The authors describe an 11-item short form of the Profile of Mood States' 58-item Total Mood Disturbance Score (TMDS). The Brief TMDS was derived from a sample of 619 adults with mixed cancer diagnoses, and replicated on a second sample of 295 lung cancer patients. Internal consistency of the Brief TMDS and the correlations of the Brief TMDS with the full TMDS were highly satisfactory for both ...

We evaluated the effects of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) on the Profile of Mood States (POMS), testing whether pre-cessation depressive symptoms modify NRT's effects on POMS. Out of 608 smokers attempting to quit with NRT, this secondary analysis included 242 participants abstinent for at least two weeks. We measured pre-cessation depressive symptoms with the Center for Epidemiological St...

Participation in competitive sport may impact psychological measures, such as mood and performance anxiety, which in turn may impact enjoyment, adherence, continued participation, and so on. This study assessed the feasibility - in terms of process, resources, management, and potential scientific value- of measuring the effect of varying competitive challenges upon the mood and performance anxi...

Forty women took part in a study to determine the effects of high-intensity training and the menstrual cycle on mood states. Half of the sample were competitive distance runners following a training load of between 50 km and 130 km running per week. Seven athletes were amenorrhoeic and 13 either eumenorrhoeic or oligomenorrhoeic. The remaining 20 subjects were inactive women who menstruated reg...

Monoamines play a significant role in the regulation of mood and emotion. While the selective effects of serotonin and catecholamine depletion on mood have been described, the effects of simultaneous monoamine depletion on subjective measures of mood and emotional responsiveness are yet to be examined. The current study aimed to investigate the effects of simultaneous monoamine depletion on moo...

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of chronotype on mood state and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) before and in response to acute high intensity interval exercise (HIIE) performed at different times of the day. Based on the morningness-eveningness questionnaire, 12 morning-types (M-types; N = 12; age 21 ± 2 years; height 179 ± 5 cm; body mass 74 ± 12 kg) and 11 evening-...

A number of studies have suggested that sports-related concussion (SRC) may place individuals at increased risk for depression and negative outcomes including suicide. However, the mechanisms underlying a potential relationship between brain integrity and mood remain unclear. The current study is aimed at examining the association between amygdala shape, mood state, and postconcussion symptoms ...

number: 025-0093 Abstract Title: Virtual Queuing at Airport Security Lanes Author 1: Robert de Lange; MyDivvi, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; [email protected] Author 2 Ilya Samoilovich; Capgemini, Utrecht, The Netherlands; [email protected] Author 3 (Corresponding Author): Bo van der Rhee; Center for Marketing & Supply Chain Management at the Nyenrode Business University; Straatwe...

This uncontrolled intervention study explored the effects of stone spa use on the psychological states of women. Sixty-eight female volunteers (mean age 37.5 years (standard deviation 14.8)) recruited at a women-only stone spa facility participated in the study. They completed the short-form Profile of Moods States (POMS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) before and after stone spa u...

number: 025-1365 Groupage transportation cost model Anna Azzi, Daria Battini, Alessandro Persona Dept of Management and Engineering, University of Padua, Stradella San Nicola 3, 36100, Italy Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] POMS 23 Annual Conference Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. April 20 to April 23, 2011 Abstract Today it is very common to use freight ...