This article reports the first behavioral genetic study of relationships between alexithymia and four styles of humor: affiliative, self-enhancing, self-defeating, and aggressive. A total of 509 MZ pairs and 264 DZ pairs of twins completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20) and the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ). Consistent with our predictions, alexithymia correlated negatively with a...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety in a sample of predominantly elderly males with acquired upper limb amputations (n=138) and examined the contribution of coping strategies to the prediction of psychosocial adjustment. METHOD One hundred and thirty-eight men with injury-related upper limb amputations completed self-report questionnaires ass...

Introduction Adolescence can be seen as a fundamental stage of life for the construction subject, resulting from childhood experiences and decisive adulthood. It is common stressors to appear during adolescence, due lack necessary resources deal with stressful problem or event. In this way, evaluation situation by adolescent important, because it he will develop coping strategies that help him ...

Peripartum depression (PPD) is a major complication of pregnancy, and numerous risk factors have been associated with its onset, including dysfunctional coping strategies insecure attachment styles, both during pregnancy postpartum. The aim our study was to investigate the role in mediating relationship between women’s style depressive symptomatology one week after giving birth large sample wom...

BACKGROUND: Recent studies showed that individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders and their relatives have problems to express and recognize emotions but there is a lack of studies concerning alexithymia levels and relationships between parental alexithymia and depression-anxiety symptoms in these groups. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine alexithymia, depression, anxiety levels of parents in ...

OBJECTIVE Few studies have focused on the characteristic features of drug overdose in children and adolescents who have attempted suicide in Korea. The present study examined the characteristics of drug overdose in children and adolescents who visited the emergency room following drug ingestion for a suicide attempt. METHODS The medical records of 28 patients who were treated in the emergency...

Given the high prevalence of depression among adolescents, there is a dire need for efficacious, cost-effective, and accessible treatments for adolescent depression. One type of psychosocial treatment shown to be efficacious in the treatment of adolescents with depression is Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-A). Originally developed and tested for depressed adults and modified for work with adol...

Background: This study aimed to identify factors significantly associated with recent depressive mood concerning health-related behavioral patterns at the individual level, perceived safety in school environment, and willingness share concerns family social networks.Methods: In cross-sectional study, a total of 221 middle students were selected from 5 colleges Mysuru, Karnataka by probability p...