psychological adaptation

Summary

Summary: A state of harmony between internal needs and external demands and the processes used in achieving this condition. (From APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed)

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Integrating response shift into health-related quality of life research: a theoretical model
    M A Sprangers
    Department of Medical Psychology, Academic Hospital Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Soc Sci Med 48:1507-15. 1999
  2. ncbi A longitudinal cohort study of burnout and attrition in nursing students
    Ian J Deary
    Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    J Adv Nurs 43:71-81. 2003
  3. ncbi Psychological aspects of persistent pain: current state of the science
    Francis J Keefe
    Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
    J Pain 5:195-211. 2004
  4. ncbi Early decision and psychosocial support intervention for men with localised prostate cancer: an integrated approach
    Suzanne K Steginga
    The Cancer Council Queensland, 553 Gregory Terrace, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, 4006, Australia
    Support Care Cancer 16:821-9. 2008
  5. ncbi New Zealand women living with HIV/AIDS: a feminist perspective
    Jill Bennett
    Palliative Care Community Nurse, Mercy Hospice, Auckland
    Nurs Prax N Z 23:4-16. 2007
  6. ncbi Employment pathways in a large cohort of adult cancer survivors
    Pamela Farley Short
    Department of Health Policy and Administration, Center for Health Care and Policy Research, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
    Cancer 103:1292-301. 2005
  7. ncbi Adaptive gain and the role of the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system in optimal performance
    Gary Aston-Jones
    Laboratory of Neuromodulation and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    J Comp Neurol 493:99-110. 2005
  8. ncbi Coping and distress among women under treatment for early stage breast cancer: comparing African Americans, Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites
    Jenifer L Culver
    Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124-2070, USA
    Psychooncology 11:495-504. 2002
  9. ncbi Acceptance of chronic pain: component analysis and a revised assessment method
    Lance M McCracken
    Pain Management Unit, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Bath, Bath BA1 1RL, UK
    Pain 107:159-66. 2004
  10. ncbi Do chronic stressors lead to physiological dysregulation? Testing the theory of allostatic load
    Dana A Glei
    Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
    Psychosom Med 69:769-76. 2007

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  1. Reducing Obesity & Diabetes in High Risk Youth
    Margaret Grey; Fiscal Year: 2009
  2. Reducing Obesity & Diabetes in High Risk Youth
    ROBIN G WHITTEMORE; Fiscal Year: 2010
  3. Training Patients and Partners for HSCT: A Novel Coping Skills Intervention
    Catalina Lawsin; Fiscal Year: 2007
  4. CBPR with Immigrant Chinese with Diabetes
    Catherine A Chesla; Fiscal Year: 2010
  5. CBPR with Immigrant Chinese with Diabetes
    Catherine Chesla; Fiscal Year: 2009
  6. CBPR with Immigrant Chinese with Diabetes
    Catherine A Chesla; Fiscal Year: 2010
  7. Breast Cancer:Education, Counseling, and Adjustment
    Judith Haber; Fiscal Year: 2005
  8. Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Aw
    Kelly Young; Fiscal Year: 2004
  9. Prevention of Postrape Drug Abuse: Replication Study
    Heidi S Resnick; Fiscal Year: 2010
  10. Prevention of Postrape Drug Abuse: Replication Study
    Heidi S Resnick; Fiscal Year: 2010

Detail Information

Publications227 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Integrating response shift into health-related quality of life research: a theoretical model
    M A Sprangers
    Department of Medical Psychology, Academic Hospital Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Soc Sci Med 48:1507-15. 1999
    ....
  2. ncbi A longitudinal cohort study of burnout and attrition in nursing students
    Ian J Deary
    Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    J Adv Nurs 43:71-81. 2003
    ..Personality factors at course entry contributed significantly to the prediction of burnout and programme completion, but the relationships were not strong enough to be practically useful...
  3. ncbi Psychological aspects of persistent pain: current state of the science
    Francis J Keefe
    Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
    J Pain 5:195-211. 2004
    ..This article provides an overview of current research on psychological aspects of persistent pain, and highlights steps needed to advance this area of research...
  4. ncbi Early decision and psychosocial support intervention for men with localised prostate cancer: an integrated approach
    Suzanne K Steginga
    The Cancer Council Queensland, 553 Gregory Terrace, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, 4006, Australia
    Support Care Cancer 16:821-9. 2008
    ..Psycho-education, problem solving and decision support were integrated in a novel telephone-delivered supportive care intervention targeting men at diagnosis and assessed for feasibility...
  5. ncbi New Zealand women living with HIV/AIDS: a feminist perspective
    Jill Bennett
    Palliative Care Community Nurse, Mercy Hospice, Auckland
    Nurs Prax N Z 23:4-16. 2007
    ..However it is noted that there is still a degree of prejudice and ignorance to be overcome before the desired results will be achieved...
  6. ncbi Employment pathways in a large cohort of adult cancer survivors
    Pamela Farley Short
    Department of Health Policy and Administration, Center for Health Care and Policy Research, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
    Cancer 103:1292-301. 2005
    ....
