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Liu L, Liu D, Liu C, Si Y. A study on the relationship between yoga exercise intervention and the comprehensive well-being of female college students. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1425359. [PMID: 39040966 PMCID: PMC11260728 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1425359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
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Background Due to the influence of theories, tools, and methodologies in studying well-being, sports science has predominantly focused on subjective well-being, with less attention given to psychological well-being and even less to the integrated study of comprehensive well-being. This study aims to analyze the relationship between yoga exercise intervention and the comprehensive well-being of college students and to explore the mechanism of a yoga exercise intervention to improve the comprehensive well-being of female college students. Methods With 92 female college students as subjects, the "Comprehensive Well-being Scale" was used, and research methods such as yoga exercise intervention, questionnaire surveys, qualitative analysis, expert interviews, and statistical analysis were employed to investigate the role of a yoga exercise intervention on the comprehensive well-being of female college students. Results Among the nine dimensions of comprehensive well-being, the three dimensions of subjective well-being and the two dimensions of psychological well-being (health concern and personality growth) of female college students were significantly improved. Additionally, four other dimensions of psychological well-being also showed significant improvement. Furthermore, the improvement in the life satisfaction of female college students' subjective well-being was mainly achieved through yoga meditation, while partner yoga posture practice could help individuals gradually form a stable pattern of altruistic behavior. Conclusion Yoga exercise intervention can improve the comprehensive well-being of female college students and can be an effective counseling method for college students' mental health education.
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- Lanjuan Liu
- School of Physical Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Fitness Instruction, Zhengzhou Physical Education Vocational College, Henan, China
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- Department of Physical Education, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physical Education, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China
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Wu H, Lu B, Zhang Y, Li T. Differences in prefrontal cortex activation in Chinese college students with different severities of depressive symptoms: A large sample of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) findings. J Affect Disord 2024; 350:521-530. [PMID: 38237870 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies proposed that functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) can be used to distinguish between not only different severities of depressive symptoms but also different subgroups of depression, such as anxious and non-anxious depression, bipolar and unipolar depression, and melancholia and non-melancholia depression. However, the differences in brain haemodynamic activation between depression subgroups (such as confirmed depression [CD] and suspected depression [SD]) with different symptom severities and the possible correlation between symptom severity and haemodynamic activation in specific brain regions using fNIRS have yet to be clarified. METHODS The severity of depression symptoms was classified using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS) and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview by psychiatrists. We recruited 654 patients with depression who had varying severities of depressive symptoms, including 276 with SD and 378 with CD, and 317 with HCs from among Chinese college students. The 53-channel fNIRS was used to detect the cerebral hemodynamic difference of the three groups during the VFT (verbal fluency task). RESULTS Compared with the HC, region-specific fNIRS leads indicate CD patients had significant lower haemodynamic activation in three particular prefrontal regions: 1) right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), 2) bilateral frontopolar cortex (FPC), and 3) right Broca's area (BA). SD vs. HC comparisons revealed only significant lower haemodynamic activation in the right FPC area. Compared to SD patients, CD patients exhibited decreased hemodynamic activation changes in the right DLPFC and the right BA. Correlation analysis established a significant negative correlation between the hemodynamic changes in the bilateral FPC and the severity of depressive symptoms. CONCLUSIONS The right DLPFC and right BA are expected to be physiological mechanisms to distinguish depression subgroups (CD, SD) with different symptom severities. The haemodynamic changes in the bilateral FPC was nagatively associated with the symptom severity of depression.
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- Huifen Wu
- School of Education and psychology, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, China
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- School of Education and psychology, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, China.
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- School of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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- School of Education and psychology, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, China.
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Till B, Arendt F, Rothauer P, Niederkrotenthaler T. The Role of the Narrative in Educative Suicide Awareness Materials: A Randomized Controlled Trial. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2024; 39:403-416. [PMID: 36659822 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2167580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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There has been a debate about the suitability of different narratives in educative suicide prevention materials. Whereas some suicide prevention experts recommend raising awareness of suicide by highlighting its prevalence, others argue that this approach may normalize suicide and advocate focusing on help resources instead. Unfortunately, empirical evidence regarding this question is lacking. This randomized controlled trial aimed to test the impact of educative news articles that conveyed different narratives of suicide prevention. One article focused on the prevalence of suicide, one article highlighted professional help resources, and one article emphasized on how everyone can help to prevent suicide. We randomized n = 334 participants to read either one of these three articles or an article unrelated to suicide. Data on suicidal ideation, stigmatizing attitudes toward suicidal individuals, attitudes toward suicide prevention, and help-seeking intentions were collected with questionnaires, and implicit measures were used to assess participants' mental accessibility of concepts related to suicide and suicide prevention. Participants exposed to the article highlighting the high prevalence of suicide tended to show a higher accessibility of potentially detrimental cognitive concepts related to suicide. In contrast, the accessibility of the concept of "helping" and that "suicide is preventable" was higher in participants' memory when exposed to materials focusing on help. It seems that the impact of educative suicide awareness materials on readers' access to suicide- and suicide-prevention-related concepts in memory varied depending on the narrative featured in the article.
