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{"title":"Reflective functioning and dissociative experiences: A comparison study between adolescents at \"high-risk\" of psychosis and healthy controls.","authors":"Alberto Sardella, Alessandra Geraci, Vittorio Lenzo, Laura Fusar Poli, Alessandro Rodolico, Maria C Quattropani, Maria Salvina Signorelli","doi":"10.52965/001c.88937","DOIUrl":"10.52965/001c.88937","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite the established contribution to psychological well-being in young subjects, the investigation of reflective functioning and dissociative experiences in help-seekers adolescents still appears an unmet need.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The study aimed to assess reflective functioning and dissociative symptoms in help-seekers adolescents, and compare them to gender-matched healthy controls.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Reflecting Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ) was used to investigate mentalizing; the Adolescent Dissociative Experience Scale (A-DES) was used to explore dissociative symptoms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study involved 102 adolescents (mean age 18.06 ± 1.78 years), split into \"help-seekers\" (N= 51; mean age 19 ± 1.98 years) and healthy controls (N= 51; mean age 17.12 ± 0.84). \"Help-seekers\" adolescents showed lower RFQ-certainty scores (mean 3.39 ± 2.47), compared to healthy controls (mean 6.73 ± 5.01). Furthermore, \"help-seekers\" adolescents reported higher scores on RFQ-uncertainty (mean 7.73 ± 4.38), compared to healthy controls (mean 5.14 ± 4.17), which indicates a greater lack of knowledge about mental states (hypomentalizing). Eventually, \"help-seekers\" adolescents showed significantly worse dissociative symptoms (A-DES total mean score 3.49 ± 2.04), compared to healthy controls (A-DES total mean score 2.06 ± 1.43).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The importance of an assessment in early adolescence denotes a topic of increasing concern, in order to identify failures in reflective functioning and the onset of dissociative experiences among help-seekers adolescents, toward the implementation of tailored psychological interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":51865,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"88937"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10617667/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71429000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of Gratitude Therapy in Diabetes Management: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Safeya Makhmur, Sangeeta Rath","doi":"10.52965/001c.88400","DOIUrl":"10.52965/001c.88400","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study involves a Qualitative research design. The study intends to assess the effectiveness of interventions on the diabetic participants. In the present study, four participants screened with high perceived stress, moderate depression, poor sense of gratitude, were selected. The study consisted of three successive phases such as baseline assessment, intervention, and follow-up. Pre-test and Post-test design were adopted. Qualitative data were expressed as percentages, and Schwartz and Blanchard's technique was administered. Participants have shown improvement in positive dimension scores and there is reduction in negative dimension scores. Blood glucose level readings are also marked before, during, and after the intervention. Participants are found to control their blood glucose level, but the change in the glucose level is not clinically significant.</p>","PeriodicalId":51865,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"88400"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10575901/pdf/healthpsychologyresearch_2023_11_88400.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41240719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Autism Spectrum Disorder: recommended psychodiagnostic tools for early diagnosis.","authors":"Francesco Maria Boccaccio,&nbsp;Giuseppe Alessio Platania,&nbsp;Claudia Savia Guerrera,&nbsp;Simone Varrasi,&nbsp;Chiara Rosa Privitera,&nbsp;Pasquale Caponnetto,&nbsp;Concetta Pirrone,&nbsp;Sabrina Castellano","doi":"10.52965/001c.77357","DOIUrl":"10.52965/001c.77357","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51865,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"77357"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10477006/pdf/healthpsychologyresearch_2023_11_77357.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10166468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Layperson knowledge of heart attacks in the state of Georgia, USA.","authors":"Shiva Sajja, Thor Stead, Rohan Mangal, Latha Ganti","doi":"10.52965/001c.77759","DOIUrl":"10.52965/001c.77759","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A survey of 200 residents of the state of Georgia, United States was conducted to assess the knowledge of heart attacks. Results depict that Georgia residents have only a basic understanding of heart attack symptoms suggesting the need for medical professionals to spend more time educating their patients on their health in simple terms so that the patients can be knowledgeable on their personal health.</p>","PeriodicalId":51865,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"77759"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10477005/pdf/healthpsychologyresearch_2023_11_77759.