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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"Perceived Stress Scale"”.
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What are the factors that predict cigarette smoking among African-American adults?
… containing the Beck Depression Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety, the African-American Acculturation Scale, and questions regarding their smoking, demographics, and risk-taking tendencies.</p>
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What are the factors that predict cigarette smoking among African-American adults?
… containing the Beck Depression Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety, the African-American Acculturation Scale, and questions regarding their smoking, demographics, and risk-taking tendencies.</p>
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HEALTHY AND MALADAPTIVE COPING STRATEGIES AMONG MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS
… in this study. Using the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping as a theoretical framework, this study assessed stress levels using the Perceived Stress Scale. The Brief COPE instrument measured coping strategies. The study found relationships between stressors and maladaptive coping and …
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The Experience of Principals at Catholic Schools Implementing a Pranayama Practice for Stress Coping
… (yoga breathing) practice to help reduce their stress. The participants, four men and three women, were primary and secondary school principals at Catholic schools, including both diocesan and independent Catholic schools. This study utilized an embedded mixed methods design in which both …
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The Impact of Mindfulness on Mental and Emotional Health, Physical Fitness, and Academic Performance
… recorded using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale – Adolescents (Brown, West, Loverich, & Biegel, 2011), Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Karmarck, & Mermelstein, 1983), Patient Health Questionnaire (Kroenke, Spitzer, & Williams, 2001), and the General Anxiety Disorder Scale (Spitzer, Kroenke, …
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Self-Perceived Stress of Undergraduate Students Before and After Participation in a Breathing Meditation Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study
… breathing meditation intervention on the self-perceived stress of undergraduate students. Previous research suggests meditation is an effective strategy to alleviate stress and stress-related symptomatology (Baer, 2003; Conley, Travers, & Bryant, 2013; Shapiro, Brown & Astin, 2011). Forty-one …
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Relationship Between Stress and Performance in Skills Competencies in an Undergraduate Nursing Program
… describes the potential relationship between perceived high stress levels and failure in high-stakes performance testing in a baccalaureate undergraduate nursing environment. In addition, it determines if there is a marked difference between perceived stress levels in accelerated and …
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors in Patients with Hypertension
… Studies Depression, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Perceived Stress Scale. The patients' blood pressure were collected from their medical records. The obtained data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 19.0. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed with the predictors; …
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Stress, Coping, Social Support, and Psychological Distress Among MSW Students
… the relationship among sources and levels of stress, coping patterns, sources and levels of social support, and psychological distress for MSW students. Stress is a common feeling experienced by people throughout life and it is important to understand the way they cope with their stressors. …
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The Psychological Response of Trainees During a 16 Week Regional Policy Academy: A Needs Assessment
Purpose: The acute and chronic stress experienced by law enforcement officers begins with basic police training. Having a solid foundation of coping strategies to support resilience is one way to reduce adverse physical and mental effects of this occupation. This project focused on assessing the …
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HIV diagnosis during pregnancy: stress, coping strategies and experiences of women at selected health facilities in Lusaka district, Zambia.
Background: A diagnosis of HIV usually causes stress in the affected individual because of its lack of cure. In an effort to eliminate mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) of HIV, pregnant women have to undergo HIV testing during antenatal care. Pregnancy is a sensitive and stressful state as the …
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HIV diagnosis during pregnancy: stress, coping strategies and experiences of women at selected health facilities in Lusaka district, Zambia.
Background: A diagnosis of HIV usually causes stress in the affected individual because of its lack of cure. In an effort to eliminate mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) of HIV, pregnant women have to undergo HIV testing during antenatal care. Pregnancy is a sensitive and stressful state as the …
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Dispositional Mindfulness and Perceived Stress
… interventions (MBIs) have been shown to reduce stress. Additionally, those with higher dispositional levels of mindfulness tend to exhibit lower levels of stress. While there is a clear relationship between the cultivation of mindfulness and reduced stress levels, the particular aspects of …
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The Relationship Between Self-reported Chronic Stress And Divided Attention Performance
… has extensively examined the effect of acute stress on cognitive performance, relatively little research has explored the relationship between chronic stress and cognitive performance. The current study aimed to control for current state anxiety to better isolate more chronic stress, when …
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"The things I do for sport": Associations with mental health in student-athletes.
… the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, and the Perceived Stress Scale. Participants did report making sacrifices for their sport, with sacrifice of leisure activities and sleep being most common. Results of bivariate correlations between behavioural sacrifice and mental health …
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THE ROLE OF KORU ON PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ STRESS, ANXIETY, AND MINDFULNESS LEVELS
… as evidenced by decreases in anxiety and stress scores, and increases in mindfulness scores of preservice teachers. This study also investigated the extent to which participants implemented the Koru intervention with fidelity and were satisfied with the intervention. The research is guided …
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Differences in Perceived Stress, Locus of Control, and Coping Styles Used by Male and Female STEM and Human Service Majors
… affect their locus of control and the amount of perceived stress reported. It was hypothesized that female students in Human Service programs would exhibit the most adaptive coping styles, while males in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs utilize the most …
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The Effectiveness of an Electronic-Mail Campaign to Modify Stress Levels, Mood States, and Coping Techniques Among Employed Adults
… to explore the effectiveness of a worksite stress management program delivered via electronic mail (e-mail). One hundred and thirty-seven employed adults (36 males, 102 females; mean age = 29.46) from several diverse businesses consented to participate. The volunteers completed Cohen's …
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Association Between Stress Mindset, Psychological Symptoms, and Psychosocial Risk in Liver Transplant Patients
… is known about how cognitive factors, such as stress mindset, relate to transplant readiness. The present study examined the association between stress mindset and psychosocial risk, as well as its relationship with depressive symptoms, anxiety, and perceived stress among patients undergoing …
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Study of Stress, Housing Program Use, and Nursing Usage Among Homeless in Chicago
<p>Homelessness places people at risk of stressors that translate into stress and subsequently affect their health. Using Neuman Systems Model as a framework to identify modalities for nursing intervention among stressors and health problems of homeless people, this study compared stress levels …
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