The aim of the present study was to focus on relative contributions personality, psychological health and cognitive coping post-traumatic growth in patients with recent myocardial infarction (MI). sample consisted 139 who had experienced a first-time acute MI between 3 12 months before data assessment. Multivariate relationships were tested by means Structural Equation Modeling. results showed that besides contribution personality health, significant amount variance explained strategies...

The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) is currently the only self-report instrument to measure self-compassion. SCS widely used despite limited evidence for scale's psychometric properties, with validation studies commonly performed in college students. current study examined factor structure, reliability, and construct validity of a large representative sample from community. was conducted 1,736 persons, whom 1,643 were included analyses. Besides SCS, data collected on positive negative indicators...

Compassion for others and self-compassion are assumed to be closely related concepts. Yet, as they have been mostly studied separately, little is known about their relationship what extent differ or resemble each other with respect correlates. This cross-sectional study aimed gain knowledge on mean levels, interrelationship, relationships psychological well-being demographic factors. A community sample of 328 adults completed a series standardized self-report questionnaires assess compassion...

Previous research in people with cancer on social support and psychological well-being has mainly focused the short-term negative outcomes of adjustment. Little is known about role experience positive long term. This study examined relation between emotional period following diagnosis consequences illness, so called posttraumatic growth, at 8 years after diagnosis. We three distinct types support: perceived availability, actual received, dissatisfaction received support.This longitudinal was...

OBJECTIVE Depression is a common comorbidity of diabetes, undesirably affecting patients’ physical and mental functioning. Psychological interventions are effective treatments for depression in the general population as well patients with chronic disease. The aim this study was to assess efficacy individual mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) behavior (CBT) comparison waiting-list control condition treating depressive symptoms adults type 1 or 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS...

Abstract Objectives : We evaluated screening for distress in terms of its ability to uncover unmet need psychosocial services cancer patients. Correlates distress, and met were investigated. Methods Immediately after treatment (T1) 2 months later (T2), 302 patients completed the Hopkins Symptom Checklist‐25 (HSCL‐25) a single question assessing services. All distressed (HSCL‐25⩾39) non‐distressed endorsing then called ( n = 99) assess their need. Results Thirty‐seven percent 31% (T2) 18%...

Self-compassion has shown to be beneficial for individuals' wellbeing; in particular, it been associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms. The purpose this study was further explore the association between self-compassion, as measured by Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), and symptoms, a large representative sample community adults (n = 734, Mean age 55.7, SD 15.2). We examined symptoms SCS total score, six subscales (i.e., self-kindness, common humanity, mindfulness, self-judgment,...

When schools closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, teachers suddenly had teach remotely. To better understand possible impact of these measures on teachers' work functioning and well-being, this study examined needs. Using a thematic analysis approach analyzing 1,115 open-ended answers, three domains related needs were identified: work-life balance working from home, teaching interaction with students parents, school management colleagues. Findings are interpreted existing...

The increased popularity of mindfulness-based interventions and the growing body empirical evidence confirming positive effects these on well-being warrant more research to determine if are indeed related learning mindfulness. present study extends previous studies, by examining whether how changes in five core aspects mindfulness report negative affect during an 8-week course cognitive therapy. was performed 64 individuals from community with mild moderate psychological problems. Data were...

Objectives This article addressed the role of goal adjustment (i.e. disengagement from unattainable goals and reengagement in alternative goals) cognitive emotion‐regulation strategies rumination, catastrophizing, positive refocusing) cancer patients' psychological well‐being. We expected that patients who are better able to disengage goals, identify regulate their emotions by refocusing not engaging rumination catastrophizing would experience less negative more affect. Design In this...

Most studies in cancer patients on psychological changes focused positive (so-called 'posttraumatic growth'), with surprisingly little attention the possibility that may experience both and negative changes. This study investigated relationship between changes, their association affect. We also examined correlates of specifically role coping goal reengagement.This cross-sectional was conducted 108 patients. used Pearson correlations Regression analyses to examine research questions.Positive...

The challenge of a cancer diagnosis may eventually lead to the experience positive psychological changes, also referred as posttraumatic growth. As most research on growth in patients has been conducted Western countries, little is known about such changes non-Western countries. Therefore, purpose this cross-sectional study was investigate prevalence Malaysian sample patients. Secondly, we examined association with patients' report distress and their use coping strategies.The 113...

Increases in mindfulness are assumed to lead improvements psychological well-being during mindfulness-based treatments. However, the temporal order of this association has received little attention. This intensive longitudinal study examines whether within-person changes precede or follow negative affect (NA) and positive (PA) a based stress reduction (MBSR) program. also interindividual differences between possible predictors these differences. Mindfulness, NA, PA were assessed on daily...

Researchers have extensively studied fatigue, depression and anxiety in cancer patients. Several risk protective factors been identified for these symptoms. As most studies address constructs, independently from other symptoms potential factors, more insight into the complex relationships among constructs is needed. This study used multivariate network approach to gain a better understanding of how patients' (i.e. physical symptoms, social withdrawal, illness cognitions, goal adjustment...

The relationships between coping strategies, goal adjustment, and symptoms of depression anxiety were studied in 104 HIV-positive men who have sex with men, December 2006. mean age the respondents was 50 years, almost Dutch nationality. On average people had known about their status for 10 years majority on HIV-medication. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, COPE, Goal Obstruction Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale filled out at home. Pearson correlations Hierarchical Regression...

The relationships between coping strategies, goal adjustment and positive negative affect were studied in 83 definitive involuntary childless people. Self-report questionnaires filled out. findings suggested that ways to handle the childlessness related affect, while deal with affect. Cognitive strategies seemed have a stronger influence on than behavioral strategies. Adjusting children be fruitful way cope. These intervention programs should pay attention both cognitive adjustment.

Objectives This qualitative study investigated the renal patients' experience of positive and negative consequences transplantation, as well strategies they use to adapt transplantation. Design methods A design (30 participants in total), using individual interviews (18 participants) two focus groups (12 was used. Results The results showed that patients experienced a wide range emotions, particular, guilt, gratefulness, fear, partly result their normative persuasions. Normative persuasions...

Depressive symptoms are commonly reported by individuals suffering from a chronic medical condition. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has been shown to be an effective psychological intervention for reducing depressive in range of populations. MBCT is traditionally given group format. The aim the current pilot RCT was examine effects group-based and individually based adults one or more somatic diseases. In this study, 56 people with condition comorbid (i.e., Beck Depression...