Search results for "Anxiety."

Capturing the Severity and Impairment Associated With Depression: The Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS) Validation in a Spanis…

2019

Background: The Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS) is a self-report scale designed to evaluate the severity and functional impairment associated with depression. Objective: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the online version of the ODSIS in Spanish outpatients with depression and anxiety disorders. Method: Patients with a main diagnosis of a depressive (n = 283) or anxiety disorder (n = 191) and a mean age of 38.15 (SD = 12.06) were evaluated with a clinical diagnostic interview and measures assessing depression, anxiety, positive and negative affect, and quality of life. Factorial structure, internal consistency, convergent, and discriminant validit…

Finnish EFL learners' perceptions on errors, corrective feedback and foreign language anxiety

2012

Virheiden merkitys vieraiden kielten oppimisessa on tunnustettu aina 1970-luvulta lähtien, jolloin virheet alettiin nähdä välttämättömänä osana kielen ja sen sääntöjen oppimista. Virheiden tekemiseen vieraan kielen opiskelussa liittyy oleellisena osana opettajan oppijoille antama korjaava palaute (corrective feedback). Opettajan ja oppilaan vuorovaikutuksen, jota korjaava palaute osaltaan edustaa, on kuitenkin todettu voivan aiheuttaa oppijoissa ahdistuneisuutta ja pelkoa (anxiety). Tässä tutkielmassa kartoitetaan, millaisia suullisia virheitä suomalaiset yhdeksäsluokkalaiset englannin kielen oppitunneilla tekevät ja miten noloina he niitä pitävät. Tarkoituksena on myös selvittää, miten he …

Could infertility-related stress and anxiety of both partners influence the success of infertility treatment?.

2013

Could infertility related stress and anxiety of both partners influence women's ovarian response to stimulation during ICSI treatment?

2012

Angioedema Coexisting Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Negatively Influences Patients’ Sense of Coherence, What Results in Susceptibility to Anxiety Sym…

2021

Background: Angioedema coexisting chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is proved to result in patient anxiety occurrence, but the mechanisms and susceptibility patterns are unknown. Sense of coherence (SOC) is one of methods of coping with stress and is defined as a person’s general orientation toward life. We decided to assess SOC disturbances in CSU patients in the context of possible angioedema association. Methods: The study comprised 71 CSU subjects. To analyze disease activity, the Urticaria Activity Score seven-day assessment questionnaire (UAS7) was used. For anxiety assessment, the STAI questionnaire was used. The SOC-29 questionnaire, consisting of questions related to comprehensib…

Ar veselību saistītas dzīves kvalitātes saistība ar veselības trauksmi un iracionālam pārliecībām

2019

Darba mērķis bija noskaidrot, vai pastāv dzimumatšķirības ar veselību saistītai dzīves kvalitātei, iracionālām pārliecībām un veselības trauksmei; noskaidrot, kādas ir saistības starp iepriekš minētajiem lielumiem un kā iracionālas pārliecības prognozē ar veselību saistītu dzīves kvalitāti un veselības trauksmi. Izlases apjoms ir 394 respondenti, vecumā no 18 līdz 68 gadiem (M = 27, 93; SD=8, 69). No tiem 21,1% (83) respondenti ir vīrieši un 78,9% (311) sievietes. Tika izmantotas trīs aptaujas: Vispārējā attieksmju un pārliecību skala – īsā versija (General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale–Short Form, GABS-SF; Lindner, et al., 1999),Veselības trauksmes īsā aptauja (Short Health Anxiety Inventory…

Paternal mental health trajectory classes and early fathering experiences

2016

A father’s mental health is important for family well-being, but research is scarce on paternal symptoms during the transition to fatherhood. This study identified fathers’ latent mental health trajectory classes from the pre- to postnatal period and examined their associations with early fathering experiences. It further analysed, whether a family’s infertility history was associated with mental health trajectory classes and moderated their effects on fathering experiences. Finnish fathers ( N = 773) reported psychological distress (General Health Questionnaire; GHQ-36) and depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory; BDI-13) in pregnancy (T1), and at 2 months (T2) and 12 months (T3) p…

A cultural comparison of mindfulness and student performance: Evidence from university students in five countries

2021

Societal and cultural norms are important in shaping how individuals live, study, and work. Of particular interest in recent research is the role of mindfulness, defined as the ability to focus on the present moment, and how it can impact cognitive function and productivity. This study examines the relationship between scholastic achievement and mindfulness among university students in China, Finland, Germany, South Africa, and the United States. Comparisons between countries with respect to self-reported measures of mindfulness, test anxiety levels, and phone usage are analyzed. These measures are used to determine whether mindfulness affects student performance in introductory economics c…

Genotype determining aerobic exercise capacity associates with behavioral plasticity in middle-aged rats

2023

Good aerobic fitness associates positively with cognitive performance and brain health and conversely, low aerobic fitness predisposes to neurodegenerative diseases. To study how genotype together with exercise, started at older age, affects brain and behavior, we utilized rats that differ in inherited aerobic fitness. Rats bred for Low Capacity for Running (LCR) are shown to display less synaptic plasticity and more inflammation in the hippocampus and perform worse than rats bred for a High Capacity for Running (HCR) in tasks requiring flexible cognition. Here we used middle-aged (∼ 16 months) HCR and LCR rats to study how genotype and sex associate with anxiety and neural information filt…

Mandalu izmantošana trauksmes mazināšanai jauniešiem

2016

Pētījuma mērķis bija noskaidrot vai izmantojot gan strukturētas, gan nestrukturētas mandalas un brīvu zīmēšanu var samazināt trauksmi kā emocionālo stāvokli. Lai to noskaidrotu tika veikts pētījums, kurā piedalījās 84 jaunieši, no tiem 52 meitenes un 32 zēni, M=18,36. Dalībnieki bija 12. klašu skolēni, pētījums norisinājās skolās, mācību stundu laikā. Tika izveidotas trīs pētījuma grupas - brīvas zīmēšanas, nestrukturētas mandalas zīmēšanas un strukturētas mandalas krāsošanas, katrā grupā bija 28 dalībnieki. Lai pārbaudītu vai ar izmantotajām mākslas metodēm trauksme dalībniekiem samazinājusies, tika izmantota Spīlbergera trauksmes aptaujas trauksmes kā emocionālā stāvokļa skala (State- Tra…