  7. ncbi Adaptive gain and the role of the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system in optimal performance
    Gary Aston-Jones
    Laboratory of Neuromodulation and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    J Comp Neurol 493:99-110. 2005
    ..We propose that these prefrontal areas produce the above patterns of LC activity to optimize the utility of performance on both short and long time scales...
  8. ncbi Coping and distress among women under treatment for early stage breast cancer: comparing African Americans, Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites
    Jenifer L Culver
    Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124-2070, USA
    Psychooncology 11:495-504. 2002
    ..The data also provided evidence of a maladaptive spiral of distress and avoidant coping over time. Although some ethnic differences were identified, findings also point to a great many similarities across groups...
  9. ncbi Acceptance of chronic pain: component analysis and a revised assessment method
    Lance M McCracken
    Pain Management Unit, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Bath, Bath BA1 1RL, UK
    Pain 107:159-66. 2004
    ..A revised version of the CPAQ is suggested...
  10. ncbi Do chronic stressors lead to physiological dysregulation? Testing the theory of allostatic load
    Dana A Glei
    Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
    Psychosom Med 69:769-76. 2007
    ..physiological dysregulation? 2) Is that relationship moderated by characteristics of the individual and his or her social environment? and 3) Do perceived levels of stress mediate the relationship between stressors and dysregulation?..
  11. ncbi Protective and damaging effects of mediators of stress. Elaborating and testing the concepts of allostasis and allostatic load
    B S McEwen
    Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 896:30-47. 1999
    ....
  12. ncbi Breathlessness in cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: using a qualitative approach to describe the experience of patients and carers
    Sara Booth
    Oncology Centre, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
    Palliat Support Care 1:337-44. 2003
    ..This subject has been little researched, although dyspnoea is recognized as a disabling, distressing symptom. The number of breathless people is increasing as patients with all types of cardio-respiratory disease live longer...
  13. ncbi Chronic stress increases pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST): roles for PACAP in anxiety-like behavior
    Sayamwong E Hammack
    Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:833-43. 2009
    ....
  14. ncbi Positive psychological well-being and mortality: a quantitative review of prospective observational studies
    Yoichi Chida
    Psychobiology Group, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    Psychosom Med 70:741-56. 2008
    ..Recent years have witnessed increased interest in the relationship between positive psychological well-being and physical health...
  15. ncbi Empowering processes and outcomes of participation in online support groups for patients with breast cancer, arthritis, or fibromyalgia
    Cornelia F van Uden-Kraan
    Institute for Behavioral Research, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
    Qual Health Res 18:405-17. 2008
    ..This article demonstrates that participation in online support groups can make a valuable contribution to the emergence of empowered patients...
  16. ncbi Robotic neurorehabilitation: a computational motor learning perspective
    Vincent S Huang
    Motor Performance Laboratory, Department of Neurology, The Neurological Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
    J Neuroeng Rehabil 6:5. 2009
    ..We discuss the limitations of current robotic neurorehabilitation paradigms and suggest new research directions from the perspective of computational motor learning...
  17. ncbi Readiness to adopt a self-management approach to chronic pain: the Pain Stages of Change Questionnaire (PSOCQ)
    R D Kerns
    VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven 06516, USA
    Pain 72:227-34. 1997
    ..There was also substantial support for each factor's discriminant and criterion-related validity...
  18. ncbi What do we really know about mindfulness-based stress reduction?
    Scott R Bishop
    Princess Margaret Hospital and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Psychosom Med 64:71-83. 2002
    ..This article will provide a critical evaluation of the available state of knowledge regarding MBSR and suggestions for future research...
  19. ncbi Toward understanding the insight paradox: internalized stigma moderates the association between insight and social functioning, hope, and self-esteem among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders
    Paul H Lysaker
    Day Hospital 116H, 1481 West 10th Street, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    Schizophr Bull 33:192-9. 2007
    ..As predicted, the high insight/minimal stigma group also had significantly less impaired social function than the other groups. Implications for assisting persons to come to cope with awareness of illness and stigma are discussed...
  20. ncbi Family adjustment to childhood developmental disability: a measure of parent appraisal of family impacts
    Barry Trute
    School of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    J Pediatr Psychol 27:271-80. 2002
    ..To develop the Family Impact of Childhood Disability Scale (FICD) to assess subjective interpretation or "primary appraisal" of parents regarding the impact of a child with developmental disabilities on the family...
  21. ncbi A meta-analytic review of benefit finding and growth
    Vicki S Helgeson
    Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Consult Clin Psychol 74:797-816. 2006
    ..Moderator analyses showed that relations of benefit finding to outcomes were affected by the amount of time that had passed since stressor onset, the benefit finding measured used, and the racial composition of the sample...
  22. ncbi The conflict adaptation effect: it's not just priming
    Markus Ullsperger
    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
    Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci 5:467-72. 2005
    ..We discuss the data with respect to the conflict-monitoring and repetition-priming accounts...
  23. ncbi Posttraumatic growth in clinical psychology - a critical review and introduction of a two component model
    Tanja Zoellner
    Roseneck Hospital Center for Psychosomatic Medicine, Am Roseneck 6, 83209 Prien, Germany
    Clin Psychol Rev 26:626-53. 2006
    ..The article ends with a discussion of fruitful future research directions and how PTG can add a new perspective into trauma therapy...
