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Text Messages to Reduce Depressive Symptoms: Do They Work and What Makes Them Effective? A Systematic Review
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Cox, Katherine L.; Allida, Sabine M.; Hackett, Maree L. – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to quantify the effects of text messaging interventions to reduce depressive symptoms and identify variables that might influence the effectiveness of the intervention. Design: Electronic databases including EMBASE, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and SCOPUS, as well as…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Depression (Psychology), Intervention
Knowledge of Suicide Risk Factors, but Not Suicide Ideation Severity, Is Greater among College Students Who Viewed "13 Reasons Why"
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Chesin, Megan; Cascardi, Michele; Rosselli, Michelle; Tsang, William; Jeglic, Elizabeth L. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: To test associations between viewing "13 Reasons Why," Season 1 and past week suicide ideation severity, behavior risk, stigma, and knowledge in college students. To explore whether personal exposure to suicide and depressive symptom severity moderated these associations. Participants: Eight-hundred and eighteen college…
Descriptors: Suicide, Psychological Patterns, Health Behavior, At Risk Persons
Using Mindfulness to Improve Quality of Life in Caregivers of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Medvedev, Oleg N.; Hwang, Yoon-Suk; Myers, Rachel E.; Townshend, Kishani – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Objectives: Caring for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be gratifying as well as stressful. Professional staff employed as caregivers often report compromised mental and physical wellbeing due to the stressful nature of working with clients who exhibit aggressive and destructive behaviors.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Quality of Life, Metacognition, Caregivers
Problem-Solving Skills Training for Mothers of Children Recently Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Feasibility Study
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Nguyen, Cathina T.; Fairclough, Diane L.; Noll, Robert B. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Problem-solving skills training is an intervention designed to teach coping skills that has shown to decrease negative affectivity (depressive symptoms, negative mood, and post-traumatic stress symptoms) in mothers of children with cancer. The objective of this study was to see whether mothers of children recently diagnosed with autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Problem Solving, Mothers
Psychological Factors Associated with Weight Loss in Obese and Severely Obese Women in a Behavioral Physical Activity Intervention
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Annesi, James J.; Whitaker, Ann C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
The behavioral processes of weight reduction are poorly understood, and responses to treatments based primarily on caloric restriction have been unfavorable. A theory-based path derived from proposed relations of physical activity, changes in psychological factors, and weight loss was separately tested with women with Class I and Class II obesity…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Physical Activities, Self Efficacy
The Impact of Group-as-a-Whole Work on Anxiety and Depression in a Severely Mentally Ill Population
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Semmelhack, Diana J.; Hazell, Clive; Hoffman, William – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2008
This study explored the impact of a group-as-a-whole processing group on 11 severely mentally ill adult clients residing in a long term care facility over 30 weeks. Participants were evaluated for the effect of the group on anxiety and depression, using the Beck Depression Index (BDI-II) and the Beck Anxiety Index (BAI). This longitudinal study…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Health Services, Program Effectiveness