OBJECTIVE Carriers of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) demonstrate increased secretion of cortisol precursors following ACTH stimulation, suggestive of impaired cortisol production and compensatory increases in hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) secretion. Both cortisol and CRH have behavioral effects, and hypothalamic CRH hypersecre...

BACKGROUND Post-myocardial infarction (MI) depression is a highly prevalent disorder, affecting nearly 18% of all MI patients, and it is a major predictor of disability in the year post-MI. We sought to expand this analysis by: comparing case-level anxiety, depression, and comorbid anxiety and depression as predictors of long term mortality during a 5-year follow-up period after MI; and investi...

Research Abstract This study aims to determine the effects of motion based games (e.g. X-box Kinect 360) on the anxiety and depression level of pregnant clients. State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Hospital Anxiety depression Scale (HADS) will be utilized to measure anxiety and depression. Twenty purposively selected pregnant women (10 members for the control group and 10 members for t...

The study aimed to gather socio-demographic information, compliance with personal/governmental precautionary measures from Turkish nationals (age 18 or older) reside in Turkey, the UK and USA investigate compare effects on peritraumatic distress anxiety levels within these coun-tries. Peritraumatic Stress Anxiety Levels are measured by Distress Inventory (PDI) State-Trait (STAI). 70 participant...

Recall and direct methods to determine the individual zone of optimal functioning (IZOF) cannot account for potential individual differences in the span of optimal anxiety. Accordingly, an attempt was made to test a graphical technique that could establish the span of optimal anxiety ranges for individuals. State anxiety (STAI; Spielberger, Gorusch, & Lushene, 1970; and CSAI-2; Martens, Burton,...

This study of 509 (340 female) undergraduate university students in southern Appalachia who completed the Adult Temperament Questionnaire (ATQ) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), is the first phase in the development of a model to predict risk for stress-related health problems. Results indicate that high negative affect strongly predicted individuals with above average anxiety (OR =...

BACKGROUND Insecure early attachment experiences have been reported to play an important role in the manifestation in alcoholism. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of attachment styles with anxiety, anxiety coping and dysfunctional personality styles, as well as with the prevalence of personality disorders, and adverse life-events in adolescence. METHODS 59 inpatie...

abstract background: risk for anxiety and depression is increased in women with high‑risk pregnancy. the aim of this study was to evaluate anxiety and depression in women with mild and severe preeclampsia at admission and 6 weeks postpartum. materials and methods: in this cohort study, 122 preeclamptic women who were admitted to the public hospital and tamin ejtemaee hospital of mashhad were in...

(Submitted). A putative social chemosignal elicits faster cor-tical responses than perceptually similar odorants. (2003). Psychological effects of subthreshold exposure to the putative human pheromone 4,16-androstadien-3-one. Hormones and Behavior, 44(5), 395-401.In press). Subthreshold amounts of social odorant affect mood, but not behavior, in heterosexual women when tested by a male, but not...

Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory ( STAI) and Shostrom' s Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) were completed by three groups of undergraduates at the University of New England at Armidale, Australia, a few days prior to either beginning a program of Transcendental Meditation (TM group, N = 25), a parallel program of progressive relaxation (PR group, N =40), or acting as controls (N =...