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Exteroceptive Reflexes in Stiff Person Syndrome, Other Neurological Conditions and Healthy Controls

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare disabling neurological condition with overlapping symptomatology with more common neurological conditions. Exaggerated exteroceptive reflex mechanisms are thought to play a role in its pathophysiology.
Belinda Cruse, Duncan Wilson, Hugo Morales Briceno, Pamela Garcia, Victor Zhang, Jessica Qiu, Tomas Kalincik, Neil Mahant, Victor Shue Chung Fung   +8 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Reframing and Tell-show-do Behavior Guidance Technique in the Management of Dental Anxiety among Children Aged 6–12 Years Undergoing Dental Treatment without and with Administration of Local Anesthesia: A Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Study

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
Background: Dental fear and anxiety are the major hurdles for providing successive treatment for children. Effective use of behavior guidance techniques is essential for addressing these challenges.
Vidyavathi H. Patil, Shivayogi M. Hugar, Niraj S. Gokhale, Shweta Kajjari, Chandrashekar Maruti Badakar, Chaitanya R Uppin   +5 more
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Mitigating Health Disparities Through Empathetic Policymaking During Times of Crisis

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic greatly exacerbated the existing disparities and inequities in health and healthcare among historically marginalized populations. Today, these impacts still echo. These persistent structured inequities erode the public's trust in government, lead to failure in public policies, and result in worse health consequences ...
Yali Pang, Brittany Keegan, Robyn D. McDougle   +2 more
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Breaking barriers: The impact of intergroup contact on bystanders' actions against bias-based cyberbullying

Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace
Bystanders are present in most bullying and cyberbullying incidents, and when they intervene in favor of the victim, they can effectively stop it. Evidence suggests that intergroup factors, such as social identification, increase bystanders’ helping ...
Raquel António, Rita Guerra, Lindsey Cameron, Carla Moleiro   +3 more
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Predicting Psychological Adaptation from Intercultural Sensitivity and Intergroup Contact through Intergroup Anxiety

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies
Adapting to the social, cultural, and educational environment of a host society can be inherently taxing and stressful for student sojourners. Consequently, they are particularly vulnerable to a wide range of mental health complications, including depression, anxiety, psychological distress, low satisfaction, and low happiness.
Werede Tareke Gebregergis, Csilla Csukonyi   +1 more
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Learning anxiety in interactions with the outgroup: Towards a learning model of anxiety and stress in intergroup contact

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 2015
While “knowledge learning” about the outgroup has been regarded as one of the key mechanisms for the contact–prejudice relation since the contact hypothesis’ first inception (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2008), “learning,” more broadly, has rarely been used as an explanatory framework to investigate the consequences of intergroup contact. In this article, we
Paolini, Stefania, Harris, Nicholas C., Griffin, Andrea S.   +2 more
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Social cohesion in restoration landscapes: The case of Rwanda

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecosystem restoration is recognized as a strategy for addressing landscape degradation. In contexts where ecological degradation overlaps with the deterioration of social cohesion, restoration must also contribute to rebuilding social ties alongside restoring ecosystems.
Valery Ndagijimana, Michael Weinhardt, Stefan Sieber, Katharina Löhr   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes towards women in the military and their relation to both quantity and quality contact with female leaders

Frontiers in Psychology
Contact experiences with women in senior leadership roles are important for creating acceptance of women in organizations dominated by men, such as the military, as leadership roles are considered demanding, requiring numerous agentic qualities that are ...
Adelheid A. M. Nicol, Amélie Mayrand Nicol   +1 more
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Aromatherapy with ylang ylang for anxiety and self-esteem: a pilot study

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2014
Objective: To verify if the use of ylang ylang essential oil by cutaneous application or inhalation alters the anxiety and self-esteem perception and physiological parameters as blood pressure and temperature. Method : A pilot study with 34 professionals
Juliana Rizzo Gnatta, Patricia Petrone Piason, Cristiane de Lion Botero Couto Lopes, Noemi Marisa Brunet Rogenski, Maria Júlia Paes da Silva   +4 more
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Preoperative educational materials improve the short‐term quality of life of patients with urinary cancer

UroPrecision, EarlyView.
Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate the short‐term influence of preoperative educational materials on the quality of life in patients with newly diagnosed urinary cancer before surgery. Methods Patients with urinary cancer were retrospectively enrolled from April 2020 to March 2021.
Yajian Li, Guanghua Huang, Wenjuan Cheng, Jiajie Wen, Xueer Chen, Yanhua Du, Hongzhe Shi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source