Relationships Between Different Dimensions of Parentification According to Gender and Prediction Level of Parentification Dimensions for Psychological Symptoms

This chapter includes a complete copy of the IDEAL schedule, including its seven dimensions: 1) activities of daily living; 2) physical health; 3) cognitive functioning; 4) behavioural and psychological symptoms; 5) social support; 6) informal care, (which includes two sub-dimensions: time spent on care by informal carer and carer stress); and 7) formal professional care (which includes three sub-dimensions: total number of hours of formal professional care received, total number of hours of formal professional care needed, and additional dementia-related care needed). Each dimension has a set of anchor points, which assist the user of the schedule in rating the different dimensions appropriately. Information is also provided on how to calculate the total sum score on the IDEAL schedule.

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Biogenesis of Catalase-Positive Rods in Excretory Duct Cells of Salivary Glands

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100090294 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 62-63

Author(s):

Dwight K. Romanovicz ◽

Jacob S. Hanker

Keyword(s):

Light Microscopy ◽

Salivary Glands ◽

Submandibular Gland ◽

Excretory Duct ◽

Exocrine Glands ◽

Duct Cells ◽

Peroxidatic Activity ◽

Microscopic Studies ◽

Different Dimensions

The presence of catalase-positive rods (Fig. 1) of different dimensions, which frequently have a crystalline appearance by light microscopy, has been reported. They seem to be related to peroxisomes which were characterized morphologically and cytochemically in parotid and other exocrine glands of the rat by Hand in 1973. Our light microscopic studies of these spherical microbodies and rods of different sizes, stained by virtue of the peroxidatic activity of their catalase, indicate that they are almost entirely confined to the cells of the striated and execretory ducts of the submandibular gland in the mouse. The rods were usually noted only in the proximity of the ductal microbodies. The latter frequently showed a tendency to appear in linear close array, or even to be contiguous (Fig. 2). This suggested that the rods could be formed by the fusion of microbodies.

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“Music First”

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000180 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 17-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dane L. Shiltz ◽

Tara T. Lineweaver ◽

Tim Brimmer ◽

Alex C. Cairns ◽

Danielle S. Halcomb ◽

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Keyword(s):

Usual Care ◽

Psychological Symptoms ◽

Care Facility ◽

Care Group ◽

Music Listening ◽

Term Care ◽

Antipsychotic Medications ◽

Risk Of Death ◽

Extended Care ◽

Individualized Music

Abstract. Existing research has primarily evaluated music therapy (MT) as a means of reducing the negative affect, behavioral, and/or cognitive symptoms of dementia. Music listening (ML), on the other hand, offers a less-explored, potentially equivalent alternative to MT and may further reduce exposure to potentially harmful psychotropic medications traditionally used to manage negative behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). This 5-month prospective, naturalistic, interprofessional, single-center extended care facility study compared usual care (45 residents) and usual care combined with at least thrice weekly personalized ML sessions (47 residents) to determine the influence of ML. Agitation decreased for all participants (p < .001), and the ML residents receiving antipsychotic medications at baseline experienced agitation levels similar to both the usual care group and the ML patients who were not prescribed antipsychotics (p < .05 for medication × ML interaction). No significant changes in psychotropic medication exposure occurred. This experimental study supports ML as an adjunct to pharmacological approaches to treating agitation in older adults with dementia living in long-term care facilities. It also highlights the need for additional research focused on how individualized music programs affect doses and frequencies of antipsychotic medications and their associated risk of death and cerebrovascular events in this population.

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The Embittered Mind

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000208 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (4) ◽

pp. 213-222 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Hansjörg Znoj ◽

Sandra Abegglen ◽

Ulrike Buchkremer ◽

Michael Linden

Keyword(s):

Emotional Reaction ◽

Control Group ◽

Systematic Research ◽

Roc Curve Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Different Dimensions ◽

First Time ◽

Common Understanding

Abstract. There is a growing interest in embitterment as psychological concept. However, little systematic research has been conducted to characterize this emotional reaction. Still, there is an ongoing debate about the distinctiveness of embitterment and its dimensions. Additionally, a categorical and a dimensional perspective on embitterment have been developed independently over the last decade. The present study investigates the dimensions of embitterment by bringing these two different approaches together, for the first time. The Bern Embitterment Inventory (BEI) was given to 49 patients diagnosed with “Posttraumatic Embitterment Disorder (PTED)” and a matched control group of 49 patients with psychological disorders with other dominant emotional dysregulations. The ability to discriminate between the two groups was assessed by t-tests and Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves (ROC curve analysis). PTED patients scored significantly higher on the BEI than the patients of the control group. ROC analyses indicated diagnostic accuracy of the inventory. Further, we conducted Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) to examine the different dimensions of embitterment and their relations. As a result, we found four characteristic dimensions of embitterment, namely disappointment, lack of acknowledge, pessimism, and misanthropy. In general, our findings showed a common understanding of embitterment as a unique but multidimensional emotional reaction to distressful life-events.

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Perceived Realism of Television Medical Dramas and Perceptions About Physicians

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000047 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 141-148 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Hyunyi Cho ◽

Kari Wilson ◽

Jounghwa Choi

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Factor Analyses ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Perceived Realism ◽

Medical Dramas ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Different Dimensions

This study investigated whether and how dimensions of perceived realism of television medical dramas are linked to perceptions of physicians. The three dimensions of perceived realism were considered: plausibility, typicality, and narrative consistency. Data from a survey of college students were examined with confirmatory factor analyses and hierarchical regression analyses. Across the three dramas (ER, Grey’s Anatomy, and House), narrative consistency predicted positive perceptions about physicians. Perceived plausibility and typicality of the medical dramas showed no significant association with perceptions about physicians. These results illustrate the importance of distinguishing different dimensions of perceived realism and the importance of narrative consistency in influencing social beliefs.

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