Parents’ Reflective Functioning, Emotion Regulation, and Health: Associations with Children’s Functional Somatic Symptoms

Deleted Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 7(2), С. 31 - 31

Опубликована: Апрель 3, 2025

Functional somatic symptoms (FSSs) in children—such as headaches, stomachaches, and muscle pain without clear medical explanations—pose a significant clinical challenge, often leading to repeated healthcare visits impairments daily functioning. While the role of parental psychological factors shaping children’s FSSs has been suggested, empirical evidence remains limited fragmented. This study addresses this gap by systematically examining associations between parents’ reflective functioning, emotion regulation, alexithymia, physical mental health, frequency severity FSSs. A total 339 parents children aged 6–12 completed surveys assessing their capacity understand states, regulate emotions, identify or describe feelings, well self-reported health. They also indicated whether child experienced (e.g., stomachaches) more than once per week. Results revealed that with reported significantly lower levels functioning (lower certainty, higher uncertainty), alexithymic traits, greater regulation difficulties, alongside poorer health indices. Logistic regression analyses demonstrated difficulties increased likelihood exhibiting FSSs, while emerged predictor. Furthermore, multiple linear challenges poor predicted These findings offer novel insights into how characteristics can shape symptom expression, highlighting need for family-focused interventions. By identifying addressing emotional cognitive clinicians may be able mitigate intergenerational transmission maladaptive stress responses, ultimately reducing burden children.

Язык: Английский

Exploring the Levels of Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Resilience, Hope, and Spiritual Well-Being Among Greek Dentistry and Nursing Students in Response to Academic Responsibilities Two Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Healthcare, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(1), С. 54 - 54

Опубликована: Дек. 31, 2024

Background: Dentistry and nursing students experience significant anxiety, negatively impacting their well-being academic performance. Objectives: This study aims to assess the prevalence relationships of stress, depression, resilience, hope, spiritual among dentistry students, identify demographic influences propose strategies enhance resilience well-being. Methods: surveyed 271 attending Greece’s departments at National Kapodistrian University Athens, using an electronic questionnaire aimed depression (depression, stress scale—DASS-21); (resilience assessment questionnaire—RAQ8, brief scale—BRS); hope (adult scale—AHS); (functional chronic illness therapy–spiritual scale—FACIT-Sp-12). The survey also collected data factors influencing these variables. Statistical analyses, including hierarchical multiple linear regression t-tests, were performed analyze between Results: sample included 145 126 with 68.6% female 80.1% undergraduate. Half reported mild or higher levels (48.7%), anxiety (51.3%), (53.5%). was highest in our sample, followed by stress. Higher family wealth associated reduced levels, while undergraduate than male counterparts. Hope a strong predictor but worry had negative correlation. Conclusions: Promoting students’ success requires effective stress-reduction resilience-building techniques improve performance support future healthcare professionals’ personal sustainability holistic growth.

Язык: Английский