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van Dyck, R. "Psychological and biological aspects of anxiety disorders." Acta Neuropsychiatrica 8, no. 4 (December 1996): 96–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0924270800037005.
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SummaryThe research on anxiety disorders of the department of psychiatry of the Vrije Universiteit is briefly reviewed. Studies have included comparisons between pharmacotherapy and cognitive behaviour therapy and combination treatments of panic disorder and of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Also, the hyperventilation model of panic disorder could be rejected as a result of an ambulatory monitoring study. Provocation studies with adrenalin in panic disorder have shown less support for a psychological model of panic than expected. Recommendations for future research include studies on anxiety in the very young and in the elderly, studies on comorbidity in anxiety, especially with alcoholism and depression and the development of treatment manuals for general practice. The issue is raised whether investing in neuroimaging studies will critically advance our knowledge in the near future.
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Moreira da Silva, Francisco, Paulo Malico Sousa, Valter Bruno Pinheiro, Olga López-Torres, Ignacio Refoyo Roman, and Daniel Mon-López. "Which Are the Most Determinant Psychological Factors in Olympic Shooting Performance? A Self-Perspective from Elite Shooters." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9 (April 27, 2021): 4637. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094637.
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Psychological aspects like anxiety, injuries’ effects, professional psychological support (PPS), psychological training (PT), or athlete-coach relationships could influence shooters’ performance. This study tried to determine which aspects were critical from the shooters’ perspective. Eight elite shooters were interviewed. After using qualitative methods, the following categories were obtained: importance of PT; anxiety and competition relationship; mental preparation; PPS; stress during training; injuries’ psychological effects and coach’s influence. PT is important for shooter’s performance, being PPS a key aspect. Moreover, anxiety levels are critical, raising during the pre-competitive period and oscillating during competition. Furthermore, shooters considered more effective the stress placed on training by the coach than by themselves. Accordingly, the coach plays a key role. Surprisingly, injuries did not affect shooters psychologically, nor in their competitive performance. We conclude that the combination of PPS, shooter competitive experience and the optimal coach’s work can promote a greater performance in Olympic shooting.
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Berger, Marcin, Justyna Oleszek-Listopad, Milena Marczak, and Jolanta Szymanska. "Psychological aspects of temporomandibular disorders – literature review." Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 28, no. 1 (March 1, 2015): 55–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2015-0044.
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Abstract Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) constitute a group of clinical problems involving the masticatory muscles, the temporomandibular joint and associated structures. An etiological connection of TMD with psychological factors was proposed as early as the 1980’s. Indeed, the interdependence of psychological and health aspects in the patient’s treatment, place light upon the more important variables contributing to the various mental disorders that may accompany TMD. Current literature suggests a close relationship between TMD and selected psychological factors, such as personality traits, stress, depression, anxiety, and catastrophizing. Of note, anxiety-depressive disorders, somatisation and catastrophizing contribute to chronic TMD, mainly in the form of myofascial pain. Hence, knowledge of the influence of psychological factors affecting TMD, enables the identification of patients with an increased risk of chronic painful TMD.
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Draskovic, Biljana, Jovana Simin, and Ivana Kvrgic. "Psychological aspects of pediatric anesthesia." Medical review 68, no. 1-2 (2015): 29–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/mpns1502029d.
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Surgery and anesthesia cause a significant emotional stress in both parents and children. Since the consequences of this stress develop immediately after surgery and can last even when the hospital treatment is over, the role of the anesthesiologist is to ensure psychological as well as physiological well-being of the patient. In order to reduce emotional stress induced by anesthesia and operation, the anesthesiologist has to understand certain developmental phases that children go through and to identify situations which a child could potentially see as a danger or a threat. This can usually be achieved by careful preoperative assessment and by administering preoperative sedation. During the preoperative visit to the patient, the anesthesiologist can evaluate the levels of anxiety of both parents and children as well as assess the child?s medical condition.
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Samochis, L., S. Lazar, B. Andreica, and F. Iftene. "P01-341-Socialization aspects in children with stuttering." European Psychiatry 26, S2 (March 2011): 343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72052-1.
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Stuttering, as a communication disorder, is a field of great interest, with many hypothesis regarding its nature and appropriate treatment. Many studies tried to emphasize the bond between stuttering and anxiety. Frequently, stuttering is associated with strong emotional reaction, as anxiety, emphasized by negative consequences of “not being able to talk accurately”. This turns in avoidance of speak and social problems as school difficulties.The aim of this study is anxiety evaluation in children with stuttering through specialized psychological intervention.We applied MASC (Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children) and CDI (Child Depression Inventory) to 20 children diagnosed with stuttering, aged 6–16, from Cluj -Napoca, both at the beginning and at the end of the study. Psychological intervention consisted of two evaluation sessions (one with the parent and one with the child) and ten group sessions (psychodrama and cognitive-behavioral techniques).The results showed a significant decrease of anxiety (p < 0.05), and no difference in depression symptoms (for statistical data we used SPSS 16.0 Program).
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White, Ross G., Andrew I. Gumley, Jacqueline McTaggart, Lucy Rattrie, Deirdre McConville, Seonaid Cleare, and Gordon Mitchell. "Depression and Anxiety Following Psychosis: Associations with Mindfulness and Psychological Flexibility." Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 41, no. 1 (May 14, 2012): 34–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1352465812000239.
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Background: Individuals experiencing psychosis can present with elevated levels of depression and anxiety. Research suggests that aspects of depression and anxiety may serve an avoidant function by limiting the processing of more distressing material. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy suggests that avoidance of aversive mental experiences contributes to psychological inflexibility. Depression and anxiety occurring in the context of psychosis have a limiting effect on quality of life. No research to date has investigated how levels of psychological flexibility and mindfulness are associated with depression and anxiety occurring following psychosis. Aims: This study investigated associations psychological flexibility and mindfulness had with depression and anxiety following psychosis. Method: Thirty participants with psychosis were recruited by consecutive referral on the basis that they were experiencing emotional dysfunction following psychosis. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II) and the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS) were used. A cross-sectional correlational design was used. Results: The depression and anxiety subscales of the HADS both had significant correlations with psychological flexibility (as assessed by the AAQ-II) and aspects of mindfulness (as assessed by the KIMS). Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that psychological flexibility, but not mindfulness, contributed significantly to models predicting 46% of variance in both depression and anxiety scores. Conclusions: Although aspects of mindfulness are associated with depression and anxiety following an episode of psychosis, psychological flexibility appears to account for a larger proportion of variance in depression and anxiety scores in this population.
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Pop-Jordanova, Nada, and Zoran Gucev. "Some Psychological Aspects of T1DM in Children and Adolescents." PRILOZI 36, no. 3 (December 1, 2015): 113–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2015-0086.
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Abstract Diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1DM) is a chronic disease with long term consequences dictating daily struggle to maintain a good metabolic control. Children and adolescents with T1DM seem to have inferior psychological adjustment to their normal counterparts, which might be associated with glycemic control and disease duration. The aim of this study is to evaluate the psychological characteristics of children and adolescents with T1DM treated last year in the University Children Hospital in Skopje, Macedonia and to propose some response measures. For psychological evaluation we used CBCL (Child Behavior Check List), GAS (General Anxiety Scale), EPQ (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire) and MMPI-201 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory). The results confirmed the following psychological characteristics: mild depression and anxiety, emotional instability, need for social acceptance, as well as the possible psychopathic traits. Suffering for a complex metabolic and chronic illness, these patients need psychological evaluation and intervention in the management.
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Cheong, Chen Chen, Asmidawati Ashari, Rahimah Ibrahim, Wan Aliaa W. Sulaiman, and Koo Kian Yong. "Brain Electrical Activity Mapping (Beam) on Trait Anxiety among Malaysian Chinese Children." 11th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 11, no. 1 (December 9, 2020): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/gcbssproceeding.2020.11(46).