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- Benedikt Till
- Unit Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna
- Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research
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- Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research
- Department of Communication, University of Vienna
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- Unit Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna
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- Unit Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna
- Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research
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Wang W, Blackburn KG, Thompson RM, Bajaj K, Pedler R, Fucci K. Trauma Isn't One Size Fits All: How Online Support Communities Point to Different Diagnostic Criteria for C-PTSD and PTSD. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2024:1-12. [PMID: 38342780 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2024.2314343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Reddit has provided rich data on mental health discourse. The present study uses 40,335 online posts from Reddit communities to investigate how language can contribute to the understanding of PTSD and C-PTSD. The results showed distinct language patterns in the use of first-person pronouns, cognitive processing, and emotion words, suggesting that they are separate disorders with different effects on survivors. Further, while some social media studies have differentiated submissions and comments, few have investigated the language changes between these contexts. Post-hoc results showed a clear distinction between two contexts across several linguistic markers. Discussion and future directions are explored.
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- Weixi Wang
- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Psychology, University of Memphis
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
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Yang C, Zhang X, Chen Y, Li Y, Yu S, Zhao B, Wang T, Luo L, Gao S. Emotion-dependent language featuring depression. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 2023; 81:101883. [PMID: 37290350 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Understanding language features of depression contributes to the detection of the disorder. Considering that depression is characterized by dysfunctions in emotion and individuals with depression often show emotion-dependent cognition, the present study investigated the speech features and word use of emotion-dependent narrations in patients with depression. METHODS Forty depression patients and forty controls were required to narrate self-relevant memories under five basic human emotions (i.e., sad, angry, fearful, neutral, and happy). Recorded speech and transcribed texts were analyzed. RESULTS Patients with depression, as compared to non-depressed individuals, talked slower and less. They also performed differently in using negative emotion, work, family, sex, biology, health, and assent words regardless of emotion manipulation. Moreover, the use of words such as first person singular pronoun, past tense, causation, achievement, family, death, psychology, impersonal pronoun, quantifier and preposition words displayed emotion-dependent differences between groups. With the involvement of emotion, linguistic indicators associated with depressive symptoms were identified and explained 71.6% variances of depression severity. LIMITATIONS Word use was analyzed based on the dictionary which does not cover all the words spoken in the memory task, resulting in text data loss. Besides, a relatively small number of depression patients were included in the present study and therefore the results need confirmation in future research using big emotion-dependent data of speech and texts. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that consideration of different emotional contexts is an effective means to improve the accuracy of depression detection via the analysis of word use and speech features.
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- Chaoqing Yang
- School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Psychology, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China; Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR Research Entities, Singapore.
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- School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China; The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
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Li J, Gao X, Wang S, Yao D, Shao S, Wu H, Xu M, Yi Q, Xie L, Zhu Z, Song D, Li H. The role of m6A methylation in prenatal maternal psychological distress and birth outcome. J Affect Disord 2023; 338:52-59. [PMID: 37269885 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prenatal maternal psychological distress (PMPD) is a known risk factor for adverse birth outcomes. N6-methyladenosine RNA (m6A) methylation is crucial in moderating RNA biology. This study aimed to evaluate the relationships between PMPD, birth outcomes, and placental m6A methylation. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study. PMPD exposure was assessed by questionnaires about prenatal stress, depression, and anxiety. Placental m6A methylation was measured using a colorimetric assay. The relationships between PMPD, m6A methylation, gestational age (GA), and birth weight (BW) were analyzed using structural equation models (SEMs). Maternal weight gain during pregnancy and infant sex were included as covariables. RESULTS The study included 209 mother-infant dyads. In an adjusted SEM, PMPD was associated with BW (B = -26.034; 95 % CI: -47.123, -4.868) and GA (B = -0.603; 95 % CI: -1.102, -0.154). M6A methylation was associated with PMPD (B = 0.055; 95 % CI: 0.040,0.073) and BW (B = -305.799; 95 % CI: -520.164, -86.460) but not GA. The effect of PMPD on BW was partially mediated by m6A methylation (B = -16.817; 95 % CI: -31.348, -4.638) and GA (B = -12.280; 95 % CI: -23.612, -3.079). Maternal weight gain was associated with BW (B = 5.113; 95 % CI: 0.229,10.438). LIMITATIONS The study sample size was small, and the specific mechanism of m6A methylation on birth outcomes needs to be further explored. CONCLUSIONS In this study, PMPD exposure negatively affected BW and GA. Placental m6A methylation was associated with PMPD and BW and partially mediated the effect of PMPD on BW. Our findings highlight the importance of perinatal psychological evaluation and intervention.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Functional Neuroscience, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, North 81 Lingnan Avenue, Foshan 528000, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Maternal and Infant Health Research Institute and Medical College, Northwestern University, 229 Taibai North Road, Xi'an 710069, Shaanxi, China
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128, USA; Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, 725 Welch Rd 2 West, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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- Department of Neonatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi, China; Department of Neonatology, Affiliated Children's Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710002, Shaanxi, China.
