Sentences with phrase «social stress compared»

Despite high educational levels, the United States also reflects high levels of economic inequity and social stress compared to the other nations.

Not exact matches

«Children who had their pet dog with them reported feeling less stressed compared to having a parent for social support or having no social support.»

This study compared social and non-dependent problem drinkers on the impact of alcohol - related changes in the body's immune response to stress, alcohol - cue induced craving and anxiety, motivation to drink, and alcohol consumption.

Researchers found a higher percentage of young children in deep poverty compared to children in poverty had parents in poor or fair health or mental health, experienced frequent parenting stress, and perceived a lack of social support and security in their neighborhood.

Our goal in using this multifaceted model was two-fold 1) to confirm and further characterize the distinct behavioral traits in animals most susceptible to social stress after going through the 10 - day social defeat paradigm compared to undefeated control animals; 2) to provide pharmacological validation for this model using standard antidepressant medications such as fluoxetine and imipramine.

Our findings first confirmed previous work with this model in demonstrating that compared to undefeated control animals, mice most susceptible to social defeat stress demonstrated a number of abnormalities in social avoidance, depression and anxiety as measured by routine test procedures.

By comparing volcanic activity to records of social unrest, the researchers found a correlation between the two that was too closely matched to dismiss: «In years influenced by volcanic eruptions, Nile flooding was generally diminished, leading to social stress that could trigger unrest and have other political and economic consequences,» Manning said.

We have also found that control and defeated (stressed) Cbg ko mice show no difference in the social interaction test, while defeated WT mice reduce their interaction time when compared to unstressed WT mice.

Some recent examples include using Facebook to predict riots, comparing the use of Facebook with body image concern in adolescent girls and investigating whether Facebook can lower levels of stress responses, with research suggesting that it may enhance and undermine psycho - social constructs related to well - being.

Britton conducted a RCT in a private independent school comparing a mindfulness meditation class with an active control (n = 101), finding that mindfulness was associated with reductions in thoughts of self - harm.35 A recent trial of a mindfulness program compared with a social responsibility control in a mostly middle - class population showed that mindfulness led to positive outcomes in psychological symptoms, cognitive control, interpersonal outcomes, and stress physiology.36 Although these findings are promising, little information is available on mindfulness instruction for low - income, urban, minority populations.

Results Adolescents maltreated early in life were absent from school more than 1.5 as many days, were less likely to anticipate attending college compared with nonmaltreated adolescents, and had levels of aggression, anxiety / depression, dissociation, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, social problems, thought problems, and social withdrawal that were on average more than three quarters of an SD higher than those of their nonmaltreated counterparts.

One study comparing interracial and same - race lesbian couples found no differences in reported levels of stress or social support between those in interracial or same - race relationships.3 In a separate study, gay men in Black / White interracial relationships reported little resistance toward their relationships from friends, mixed reactions from family, and few problems dealing with cultural differences with their partners.4

Compared with other sources of psychological stress, study and social stress had stronger influences on psychological symptoms in the present study.

Maternal depression is demonstrated to contribute to multiple early child developmental problems, including impaired cognitive, social and academic functioning.3 - 6 Children of depressed mothers are at least two to three times more likely to develop adjustment problems, including mood disorders.3 Even in infancy, children of depressed mothers are more fussy, less responsive to facial and vocal expressions, more inactive and have elevated stress hormones compared to infants of non-depressed mothers.7, 8 Accordingly, the study of child development in the context of maternal depression is a great societal concern and has been a major research direction for early childhood developmental researchers for the past several decades.

Compared with their peers, participating students also significantly improved on five key nonacademic measures: They demonstrated greater social skills, less emotional stress and better attitudes, fewer conduct problems such as bullying and suspensions, and more - frequent positive behaviors, such as cooperation and help for other students.

Compared to the nonintervention sample across time, the Strong Communities samples showed significant changes in the expected direction for social support, collective efficacy, child safety in the home, observed parenting practices, parental stress, parental efficacy, self - reported parenting practices, rates of officially substantiated child maltreatment, and rates of ICD - 9 coded child injuries suggesting child maltreatment.

By contrast, the children of women who are on their own as parents, and LEFT alone — those who have no divorce stress or custody hassles undermining authority, and no financial problems or social pariah status or social worker meddling (compare widowed mothers versus welfare mothers versus struggling working single mother with young children)-- do just fine.

We used a cluster randomized control trial (cRCT) to compare children's social behaviors and stress levels in pre - and post-intervention according to whether they received a social skill training intervention or not.

Thus, there is some evidence that the maturational changes that occur in middle childhood combined with children's increased exposure to social situations require major adjustments in parental expectations which, in turn, may be associated with higher risk for stress compared to both early years and adolescence (Orr et al. 1993).

These findings are particularly meaningful when bearing in mind that families caring for a child with ASD without aggression are already at higher risk for depression, marital breakdown, decreased social support and increased stress when compared with other disabilities or the general population.

When both program models were collapsed and compared to controls, program children showed significant gains on measures of school adjustment and social competence, the most aggressive program children showed reductions in disruptive behavior, and program parents reported reduced levels of stress.

Its applicability and screening qualities for the detection of early social — emotional difficulties and development problems were compared with those of other available tools, namely, the CBCL 1 1/2 — 5 (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2000) and the Parenting Stress Index — Short Form (PSI - SF; Abidin, 1995).

Compared parental stress, social support, and child behaviour problems between participant groups to assess the impact on relationship quality.