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Woefully, the twenty-first century is described as an era of anxiety (Malcolm, 2015; Karas, 2013). In fact, the increasing prevalence rate of anxiety disorder has afflicted children at alarming rates nowadays. However, early onset of childhood anxiety is still underestimated. Consistent and intense feeling of fear had affected them in various aspects like emotions, behaviours and cognitive functions throughout their developmental stage (Bittner et al., 2007; Pine, Cohen, Gurley, Brook, & Ma, 1998; Woodward & Fergusson, 2001). Without proper early intervention, children are at risk for anxiety disorders with more severe anxiety symptoms when they are growing up. In order to get rid of the elevating of prevalence rate for anxiety, understanding the etiology of the onset of anxiety should be given more concern. In fact, this Biopsychosocial model views anxiety disorders as the products of biological aspects (gene and brain mechanism), psychological aspect (beliefs, behavior, coping skills) and social aspect (environmental factor). Among these three aspects, biological attributed vulnerabilities formed the first anxious personality in children since birth and reduced their resilience towards psychological and social stressors later on in their life (Averill, 2015). For instance, trait anxiety, the prolong state of anxious feeling is much more impactful for children compared to state anxiety as this inborn anxious personality shaped the first default biological vulnerability to fear. Hight trait anxiety level be adopted by the individual and form anxious personality in children since birth (Miu et al., 2009; Miclea, Albu & Ciuca, 2009). Keywords: Brain Electrical Activity Mapping (BEAM); Children; Chinese; Malaysia; Trait anxiety; Quantitative Electroencephalogram (qEEG)
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Seekles, W., P. Cuijpers, R. Kok, A. Beekman, H. van Marwijk, and A. van Straten. "Psychological treatment of anxiety in primary care: a meta-analysis." Psychological Medicine 43, no. 2 (April 12, 2012): 351–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291712000670.
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BackgroundGuidelines and mental healthcare models suggest the use of psychological treatment for anxiety disorders in primary care but systematic estimates of the effect sizes in primary care settings are lacking. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of psychological therapies in primary care for anxiety disorders.MethodThe Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), EMBASE, Medline, PsycINFO and Pubmed databases were searched in July 2010. Manuscripts describing psychological treatment for anxiety disorders/increased level of anxiety symptoms in primary care were included if the research design was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and if the psychological treatment was compared with a control group.ResultsIn total, 1343 abstracts were identified. Of these, 12 manuscripts described an RCT comparing psychological treatment for anxiety with a control group in primary care. The pooled standardized effect size (12 comparisons) for reduced symptoms of anxiety at post-intervention was d = 0.57 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.29–0.84, p = 0.00, the number needed to treat (NNT) = 3.18]. Heterogeneity was significant among the studies (I2 = 58.55, Q = 26.54, p < 0.01). The quality of studies was not optimal and missing aspects are summarized.ConclusionsWe found a moderate effect size for the psychological treatment of anxiety disorders in primary care. Several aspects of the treatment are related to effect size. More studies are needed to evaluate the long-term effects given the chronicity and recurrent nature of anxiety.
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McGettigan, Marie C., Jay S. Greenspan, Michael J. Antunes, David I. Greenspan, and S. David Rubenstein. "Psychological Aspects of Parenting Critically Ill Neonates." Clinical Pediatrics 33, no. 2 (February 1994): 77–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000992289403300203.
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This study was designed to objectively examine depression and distress levels in parents of ill versus parents of healthy neonates by utilizing two well-validated questionnaires, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Kellner Symptom Questionnaire (KSQ). In addition, morbidity of infants was assessed by the Minde-Whitelaw Neonatal Morbidity Scale, and parents completed a socioeconomic questionnaire. Analysis of mean BDI and KSQ scores revealed significant differences between parents of ill neonates and parents of healthy neonates in BDI, total KSQ scores, KSQ anxiety, and depression scale scores. Within these groups, respondents whose scores fell into moderate to severe ranges of distress on either questionnaire were referred for counseling. The BDI and KSQ, can be tools for better understanding about distress levels in parents of ill and healthy neonates.
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Tarasova, S. Ju, A. K. Osnitsky, and S. N. Enikolopov. "Social-psychological Aspects of Bullying: Interconnection of Aggressiveness and School Anxiety." Psychological-Educational Studies 8, no. 4 (2016): 102–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2016080411.
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Bullying is seen as a variant of aggression. Natural interconnections between contents of teenagers’ fears, anxiety and aggression are analyzed. The longitudinal research results are presented, in the framework of which four consecutive measures of anxiety and the following aggressiveness indexes of 70 6th form pupils, and then 7th form ones are compared. It is being clarified, to what extent aggressive behavior risk is related to animosity as a negative notional attitude of an individual. Hostility stably and positively correlates with school, self-esteem, interpersonal and mystical anxiety among teenagers. Social situation of uncertainty, connected to constant transformation of social norms, exerts heavy influence. According to research results, greatly isolated schoolchildren stand out in each class. It is them, who, according to the expert teachers assessment and included to observational results, are victims to aggressors as well as to “onlookers”, who take positions of passive aggressors. Victims are stably overly anxious, possess high level of hostility and are inclined to protective aggression in behavior. Their further transformation into aggressors can be safely assumed. This work was supported by grant RFH № 15-06-00052.
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Campos, Gloria González, Javier Cachón Zagalaz, and Santiago Romero Granados. "Correlational study of psychological variables self-confidence and anxiety." Motriz: Revista de Educação Física 21, no. 4 (December 2015): 352–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1980-65742015000400003.
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Abstract The purpose of this study is to analyze the concurrent validity of the psychological variables self-confidence and anxiety among the psychological measurement instruments: Psychological Characteristics Questionnaire related to Sports Performance (CPRD); Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2); and Sports Psychological Inventory LOEHR. For this purpose, a correlational study was conducted between the selected variables and pertinent aspects of the measurement instruments. The study has revealed that the psychological variables self-confidence and anxiety are relevant in all three instruments, although not in all of the selected items.
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GOY,, ELIZABETH R., AMY SCHULTZ,, and LINDA GANZINI. "Psychological and psychiatric aspects of palliative care: An annotated bibliography." Palliative and Supportive Care 1, no. 2 (June 2003): 181–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478951503030293.
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Articles from the last decade that have propelled the field of palliative care are reviewed. The areas of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, delirium, and grief are represented by seminal articles that define, explore, or thoroughly review these topics.
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Åström, Elisabeth, Britt Wiberg, Anna Sircova, Marie Wiberg, and Maria G. Carelli. "Insights into features of anxiety through multiple aspects of psychological time." Journal of Integrative Psychology and Therapeutics 2, no. 1 (2014): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.7243/2054-4723-2-3.
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Evers-Kiebooms, G., A. Swerts, and H. Berghe. "Psychological aspects of amniocentesis: anxiety feelings in three different risk groups." Clinical Genetics 33, no. 3 (June 28, 2008): 196–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0004.1988.tb03437.x.
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Genesia, Maria Luisa, Franco Rabbia, Elisa Testa, Silvia Totaro, Elena Berra, Michele Covella, Chiara Fulcheri, Giulia Bruno, and Franco Veglio. "Psychological aspects in the management of patients with essential hypertension." Clinical Management Issues 6, no. 1 (March 15, 2012): 27–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.7175/cmi.v6i1.622.
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The hypertensive patient is the most stable phenotype in psychosomatic medicine. Hypertensive patients represent a vulnerable population that deserves special attention from health care providers and systems, and psychosomatic medicine may be an important tool in the management of high blood pressure. Depression, anxiety disorders and personality features are often associated with elevated blood pressure (BP) and they may have a role in the development of mild high-renin essential hypertension. Besides, “white coat” hypertension and “masked” hypertension demonstrate how clinic blood pressure could be strongly related to trait anxiety. Hypertension is largely asymptomatic, and patients often have little understanding of the importance of achieving BP control. Medication adverse effects may become an important factor in poor adherence to the treatment and the antidepressant use increases the risk of hypertension. So, the challenge in the management of hypertensive patients is the adherence to non-pharmacological and behavioural treatments for hypertension.
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Kostina, Lyubov M. "EFFICIENCY OF PSYCHO CORRECTION OF THE LEADING ELEMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SECURITY OF FIRST-GRADERS’ PERSONALITY BY VARIOUS PLAY TECHNIQUES." Educational Psychology in Polycultural Space 54, no. 2 (2021): 19–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.24888/2073-8439-2021-54-2-19-24.
