Prior research has shown that psychopathology and stress are associated with eating disorder symptoms, but the relations among these variables were confounded by concurrent measurement at a single point in time. The present study examined the relations among stress, psychological, and eating disorder symptoms prospectively over 4 months in 143 adolescent girls. In cross-sectional analyses at fo...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Psychological disorders are recognized as an important and common problem after stroke but little is known about their longer-term effects on functional outcomes. We investigated the trajectory of psychological symptoms after stroke and studied their impact on physical functional recovery. METHODS The Stroke Outcomes Study was a prospective cohort study conducted in Wes...

BACKGROUND Despite the substantial number of older adults suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms little is known regarding the character of these complaints and whether they are associated with an altered intestinal barrier function and psychological distress. Our aim was to explore the relationship between self-reported gut health, intestinal permeability and psychological distress amon...

OBJECTIVE The present study examined the specificity of self-reported childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms using the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) in young adults with (1) a previous diagnosis of ADHD, (2) comorbid ADHD and psychological symptoms or diagnoses, (3) psychological diagnoses or symptoms without comorbid ADHD, and (4) controls. METHOD One thousand f...

OBJECTIVE Although the relationship between religious practice and health is well established, the relationship between spirituality and health is not as well studied. The objective of this study was to ascertain whether participation in the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program was associated with increases in mindfulness and spirituality, and to examine the associations between mi...

UNLABELLED BASE: There are numerous studies that indicate the co-morbidity of a metabolic syndrome and mental disorders. Metabolic syndrome and mental disorders in pregnant women are rarely investigated, especially in pathological pregnancy. GOAL To determine a relationship between predisposed factors in pregnancy and the occurrence of metabolic syndrome as well as to determine the occurrence...

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED JOB STRESS, JOB SATISFACTION, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF CRITICAL CARE NURSES? By Barbara L . Hooper House's Stress Paradigm provided the theoretical framework for this study which examined the relationship between job satisfaction and job stress, and the correlation of job stress with the experience of psychological symptoms in a sample of 32 criti...