Does physiological arousal lead to increased catastrophic misinterpretation? An experiment based on the concept of a fear memory
While there has been research on catastrophic misinterpretation of ambiguous situations and on the effects of the induction of physiological arousal, there has been no experimental research on the relationship...8:17BMC Psychology 2020The experience of sudden loss of a colleague or neighbor following the MH17 plane crash in the Ukraine: a qualitative interview study
The literature on loss and traumatic grief after disasters provides findings on the impact of losing a partner, child or close friend on partners, parents and friends. However, little attention has been given ...8:16BMC Psychology 2020The relationship between personality traits and marital satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Personality traits can be used to predict an individual’s behaviors in different life situations, including marital life situations. Marital satisfaction that is influenced by different factors is a criterion ...8:15BMC Psychology 2020Correction to: The effect of transactional analysis on the self-esteem of imprisoned women: a clinical trial
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors advised that the name of the 4th author had been submitted incorrectly; the author has the family name ‘Pouraboli’, however, their article was origin...8:14BMC Psychology 2020Treating medically unexplained symptoms via improving access to psychological therapy (IAPT): major limitations identified
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies is a UK Government funded initiative to widen access to psychological treatment for a range of common mental health complaints, such as depression and anxiety. More ...8:13BMC Psychology 2020Urbanicity, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning, and behavioral and emotional problems in children: a path analysis
Urbanization is steadily increasing worldwide. Previous research indicated a higher incidence of mental health problems in more urban areas, however, very little is known regarding potential mechanisms underly...8:12BMC Psychology 2020Decision-making styles in the context of colorectal cancer screening
Our study examined the use of decision-making styles, as identified by Scott and Bruce (1995) (i.e. differentiating between a rational, intuitive, dependent, avoidant and spontaneous decision-making style), wi...8:11BMC Psychology 2020Validation of the English and simplified Mandarin versions of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire – Short Form in Chinese cancer survivors
The fear of illness progression is common amongst those with chronic illnesses including cancers, and contributes to high psychological morbidity. Research in Asia on such fears however, is limited by a paucit...8:10BMC Psychology 2020The clinical effects of school sandplay group therapy on general children with a focus on Korea Child & Youth Personality Test
This study intended to examine the comprehensive clinical effects of school sandplay group counseling on the emotions and behaviors of children for the first time in Korea.8:9BMC Psychology 2020Psychosocial impact of prognostic genetic testing in uveal melanoma patients: a controlled prospective clinical observational study
The risk of metastases in uveal melanoma can accurately be estimated through genetic analysis of the tumor. A growing number of patients decide to receive information on their prognosis, although this can be e...8:8BMC Psychology 2020Is there an association between full IQ score and mental health problems in young adults? A study with a convenience sample
Intelligence is the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with the environment. Previous studies have shown that individuals with intel...8:7BMC Psychology 2020The Persian version of the revised dyadic adjustment scale (RDAS): a validation study in infertile patients
Infertility can have a powerful impact on marital quality. The Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) is a widely used measure of marital quality. This scale has not been validated in infertile patients. There...8:6BMC Psychology 2020The value of hope: development and validation of a contextual measure of hope among people living with HIV in urban Tanzania a mixed methods exploratory sequential study
Hope or hopefulness enhances coping and improves quality of life in persons with chronic or incurable illnesses. Lack of hope is associated with depression and anxiety, which impact negatively on quality of li...8:5BMC Psychology 2020Referee height influences decision making in British football leagues
Male height is positively associated with social dominance, and more agonistic/competitive behaviours. However, the ‘Napoleon complex’ or ‘small man syndrome’ suggests that smaller males are more assertive and...8:4BMC Psychology 2020The effect of transactional analysis on the self-esteem of imprisoned women: a clinical trial
The imprisoned women usually have low self-esteem and suffer from various physical and mental complaints; they may suffer from feelings of emptiness, isolation, and depression. Transactional analysis (TA) is p...8:3BMC Psychology 2020“Free won’t” after a beer or two: chronic and acute effects of alcohol on neural and behavioral indices of intentional inhibition
