Sixty-eight bipolar patients in remission on lithium prophylaxis with adequate serum lithium levels were cross-sectionally studied to assess the relation of certain psychosocial variables (life events, social support and daily hassles) with psychopathology and psychosocial functioning. The daily hassles and number of life events were found to have significant positive correlation with Hamilton ...

Research has long acknowledged the centrality of parents' subjective experiences in the caregiving role for the organization of parenting behaviors and family functioning. Recent scientific advances in cognitive process models and in the neurobiology of parenting indicate that parenting is shaped in part by conscious and nonconscious cognitive processes. This study extends a growing literature ...

The present study investigated interactions between cognitive appraisals of, and coping with, stressful life events and their relationship with psychological symptomatology. Specifically, the "goodness o f f i t " between appraisals o f the controllability o f events and the use o f problemand emotion-focused coping was assessed for major life events and daily hassles. In relation to major life...

To examine the interplay among Gratitude to God (GTG) and daily life experiences affect, we conducted a 14-day diary study in national US sample of 184 adults. GTG minimally fluctuated across days. People who experienced more uplifts had relative both their own baseline others study, while those hassles less baseline. Trait (but not religiousness) buffered these associations. Specifically, trai...

Despite substantial interest in the effects of stress on pregnancy, few instruments are available to measure pregnancy-specific stressors. Moreover, research has typically focused on the distressing, negative aspects of pregnancy. This report examines the reliability and validity of the Pregnancy Experience Scale (PES), a 41-item scale that measures pregnancy-specific daily hassles and uplifts....