Somatic Symptoms Mediate the Relationship Between Health Anxiety and Health ‐Related Quality of Life over Eight Weeks
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Previous research has indicated that at clinical levels, health anxiety is cross‐sectionally correlated with both somatic symptoms and health‐related quality of life (HRQOL). However, research has not tested mediational models of how health anxiety may lead to diminished HRQOL prospectively, and more broadly outside of clinical contexts. In the context of an eight‐week prospective diary study of 118 subclinical adults, we examined whether somatic symptoms mediate the relationship between health anxiety and both same‐week HRQOL and week‐to‐week change in HRQOL. Multilevel modelling indicated that somati...
Source: Stress and Health - July 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Karly M. Murphy, Adam P. McGuire, Thane M. Erickson, Amy H. Mezulis Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Attachment Dimensions and Post ‐traumatic Symptoms Following Interpersonal Traumas versus Impersonal Traumas in Young Adults in Taiwan
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Greater risk of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is seen in individuals exposed to interpersonal traumatic events. Based on an attachment perspective, interpersonal trauma exposure may activate one's attachment insecurity system and disrupt affect, behaviour and interpersonal function, which may in turn create more difficulties to cope with interpersonal traumas and exacerbate PTSD symptomatology. The present study examined whether attachment anxiety relative to attachment avoidance would be a stronger predictor of greater PTSD symptoms following interpersonal traumas versus impersonal traumas in a Taiwanes...
Source: Stress and Health - July 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yu ‐Lien Huang, Sue‐Huei Chen, Yi‐Jen Su, Yi‐Wen Kung Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
A Model of First ‐responder Coping: An Approach/Avoidance Bifurcation
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The work of first responders is fraught with numerous stressors, ranging from potentially traumatic critical incidents to institutional strains. The severity and pervasiveness of these difficulties prompt a necessary consideration of the coping methods employed by first responders. The present study developed an empirical model of first‐responder coping strategies, based upon a nationally representative survey sample of 6240 first responders. Participants were drawn from Swedish first responders in the following occupations: coast guard, customs control, military, emergency medical services, fire department and ...
Source: Stress and Health - July 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eamonn Arble, Bengt B. Arnetz Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Grin and Bear It?: Employees' Use of Surface Acting During Co ‐worker Conflict
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Using survey data from 459 employed individuals, the conditional indirect effects of three types of interpersonal conflict at work on strains and performance through surface acting were tested. Results indicated that task, relationship and non‐task organizational conflict were positively related to depressive and physical symptoms and negatively related to performance. Task conflict had a significantly weaker association with employee outcomes than either relationship or non‐task organizational conflict. Surface acting negatively related to all types of conflict, although it had a weaker association with relat...
Source: Stress and Health - July 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ashley E. Nixon, Valentina Bruk ‐Lee, Paul E. Spector Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Grin and Bear It?: Employees' Use of Surface Acting During Co‐worker Conflict
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Using survey data from 459 employed individuals, the conditional indirect effects of three types of interpersonal conflict at work on strains and performance through surface acting were tested. Results indicated that task, relationship and non‐task organizational conflict were positively related to depressive and physical symptoms and negatively related to performance. Task conflict had a significantly weaker association with employee outcomes than either relationship or non‐task organizational conflict. Surface acting negatively related to all types of conflict, although it had a weaker association with relat...
Source: Stress and Health - July 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ashley E. Nixon, Valentina Bruk‐Lee, Paul E. Spector Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Cardiac Disease ‐Induced Post‐traumatic Stress Symptoms (CDI‐PTSS) Among Patients' Partners
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It is well established that a patient's partner can be deeply affected by the traumatizing nature of the patient's illness. Yet, no study to date has focused on post‐traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) among partners of patients coping with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The current study's main aims were to address this gap and to evaluate cardiac disease‐induced (CDI) PTSS prevalence in partners of patients who experienced ACS. Patients who experienced ACS and their partners were interviewed by telephone 2 to 6 months after patients' hospitalization. All patients and partners were screened for CDI‐PTSS. ...
Source: Stress and Health - June 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Keren Fait, Noa Vilchinsky, Rachel Dekel, Nitza Levi, Hanoch Hod, Shlomi Matetzky Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
Savouring and Self ‐compassion as Protective Factors for Depression
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Within positive psychology, researchers and clinicians vocalize the need to expand upon how the treatment for major depressive disorder is conceptualized and implemented. The impetus of the current study was to examine preliminary criteria for identifying savouring and self‐compassion as protective factors for depression. Undergraduate students (N = 133) completed a series of surveys at two points in time, 5 weeks apart. Results revealed that savouring and self‐compassion were inversely related to depression scores cross‐sectionally and prospectively. However, savouring was the only positive psychologi...