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Erčulj VI, Žiberna A. The Role of Online Social Support in Patients Undergoing Infertility Treatment - A Comparison of Pregnant and Non-pregnant Members. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2022; 37:1724-1730. [PMID: 33855925 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2021.1915517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The role of social support in the online setting is explored in this study. For this purpose, the posts of infertility treatment patients participating in an infertility treatment online support group between 2002 and 2016 were retrieved. Members who contributed at least 100 words were divided into two groups according to the treatment outcome they reported (pregnancy). The association between the length of group membership, type of support provided, intensity of interaction, active support seeking, overall sentiment and the amount of sadness, anxiety and anger words and the treatment outcome was examined. The findings suggest that online social, in particular emotional, support acts as a buffer between the stressor and the treatment outcome. The expression of anger and initiating of communication by new members diminish this relationship.
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- Vanja Ida Erčulj
- Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Department of Social Studies, Humanities, and Methodology, University of Maribor
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- Department of Social Informatics and Methodology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
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Lobel M, Preis H, Mahaffey B, Schaal NK, Yirmiya K, Atzil S, Reuveni I, Balestrieri M, Penengo C, Colli C, Garzitto M, Driul L, Ilska M, Brandt-Salmeri A, Kołodziej-Zaleska A, Caparros-Gonzalez RA, Castro RA, La Marca-Ghaemmaghami P, Meyerhoff H. Common model of stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in pregnant women from seven high-income Western countries at the COVID-19 pandemic onset. Soc Sci Med 2022; 315:115499. [PMID: 36399984 PMCID: PMC9622432 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Increases in stress, anxiety, and depression among women pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic have been reported internationally. Yet rigorous comparison of the prevalence of maternal mental health problems across countries is lacking. Moreover, whether stress is a common predictor of maternal mental health during the pandemic across countries is unknown. METHODS 8148 pregnant women from Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States were enrolled in the International COVID-19 Pregnancy Experiences (I-COPE) Study between April 17 and May 31, 2020. Sociodemographic characteristics, pandemic-related stress, pregnancy-specific stress, anxiety, and depression were assessed with well-validated instruments. The magnitude of stress and mood disturbances was compared across countries. A path model predicting clinically significant levels of anxiety and depression from maternal characteristics and stress was tested for all study participants and then examined separately in each country with >200 participants. RESULTS Countries differed significantly in magnitude of pandemic-related pregnancy stress and pandemic-unrelated pregnancy-specific stress, and in prevalence of clinically significant anxiety and depression levels. A well-fitting common path model for the entire sample indicated that mood and anxiety disturbances were strongly predicted by pandemic-related and pregnancy-specific stress after accounting for maternal characteristics. The model was replicated in individual countries. CONCLUSIONS Although pregnant women in high-income Western countries experienced different levels of stress resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, stress is a strong, common predictor of anxiety and depressive symptoms in these individuals. The common model can be used to inform research and clinical interventions to protect against adverse consequences of prenatal maternal stress, anxiety, and depression for mothers and infants.
