BACKGROUND Bilateral subthalamic high-frequency stimulation significantly improves motor functions in patients with advanced forms of Parkinson disease (PD). This favorable effect contrasts with a growing number of reports that the treatment may result in psychiatric complications. OBJECTIVE To analyze the presence of behavioral disorders and social maladjustment in PD patients successfully t...

Objectives of this study were to ascertain risk and protective factors in the adjustment of 78 school-age and teenage offspring of opioid- and cocaine-abusing mothers. Using a multimethod, multiinformant approach, child outcomes were operationalized via lifetime psychiatric diagnoses and everyday social competence (each based on both mother and child reports), and dimensional assessments of sym...

OBJECTIVE Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been consistently linked to social maladjustment. This study investigated whether elevated rejection sensitivity (RS) could contribute to the relational problems that adults with ADHD encounter. METHOD Undergraduate men in ADHD-Combined Type (ADHD-C; n = 31), ADHD-Primarily Inattentive Type (ADHD-IA; n = 22), and nondiagnosed contr...

The role of Special Olympics in the lives of mothers of adult athletes was examined. Forty-six mothers participated in a longitudinal study, completing a parenting stress questionnaire, a measure of their child's maladaptive behavior, and a survey of athlete involvement in Special Olympics at two time periods, 42 months apart. Results confirm that involvement in Special Olympics is negatively c...

Adjustment refers to balance or harmony between the demands made on the organism by the environment and organisms functioning to deal with such demands. It is the outcome of efforts to deal with our environmental, biological, physical and social demands. When resources are limited and one fails to utilize the resources to maintain the balance it leads to maladjustment. Pursuing a college educat...

Cancer prevalence particularly for cervical cancer (CC) has been steadily increasing tending to rise among young women. Vigorous antitumor treatment approaches employed in CC management have detrimental effects on various aspects of a woman's life. In addition causing morphofunctional alterations diverse host organs and systems, such protocols result psychological emotional disturbances, sexual...

The present study tested our hypothesis that university students with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may experience less satisfactory academic lives than those of students without IBS. We also verified the hypothesis that university students with IBS might have higher employment anxiety than students without IBS might. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 1,686 university students. Presence ...

The purpose of the study was to examine the relations of effortful control (EC), impulsivity, and negative emotionality to at least borderline clinical levels of symptoms and change in maladjustment over four years. Children's (N = 214; 77% European American; M age = 73 months) externalizing and internalizing symptoms were rated by parents and teachers at 3 times, 2 years apart (T1, T2, and T3)...

This article reviews available research studies of high-conflict divorce and its effects on children. Interparental conflict after divorce (defined as verbal and physical aggression, overt hostility, and distrust) and the primary parent’s emotional distress are jointly predictive of more problematic parent-child relationships and greater child emotional and behavioral maladjustment. As a group,...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW There are contrasting views regarding the psychological well-being of children with obesity. Responding to limitations of existing evidence, Jane Wardle in 2005 argued for a 'myth of psychological maladjustment'. This review looks again at self-esteem. RECENT FINDINGS The different characterisations of self-esteem each offer value. Global self-esteem is reduced in nearly all...