A “messy ball of wool”: a qualitative study of the dimensions of the lived experience of obesity
Obesity is a multi-dimensional condition with causal factors beyond the physiological into the behavioural, dietetic and psychological. Understanding the lived experience of those who are overweight and obese ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:67Early detection of parenting stress in mothers of preterm infants during their first-year home
Maternal stress following the birth of an infant is well acknowledged. It is particularly so when infants are born prematurely as their mothers cannot fully take on their parenting role until their infant(s) i...BMC Psychology 2020 8:66Correction to: Association among dispositional mindfulness, self-compassion, and leukocyte telomere length in Chinese adults
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.BMC Psychology 2020 8:65How do mothers of adolescents with chronic pain experience their own quality of life?
Chronic pain is a major health problem globally with severe personal and economic consequences. Maternal chronic pain is associated with their children’s pain. Family pain models and shared environmental aspec...BMC Psychology 2020 8:64What are you sexting? Parental practices, sexting attitudes and behaviors among Italian adolescents
Sexting has recently emerged as a public health and social issue. The present study had two aims: a) to preliminarily test adolescent gender differences on parental practices regarding adolescent online life, ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:63Understanding relatives’ experience of death rattle
Death rattle is a frequently occurring symptom in the last phase of life. The experience of death rattle of relatives has been found to vary. It is unclear if treatment with medication is useful. The most fitt...BMC Psychology 2020 8:62Development of a new virtual reality test of cognition: assessing the test-retest reliability, convergent and ecological validity of CONVIRT
Technological advances provide an opportunity to refine tools that assess central nervous system performance. This study aimed to assess the test-retest reliability and convergent and ecological validity of a ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:61Autism Spectrum Social Stories In Schools Trial 2 (ASSSIST2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial analysing clinical and cost-effectiveness of Social Stories™ in primary schools
Interventions designed to support children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) can be time consuming, needing involvement of outside experts. Social Stories™ are a highly personalised interven...BMC Psychology 2020 8:60Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the active-emphatic listening scale
Active-emphatic listening is active listening that focuses on empathy. The Active-Empathic Listening Scale (AELS) is a self-report scale comprising three dimensions: sensing, processing, and responding. Howeve...BMC Psychology 2020 8:59Adult attachment style and maternal-infant bonding: the indirect path of parenting stress
The quality of maternal-infant bonding is related to important child outcomes. The literature has assumed that the ability to form relationships is a relatively stable trait, and research studies have suggeste...BMC Psychology 2020 8:58The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on risk and protective factors of depressive relapse – a randomized wait-list controlled trial
The aim of this randomized wait-list controlled trial was to explore the effects of Mindfulness–Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on risk and protective factors for depressive relapse within the domains of cognit...BMC Psychology 2020 8:57The big five personality traits, perfectionism and their association with mental health among UK students on professional degree programmes
In view of heightened rates of suicide and evidence of poor mental health among healthcare occupational groups, such as veterinarians, doctors, pharmacists and dentists, there has been increasing focus on the ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:54Social media use disorder and loneliness: any association between the two? Results of a cross-sectional study among Lebanese adults
In Lebanon, it is already established that mental disorders are prevalent among the population. Lebanese people are active users of social media platforms. To date, no study has previously explored the relatio...BMC Psychology 2020 8:56Family Club Denmark #strongertogether - a volunteer intervention for disadvantaged families: study protocol for a quasi-experimental trial
Need-oriented family support programs are examples of voluntary-based interventions increasingly recognized by the public sector as an important contribution to health and social care provision. Voluntary inte...BMC Psychology 2020 8:55Construct and factorial validity of Neurobehavioral Disorder associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (ND-PAE)
ND-PAE, as a condition needing further study, requires validation. Few studies have assessed the validity of ND-PAE with none using a prospective sample.BMC Psychology 2020 8:53Perceived leader integrity as a mediator between ethical leadership and ethical climate in a teaching context
