Influence of attributions on negative emotions of individuals experiencing parenting-related trauma

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hao Wu ◽  
Jiaxu Zhao ◽  
Xiaomei Chao
Keyword(s):  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Death Of A Child ◽  
Child With A Disability

We investigated how the type of trauma and attributions contribute to and affect negative emotions in individuals who have experienced parenting-related trauma. We assessed 6 negative emotions and 4 attributions of 294 participants who had experienced 3 types of parenting-related trauma: infertility, death of a child, or a child with a disability; and 124 participants who had not experienced parentingrelated trauma (control group). Results show that the attributions had different effects on the negative emotions of participants in each of the 3 trauma groups and the control group. Our findings suggest that attribution is an important factor in inhibiting the influence of parenting-related trauma on negative emotions.

scholarly journals Wen-Dan Decoction Improves Negative Emotions in Sleep-Deprived Rats by Regulating Orexin-A and Leptin Expression

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengzhi Wu ◽  
Yuehan Song ◽  
Feng Li ◽  
Xin He ◽  
Jie Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Leptin Receptor ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Orexin A ◽  
Therapeutic Mechanisms ◽  
Leptin Expression

Wen-Dan Decoction (WDD), a formula of traditional Chinese medicine, has been clinically used for treating insomnia for approximately 800 years. However, the therapeutic mechanisms of WDD remain unclear. Orexin-A plays a key role in the sleep-wake cycle, while leptin function is opposite to orexin-A. Thus, orexin-A and leptin may be important factors in sleep disorders. In this study, 48 rats were divided into control, model, WDD-treated, and diazepam-treated groups. The model of insomnia was produced by sleep deprivation (SD) for 14 days. The expressions of orexin-A, leptin, and their receptors in blood serum, prefrontal cortex, and hypothalamus were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunohistochemistry, and real time PCR. Open field tests showed that SD increased both crossing movement (Cm) and rearing-movement (Rm) times. Orexin-A and leptin levels in blood serum increased after SD but decreased in brain compared to the control group. mRNA expressions of orexin receptor 1 and leptin receptor after SD were decreased in the prefrontal cortex but were increased in hypothalamus. WDD treatment normalized the behavior and upregulated orexin-A, leptin, orexin receptor 1 and leptin receptor in brain. The findings suggest that WDD treatment may regulate SD-induced negative emotions by regulating orexin-A and leptin expression.

scholarly journals Effects of Negative Emotions on Cognitive Schemas

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
Marius-Gabriel Amzulescu ◽  
Andreea-Ionela Chiscop ◽  
Diana-Nicol Marin ◽  
Cristina Lare ◽  
Andra-Maria Popescu
Keyword(s):  
Negative Emotions ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Core Beliefs ◽  
Cognitive Schemas ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The University

The present study investigates the effect of negative emotions (focusing on disappointment, sadness and regret) on cognitive schemas. The sample consist in students from the University of Bucharest (convenience groups). A univariate unifactorial experimental design was used, as the current study had one independent variable, negative emotions, and a dependent variable, cognitive schemas, which was measured with the Core Beliefs Questionnaire instrument. We applied T test for independent samples, using SPSS. The t test was statistically significant, t (45) = 2.57, p <0.05. The confidence interval (95%) for the difference between the averages is between 2.95 and 24.35. After applying the intervention, the evaluated sample (M = 43.17, SD = 29,074) showed a statistically significant difference compared to the control group (M = 29.52, SD = 11.257). The data collected support the main research hypothesis of the study, negative emotions can bring about changes in certain cognitive schemas by modifying, altering or disrupting them.

scholarly journals Perception of Non-Verbal Prosody in Children with ASD

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra V. Maslennikova ◽  
Galina V. Portnova ◽  
Olga V. Martynova
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Spectral Power ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Target Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Spectrum Density ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Important Marker

AbstractParalinguistic features of the speaker, such as prosody, temp, loudness, and dynamics, are an important marker of a person’s emotional state. The deficit of processing of emotional prosody could be preferably associated with the impairments in individuals with ASD’s social behavior. The following two groups of children participated in our study: 30 preschoolers from 4 to 6 years old in the target group (39.1 ± 6.4 scores by Childhood Autism Rating Scale), 24 preschoolers of the control group from 4 to 6 years in the control group. The prosody stimuli were the combination of syllables, said with intonations of “joy,” “angry,” “sadness,” “fear,” and “calm.” Fast Fourier transform (FFT) is used to analyze power spectrum density (PSD). The resulting normalized spectrum was integrated over unit width intervals in the range of interest (2 to 20 Hz with a step in 1Hz). Children with ASD, similarly to TD children, showed the most pronounced differenced of EEG in response to prosodics of fear and anger. The significant groups’ differences in PSD were detected for sad and joy intonations. Indexes of EEG differences between pleasure and painful intonations were significantly higher in the control group than children with ASD and between sadness and calm or joy and calm intonations. This paper makes up two main contributions: In general, we obtained that children with ASD have less response to a human voice’s emotional intonation. The physical characteristics of stimuli are more critical than a sign of emotions. The effect of EEG spectral power has hemisphere specialization in the healthy control group, but not in ASD children. Since spectral power for negative emotions in the target group is higher, we proposed that ASD children worse recognize positive emotions than negative emotions.

