Título: Las relaciones entre los rasgos de personalidad Big Five y la vitalidad subjetiva. Resumen: El presente estudio examina la relación entre los rasgos de personalidad Big Five y la vitalidad subjetiva. Los participantes fueron 307 estudiantes universitarios [180 (59%) mujeres, 127 (41%), Medad = 21.24 años, SD = 1.21], que completaron el grupo de cuestionarios Adjective Bases Personality ...

BACKGROUND Pathological Internet Use (PIU) has become a global issue associated with the increasing number of Internet users. Previous studies concerned both the interpersonal and intrapersonal vulnerable factors and the corresponding models. However, a limited amount of research has explored the relationship between positive factors and PIU. OBJECTIVE The current investigation attempted to c...

Beneficial effects of dietary carbohydrate (CHO) on physical and psychological parameters have been demonstrated in athletes. Because affect, or mood, can predict athletic performace, the main objective of this study was to determine the effect of pre-workout CHO on affect in swimmers. College swimmers (n = 37) participated in a randomized crossover experiment of the effects of a pre-workout CH...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Little is known about the associations of post-stroke fatigue or its influence on survival. The vitality component of the Short Form 36 (SF-36) is a valid and reliable measure of post-stroke fatigue. We sought to identify associates of post-stroke fatigue and determine whether fatigue predicted survival. METHODS We used SF-36 vitality scores obtained by postal questionn...

BACKGROUND Preventive care traditionally aims to prevent diseases or injuries. For older people, different aims of prevention, such as maintenance of independence and wellbeing, are increasingly important. AIM To explore GPs' perspectives on preventive care for older people. DESIGN AND SETTING Qualitative study comprising six focus groups with GPs in the Netherlands. METHOD The focus-gro...

introduction: to evaluate the quick cryopreservation technique on parameters of motility, morphology, and vitality of spermatozoa from normozoospermic ejaculates. materials and methods: in this prospective study, a total of 37 normal ejaculates were evaluated according to who criteria, then each sample was divided into two aliquets and sample was cryopreserved with quick freezing method. sperm ...

important aspect of sperm function such as motility and capacitation appear to be mediated at least partially though hyaloronic acid (ha). present study investigated effects of different doses of ha on sperm motility and vitality in human. sperm was obtained from 20 male from ivf clinic in imam khomeini hospital. sperm motility and vitality in human semen was analyzed according to who criteria ...