of happiness for themselves while simultaneously judging other people to be more imbued by distress than by happiness.»

Our yet - to - be-published research, presented at the recent Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer conference, showed young people whose parents have cancer report levels of psychological distress three to six times higher than others their age.

A systematic review of neighbourhood characteristics and health outcomes only identified one study that considered mental disorders.12, 13 Recent studies have shown that neighbourhood social disorganisation is associated with depressive symptoms14 and that living in socioeconomically deprived areas is associated with depression, 15,16 with higher levels of child problem behaviour, 17 with a higher incidence of non-psychotic disorders.18 A randomised controlled trial that moved families from high poverty neighbourhoods to non-poor neighbourhoods showed that both parents and children who moved reported fewer psychological distress symptoms than did control families who did not move.19

Although study sample was composed by families without special needs, participants reported high levels of parenting distress.

It has been reported that maternal PPD is a predictor of paternal one since the first is higher during the three months postpartum.8 Based on the existing knowledge of maternal PPD, literature suggests that also paternal PPD could be related with hormonal changes regarding alteration of testosterone, estrogen, vasopressin, prolactin and cortisol levels.10 In addition to mood disturbances, high parenting distress levels could also be considered a important factor compromising the parenting competence and the daily child care.17 Parenting stress is a construct related to the parent role and influenced by expectations and perceptions of child characteristics, parent characteristics and parental - infant interaction quality.

Studies investigating the effects of CU traits on facial emotion recognition have also yielded mixed findings, with some studies showing that CU traits are associated with deficits in recognizing facial expressions signalling distress (i.e., fear and sadness; Dadds et al. 2008; Fairchild et al. 2009, 2010), whilst other studies have reported superior fear recognition in those with high versus low levels of CU traits (e.g., Woodworth and Waschbusch 2008).

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 %).

Mothers of children with ASD reported higher levels of stress and distress, which were associated with higher levels of child problem behaviour.

Five studies exploring coping observed a relationship between strategies involving disengagement or withdrawal and higher distress levels; however, three studies also exploring this did not report any association between these forms of coping and distress.

Six of these studies reported 19 significant associations, 14 of which were positive associations with distress outcomes (i.e. high use of the coping strategy was associated with high distress levels) and five were negative associations.

35 % of those who experienced at least one stressor also reported high / very high levels of psychological distress