Negative emotions towards others are diminished in remitted major depression

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Zahn ◽  
K.E. Lythe ◽  
J.A. Gethin ◽  
S. Green ◽  
J.F.W. Deakin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Moral Emotions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Attributional Bias ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Blame Attribution ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
History Of ◽  
Attribution Theories

AbstractBackground:One influential view is that vulnerability to major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a proneness to experience negative emotions in general. In contrast, blame attribution theories emphasise the importance of blaming oneself rather than others for negative events. Our previous exploratory study provided support for the attributional hypothesis that patients with remitted MDD show no overall bias towards negative emotions, but a selective bias towards emotions entailing self-blame relative to emotions that entail blaming others. More specifically, we found a decreased proneness for contempt/disgust towards others relative to oneself (i.e. self-contempt bias). Here, we report a definitive test of the competing general negative versus specific attributional bias theories of MDD.Methods:We compared a medication-free remitted MDD (n = 101) and a control group (n = 70) with no family or personal history of MDD on a previously validated experimental test of moral emotions. The task measures proneness to specific emotions associated with different types of self-blame (guilt, shame, self-contempt/disgust, self-indignation/anger) and blame of others (other-indignation/anger, other-contempt/disgust) whilst controlling for the intensity of unpleasantness.Results:We confirmed the hypothesis that patients with MDD exhibit an increased self-contempt bias with a reduction in contempt/disgust towards others. Furthermore, they also showed a decreased proneness for indignation/anger towards others.Conclusions:This corroborates the prediction that vulnerability to MDD is associated with an imbalance of specific self- and other-blaming emotions rather than a general increase in negative emotions. This has important implications for neurocognitive models and calls for novel focussed interventions to rebalance blame in MDD.

scholarly journals Does TB stigma affect emotion recognition? A study with a Portuguese sample

Psicologia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Teresa Maria Nascimento ◽  
Mauro Bianchi
Keyword(s):  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Clinical Group ◽  
Stigma Consciousness ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Tb Treatment ◽  
Perception Of Emotions

TB stigma constitutes a major barrier to disease control and social distress. This study aims to understand better the inherent social processes on the perception of emotions. Thus far, the specific role of TB stigma in this respect was not tested. We hypothesize that individuals in TB treatment (vs. a control non-clinical group) would identify more negative emotions in the faces of others, specifically rejecting emotions (e.g., disgust) when preoccupied with TB stigma. Two groups of participants completed a questionnaire with 23  faces, identified the emotions portrayed in the pictures, and reported their level of Stigma Consciousness, Interpersonal-Rejection Related to Stigma, and Rejection Sensitivity. Results show that the two groups significantly differ in their perceptions of negative emotions: participants in treatment identify less disgust and more sadness, fear, and anger versus the control group. Findings are discussed concerning the literature on stigma and its consequences.

scholarly journals Effects of a person-centred and health-promoting intervention in home care services– a non-randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Lämås ◽  
Karin Bölenius ◽  
Per-Olof Sandman ◽  
Marie Lindkvist ◽  
David Edvardsson
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Health Promoting