  24. ncbi Dissociated long lasting improvements of straight-ahead pointing and line bisection tasks in two hemineglect patients
    Laure Pisella
    Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unité 534 Espace et Action, 16 Avenue Lepine, Case 13, 69676, Bron, France
    Neuropsychologia 40:327-34. 2002
    ..It can be concluded that elucidating the mechanism through which prism adaptation affects neglect could lead to a better understanding of the neglect syndrome...
  25. ncbi Caring for a person in advanced illness and suffering from breathlessness at home: threats and resources
    Marjolein H Gysels
    King s College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    Palliat Support Care 7:153-62. 2009
    ....
  26. ncbi Scaling back goals and recalibration of the affect system are processes in normal adaptive self-regulation: understanding 'response shift' phenomena
    C S Carver
    Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 2070, USA
    Soc Sci Med 50:1715-22. 2000
    ..Other such phenomena are accounted for by the principle of hierarchical organization among the self-regulatory goals that comprise the self...
  27. ncbi Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain: results from a pilot trial
    James W Carson
    Duke University Medical Center, USA
    J Holist Nurs 23:287-304. 2005
    ..IMPLICATIONS: Clinicians may find loving-kindness meditation helpful in the treatment of patients with persistent pain...
  28. ncbi Validity of Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale: a systematic review
    Monica Eriksson
    Nordic School of Public Health, Box 12133, S 40242 Gothenburg, Sweden
    J Epidemiol Community Health 59:460-6. 2005
    ..The aim of this paper is to systematically review and analyse the validity and reliability of Antonovsky's life orientation questionnaire/sense of coherence scale (SOC)...
  29. ncbi Psychological resilience after disaster: New York City in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack
    George A Bonanno
    Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
    Psychol Sci 17:181-6. 2006
    ..1% of the sample. Resilience was less prevalent among more highly exposed individuals, but the frequency of resilience never fell below one third even among the exposure groups with the most dramatic elevations in PTSD...
  30. ncbi Quality of life and psychological adaptation in siblings of paediatric cancer patients, 2 years after diagnosis
    B A Houtzager
    Paediatric Psychosocial Department, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105AZ, The Netherlands
    Psychooncology 13:499-511. 2004
    ..The concept quality of life has primarily been applied in research on the effects of chronic illness on the affected patient, but has not yet been studied in siblings...
  31. ncbi Adolescents with Turkish background in Norway and Sweden: a comparative study of their psychological adaptation
    Erkki Virta
    Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Stockholm University, Sweden
    Scand J Psychol 45:15-25. 2004
    Using a questionnaire survey, this study compared psychological adaptation (self-esteem, life satisfaction, and mental health problems) of Turkish adolescents in Norway and Sweden, and examined to what extent ethnic and majority ..
  32. ncbi Self-management of chronic pain: a population-based study
    Fiona M Blyth
    Pain Management and Research Institute, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
    Pain 113:285-92. 2005
    ....
  33. ncbi Students' perception of medical school stress and their evaluation of a wellness elective
    J Lee
    Department of Family Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    Med Educ 35:652-9. 2001
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Based on the students' responses, a wellness elective could be a useful addition to the first- or second-year medical curriculum...
  34. ncbi Physician wellness: a missing quality indicator
    Jean E Wallace
    Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
    Lancet 374:1714-21. 2009
    ..We show that health systems should routinely measure physician wellness, and discuss the challenges associated with implementation...
  35. ncbi Psychological adaptation after marital disruption: the effects of optimism and perceived control
    Frode Thuen
    Research Centre for Health Promotion, University of Bergen, Norway
    Scand J Psychol 47:121-8. 2006
    ..extent to which the two personality factors--perceived control and dispositional optimism--are related to psychological adaptation after marital disruption...
  36. ncbi Medical student distress: causes, consequences, and proposed solutions
    Liselotte N Dyrbye
    Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 80:1613-22. 2005
    ..In this article, we review the manifestations and causes of student distress, its potential adverse personal and professional consequences, and proposed institutional approaches to decrease student distress...
  37. ncbi The relationship between cognitive appraisal, affect, and catastrophizing in patients with chronic pain
    David A Jones
    Department of Psychology, Social Science Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    J Pain 4:267-77. 2003
    ..Implications for tailoring interventions to match individual styles of affect regulation are discussed...
  38. ncbi A critical review of the pain readiness to change model
    Robert D Kerns
    Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    J Pain 5:357-67. 2004
    ..It provides readers with an overview of the current conceptualization of readiness and discusses important implications for multidisciplinary treatment interventions with a focus on self-management...
  39. ncbi Psychological stress as a predictor of psychological adjustment and health status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
    Ruth Curtis
    Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway University Rd, Galway, Ireland
    Patient Educ Couns 59:192-8. 2005
    ..It is concluded that improving patient adjustment to rheumatoid arthritis has implications for medical care seeking...
  40. ncbi Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (MINI-MAC) scale
    Samuel M Y Ho
    Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    Psychooncology 12:547-56. 2003
    ..The results were discussed in terms of the meaning of the original Mini-MAC factors and cultural differences in coping functions between Chinese and UK cancer patients...
