Psychological distress : symptoms, causes, and coping / Hayate Ohayashi, Shuji Yamada, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ohayashi, Hayate.

Yamada, Shuji (Editor of Psychological distress)

Series:

Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.

Psychology research progress series.

Psychology of emotions, motivations and actions

Psychology research progress

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distress (Psychology).

Emotions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Psychological distress is a term used to describe the general psychopathology of an individual with a combination of depressive symptoms, anxiety and perceived stress. In this book, the authors have gathered and present topical research in the study of the symptoms, causes and coping mechanisms relating to psychological distress. Included in this compilation are topics corresponding to mitigating adverse school experiences and psychological distress with parental support; psychological distress in an oncological context; screening for psychological distress in clinical practice; the Kessler 10 (K10) psychological distress scale and psychological distress in the military.

Contents:

""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER 1. ADVERSE SCHOOL EXPERIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS:THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF GENDER AND PERCEIVED PARENTAL SUPPORT""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""LITERATURE REVIEW AND HYPOTHESES""; ""School Experiences and Psychological Distress""; ""Parental Support as Social Resource""; ""Maternal vs. Paternal Support""; ""METHODS""; ""Sample""; ""Variables""; ""Analysis""; ""RESULTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 2. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN ONCOLOGY""; ""ABSTRACT""

""INTRODUCTION""""DEFINITION, MANIFESTATIONS AND PREVALENCE""; ""PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ALONG THE DISEASE TRAJECTORY""; ""ADDITIONAL CLINICAL DISTRESS-RELATED PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS""; ""SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC-ASSOCIATED FACTORS""; ""ASSESSING PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS""; ""PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS MANAGEMENT""; ""PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN CANCER PATIENTS CAREGIVERS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 3. SCREENING FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SCREENING TOOLS: THE 12-ITEM GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE""

""ASSOCIATIONS OF GHQ-12 WITH SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIOURAL VARIABLES""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 4. UNPAID DOMESTIC WORK AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""LITERATURE REVIEW""; ""Role Strain""; ""Household Division of Labor""; ""Psychosocial Work Environment""; ""DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 5. RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE KESSLER 10 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS SCALE, SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC STATUS, EMPLOYMENT-RELATED VARIABLES, AND INTERNALITY-EXTERNALITY IN JAPANESE EMPLOYEES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""

""MATERIALS AND METHODS""""Participants""; ""Instruments""; ""K10 Scale""; ""LOC Scale""; ""Analytical Procedure""; ""RESULTS""; ""COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE RESULTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 6. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN THE MILITARY AND MINDFULNESS BASED TRAINING""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""STRESS IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""STRESS IN THE US MILITARY""; ""MINDFULNESS TRAINING""; ""MINDFULNESS RESEARCH""; ""MINDFULNESS TRAINING FOR PROVIDER RESIDING IN HAWAII""; ""METHODS""; ""Participants""; ""Measures""; ""RESULTS""; ""CONCLUSION""

""REFERENCES""""CHAPTER 7. IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN INFERTILE JAPANESE WOMEN*""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""PARTICULAR INTERESTS ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS IN INFERTILE JAPANESE WOMEN""; ""IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN INFERTILE JAPANESE WOMEN""; ""NATURAL-KILLER CELL ACTIVITY OF INFERTILE JAPANESE WOMEN""; ""INFERTILITY CAUSED BY DEPRESSION AND/OR ANXIETY""; ""EFFECT OF PSYCHIATRIC GROUP INTERVENTION ON INFERTILE JAPANESE WOMEN""; ""AN INTERESTING CASE IN WHICH PSYCHOLOGICAL RELIEF SEEMS TO ACHIEVE PREGNANT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""

""CHAPTER 8. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PATIENTS WITH GYNECOLOGIC CANCER*""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61942-651-X

OCLC:

923653780