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The article presents the results of an empirical study aimed at determining the most effective play therapy technique for the psychological correction of a high level of anxiety, as a leading element of the structure of the psychological safety of the personality of primary schoolchildren during the period of their adaptation to school education. Recently, the problem of psychologi-cal safety of the personality of students has been in the area of increased attention. There is more and more scientific research aimed at studying various aspects of this phenomenon. One of these aspects is to ensure the psychological safety of the individual in different periods of training. The most psychologically difficult period is the period of adaptation of the child to the educational process. The presented article is devoted to the study of this aspect. Four hundred first-graders with a high level of anxiety, which was determined during the control diagnostics, took part in the work. The work used empirical methods and methods of mathematical statistics. At the formative stage of the work, all first-graders were divided into four groups: con-trol and three experimental. In each of the experimental groups with children, psychological correction of one of the play therapy techniques was carried out: non-directive, directive, and integrative, respectively. Upon completion of the formative stage of the study, a control diagno-sis of the level of anxiety in first-graders in the control and all experimental groups was carried out. The results of studying the dynamics of the level of anxiety as a leading element of the struc-ture of the psychological safety of a person after psychological correction made it possible to identify the most effective techniques of the method of play therapy. The data obtained allow us to speak about the presence of statistically significant differences in the experimental group, where play therapy of the integrative type was used. The results of the level of anxiety in first-graders in the experimental group, where psychological correction was carried out by the method of non-directive play therapy, demonstrate less significant differences. The level of anxi-ety in first-graders in the experimental group, where the method of directive play therapy was used, did not statistically significantly differ from the data of students in the control group, where psychological correction was not carried out.
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Мухина, О. Д., and Н. А. Фомина. "THE UNEMPLOYED: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS." Психолого-педагогический поиск, no. 4(56) (March 4, 2021): 130–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.37724/rsu.2020.56.4.014.
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Актуальность темы определяется возросшим количеством безработных в современном обществе в связи с экономическим и эпидемиологическим кризисом, наличием противоречий между высокой потребностью безработных граждан в социально-психологической поддержке и отсутствием теоретической и практической разработки данного вопроса, а также преимущественно информирующим характером деятельности специалистов, работающих с этой категорией населения. В статье представлены результаты теоретического анализа психологических особенностей безработных граждан, осуществленного с целью определения направлений социально-психологической работы с ними, которая может обеспечить успешность адаптации этих людей к изменяющимся условиям жизни, связанным с потерей и поиском работы. Отмечены такие изменения в личности людей, потерявших работу, как страх, беспокойство, депрессия, невысокий уровень принятия себя и других, эмоционального комфорта и интернальности. К факторам, снижающим успешность адаптации безработных людей к новым условиям, отнесены повышенная тревожность, низкий уровень стрессоустойчивости, тревожный, неустойчивый, гипертимный типы акцентуаций личности, а повышающим ее — стрессоустойчивость, оптимизм, активность, коммуникабельность, интернальный локус контроля, эмоциональная лабильность, позитивное отношение к себе, своей жизни, позитивный атрибутивный стиль и др. Выделены невротизированный и конструктивный варианты поведения личности в ситуации потери работы; успешный и неуспешный, оптимистично и пессимистично настроенные типы безработных. С учетом всего вышесказанного определены основные направления социально-психологической поддержки безработных, коррекции их психологического состояния и помощи в трудоустройстве, среди которых выделены определение факторов, затрудняющих выход из кризиса после потери работы и выработка оптимальных способов быстрой и успешной адаптации к новым условиям. Указано на то, что расширение знаний о психологических особенностях личности безработных необходимо для их адресной социально-психологической поддержки и совершенствования работы специалистов по социально-психологическому сопровождению безработных граждан. The relevance of the issue is accounted for by the growing number of the unemployed in modern society, which is triggered off by the economic and epidemiological crisis, the discrepancy between unemployed citizens’ want of social and psychological support and the fact that the theoretical and applied aspects of the issue are underdeveloped and specialists who are expected to provide support provide information services instead. The article presents the results of a theoretical analysis of unemployed citizens’ psychological characteristics. The analysis is conducted to estimate social and psychological support required to help unemployed people to successfully adapt to the changing conditions of life associated with employment loss and job search. The article shows that people who have lost employment are subject to dismay, anxiety, depression, low level of self-acceptance and acceptance of others, emotional discomfort, and internality. There are some factors that hinder unemployed people’s adaptation to the new conditions of life. These factors are extreme anxiety and low stress resilience, psycasthenic, unstable, and hyperthymic forms of accentuation. The factors that can improve one’s adaptability are stress resilience, optimism, active life style, communicability, internal locus of control, emotional liability, positive perception of self, positive attributional style, etc. The article discusses neurotic and constructive behavioral patterns in situations of job loss. It also deals with successful and unsuccessful, optimistic and pessimistic types of unemployed people. The analysis of the abovementioned factors enables the authors of the article to identify the major aspects of social and psychological support unemployed people need. It also enables the authors to elaborate strategies of psychological correction and employment assistance, such as the identification of factors that hinder one’s adaptation to the new conditions of life and the elaboration of strategies that will improve people’s adaptability skills. The article maintains that in order to improve the quality of social and psychological services rendered by specialists working with the unemployed and to ensure that all unemployed citizens get the required social and psychological support, it is essential to examine unemployed people’s psychological characteristics.
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Zhuk, S., and O. Schurevska. "Threat of premature birth: psycho-social aspects." HEALTH OF WOMAN, no. 6(112) (July 29, 2016): 86–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.15574/hw.2016.112.86.
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The objective: to study the psychological characteristics of women’s status in one of the most common complications of pregnancy - the threat of termination of pregnancy, depending on the level of stress load. Patients and methods. We have studied the psychological status (the Holmes-Rahe level of psychosocial stress, the Spielberg-Hanin level of anxiety, V.I.Dobryakov’s related to a pregnancy test, diagnosis of psychological defense mechanisms, assessment of quality of life) 60 pregnant women with threat of premature birth in the third trimester of pregnancy. Surveyed women were divided into 2 groups: group 1 included 30 pregnant women – forced migrant of Donetsk and Lugansk area and 2 group – 30 pregnant women who resided in Kiev. Results. At the same clinical picture of the threat of premature birth we detected discrepancy between the subjective assessment of their condition in women – forced migrants: a high level of situational and personal anxiety, decrease in physical (physical functioning, role-physical functioning) and psychological (social functioning, role emotional functioning) health, doubtful and pathological subtypes of gestational dominant. This creates prerequisites for complications of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum future period and requires the participation of psychologists in the work with this category of patients. Conclusion. So, revealed a discrepancy between the objective clinical signs similar obstetric pathology (on the example of threatened abortion) in pregnant women with different levels of stress load and their subjective evaluation of their condition that affects their psychological status. This should be reflected in individually tailored therapy and be mainstreamed into the work of obstetricians and gynecologists with these patients, and requires mandatory participation of psychologists in the work with this category of patients. Key words: pregnancy, the threat of premature birth, stress, psychological status.
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Krampen, Günter, Britt Effertz, Ursula Jostock, and Beatrix Müller. "Gender differences in personality: Biological and/or psychological?" European Journal of Personality 4, no. 4 (December 1990): 303–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.2410040404.
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The results of three empirical studies are reported in which the hypothesis is tested that differences in personality variables between the morphophenotype sexes can be explained by psychological sex‐role orientation variables. Furthermore, it was expected that normative sex‐role orientations (measured with the SRO‐S and the AWS‐S Scales) and gender‐related self‐concepts (femininity, masculinity, and androgyny measured with a modified BSRI) explain more variance in personality variables than morphophenotype sex. Besides these sex‐role orientation variables, test and questionnaire data on verbal fluency, spatial reasoning, self‐concept, anxiety, and aggressiveness were obtained in Study I from 50 young adults and their same‐sex parents; in Study II, data on verbal fluency, spatial reasoning, self‐concept, anxiety, and neuroticism were obtained from 120 university students; and in Study III, data on anxiety, locus of control, and Machiavellianism were obtained from 226 university students. The results confirm both hypotheses for the two aspects of intelligence studied, domain‐specific self‐concepts, different aspects of anxiety and aggressiveness, neuroticism, powerful others' externality in locus of control, and Machiavellianism. For all these personality variables the effect sizes of the psychological gender variables were larger than those of morphophenotype sex and reached medium to large values.