  41. ncbi A prospective analysis of acceptance of pain and values-based action in patients with chronic pain
    Lance M McCracken
    Pain Management Unit, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, University of Bath, Bath, UK
    Health Psychol 27:215-20. 2008
    ..Acceptance of pain and values-based action appear important in the emotional, physical, and social functioning of individuals with chronic pain. The purpose of the current study was to prospectively investigate these combined processes...
  42. ncbi Psychological adaptation and social support of parents of pediatric cancer patients: a prospective longitudinal study
    J E Hoekstra-Weebers
    Department of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands
    J Pediatr Psychol 26:225-35. 2001
    ..To investigate levels of support and the concurrent and prospective effects of support on the psychological functioning of parents of children with cancer in a prospective longitudinal study...
  43. ncbi Health-related quality of life and coping strategies of children after treatment of a malignant bone tumor: a 5-year follow-up study
    Hendrik M Koopman
    Departments of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 45:694-9. 2005
    ..Eight years after surgery the young adults surprisingly reported comparable or higher HRQoL scores. These patients treated for bone cancer were able to adapt well after treatment and showed no long-term emotional or social problems...
  44. ncbi Validation of the Chronic Pain Coping Inventory
    H D Hadjistavropoulos
    Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
    Pain 80:471-81. 1999
    ..These results suggest the CPCI is a valuable tool, above and beyond established coping measures, in the clinical assessment and research of pain. Directions for future research are discussed...
  45. ncbi Effects of a stress-reduction program on psychological function, pain, and physical function of systemic lupus erythematosus patients: a randomized controlled trial
    Carol M Greco
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 51:625-34. 2004
    ..To assess the effects of a stress-reduction program on pain, psychological function, and physical function in persons with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who experience pain...
  46. ncbi Chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder: mutual maintenance?
    T J Sharp
    Clin Psychol Rev 21:857-77. 2001
    ..Treatment implications are considered, as are issues for future research...
  47. ncbi Searching for the structure of coping: a review and critique of category systems for classifying ways of coping
    Ellen A Skinner
    Department of Psychology, Portland State University, Oregon 97207 0751, USA
    Psychol Bull 129:216-69. 2003
    ..Future steps involve deciding how to organize these families, using their functional homogeneity and distinctiveness, and especially their links to adaptive processes...
  48. ncbi Psychological adjustment to chronic disease
    Denise de Ridder
    Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Research Institute for Psychology and Health, Utrecht, Netherlands
    Lancet 372:246-55. 2008
    ..Patients who can use these strategies have the best chance of successfully adjusting to the challenges posed by a chronic illness...
  49. ncbi A systematic review of psychological factors as predictors of chronicity/disability in prospective cohorts of low back pain
    Tamar Pincus
    Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, UK
    Spine 27:E109-20. 2002
    ..In view of the importance attributed to other psychological factors (particularly coping strategies and fear avoidance) there is a need to clarify their role in back-related disability through rigorous prospective studies...
  50. ncbi Coping with Type II diabetes: the patient's perspective
    M Koopmanschap
    Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Diabetologia 45:S18-22. 2002
    ..Although gaining a clearer understanding of the economics of diabetes was the goal of the study, a secondary objective was to consider the impact of Type II diabetes from the patient's perspective...
  51. ncbi Predictive factors of work disability in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature review
    E M de Croon
    Coronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health, Academic Medical Centre, Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Health and Health Care Research, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Ann Rheum Dis 63:1362-7. 2004
    ..Until now, factors that predict work disability in RA have not been systematically reviewed...
  52. ncbi A case for including spirituality in quality of life measurement in oncology
    M J Brady
    Institute for Health Services Research and Policy Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
    Psychooncology 8:417-28. 1999
    ..It is concluded that these results support the move to the biopsychosocialspiritual model for QOL measurement in oncology...
  53. ncbi Psychobiological mechanisms of socioeconomic differences in health
    M Kristenson
    Department of Health and Society, Linkoping University, Linköping 58183, Sweden
    Soc Sci Med 58:1511-22. 2004
    ..The paper concludes that sustained activation and loss of capacity to respond to a novel stressor could be a cause of the higher risk of illness and disease found among people with lower SES...
  54. ncbi Conflict adaptation effects in the absence of executive control
    Ulrich Mayr
    Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
    Nat Neurosci 6:450-2. 2003
  55. ncbi Psychological adjustment of cancer caregivers with multiple roles
    Youngmee Kim
    Behavioral Research Center, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA 30329 4521, USA
    Psychooncology 15:795-804. 2006
    ..These findings have significant implications for developing targeted programs to reduce the psychological distress of cancer caregivers with multiple roles and to assist them in recognizing their caregiving experience as meaningful...
  56. ncbi Predicting persistent disabling low back pain in general practice: a prospective cohort study
    Gareth T Jones
    Epidemiology Group, Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
    Br J Gen Pract 56:334-41. 2006
    ..However, it is not known whether these strategies may also precede the onset of chronic symptoms and, if so, whether they are independent predictors of prognosis...
