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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"psychosocial stressors"”.
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Variation in age at menarche and adult reproductive function: the role of energetic and psychosocial stressors
… menarche, is both used as a proxy of childhood stressors and correlated with adolescent and adult reproductive function. This research seeks to understand the connections between childhood environments, pubertal timing, and adult reproductive function, and I specifically 1) identify a need for …
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Effects of Stress, Sex Differences, and Cognitive Reserve on Cognitive Decline in Healthy Elderly Subjects
… Scale (SRRS) is an inventory of high intensity psychosocial stressors. This instrument has previously been used to help calculate risk of disease. Using measurements of stressful life events, it may be possible to similarly predict risk of cognitive impairment. To test this, the current study …
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Low Blood Lead Levels, Parental Education, Physiological Stress, And Neurocognition: A Cohort Study
… understood, where children experiencing more psychosocial stressors seem to have greater deficits at lower levels of lead exposure compared to others. Additionally, the link between lead exposure and physiological stress responses, a precursor for health and neurocognitive deficits, is …
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Self-rated health, depression, and anxiety among perinatal Latinas
… self-rated health, health before pregnancy, psychosocial stressors, and demographic characteristics were collected during pregnancy. Depressive and anxiety symptoms were assessed in pregnancy and at six weeks postpartum. Linear regressions were used to assess the association between change in …
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A case study in the treatment approaches and outcomes of adjustment disorder
… disorder mixed with anxiety and depression. A psychosocial history of the client was presented emphasizing the psychosocial stressors that contributed to the adjustment disorder. A review of empirically supported treatment approaches for adjustment disorders was conducted. The Beck Depression …
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Effectiveness of a treatment approach for comorbid panic disorder, major depressive disorder, and alcohol dependence: a case study
… In addition, the client experienced a variety of psychosocial stressors. The client's psychosocial assessment is presented, and the empirical treatment literature related to the client's diagnoses is reviewed. A variety of outcome measures were used. Results indicated that the treatment was …
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Perceptions of the Role of Social Workers in an Emergency Setting: An Ethnographic Study
… and repeated emergency room visits related to psychosocial stressors. However, the discussion continues—especially among emergency room professionals from other disciplines—as to whether social workers truly belong in the emergency setting. In the wake of these debates, many hospital social …
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Impact of a NICU Bedside Reading Initiative on Self-Reported Maternal Stress and Mother-Infant Attachment
… and their families with an array of medical and psychosocial stressors that have the potential to impact neurodevelopment and social-emotional functioning in both the long-and short-term. Research has demonstrated the importance of family-integrated, developmental care interventions and a need …
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Case study to evaluate effectiveness of a treatment approach for comorbid anxiety and depression
… Major Depressive Disorder. The subject had many psychosocial stressors. The subject voluntarily participated in outpatient individual psychotherapy received in a private counseling facility based on the twelve-step model of Alcoholics Anonymous. She completed various formal assessments of anxiety …
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PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE: UNMET NEEDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES
… disease (LTD), parents experience psychosocial distress. Studies have shown that stress in parents of children with LTDs can be increased by unmet needs or fragmented care and may be mitigated by coordinated and comprehensive care. Limited literature exists about unmet needs of …
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Utilizing an Identity-Based Art and Peer Group with At-Risk Youth: Supporting Identity Processes
… adolescents who face intense environmental and psychosocial stressors in addition to normative developmental tasks. The students’ behavioral and art processes were observed and recorded, with the findings relating to several curative factors believed to result from the art-making and group …
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The Health and Well-Being of Children from the Perspective of Social and Environmental Health Policy
… toxic effects of environmental pollutants and psychosocial stressors associated with poverty or race/ethnicity. However, data are limited on the possible cumulative or synergistic effects of physical and `social' toxicants on child health and development. The second paper, entitled "Interaction …
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Psychosocial Factors, Maladaptive Cognitive Schemas, and Depression in Young Adults: An Integration
The present study examined a psychosocial-cognitive model that integrates recent findings on the independent effects of early maladaptive cognitive schemas (EMSs; Young, 1994) and psychosocial factors/stressors; viz., social support, expressed emotion, stressful life events and daily hassles, on …
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INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF DAILY PERSONALITY IN BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
… BPD convergence in the association between daily psychosocial stressors and daily borderline symptoms. The results offer partial support to the theory that PD symptoms are maladaptive variants of personality structure. They suggest (i) shared proximal psychological processes that bring about …
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Lifetime Racism and John Henryism on Cognition and Cardiovascular Health in Black Men
… experience of many Black men because of several psychosocial stressors such as reduced resources and institutional barriers, to name a few. Active coping is typically utilized by Black men as a consistent means to reduce the negative outcomes linked to racism, however, this up-tempo coping style …
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Exploring the Intersections of Stigma and Masculinity in the Illness Perceptions of Men Living with Fibromyalgia: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… of the population in the United States, the biopsychosocial impacts of the disease on the lives of those affected are so substantial that it is considered to have one of the highest cost burdens comparative to other chronic pain conditions. Fibromyalgia has historically been deemed a contested …
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How sweet it is to be loved by you: Examining the psychometric properties of a novel tool for assessing parent-to-child warmth and affection (Warmth/Affection Coding System)
… relationships serve as buffers against psychosocial stressors and facilitate healthy empathy development in children. In particular, warmth/affection is thought to promote affective empathy development (i.e., being able to feel what others feel) via the modelling of emotional expressions …
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Psychopathology, alcohol use, deployment history and IPV : the mediating effects of adverse childhood experiences and allostatic load
… Therefore it is important to explore the biopsychosocial factors that are causally correlated with IPV, specifically the role adverse childhood experiences and allostatic load have in moderating or mediating the relationship between psychopathology, combat exposure, substance abuse, and IPV …
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Mothers' Mental Health Evaluations in Foster Care Practice: A Social Constructionist, Qualitative Data-Mining Study
… describe the sample's demographic profiles and psychosocial characteristics, impact of acknowledgment on utilization of mental health evaluations and the relationship among variables such as mental health diagnosis and service plan adherence on children's permanency outcomes.</p> <p>Emergent …
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Psychological Stress and Coping in Adolescent Muslim New Zealanders: A Key Informant Perspective
… countries are likely to experience additional psychosocial stressors. The present research sought to explore the stressors, coping resources, and underlying systemic issues that impact on the wellbeing of young Muslims in New Zealand. This thesis describes the findings of a thematic analysis of …
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