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Wisting, Line, Cecilie Siegwarth, Torild Skrivarhaug, Knut Dahl-Jørgensen, and Øyvind Rø. "The impact of psychological aspects, age, and BMI on eating disorder psychopathology among adult males and females with type 1 diabetes." Health Psychology Open 7, no. 2 (July 2020): 205510292097596. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102920975969.
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This study investigated correlates of eating disorder (ED) psychopathology among adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D). A total of 282 males ( n = 112) and females ( n = 170) with T1D (18–79 years) participated. Overall, psychological aspects (i.e. illness perceptions, coping strategies, insulin beliefs, anxiety, and depression) were associated with ED psychopathology. Associations were generally stronger among females than males. In a regression model, age, BMI, personal control, and anxiety explained 51% of the variance in ED psychopathology among females, whereas BMI, personal control, and anxiety explained 47% of the variance among males. Greater clinical awareness of health psychological aspects may contribute to reduce the risk of developing ED.
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Farchakh, Youssef, Rabih Hallit, Marwan Akel, Clarissa Chalhoub, Maria Hachem, Souheil Hallit, and Sahar Obeid. "Nomophobia in Lebanon: Scale validation and association with psychological aspects." PLOS ONE 16, no. 4 (April 20, 2021): e0249890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249890.
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Objectives Nomophobia, an abbreviation of “No mobile phone phobia”, is characterized by the illogical fear of being detached from the mobile phone or unable to use it. Research have provided evidence of an association between increased cellular phone use and multiple health issues, such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, and others. To our knowledge, there are no Lebanese studies about nomophobia, despite the high incorporation rate of mobile phones in Lebanon and the likelihood of suffering from anxiety, depression, and other conditions due to nomophobic attitudes. The study objectives were to validate and confirm psychometric properties of the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) and examine the associations between particular psychological conditions (anxiety, depression, stress, insomnia and impulsivity) and nomophobia among a representative sample of Lebanese people. Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out between January and July 2019. It enrolled 2260 residents of the community randomly selected from Lebanon’s Mohafazat. Two villages per sub-district and households from each village were chosen using a random sampling technique. A questionnaire was distributed randomly to the households. SPSS version 25 was used to perform the statistical analysis. A multinomial regression was computed taking the nomophobia categories as the dependent variable (and taking the absence of nomophobia as the reference category) and all variables that showed a significant association in the bivariate analysis as independent variables. Results A total of 2260 (80.71%) out of 2800 questionnaires distributed was collected back. The mean age of the participants was 27.98 ± 9.66 years (58.8% females). Moreover, the mean nomophobia score was 71.56 ± 26.92 (median = 71; minimum = 14; maximum = 140). The results showed that 46 (2.0%) had no nomophobia, 769 (34.1%) mild nomophobia [95% CI 0.322–0.361], 1089 (48.3%) moderate nomophobia [95% CI 0.463–0.504] and 349 (15.5%) severe nomophobia [95% CI 0.140–0.170]. Items of the nomophobia scale converged over a solution of three factors that had an Eigenvalue over 1 (Factor 1 = emotions associated to losing connectedness, Factor 2 = not being able to communicate, Factor 3 = not being able to access information; total variance explained = 66.65%, and Cronbach’s alpha = 0.948). The results of a multinomial regression, taking the nomophobia score as the dependent variable, showed that higher age was significantly associated with lower odds of having mild (aOR = 0.97), moderate (aOR = 0.93) and severe (aOR = 0.97) nomophobia respectively. Higher anxiety (aOR = 1.09) and higher insomnia (aOR = 1.04) were significantly associated with higher odds of having severe nomophobia. Conclusion The results suggest a positive correlation between nomophobia and psychological conditions. There is a need for longitudinal and prospective studies that furnish information with regards of the impact of time on the variables measured, in order to better understand the nature, causes, and attributes of nomophobia.
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Leanza, Vito, Alessia Passanisi, and Gianluca Leanza. "Urinary incontinence: quality of life and psychological aspects." Urogynaecologia 27, no. 1 (October 28, 2013): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/uij.2013.e3.
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of female urinary incontinence (UI) on quality of life. The method of research is based on a literature search on PubMed, Cochrane library and relevant articles from 1977 to 2012. Forty-eight works were found. Literature showed that UI affects a large percentage of the aged out patients. Women experience UI because of many reasons such as childbirth, menopause and previous gynaecologic surgery. Incontinence is to be treated as it impacts physiological and psychological aspects of patient’s life. Treatments include medical, physical (rehabilitation) and surgical approaches. Measures for assessment are made up by specific and non-specific questionnaires. Evaluation of female incontinence must take into account patients with and without medical treatment. Every sort of therapy has to consider the psychological impact too. In current literature depression, anxiety, shame and decreed selfefficacy resulted as the most important factors involving women with UI.
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Bastrikov, O. Yu. "Psychosomatic and gender aspects of studying functional gastrointestinal disorders." Experimental and Clinical Gastroenterology, no. 6 (August 4, 2020): 77–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.31146/1682-8658-ecg-178-6-77-81.
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The cross—sectional study included 194 senior students of a medical university, of which 156 were women and 38 were men. To judge the frequency and severity of the course of PD and IBS, the 7x7 questionnaire was used. A set of psychodiagnostic questionnaires included: an integrative anxiety test; a scale for psychological express—diagnostics of the level of neurotization; the methodology of the Strategy of coping behavior.The psychological characteristics of the examined men with PD and IBS were characterized by a predominance of subscales of personal anxiety (“emotional discomfort”, “asthenic component”, “phobic component”, “anxious assessment of perspective”). In the repertoire of strategies coping with stress, coping “acceptance of responsibility” and, on the contrary, less often “planning of solving a problem” was much more common.The women with the presence of PD and IBS, along with exceeding the general level of personal anxiety often have subscales such as “emotional discomfort”, “phobic component”, “anxious assessment of perspective”. Among the prevailing coping strategies noted “distance”, “the search for social support”, “acceptance of responsibility”, “fl ight—avoidance”. In addition, the female “cohort” with PD and IBS, in contrast to the male, was characterized by a significantly high level of neuroticism.
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Andersen, Barbara L., and Hamed H. Tewfik. "Psychological reactions to radiation therapy: Reconsideration of the adaptive aspects of anxiety." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 48, no. 4 (1985): 1024–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.48.4.1024.
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Y. Tarasova, Sofya. "SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BULLYING: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGGRESSIVENESS AND SCHOOL ANXIETY." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 8, no. 4 (September 11, 2020): 1061–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2020.84101.
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Purpose of the study: Bullying is considered as a form of aggression. As opposed to accidental quarrel or fight, bullying is intentional aggressive behaviour demonstrated regularly. Aggressive actions that teenagers below the age of criminal responsibility take at school cause a public outcry. At the same time, developmental psychologists point out problems of self-esteem and forming self-concept typical of modern 5th and 6th graders. We analyze the relationship between the content of teenagers’ fears, anxiety and aggressiveness.
Methodology: The methodological basis of the research lies both in the concepts of the Buss-Perry psychology of aggression and the psychology of anxiety by А. M. Prikhozhan. Anxiety scale for schoolchildren aged 10—12. Buss-Perry method BPAQ. Perfectionism questionnaire – the Russian version of the АРS-R scale.
Principal Findings: We identified highly isolated students in each class. According to the data of participant observation and teachers’ expert evaluations, they become victims of aggressors as well as those of “observers” who take the position of passive aggressors. The “outcasts” are usually overanxious, demonstrate a high level of hostility and tend to be aggressive in their behaviour. There are good reasons to suppose that they’ll turn into aggressors in the future.
Applications of this study: We developed, tested and implemented a psychological support programme for adolescents and preadolescents. The psychological support programme is aimed at working with both victims and aggressors. Similarly essential is the work with “observers” who take the position of passive aggressors.
Novelty of this study: According to the results of the research, all members of a social group participate in bullying to different extents. Fears of bullies are related to confirmation of their relatively high status in the social group. Concerns of victims are connected with the financial position of their families.
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HATEM, Wahiba Guiraa, and Hassiba HAFFAF. "PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND CORONA." RIMAK International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 03, no. 06 (July 1, 2021): 514–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.47832/2717-8293.6-3.45.
