The American Psychological Association (APA) definespsychologyas "the scientific study of individuals' behavior and mental processes." Psychology focuses on society as a whole and on interactions between individuals. What is psychiatry? The American Psychiatric Association definespsychiatryas being "...
environment, and political order. However, little is known about the psychological states surrounding the outbreak of war, particularly the mental well-being of individuals outside Ukraine. Here, we present a longitudinal experience-sampling study of a ...
Consent for publication Not applicable. Ethics approval and consent to participate The Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Psychological Distress in Pregnancy Trial was approved by the University of Calgary Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board (CHREB). Participation in the study is voluntary and part...
All parents were informed about the aims of study and signed the consent form. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 19.0. Odds ratio and χ2 tests were used with the level of significance as P=0.05. The power of the statistical analysis was 80 percent.RESULTS: The prevalence of ...
Data was extracted by NF using forms (Supplementary Material) adapted from the Cochrane Collaboration data collection form for RCTs and non-RCTs (randomised controlled trials). JW independently verified 10% of extracted data items. Study authors were contacted where missing data was critical to inte...
All consenting patients completed a baseline assessment form, the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised and a health-related quality of life questionnaire (the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form [SF-36]). We conducted regression analyses to determine predictors of quality of life among study patients...
Methods This study analyzed nationwide survey data collected by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. Overall, 17,009 parents (46%) visiting at a child health clinic filled out the survey consent form. For 8720 children, one or both parents completed the questionnaire (24%). Analyses ...
All the participants provided informed consent to confirm their voluntary participation in the study. The students participated in the study during a normal school day, and the questionnaires were administered in the classrooms by trained researchers or teachers, who were briefed on the administration ...
Norms and psychological reactance were important to study because they might be preconditions for negative effects of vaccination requirements. Individuals with higher levels of trait psychological reactance may resent the requirement and thus form weaker intentions to vaccinate, particularly if vaccination no...
The aims of this study were twofold. First, we aimed to investigate whether a short humorous intervention reduces subsequent psychological and physiological stress. Second, we tested whether this beneficial effect affects cognitive performance in the form of attention. To do so, we randomly assigned ...