Abstract Background Home care recipients have reported little self-determination and opportunity to influence their own care. Person-centred care focusing on involvement has improved the quality of life of older adults in health care and nursing homes; however, knowledge about the effects of person-centred interventions in aged care at home is sparse. The aim of this study was to study the effects of a person-centred and health-promoting intervention, compared with usual care, on health-related quality of life, thriving and self-determination among older adults, and on job satisfaction, stress of conscience and level of person-centred care among care staff. Methods This is a non-randomized controlled trial with a before/after design. Participants from five home care districts in one municipality in northern Sweden were recruited to an intervention or control group. We evaluated health-related quality of life, thriving and self-determination among older home care recipients, and job satisfaction, person-centred care and stress of conscience among care staff. Evaluation was performed by questionnaires and responses were analysed using parametric and non-parametric statistical analyses. Results Eighty-one older adults and 48 staff were included in the study. A clinically moderate and statistically significant difference between the intervention and control groups was found in thriving and negative emotions among older adults. The intervention contributed to maintaining high thriving levels, in contrast to decreased thriving in the control group (intervention: + 1, control: − 4, p 0.026, CI: − 10. 766, − 0.717). However, the intervention group rated an increase in negative emotions, while the control group was unchanged (intervention: − 7 control: + − 0, p 0.048, CI: − 17.435, − 0.098). No significant effects were found among staff. Conclusions The intervention contributed to maintaining high levels of thriving in contrast to low levels found in the control group, and it seems reasonable to consider the intervention focus on staff as more person-centred and health-promoting. The finding that the intervention group had increase in negative emotions is difficult to interpret, and warrants further exploration. Even though the results are sparse, the challenges discussed may be of importance for future studies in the context of HCS. Trial registration NCT02846246. Date of registration: 27 July 2016.

scholarly journals Effects of Negative Emotions on Cognitive Schemas

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
Marius-Gabriel Amzulescu ◽  
Andreea-Ionela Chiscop ◽  
Diana-Nicol Marin ◽  
Cristina Lare ◽  
Andra-Maria Popescu
Keyword(s):  
Negative Emotions ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Core Beliefs ◽  
Cognitive Schemas ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The University

The present study investigates the effect of negative emotions (focusing on disappointment, sadness and regret) on cognitive schemas. The sample consist in students from the University of Bucharest (convenience groups). A univariate unifactorial experimental design was used, as the current study had one independent variable, negative emotions, and a dependent variable, cognitive schemas, which was measured with the Core Beliefs Questionnaire instrument. We applied T test for independent samples, using SPSS. The t test was statistically significant, t (45) = 2.57, p <0.05. The confidence interval (95%) for the difference between the averages is between 2.95 and 24.35. After applying the intervention, the evaluated sample (M = 43.17, SD = 29,074) showed a statistically significant difference compared to the control group (M = 29.52, SD = 11.257). The data collected support the main research hypothesis of the study, negative emotions can bring about changes in certain cognitive schemas by modifying, altering or disrupting them.

scholarly journals Impact of Pre-Transplantation Psychological Counseling in Improving the Mental Well-Being of Patients on Hemodialysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qianyun Zhao ◽  
Sen Zhang ◽  
Ran Yu
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Transplantation ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Psychological Counseling ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Mental Well Being

Background: Patients who are on hemodialysis (HD) and are waiting for kidney transplantation encounter various psychological issues.Objective: The current research aimed to compare the effectiveness of regular nursing care with that of nursing care coupled with dedicated psychological counseling in patients who were on HD before they underwent kidney transplantation.Methods: Baseline data were collected 1 month before kidney transplantation in patients of both the control (patients who received general nursing care between August 2011 and June 2015) and intervention (patients who received nursing care and psychological counseling between June 2015 and July 2018) groups. The Mental Status Scale in Non-Psychiatric Settings (MSSNS) was administered to assess and record the psychological status. Clinicodemographic and end-stage renal disease (ESRD)-related details, including duration of dialysis, causes for ESRD, the number of dialysis sessions performed before transplantation, and MSSNS scores, were recorded and compared between the groups.Results: A total of 37 patients were enrolled, including 19 in the control group and 18 in the intervention group. The number of dialysis sessions performed before transplantation was 143 (26, 564) and 227.5 (39, 767), and dialysis duration was 20.4 ± 14.5 and 14.4 ± 12.1 months in the intervention and control groups, respectively. There was no significant difference in baseline negative emotions between the two groups (P &gt; 0.05). The psychological intervention group reported significantly lower anxiety, depression, anger, and loneliness scores than the control group (P &lt; 0.05).Conclusion: Psychological counseling before kidney transplantation in patients on HD could reduce their negative emotions and enhance mental well-being.

scholarly journals Efficacy of acupuncture and its influence on the emotional network in adult insomnia patients: protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial

Trials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tongfei Jiang ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Fang Yuan ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Jing Guo
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Alternative Therapy ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Sleep Diary ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Hamilton Depression Scale