  57. ncbi Tales of the unexpected? Hidden resilience in poor households in Britain
    Krysia Canvin
    University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
    Soc Sci Med 69:238-45. 2009
    ..Recognition of such resilience, however, should complement, rather than detract from, wider societal efforts to reduce the material deprivation in which too many people within the population live...
  58. ncbi Coping styles and locus of control as predictors for psychological adjustment of adolescents with a chronic illness
    Susan A Meijer
    Department of Pediatric Psychology, the Wilhelmina Children s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Soc Sci Med 54:1453-61. 2002
    ..Avoidance and locus of control were not strongly associated with psychosocial adjustment. Clinical implications of these findings were discussed in terms of preventive interventions for adolescents with a chronic illness...
  59. ncbi How are traits related to problem behavior in preschoolers? Similarities and contrasts between temperament and personality
    Sarah S W De Pauw
    Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    J Abnorm Child Psychol 37:309-25. 2009
    ..This age-specific taxonomy refines and corroborates conclusions based on narrative reviews and furnishes a more balanced view of trait-maladjustment relationships...
  60. ncbi Caretaking behaviors by adolescent children of mothers with and without a history of depression
    Jennifer E Champion
    Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
    J Fam Psychol 23:156-66. 2009
    ..Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed...
  61. ncbi Life after unsuccessful IVF treatment in an assisted reproduction unit: a qualitative analysis of gains through loss among Chinese persons in Hong Kong
    Geok Ling Lee
    Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
    Hum Reprod 24:1920-9. 2009
    ..This study aims to provide an in-depth description of the gains perceived by Chinese men and women and how they re-constructed their lives after unsuccessful IVF treatment...
  62. ncbi Psychological adaptation in children with idiopathic short stature treated with growth hormone or placebo
    Judith L Ross
    Department of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:4873-8. 2004
    The influence of short stature on psychological adaptation in childhood and adolescence is controversial. GH is currently used to treat children with idiopathic short stature (ISS, also known as non-GH-deficient short stature)...
  63. ncbi Does self-reported posttraumatic growth reflect genuine positive change?
    Patricia Frazier
    Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Psychol Sci 20:912-9. 2009
    ..Finally, perceived (but not actual) growth was related to positive reinterpretation coping. Thus, the PTGI, and perhaps other retrospective measures, does not appear to measure actual pre- to posttrauma change...
  64. ncbi The association between sexual function, pain, and psychological adaptation of men diagnosed with chronic pelvic pain syndrome type III
    Sylvie Aubin
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA 98109 1023, USA
    J Sex Med 5:657-67. 2008
    ..AIM. We compared the sexual function of men with CPPS to men without pain, and examined the relationship between the sexual, demographic, and psychological measures in men with CPPS...
  65. ncbi Coping through emotional approach: scale construction and validation
    A L Stanton
    Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045 2160, USA
    J Pers Soc Psychol 78:1150-69. 2000
    ..Findings highlight the utility of functionalist theories of emotion as applied to coping theory...
  66. ncbi A selective review of maternal sleep characteristics in the postpartum period
    Lauren P Hunter
    School of Nursing, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 4158, USA
    J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 38:60-8. 2009
    ....
  67. ncbi Feeling recovered and thinking about the good sides of one's work
    Carmen Binnewies
    Institute of Psychology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
    J Occup Health Psychol 14:243-56. 2009
    ..Negative work reflection was unrelated to job performance. Our results emphasize the role of positive nonwork experiences for employees' job performance...
  68. ncbi Resilience and marginalized youth: making a case for personal and collective meaning-making as part of resilience research in public health
    Lisa Marin Wexler
    Department of Public Health, University of Massachusetts, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, 313 Arnold House, Amherst, MA 01003 9304, United States
    Soc Sci Med 69:565-70. 2009
    ..Specifically, group affiliation can provide a context to reconceptualize personal difficulty as a politicized collective struggle, and through this reading, can create a platform for ideological commitment and resistance...
  69. ncbi Psychological factors in chronic pain: evolution and revolution
    Dennis C Turk
    Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA
    J Consult Clin Psychol 70:678-90. 2002
    ..The authors conclude by noting that pain has received a tremendous amount of attention culminating in the passage of a law by the U.S. Congress designating the period 2001-2011 as the "The Decade of Pain Control and Research."..
  70. ncbi Changes in stress perception and coping during adolescence: the role of situational and personal factors
    Inge Seiffge-Krenke
    Department of Psychology, University of Mainz, Germany
    Child Dev 80:259-79. 2009
    ..Withdrawal was associated with high levels of perceived stress, independent of situation. Developmental changes in individual adolescents' stress perception and coping were in most cases situation specific...
  71. ncbi Prognostic factors associated with return to work following multidisciplinary vocational rehabilitation
    Irene Oyeflaten
    Attføringssenteret i Rauland, Rauland, Norway
    J Rehabil Med 40:548-54. 2008
    ....
  72. ncbi Supporting the well-being of medical students
    Verna Yiu
    Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
    CMAJ 172:889-90. 2005
  73. ncbi Effects of stress management on PNI-based outcomes in persons with HIV disease
    Nancy L McCain
    School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, Richmond, VA 23298-0567, USA
    Res Nurs Health 26:102-17. 2003
    ..The findings point to a pressing need for further, well-controlled research with these common intervention modalities...
