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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"distress levels"”.
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Sensitivity of Distress Rate to Observed Distress Levels
… PSI. A key component of this index number is the Distress Rate (DR) which is comprised of pavement distress severities and extents with a weighting factor assigned for each distress. Until 2013, NMDOT conducted pavement evaluations manually and in 2012 revised how pavement distress data were …
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A Comparison of the Marriage Checkup and Traditional Marital Therapy: Examining Distress Levels at Intake for Student Couples
… targeting couples at risk for severe marital distress. The purpose of this study was to examine married couples who participated in The Marriage Checkup for levels of individual and relational stress and severity of presenting problems recorded at intake. Differences were investigated between …
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Exploring Ethnocultural Differences in Distress of Newly Arrived Refugees During Early Resettlement: A Mixed Methods Dissertation
… dissertation explored potential differences in distress levels between newly arrived refugees from Bhutan/Nepal, Burma, Iraq, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo during the first year of resettlement in Denver, Colorado. Utilizing RHS-15 quantitative outcomes and demographic data …
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The role of motivation, self-efficacy, illness representations and family responsibility in relation to diabetes outcomes: perceptions of adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes and their parents.
… to dietary self-care, metabolic control (HbA1c levels) and diabetes related distress in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). To bring the cognitive theories into a social context, family responsibility, and the perceptions of parents and their distress levels were also evaluated. …
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A Descriptive Study of Military Family Needs Following a Polytraumatic Injury
… Virginia. Family member needs and emotional distress levels were quantitatively assessed. Qualitative data was collected with the intent of gaining a better understanding of the needs of families of individuals with severe injury from within a military cultural context. Results of this study …
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Sub-fertility : the expectations and perceptions of couple members of medical consultation
… couple member's strategies may influence the levels of sub-fertility related stress experienced by both partners, as such an understanding of sub-fertility as a couple level stressor is required. This review integrates existing data regarding sub-fertile couple members' individual coping and …
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Student Psychological Distress in a Career Exploration Course
… and mental health by exploring the psychological distress levels of students enrolled in a career exploration course. During the course, students completed a bi-weekly online survey, the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45). Results support the possible connection between career issues and mental health …
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Explanatory model of stress and coping process for dual-career men and women
… women and men is presented and tested using distress, a global measure of somatic symptomatology, as the stress measure outcome. Results indicate that the men and women sampled are psychologically vested in both professional and family roles. Additionally, the women, all of whom are employed …
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Conflict In Couples Therapy: Enhancing Relationships Through A Video Tape Feedback Intervention Intending To Develop Effective Conflict Communication Skills
… and adjustment, life satisfaction, overall distress levels, and conflict abilities. Findings of the current study were mixed. Overall, the use of a video tape feedback intervention had a positive impact on couples conflict abilities. However, there was less support found for the impact on …
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The Effects of Childhood and Combat-Related Trauma on Psychological Outcomes in Veterans
… predict negative psychiatric outcomes, distress, PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Participants include included 1,281 US military veterans from Loma Linda Veterans Affairs Hospital. Childhood trauma and combat trauma were significantly correlated with the amount of psychological symptoms …
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Predictors of Distress during the Breast Diagnostic Period
… of these being diagnosed with cancer. Although distress in women undergoing a breast diagnostic evaluation has been recognized as having the potential to alter treatment outcomes in those diagnosed with cancer, few studies have explored the prevalence or predictors of distress in women …
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A literature review of the impact of a monitoring coping style on psychological adjustment in people with real or potentially life threatening illness AND An investigation of psychological adjustment and coping style in patients undergoing bone marrow/stem cell transplantation
… The empirical paper examines psychological distress in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation in a prospective longitudinal design. Specific aims are to examine the degree of psychological distress over the course of transplantation, which pre-treatment demographic, medical and …
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Help-Seeking Attitudes among Clinicians in Training: The Influence of Psychological Defensiveness
… Three groups were of interest: ‘manifestly distressed’ (MD), who report high levels of subjective distress; ‘illusory mental health’ (IMH), defined as individuals who report low levels of subjective distress but are identified by the Early Memories Test (EMT) as defensive; and ‘genuine …
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Mental health and the relationship with God : an attachment and internal working model perspective.
… depression, anxiety, stress, worry, and global distress levels using an online American sample. Findings show that religiosity was related to a more engaged image of God and a less avoidant attachment style but was unrelated to a judgmental image and anxious attachment to God. In terms of mental …
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a Workshop Intervention for Body Image Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes
… Disordered eating pathology, body anxiety, distress related to thoughts about eating and body image and measures of experiential avoidance showed significant reductions in the treatment group when compared to the control group. Acceptance was shown as a mediating variable for changes in …
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Evaluation of a cognitive behavioural bibliotherapy self-help intervention program on the promotion of resilience in individuals with depression
… Depression Scale, and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. Data were collected at baseline, at the end of intervention, and four weeks after the completion of the intervention. Data were analysed using SPSS, Version 16.0. The findings showed there were statistically significant differences …
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Testing A Brief Directive Intervention To Reduce Symptoms Associated With Trauma
… which was not shown by EW. Assessment of distress levels during the interventions suggest EW achieves reductions in PTSD symptoms through in-session habituation. For the DP condition, participants demonstrated in-session habituation to explicit emotion cues but not to the trauma itself; …
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Cultural Consensus Model of Depression Beliefs Among Afghan Refugees
… Afghan refugees, a population shown to be highly distressed. A 73-item questionnaire covering causes, symptoms, and treatments of depression, developed through free-listing techniques and supplemented with items from existing scales, was administered to a non-random sample of 50 men and 43 women …
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Length Of Playing Time and Previous History of Injury as Predictors of Readiness to Return to Play
… 5-19% of injured athletes report psychological distress levels similar to individuals receiving treatment for mental health problems as a result of their injury. Athletes who return to sport before they are psychologically ready can experience fear, anxiety, re-injury, injury to addition body …
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Humanistic Caring: Personal Influences, Coping Processes, Psychological Outcomes and Coping Effectiveness
… of nurses, while those with lower self-esteem levels tended to perceive more threat and psychological distress from these interactions. Following positive caring experiences with nurses, most patients reported minimal threat, increased availability of alternative coping options, and use of …
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