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Filter by:Motivational deficits such as anhedonia are core to several psychiatric disorders and underlie significant functional impairment. This double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial of minocycline, an anti-[neuro]inflammatory agent, examines links between chronic stress and responses to a reward-related motivation task. It will evaluate the effects of pharmacologically attenuating neuroinflammation on behavioral responses to a reward-related motivation task in individuals experiencing unemployment. Understanding the effects of neuroinflammation on reward function among individuals experiencing chronic stress represents a critical first step in identifying novel neuroimmune targets for future clinical trials.
The investigators are interested in studying the effects of familial obligations, including marriage, parenthood, familial caregiving, on stress levels in Osteopathic Medical Students (OMS). The investigators expect to find that having a family may increase the stress level of OMS in comparison with OMS who don't have familial obligations.
The overarching goal of the study is to examine the effects of a new Health and Wellness Curriculum (Pure Power) being implemented in the Ravenswood City School District in East Palo Alto. The Pure Power Curriculum, which the Sonima Foundation (Now Pure Edge Inc.,)developed, includes exercise based on yoga, common exercise regimes, relaxation techniques, mindfulness practices, and nutrition education, and was introduced in 2014 to the Ravenswood City Schools, independent of the research. The new curriculum was expected to yield dramatic positive effects on students' socio-emotional development, which the investigators aimed to examine through this study. This research evaluation measures the impact of the Pure Power Curriculum on the socioemotional, behavioral, cognitive, academic, and physiological functioning of students in a low-socioeconomic status (SES) school community over time by evaluating student development at three time points: baseline (i.e., prior to implementation of the curriculum), one-year follow-up, and two-year follow-up. Only third and fifth-grade students were eligible for enrollment at baseline. All data collection procedures were replicated with the control group.
This study plans to explore whether specially chosen relaxing music can help improve sleep, reduce stress, and prevent burnout in healthcare workers, many of whom are often sleep-deprived. The researchers will measure changes in brain activity, sleep patterns, and self-reported stress levels before, during, and after participants listen to this music. The novel approach includes using advanced brain scanning technology, sleep monitoring devices, and carefully selected music. Ultimately, the aim is to create a scientifically backed music intervention that can be used widely to help healthcare providers get better sleep and manage stress, potentially reducing burnout rates.
Expressive writing and motivational interviewing are well-known approaches to help patients handle stressful life events. While these methods are often applied by human counselors, it is less well understood if an automated approach can encourage behavior changes in patients. This study presents an automated writing system and evaluates its impact on individual behavior related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigators developed a rule-based dialogue system for "Expressive Interviewing" to elicit writing from participants on the subject of how COVID-19 has impacted their lives. In May-June 2021, the investigators randomly assigned online participants (N=151) to the Expressive Interviewing task and a control condition. The investigators examined their behavior with a survey before the intervention, immediately after, and two weeks after. In aggregate, task participants experienced a significant decrease in stress in the short-term (~23% decrease, p < 0.001) and no significant changes in longer-term outcomes compared to the control group. Within the task, participants showed different outcomes based on their writing. Participants who wrote with more anxiety-related words showed a greater short-term decrease in stress (R=-0.264, p<0.001), and those who wrote with more positive emotion words reported a more meaningful experience (R=0.243, p=0.001). For longer-term effects, participants who wrote with more lexical diversity underwent an increase in social activity (R=0.266, p<0.001). Expressive Interviewing can generally help with mental health in the short term but not longer-term, and participants' writing choices may make a difference in outcomes. While there were no significant long-term effects observed, the positive short term effect points to potential future directions with a series of Expressive Interviewing interventions for longer-term effects.
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the needs of young adults - "policrisis generation", exposed to cumulative stress during 2020-2023, in terms of quality of mental health, the psychosocial resources, protective factors for cumulative stress effect, and the standards for effective prevention. The main questions to be answered are: - How does cumulative stress affect young adults? - Is there a specific cumulative stress syndrome that can be described? - What are the risk and the protective factors for cumulative stress? - How does the "policrisis generation" deal with the cumulative stress they have been exposed to? Participants will complete psychological questionnaires
The objective of this observational study was to assess whether music and sports play interventions were effective in reducing stress, anxiety and fear of COVID-19 among secondary school students in Gansu Province; The effects of music, sports games, and music combined with sports games were compared.
The number of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the US is nearly 20% of children representing approximately 14.6 million children nationally. A subgroup of CSHCN are children who have the most intensive healthcare needs known as children with a medical complexity (CMC). Parents of CMC experience many challenges. In addition to typical caregiver tasks, parents of a CMC may experience added stress and are more likely to experience higher rates of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder than parents of healthy children. This project aims to explore the acceptability and feasibility of a mindfulness mobile application for parents of a CMC as well as determine the effectiveness of mindfulness application use on stress, depression, and family management in parents of a CMC. Forty-five participants will be recruited and given access to a mindfulness application and instructed to use it at least 4 days a week for at least 10 minutes. Parents will fill out questionnaires on app usage, as well as stress, depression, and family management. This work will be accomplished through a pilot single arm approach.
The goal of this interventional study is to examine the effect of group practice based on interpersonal relations supported by the designed SIA instrument on psychological well-being and creativity.The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is group practice based on interpersonal relations supported by the designed SIA instrument effective in increasing the psychological well-being levels of individuals? - Is group practice based on interpersonal relations supported by the designed SIA instrument effective in increasing the creativity levels of individuals? Group study consisting of 6 sessions was applied to the participants. Sessions were administered once a week. It took six weeks. The effect of group practice based on interpersonal relations, supported by the designed SIA instrument, on individuals' psychological well-being and creativity levels was investigated.
The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of stress management training provided to student nurse anaesthetists on: their level of chronic perceived stress in the last month, their level of acute perceived stress each day for one month, their level of resilience and their level of sleep quality.