  74. ncbi Cancer survivorship and work: symptoms, supervisor response, co-worker disclosure and work adjustment
    Joanna Pryce
    Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, UK
    J Occup Rehabil 17:83-92. 2007
    ..This study aims to explore the role of symptoms, work adjustments and cancer disclosure to supervisors and co-workers on working during primary cancer treatment and return to work following treatment...
  75. ncbi Anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease
    Tami D Benton
    Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Curr Psychiatry Rep 9:114-21. 2007
    ..This article reviews the evidence describing our knowledge of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with SCD, its clinical impact, and effectiveness of interventions...
  76. ncbi Promoting adjustment after treatment for cancer
    Annette L Stanton
    Department of Psychology, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, University of California Los Angeles, 90095 1563, USA
    Cancer 104:2608-13. 2005
    ..Promising psychosocial interventions have been developed for individuals in the reentry period. Continued research will be necessary to characterize this important phase of cancer survivorship...
  77. ncbi The First-Time Fathers Study: a prospective study of the mental health and wellbeing of men during the transition to parenthood
    John T Condon
    Department of Psychiatry, Flinders University, South Australia, Repatriation General Hospital, Daws Road, Daw Park, South Australia, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 38:56-64. 2004
    ..The present paper reports on these changes...
  78. ncbi Impact of commitment on performance evaluation in the rostral cingulate motor area
    Thomas Michelet
    Laboratoire de Physiologie et Physiopathologie de la Signalisation Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unite Mixte de Recherche 5543, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux2, 33076 Bordeaux, France
    J Neurosci 27:7482-9. 2007
    ..It would thus seem that CMAr neurons could constitute a system for the evaluation of behavioral performance contingent on the subject's commitment to the task...
  79. ncbi Specific effects of depression, panic, and somatic symptoms on illness behavior
    Winfried Rief
    Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
    Psychosom Med 67:596-601. 2005
    ..However, the specific contributions of panic disorder, depression, and somatic complaints to illness behavior in unselected samples is unclear...
  80. ncbi Prevalence, correlates, disability, and comorbidity of DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence in the United States: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
    Deborah S Hasin
    Mailman School of Public Health, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:830-42. 2007
    ..Epidemiologic information is important to inform etiological research and service delivery planning. However, current information on the epidemiology of alcohol use disorders in the United States is lacking...
  81. ncbi Role and gender differences in cancer-related distress: a comparison of survivor and caregiver self-reports
    B Alex Matthews
    Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
    Oncol Nurs Forum 30:493-9. 2003
    ..To examine role and gender differences on measures of psychological distress as a consequence of dealing with cancer...
  82. ncbi Quality of life and work in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis of working age
    A M J Chorus
    Division of Public Health, TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands
    Ann Rheum Dis 62:1178-84. 2003
    ..To investigate the relationship between work and quality of life (QOL) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) aged 16-59...
  83. ncbi Spirituality, well-being, and quality of life in people with rheumatoid arthritis
    Susan J Bartlett
    Johns Hopkins AAC, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Suite 1B 15, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 49:778-83. 2003
    ..To evaluate spirituality, well-being, and quality of life (QOL) among people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...
  84. ncbi Combined inpatient rehabilitation and spa therapy for breast cancer patients: effects on quality of life and CA 15-3
    Gerhard Strauss-Blasche
    Center of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna, Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Cancer Nurs 28:390-8. 2005
    ..Hot mud packs inducing hyperthermia did not affect CA 15-3. In conclusion, the combination of inpatient rehabilitation with spa therapy provides a promising approach for breast cancer rehabilitation...
  85. ncbi Social stressors, mental health, and physiological stress in an urban elite of young Afghans in Kabul
    Catherine Panter-Brick
    Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
    Am J Hum Biol 20:627-41. 2008
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  86. ncbi Uncertainty in illness. An integrative review
    Kathleen L Neville
    Kean University, Department of Nursing, Union, NJ, USA
    Orthop Nurs 22:206-14. 2003
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  87. ncbi Women's descriptions of coping with stress at the time of and after a myocardial infarction: a phenomenographic analysis
    Annica Sjöström-Strand
    Department of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Lund University, PO Box 157, SE 22100 Lund, Sweden
    Can J Cardiovasc Nurs 16:5-12. 2006
    ..Few studies have focused on how women are coping with myocardial infarction...
  88. ncbi 'The intruder': spouses' narratives about life with a chronically ill partner
    Monica Eriksson
    Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Ostersund, Sweden
    J Clin Nurs 15:324-33. 2006
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  89. ncbi Supportive and palliative care needs identified by multiple sclerosis patients and their families
    Judy Ann Wollin
    Griffith University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Logan Campus, University Drive, Meadowbrook 4131, Queensland
    Int J Palliat Nurs 12:20-6. 2006
    ..DESIGN, SAMPLE AND METHOD: In-depth interviews were carried out with people living with MS in the community, their family members and health professionals. The data were transcribed verbatim and recurring themes identified...
