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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Mood Disturbance"”.
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Exteroceptive influences on total mood disturbance and perceived stress during green exercise
… had the largest detrimental effect on total mood disturbance, with smell and sight having little effect. Chapter 5 repeated Chapter 4 but addressed limitations with a modified protocol with sound removed (rather than occluded) and still reduced mood significantly. In Chapter 6, psychological …
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Comparing acute bouts of exercise on total mood disturbance and affect in females with substance use disorder
… or resistance exercise affects Total Mood Disturbance (TMD), Positive Affect (PA) and Negative Affect (NA) in females with SUD, and (2) if there is a difference in pre- and post-exercise TMD, PA and NA between interventions. This study investigated the effects of three conditions; a …
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Mood Disturbance During a Competitive Season of High Volume Training Between Different Training Regimens of Female Collegiate Swimmers
<p>Psychological disturbances can occur with an increase in training volumes. An increase in training volumes can increase negative mood states and decrease positive mood states. Psychological and physiological measures were examined using 61 Division I collegiate women during a competitive season. …
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Effects of two group approaches on life satisfaction and mood of older females in nursing homes
… interventions on levels of life satisfaction and mood disturbance of older women, age 65+, living in two Detroit-based skilled nursing home facilities. This quasi-experimental, two-treatment group design examined the pretest-posttest data of two group counseling therapy interventions, Group Art …
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Elders Caring for Elders: Risk of Abuse and Neglect?
… study was designed to examine the phenomena of mood disturbance and associated potential to abuse in an elderly caregiver population. The data from which the results were obtained came from structured interviews, using quantitative measures, with 110 men and women caregivers aged 55 and over, …
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Exploration of biological causes of psychological problems in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
… experiences elevated T levels; 2/ T causes mood disturbance in women with PCOS. 3/ women with PCOS show more signs of mood disturbance typical of symptoms of reactive hypoglycaemia than healthy controls. Design: Mainly between-groups cross-sectional studies. Also two meta-analyses. Setting: …
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Mood disturbances associated with training distress in swimmers
… of this study was to examine alterations in mood state in collegiate swimmers throughout an entire season and determine if there were differences across time, between training groups, gender, and year in school. A swim test was also employed to determine if alterations in swim times were …
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The relationship between psychosocial momentum, precipitating events, and tennis match outcome
… of this experiment is to determine whether mood states, anxiety, self-confidence, precipitating events, and psychological momentum play a role in tennis match outcome. The following hypotheses were proposed: (a) tennis match outcome may be influenced by individual's pre-competition cognitive …
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Effects of dehydration, hyperthermia, cognition aspects and fatigue balance on sport performance
… included hydration, dehydration, fluid balance, mood, cognition, vigilance, decision-making, and brain. Participants in the studies received either fluid or none during exercise. Twenty-four trials (n=493 participants) from 24 articles met the inclusion criteria. Significant hypohydration, >2% …
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Stimulant Use, Associated Psychopathology, and Eating Disordered Symptomatology
… paranoia, aggression, drug use, and thought disturbance) and mood disturbance. Finally, stimulant users were differentiated from other drug users by a scale measuring extreme dieting and longing for thinness. Implications for treatment and future research are discussed.</p>
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The relationship between social behavior and mealtime behavior problems in individuals with severe and profound mental retardation
… analysis indicate that elevated measures of a mood disturbance can be predictive of the presence of food refusal behavior. Implications of these data are discussed.
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Neuropsychological Sequelae of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Later Adulthood
… quality, age, hypertension, diabetes, total mood disturbance, gender, and general health). The current study provides further justification for OSA screening in the general population during middle age and late adulthood especially in those most at risk (i.e., overweight, male, hypertensive, …
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Rheumatoid arthritis : a cognitive-behavioural intervention
… analyses tested the extent to which mood disturbance, self-perceptions of coping efficacy, health locus of control and stressful life experience were related to intensity and quality of pain, disease activity, functional status and lymphocyte proliferation rate. Intra- and inter-group …
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An Investigation of the Psychosocial Impact of Human-Animal Interaction on a Forensic Population
… perception of the prison environment, optimism, mood disturbance, and HAI. Between-subject analyses compared a sample of the participants (n = 48) in a pretest-posttest repeated-measures design, comparing a Treatment group of participants in the HAI program with a Control group of participants on …
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The effects of carbohydrate supplementation on mood states of bodybuilders consuming a low energy diet
… low carbohydrate diet may negatively affect mood states. Further research suggests that carbohydrate consumption can positively affect mood states. This study evaluated two main ideas: (1) does the consumption of a carbohydrate supplement affect mood states during weight training bouts and …
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Evaluating the Psychosocial Effects of Two Interventions, Tai Chi and Spiritual Growth Groups, in Women with Breast Cancer
… effects of these interventions on measures of mood, coping, and quality of life (QOL) in a subsample of 40 women enrolled in the larger study. Participants were primarily Caucasian (73%) with a mean age of 49 years. Data were collected just prior to beginning chemotherapy when the interventions …
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The Examination of Mindfulness, Stress, and Eating Behaviors in Mothers of Young Children
… axis, due to chronic psychological stress and mood disturbance, and the food reward-related mechanisms within the brain. Intensive mindfulness-based training programs, such as Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction have demonstrated impressive results with a variety of populations. …
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Effectiveness of sleep extension on athletic performance and nutrition of female track athletes
… used to test nutrient intake. Reaction time and mood, used in association with sleep efficiency, were measured using the Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) and Profile of Mood States (POMS), respectively. Significance was set at p ≤ 0.05.;RESULTS: Subjects (n = 21) significantly increased total …
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The matter of mindfulness : investigations into the mechanisms of mindfulness
… the relationship between mindfulness and mood disturbance. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was employed in Study Three to further test these findings and state mindfulness shown to mediate midline cortical regions associated with interoception. The findings of Study Three suggest …
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Late luteal phase dysphoric disorder symptoms (PMS) among women presenting for counseling services
Changes in mood, behavior, and physiology, beginning in the post-ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle and ending with the onset of menstruation, have been called premenstrual syndrome, or PMS, and have been the focus of much investigation. Research to date has demonstrated greater emotional …
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