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10171752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stigmatization as a Barrier to Urologic Care: A Review.","authors":"Parker Foster, Marie Luebke, Abrahim N Razzak, Danyon J Anderson, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D Kaye, Ivan Urits","doi":"10.52965/001c.84273","DOIUrl":"10.52965/001c.84273","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heavy societal stigma of certain conditions has created an environment where individuals may be hesitant to seek professional care. Urology is a specialized field that focuses on many of these conditions that society has deemed taboo to discuss. In this review, we address barriers that have prevented patients from seeking urologic care in order to better understand and elucidate important concerns within development of the physician-patient relationship. Recognizing these concerns can also assist in public health outreach approaches to motivate patients for seeking urologic care. The scope of this review was limited to three highly prevalent conditions affecting both men and women, including urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and genitourinary syndrome of menopause.</p>","PeriodicalId":51865,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"84273"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10477007/pdf/healthpsychologyresearch_2023_11_84273.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10166473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Depression: A Review.","authors":"Danyon J Anderson, Alise Aucoin, Colton R Toups, Devin Cormier, Matthew McDonald, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D Kaye, Ivan Urits","doi":"10.52965/001c.81040","DOIUrl":"10.52965/001c.81040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) are frequently present in the general population as patients age with approximately a third of individuals experiencing LUTS during their lifetime. LUTS can be further defined as having any of the following symptoms: urinary hesitancy, straining, nocturia, increased urination frequency, and dysuria. LUTS has the potential for patients to contribute their symptoms to what can normally occur as we age. This can lead to a decrease in patients seeking care and could negatively impact patients' health-related quality of life (HRQL). In conjunction with LUTS, we obtained from our analysis that LUTS and depression are closely related and worsening depressive symptoms may increase the severity of LUTS. We also discerned three categories of factors that can yield major depression namely adversity, internalizing, and externalizing factors. Within these categories, trauma, social support, genetic factors, and minimal education appeared to increase the risk of depression in patients. With the recent increase in mental health awareness and more access to mental health care amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, further screening, and collaboration between providers to treat both urological and psychiatric symptoms could improve patient outcomes. It is important for providers to have an increased understanding of the mental and physical impact both LUTS and depression can have on patients' wellbeing. This has the potential to help patients be more open about their symptoms with the aim of better addressing LUTS and depression to positively impact their HRQL.</p>","PeriodicalId":51865,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"81040"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10351871/pdf/healthpsychologyresearch_2023_11_81040.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10195268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bupropion Mediated Effects on Depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Smoking Cessation.","authors":"Austin Clark, Brendan Tate, Bretton Urban, Ryan Schroeder, Sonja Gennuso, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, David McGregor, Brook Girma, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D Kaye","doi":"10.52965/001c.81043","DOIUrl":"10.52965/001c.81043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bupropion had been in use since the late 1980s as an unconventional treatment for depression. Unlike other antidepressants, bupropion has no serotonergic activity and inhibits the reuptake of norepinephrine and dopamine. The drug has been used to treat depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and smoking cessation. This investigation reviews the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of bupropion and its mechanisms of action and interactions with other drugs. We evaluated the efficacy of major on and off-label uses of bupropion, focusing on the indications, benefits, and adverse effects. Our review demonstrates that bupropion is superior to placebo and non-inferior to SSRIs such as escitalopram in treating major depressive disorder. More research is needed to determine positive patient-centered outcomes such as increases in quality of life. In the case of ADHD, the evidence for efficacy is mixed with poorly conducted randomized clinical trials, small sample sizes, and a lack of long-term assessments. The same is true in the case of bipolar disorder in which there is still limited and controversial data available on bupropion's safety and efficacy. In the case of smoking cessation, bupropion is found to be an effective anti-smoking drug with synergistic benefits when used as a combination therapy. We conclude that bupropion has the potential to provide benefit for a subset of patients who do not tolerate other typical antidepressants or anti-smoking therapies or for those whose treatment goals align with bupropion's unique side effect profile, such as smokers who wish to quit and lose weight. Additional research is needed to determine the drug's full clinical potential, particularly in the areas of adolescent depression and combination therapy with varenicline or dextromethorphan. Clinicians should use this review to understand the varied uses of the drug and identify the situations and patient populations in which bupropion can lend its greatest benefit.