ü his study investigated the state anxiety level of the parent whose child had been admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with restricted visiting hours and the state anxiety level of the parent whose child had been admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care unit with unrestricted visiting hours. The 15 parents in each of the two visitation groups were very similar in terms of age,...

Objective: The present study aims to investigate thought control strategies in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and the relationship of these metacognitive strategies with trait anxiety, as a construct of emotional vulnerability. Methods: 60 patients with diagnosis of GAD and MDD and 30 control subjects (nonpatients) were selected from the university stude...

To study the influence of age and gender on pre-competitive post-competitive anxiety self-confidence in young tennis players. A total 42 U’12 to U’18 category players, 12 females 30 males, participated this cross-sectional study. The players had a mean 13.74 (2.07) years old national competitive experience 4.00 (2.14) years. participants was assessed using Competitive State Anxiety Inventory–2R...

BACKGROUND Caregivers are a vital resource in the care of transplant candidates or recipients. However, few strategies have been tested that attempt to decrease the stress and anxiety they commonly encounter. OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility of using mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques to decrease stress and anxiety in caregivers of lung transplant candidates/recipients who ...

The aimof this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialwas to investigate the eff|cacyof ‘Five FlowerRemedy’alsoknownasRescueRemedy, forexamination anxiety in healthy university students.One hundred university studentswere recruited.They were registered at theUniversity of Exeter, aged between18 to 65 years, and enrolled to undertake university examinations betweenMay to July1998. Par...

INTRODUCTION This study analyses some psychological variables related to susceptibility to mental disorders in medical students. METHODS A sample of 209 first- and second-year medical students was evaluated using the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and three questionnaires: Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-2...

Purpose To analyze the internal consistency and the construct validity of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) State-Anxiety (S-Anxiety) scale for pregnant women during labor. Method A study of measurement property including 150 pregnant women aged between 15 and 45 years old, during the first period of labor and with term pregnancies. The questionnaire used was the STAI S-Anxiety scale. In...

This uncontrolled intervention study explored the effects of stone spa use on the psychological states of women. Sixty-eight female volunteers (mean age 37.5 years (standard deviation 14.8)) recruited at a women-only stone spa facility participated in the study. They completed the short-form Profile of Moods States (POMS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) before and after stone spa u...