In the present study positive mental health of Kho-Kho players were compared in the light of their sports achievements. To conduct the study, 40 national male kho-kho players (Ave. age 25.72 yrs.), 40 state level male kho-kho players (Ave. age 23.12 yrs) and 40 district level male kho-kho players (Ave. age 20.66 yrs.) were selected as sample. Three dimensional positive mental health inventory p...

We propose a formal approach to the problem of prediction based on the following steps: First, a mental-level model is constructed based on the agent's previous actions; next, the model is updated to account for any new observations by the agent, and finally, we predict the optimal action w.r.t. the agent's mental state as its next action. This paper formalizes this prediction process. In order...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the influence of country of residence on depression and well-being among older Europeans, after establishing the between-country measurement invariance of both constructs. METHODS We used data from a cross-sectional nationally representative population-based sample of older Europeans, the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The analysis sample...

It iswell known that chronicmental stress can cause health problems. Early stress detection can help prevent these problems. We propose and compare two approaches to estimate stress level from physiology. We have measured physiological signals in three different artificial stressful conditions involving problem solving under time pressure and memorizing exercises. Rest periods were included in ...

Four studies examined the prediction of construal level theory that the more distant future events would be construed in higherlevel, more abstract, and simple terms. Objects were categorized into broader categories when they pertained to distant future situations than to near future situations (Study 1). Positive and negative experiences in the more distant future were expected to be more prot...

This research aims at designing a program of mental training to know its effect on some mental thinking (skilful task mood words for performance) and some mental skills (relaxation mental imagery attention concentration) anxiety catecholamine and the level of performance in rhythmical exercises. Hypotheses of the research state that there are statistically significant differences between the pr...

This study was to explore the relationship among mental ability, occupational stress, and psychological work performance in Chinese workers, and to identify relevant modifiers of mental ability and psychological work performance. Psychological Stress Intensity (PSI), psychological work performance, and mental ability (Mental Function Index, MFI) were determined among 485 Chinese workers (aged 3...

Knowledge about potential protective factors against mental health problems is highly needed. Regular physical activity (PA) in an outdoor environment, like mountain exercising, might reduce psychological distress. Therefore, the aims of the present study were to assess the prevalence of mental health problems in mountain exercisers and to detect factors associated with psychological distress. ...

BACKGROUND Substance users being admitted to inpatient treatment experience a high level of mental distress. In this study we explored changes in mental distress during treatment. METHODS Mental distress, as measured by the HSCL-10, was registered at admission and at discharge among 164 substance users in inpatient treatment in Northern Norway. Predictors of reduction in mental distress were ...

BACKGROUND Mental health is now attracting increased public health attention from health professionals, policy makers and the general population. However, stigma and discrimination usually have enormous negative impact on the patients and their families. This study reports on stigma and discrimination faced by mental health patients and their caregivers in a suburban area of Ghana and the copin...