Response inhibition can be classified into stimulus-driven inhibition and intentional inhibition based on the degree of endogenous volition involved. In the past decades, abundant research efforts to study the...8:2BMC Psychology 2020Effects of a cognitive ergonomics workplace intervention (CogErg) on cognitive strain and well-being: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. A study protocol
Cognitively straining conditions such as disruptions, interruptions, and information overload are related to impaired task performance and diminished well-being at work. It is therefore essential that we reduc...8:1BMC Psychology 2020Trust and respect in the patient-clinician relationship: preliminary development of a new scale
Trust and respect may be an important component of client-provider relationships. This study aimed to develop and report preliminary psychometric analyses of a new brief measure to evaluate a patient’s level o...7:91BMC Psychology 2019A clinical trial of group-based body psychotherapy to improve bodily disturbances in post-treatment cancer patients in combination with randomized controlled smartphone-triggered bodily interventions (KPTK): study protocol
Disturbances in bodily well-being represent one key source of suffering and impairment related to cancer. There is growing evidence that body psychotherapy (BPT) is efficacious for the treatment of various men...7:90BMC Psychology 2019Prevalence of adjustment disorder among cancer patients, and the reach, effectiveness, cost-utility and budget impact of tailored psychological treatment: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Information on the prevalence of adjustment disorders among cancer patients and the value of psychological interventions in this group of patients is limited. This study investigates the prevalence of adjustme...7:89BMC Psychology 2019School functioning and internalizing problems in young schoolchildren
Symptoms of anxiety and depression are common mental health problems in children and are often referred to as internalizing symptoms. Youth with such symptoms are at greater risk for poor academic achievement,...7:88BMC Psychology 2019The role of inhibition capacities in the Iowa gambling test performance in young tattooed women
Using the Iowa Gambling Test (IGT), we demonstrated previously impaired decision- making process in young tattooed women. The purpose of the present study was to explore the associations among the three facets...7:87BMC Psychology 2019Patients with chronic pain: evaluating depression and their quality of life in a single center study in Greece
Chronic pain constitutes one of the most common reasons for seeking health care services and may even lead to disability. Chronic pain has been associated with depression and deterioration of the quality of li...7:86BMC Psychology 2019A Sociodemographic variables questionnaire (Q-SV) for research on family caregivers of children with chronic disease
Chronic diseases in childhood can affect the physical and mental health of patients and their families. The literature on pediatric chronic diseases has found important associations between the sociodemographi...7:85BMC Psychology 2019PTSD prevalence among resident mothers and their offspring in Rwanda 25 years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi
The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi was a major traumatic event affecting nearly all Rwandans. Significant psychological sequels continue to occur in the population 25 years after, with a high prevalence of po...7:84BMC Psychology 2019Predictors of clinically important improvements in occupational and quality of life outcomes among mental health service users after completion and follow-up of a lifestyle intervention: multiple regression modelling based on longitudinal data
Balancing Everyday Life (BEL) is a new activity-based lifestyle intervention for mental health service users. An earlier study found BEL to be effective in increasing occupational engagement, occupational bala...7:83BMC Psychology 2019Effects of a life-skills-based prevention program on self-esteem and risk behaviors in adolescents: a pilot study
Risk behaviors among young people are a major social and public health issue. This study aims to assess the impact of a life-skills-based prevention program (called Mission Papillagou) on self-esteem, well-being,...7:82BMC Psychology 2019Fathers today: design of a randomized controlled trial examining the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in behavioral and neural responses to infant signals
Previous research has mostly focused on the hormonal, behavioral and neural correlates of maternal caregiving. We present a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled within-subject design to examine the eff...7:81BMC Psychology 2019Factors associated with alexithymia among the Lebanese population: results of a cross-sectional study
To our knowledge, no research project on alexithymia has been conducted in Lebanon. The objective of this study was to assess risk factors associated with alexithymia in a representative sample of the Lebanese...7:80BMC Psychology 2019Attachment to mothers and fathers during middle childhood: an evidence from Polish sample
Middle childhood is a significant period of change both for a child’s cognition and social functioning. Considering that the primary developmental theme of attachment in middle childhood is the balance between...7:79BMC Psychology 2019Protecting the psychological wellbeing of staff exposed to disaster or emergency at work: a qualitative study
