scholarly journals Correction to: Intolerance of Uncertainty, Looming Cognitive Style, and Avoidant Coping as Predictors of Anxiety and Depression During COVID-19: a Longitudinal Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolette D. Carnahan ◽  
Michele M. Carter ◽  
Tracy Sbrocco
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Intolerance Of Uncertainty ◽  
Avoidant Coping ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Looming Cognitive Style

Looming cognitive style and quality of life in a cancer cohort

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-454
Author(s):  
Tomer T. Levin ◽  
John Riskind ◽  
Yuelin Li
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Mental Component Score ◽  
Physical Component Score ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Component Score ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Looming Cognitive Style

AbstractObjective:Looming cognitive styles (LCS) bias the velocity of potential threats and have been implicated in anxiety and depression vulnerability. This study aims to explore their contribution to impaired quality of life (QOL), beyond that of depression and anxiety, in a cancer cohort.Method:In a cross-sectional design, an ambulatory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cohort completed a psychological battery that included the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories, the SF-36 Health Survey, the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACT), the Looming Cognitive Style Questionnaire (LCSQ), and the Looming Cancer measure.Results:The Looming Cancer measure correlated significtly with overall QOL (FACT-G, p = 0.005). This effect was largely due to the contribution of emotional QOL (Mental Component Score: SF-36, p = 0.001; FACT-emotional, p = 0.001) and functional QOL (FACT-functional, p = 0.001). Looming, unlike anxiety and depression, did not correlate with a worse physical QOL (Physical Component Score: SF-36, FACT-physical). Looming did not impact on social QOL. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that looming predicted 5.4% of the varience on the FACT-emotional, 5.1% on the Mental Component Score (SF-36), and 9.3% on the mental health subscale (SF-36), above and beyond the varience predicted by a constellation of psychosocial factors (including age, marital status, education, income) and the combined effect of depression and anxietySignificance of results:LCS predicts worse emotional and functional QOL, above and beyond the contribution of anxiety, depression, and other psycho-social variables. This suggests that it makes a unique contribution to a worse QOL. Nevertheless, the looming construct still remains primarily a research tool in psycho-oncology at this time.

scholarly journals Active And Avoidant Coping Profiles In Children And Their Relationship With Anxiety And Depression During The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiaochu Zhang ◽  
Samuel M.Y. Ho ◽  
Yanlin Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Avoidant Coping ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Active and avoidant coping styles are important dispositional factors for the development of anxiety and depression symptoms. Children use both active and avoidant coping together in daily life. No studies have investigated the relationship between active-avoidant coping profiles and internalizing symptoms of children in the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to investigate children’s active-avoidant coping profiles and assess the relationship of active-avoidant coping profiles to anxiety and depression symptoms in the COVID-19 pandemic. A two-wave longitudinal study was conducted among 322 Chinese children in mainland China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants completed the Children’s Coping Strategies Checklist – Revised1 in Time 1 and the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale in Time 1 and 6 months later (Time 2). Four active-avoidant coping profiles were revealed: Low Active copers, High Active copers, Balanced copers, and Avoidant copers. Low and High Active copers were related to lower levels of anxiety and depression symptoms than Balanced copers and Avoidant copers. Avoidant copers showed less decrease in depression symptoms than Balanced copers and High Active copers. It is important to improve children's active-avoidant coping profiles for relieving anxiety and depression symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Family carers' distress and abusive behaviour: longitudinal study

2010 ◽  
Vol 196 (6) ◽  
pp. 480-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Cooper ◽  
Martin Blanchard ◽  
Amber Selwood ◽  
Zuzana Walker ◽  
Gill Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Specialist Services ◽  
The Family ◽  
Abusive Behaviour ◽  
Conflict Tactics

BackgroundA third of family carers of people with dementia report abusive behaviour towards the person for whom they are caring. This is the first longitudinal study to investigate such behaviour.AimsTo test our hypotheses that carers' reports of abusive behaviour would increase over time, and that change in abuse scores would be predicted by change in anxiety and depression scores.MethodIn total, 131 (71.6%) of the family/friend dementia carers consecutively recruited from new referrals to Essex and London community mental health teams who were interviewed at baseline, completed the revised Modified Conflict Tactics Scale to measure abuse 1 year later.ResultsSixty-three (48.1%) of the carers reported any abusive behaviour at baseline compared with 81 (61.8%) a year later (χ2 = 6.9, P = 0.009). An increase in abuse scores was predicted by an increase in anxiety and depressive symptoms (respectively ß = 0.32, t = 3.9, P<0.001 and ß = 0.24, t = 2.9, P = 0.005), and by less domiciliary care at baseline (ß = –0.18, t =–2.2, P = 0.031).ConclusionsMost abusive behaviour reported by carers at baseline persisted or worsened in the following year, despite contact with specialist services. We suggest that trials of psychological interventions shown to reduce anxiety and depression in the carers of people with dementia are needed to determine whether they also reduce elder abuse, and can be delivered cost-effectively within the National Health Service (NHS).

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