OBJECTIVES This quantitative meta-analysis sought to determine the effectiveness of occupational stress-reducing interventions and the populations for which such interventions are most beneficial. METHODS Forty-eight experimental studies (n = 3736) were included in the analysis. Four intervention types were distinguished: cognitive-behavioral interventions, relaxation techniques, multimodal p...

psychosocial interventions can affect the immune system and the progression of medical disorders. Investigators have begun to establish that responses to specific stress situations can result in impaired immunity and that relaxation and cognitive-behavioral stress management have health benefits, so efforts in helping persons maintain the highest level of health possible have become even more i...

Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the causal modeling of death anxiety in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder based on cognitive emotion regulation strategies and experiential avoidance with the mediating role of coping self-efficacy. Instrument & Methods: The research method was descriptive and structural equations. The statistical population of the present study...

this experiment was carried out for a period of 4 weeks with 240 day old straight- run broiler (cobb-500) chicks to investigate the effects of administering electrolytes in drinking water on the productive performance (live weight, body weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion and water consumption) and to determine the economic impact of using electrolytes. the chicks were randomly distr...

BACKGROUND Healthcare workers experience higher levels of work-related stress and higher rates of sickness absence than workers in other sectors. Psychological approaches have potential in providing healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills to recognise stress and to manage stress effectively. The strongest evidence for effectiveness in reducing stress in the workplace is for stress-mana...

psychosocial interventions can affect the immune system and the progression of medical disorders. Investigators have begun to establish that responses to specific stress situations can result in impaired immunity and that relaxation and cognitive-behavioral stress management have health benefits, so efforts in helping persons maintain the highest level of health possible have become even more i...

Cohen et al. / COGNITIVE BEH VIORAL THERAPY This article reviews the four major components of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for children and adolescents: exposure, cognitive processing and reframing, stress management, and parental treatment. For each component, background, description, and the current empirical support for including each of these components in the treatment...

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