Neurochemical Responses to Music

The Brain ◽

Neuroscientific pursuit of music is of growing interest. Literature shows that music enhances neurochemical release, activating the pleasure center of the brain; promotes the secretion of an antibody, enhancing immunity; as well as attenuates and prevents the release of a stress hormone, helping to cope with stressors. These findings demonstrate that music can potentially serve as a scientifically proven medium to exert positive effects on physical and psychological health and well-being. However, research on neurochemical responses to music is still in its infancy and further research is critically needed to determine more specific effects of music. This chapter summarizes existing literature investigating central and peripheral molecular responses to music including neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, hormones, and immune biomarkers, discusses the limitations, and warrants more neuroimaging studies to aim to expand interdisciplinary research in music and neuroscience.

Open Plan Office Design Features Affecting Staff’s Health and Well-being Status

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v70.3583 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 70 (7) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Arezou Shafaghat ◽

Ali Keyvanfar ◽

Hasanuddin Lamit ◽

Seyed Ali Mousavi ◽

Mohd Zaimi Abd Majid

Keyword(s):

Psychological Health ◽

Indoor Environment ◽

Well Being ◽

Environment Design ◽

Effect Analysis ◽

Office Design ◽

Open Plan ◽

Cause And Effect Analysis ◽

Sustainable office building indoor environment design is a challengeable issue for professionals in thermal comfort, satisfaction, health, and energy fields of research. The professionals intensively need a comprehensive list of office indoor environment design features to promote the level of performance and productivity of staff. One of the most effective factors dealing with staff performance and productivity is physical and psychological health which has not yet been investigated in depth is open-plan office design. In this regard, the current research aimed at establishing a comprehensive list of Open Plan Offices Design (OPOD) features affecting physical and psychological health and well-being of the staff at office buildings. Research methodology engaged two phases corresponding to two objectives. Phase one was to investigate OPOD features and sub-features through a critical literature review using fishbone cause-and-effect analysis technique. Phase one has clustered the OPOD features into two; positive and negative classes. The cause-and-effect analysis determined 3 positive features and 5 negative features involved in the positive and negative classes, respectively. The Efficient Workflow and Performance, Flexible Design, and Cost Efficient were identified as positive OPOD features which involves a number of sub-features. The Distraction, Decreasing Work Feedback, Job Dissatisfaction, Illness, and stress have been determined as OPOD features which impact negatively on staff’s health. The second phase conducted a content analysis on reviewed literatures to indicate the popularity of citation of each OPOD feature in previous studies. The content analysis determined in the Positive cluster, the sub-feature “Facilitate Communication”, under Efficient Workflow & Performance was investigated more than other sub-features. In addition, in the Negative cluster, the sub-feature Auditory Distraction under Distraction was highly investigated. The research asserts that undertaking the research outputs will promote performance and productivity of staff in office buildings. Architects, facility managers, design consultants, and authority may use the output as a decision support checklist for future office design and/or renovations.

Increasing Patient Motivation and Adherence to Nutritional Care: The Importance to Overcome Psychological Barriers

10.1007/978-3-030-63892-4_10 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 135-146

Author(s):

Maria Eduarda Batista de Lima ◽

Stefano Eleuteri

Keyword(s):

Healthy Eating ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Older Patients ◽

Eating Habits ◽

Well Being ◽

Nutritional Care ◽

Psychological Barriers ◽

Motivational Interventions ◽

AbstractEating habits are inseparably linked with people’s physical and psychological health and well-being. Many factors impact on eating behavior and nutritional status in older adults. Motivational and multidisciplinary interventions have been shown to be highly effective in promoting healthy eating, especially in hospitalized patients, but are often overlooked or not considered. The aim of this chapter is to discuss how to overcome the psychological barriers that lead older patients away from an appropriate nutritional intake and the importance of motivational interventions for adherence to nutritional care, providing useful evidence and direction for further research.

Supporting Health and Well-Being for Resettled Refugee Women: The Global Women’s Group

Creative Nursing ◽

10.1891/1078-4535.22.4.226 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 226-232 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Irene C. Felsman

Keyword(s):

Psychological Health ◽

Preventive Health Services ◽

Well Being ◽

The United States ◽

Literacy Intervention ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Refugee Women ◽

Gender Based ◽

Women refugees arrive in the United States often having experienced extreme levels of poverty, deprivation, and violence, including gender-based violence, which can severely affect their physical and psychological health and well-being. A women’s group was initiated to improve the health and well-being of refugee women in Durham, North Carolina, through a collaboratively designed, culturally appropriate health literacy intervention for women based on mutually identified needs; to empower them to seek preventive health services and screening through knowledge and skills about health needs and access to care; and to create an environment for the development of a supportive social/peer network for the prevention of social isolation and mental health issues related to the refugee experience.