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Covid-19 can be considered the most serious global health crisis to hit humanity since the Second World War. It has not only affected the health aspect, but also various aspects of economic, social, educational, political and even cultural life, resulting in high levels of stress and anxiety in a difficult test of our ability to adapt to the unknown. There is no doubt that the mental and psychic health of individuals has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and by the exceptional and unprecedented measures that restrict individual freedoms, such as quarantine, social distancing contrary to the social nature of human beings, as well as therapeutic and preventive protocols as a means of responding to the spread of the virus, which have caused and continue to cause psychological problems for individuals who do not respond positively to this crisis and who are in a fragile psychological situation. This article discusses the mental health effects of this pandemic, such as anxiety disorders, OCD, PTSD and depression, highlighting the main psychological and physical symptoms that can result from the fear of inter-individual transmission and quarantine. It also discusses the best ways and strategies for coping with this pandemic, as well as the most important psychological techniques that are part of cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy, including physical techniques such as relaxation and breath control, cognitive techniques such as cognitive reconstruction, as well as emotional techniques such as mindfulness, which help to mitigate the psychological effects and build psychological immunity for an effective response to the pandemic.
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Rambod, Masoume, Farkhondeh Sharif, Zahra Molazem, Kate Khair, and Sylvia von Mackensen. "Health-Related Quality of Life and Psychological Aspects of Adults With Hemophilia in Iran." Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 24, no. 7 (March 26, 2018): 1073–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1076029618758954.
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Hemophilia causes bleeding that may affect patients’ psychological aspects and quality of life. This study aims to evaluate the impact of psychological aspects and pain on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adult patients with hemophilia. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 103 patients with hemophilia. Data were collected using hemophilia-specific quality of life, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, and pain visual analogue scales. Data were analyzed using correlation coefficients, analysis of covariance, and regression analysis. The results showed that 71.7% of patients with hemophilia experienced pain on the study day. The mean score of HRQoL of patients with hemophilia was 51.09 (standard deviation = 19.37). Moreover, 57.4%, 64.6%, and 44.6% of the patients had mild to severe depression, anxiety, and stress, respectively. In addition, a significant association was observed between HRQoL and depression, anxiety, and severity of pain. In the regression model, 48% of changes in HRQOL were explained by the study variables, with the severity of pain and depression being significant predictors. Therefore, attention should be paid to these aspects to improve patients’ quality of life and psychosocial health.
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Maralani, Farnaz Mehdipour, Masoud Gholamali Lavasani, and Elahe Hejazi. "Structural Modeling on the Relationship between Basic Psychological Needs, Academic Engagement, and Test Anxiety." Journal of Education and Learning 5, no. 4 (August 24, 2016): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jel.v5n4p44.
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<p>Some of the key issues in educational psychology are the way of students’ engagement at school, controlling anxiety, and academic achievement. In line with that, the purpose of the present study is to determine the relationship between variables that are basic psychological needs, academic engagement, and test anxiety with regard to structural equation modeling. Therefore, the cluster sampling of 289 female students of Hamedan province was carried out in some phases. Also, the participants were supposed to fill some questionnaires on aspects of academic engagement (Reeve & Tseng, 2011), basic psychological needs (La Guardia, 2000), and Ahwaz inventory test anxiety (2002). The results of structural equation modeling show that exogenous variable of basic psychological needs effects directly positive and significantly on academic engagement; also, effects directly negative and meaningfully on test anxiety. However, the indirect effect on test anxiety because of academic engagement is not significant. The justification is that the relationship between academic engagement and test anxiety is not meaningful. According to findings, basic psychological needs can be highlighted as the most important factor so as to increase academic engagement of students, and decrease their test anxiety.</p>
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Gamel, Wafaa Mostafa Ahmed, Hanan Elzeblawy Hassan, and Alyaa Abdallah El-ezazy. "Male Infertility and Psychological Repercussions: Α Neglected Problem in Northern Upper Egypt." International Journal of Studies in Nursing 4, no. 4 (September 30, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.20849/ijsn.v4i4.654.
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Background: Infertility, although not а life-threatening illness, is а life crisis that leads to medical, psychological, social and ethical issues. Male infertility is а neglected area of research, particularly, in Upper Egypt. Most of the studies carried out on this issue, mainly, focused on the etiological factors associated with infertility. The vast majority of researcher studied infertility as а causative or result of psychological aspects but little study psychological aspects as reactive or effect of infertility. Aim: This study shed some light on the extent of psychological repercussions, which was negatively impacted on through the male infertility experience, in Northern Upper Egypt. Method: Α descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 50 infertile men in governmental hospitals in Fayoum, Egypt. Α structured questionnaire comprises 2 parts was used: (1) sociodemographic characteristics, participants’ lifestyle, and sexual behavior & infertility history, (2) Depression-Anxiety-Stress-Scаle-42 (DΑЅЅ 42). Results: The results of the present study portrayed that 42% of the studied subjects were having а sever level of depression. However, 36.0% had а moderate level of anxiety. Moreover, 46.0% of the subject had severe tension. To sum up, infertility hаs many implicаtions for the psychologicаl state of infertile men. Men’s psychosociаl status was influenced by the type and duration of infertility treatment. Conclusion: Concluding we will hаve to аdmit that Upper Egyptiаn men аppeаr to develop psychologicаl distress when fаcing infertility аnd thаt this is а construct overly influenced by sociodemogrаphic chаracteristics, lifestyle аnd sexual pаttern supported by our reseаrch results. Recommendations: Our findings reinforce the need for аndrologist, gynecologist, and infertility speciаlist аnd health cаre sectors аs well аs psychologicаl professionals to look for psychosociаl issues in men undergoing infertility treаtment. Further reseаrch is needed to understаnd the аssociation between psychosociаl issues аnd fertility outcomes, аs well аs effective psychosociаl interventions.
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Reula, L. Montes, A. Portilla Fernández, and H. Saiz García. "Aspects of the psychological consequences of cannabis use." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): S479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.563.
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Cannabis is seen among general population as an “anti-depressive drug”. Many papers have been published in the field of investigation about the relationship between cannabis use and affective disorders. We pretend to find the aspect of the psychological consequences of cannabis use.MethodsUsing Pubmed and PsychInfo, we conducted a narrative review of the literature on cannabis and psychiatric comorbidity using the keywords cannabis, psychosis, mood, depression, mania, bipolar, and anxiety.ResultsThere is substantial evidence of an association between cannabis use and psychosis. A few reports suggest an association with bipolar disorder while the association with depression and anxiety disorders is mixed.ConclusionsThe present review confirms earlier findings of an association between cannabis use and a lower age at onset. Data shows that cannabis use, beginning in the adolescence and with a frequency higher than once a week, correlates with the development in adult age of affective symptoms and/or disorder, mainly in bipolar disorder, with a moderate relation with Depressive spectrum. Even more, some authors hypothesize that cannabis may play a role in the development of the disorder, that to say, affective disorder would not appear in the absence of cannabis use. The current findings suggest that recent cannabis use is associated with a more severe course of illness in the early phase of BD I.Recent cannabis use was also associated with more lifetime suicide attempts.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Gomes, Francisco Isaac Fernandes, Maria Gerusa Brito Aragão, Mirna Marques Bezerra, and Hellíada Vasconcelos Chaves. "GABAergic transmission and modulation of anxiety: A review on molecular aspects." Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences 6, no. 12 (2019): 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.21472/bjbs.061202.
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Stress responses activate protective mechanisms to achieve homeostasis, but they can be detrimental when such responses become maladaptive. Anxiety relates to risk assessment of a potential threat and involves uncertainty regarding the anticipation of a threatening situation and it dampers quality of life. Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory system in the central nervous system and plays a key role in the regulation of neuronal transmission in the brain, affecting many physiological and psychological processes. This mini-review aims to summarize key points concerned with the GABAergic transmission and basic aspects related to the GABAergic system in anxiety.
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van Beek, M. H., R. C. Oude Voshaar, G. Pop, and A. E. Speckens. "Aspects of cardiac anxiety in patients with a myocardial infarction." European Psychiatry 33, S1 (March 2016): S152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.276.
