Assessing Discriminant Validity through Structural Equation Modeling: The Case of Eating Compulsivity
Nutrients,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
16(4), С. 550 - 550
Опубликована: Фев. 16, 2024
Food
addiction
(FA)
and
disordered
eating
behaviors
related
to
obesity
are
gaining
attention
in
clinical
research
fields.
The
modified
Yale
Addiction
Scale
2.0
(mYFAS2.0)
is
the
gold
standard
questionnaire
measure
FA,
while
another
tool
Measure
of
Eating
Compulsivity
10
(MEC10).
Discriminant
validity
present
when
two
measures
similar
but
distinct
constructs
show
a
correlation
that
low
enough
for
factors
be
regarded
as
distinct.
However,
discriminant
these
has
never
been
tested.
Through
cross-sectional
study
design,
717
inpatients
(females:
56.20%,
age:
53.681
±
12.74)
with
severe
completed
MEC10,
Binge
(BES),
mYFAS2.0.
A
structural
equation
model
(SEM)
was
fitted,
freely
estimating
latent
correlations
95%
confidence
intervals
(95%
CI).
results
confirmed
scales’
excellent
psychometric
properties.
Importantly,
factor
between
MEC10
mYFAS2.0
(est
=
0.783,
CI
[0.76,
0.80])
supported
their
validity.
In
contrast,
BES
0.86,
[0.84,
0.87])
exceeded
recommended
thresholds,
indicating
absence
suggesting
potential
overlap,
consistent
previous
evidence.
conclusion,
demonstrates
properties
more
BED
not
FA.
Язык: Английский
Emotional Regulation, Coping, and Resilience in Informal Caregivers: A Network Analysis Approach
Behavioral Sciences,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(8), С. 709 - 709
Опубликована: Авг. 13, 2024
Public
health
emergencies
such
as
the
COVID-19
pandemic
can
further
strain
mental
of
informal
caregivers
who
provide
unpaid
assistance
to
family
members
or
friends
need
support
due
illness,
disability,
aging.
However,
there
is
a
lack
research
exploring
resources
and
adaptive
strategies
that
promote
resilience
in
caregivers.
This
cross-sectional
study
used
psychometric
network
analysis
model
interplay
between
coping
strategies,
emotion
regulation,
trait
resilience,
anxiety
depression
symptoms
351
Italian
The
results
showed
through
positive
attitude,
emotional
reappraisal,
were
most
central
interconnected
nodes
network.
These
buffered
against
negative
impact
symptoms,
providing
valuable
insights
into
mechanisms
underlying
well-being
Clinically,
it
crucial
assess
foster
these
resilience-promoting
factors
(positive
attitude
coping,
cognitive
resilience)
help
mitigate
challenges
faced
by
caregivers,
especially
context
public
crises
pandemic.
Язык: Английский
Death Anxiety and Resilience in Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Attachment Patterns
Behavioral Sciences,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(11), С. 1031 - 1031
Опубликована: Ноя. 4, 2024
The
unique
human
awareness
of
the
fact
that
life
is
finite,
and
death
unavoidable
has
been
shown
to
elicit
negative
psychological
consequences
across
cycle.
However,
research
demonstrated
ability
seek,
maintain,
gain
comfort
from
close
relationships
mitigates
adverse
effects
awareness/anxiety.
Moreover,
relatively
little
known
about
how
anxiety
social
in
old
age
are
associated
with
resilience,
an
important
personal
protective
factor
for
dealing
general
age-related
difficulties.
Accordingly,
current
work
examined
links
between
resilience
older
adults
explored
potential
moderating
role
attachment
patterns
this
link.
Data
were
collected
369
Israeli
(Mage
=
73.15,
SD
6.31,
range
60–94),
who
completed
scales
examining
anxiety,
patterns,
as
well
sociodemographic
scales.
results
avoidance
reduced
resilience.
anxiety-resilience
link
was
not
significant
individuals
reporting
high
or
low
levels
both
avoidance.
findings
discussed
through
prism
Terror
Management
Theory,
practical
implications
suggested.
