OBJECTIVE The relationship between alexithymia and real-time momentary symptom assessments has not been reported. This cross-sectional study hypothesized that alexithymia would be a predictor of somatic symptoms using three different types of symptom measurement (momentary, recall, and retrospective) in the medically unexplained illness of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). In addition, it was hyp...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the factorial solution of the Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire (MSPQ) among individuals with insomnia symptoms in the general population. DESIGN A cross-sectional study with a randomly selected sample from the general population (N = 3600; 20-60 year old) was used. In total, 251 of the 2179 respondents fulfilled the criteria for ins...

In many places in the world, General Practitioners are only able to identify depression in a small fraction of depressed patients presenting to general outpatient department. The effect of somatic symptoms on its recognition was investigated. The study determines the identification rate of depression by general practitioners among outpatients with somatic symptoms and those without somatic symp...

BACKGROUND Elderly patients with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) put a great burden on the health care delivery system. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective in adults with SSD. However, no studies have been conducted yet into CBT for SSD in later life. OBJECTIVES We explored the feasibility of CBT for SSD in the elderly. METHODS This is a prospective pilot study comparing two outp...

OBJECTIVE Depression and anxiety and are associated with cognitive deficits and brain changes, especially in older adults. Despite the frequent co-occurrence of these conditions, cognitive neuroscience studies examining comorbid depression and anxiety are limited. The goal of the present study was to examine the unique and combined effect of depressive and anxiety symptoms on cognitive and brai...

Objective: This study is an examination of the relationship between self-compassion, cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and self-confidence as competitive state anxiety among female athletes Students. Methodology: The research method was descriptive-correlational. Two hundred and fifty-three female student (140 taekwondo and 113 karate) were selected among athletes present at the 14th Student ...

AIM The aim of this research is to present the severity of the generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms and its correlation with neuroticism among patients suffering from somatic diseases. METHODS 184 subjects participated in the study: 45 inpatients undergoing haematological treatment (group 1), 46 inpatients from the internal ward (group 2), 48 patients infected with HCV prior to treatme...

In the last decades, rates of depression and anxiety in emerging adults have increased compared to other age groups. The aim study was examine relationship between emotional intelligence psychological problems, considering mediating role factors such as empathy, self-esteem, happiness. participants were 399 young (M= 20.38, SD= 2.46, 76.9% women) who completed an assessment dossier that include...

OBJECTIVE The new DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD) emphasizes the importance of psychological processes related to somatic symptoms in patients with somatoform disorders. To address this, the Somatic Symptoms Experiences Questionnaire (SSEQ), the first self-report scale that assesses a broad range of psychological and interactional characteristics relevant to patients with a somatoform diso...