The purpose of this study was to examine differences in participation motivation and competition anxiety between Korean and non-Korean wheelchair tennis players and to identify relations between participation motivation and competition anxiety in each group. Sixty-six wheel-chair tennis players who participated in the 2013 Korea Open Wheel-chair Tennis Tournament in Seoul completed the Particip...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of duloxetine during short-term treatment in adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). METHODS We conducted a comprehensive literature review of the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, and ClinicalTrials databases for randomized controlled trials(RCTs) comparing duloxetine or duloxetine pl...

Objective. To examine the performance and pre-competition psychological states of individual sport athletes in relation to competition location. It was hypothesized that skiers would perform better when competing at home. Self-reports of state anxiety were expected to be lower and self-confidence higher prior to home races compared to away. Design. Within-subjects design to examine athletes’ pe...

INTRODUCTION Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) for its simplicity is potentially useful for screening depressive and anxiety disorders in post-stroke patients. To our best knowledge HADS hasn't been assessed in the Polish population of post-stroke survivors. AIM Assessment of clinical value of HADS in screening depressive and anxiety disorders in post-stroke patients. METHOD Pati...

objective : this study compared the effectiveness of two group treatments, behavioral activation (ba) and cognitive therapy (ct), in reducing subsyndromal anxiety and depressive symptoms in a sample of iranian university students. method : twenty-seven iranian university students who scored 18 or higher on the depression subscale and 16 or higher on the anxiety subscale of the depression, anxie...

Background: Taking care of patients in a vegetative state is a great challenge and affects the mental health of the caregivers. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the psychopathological symptoms in caregivers of patients with Vegetative State (VS) and determine the demographic and social predictors of the common symptoms. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in...

background the effect of psychological factors in the context of a growing number of sports, prevention of sports injuries, exercise rehabilitation and as an effective tool for managing stress and anxiety in the race has been confirmed by various studies ،the purpose of the present study was to determine the level of sport competitive anxiety in iranian elite basketball player and its relations...

Anxiety sensitivity refers to the extent of beliefs that anxiety symptoms or arousal can have harmful consequences. There is growing evidence for anxiety sensitivity as a risk factor for anxiety disorders. Anxiety sensitivity is elevated in panic disorder as well as other anxiety disorders. It is thought to contribute to the maintenance and severity of anxiety symptoms. Studies have shown that ...