Most families of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) first receive professional information about the disease at the time of their child's diagnosis. Generally, as the families begin to build a supportive care system for their children, the parents will research DMD on their own or gather formal knowledge about the disease from professionals. However, gaining access to care is a maj...

Low temperature (LT) is one of the most abiotic stresses causing loss of yield in wheat (T. aestivum). Four major genes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) with the dominant alleles designated Vrn–A1,Vrn–B1,Vrn–D1 and Vrn4, are known to have large effects on the vernalization response, but the effects on cold hardiness are ambiguous. Poor cold tolerance has restricted winter wheat production in reg...

BACKGROUND Infertility is a stressful event that can give rise to psychological difficulties. Now, a wide range of psychosocial interventions for infertile couples has been developed. OBJECTIVE Purpose of this study was to determine the effect of group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to reduce stress, anxiety and depression of women undergoing assisted reproductive therapy (ART). MATERIA...

This study was conducted to investigate the psychological hardiness levels of individual and team sportsmen. 396 (166 Individualand 230 Team) athletes voluntarily participated in from different sports branches. There search consists 3 sub-dimensions; self-dedication (7 questions) control questions), 21 questions challenge developed by there searcher Işık (2016). Psychological Hardiness scale Cr...

In this study we explore whether emotion experienced at work mediates the relationships between perceived supervisor support, psychological hardiness, and employee cynicism. Data were collected from employees working at a medical technology company located in Switzerland. Mediational analyses showed that employees’ positive and negative emotions experienced amidst an organizational crisis fully...

objectives: the objective behind this study was investigating the relationships between family functioning and psychological hardiness in parents of exceptional children versus parents of normal children. methods: the study was causal-comparative. population included all parents of normal and exceptional students in bojnurd city studying in ordinary and exceptional schools in the academic year ...

Although working with cancer patients is considered stressful, palliative care staff experience similar levels of psychological distress and lower levels of burnout than staff working in other specialties. There are few empirical studies in palliative care to explain this. Since working in a stressful job does not inevitably lead to psychological distress, the antecedent factors that promote re...

Growing up in a family with a recessive genetic condition can trigger questions about progeny effect. This study explored perceptions of family hardiness and information sharing by 18- to 21-year-olds about genetic risk. Semistructured interviews, the Family Hardiness Index (FHI), and a Family Information Sharing Analog Scale (FISAS) were used. Participants included 11 youths who had relatives ...

The lipid and protein composition of the plasma membrane isolated from mulberry (Morus bombycis Koidz.) bark cells was analyzed throughout the cold acclimation period under natural and controlled environment conditions. There was a significant increase in phospholipids and unsaturation of their fatty acids during cold acclimation. The ratio of sterols to phospholipids decreased with hardiness, ...