OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of experimentally manipulated state anxiety and the influence of anxiety-related variables on children's memories for pain. METHODS A total of 110 children (60 boys) between the ages of 8 and 12 years were randomly assigned to complete a state anxiety induction task or a control task. Following experimental manipulation, children completed a laboratory pain...

Introduction: Posttraumatic stress disorder is a severe anxiety disorder caused by exposure to traumatic events. The aim of this study was to induce PTSD in rats and examine the effect of WIN55-212-2, a cannabinoid receptor agonist, on anxiety. Methods: SPS&S model was used to induce PTSD in 56 male Wistar rats. Rats were restrained for 2 h, immediately followed by forced swimming for 20 mi...

the child’s distress. It may be that effective methods of training can be developed for parental presence during induction of anesthesia. Therefore, in our center, we do not offer parental presence to all patients, but rather respond to each request based on the individual child, parent, and anesthesiologist. We agree that separation anxiety is a major problem after surgery in children. This po...

Although increased anxiety and cortisol reactivity can disrupt neural activity and impact cognition, little research has evaluated associations between anxiety, cortisol, and performance on neuropsychological instruments. The current study investigated the relationship between exogenous salivary cortisol activity and self-report state anxiety on measures tapping a variety of cognitive domains. ...

Portable and wearable devices are becoming increasingly common in our daily lives. In this study, we examined the impact of anxiety-inducing videos on biosignals, particularly electrocardiogram (ECG) respiration (RES) signals, that were collected using a portable device. Two psychological scales (Beck Anxiety Inventory Hamilton Rating Scale) used to assess overall anxiety before induction. The ...

Anxiety induction and elicitation of associated physiological arousal with Virtual Environments (VEs) is important in diverse domains. This paper evaluates three general anxiety induction techniques. The first augments the VE with a health bar that is often displayed in video games to indicate when the user’s avatar gets hurt. The second augments the VE with aversive audio-visual stimuli which ...

We present two studies that together provide preliminary evidence to challenge the view relationship between adult attachment and mindfulness is bi-directional (Study 1: repeated measures design Study 2: a study examining efficacy of security priming induction). Adult anxiety emerged as significant predictor some facets mindfulness, over time, but reverse was not true. Priming increased state m...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Preparation for and induction of anesthesia in children has evolved significantly over the last decade, with particular reference to the reduction of perioperative anxiety reduction by nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic means. Several new large population studies and meta-analyses further scrutinize the current techniques. RECENT FINDINGS Many nonpharmacologic methods to red...

Among the different results that may be achieved with premedication such as amnesia, optimization of preoperative conditions and prevention of physiological stress, the primary aim in children is anxiolysis. Almost 50% of children show signs of significant preoperative fear and anxiety 1 . It has been reported that there are correlations between heart rate, blood pressure, and behavioral rating...