This study examined the association of mindfulness (as a trait subject to individual difference) to stress and its role in moderating the daily hasslesstress relationship with Chinese university students. Respondents high in trait mindfulness reported lower levels of stress. A moderating effect of trait mindfulness on the daily hassles-stress relationship was found. Specifically, the direct ass...

Although income is an important predictor of life satisfaction, the precise forces that drive this relationship remain unclear. We propose financial resources afford individuals a path to reducing distressing impact everyday hassles, thereby increasing one’s satisfaction. More specifically, we hypothesize scarcity associated with greater distress intensity in life. Furthermore, lower perceived ...

BACKGROUND Studies in western countries have examined the specific vulnerability hypothesis of Dykman's theory of goal-orientation predispositions to depression through two-time point designs. The purpose of this prospective longitudinal study was to investigate the moderating effects of intrinsic and extrinsic goals on stress and depressive symptoms in Chinese undergraduate students. METHODS...

OBJECTIVE Negative affect precedes binge eating and purging in bulimia nervosa (BN), but little is known about factors that precipitate negative affect in relation to these behaviors. We aimed to assess the temporal relation among stressful events, negative affect, and bulimic events in the natural environment using ecological momentary assessment. METHOD A total of 133 women with current BN ...

Available online 10 November 2008 Resilience has been conceptualized in several ways, including a disposition that promotes positive outcomes in general and successful adaptation in the face of challenging or stressful circumstances. Using Wagnild and Young's [Wagnild, G. M., & Young, H. M. (1993). Development and psychometric evaluation of the Resilience Scale. Journal of Nursing Measurement, ...

The research on the determinants of mental health among refugees has been largely limited to traumatic events, but recent work has indicated that the daily hassles of living in refugee camps also play a large role. Using hierarchical linear modelling to account for refugees nested within camp blocks, this exploratory study attempted to model stress surrounding safety and acquiring basic needs a...

PURPOSE "Medication administration hassles" are the minor daily irritants that family caregivers experience when they assist a dependent family member with medication regimens. This study was designed to develop and test a multidimensional measure of the hassles in family caregiver medication administration. DESIGN AND METHOD The authors employed a multiphase process (caregiver focus groups, ...

Forty hospitalized patients with sudden hearing loss and tinnitus were compared to a control group (N = 28) of inpatients of an ear-nose-throat ward. They were similar in various background variables except for the kind of disorder itself. The main objective of our study was to test the hypothesis of stress as a predisposing risk factor in the development of sudden hearing loss and tinnitus. Th...

Stress, Cortisol, and Externalizing Behavior in Adolescent Males: An Examination in the Context of Multisystemic Therapy By Julia C. Schechter Aggression and delinquency are associated with an array of emotional, behavioral, and health problems (Loeber, Burke, Lahey, Winters, & Zera, 2000). Additionally, a multitude of variables are thought to lead to the development of externalizing disorders ...

In a meta-analysis of 25 studies, the relationship of both specific types of negative life events and the total number of experienced events to depression in old age was studied. Almost all negative life events appeared to have a modest but significant relationship with depression. The total number of negative life events and the total number of daily hassles appeared to have the strongest rela...