The Effectiveness of Self-healing Training (Healing Codes) on Psychological Capital and a Sense of Cohesion in Drug Addicts

Background: Drug addicts are exposed to many psychological and physical injuries due to the problems they experience in their lives; thus, they need training for psychological improvement. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of self-healing training on psychological capital and a sense of cohesion in drug addicts in 2020. Methods: This study was a two-stage quasi-experimental study (experimental and control) in three stages (pre-test, post-test, and follow-up). Using convenience sampling, we selected 30 men willing to participate in the project and randomly divided them into the experimental (n= 15) and control (n= 15) groups. The Psychological Capital Questionnaire and the Sense of Coherence Questionnaire were administered as a pre-test. The experimental group underwent 14 sessions (90 minutes per week) of self-healing training. The follow-up was performed after 45 days. Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics, including mean, standard deviation, and the repeated measures ANOVA. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 24. Results: The results showed that self-healing training had a significant effect on increasing psychological capital, increasing hope with the most effect and resilience with the least effect, as well as increasing participants’ self-efficacy and sense of cohesion (P<0.05). The self-healing training had no effect on optimism. The results remained until the follow-up stage. Conclusion: According to the results, self-healing training can be used as one of the new positive approaches to increase the mental health of drug addicts in treatment centers related to addiction with relatively lasting effects to increase self-care skills.

Alternative psychological improvement for karate-do trainers from Santiago de Cuba

The psychological overcoming of trainers in Karate-Do the province of Santiago de Cuba still does not meet the demands of contemporary martial-sports practice, which becomes the presence of an epistemological gap in relation to theoretical knowledge-practical and the acquisition of professional skills, showing flaws in their professional performance, constituting this the main problem of research. For this reason, it is proposed as a practical contribution an alternative for professional improvement aimed at the preparation of the psychological component in trainers Karate-Do, aimed at eliminating the inadequacies that are manifested in the practice of this sport. For this, scientific methods of the theoretical, empirical, mathematical-statistical level and techniques such as interview, survey and psychological tests were used. The theoretical references of the preceding authors constitute valuable contributions whose results enrich the systematic work of martial artists, by attending to the various characteristics of athletes during the training stage and the competitive.

The Role of Training in Basketball Concentration for Elementary Schools

This study aims to get results about the role of elementary school level concentration training in basketball athletes, because what happens in the field at a very young age they experience psychological disabilities so that they experience less focus during competition, problems must be analyzed so that the results can provide psychological improvement to children especially at the level of concentration of athletes. This study uses a quantitative method that uses an instrument of grid concentration training and free throw with the athlete's implementation procedure to carry out concentration accompanied by a tester, a scoring system carried out with the total number of numbers mentioned minus the number of consecutive numbers that must be sorted. the results showed an increase from eight trials in 30 athletes with an average increase of 60%, before 20.80-26.57. It can be concluded that grid exercises and free throw tests can be used to increase concentration at the elementary school level

When Acute Adversity Improves Psychological Health: A Social-Contextual Framework

Human beings are routinely exposed to varying forms of acute adversity. Our responses take varying forms too, ranging from chronic distress to resilience. Although this pronounced variability is widely recognized, one possible outcome of acute adversity has been invariably, though understandably, ignored: an improvement in psychological and social functioning. In this analysis, I argue that, under some conditions, people can experience marked psychological improvement after acute adversity. I describe this response pattern as psychosocial gains from adversity (PGA) and define it as favorable and reliable change on an objective index of psychological functioning from before to after exposure to adversity. In the present article, I first distinguish PGA from traditional perspectives on growth after adversity on the basis of key conceptual differences. I then review empirical evidence for PGA as a replicable response pattern following different forms of adversity, including bereavement, military deployment, and mass trauma. I propose a multi-level theoretical model for PGA that focuses on automatic prosocial affiliative behaviors and group-level contextual factors that are conditioned by acute adversity. I describe moderators and boundary conditions at different levels of analysis that will enhance or detract from the likelihood of PGA. I conclude with the implications of PGA for theory and empirical research on post-adversity outcomes and outline a research agenda to better understand it.

Theories underpinning the intervention

Researchers have theories about how the interventions they are evaluating achieve effectiveness (mechanisms of action) and how best to implement them in complex environments. It is recommended that these theories are made explicit, either by drawing on existing theories from organizational, psychological, improvement science, or sociological research, or displaying programme theories specific to the intervention that show the proposed causal pathways from content of intervention to long term outcomes. These theories can shape the research questions, sampling, data collection, analysis, interpretation and reporting of any qualitative research undertaken with RCTs. Some relevant theories are introduced, with examples of how researchers have used them with qualitative research and RCTs.

Improvement in patient-reported outcomes of varicose veins following treatment with polidocanol endovenous microfoam

Objective To evaluate the relationship between patient-reported symptoms and functional and psychological impact of varicose veins following treatment with polidocanol endovenous microfoam (PEM) 1%. Methods Data were pooled from two randomized trials on VV treatment. Wilson–Cleary health outcomes path model was applied to evaluate impact of VVSymQ™ symptom score improvement on modified VEINES-QOL/Sym functional and psychological scores. Change scores were evaluated for (i) PEM 1% versus placebo groups and (ii) quartiles of symptom improvement. Cumulative distribution function curves were generated to compare percentage of patients with various levels of functional and psychological improvement including clinically meaningful improvement across two treatment groups. Multivariable regression models of change scores and clinically meaningful changes were estimated. Results In 221 patients (109 PEM 1%; 112 placebo), PEM 1% was associated with median improvements of 2.5 points and 4.0 points on the m-VEINES-QOL/Sym functional limitations and m-VEINES-QOL/Sym psychological limitations scores, compared to 0 and 1.0 point improvements, respectively, for placebo. Cumulative distribution function curves revealed that 20–30% more patients in PEM 1% group achieved clinically meaningful functional and psychological improvement versus placebo group. Conclusions Patients with above-average symptom improvement had better functional and psychological improvement. PEM 1% treatment had higher odds of clinically meaningful functional and psychological improvement.

Clinical Evaluation of Acupuncture as Treatment for Complications of Cerebrovascular Accidents: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Subject- and Assessor-Blind Trial

Background and Purpose. The effect of acupuncture as treatment for poststroke complications is questionable. We performed a randomized, sham-controlled double-blind study to investigate it.Methods. Patients with first-time acute stroke were randomized to receive 24 sessions of either real or sham acupuncture during an eight-week period. The primary outcome measure was change in National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score. Secondary outcome measures included changes in Barthel Index (BI), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain scores.Results. Of the 52 patients who were randomized to receive acupuncture (n=28) or placebo (n=24), 10 patients in the acupuncture group and 9 patients in the placebo group failed to complete the treatment. In total, 18 patients in the acupuncture group and 15 patients in the control group completed the treatment course. Reduction in pain was significantly greater in the acupuncture group than in the control group (pvalue = 0.04). There were no significant differences in the other measures between the two groups.Conclusions. Acupuncture provided more effective poststroke pain relief than sham acupuncture treatment. However, acupuncture had no better effect on neurological, functional, and psychological improvement.