PRINCIPLES Various non-specific questionnaires were used to measure quality of life and psychological wellbeing of patients after organ transplantation. At present cross-organ studies dealing specifically with the psychological response to a transplanted organ are non-existent in German-speaking countries. METHODS The Transplant Effects Questionnaire TxEQ-D and the SF-36 Quality of Life Quest...

Older adults, compared to younger adults, are more likely to attend to pleasant situations and avoid unpleasant ones. Yet, it is unclear whether such a phenomenon may be generalized to musical emotions. In this study, we investigated whether there is an age-related difference in how musical emotions are experienced and how positive and negative music influences attention performances in a targe...

Abstract Enjoyment is an important psychological construct in many life domains. Despite the importance of construct, conceptual clarity what enjoyment remains elusive. The elusive understanding probably caused by ambiguity and a confusion public usage between hedonic eudaimonic qualities positive feelings. quality feelings (e.g., fun) reflects simple attainment desires; whereas joy) fulfilling...

INTRODUCTION One of the ethical issues surrounding birth cohort studies is how to obtain informed assent from children as they grow up. What and how parents tell their children affects children's future choices about the study, yet few studies have focused on parents' influence on children. OBJECTIVE This study examines parents' attitudes towards telling their children about their participati...

Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) is an ancient technique based on generating kind intentions, compassion, and wishes of well-being towards oneself others, while visualizing the target individual those intentions are directed to. Regular LKM practice results in more positive emotions, reduction stress increase emotional processing, feelings compassion empathy. Here, we present our work designing...

This study examined the effects of expressive narrative writing in 607 participants. Compared with a control group, the participants randomly assigned to write about their feelings and thoughts after the Madrid train attack on M11 report less negative emotions related to the recall of the collective trauma at a 2-month follow-up after the attacks. However, no effects were found on positive affe...

BACKGROUND Pharmacists are among the most accessible health care professionals in the community, yet are often not involved in community palliative care teams. OBJECTIVE We investigated community pharmacists' attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and knowledge about palliative care as a first step towards determining how best to facilitate the inclusion of community pharmacists on the palliative care...

OBJECTIVE To determine knowledge levels, and attitudes and perceptions towards, menopause among highly educated Asian women in their midlife. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING Five teaching institutions in Hyderabad, Pakistan. POPULATION In total, 200 out of 225 (89% response rate) teachers, lecturers and professors, aged 40-59 years, were surveyed in 2013 using a self-admini...