Disasters are becoming more prevalent across the world and people are frequently exposed to them as part of their occupational groups. It is important for organisations to understand how best to support employ...7:78BMC Psychology 2019Validation of a brief mental health screening tool for pregnant women in a low socio-economic setting
In South Africa, the prevalence of symptoms of common mental disorders (CMD), i.e. depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts are high. This study aimed to use a cognitive interviewing technique to validate the...7:77BMC Psychology 2019Psychosocial support for parents of extremely preterm infants in neonatal intensive care: a qualitative interview study
Extremely premature infants (those born before 28 weeks’ gestational age) are highly immature, requiring months of care at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). For parents, their child’s grave medical condit...7:76BMC Psychology 2019Perceived stigma and barriers to care in UK Armed Forces personnel and veterans with and without probable mental disorders
Previous studies have found that perceptions of mental health related stigma can negatively impact help-seeking, particularly in military samples. Moreover, perceptions of stigma and barriers to care can vary ...7:75BMC Psychology 2019Enhanced cognitive processing by viewing snakes in children with autism spectrum disorder. A preliminary study
Prioritization of the processing of threatening stimuli induces deleterious effects on task performance. However, emotion evoked by viewing images of snakes exerts a facilitating effect upon making judgments o...7:74BMC Psychology 2019The CogBIAS longitudinal study of adolescence: cohort profile and stability and change in measures across three waves
Adolescence is a time of considerable social, cognitive, and physiological development. It reflects a period of heightened risk for the onset of mental health problems, as well as heightened opportunity for fl...7:73BMC Psychology 2019Minding the adolescent in family-based inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study of former inpatients’ views on treatment collaboration and staff behaviors
For some young persons diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, treatment will inevitably involve phases where hospitalization is required. Inspired by the encouraging evidence-base for outpatient family-based treatme...7:72BMC Psychology 2019Study protocol for PRISE: a longitudinal study of sexual harassment during the transition from childhood to adolescence
Sexual harassment is a widespread problem with serious consequences for individuals and societies. It is likely that sexual harassment among peers has its main onset during the transition from late childhood t...7:71BMC Psychology 2019The potential role of illness expectations in the progression of medical diseases
To what extent can one’s mind promote direct changes to the body? Can one’s beliefs about the body become a physical reality, without mediating effects from behaviors? Specifically, can medical symptoms and th...7:70BMC Psychology 2019The efficacy of a resilience-enhancement program for mothers in Japan based on emotion regulation: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
The demands of daily life often cause mothers high levels of distress and other negative emotions. Anger, including harsh verbal discipline, has been linked to child maltreatment, with long-term adverse effect...7:69BMC Psychology 2019Stress among university students: factorial structure and measurement invariance of the Italian version of the Effort-Reward Imbalance student questionnaire
In the last decade academic stress and its mental health implications amongst university students has become a global topic. The use of valid and theoretically-grounded measures of academic stress in universit...7:68BMC Psychology 2019Psychodynamic case formulations without technical language: a reliability study
To bridge the gap between symptoms and treatment, constructing case formulations is essential for clinicians. Limited scientific value has been attributed to case formulations because of problems with quality,...7:67BMC Psychology 2019Validation of the Recent Life Changes Questionnaire (RLCQ) for stress measurement among adults residing in urban communities in Pakistan
Recent Life Changes Questionnaire (RLCQ) developed by Richard Rahe has enabled quantification of stress by analyzing life events. The overall aim of the study was to create a reliable version of the Rahe’s RLC...7:66BMC Psychology 2019The transition from university to work: what happens to mental health? A longitudinal study
When enrolled in university or college, students receive varying degrees of training in managing practical situations in the workplace. However, after graduation, the young professionals meet their responsibil...7:65BMC Psychology 2019Yoga intervention and reminder e-mails for reducing cancer-related fatigue - a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Almost 90% of cancer patients suffer from symptoms of fatigue during treatment. Supporting treatments are increasingly used to alleviate the burden of fatigue. This study examines the short-term and long-term ...7:64BMC Psychology 2019Process evaluation of text-based support for fathers during the transition to fatherhood (SMS4dads): mechanisms of impact
There is growing evidence for the value of technology-based programs to support fathers to make positive transitions across the perinatal period. However, past research has focused on program outcomes with lit...7:63BMC Psychology 2019
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