  90. ncbi An insider perspective of daily stress and coping in elders with arthritis
    Sunghee H Tak
    College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
    Orthop Nurs 25:127-32. 2006
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  91. ncbi Interpersonal well-being and mental health among male partners of women with breast cancer
    Chris Segrin
    The University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, USA
    Issues Ment Health Nurs 27:371-89. 2006
    ..Social support was negatively associated with concurrent mental health but post hoc analyses suggested that men's social networks perhaps provide greater social support to the extent that the men are emotionally distressed...
  92. ncbi Parental experience of family stress during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation of pediatric patients in germ-free isolation in Taiwan
    Jane Wu
    Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    Cancer Nurs 28:363-71. 2005
    ..The results of this study provide evidence of the nature of parents' experiences while their children undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and provide guidelines for family-centered nursing care...
  93. ncbi Changes in children's stressors over the past 30 years
    Nancy A Ryan-Wenger
    Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
    Pediatr Nurs 31:282-8, 291. 2005
    ..The findings also support the need for a new instrument that captures the full range of stressors that children experience today...
  94. ncbi Impact of eating disorders on family life: individual parents' stories
    Sharon Hillege
    School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, NSW, Australia
    J Clin Nurs 15:1016-22. 2006
    ..The objective was to give a voice to parents in order to develop new understandings of their experience leading to more appropriate clinical decision-making...
  95. ncbi Changes in body image experienced by adolescents with cancer
    Sandie S Larouche
    Department of Nursing, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    J Pediatr Oncol Nurs 23:200-9. 2006
    ..The results of this small study suggest 2 potential nursing approaches to facilitate adolescents' adaptation to their new body image...
  96. ncbi Coping strategies and predictors of general well-being in women with breast cancer in the People's Republic of China
    Jingzhi Li
    HOPE School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People s Republic of China
    Nurs Health Sci 9:199-204. 2007
    ..The findings indicated planning, positive reframing, and self-distraction were the most commonly used coping strategies. The best predictors of general well-being were employment status and the coping method, self-blame...
  97. ncbi Impact of cutaneous disease on the self-concept: an existential-phenomenological study of men and women with psoriasis
    Tracy Watson
    Community Service, Helen Joseph Hospital, Psychology Department, Puril, South Africa
    Dermatol Nurs 19:351-6, 361-4. 2007
    ..The findings have important implications for all within the health care profession in helping to effect positive change in their future endeavors with persons suffering from cutaneous disease...
  98. ncbi Relationships between nausea and vomiting, perceived stress, social support, pregnancy planning, and psychosocial adaptation in a sample of mothers: a questionnaire survey
    Fan Hao Chou
    School of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
    Int J Nurs Stud 45:1185-91. 2008
    ..The physical and emotional stress caused by pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting may influence maternal psychosocial adaptation yet few studies have examined these relationships...
  99. ncbi How much should we expect? Family caregiving of AIDS patients in rural Uganda
    Walter Kipp
    Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    J Transcult Nurs 18:358-65. 2007
    ..Serious work overload and low health status were reported. The high burden of caregiving puts family caregivers at risk for decreased health status and increased social isolation and depression...
  100. ncbi A qualitative study of youth living with Crohn disease
    Teresa Lynch
    Gastrointestinal Investigative Unit, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
    Gastroenterol Nurs 31:224-30; quiz 231-2. 2008
    ..The findings contribute to the "promoting wellness" literature and will inform those who support the increasing number of young people living and coping with a chronic inflammatory bowel disease...
  101. ncbi Chronic illness: the process of integration
    Robin Whittemore
    Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT 06536 0740, USA
    J Clin Nurs 17:177-87. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to explore how adults with a chronic illness integrate the illness experience into their life context...

Research Grants85

  1. Reducing Obesity & Diabetes in High Risk Youth
    Margaret Grey; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..In minority communities, the rates are as high as nearly 30%. Approaches that are appealing to youth and that can be cost-effectively delivered are necessary to reduce this epidemic. ..
  2. Reducing Obesity & Diabetes in High Risk Youth
    ROBIN G WHITTEMORE; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..In minority communities, the rates are as high as nearly 30%. Approaches that are appealing to youth and that can be cost-effectively delivered are necessary to reduce this epidemic. ..
  3. Training Patients and Partners for HSCT: A Novel Coping Skills Intervention
    Catalina Lawsin; Fiscal Year: 2007
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  4. CBPR with Immigrant Chinese with Diabetes
    Catherine A Chesla; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The proposed project aims to improve diabetes management in immigrant Chinese patients by partnering with the community to develop an efficacious diabetes behavioral intervention that incorporates cultural concerns. ..
  5. CBPR with Immigrant Chinese with Diabetes
    Catherine Chesla; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..The proposed project aims to improve diabetes management in immigrant Chinese patients by partnering with the community to develop an efficacious diabetes behavioral intervention that incorporates cultural concerns. ..
  6. CBPR with Immigrant Chinese with Diabetes
    Catherine A Chesla; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The proposed project aims to improve diabetes management in immigrant Chinese patients by partnering with the community to develop an efficacious diabetes behavioral intervention that incorporates cultural concerns. ..