</p>","PeriodicalId":51865,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"81043"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10317506/pdf/healthpsychologyresearch_2023_11_81043.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9805976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impulsiveness among Undergraduates from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan: Role of Socio-demographic Variables.","authors":"Samer Abdel Hadi, Mahmoud Gharaibeh, Emad Alghazo","doi":"10.52965/001c.81045","DOIUrl":"10.52965/001c.81045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Some undergraduate students may appear impulsive in their behavior without taking enough time to think, and impulsiveness may vary according to gender, academic specialization, and academic level.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigated the differences in impulsiveness between undergraduates of different gender, academic specializations, and academic years at three private universities in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The research design of the study was a survey in nature. The researchers collected data online using a translated Arabic version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) as described in Patton et al..¹ A sample of 334 undergraduates was selected using the convenient non-probability sample technique.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>To analyze data, the researchers deployed descriptive and inferential statistics and found no significant differences between the students in the subscales of motor impulsiveness, non-planning, attentional impulsiveness, and the total scale score according to gender, academic specializations, and academic years variables.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The researchers concluded that undergraduates have a moderate level of impulsiveness; except for attentional impulsiveness, the results indicated that the average student's score on the subscale was low. Motor impulsiveness, non-planning impulsiveness, and attentional impulsiveness were not significantly different between males and females, academic specialization, academic year variables, and their interaction. The limitations and implications of these findings are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51865,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"81045"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10317514/pdf/healthpsychologyresearch_2023_11_81045.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9805975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Growth mindset of anxiety and avoidant coping as mediators of anxiety across the first year of college: A longitudinal survey of college students in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Erin Henshaw, Susan Kennedy, Andrea Lourie, Drexler James, Folly Folivi","doi":"10.52965/001c.75190","DOIUrl":"10.52965/001c.75190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mediating role of growth mindset of anxiety beliefs and avoidant coping behaviors in predicting changes in anxiety across the first year of college, drawing from a sample of first year students managing the transition to college under the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions (Fall 2020-Fall 2021).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Self-report online surveys (n=122) were administered to first year students at four timepoints: the beginning (August 2020; T1), and follow up surveys at two months (October 2020; T2), three months (November 2020; T3) and twelve months (August 2021; T4).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Path analysis indicate that growth mindset of anxiety and avoidant coping partially mediate the relationship between baseline anxiety and later anxiety outcomes.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These findings have implications for mental health interventions designed to alter health attributions and mindset.</p>","PeriodicalId":51865,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"75190"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10317515/pdf/healthpsychologyresearch_2023_11_75190.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9805969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Separation Anxiety among Kindergarten Children and its Association with Parental Socialization.","authors":"Samar Jreisat","doi":"10.52965/001c.75363","DOIUrl":"10.52965/001c.75363","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study aimed at investigating the association between separation anxiety and parental socialization styles among a sample of kindergarten children in Amman city, Jordan. The study adopted the descriptive cross-sectional design. A sample of 300 kindergarten children were enrolled in this study. The researcher used a modified version of the separation anxiety scale in addition to the parental socialization styles scale. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) (v. 27, IBM Corp.). The results of the study showed that 8% (n=24) of the enrolled participants had a high level of separation anxiety, normality parenting style was adopted by 38.7% (n=116). The results showed that there was significant statistical association between separation anxiety and cruelty parenting style (r=0.465, p=0.003), overprotection parenting style (r=0.301, p=0.000), negligence parenting style (p=0.641, p=0.04), and normality (r=0.09, p=0.000). The results showed that separation anxiety is significantly associated with parental socialization styles in general (r=0.326, p=0.007).</p>","PeriodicalId":51865,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology Research","volume":"11 ","pages":"75363"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10292687/pdf/healthpsychologyresearch_2023_11_75363.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10103574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}