Source: Stress and Health - May 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Justin Ford, Jeffrey J. Klibert, Nicholas Tarantino, Dorian A. Lamis Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Trauma ‐Related Context Increases Sleep Disturbances in People with Acute Stress Disorder Symptoms
This study (N = 140) was carried out during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, during which 70% of Israelis were exposed to missile attacks. Findings show that participants with clinical ASD symptom levels reported more sleep disturbances than participants without clinical ASD symptom levels. More critically, this effect was only evident among respondents who had a reinforced security room in their houses. While reinforced security rooms offer protection against indirect missile damage, their relevance is salient in negative traumatic situations, which individuals with a clinical level of ASD are more sensitive to. Conve...
Source: Stress and Health - April 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ephraim S. Grossman, Yaakov S. G. Hoffman, Amit Shrira Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
Importance of Cross ‐national and Interdisciplinary Research for the Study of Financial Stress: A Comment on Sinclair and Cheung (2016)
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Source: Stress and Health - April 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Esther R. Greenglass Tags: Commentary ‐ Invited Source Type: research
Trauma‐Related Context Increases Sleep Disturbances in People with Acute Stress Disorder Symptoms
This study (N = 140) was carried out during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, during which 70% of Israelis were exposed to missile attacks. Findings show that participants with clinical ASD symptom levels reported more sleep disturbances than participants without clinical ASD symptom levels. More critically, this effect was only evident among respondents who had a reinforced security room in their houses. While reinforced security rooms offer protection against indirect missile damage, their relevance is salient in negative traumatic situations, which individuals with a clinical level of ASD are more sensitive to. Conve...
Source: Stress and Health - April 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ephraim S. Grossman, Yaakov S. G. Hoffman, Amit Shrira Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
Child Adjustment to First Grade as Perceived by the Parents: The Role of Parents' Personal Growth
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The current study aimed at investigating the direct and moderating role of personal growth in a child's adjustment to first grade as perceived by the parents, drawing on Positive Psychology (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, ) and the theory of families as systems (Cox & Paley, ). The sample consisted of 280 Israeli parents (213 mothers and 67 fathers) whose children were in first grade. The participants completed questionnaires relating to background variables of the parent and child, as well as parents' perceived stress, emotional intelligence, perceived child's adjustment to school and personal growth.
The f...
Source: Stress and Health - April 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shirley Ben Shlomo, Orit Taubman‐Ben‐Ari Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
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Source: Stress and Health - April 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
If Only my Leader Would just Do Something! Passive Leadership Undermines Employee Well ‐being Through Role Stressors and Psychological Resource Depletion
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The goal of this study was to develop and test a sequential mediational model explaining the negative relationship of passive leadership to employee well‐being. Based on role stress theory, we posit that passive leadership will predict higher levels of role ambiguity, role conflict and role overload. Invoking Conservation of Resources theory, we further hypothesize that these role stressors will indirectly and negatively influence two aspects of employee well‐being, namely overall mental health and overall work attitude, through psychological work fatigue. Using a probability sample of 2467 US workers, structu...
Source: Stress and Health - March 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julian Barling, Michael R. Frone Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
The Cortisol Awakening Response and Depressive Symptomatology: The Moderating Role of Sleep and Gender
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The association between depression and the cortisol awakening response (CAR) has been widely examined, yet the results are mixed and factors responsible for such inconsistencies are poorly understood. The current study investigated whether the link between depressive symptomatology and CAR varied as a function of two such factors: sleep and gender. The sample included 58 young adults (30 females; Mage = 18.7; SDage = 0.91). Participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory as well as the Consensus Sleep Diary to assess depressive symptomatology and daily sleep patterns, respectively. Participants also p...
Source: Stress and Health - March 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ivan Vargas, Stefanie Mayer, Nestor Lopez ‐Duran Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Early ‐life Socio‐economic Status and Adult Health: The Role of Positive Affect
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The aim of this paper is to develop a further understanding of the relationship between early‐life socio‐economic status (SES) and adult health disparities. This was accomplished through evaluation of state indicators of positive and negative affect as mechanisms through which early‐life SES was associated with susceptibility to a rhinovirus (i.e. the common cold). Analyses were conducted among 286 adults in a viral challenge study in which participants were exposed to a rhinovirus via nasal drops and cold symptoms were evaluated over a period of 5 days. Participant age, body mass index, sex, education, et...
Source: Stress and Health - March 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kyle W. Murdock, Angie S. LeRoy, Christopher P. Fagundes Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
