Domestic violence, risky family environment and children: A bio-psychology perspective

Olusegun Emmanuel Afolabi

Опубликована Сен. 30, 2014

Though a large body of research has investigated the impacts of domestic violence on adult’s victims, only few studies has been devoted to the exposure of children’s to probable inter-spousal trauma that disrupts their neurological and biochemical pathways in development. The aim of this paper is to analyze the current empirical research that discusses the biological and psychological inference of domestic violence and risky family environment on children’s health. In realizing this objective, the paper used the ecological framework to explain the interaction effects of bio- psychological processes on emotional regulation and social competence skills of children living in a …

Usability and applicability of a mindfulness based online intervention developed for people with problematic internet gaming behavior

Reichrath Benedict,

Pietrowsky Reinhard

Опубликована Май 31, 2022

In this study, the usability and applicability of a mindfulness based online administered gamified short-term intervention for people suffering from internet gaming disorder is investigated in a subclinical sample (N = 49). Within a four-week intervention program (Room2Respawn) participants were randomly allocated to a gamified condition (experimental) or a neutral condition (control). Participants were provided with three intervention sessions per week consisting of psychoeducation on internet gaming disorder and mindfulness-exercises. Most of the intervention content has been adopted from a group-therapy intervention to an online platform. The 39 participants who participated over the course of the whole intervention rated the …

Whole-body vibration and benefits for people with osteoarthritis: A systematic review

Pedro Ronikeile da Costa,

Danúbia da Cunha Sá-Caputo,

Adriano Arnóbio,

Dulciane Nunes Paiva,

Rafaelle Pacheco,

Cristiane Kutter,

Rebeca Costa,

Paula Mantilla Giehl,

Pedro Jesus Marin,

Jay R. Salmon,

Mark Tillman,

Mario Bernardo-Filho

Опубликована Сен. 30, 2014

Whole body vibration (WBV) can be an important tool to treat patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The purpose of this study was to systematically review published research concerning the use of WBV in people with OA. In PubMed and Scopus, the number of publications (NP) is respectively to the keywords arthrosis, 289,586 and 10,569, osteoarthrosis, 299,158 and 3,952, arthritis, 251,453 and 236,849 and osteoarthritis, 56,323 and 80,008. Putting together the information found in the analyzed 4 papers, the numbers of subjects were ranging from 15 to 52 and frequencies ranging from 24 to 40 Hz. Self-report of the status of disease …