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IntroductionWhen the heart is in danger – as is true during a myocardial infarction (MI) – this is life-threatening and as such can provoke specific fear: so-called cardiac anxiety. Both general anxiety and depression are associated with cardiac prognosis in MI-patients. However, as most treatment studies have not shown beneficial effects on cardiac prognosis, the need to examine specific aspects of anxiety and depression post-MI has been advocated.MethodsWe examined whether cardiac anxiety can be reliably assessed with the Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire (CAQ) in 237 hospitalized MI-patients. Cross-sectional associations were explored, as well as possible trajectories of cardiac anxiety in the year post-MI (by latent class-analysis) and its association with quality of life. Finally, the prognostic association of cardiac anxiety with major adverse cardiac events (MACE) including all-cause mortality was examined with cox-regression-survival analysis.ResultsThe CAQ is a valid and reliable instrument in MI-patients and assessed fear, attention, avoidance of physical exercise, and safety-seeking behavior. Higher cardiac anxiety was associated with more psychological distress but lower severity in cardiac injury. In the year post-MI four cardiac anxiety trajectories were identified; higher cardiac anxiety was associated with worse quality of life. CAQ score significantly predicted MACE in a five-year-follow-up period, even after adjustment for age, cardiac disease severity and depressive symptoms (HRbaseline: 1.60 [95% CI: 1.05–2.45], P = 0.029; HR3-months: 1.71 [0.99–2.59]; P = 0.054).ConclusionCardiac anxiety is an important and potentially modifiable factor in the treatment of MI-patients: it is prevalent and associated with quality of life and cardiac prognosis.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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BARBOSA, Gustavo Augusto Seabra, Cibele Oliveira Melo ROCHA, Camila Maria Bastos Machado de RESENDE, and Kelly Verônica de Melo SALES. "Effect of Watsu therapy on psychological aspects and quality of life of patients with temporomandibular disorder: case report." RGO - Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia 62, no. 3 (September 2014): 309–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1981-86372014000300000122409.
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Watsu therapy is a water relaxation intervention technique performed individually in a warm pool with music and peaceful settings involving harmonious rotational movements, stretching, tractions on the joints and pressures at the points of muscle tension. This study evaluated the effect of Watsu therapy on psychological aspects (anxiety and minor psychiatric disorders) and on the quality of life of a patient with temporomandibular disorders. The patient answered three questionnaires: STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) and GHQ (Goldberg Health Questionnaire) to assess anxiety and psychiatric disorders respectively, and WHOQOL- Brief (World Health Organization Quality of Life) to assess quality of life. Watsu therapy has been used in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) such as myofascial pain diagnosed by RDC/TMD (Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders). Psychological aspects and quality of life were assessed before and after Watsu therapy. The results after treatment showed relevant and significant improvement on all indices evaluated. Therefore, it was shown that Watsu therapy was effective in reducing anxiety and minor psychiatric disorders, as well as improved quality of life of patients with temporomandibular disorder.
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Kolyagina, Victoria, Konstantin Yadrov, Slavitsa Golubovich, Anastasia Chebryakova, and Serafima Mityanets. "Study of psychological features of anxiety in adolescents and youth in school and university." E3S Web of Conferences 210 (2020): 19027. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202021019027.
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The actual topic of modern psychology is the psychological health of students and youth. In further socialization and adaptation in society, a major role is played by the absence of anxiety in the psychological characteristics of children. It is very important that the future generation enters adulthood without a neurotic history. Therefore, the study of the characteristics of the manifestation of anxiety at school and university, its types and specific manifestations is one of the main aspects of the study of modern psychological science. The purpose of the paper is to consider the characteristics of the manifestation of anxiety in students of the fifth, ninth grades and students of the last courses of university. Materials and methods. The paper analyzes the types of anxiety of schoolchildren and students, the features of its manifestation in various age and gender groups. The study was conducted using psychological tests to identify the dependence of the level of anxiety on gender, age and the influence of the external environment. The research data were processed using mathematical statistics. The results of the study. A study of the manifestation of anxiety features showed that the school anxiety decreases and interpersonal anxiety increases with age. The data indicate the specificity in the gender characteristics of the manifestation of anxiety. High indicators of anxiety show the need to create special conditions for the upbringing and education of children in educational institutions to prevent it and reduce the level of neuroticism in schoolchildren and students. Discussion and conclusions. The results of the study can be useful to teachers, psychologists, and teachers for understanding the psychological component of the development of schoolchildren and students, for their further successful psychological maturation.
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Denning, Max, Ee Teng Goh, Benjamin Tan, Abhiram Kanneganti, Melanie Almonte, Alasdair Scott, Guy Martin, et al. "Determinants of burnout and other aspects of psychological well-being in healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic: A multinational cross-sectional study." PLOS ONE 16, no. 4 (April 16, 2021): e0238666. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238666.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on healthcare systems and workers around the world. Such pressures may impact on working conditions, psychological wellbeing and perception of safety. In spite of this, no study has assessed the relationship between safety attitudes and psychological outcomes. Moreover, only limited studies have examined the relationship between personal characteristics and psychological outcomes during Covid-19. From 22nd March 2020 to 18th June 2020, healthcare workers from the United Kingdom, Poland, and Singapore were invited to participate using a self-administered questionnaire comprising the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to evaluate safety culture, burnout and anxiety/depression. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine predictors of burnout, anxiety and depression. Of 3,537 healthcare workers who participated in the study, 2,364 (67%) screened positive for burnout, 701 (20%) for anxiety, and 389 (11%) for depression. Significant predictors of burnout included patient-facing roles: doctor (OR 2.10; 95% CI 1.49–2.95), nurse (OR 1.38; 95% CI 1.04–1.84), and ‘other clinical’ (OR 2.02; 95% CI 1.45–2.82); being redeployed (OR 1.27; 95% CI 1.02–1.58), bottom quartile SAQ score (OR 2.43; 95% CI 1.98–2.99), anxiety (OR 4.87; 95% CI 3.92–6.06) and depression (OR 4.06; 95% CI 3.04–5.42). Significant factors inversely correlated with burnout included being tested for SARS-CoV-2 (OR 0.64; 95% CI 0.51–0.82) and top quartile SAQ score (OR 0.30; 95% CI 0.22–0.40). Significant factors associated with anxiety and depression, included burnout, gender, safety attitudes and job role. Our findings demonstrate a significant burden of burnout, anxiety, and depression amongst healthcare workers. A strong association was seen between SARS-CoV-2 testing, safety attitudes, gender, job role, redeployment and psychological state. These findings highlight the importance of targeted support services for at risk groups and proactive SARS-CoV-2 testing of healthcare workers.
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Artigas, Nathalie Ribeiro, Vera Lúcia Widniczck Striebel, Arlete Hilbig, and Carlos Roberto de Mello Rieder. "Evaluation of quality of life and psychological aspects of Parkinson's disease patients who participate in a support group." Dementia & Neuropsychologia 9, no. 3 (September 2015): 295–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642015dn93000013.
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that can dramatically impair patient quality of life (QoL). Objective: To analyze the QoL, motor capacity, depression, anxiety and social phobia of individuals who attended a patient support group (PSG) compared to non-participants. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed. The sample consisted of 20 individuals with PD who attended a PSG and another 20 PD patients who did not attend a support group for PD patients, serving as the control group (nPSG). All patients answered questionnaires on motor capacity (UPDRS), QoL (Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire- PDQ-39), depression (Beck Depression Inventory), anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory) and social phobia (Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale). To determine data distribution, the Shapiro-Wilk test was performed. For comparison of means, Student's t-test was applied. In cases of asymmetry, the Mann-Whitney test was employed. To assess the association between the scales, Pearson's correlation coefficient (symmetric distribution) and Spearman's coefficient (asymmetric distribution) were applied. For the association between qualitative variables, Pearson's Chi-squared test was performed. A significance level of 5% (p≤0.05) was adopted. Results: Individuals in the PSG had a significantly better QoL (p=0.002), and lower depression (p=0.026), anxiety (p<0.001) and social phobia (p=0.01) scores compared to the nPSG. Conclusion: The participation of PD patients in social activities such as support groups is associated with better QoL and fewer symptoms of depression, anxiety and social phobia.
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Tadevosyan, M., and A. Babakhanya-Gambaryan. "Dynamics aspects in ex-combatants experienced PTSD." European Psychiatry 26, S2 (March 2011): 1087. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72792-4.