Язык: Английский
Trauma Shaping the Psychopathological Correlates of Patients with Long-COVID: A 6-Months Longitudinal Study with Repeated Measures Mixed Models
Psychiatry Research,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
330, С. 115609 - 115609
Опубликована: Ноя. 14, 2023
This
research
aimed
at
investigating
how
the
experience
of
trauma
can
influence
psychological
correlates
long-COVID
over
time
in
a
clinical
sample
patients
hospitalized
because
COVID-19.
Through
longitudinal
design,
70
post-acute
with
COVID-19
were
followed-up
after
hospital
discharge
3-time
points
up
to
6
months
and
completed
Post-traumatic
Stress
Disorder
Checklist
for
DSM-5
(PCL-5)
Symptoms
Checklist-90-Revised
(SCL-90
R).
Repeated
measures
mixed
models
random
intercept
used
evaluate
effect
(yes/no)
(T1,
T2,
T3)
on
SCL-90-R
scales.
Results
showed
that
display
significantly
worse
outcomes
all
dimensions
[all
padj
<
.05
principal
effects
trauma(y)],
especially
symptoms
depression
[time
2
vs
1*trauma(y):
b
=
-3.86,
95%CI
(-7.18,
-0.53),
.035;
3
-4.77,
(-8.10,
-1.45),
.011],
anxiety
-4.54,
(-7.72,
-1.37),
obsessive-compulsive
difficulties
-4.03,
(-7.20,
-0.86),
.027].
These
findings
shed
light
long-term
consequences
among
highlight
key
role
trauma,
suggesting
its
assessment
tailor
interventions.
Язык: Английский
Associations between mindfulness and mental health after collective trauma: results from a longitudinal, representative, probability-based survey
Anxiety Stress & Coping,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
37(3), С. 361 - 378
Опубликована: Окт. 26, 2023
Background/objectives
Trait
mindfulness
(TM)
may
protect
against
post-trauma
mental
health
ailments
and
related
impairment.
Few
studies
have
evaluated
this
association
in
the
context
of
collective
traumas
using
representative
samples
or
longitudinal
designs.
Язык: Английский
The Shield of Self-Esteem: Buffering against the Impact of Traumatic Experiences, Fear, Anxiety, and Depression
Behavioral Sciences,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(10), С. 901 - 901
Опубликована: Окт. 4, 2024
Background:
Adverse
life
occurrences
(e.g.,
severe
accidents,
violence/abuse,
organic
disorders
such
as
COVID-19)
can
elicit
traumatic
responses
that
heighten
fear,
anxiety,
and
depression.
However,
scientific
research
has
shown
certain
variables,
self-esteem,
based
on
theories
like
terror
management
theory
(TMT)
the
anxiety-buffering
hypothesis
(ABH),
mitigate
negative
effects
of
trauma.
This
study
aimed
to
test
ABH
by
assessing
buffering
role
self-esteem
in
relationships
among
impact
experiences,
Method:
An
observational
design
was
used.
involved
321
participants
who
experienced
COVID-19
a
experience.
A
sequential
multiple-mediation
model
with
observed
variables
(path
analysis)
used
experience
depression,
examining
protective
self-esteem.
Results:
path
analysis
revealed
fear
anxiety
mediated
relationship
between
Additionally,
line
ABH,
found
mediate
predictors
their
adverse
psychological
consequences.
suggests
played
role,
mitigating
experiences
mental
health
outcomes.
Conclusions:
These
findings
underscore
central
mediating
well
pathway
from
trauma-related
factors
insights
advocate
for
evidence-based
interventions
at
alleviating
suffering
associated
fostering
adaptation,
supporting
health.
Язык: Английский
The role of the COVID-19 impersonal threat strengthening the associations of right-wing attitudes, nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiments
Current Psychology,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
43(1), С. 425 - 436
Опубликована: Фев. 2, 2023
Literature
showed
that
the
link
between
right-wing
attitudes
and
ethnocentric
gets
stronger
under
existential
threats,
but
role
exerted
by
an
impersonal
threat
-
as
COVID-19
on
is
still
unclear.
