BACKGROUND The bi-relationships between psychological stress, negative affect and disordered eating has been well studied in western culture, while tri-relationship among them, i.e. how some of those factors influence these bi-relationships, has rarely been studied. However, there has been little related study in the different Chinese culture. This study was conducted to investigate the bi-rela...

BACKGROUND Binge eating occurs more frequently in women than in men, and is known to be related to psychological factors such as stress, depression, and anxiety. This study examined the relationship between binge eating and depression, trait anxiety, and perceived stress in Korean adolescents. METHODS Four hundred girls (aged 17-18 years) from two high schools located in Seoul completed self-...

Stability of Factor Structure and Correlation with Perceived Job Stress in General Health Questionnaire: a Three-wave Survey over One Year in Japanese Workers: Jun SHIGEMI, et al. Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Okayama University Medical School—A crosssect ional s tudy was conducted to examine psychological symptoms and job stress in Japanese workers. To assess the stability of ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric that significantly affects the world population. The aim of this study was to investigate relationship between number episodes and severity depression, treatment adherence, perceived stress, personality, executive functions decision making in MDD patients. Measurement tools including Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Morisky Medication Adherence S...

BACKGROUND Medical students undergo significant stress during training which may lead to own suffering or problem in patient care. High level of burnouts and depression is also not uncommon. The transition from preclinical to clinical training has been regarded as crucial to student in relation to the stress. METHODOLOGY An assessment of perceived stress and its relation to general psychopath...

The present study investigated whether the genetic determinants of neuroticism and depressive symptoms differ from those underlying perceived psychological stress. Multivariate structural equation models, which included age and sex as modifiers, were fitted to the total sample of 798 adolescents and young adults (female, n = 459; mean age 15.5 years). The sample included 139 monozygotic and 241...

background: somatic signs, perceived stress and self-efficacy are differ in smoker and non-smoker students. the purpose of present study was investigating the somatic symptoms, perceived stress and self-efficacy in smoker and non-smoker students. methods: 200 volunteer students, 100 smokers and 100 non-smokers, were selected and completed the somatic signs checklist, perceived stress and self-e...