Gratitude: A Resilience Factor for More Securely Attached Children
status: published
A meta-review of "lifestyle psychiatry": the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment o...
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There is increasing academic and clinical interest in how "lifestyle factors" traditionally associated with physical health may also relate to mental health and psychological well-being. In response, international and national health bodies are producing guidelines to address health behaviors in the prevention and treatment of mental illness. Howev...
Validation of the Japanese Version of the Burnout Assessment Tool
The current study aimed to validate the Japanese version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-J), a new burnout measure. We conducted an Internet survey to confirm the validity and reliability of the BAT-J, using registered monitors from a Japanese survey company. The first-wave survey was conducted in May 2018, with 1,032 monitors. Of these, 498 pa...
Practical recommendations for systemic treatment in psoriasis according to age, pregnancy, metabolic syndrome, mental he...
Background: Impressive progress in new therapeutic options has been made for psoriasis. Treatments include topical steroids, phototherapy, conventional, synthetic disease-modifying drugs and an expanding list of biologics. Objective: The primary objective of this work was to collect evidence for the creation of practice guidelines for systemic trea...
Effortful Control - A Transdiagnostic Dimension Underlying Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology
Effortful control (EC) or self-regulation refers to the ability to regulate behavior, emotion, and cognition. It has been identified as a contributor to both adaptive and adverse outcomes in children, adolescents, and adults and this across many domains. As such, it could be considered as a transdiagnostic dimension underlying internalizing (e.g., ...
The affective ising model: A computational account of human affect dynamics
The human affect system is responsible for producing the positive and negative feelings that color and guide our lives. At the same time, when disrupted, its workings lie at the basis of the occurrence of mood disorder. Understanding the functioning and dynamics of the affect system is therefore crucial to understand the feelings that people experi...
Cortisol response to stress: The role of expectancy and anticipatory stress regulation.
Published in Hormones and behavior
An exacerbated physiological response to stress is associated with the development of stress-related disorders (e.g., depression and anxiety disorders). Recently, it has been proposed that individuals with high expectancies of being able to deal with stressful situations will activate regulatory mechanisms during the anticipation of the stressful e...
Caregiver burden: An increasing problem related to an aging cancer population
This prospective cohort study identified risk factors for the development of caregiver burden and included older cancer survivors, middle-aged cancer survivors, older patients without cancer and their caregivers. Overall, more than 16 per cent of caregivers experienced high-to-severe burden at baseline. This proportion remained stable after 1 and 3...
The Explanatory Role of Basic Psychological Need Experiences in the Relation between Dependency, Self-Criticism and Psyc...
status: published
Engaging leader - Engaged employees? A cross-lagged study on employee engagement
status: published