This
study
aimed
to
highlight
of
anxiety
relationship
attitudes,
nationalism
anti-immigrants'
sentiments.
As
part
international
project
evaluate
impact
COVID-19,
this
administered
online
survey
a
representative
sample
(n
1038).
The
generated
thus
not
any
outgroup
can
moderate
among
personal
Right-Wing
Authoritarianism,
social
dominance
orientation,
attitudes.
first
demonstrating
effective
also
when
agent
(as
COVID-19)
rather
than
outgroup.
Second,
these
findings
disclose
useful
implications
for
preventive
psychological
interventions
policy
makers.
Язык: Английский
Differential Anxiety Responses in Acute Myocardial Infarction vs. COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients
Medicina,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
60(6), С. 902 - 902
Опубликована: Май 29, 2024
Background
and
Objectives:
Amidst
the
COVID-19
pandemic,
concerns
about
psychological
impact
of
disease-related
anxiety
on
public
health
have
risen.
This
study
aims
to
compare
general
death
levels
between
acute
coronary
artery
syndrome
pneumonia
patients.
Materials
Methods:
A
cross-sectional
132
individuals,
including
myocardial
infarction
(MI),
patients,
healthy
volunteers
from
Trakya
University
Hospital
(Turkey),
was
analyzed.
Validated
scales
like
Beck
Anxiety
Inventory
(BAI),
Coronavirus
Scale
Short
Form,
Thorson–Powell
Death
(TPDAS)
were
employed.
Demographic
data
such
as
age,
gender,
income
levels,
employment
status,
presence
a
close
relative
with
COVID-19,
whether
participants
followed
COVID-19-related
news
collected
compared
across
groups
significance
level
0.05
set
for
all
analyses.
Results:
Among
41
MI,
50
subjects,
group
showed
highest
(p
=
0.01)
BAI
scores
0.008).
Both
MI
patients
had
significantly
higher
TPDAS
controls
<
0.001).
Factors
female
gender
0.004),
low
education
0.003),
current
0.008),
0.002)
correlated
scores.
Low
0.001)
exposure
Males
married
lower
High
income,
education,
reduced
decreased
0.001),
but
increased
in
exposure.
The
multivariate
linear
regression
analysis
found
that
associated
TPDAS;
university
scale;
scale.
Conclusions:
research
showcases
differing
patterns
illnesses
amidst
emphasizing
amplifying
influence
media
coverage
death-related
anxieties.
It
underscores
imperative
targeted
interventions
socioeconomic
considerations
managing
consequences
formulating
responsive
strategies.
Язык: Английский
Analisi del legame tra attività scientifica e rischio di sindrome da burnout negli operatori sanitari di oncologia in un ospedale italiano
PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
2, С. 114 - 130
Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2024
La
sindrome
da
burnout
è
una
condizione
di
disagio
psicologico,
spesso
presente
in
opera-tori
sanitari
–
caratterizzata
esaurimento
emotivo,
depersonalizzazione
e
scarsa
realizzazione
personale.
Tuttavia,
alcuni
studi
sembrano
suggerire
un
legame
tra
investimento
nell'attività
scientifica
bassi
livelli
burnout.
Gli
autori
hanno
cercato
verificare
questo
legame.
Nell'indagine
sono
stati
arruolati
58
operatori
ambito
oncologico
a
cui
stato
somministrato
il
Maslach
Burnout
Inventory
(MBI)
la
scala
‘stima'
Impatto
psicologico
?
Professionisti
sanitari.
I
soggetti
suddivisi
base
al
numero
pubblicazioni
scien-tifiche
dell'ultimo
anno.
L'analisi
profilo
ha
rivelato
effetto
multivariato
statisticamente
significativo:
F
=
3.584,
p
0.014,
?2p
0.176.
professionisti
con
produzione
elevata
mostrato
profili
minori
risultati,
sebbene
prendere
cautela,
sem-brano
confermare
letteratura,
suggerendo
maggiore
attività
minor
rischio