Abstract Introduction Insomnia disorder (ID) is characterized by dissatisfaction with the quantity or quality of sleep and is often accompanied by negative emotions such as anxiety and depression. Patients with insomnia become trapped in a vicious circle of bad moods and poor sleep. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (r-fMRI) studies have shown abnormalities in emotion-related brain networks in patients with ID. And it has been proven that reducing negative emotions improves sleep quality. As a traditional alternative therapy, acupuncture has been demonstrated to be effective not only in improving sleep quality but also in stabilizing emotions; however, the mode of action needs to be further explored. Therefore, a clinical trial was designed to explore the effect of acupuncture in improving sleep and mood and to intuitively investigate the regulation of the emotional network using fMRI. Methods and analysis A total of 60 participants with ID will be randomly allocated to a spirit-regulating group or a control group using non-effective acupoints acupuncture at a ratio of 1:1. All participants will receive 3 acupuncture treatment sessions per week for 4 weeks. In addition, 30 healthy individuals will be included in the healthy group. The primary outcome is the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Secondary outcomes are the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD), the Hyperarousal Scale (HAS), and the Fatigue Scale-14 (FS-14), r-fMRI data, sleep diary, and actigraphy. The data will be collected prior to treatment, following treatment, and during the 12-week follow-up period; a sleep diary will be kept during the entire process. Ethics and dissemination This protocol has been approved by the Research Ethical Committee of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Bejing TCM Hospital). The results will be published in peer-reviewed journals or presented at academic conferences. Trial registration Chinese Clinical Trials Register ChiCTR1800015282. Protocol version: Version 1.0. Date: Dec.2020

scholarly journals Facing Life Problems Through the Internet. The Link Between Psychosocial Malaise and Problematic Internet Use in an Adolescent Sample.

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Venuleo ◽  
Lucrezia Ferrante ◽  
Simone Rollo
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Problematic Internet Use ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Vie Quotidienne ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Life Problems

Scholars have highlighted the role of negative affect as key correlates of Problematic Internet Use (PIU). According to the assumption that Internet-related behaviours can be seen as mechanisms to cope with everyday life (Kardefelt-Winther, 2017), the present study aims to explore the relation between PIU and psychosocial malaise, expecting that adolescents with high levels of social anxiety, negative emotions, and loneliness are more likely to be associated to the problem group of Internet users. Measures of PIU (GPIUS–2), social anxiety (IAS), negative affectivity (PANAS), and loneliness (ILS) were detected in a sample of 766 students attending Year 9–11 (13–19 years old; 47% females) of public high schools in the territory of Lecce (Apulia–Italy). A sub-group of problematic Internet users was identified (n = 185) and a control group was selected (n = 187). A logistic regression was applied to estimate the effect of psychosocial variables on the differentiation between problematic and control Internet users. Results of the present cross-sectional study show that a higher level of social anxiety, negative emotions, and loneliness increases the probability of belonging to the group of problematic Internet users. No significant differences between males and females were found in GPIU levels. The findings show that, for a better understanding of PIU onset and maintenance among adolescents, it is important, to take into account the life problems which may lead young people to overindulge in Internet use.RésuméLes scientifiques ont mis en lumière le rôle de l’affect négatif comme corrélat significatif de la dépendance. Partant de l’hypothèse que les comportements dans Internet peuvent être vus comme des mécanismes d’adaptation à la vie quotidienne (Kardefelt-Winther, 2017), notre étude visait à explorer la relation entre la cyberdépendance et le malaise psychosocial. On s’attendait à ce que les adolescents affichant un degré élevé d’anxiété sociale, d’émotions négatives et de solitude fassent partie du groupe d’internautes à problème. Des indicateurs de la cyberdépendance (GPIUS-2), de l’anxiété sociale (IAS), de l’affect négatif (PANAS) et de la solitude (ILS) ont été relevés dans un échantillon de 766 élèves de la 9e à la 11e année (13 à 19 ans; 47 % de filles) choisi dans des écoles secondaires publiques du territoire de Lecce (Apulia, Italie). Un sous-groupe d’internautes cyberdépendants a été défini (n=185) et un groupe contrôle sélectionné (n=187). Un modèle de régression logistique a été appliqué en vue d’estimer l’effet des variables psychosociales sur la différenciation entre joueurs cyberdépendants et joueurs du groupe contrôle. Les résultats de l’étude transversale montrent qu’un degré plus élevé d’anxiété sociale, d’émotions négatives et de solitude augmentait la probabilité d’appartenir au groupe d’internautes cyberdépendants. Aucune différence notable n’a été constatée entre les hommes et les femmes quant au degré de cyberdépendance. Les résultats indiquent qu’une compréhension plus fine du développement de la cyberdépendance et de sa persistance chez les adolescents devra tenir compte des problèmes vécus dans leur vie personnelle qui les inciteraient à un usage excessif d’Internet.

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