The aim of the current study was to identify predictors of recurrent headache and back pain in young adults (aged 18-27 years) from data assessed in childhood or adolescence, i.e., 9 years before the final survey. Our interest was whether psychological characteristics contribute to the risk of pain prevalence in adult age when controlling for already empirically supported risk factors such as p...

BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevalent and disabling disorder characterized by a history of widespread pain for at least three months. Pain is considered a complex experience in which affective and cognitive aspects are crucial for prognosis. The aim of this study is to assess the importance of pain-related psychological constructs on function and pain in patients with FM. METHODS DES...

BACKGROUND Among life-style factors affecting mental health, dietary habits are becoming a public health concern in their relation to psychological distress and social capital. We examined associations between interest in dietary pattern, social capital, and psychological distress with a population-based cross-sectional study in rural Japan. METHODS A total of 16,996 residents of a rural town...

This article reviews the major forms of violence against women, including sexual assault, intimate-relationship violence, and stalking and outlines the known psychological effects of such victimization. Also discussed are a number of variables that combine to determine the effects of such victimization, including type and characteristics of the assault; victim variables such as demographics, ps...

We examine the hypothesis that psychological distress due to perceived discrimination can result in chronic pain, where perceived discrimination is based on age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, height/weight, religion, and other characteristics. Using a sample of 1908 individuals from the two most recent waves (2004-2006 and 2013-2014) of panel data from the National Su...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of changes in body image psychological flexibility over the course of treatment on various outcome variables. METHOD Participants included 103 female, residential patients diagnosed with an eating disorder. Pretreatment and posttreatment data were collected that examined body image psychological flexibility, general psychological ...

objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of psychological wellbeing with variables of mindfulness and emotion regulation strategies, and then to identify which one predicts better psychological well-being. methods: we used a descriptive-analytical design for this study. a total of 243 students from 3 tehran universities were selected using the convenience samplin...

The scope of this study is the development of a questionnaire that can assess psychological variables relevant in the context of human-technology interaction. The final goal would be to use these variables as a basis for user-profiling tasks in the specific case of YDreams’ Showroom. In this sense, we propose three variables – computer self-efficacy, computer anxiety and interaction with avatar...

The aim of this descriptive observational study was to assess the possible risk factors contributing towards dental attrition. The sample consisted of 200 patients, 100 in case group and 100 in control group all falling in the age group of 15-60 years. The patients were evaluated for the dental and occlusal variables, craniofacial and morphological variables, soft tissue and functional variable...