Stressful Life Events, Cognitive Appraisals, and Psychological Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong

1998 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Cognitive Appraisals ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Stressful Life

Somatic Distress, Mental Health and Psychological Resilience Among Cancer Patients During the Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eser Sağaltıcı ◽  
Özcan Sönmez ◽  
Ebru Karcı ◽  
Şengül Kocamer Şahin ◽  
Arzu Ertürk
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Somatic Distress ◽  
Stress Symptoms

Abstract Objective The current researches during COVID-19 have not yet addressed somatic distress among cancer patients. The aims of this study are to investigate the somatic distress and psychological symptoms levels of cancer patients, and analyze the influencing factors on somatic distress during the pandemic. Methods This cross-sectional study included consecutively selected 216 eligible cancer patients. The Patient Health Questionnaire-15, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for DSM-5, The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21, the Brief Resilience Scale, the Stressful Life Events List due to Pandemic and, demographic and clinical characteristics form were administered to the participants with face to face interviewing. Results The moderate to severe somatic distress rate was % 38 and probable PTSD rate was 20.4%. Depression, anxiety and stress symptoms were 36.1%, 49.1% and 45.4%, respectively, from mild to extremely severe at any level. There were substantial association between somatic symptoms severity and high PTSD, anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms levels. Low educations levels, high anxiety levels, high experience stressful life events, and low psychological resilience predicted high somatic distress levels. Conclusion This study demonstrates the high risk of somatic distress, PTSD, depression, anxiety and stress in patients with cancer during the pandemic. In addition, somatic distress may indicate high levels of psychological symptoms, high experience stressful life events, and low psychological resilience. It underscores the need to assess psychological status during the pandemic, especially those with high level somatic symptoms.

Acute stress reactions

2012 ◽  
pp. 693-700
Author(s):  
Anke Ehlers ◽  
Allison G. Harvey ◽  
Richard A. Bryant
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
Extreme Stress ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Symptom Patterns

Exceptionally stressful life events can cause severe psychological symptoms, including anxiety, feelings of derealization and depersonalization, and hyperarousal. In one of the first studies to comprehensively document acute reactions to extreme stress, Lindemann observed that the symptoms reported by survivors of the Coconut Grove Fire included avoidance, re-experiencing scenes from the fire, reports of derealization, and the experience of anxiety when exposed to reminders of the event. Similarly, acute responses reported by soldiers who fought in the First and Second World Wars included re-experiencing symptoms and dissociative responses such as numbing, amnesia, and depersonalization. The International Classification of Diseases has recognized acute stress reactions since 1948 (ICD-6). In the most recent edition (ICD-10), early reactions to exceptionally stressful life events are diagnosed as acute stress reaction, one of the diagnoses in the section headed ‘reactions to severe stress, and adjustment disorders’. The diagnoses of acute stress reactions in ICD-10 and of acute stress disorder in DSM-IV have similarities in that they are caused by extreme stress and have some overlap in symptom patterns. They can be considered as two separate points on a continuum from transient to more enduring symptoms. However, there are also differences in the underlying concepts, as we will discuss in this chapter.

Stressful life events, insomnia and suicidality in a large sample of Chinese adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 249 ◽  
pp. 404-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao-Peng Liu ◽  
Xin-Ting Wang ◽  
Zhen-Zhen Liu ◽  
Ze-Ying Wang ◽  
Xianchen Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Large Sample

Coping, life stress, and psychological and somatic distress

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
June E. Higgins ◽  
Norman S. Endler
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Somatic Distress ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Relationship Of

Theory and research have focused on the relationships among coping processes, stressful life events, and psychological and physical distress. This study was designed to examine the relationship of stressful life events and three styles of coping—emotion oriented, task oriented, and avoidance oriented—to physical and psychological distress. Questionnaires measuring coping styles, recent life stressors, and both physical symptoms and psychological symptoms were completed by 205 undergraduates (101 males and 104 females). It was hypothesized that task‐oriented coping would negatively predict distress and that emotion‐oriented coping would positively predict distress. The relationships of two types of avoidance‐oriented coping (distraction and social diversion) to distress were also examined. Multiple regression analyses revealed that task‐oriented coping was negatively related to distress, but only for males. Emotion‐oriented coping was significantly positively predictive of distress for both males and females. The two subcomponents of avoidance‐oriented coping—distraction and social diversion—were differentially related to measures of distress. Life event stress positively predicted distress, both as an independent contributor of variance and in interaction with several coping styles.

Stressful life events and smoking behaviors in Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal analysis

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1085-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Booker ◽  
Jennifer Unger ◽  
Stanley Azen ◽  
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati ◽  
Brian Lickel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Smoking Behaviors
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