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An Overview of the Patient ‐Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) for Assessing Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
This study aimed to demonstrate the relevance of the Patient‐Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures to the assessment of chronic low back pain. A literature search was conducted to find all relevant articles regarding the PROMIS domains of pain impact, behavior, interference, quality, and intensity, as well as the other PROMIS domains of sleep disturbance, fatigue, satisfaction with social roles, anxiety, depression, and physical function. Findings were compiled. Although few measures assessed low back pain specifically, all were found reliable and valid, and useful for a wide variety of other...
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - April 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John Licciardone, Whitney E. Worzer, Meredith M. Hartzell, Nancy Kishino, Robert J. Gatchel Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) in Chronic Pain
To determine if severe, chronic, uncontrolled pain patients may alter their adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) serum levels. Fifty‐five (55) severe, chronic pain patients who were failing standard medical treatment were tested for an ACTH serum level. Those patients with an abnormal (high or low) serum level were entered into an enhanced pain treatment program and retested in 90–120 days to help determine if pain treatment may normalize abnormal ACTH serum levels. Five (9.4%) patients had a high ACTH serum level, and ten (18.2%) patients had a low ACTH serum level. Of these 15 patients, 13 (86.7%) normalized their ACTH serum ...
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - April 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Forest Tennant Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Prior Hurricane and Other Lifetime Trauma Predict Coping Style in Older Commercial Fishers After the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Fishing communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast have experienced catastrophic disasters including hurricanes and the BP oil spill. Exposure to such events, and subsequent losses, are known to be associated with psychological distress. This distress may be lessened through adaptive coping behaviors, although prior trauma may affect coping responses. Sixty‐four south Louisiana commercial fishers (21–90 years old) completed the Brief COPE to assess strategies for coping with oil spill stress 12–26 months after the spill. Regression analyses indicated that storm‐related stressors and lifetime traumatic events predicted d...
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - April 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Katie E. Cherry, Bethany A. Lyon, Laura Sampson, Sandro Galea, Pamela F. Nezat, Loren D. Marks Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

The complex relationship between pain intensity and physical functioning in fibromyalgia: the mediating role of depression
Fibromyalgia (FM) is typically associated with the experience of diffuse pain and physical impairment. Depression also commonly co‐exists in patients with FM and has been correlated with pain intensity and physical functioning. Previous research suggests an association between pain intensity and physical functioning; however, the direct causal relationship between improvements in pain intensity and in functioning is not observed in many FM patients. This may suggest that another factor such as depression is mediating this relationship. The present work examined mediating role of depression. Two hundred sixteen patients w...
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - April 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer L. Steiner, Silvia M. Bigatti, James E. Slaven, Dennis C. Ang Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Predictors of Native American children's perceived status of health and physical shape
To increase our understanding of predictors of healthy behavior patterns in Native American children. Children from the Southwest (N = 145) United States were administered a questionnaire with predictors of healthy living behaviors (i.e., perceived health status and perceived physical shape [fitness]). Using structural equation modeling, significant path estimates were present for self‐efficacy in predicting beliefs, for (removing) barriers, and for adult/peer support. Further, belief, barriers, and peer social support significantly predicted goals/intentions to be physically active. For children's perceived physical s...
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - April 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pamela H. Kulinna, Ernesto R. Ramirez, Julie A. Jahn, Donetta J. Cothran, Ryan D. Burns, Tiffany Kloeppel Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

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Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research,Volume 22, Issue 4, December 2017. (Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research)
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - April 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Dark Triad of Personality and Considering Cosmetic Surgery: An Exploratory Study
This study is the first to directly investigate the relationship between the Dark Triad traits and considering cosmetic surgery. The sample consisted of 222 university students, aged between 18 and 37 (M = 24.59, SD = 4.17), from Tehran, Iran. Participants completed the Short Dark Triad scale and “consider” subscale of Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale. Descriptive statistics and evaluation of sex differences suggested that psychopathy was significantly higher in men and considering cosmetic surgery was significantly higher in women. Correlational analyses showed that psychopathy was associated with considering ...
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - April 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Razieh Chegeni, Mohammad Atari Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Differential Age ‐Related Effects on Visual‐ and Associative‐Based Semantic Encoding
This study investigated how aging modulates semantic encoding. We used a task where participants were required to determine the semantic relatedness between the cue and target stimuli. Single‐character Chinese words were the cues, whereas two‐character words describing the cues were the targets. The targets can be visual‐based (appearance) or associative‐based (meaning). Experiment One compared the reaction times on the two types of targets between older (n = 29) and younger participants (n = 31). Older participants performed significantly slower on the visual‐ than associative‐based trials, while the young...
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - April 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Davynn G. H. Tan, Eric W. Tsang, Kin ‐chung Tang, Chetwyn C. H. Chan, Karen P. Y. Liu, Yi Wu Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Self ‐determination theory: the role of the health care professional in promoting mindfulness and perceived competence
The purpose of the current study was to predict mindfulness and perceived competence using self‐determination theory (SDT). Within SDT, we specifically examined basic needs theory via global basic needs (i.e., competence, autonomy, and relatedness) and two domain specific basic needs (i.e., exercise & health care) settings. One hundred and thirty‐one college students from a Midwest urban university participated in this study. Using multiple regression analyses, we predicted 22% and 36% of the variance in mindfulness and perceived competence, respectively. Meeting basic needs in exercise settings and perceiving that...
Source: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research - April 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeffrey J. Martin, Brigid Byrd, Scott Wooster, Noel Kulik Tags: Original Article Source Type: research