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IntroductionGrowing stress and extreme situations create serious psychological problems, for solving which a person must get adopted to new situations different from stress- formed conditions, “suppressing” herewith spontaneous aggression and anxiety that quite often leads to both forming anti- and asocial behavior and the development of somatoform disorders.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to examine the development of several PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) symptoms actual in PTSD dynamics.AimTo determine how growing of actual parameters impacts on development of PTSD.MethodsIn this study material of observation, testing and diagnoses of 30 male Karabagh war volunteers at the age of 35–61 (48 ± 8) were used. The psychiatric disorders (among the examined patients) corresponded to ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for PTSD. The observation period included 15–18 years. The clinical self- report scale SCL-90-R was used to assess several psychological features.ResultsAll the actual SCL-90 properties exceed the pathological level (≥2). In particular, somatisation level was 2, 2 ± 0, 5 in 2009 vs. 1, 97 ± 0,10 in 1996. It is caused, on the one hand, by the presence of unconscious suppressed anxiety, on the other hand, by the evident deterioration of the patients’ somatoneurological status. Besides, growing aggression is revealed (SCL- hostility) (2,4 ± 0,8 in 2009 vs. 2, 24 ± 0,16 in 1996), that indicates gradual forming of organic cerebral changes.ConclusionThe comparison of 1996–2009 features enables to hypothesize, that development of actual parameters is essential in PTSD dynamics at the stage of distant results.
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Weisskirch, Robert S. "Aspects of Parenting and the Well-Being of Emerging Adult Language Brokers." Journal of Mental Health Counseling 40, no. 4 (October 1, 2018): 286–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.17744/mehc.40.4.02.
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The outcomes of language brokering may be shaped by parents and parent–child interactions for language brokers into emerging adulthood. For emerging adults, past parenting may differ by frequency of language brokering and contribute to brokers' well-being. In this study, 2,473 emerging adults (female = 1,719, male = 746, did not indicate = 8) with two foreign-born parents completed measures of language-brokering frequency, parenting, and well-being. Frequent language brokers reported lower levels of paternal nurturance, paternal connection, maternal nurturance, and maternal connection, and higher levels of maternal disrespect, in comparison to non-brokers. Infrequent language brokers reported lower levels of paternal connection, maternal nurturance, and maternal connection, and higher levels of paternal disrespect, paternal psychological control, maternal disrespect, and maternal psychological control, in comparison to non-brokers. Frequent language brokers indicated higher levels of depressive symptoms in comparison to non-brokers. The combination of frequent language brokering, paternal psychological control, and maternal psychological control were predictive of depressive symptoms. Frequent language brokering, female gender, paternal disrespect, paternal psychological control, and maternal psychological control were predictive of anxiety symptoms. Language brokering did not predict overall psychological well-being.
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Siennicka, Agnieszka, Anna Stromberg, Waldemar Banasiak, Piotr Ponikowski, and Ewa Anita Jankowska. "Review article Psychological aspects of heart failure – beyond depression, anxiety and quality of life." Health Psychology Report 2 (2015): 99–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/hpr.2015.49938.
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Vlad, Ramona, Monica Monea, Eleonora Mircia, and Adriana Mihai. "Aspects of Dental Anxiety at Children of Different Ethnicities." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 13, no. 27 (September 30, 2017): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2017.v13n27p36.
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Objectives: The aim of our study is to identify the differences in how the dental act is perceived among children of different ethnic groups. For this purpose, we started from the hypothesis that the degree of child anxiety at the dentist can be influenced by the socio-economic status of the family of origin. Material and methods: A sample of 115 school children, including 40 Romanian children, 36 Hungarian children and 39 Roma children, aged between 8-9 years old, were interviewed. We have chosen these three ethnic groups to see if there are differences in the perception of the dental act. In terms of psychological method, the questionnaire, the semi-structured interview, and the demonstration were used. Results: The results showed that most children of the Romanian and Hungarian groups had been to the dentist, whereas only 48.71% of the Roma children had been there. The highest degree of anxiety is manifested by the Roma children. There are no significant differences in this study between the answers of Romanian children and Hungarian children regarding the degree of anxiety in the dental office. Conclusions: The study confirmed the hypothesis that the degree of child anxiety at the dentist is influenced by the socio-economic status of the family of origin. When the socio-economic level is low, parents do not go to the dental office for treatment or prevention and this behaviour is passed on to children.
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Revai, Alwan, Muhammad Amin, Makhfudli Makhfudli, and Yuana Dwi Agustin. "Effect of Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) to Anxiety Patient Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)." D'Nursing and Health Journal (DNHJ) 1, no. 2 (September 20, 2020): 36–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.36835/dnursing.v1i2.40.
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Introduction: COPD can affect social and psychological aspects as well as physical health. Anxiety, loss of control in self-reliance, changes in self-concept and respiratory barriers result in serious psychological changes, including fear of death and depression. There is a significant relationship between depression and anxiety with sleep quality of chronic disease patients, the higher the degree of depression the worse the quality of sleep. Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) is a therapy that uses spiritual elements to reduce psychological and physical problems caused by emotional or psychosomatic. Method: This study use Quasy Experiment "with Pre-Post test group control design approach. The population of this study was the patient of COPD in dr. H. Koesnadi Hospital and Bhayangkara Hospital at Bondowoso. Sampling was done by simple random sampling technique according to inclusion criteria with total 68 patients. SEFT intervention performed 8 times for 1 month. Instrument for anxiety using HARS. Data analysis using Mann Whitney Test. Result: There was a significant difference in the level of anxiety (p 0,000) between before and after SEFT therapy. Conclusion: SEFT can reduce anxiety levels of COPD patients, if done regularly and sustainably. The intervention focuses on reducing emotional or psychosomatic psychological problems.
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Borngräber, Friederike, and Alexander Schmidt. "Neuropsychological Aspects of Focal Dystonia in Musicians." Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie 31, no. 2 (June 1, 2020): 69–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1016-264x/a000293.
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Abstract. Musician’s dystonia (MD) is a focal, task-specific neurological movement disorder that presents with loss of voluntary motor control when playing the instrument and affects up to 1–2 % of professional musicians. The current pathophysiological understanding of MD is that of a network disease, involving the sensorimotor cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum and the limbic system. Various extrinsic factors, e.g. high temporal and spatial sensorimotor constraints on the instrument or more than 10 000 hours of accumulated practice time, as well as intrinsic factors, e.g. high levels of anxiety and perfectionism, and even genetic factors have been identified to increase the risk to develop MD. From a neuropsychological point of view, two phenotypes of MD can be distinguished with high or low psychological stress, which should be taken into account to adapt the individual therapy. Treatment options for MD include medication with trihexyphenidyl, local injections of botulinum toxin A, retraining, ergonomic changes of the instrument, and in patients with high psychological stress also antidepressants and behavioral therapy.
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Syafa, Zafira, Fauziatul Khusna, and Sania Rahmatika. "Consuming Probiotic Foods Copes with Stress in The Pandemic Era." Journal of Health Sciences 14, no. 3 (August 29, 2021): 181–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.33086/jhs.v14i3.2018.
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One of the problems facing today is the Covid-19 pandemic. This problem has an impact on health, economic, social, religious, and psychological aspects. Psychological issues include anxiety and stress. The authors suggest consuming probiotic foods such as tempeh and yogurt to cope with stress Probiotics contain bacteria in the intestines having an essential role in brain function, stress, and neurodevelopmental disorders. In addition, it has a beneficial effect on physical and psychological health.
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Motovilin, Oleg Gennad'evich, Yulia Andreevna Shishkova, Sergey Ivanovich Divisenko, Ekaterina Andreevna Andrianova, Elena Viktorovna Surkova, and Ivan Ivanovich Dedov. "Psychological aspects of glycemic control in young patients with type 1 diabetes." Diabetes mellitus 13, no. 1 (March 15, 2010): 66–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.14341/2072-0351-6019.
