Showing papers in "Journal of Psychosomatic Research in 2006"

TL;DR: The Brief IPQ provides a rapid assessment of illness perceptions, which could be particularly helpful in ill populations, large-scale studies, and in repeated measures research designs.

TL;DR: Evidence is reviewed that worry, rumination, and anticipatory stress are associated with enhanced cardiovascular, endocrinological, immunological, and neurovisceral activity, suggesting that perseverative cognition might act directly on somatic disease via enhance activation via the cardiovascular, immune, endocrine, and neuroscience systems.

TL;DR: The results indicated that the bullied respondents had lower social support from coworkers and supervisors, and they reported more symptoms of somatisation, depression, anxiety, and negative affectivity than did the nonbullied respondents.

TL;DR: Examination of the relationship between burnout and physical illness in a representative nationwide population health study in Finland found that burnout is associated with musculoskeletal diseases among women and with cardiovascular diseases among men.

TL;DR: For the first time, it was possible to analyze the prevalence of alexithymia in a wide age range (30-97 years) and the findings were in line with earlier population studies.

TL;DR: It is found that illness perceptions of AMI patients who view their condition as controllable, as symptomatic, and with severe consequences, and who feel that they understand their condition are more likely to attend cardiac rehabilitation.

TL;DR: The finding that emotional stress reactivity is most pronounced for subjects who experienced trauma early in life confirms prior evidence suggesting that the effects of trauma are more detrimental when trauma occurs at a younger age.

TL;DR: Perceived pain and stress increased significantly throughout the experimental session, but individuals scoring high on the RSA reported lessPain and stress was more pronounced for the high stress group, thus supporting a protective effect of resilience as measured by the RSA.

TL;DR: The two questionnaire adaptations are reliable and valid self-report scales for the assessment of self-harm and past suicidal behavior and support the hypotheses of a higher degree of psychiatric symptomatology in patients with self- Harm behavior compared to those without.

TL;DR: The rate of psychiatric disorders in HIV/AIDS patients was consistent over time, and there appeared to be a shift from maladaptive coping behaviors to more adaptive coping behaviors over the 6-month period.

TL;DR: Different types of prevention programs addressing body image may be needed for males and females at different developmental stages and may need to address changes in BMI.

TL;DR: It is suggested that alexithymia is more strongly involved in emotional eating of obese men than women, and offers indications for designing gender-specific treatments for emotional eating among obese persons.

TL;DR: Clinical correlates of depression in people with GTS appear to be: tic severity and duration, the presence of echophenomena and coprophenomena, premonitory sensations, sleep disturbances, obsessive-compulsive behaviors/OCD, self-injurious behaviors, aggression, conduct disorder (CD) in childhood, and, possibly, ADHD.

TL;DR: Treatment approaches that challenge unhelpful cognitive interpretations and behavioural responses to symptoms, and address anxiety and depression, may be important in improving the overall management of fatigue in MS.

TL;DR: Workplace bullying was found to be a strong risk factor for depressive symptoms for men and women and efforts to prevent bullying should be intensified.

TL;DR: Attachment anxiety is associated with self-reported distress and is inversely associated with HF HRV, a marker of vagal influence on cardiac activity, but is not associated with subjective stress.

TL;DR: Findings regarding the association between subjective fatigue, emotional intelligence, and other psychosocial factors may facilitate an understanding of the aetiology of fatigue and contribute to future research examining interventions aimed at helping individuals cope with fatigue.

TL;DR: In older adults, low SES predicted the incidence of depression and part of this association was explained by psychosocial factors and physical health status.

TL;DR: The strongest predictors of depression were high tension and low self-esteem followed by the perceived impact of RA, fatigue, passive coping, pain, and physical disability, which need to be considered within the regular RA management as possible cues to depression development.

TL;DR: A significant reduction of progenitor cells (as labeled by Musashi1) in the SVZ of patients with AD, but an increase in GFAP-negative astrocyte-like cells with progenitors characteristics is indicated.

TL;DR: Positive affect is most influential in reducing NA during weeks of higher pain and may be a factor of resilience, helping patients experiencing pain fluctuations as less distressful than at lower levels of PA.

TL;DR: Family members of ICU patients exhibit high levels of distress that persist throughout their relatives' hospitalization, and women and individuals with high trait anxiety are at increased risk for developing such reactions.

TL;DR: Physical symptom disorder is proposed as a diagnostic category that would reside on Axis III (rather than Axis I) and replace somatization disorder, undifferentiated somatoform disorder, and pain disorder and should be considered as a simpler and more inclusive diagnosis to replace several somatoforms currently in use.

TL;DR: The test-retest reliabilities for the EDI-2 subscales are relatively high, indicating a good and acceptable stability over time, and further evidence that the EDi-2 is an instrument with good reliability for the assessment of eating disorder symptoms.

TL;DR: It is suggested that SOC is a potential marker of an individual's social stress adaptive capacity, which is predictive of mortality, as well as measures of event impact and adaptation.

TL;DR: Next to being motivated by fashion and the urge to fit in with one's peers, the major reasons for body modification practices in the German population appear to be negatively perceived conditions of life, reduced social integration, and increased sensation-seeking behavior.

TL;DR: To improve knowledge on the long-term effect of sexual abuse experiences in obstetrical care, methodologically well-designed research projects focusing on the kind and incidence of sequelae, mediating factors as well as prophylactic and therapeutic options are needed.

TL;DR: Linguistically, pro-anorexic and recovering anorexics engage in distinct psychological self-presentation styles and more research is needed to understand the clinical implications of these different linguistic styles.

TL;DR: Evidence for unhelpful attitudes amongst some A&E staff towards patients who self-harm through laceration is found, particularly true for more senior staff without previous DSH training, who, as a group, were less sympathetic to this group of patients.

TL;DR: It is suggested that promoting acceptance in patients with CFS may often be more beneficial than trying to control largely uncontrollable symptoms.