AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To examine the relationships between social support, maternal parental self-efficacy and postnatal depression in first-time mothers at 6 weeks post delivery. BACKGROUND Social support conceptualised and measured in different ways has been found to positively influence the mothering experience as has maternal parental self-efficacy. No research exists which has measured the...

Introduction: Adolescence is a period of stressful transition for youths who have reading difficulties and they may be at risk for emotional and behavioral problems. Aim of the Study: Is to evaluate the reading difficulties among a group of adolescents and highlight the emotional and the behavioral symptoms associated with this difficulty. Subjects and Methods: Thirty-five poor reader adolescen...

conclusions perceived social support played an important role in improving the performance of self-care behaviors in our heart failure patients. given the strengths of the present study, these findings can be considered in future research in this domain. results based on the obtained results, educational intervention was effective in the improvement of perceived social support among our heart f...

BACKGROUND Transgender women often suffer from transition-related discrimination and loss of social support due to their gender transition, which may pose considerable psychological challenges and may lead to a high prevalence of depression in this population. Increased self-efficacy may combat the adverse effects of gender transition on depression. However, few available studies have investiga...

Adolescent pregnant women are at greater risk for nutritional deficits, stress, and depression than their adult counterparts, and these risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes are likely interrelated. This study evaluated the prevalence of nutritional deficits in pregnant teenagers and assessed the associations among micronutrient dietary intake, stress, and depression. One hundred and eigh...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Previous studies have found high implicit self-esteem (ISE) to prevail concurrently with low explicit self-esteem (ESE) in socially anxious adults. This suggests that self-esteem discrepancies are associated with social anxiety disorder (SAD). Given that the onset of SAD often occurs in adolescence, we investigated self-esteem discrepancies between ISE and ESE in adole...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the course and outcome of untreated anxiety and depression in patients with and without a self-perceived need for care. The aim of the present study was to examine the one-year course of untreated anxiety and depression, and to determine predictors of a poor outcome. METHOD Baseline and one-year follow-up data were used of 594 primary care patients with curren...