The Role of Core Self-Evaluations in the Relationship Between Stress and Depression in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse B. DeAngelis ◽  
Rana Yaghmaian ◽  
Susan Miller Smedema
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Core Self ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: To investigate the role of core self-evaluations (CSE) in the relationship between perceived stress and depression in persons with spinal cord injury.Method: Two hundred forty-seven adults with spinal cord injury completed an online survey measuring perceived stress, CSE, and depressive symptoms.Results: A multiple regression analysis revealed CSE to significantly mediate the relationship between perceived stress and depression. A hierarchical regression analysis also confirmed that CSE is a significant moderator of the relationship between perceived stress and depression. The association between perceived stress and depression was significantly stronger for low-CSE individuals and weaker for high-CSE individuals.Conclusion: High CSE appears to buffer the effect of perceived stress on depressive symptoms for persons with spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation interventions should aim to enhance CSE as a means to prevent depression among this population.

scholarly journals Does Theorizing on Reciprocal Altruism Apply to the Relationships of Individuals with a Spinal Cord Injury?

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 147470491201000 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.P. Buunk ◽  
Rosario Zurriaga ◽  
Pilar González
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Reciprocal Altruism ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Partner Relationships ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
The Relationship

From the perspective of reciprocal altruism, we examined the role of reciprocity in the close relationships of people inflicted with a spinal cord injury (SCI) ( n = 70). We focused on the help receiver rather than on the help giver. Participants perceived more reciprocity in relationships with friends than in relationships with the partner and with family members. In these last relationships, perceptions of indebtedness were more prevalent than perceptions of deprivation. However, most negative feelings were evoked by a lack of reciprocity in partner relationships, followed by family relationships, and next by friendships. Moreover, depression was especially associated with a lack of perceived reciprocity in the relationships with family, and somewhat less with a lack of perceived reciprocity in the relationship with the partner. These results underline the importance of reciprocity in relationships, but suggest that reciprocity may be more, rather than less important in partner and family relationships.

scholarly journals Reactive Astrogliosis: Implications in Spinal Cord Injury Progression and Therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyu Li ◽  
Meng Li ◽  
Lige Tian ◽  
Jianan Chen ◽  
Ronghan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Degenerative Diseases ◽  
Cns Disorders ◽  
Reactive Astrogliosis ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Injury Progression ◽  
The Relationship

Astrocytes are the most populous glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS). They are essential to CNS physiology and play important roles in the maintenance of homeostasis, development of synaptic plasticity, and neuroprotection. Nevertheless, under the influence of certain factors, astrocytes may also exert detrimental effects through a process of reactive astrogliosis. Previous studies have shown that astrocytes have more than one type of polarization. Two types have been extensively researched. One is a damaging change that occurs under inflammation and has been termed A1 astrocyte, while the other is a restorative change that occurs under ischemic induction and was termed A2 astrocyte. Researchers are now increasingly paying attention to the role of astrocytes in spinal cord injury (SCI), degenerative diseases, chronic pain, neurological tumors, and other CNS disorders. In this review, we discuss (a) the characteristics of polarized astrocytes, (b) the relationship between astrocyte polarization and SCI, and (c) new implications of reactive astrogliosis for future SCI therapies.

Does pain interference mediate the relationship of independence in ambulation with depressive symptoms after spinal cord injury?

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Krause ◽  
Sandra S. Brotherton ◽  
David C. Morrisette ◽  
Susan D. Newman ◽  
Tasos E. Karakostas
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Pain Interference ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Role of melatonin in the dynamics of acute spinal cord injury in rats

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaqi Bi ◽  
Jianxiong Shen ◽  
Chong Chen ◽  
Zheng Li ◽  
Haining Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Acute Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals Exoskeletons, Rehabilitation and Bodily Capacities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1357034X2110256
Author(s):  
Denisa Butnaru
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Spinal Cord Injuries ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Cerebrovascular Accidents ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Neurological Conditions

Motility impairments resulting from spinal cord injuries and cerebrovascular accidents are increasingly prevalent in society, leading to the growing development of rehabilitative robotic technologies, among them exoskeletons. This article outlines how bodies with neurological conditions such as spinal cord injury and stroke engage in processes of re-appropriation while using exoskeletons and some of the challenges they face. The main task of exoskeletons in rehabilitative environments is either to rehabilitate or ameliorate anatomic functions of impaired bodies. In these complex processes, they also play a crucial role in recasting specific corporeal phenomenologies. For the accomplishment of these forms of corporeal re-appropriation, the role of experts is crucial. This article explores how categories such as bodily resistance, techno-inter-corporeal co-production of bodies and machines, as well as body work mark the landscape of these contemporary forms of impaired corporeality. While defending corporeal extension rather than incorporation, I argue against the figure of the ‘cyborg’ and posit the idea of ‘residual subjectivity’.

Psychometric validation of the Core Self-Evaluations Scale in people with spinal cord injury

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 889-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Miller Smedema ◽  
Blaise Morrison ◽  
Rana A. Yaghmaian ◽  
Jesse Deangelis ◽  
Holly Aldrich
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Core Self
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