State-trait anxiety condition and its affecting factors in pregnant women linked to the COVID-19 pandemic

Background and aim COVID-19 outbreak occurred in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and caused a worldwide crisis by becoming a pandemic in a short time. This study intends to address the COVID-19 pandemic process with specific regard to pregnant women, aiming to determine their state-trait anxiety levels. Methods The study has a quantitative design. Ethical permissions were obtained, data were collected digitally, and power analysis was performed for sample size. The sample size was calculated as 656 pregnant women. In the collection of the data, the Personal Information Form, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used. Results In our study, the majority of pregnant women (86.3%) were concerned about the pandemic process, with more than half thinking that their pregnancy (62.9%) and delivery processes would be affected (66.2%). In the meantime, 60.2% of the pregnant women postponed their health checks and they indicated being most concerned about their babies (57.1%). In 51.2% of the pregnant women, the state anxiety levels were low, and 89.8% of the trait anxiety levels were moderate. Conclusion In crisis periods like the pandemic, pregnant women are among the priority groups. Screening, prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of affective disorders in the prenatal period are important for maternal and fetal health. Keywords: COVID-19, pregnant, anxiety

Program web-based SFBC untuk mereduksi kecemasan akademik siswa saat pandemi COVID-19; sebuah pilot studi

<p>This research is a pilot study which aims to created the website and analyzed the effectiveness of a website-based solution focused-brief counseling (SFBC) program to reduce academic anxiety experienced by high school students. This study conducted by one group pretest-postest experimental design and involving 30 high school students in Singaraja, Bali as participants. The academic anxiety scale is used to measure the academic anxiety condition of students before attending counseling and also after. Student perception questionnaires were used to evaluate the feasibility of the program based on students' perceptions as users. Student academic anxiety data were analyzed through an independent sample t-test assisted by the JASP version 0.13 program. Data about the feasibility of web-based SFBC based on students' perceptions was analyzed descriptively and narrated. The results showed that: 1) the website-based SFBC program was effective in reducing academic anxiety experienced by high school students; 2) the website-based SFBC program has a good level of acceptance and feasibility based on the perceptions of students. The results of this study have implications for the use of website-based counseling methods for students.</p>

Conscious Movement Processing, Fall-Related Anxiety, and the Visuomotor Control of Locomotion in Older Adults

Objectives Older adults anxious about falling will often consciously process walking movements in an attempt to avoid falling. They also fixate their gaze on the present step rather than looking ahead to plan future actions. The present work examined whether conscious movement strategies result in such restricted visual planning. Methods A total of 18 community-dwelling older adults (agemean = 71.22; SD = 5.75) walked along a path and stepped into two raised targets. Repeated-measures analyses of variance were used to compare gaze behavior and movement kinematics when participants walked: (a) at baseline (ground level); (b) under conditions designed to induce fall-related anxiety (walkway elevated 0.6 m); and (c) in the absence of anxiety (ground level), but with explicit instructions to consciously process movements. Results Participants reported increased conscious movement processing when walking both on the elevated walkway (fall-related anxiety condition) and at ground level when instructed to consciously process gait. During both conditions, participants altered their gaze behavior, visually prioritizing the immediate walkway 1–2 steps ahead (areas needed for the on-line visual control of individual steps) at the expense of previewing distal areas of the walking path required to plan future steps. These alterations were accompanied by significantly slower gait and increased stance durations prior to target steps. Conclusions Consciously processing movement (in the relative absence of anxiety) resulted in gaze behavior comparable to that observed during conditions of fall-related anxiety. As anxious participants also self-reported directing greater attention toward movement, this suggests that fall-related anxiety may disrupt the visual control of gait through increased conscious movement processing.

Anxiety on Quiet Eye and Performance of Youth Pistol Shooters

In adults, longer quiet-eye (QE) durations have been associated with more successful sport performances and less deterioration in skill during anxiety-inducing situations. This study aimed to establish if QE patterns in youth are similar to those reported in adults. Ten youth shooters, age 13.13 ± 0.83 years, completed an air-pistol task under a control and an anxiety condition. Mixed-design 2 (performance outcome) × 2 (condition) ANOVA tests were conducted with two performance measures—objective and coach rated. No significant main or interaction effects were found. Unlike in adults, performance and anxiety did not differentiate QE duration in youth athletes, although QE duration was longer during good shots than poor shots across both performance measures, and the shortest durations were recorded during poor shots in the anxiety condition. This preliminary exploration encourages more research with youth athletes to determine the efficacy of QE patterns across different learners.