Scandalous incidents occurring in prominent organisations in the world have brought to limelight the role of leaders in shaping the ethical climate of their organisations. As a result, several studies across d...BMC Psychology 2020 8:52Appraisals and coping mediate the relationship between resilience and distress among significant others of persons with spinal cord injury or acquired brain injury: a cross-sectional study
Many significant others of persons with serious conditions like spinal cord injury (SCI) and acquired brain injury (ABI) report high levels of psychological distress. In line with the stress-coping model, the ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:51Feasibility of a virtual reality-based interactive feedback program for modifying dysfunctional communication: a preliminary study
Functional communication is vital in many areas of daily life, and modifying dysfunctional communication has been emphasized in various social areas, including family and school. The present preliminary study ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:50Validity and reliability of the Greek version of Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS)
The need for developing pragmatic and reliable measures that affect evidence-based practice has been highlighted in organizational studies. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the psychometric properti...BMC Psychology 2020 8:49How anxious is too anxious? State and trait physiological arousal predict anxious youth’s treatment response to brief cognitive behavioral therapy
Exposure therapy is the gold standard for treating childhood anxiety, yet not all youth improve. Children do not always have insight on their distress, which can limit the utility of self-reported units of dis...BMC Psychology 2020 8:48Is there prejudice from thin air? Replicating the effect of emotion on automatic intergroup attitudes
Previous studies showed that anger, rather than sadness, created automatic intergroup bias in a minimal group context.BMC Psychology 2020 8:47Personality traits, emotional intelligence and decision-making styles in Lebanese universities medical students
This study aims to assess the impact of personality traits on emotional intelligence (EI) and decision-making among medical students in Lebanese Universities and to evaluate the potential mediating role-played...BMC Psychology 2020 8:46A systematic review regarding women’s emotional and psychological experiences of high-risk pregnancies
High-risk pregnancy refers to a pregnancy that negatively affects the health of the mother, the baby, or both. High-risk pregnancy evokes a range of emotional and psychological experiences for the expectant mo...BMC Psychology 2020 8:45Psychometric evaluation of the modified 19-item Bengali version of WHOQOL scale using Rasch analysis: a cross-sectional study of a rural district in Bangladesh
This investigation aims to validate the psychometric properties of the modified 19-item Bengali version World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) instrument in a typical healthy rural population in Ba...BMC Psychology 2020 8:44Perceived social support and psychological wellbeing among Nepalese adolescents: the mediating role of self-esteem
Adolescence is characterized by unique, multiple physical, psychological and social development. Understanding the well-being of adolescents and the factors that contribute to it will help towards clarifying a...BMC Psychology 2020 8:43Dosing parameters for the effects of high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation on smoking cessation: study protocol for a randomized factorial sham-controlled clinical trial
Despite the considerable success of comprehensive tobacco control efforts, tobacco use remains one of the greatest preventable causes of death and disease today. Over half of all smokers in the US make quit at...BMC Psychology 2020 8:42An early intervention to promote maternal sensitivity in the perinatal period for women with psychosocial vulnerabilities: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Maternal mental well-being and social circumstances during pregnancy and early childhood impact the child’s well-being and development. Supportive and sensitive parenting is one of the strongest predictors of ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:41Metacognitive beliefs mediate the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and traits of obsessive-compulsive symptoms
Metacognition has been shown as a key contributor to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as well as other anxiety-related disorders, yet its role in the development and maintenance of these disorders remains unclear...BMC Psychology 2020 8:40Examining the impact of a social skills training program on preschoolers’ social behaviors: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in child care centers
Preschoolers regularly display disruptive behaviors in child care settings because they have not yet developed the social skills necessary to interact prosocially with others. Disruptive behaviors interfere wi...BMC Psychology 2020 8:39Prevalence of depression and anxiety and correlations between depression, anxiety, family functioning, social support and coping styles among Chinese medical students