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- Marci Lobel
- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
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- Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlia, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah Medical Center, Affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Obstetric-Gynecologic Clinic, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Psychology Research and Counselling Institute for Sexuality, Marriage, and Family, International Academy for Human Sciences and Culture, Walenstadt, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Simó S, Cajiao-Nieto J, Awad-Sirhan NV, Caparros-Gonzalez RA. Pregnancy-Specific Stress during the First Lockdown of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing Face-to-Face versus Online Recruitment. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:14102. [PMID: 36360988 PMCID: PMC9653943 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The study aims to assess pregnancy-specific stress among pregnant women in Spain during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two samples of pregnant women from the south of Spain (Andalusia) were assessed using the Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (PDQ) and a sociodemographic and obstetric questionnaire. Group 1 (N = 155) was recruited face-to-face, whereas Group 2 (N = 78) was recruited online. Pregnancy-specific stress levels were significantly different in both groups. The face-to-face group (Group 1) had higher pregnancy-specific stress levels than the online group (Group 2). The online sample over-represents young adult pregnant women with high education levels and a high number of previous miscarriages. The face-to-face study seems more accessible to racially and ethnically diverse groups. The main concern among both groups was the risk of having a sick neonate. Research during the COVID-19 pandemic can benefit from using online resources to collect data to screen and identify perinatal mental health problems in a crisis environment. Nevertheless, researchers should be aware of the potential limitations this strategy can have, for example, certain groups of people may have limited access to the internet.
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- Sandra Simó
- Department of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Grupo Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Salud, Fundación Universitaria Cafam, Bogotá 111121, Colombia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), 18012 Granada, Spain
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Han J, Feng Y, Li N, Feng L, Xiao L, Zhu X, Wang G. Correlation Between Word Frequency and 17 Items of Hamilton Scale in Major Depressive Disorder. Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:902873. [PMID: 35592381 PMCID: PMC9110653 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.902873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore the correlation between word frequency and 17 items of the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-17) in assessing the severity of depression in clinical interviews. METHODS This study included 70 patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) who were hospitalized in the Beijing Anding Hospital. Clinicians interviewed eligible patients, collected general information, disease symptoms, duration, and scored patients with HAMD-17. The words used by the patients during the interview were classified and extracted according to the HowNet sentiment dictionary, including positive evaluation words, positive emotional words, negative evaluation words, negative emotional words. Symptom severity was grouped according to the HAMD-17 score: mild depressive symptoms is 8-17 points, moderate depressive symptoms is 18-24 points and severe depressive symptoms is >24 points. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the four categories of words among the groups, and partial correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between the four categories of word frequencies based on HowNet sentiment dictionary and the HAMD-17 scale to evaluate the total score. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to determine meaningful cut-off values. RESULTS There was a significant difference in negative evaluation words between groups (p = 0.032). After controlling for gender, age and years of education, the HAMD-17 total score was correlated with negative evaluation words (p = 0.009, r = 0.319) and negative emotional words (p = 0.027, r = 0.272), as the severity of depressive symptoms increased, the number of negative evaluation and negative emotional words in clinical interviews increased. Negative evaluation words distinguished patients with mild and moderate-severe depression. The area under the curve is 0.693 (p = 0.006) when the cut-off value is 8.48, the Youden index was 0.41, the sensitivity was 55.2%, and the specificity was 85.4%. CONCLUSION In the clinical interview with MDD patients, the number of word frequencies based on HowNet sentiment dictionary may be beneficial in evaluating the severity of depressive symptoms.
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- Jiali Han
- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital and the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital and the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital and the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital and the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital and the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital and the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital and the Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Use of Geographic Information Systems to Explore Associations between Neighborhood Attributes and Mental Health Outcomes in Adults: A Systematic Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18168597. [PMID: 34444345 PMCID: PMC8393279 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18168597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background: Neighborhood attributes are increasingly recognized as factors shaping mental health in adults. Geographic information systems (GIS) offer an innovative approach for quantifying neighborhood attributes and studying their influence on mental health outcomes. Our aim was to describe GIS applications used in neighborhood-related mental health research and how neighborhood attributes are related to depressive symptoms or psychological distress in community-residing adults. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of studies published in English that included GIS techniques and a validated questionnaire of depressive symptoms or psychological distress. Medline, PsycInfo, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, GEOBASE, and Compedex were searched to June 2020. Study quality was assessed by a modification of the Joanna Briggs Institute’s Checklist for Analytical Cross-sectional Studies. Results: Thirty-two studies met the inclusion criteria. Studies varied in definitions of neighborhood and GIS-derived measurements of neighborhood attributes. Neighborhood attributes were significantly associated with mental health outcomes, although findings were not consistent. Moderating factors (e.g., gender, living conditions) significantly influenced depressive symptoms or psychological distress. Conclusion: Neighborhood attributes are important factors influencing mental health in adults. Consensus may be needed on how to standardize the neighborhood unit or GIS-derived measures of neighborhoods in order to explain depression or psychological distress in diverse adult populations.