KAJIAN YURIDIS TERHADAP PENERAPAN PASAL 21 AYAT 1 KITAB UNDANG UNDANG HUKUM ACARA PIDANA (KUHAP) TENTANG PENAHANAN ATAU PENAHANAN LANJUTAN

because suspects or defendants are particularly vulnerable to violations of their human rights, especially in the context of law enforcement. The suspect or defendant is in the position of the examination object in the process. All series of processes, whether in the examination phase of witnesses, expert examinations, evidence collection, and other evidence collection, are directed to a suspect or defendant, either to convict or not to be guilty The aims of this study are: (1) To know the meaning of the obscurity of the norm in the sentence "in the case of a concerning circumstance" contained in Article 21 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code on detention or continued detention. (2). To know and to learn the racial / basic establishment in the provisions of Article 21 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code which contains "anxiety condition" in the case of further detention or detention. This research method uses conceptual approach, statute approach and historical approach. The results of the study are: Arrangement of continued detention and detention in the Criminal Procedure Code is highly subjective and tends to have a very wide and unlimited interpretation. This is a blatant disregard for the legal norms governing the detention and continued detention. Detention refers to the provisions of Article 21 of the Criminal Procedure Code requiring a further detention or detention order be made against a suspect or defendant allegedly committing a crime on the basis of sufficient evidence and escape concerns, removing evidence or reprising his crime. In the provisions of that article is contained subjective opportunities for resistance to a person. Worry obviously depends on the subjective feeling of the investigator, prosecutor or judge. The absence of the parameters in the phrase "circumstances of concern" that are not explicitly regulated, both within the Criminal Procedure Code itself and in its implementing rules, are particularly vulnerable to human rights violations, especially to suspects or defendants held without filled first in circumstances that cause concern in advance.

THE INFLUENCE OF THOUGHT STOPPING THERAPHY AND FAMILY PSYCHOEDUATIONTOWARD ANSIETAS CLIENT WHOUNDERGO HEMODIALISYSIN DR. ACHMAD MOCHTAR HOSPITALBUKITTINGGI 2015

Clients hemodialysis who were hospitalized around 43.1% experienced anxiety conditions. This is caused by the Client renal failure undergoing hemodialysis, takes 12-15 hours of dialysis every week, or at least 3-4 hours therapies. This activity will take place continuously throughout their life. This research is aimed to determine the effect of Therapy Thought Stopping and Family Psychoeducation Toward anxiety clients who undergo hemodialysis in RSAM Bukittinggi. The research design is Quasi Experimental Pre and Post test with a total sample of 64 peoples. Who received Therapy Thought Stopping and Family Psychoeducation as many as 32 peoples, and Therapy Thought Stopping just as much as 32 peoples. The using HARS scale to determine the client's level of anxiety. The results showed a significant decrease in anxiety condition in the intervention group who received Therapy Thought Stopping and family psychoeducation, compared with group who only get of therapy thought stopping (P value <0.05). Therapy Thought Stopping and Family Psychoeducation hemodialysis is recommended to clients who experience anxiety in RSAM Bukittinggi.Keywords: Anxiety, Therapy Thought Stopping, Family Psychoeducation

Effect Of Mozart Music Therapy on Ansietas Hemodialisa Patients in DR. Achmad Mochtar Hospital Bukittinggi 2016

Hemodialysis clients who were hospitalized around 43.1% experienced an anxiety condition. This is caused by Client Kidney Failure undergoing hemodialysis, requiring 12-15 hours of dialysis every week, or at least 3-4 hours per therapy. This activity will continue throughout his life. This study aims to determine the effect of Mozart's music therapy on anxiety clients who undergo hemodialysis at Achmad Mochtar Hospital Bukittinggi. The design of this study was Quasi-Experimental pre and Post-test with a total sample of 64 people, 32 people who received Mozart music therapy as many as 32 people as a control group. Using the HARS scale to determine the level of client anxiety. The results showed a significant decrease in anxiety conditions in the intervention group who received Mozart music therapy compared to those who did not receive therapy (P-value <0.05). Mozart music therapy is recommended for hemodialysis clients who experience anxiety in Achmad Mochtar Hospital Bukittinggi.

Addressing maths anxiety within the curriculum

Maths anxiety is a situation-specific anxiety condition which is particularly prevalent in mature students. Previous negative learning experiences with maths condition the brain into maths avoidance behaviours which impacts on students’ choices, their self-efficacy, and their curriculum progression. Otherwise-capable students find themselves unable to study effectively and put-off studying until the last minute. This paper discusses some of the strategies implemented as part of an ongoing collaborative project between the Department for Lifelong Learning (DLL), the Mathematics and Statistics Help centre (MASH), and the Specialist Learning Difference (SpLD) service at the University of Sheffield, the aim of which is to reduce anxiety and engage students to the learning of university mathematics.

A Multidisciplinary Investigation of the Effects of Competitive State Anxiety on Serve Kinematics in Table Tennis

Displays of anxiety in table tennis were assessed through subjective (a self-report questionnaire), physiological (heart-rate variability) and kinematic variables. Using a within-group crossover design, 9 university-level table tennis players completed a series of serves under low- and high-anxiety conditions. Anxiety manipulation was achieved through the introduction of a national standard table tennis player, known to the participants, to receive serves in the high-anxiety condition, whilst serves were received by no opponent in the low-anxiety condition. Automated motion capture systems consisting of high-speed 3D motion cameras and analytical software (QUALISYS) determined the subject’s movement kinematics: bat face angle (degrees) and serve routine duration (s). Self-reported state anxiety (MRF-Likert) and heart rate measurements were collected to examine changes between conditions. Contrary to the hypothesis, bat face angles did not change significantly between anxiety conditions (F (1.8) = 2.791, p = 0.133) and movement times were faster in the high-anxiety condition. In light of these findings, research into other facets of movement behaviour must be analysed to gain further understanding of the effects of anxiety on performance, which remain unclear.