This longitudinal research study aimed to develop a pregraduation clinical training program for nursing students before graduation and evaluate its effect on students' self-perceived clinical competence, clinical stress, and intention to leave current job. A sample of 198 students returned the questionnaires before and after the program. They were followed up at 3, 6, and 12 months after gradua...

OBJECTIVE ADHD is a childhood-onset psychiatric condition that often continues into adulthood. Stimulant medications are the mainstay of treatment; however, additional approaches are frequently desired. In recent years, mindfulness meditation has been proposed to improve attention, reduce stress, and improve mood. This study tests the feasibility of an 8-week mindfulness training program for ad...

Evidence-based psychological treatments (EBTs) for cancer patients have not been disseminated in part due to lack of available training. The biobehavioral intervention (BBI) is an EBT designed to alleviate cancer stress and enhance coping. The current study evaluates a training program and uses the Theory of Planned Behavior (TpB) to analyze factors related to intentions to implement BBI. Menta...

BACKGROUND The present study was designed to gather preliminary information regarding the feasibility of implementing a psychosocial resilience program and to assess if the program would potentially promote protective factors (such as resiliency, self-efficacy) and job satisfaction as well as decreasing perceived stress among a sample of German junior physicians. METHODS Eighty-two junior phy...

The purpose of this study was to explore the potential applicability of biofeedback-assisted relaxation training using frontalis EMG as it might be applied as part of a preincident stress-management training program within a model of comprehensive crisis intervention. For 4 consecutive weeks, 37 treatment participants were taught a different relaxation technique followed by six weekly sessions ...

Purpose Military personnel are among the most at-risk populations for exposure to traumatic events and the subsequent development of psychiatric and physical illness. It has been shown that providing education and skills training in mind-body techniques may be an effective strategy for mitigation of stress-related issues. Samueli Institute has conducted a systematic program evaluation of a self...

We describe a distress prevention training program for couples and three empirical studies that support its effectiveness. The program, Couples Coping Enhancement Training (CCET), is based both upon stress and coping theory and research on couples. In addition to traditional elements of couples programs (e.g., communication and problem-solving skills), the CCET also addresses individual and dya...

introduction: the old age is one of the inevitable period of each person's life that correct cognition and reaction toward it can improve (alter) the life's quality. the good life's quality is related to happiness and stress decreasing therefore, the aim of the present study was the determining of the efficacy of stress inoculation training upon the happiness rate and life's...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aerobic exercise with intensity (60-65%, maximal heart rate) with consumption vitamin e on glutathion peroxidase activity and oxidative stress indicators and muscle damage of active men student. for this reason 45 male active students were purposefully selected and randomly divided in to three groups. the participants trained according ...