Medical students experience depression and anxiety at a higher rate than the general population or students from other specialties. While there is a growing literature on the high prevalence of depression and ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:38Prevalence and heritability of handedness in a Hong Kong Chinese twin and singleton sample
Left-handedness prevalence has been consistently reported at around 10% with heritability estimates at around 25%. Higher left-handedness prevalence has been reported in males and in twins. Lower prevalence ha...BMC Psychology 2020 8:37Social stigma is an underestimated contributing factor to unemployment in people with mental illness or mental health issues: position paper and future directions
As yet, little is known about the effects of mental health stigma on sustainable employment. This is surprising, as mental health stigma is common, and because people with severe and common mental disorders ar...BMC Psychology 2020 8:36Validation of the English version of the Mood Rhythm Instrument
Disruption of biological rhythms has been linked to the pathophysiology of mental disorders. However, little is known regarding the rhythmicity of mood symptoms due to the lack of validated clinical questionna...BMC Psychology 2020 8:35Pilot trial of a group cognitive behavioural therapy program for comorbid depression and obesity
Depression and obesity are significant global health concerns that commonly occur together. An integrated group cognitive behavioural therapy program was therefore developed to simultaneously address comorbid ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:34Attachment style and addictions (alcohol, cigarette, waterpipe and internet) among Lebanese adolescents: a national study
The prevalence in the Lebanese general population of cigarette and waterpipe smoking, alcohol drinking and internet use seems to be increasing lately. So far, no study was done relating the above to attachment...BMC Psychology 2020 8:33Mindfulness is not associated with dissonant attitudes but enhances the ability to cope with them
Explicit and implicit attitudes have been studied extensively, but there is less attention to reducing dissonance between them. This is relevant because this dissonance (IED) results in distress and has incons...BMC Psychology 2020 8:32Cognitive fatigue in relation to depressive symptoms after treatment for childhood cancer
Cognitive fatigue after childhood cancer is frequently overlooked despite guidelines recommending follow-up, and might be mistaken for depression due to overlapping symptoms. Our objectives were: 1) to examine...BMC Psychology 2020 8:31The relation of alexithymia and attachment with type 1 diabetes management in adolescents: a gender-specific analysis
Several studies indicate the role of psychosocial factors in the management and control of chronic diseases in adolescents. In this regard, the roles of attachment and alexithymia in the management of type 1 d...BMC Psychology 2020 8:30What influences the selection of contextual cues when starting a new routine behaviour? An exploratory study
Contextual cues play an important role in facilitating behaviour change. They not only support memory but may also help to make the new behaviour automatic through the formation of new routines. However, previ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:29The effect of induced optimism on the optimistic update bias
Individuals tend to have an optimism bias, processing desirable information more frequently than undesirable information. However, people who have been diagnosed with depression often have a more pessimistic v...BMC Psychology 2020 8:28Early maladaptive schemas as common and specific predictors of skin picking subtypes
Three distinct subtypes of Skin Picking (SP) have been identified in previous research: Focused, Automatic and Mixed. Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMS) were not investigated across the subtypes. Understanding wh...BMC Psychology 2020 8:27Long-term follow-up of residual symptoms in patients treated for stress-related exhaustion
Many patients with stress-related exhaustion seem to struggle with long-term recovery. The primary aim of this study was to explore residual symptoms and perceived recovery in patients previously treated for s...BMC Psychology 2020 8:26The use of a psychological testing instrument as an indicator of dissatisfaction with aesthetic dental treatment – a preliminary study
The use of psychological testing to indicate the potential for dissatisfaction with dental treatment has many potential patient and clinician benefits but has been rarely investigated. The study aimed to explo...BMC Psychology 2020 8:24Association between HEXACO personality traits and medical specialty preferences in Mexican medical students: a cross-sectional survey
Medical specialty is a critical choice in a physician’s life because it determines their professional future and medical practice. While some are motivated to choose a specific specialty based on the monetary ...BMC Psychology 2020 8:23
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