Researchers have found that rigid dietary control is connected to higher psychological distress, including disordered and disinhibited eating. Two approaches have been touted by certain scholars and/or health organizations as healthier alternatives: intuitive eating and flexible control-yet these approaches have not been compared in terms of their shared variance with one another and psychologi...

In previous editions, this chapter was titled “Adaptation.” The literature uses the terms “adaptation” and “adjustment” interchangeably. Although either term could be used, this author prefers the term “adjustment,” as the term better describes a process as well as a final outcome. Adjustment refers to the changes in life that are made continuously when one has a chronic illness. Adjustment is ...

This is the first study to empirically identify distinct acculturative adjustment patterns of new international students over their first 3 semesters in the United States. The sample consisted of 507 Chinese international students studying in the United States. Using psychological distress as an indicator of acculturative adjustment, measured over 4 time points (prearrival, first semester, seco...

Background: To identify the relation(s) of personality characteristics and psychological well-being in infertile women and also well-being prognosis according to the personality characteristics. Materials and Methods: 240 women who had been diagnosed with infertility and who were undergoing fertility treatment at private infertility clinic (Navid Institute), Tehran, Iran participated in the stu...

BACKGROUND/AIM Social support is associated with a decrease in psychological symptoms and a better quality of life in cancer patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of attachment dimensions on social and psychological adjustment to cancer and to explore the social and psychological adjustments, and medical adherence, among patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was cond...

OBJECTIVE To qualify the psychosocial burden of osteoarthritis for older women and identify factors perceived to assist with psychological adjustment to the disease. METHODS Women who indicated being diagnosed/treated for osteoarthritis in the previous three years in the fifth survey of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health provided the sampling frame. Participants were randomly...

This study examines the multiple mediating roles of achievement goals based on a 2 × 2 framework of the relationships between parenting styles and adolescents' school adjustment. The study sample included 1061 Chinese adolescent students (50.4% girls) between the ages of 12 and 19, who completed questionnaires regarding parenting styles (parental autonomy support and psychological control), ach...

Background: Psychological pressures following divorce disturb women’s psychosocial adaptation. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) on psychosocial adjustment and cognitive emotion regulation in divorced women. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted using a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. ...