  7. Breast Cancer:Education, Counseling, and Adjustment
    Judith Haber; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Emotional, physical and social adjustments are expected to be greater in each of the study interventions vs. DM and greater in DM+SE+TC as compared to DM+SE or DM+TC. ..
  8. Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Aw
    Kelly Young; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..Elucidation of factors influencing children's pain response, and study of interventions to reduce pain, are important priorities for all clinicians who care for children. ..
  9. Prevention of Postrape Drug Abuse: Replication Study
    Heidi S Resnick; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  10. Prevention of Postrape Drug Abuse: Replication Study
    Heidi S Resnick; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  11. Use of Continuous Glucose Sensors in Adolescents with Inadequate Diabetic Control
    Tim Wysocki; Fiscal Year: 2011
    ....
  12. PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENTS FOR ALCOHOLISM
    Bankole Johnson; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..Clinical outcome will be re-evaluated at 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months follow-up post-treatment. This study supports NIAAA's goal to develop effective medications to treat alcoholism. ..
  13. Use of Continuous Glucose Sensors in Adolescents with Inadequate Diabetic Control
    Tim Wysocki; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....
  14. Use of Continuous Glucose Sensors in Adolescents with Inadequate Diabetic Control
    Tim Wysocki; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  15. GRIEF INTERVENTIONS FOR PLAS, ADOLESCENTS AND GUARDIANS
    MARY ROTHERAM BORUS; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..These results are likely to have implications for millions of AIDS orphans internationally and for the 550,000 adolescents bereaved annually by parental death. ..
  16. Drug & Non-Drug Treatment of Pediatric Chronic Headache
    Scott Powers; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..The long term objective is to establish effective treatments for CDH in youth that lead to sustained benefits in terms of clinically significant reductions in headache frequency and functional disability. ..
  17. Drug & Non-Drug Treatment of Pediatric Chronic Headache
    Scott Powers; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..The long term objective is to establish effective treatments for CDH in youth that lead to sustained benefits in terms of clinically significant reductions in headache frequency and functional disability. ..
  18. Internet-based osteoarthritis pain coping skills intervention
    Christine Rini; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  19. Coping Skills Training in Heart Failure: Outcomes and Mechanisms
    Andrew Sherwood; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  20. Randomized Clinical Trial in Juvenile Fibromyalgia
    Susmita Kashikar Zuck; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The long term objectives of this research are to establish effective treatments for JPFS that lead to sustained benefits in terms of improved pain control and functional abilities. ..
  21. Negative Affect, Urges and Distress Tolerance, Effects on Cognition in AUDs
    Travis Cook; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Findings from this study may lead to improved treatments that help people to manage unpleasant emotions, think clearly and allow themselves to take advantage of the coping skills learned in treatment to avoid relapse. ..
  22. Therapeutic IVR For Relapse Prevention in Chronic Pain
    Magdalena Naylor; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..The study goals are: 1) to attempt to replicate the results of the two pilot studies of TIVR in a full-scale RCT; and 2) to determine the efficacy of the full TIVR in relation to an attention control condition. ..
  23. Culture, Dialectical Thinking and Psychopathology
    Kaiping Peng; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..This research is part of a growing concern for identifying the cultural factors involved in the etiology of psychological ill health. ..
  24. Coping skills training for arthritis: An effectiveness trial
    Joan E Broderick; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Patients'pain, psychological disability, self-efficacy, pain coping skills, and quality of life as well as cost effectiveness will be measured. ..
  25. Coping skills training for arthritis: An effectiveness trial
    Joan Broderick; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Patients' pain, psychological disability, self-efficacy, pain coping skills, and quality of life as well as cost effectiveness will be measured. ..
  26. Coping skills training for arthritis: An effectiveness trial
    Joan Broderick; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Patients' pain, psychological disability, self-efficacy, pain coping skills, and quality of life as well as cost effectiveness will be measured. ..
  27. Coping skills training for arthritis: An effectiveness trial
    Joan Broderick; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Patients' pain, psychological disability, self-efficacy, pain coping skills, and quality of life as well as cost effectiveness will be measured. ..
  28. Youth and Parent Knowledge of Diabetes Complications
    Tim Wysocki; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..This research will provide substantial information about the optimal content, manner of presentation, source, and timing of the provision of information about the long-term complications of diabetes to youth with DM1 and their parents. ..
  29. FAMILY PROCESSES AND RURAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN
    Gene Brody; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..At each wave of data collection, home visits will be made to the participating families and to two friends of each participating target youth. Three teachers of each youth will report on their classroom practices. ..
  30. Psychosocial Support to HIV/AIDS Affected Children in Zimbabwe
    Danuta Kasprzyk; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....
  31. Multimedia Support for Caregivers of the Seriously Ill
    A Irvine; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The proposed program provides automates support and education for the caregivers via the Internet, including articles, videos, and help thinking through tough decisions. ..
  32. Rural women breast cancer survivors
    B Bettencourt; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..Furthermore the proposed study will provide the foundation for a long-term research program for understanding cancer survivorship among rural people. ..