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Aim. To elucidate the relationship between glycemic control (assessed by the level of HbA1c) and psychological status of the patients. Materials and methods. The study included 115 patients with type 1 diabetes aged 13-27 years. The following tests were used to assess the psychological statusof the patients status (emotional state, social relations, attitude toward disease): State-trait-anxiety Inventory (Spielberger C.D., Hanin Y.L), Center for EpidemiologicStudies Depression Scale (CES-D), Social ajustment scale by A.K. Osnizkiy based on Q-Sort Adjustment Scale developed by R. Dymond andC.R. Rogers (1954), Lusher colour test , Colour attitudes test, A.M. Etkind original technique, method for the assessment of attitude toward disease developedin V.M. Bekhterev Research Psychoneurologic Institute, Sankt-Peterburg. The patients were allocated to 3 groups differing in terms of 33.3% percentile ofHbA1c levels. Results. Patients with good glycemic control (mean HbA1c level 7.4%) show the lowest level of social adaptation and emotional well-being. The reason for thisphenomenon is the excessive focus of patient on the disease and narrow scope of interests, which suggest psychological dependence on diabetes. Patients withpoor glycemic control (mean HbA1c level 13.1%) also experience emotional discomfort due to increased anxiety. Despite the fact they exhibit a higher degreeof social adaptation than the patients of the above group, the main concern is the low level of communicative autonomy and the feeling of being unable to copewith the disease. Such personal characteristics also create a psychological dependence on diabetes, although of a different type than in the first group of patients.Patients with average glycemic control (mean HbA1c level 9.5%) in the sample have the most favorable psychological state in comparison with the other twogroups. Their emotional state and social adaptation are significantly better than in the other two groups. These patients tend to psychological autonomy and independenceand maintain multifaceted life motivation in terms of diabetes. They perceive the disease as a given, some life condition that allows to maintaina positive psychological state, high daily activity, not to feel overwhelmed with diabetes and at the same time pay attention to diabetes self-management evennot quite sufficient.Conclusions. Glycemic control and psychological status in young adults does not coincide with each other, although there is a close relationship among them.Attitude toward the disease is the most important mediator of this relationship. Professional psychological help and educational interventions designed to developskills of the practical management of diabetes may contribute to improvement of metabolic control, psychological well-being and social adjustment of patients.
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Molina-Torres, Guadalupe, Pablo Roman, Andrada Butilca, Nuria Sánchez-Labraca, Diana Cardona, and Manuel Gonzalez-Sanchez. "Relationship between Temporomandibular Disorders and Psychological and Sleep Aspects in University Teaching Staff: A Regression Model." Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 12 (December 7, 2020): 3960. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9123960.
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Aim: The objective was to analyze burnout syndrome, anxiety, depression and sleep quality in teaching and research staff in the university setting and its impact on temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD), and to analyze the psycho-emotional variables that could explain the possibility of someone suffering from TMD. Methods: A transversal study was carried out with a sample consisting of 173 participants belonging to university teaching and research staff. The correlation between variables was performed using the Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Through a linear regression, an estimate of the degree of contribution was calculated that each independent variable (burnout syndrome, anxiety, depression and sleep quality) has on the dependent variable (TMD). Results: the scores are higher in the group non-tenured staff compared to tenured staff in relation to psycho-emotional variables and TMD and how psycho-emotional variables can influence the presence or absence of temporomandibular dysfunction based on job stability, this value being higher in the group of non-tenured staff (77.8%) compared to the tenured staff (44.2%). Conclusions: The non-tenured university teaching staff demonstrate higher levels of depression, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and poorer sleep quality. Furthermore, these variables show a higher incidence in the probability that university teaching and/or research personnel suffer from TMD.
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Filippo, Teresa Di, Lucia Parisi, and Michele Roccella. "Psychological aspects in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophy." Mental Illness 4, no. 1 (January 30, 2012): 21–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mi.2012.e5.
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Impairment of intelligence in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients was described by Duchenne de Boulogne himself in 1868. Further studies report intelligence disorders with mayor impairment of memory. The aim of the present study was to assess the presence of affective and personality disorders in a group of children affected by DMD. Twenty six male DMD patients, mean age eleven and four months years old, were assessed for their affective and personality disorder. Only eight subjects had a total IQ below average with major difficulties in verbal and visual-spatial memory, comprehension, arithmetic and vocabulary. All the subjects presented some disorders: tendency to marginalization and isolation, self-depreciation, sense of insecurity, hypochondriac thoughts and marked state of anxiety. These disorders are often a dynamic prolongation of a psychological process which starts when the diagnosis is made and continues, in a slow and latent fashion, throughout the evolution of the disease.
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Heimes, Anne-Sophie, Kathrin Stewen, and Annette Hasenburg. "Psychosocial Aspects of Immediate versus Delayed Breast Reconstruction." Breast Care 12, no. 6 (2017): 374–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000485234.
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Background: Only little is known about the psychosocial aspects of breast cancer patients after mastectomy with immediate versus delayed breast reconstruction. Methods: We systematically screened PubMed using the following key words: mastectomy, immediate vs. delayed reconstruction, psychosocial aspects and quality of life. To highlight different psychological outcomes, studies were categorized into those describing: anxiety, depression, body image and satisfaction with the surgical outcome. We also compared patients after mastectomy alone with those undergoing immediate or delayed reconstruction. Results: Methodologies and psychological outcomes varied among the identified studies, making it difficult to compare results. There are contradictory outcomes concerning the psychosocial aspects of breast cancer patients after mastectomy alone compared with those who underwent an immediate or delayed reconstruction following mastectomy. Some studies show that immediate reconstruction after mastectomy had a positive impact on patients' psychological well-being. In contrast, other studies indicated that in the long-term view the compared patient groups were very similar concerning psychosocial aspects. Conclusion: Analyzing different aspects of psychosocial well-being after breast cancer surgery, there might be an advantage in choosing immediate reconstruction, if oncological safety allows it.
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Alomar, Muaed Jamal, Amal Mohamed Abdi, Sumaiya Zaman, Hanadi Mohamed Abdi, and Ma Francheska Quicho. "IMPACT OF LIFESTYLE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ANXIETY AMONGST THE RESIDENTS OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES." International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 10, no. 2 (February 1, 2018): 153. http://dx.doi.org/10.22159/ijpps.2018v10i2.21241.
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Objective: To investigate the effect of lifestyle on the occurrence of anxiety. Also, to study the determinants of the severity of anxiety.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out on 100 randomly selected participants.Results: Many factors were taken into consideration in this study including gender, age, occupational status, marital status, eating habits, physical activity, psychological stress, sleep patterns, medications and smoking habits. Subanalysis of some of the results showed a statistical significance of different aspects of lifestyle affecting levels of anxiety. According to the results found, the lifestyle factors that have significance in the severity of anxiety are psychological stress, exercising, and regularity of exercising (Pearson’s Chi-Square test: P<0.001, Pearson’s R: P=0.027, Spearman Correlation: P=0.045 respectively). About 50% of participants that stated they have some kind of psychological stress fell within the range of severe to very severe anxiety. The majority of those who exercise (39%) fall in the normal range of anxiety, and the majority of those who do not exercise (34%) are in the very severe anxiety range. Among the 14 participants that stated they exercise every day, 46% of them were in the normal range of anxiety while none of them was in the very-severe range. Also, those who exercise a few times a month are ranged more in the severe anxiety level than those who exercise every day.Conclusion: Certain lifestyle factors affect the levels of anxiety in various ways. This research clearly identified that a significant percentage of people who have any sort of psychological stress and do not exercise regularly are at a higher risk of developing or deteriorating anxiety.
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Kim, Do-Won, Dae Woon Lee, Joergen Schreiber, Chang-Hwan Im, and Hansung Kim. "Integrative Evaluation of Automated Massage Combined with Thermotherapy: Physical, Physiological, and Psychological Viewpoints." BioMed Research International 2016 (2016): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2826905.
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Various types of massages are reported to relieve stress, pain, and anxiety which are beneficial for rehabilitation; however, more comprehensive studies are needed to understand the mechanism of massage therapy. In this study, we investigated the effect of massage therapy, alone or in combination with infrared heating, on 3 different aspects: physical, physiological, and psychological. Twenty-eight healthy university students were subjected to 3 different treatment conditions on separate days, one condition per day: control, massage only, or massage with infrared heating. Physical (trunk extension [TE]; maximum power of erector spinae), physiological (heart-rate variability [HRV]; electroencephalogram [EEG]), and psychological (state-trait anxiety inventory [STAI]; visual analogue scale [VAS]) measurements were evaluated and recorded before and after each treatment condition. The results showed that massage therapy, especially when combined with infrared heating, significantly improved physical functioning, increased parasympathetic response, and decreased psychological stress and anxiety. In the current study, we observed that massage therapy contributes to various physical, physiological, and psychological changes, where the effect increases with thermotherapy.