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Erkal Aksoy Y, Akın B, Dereli Yılmaz S. Factors affecting the levels of distress during pregnancy, sexual relationship power and intimate partner violence. SEXUAL AND RELATIONSHIP THERAPY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/14681994.2021.1901872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yasemin Erkal Aksoy
- Department of Midwifery, Health Sciences Faculty of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Midwifery, Health Sciences Faculty of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Midwifery, Health Sciences Faculty of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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The Impact of Contextual, Maternal and Prenatal Factors on Receptive Language in a Chilean Longitudinal Birth Cohort. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2021; 52:1106-1117. [PMID: 33130923 PMCID: PMC8528774 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-020-01091-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A secondary analysis was conducted on longitudinal data collected from ELPI, a representative Chilean survey to model Chilean infant's receptive language using contextual, maternal and prenatal factors. The sample for the current study comprised children aged between 36 and 48 months (n = 3921). The sample was re-assessed when children were aged 60-72 months (n = 3100). Linear regression analyses were conducted. At the first time point, all the predictors included were significant (living area, health system provision, maternal intelligence and education, adolescent pregnancy, maternal medical appointments during pregnancy, and presence of a significant other at childbirth), except for smoking during pregnancy. The model explained 13% of the variance. However, when timepoint one receptive language scores were included in the analyses for when children were aged 60-72 months, only two variables remained as significant predictors: previous receptive language scores and maternal education, explaining 21% of the variance. Findings and implications are discussed.
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Garay SM, Savory KA, Sumption LA, Penketh RJ, Jones IR, Janssen AB, John RM. Seasonal variation in salivary cortisol but not symptoms of depression and trait anxiety in pregnant women undergoing an elective caesarean section. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019; 108:14-19. [PMID: 31181440 PMCID: PMC6854466 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Seasonal changes in mood and behaviour are commonly reported in the general population but considerably less is known regarding seasonality and pregnancy. This study investigated the relationship between seasons and depression and anxiety symptoms, salivary cortisol concentrations, custom birthweight centiles (CBWC) and placenta weight for pregnant women living in South Wales. METHODS This study utilised data from the longitudinal Grown in Wales (GiW) cohort. Women were recruited at the presurgical elective caesarean section (ELCS) appointment, when they provided saliva samples and completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and trait subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Data on birthweight and placental weight was extracted from medical notes. Seasonal data was available for 316 participants. RESULTS No association was identified between seasons and EPDS (p = .178), STAI scores (p = .544), CBWC (p = .683) or placental weight (p = .857). Significance was identified between seasons and salivary cortisol concentration (p<.001), with highest levels in autumn and winter. Adjusted linear regression identified spring (B=-.05, p=.007, 95% CI -.09, -.01) and summer (B=-.06, p = .001, 95% CI -09, -.02) compared to autumn, and spring (B=-.05, p=.009, 95% CI -.09, -.01) and summer (B=-.06, p=.002, 95% CI -.10, -.02) compared to winter to be associated with decreased cortisol concentrations. CONCLUSION This study found no association between season and maternally-reported mental health symptoms, birthweight by CBWC or placental weight but did between season and term salivary cortisol. This finding will have implications for studies that do not account for seasonality when using salivary cortisol as a biomarker.
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- Samantha M. Garay
- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom
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- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom
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- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, Wales, CF144XW, United Kingdom
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- National Centre for Mental Health, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
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- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom
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- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom,Corresponding author.
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Conceptualization, measurement, and effects of pregnancy-specific stress: review of research using the original and revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire. J Behav Med 2019; 43:16-33. [PMID: 31183596 DOI: 10.1007/s10865-019-00068-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Pregnancy-specific stress (PSS) arises from the numerous changes that women experience during pregnancy and from their concerns about childbirth and the health of their offspring. Prolonged or elevated maternal stress heightens risk for poor fetal, infant, and child outcomes. The Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (PDQ) and its expanded successor, the revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (NuPDQ), were developed to assess PSS, but their psychometric properties and findings are not well-documented. We reviewed research using the PDQ (n = 45) or NuPDQ (n = 37). Results establish that PSS as measured by these instruments is common in pregnancy; PSS is associated with sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics, perceptions of pregnancy, health behaviors, maternal health, and birth outcomes. The NuPDQ is an especially appropriate tool to assess PSS, with demonstrated reliability and convergent, concurrent, and predictive validity. The ability to assess PSS in a reliable and valid manner is critical to advance research and improve maternal and child health.
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