The present study aimed at providing a comprehensive analysis of individual differences in the regulation of attachment distress as measured through different components of the emotional response, including neuroendocrine reactions, subjectively experienced affect, and proximity seeking behaviour. Emotional responses were measured before, during, and after the induction of attachment distress i...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional regulation training group therapy, based on dialectical behavioral therapy (dbt) and cognitive therapy, on improving emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills and relapse prevention in addicts.in a quasiexperimental study, 39 patients with the diagnosis of opioid dependence based on dsm-iv criteria were randoml...

OBJECTIVE To examine patterns of conflict-related violence and intimate partner violence (IPV) and their associations with emotional distress among Congolese refugee women living in Rwanda. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Two Congolese refugee camps in Rwanda. PARTICIPANTS 548 ever-married Congolese refugee women of reproductive age (15-49 years) residing in Rwanda. PRIMARY OUTCOM...

PURPOSE Children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer experience emotional distress, such as sadness, worrying, and irritability. However, there is little information about the psychological well-being of parents at the time of their child's diagnosis. We sought to identify factors that were associated with emotional distress in cancer patients as a basis for developing innovative psychologica...

OBJECTIVE To study incidence and determinants of emotional distress following induced abortion. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund University, University Hospital Malmö, Sweden. SUBJECTS A series of 854 participants at 12-month postabortion follow-up, representing 66.5% of the 1285 women undergoing induced abortion at Malmö, 1989. METHODS Analysis of data elicited at a ...

The Emotional Security Theory (EST) was originally developed to investigate the association between high levels of interparental conflict and child maladaptative outcome. The objective of the present study was to analyze the effects of emotional security in the family system on psychological distress among a sample of young female adult survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA). The role of emotion...

Receivfll 2~d !tfr,rch 2013 ACf;9Pl~'f! 15~1iMay, 2013 Publi§hed ................. . This cross-sectional survey investigated the influence of illness intrusiveness and personality on emotional distress in chronic medical conditions. Participants were 259 outpatient attendees of two General Hospitals in Ibadan, South-Western Nigeria: 137 in treatment for hypertension and 122 in treatment for di...

UNLABELLED Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic musculoskeletal pain disorder characterized by generalized pain, chronic fatigue, sleep disturbance, and a range of other symptoms having no definitive pathology. Consequently, patient evaluations rely on self-report. Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) allows frequent real-time collection of self-report measures, removing recall bias and in...

BACKGROUND Emotional distress is common in adolescence, and self-care strategies are frequently preferred to address it. The aim of this article is to analyze the self-care strategies among adolescents and young people diagnosed with depression or with self-perceived depressive distress in Catalonia using a qualitative design. METHODS We analyzed the self-care strategies of 105 young people (...