Improvements in antenatal care and advances in neonatal medicine have resulted in increased survival of infants, in particular those of very low birthweight (VLBW) (< 1500 g) and extremely low birthweight (ELBW) (< 1000 g). If simple gain in life years is taken as a standard, then neonatal care is the most successful discipline in medicine today. 1 The psychological development and quality of l...

[Purpose] The world of competitive sports has its own unique subculture which at times works towards covering up psychological problems faced by athletes with injuries. The purpose of this study was to develop an "Athletic Injury Psychological Acceptance Scale (AIPAS)" to screen athletes for serious psychological problems resulting from injury. [Subjects] A total of 189 subjects responded to th...

Do the personality traits of our youth and our family background influence our health in later life? Do psychological and behavioral patterns contribute to the occurrence of cancer? For many, the idea that an apparently physical disease is linked to personality or psychological characteristics seems absurd. Yet, a large body of research literature has accumulated over the past several decades i...

Psychological ownership (PO) is important for organisational climate and outcomes, yet, little known about collective forms of PO in emerging entrepreneurial teams. Based on an in-depth study a new venture team over three years, we sketch process model development. While studies individual established organisations highlight needs triggering processes development, our indicates the importance t...