Burnout or Compassion Fatigue? A Comparative Concept Analysis for Nurses Caring for Patients in High-Stakes Environments

International Journal for Human Caring ◽

10.20467/1091-5710.24.1.59 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 59-71

Author(s):

Franklin Wynn

Keyword(s):

Occupational Health ◽

Compassion Fatigue ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Well Being ◽

Concept Analysis ◽

High Stakes ◽

Nursing Knowledge ◽

Comparative Concept ◽

Burnout and compassion fatigue are two distinct concepts experienced by nurses caring for patients in high-stakes environments. Nurses often do not recognize which concept they are experiencing due to the similarities and interchangeable use of these terms in literature. Nurses in high-stakes settings need to have these concepts further explored as they impact their physical and psychological health. This comparative concept analysis examines these terms using Walker and Avant methodology. Defining attributes, antecedents, consequences, empirical referents, and constructed cases are discussed. This analysis adds to the nursing knowledge needed to support nurses in achieving optimal occupational health and well-being.

Spirituality in Achieving Physical and Psychological Health and Well-Being: Theory, Research and Low Cost Interventions*

Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health ◽

10.1007/0-387-36899-x_22 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 435-452 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Len Sperry ◽

Louis Hoffman ◽

Richard H. Cox ◽

Betty Ervin Cox

Keyword(s):

Psychological Health ◽

Low Cost ◽

Well Being ◽

Theory Research ◽

Group Singing and Quality of Life

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190219505.013.22 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Patricia Lee ◽

Donald Stewart ◽

Stephen Clift

Keyword(s):

Psychological Health ◽

Social Engagement ◽

Social Activity ◽

Well Being ◽

Quantitative Model ◽

Social Health ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Choral Singing ◽

Positive Effects ◽

International research has broadly reported positive effects of singing on health. Choral singing, a social activity, can contribute to health and social and emotional well-being through enhancing individual and social variables, such as a sense of motivation, personal worth, concentration, and social engagement. This cross-sectional study aimed to establish a quantitative model to explain how multiple attributes of choral singing interact to impact on different dimensions of health and well-being. Using data from an Australian subsample within a multinational project, the results, from a series of stepwise hierarchical regression models, showed that choral singing benefited the choir members’ physical and psychological health and well-being through social engagement and a sense of positive identity. Choral singing also impacted social health and well-being positively by promoting feelings of excitement and importance to life, as well as longer duration of involvement in the choir. This study will contribute to developing targeted group singing or social activities to promote continued physical, psychological, and social health.

Medicine's Melodies: Music, Health and Well-Being

Music and Medicine ◽

10.47513/mmd.v11i4.711 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 236

Author(s):

Daniel Joseph Levitin

Keyword(s):

Music Therapy ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

Well Being ◽

The Past ◽

Current State ◽

Dementia Patients ◽

Health And Well Being ◽

Broad Overview

Most of what we hear about the connection between music and health is largely anecdotal. The past decade has seen a renewed interest in the connections from researchers conducting rigorous experimental studies. In this broad overview, I will review the current state of knowledge, touching on music therapy for both physical and psychological health, music for the management of pain, and musical interventions for dementia patients.

The Impact of Psychological Flexibility on Psychological Well-Being in Adults With Obesity

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636933 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Anna Guerrini Usubini ◽

Giorgia Varallo ◽

Valentina Granese ◽

Roberto Cattivelli ◽

Simone Consoli ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Psychological Health ◽

Psychological Flexibility ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

The Impact ◽

Obesity is a global health problem that affects both physical and psychological health and well-being. Psychological flexibility is one of the key components related to psychological health. This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the impact of psychological flexibility on psychological well-being in a sample of 220 individuals with obesity. Multivariate analysis was performed to investigate the role of psychological flexibility in explaining psychological well-being, controlling for confounding factors (sex, age, and Body Mass Index). According to the results, psychological flexibility significantly explained psychological well-being. Our study provides additional evidence of the impact of psychological flexibility on psychological well-being. It also provides further support for the importance of integrating psychological flexibility in the psychological interventions for obesity.

Transition from Emotional to Rational Advertising for Food Products on the Romanian Market

Cercetari Agronomice in Moldova ◽

10.1515/cerce-2017-0009 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 101-108

Author(s):

A.F. Jităreanu ◽

Elena Leonte ◽

A. Chiran ◽

Benedicta Drobotă

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Eating Habits ◽

Well Being ◽

Point Of View ◽

The Body ◽

Positive Effects ◽

New Methods ◽

Brand Advertising ◽

Tangible Evidence ◽

Abstract Advertising helps to establish a set of assumptions that the consumer will bring to all other aspects of their engagement with a given brand. Advertising provides tangible evidence of the financial credibility and competitive presence of an organization. Persuasion is becoming more important in advertising. In marketing, persuasive advertising acts to establish wants/motivations and beliefs/attitudes by helping to formulate a conception of the brand as being one which people like those in the target audience would or should prefer. Considering the changes in lifestyle and eating habits of a significant part of the population in urban areas in Romania, the paper aims to analyse how brands manage to differentiate themselves from competitors, to reposition themselves on the market and influence consumers, meeting their increasingly varied needs. Food brands on the Romanian market are trying, lately, to identify new methods of differentiation and new benefits for their buyers. Given that more and more consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about what they eat and the products’ health effects, brands struggle to highlight the fact that their products offer real benefits for the body. The advertisements have become more diversified and underline the positive effects, from the health and well - being point of view, that those foods offer (no additives and preservatives, use of natural ingredients, various vitamins and minerals or the fact that they are dietary). Advertising messages’ diversification is obvious on the Romanian market, in the context of an increasing concern of the population for the growing level of information of some major consumer segments.