Patients' perspectives on the challenges associated with receiving non-oral pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment: a mixed methods study.

Background: Impaired quality of life (QoL) among pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients has been often attributed to increased symptomatology, functional disability, and poor mental health; however, the unique impact that PAH treatments may exert on the daily lives of patients remains underexplored.

Objectives: To gain insight into the day-to-day challenges associated with receiving non-oral PAH treatments, and the specific impact these may exert on patients' QoL, above and beyond that exerted by PAH itself.

Design: Explanatory sequential mixed methods design.

Exposure to objective/sensationalist information moderates associations between psychological factors and COVID-19 anti-vaccination attitudes: An experimental study.

Background: Research examining the relationship between psychological factors and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has been mostly based on observational designs, with little attention devoted to the role of exposure to objective/sensationalist information.

Purpose: This experimental study examined the extent to which exposure to objective or sensationalist news headlines: 1) influenced COVID-19 anti-vaccination attitudes; and 2) moderated the relationship between psychological factors and COVID-19 anti-vaccination attitudes.

Methods: 123 participants (mean age = 28.

Evaluating the efficacy of oxytocin for pain management: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials and observational studies.

Background: There is a need for novel analgesics with favorable risk to benefit profiles. Oxytocin has recently gained attention for its potential analgesic properties.

Aim: The aim of this study was to perform an updated systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the effect of oxytocin for pain management.

An experimental study revisiting the link between media attention and breast cancer concern: exploring the role of cognitive fusion.

Research examining the link between media attention and breast cancer concern has been frequently conducted with middle/old-age women, even though young women (<40 years old) have been overrepresented media stories about breast cancer. Accordingly, little is known about young women's emotional reactions to breast cancer media messages and the psychological factors modulating such reactions. This study examined the impact of breast cancer media messages and cognitive fusion on negative affect, fear of breast cancer (FBC), and perceived susceptibility to breast cancer.

Fear of breast cancer among young Spanish women: Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Champion breast cancer fear scale.

Heightened fear of breast cancer (FBC) has been linked to increased distress following breast cancer diagnosis and to avoidance of mammography screening. To our knowledge, however, no studies have examined the nature of FBC exclusively among young females, even though they are overrepresented in media stories of breast cancer. Given that no instruments are available to assess FBC in the Spanish language, we sought to 1) evaluate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Champion Breast Cancer Fear Scale (CBCFS), and 2) offer preliminary data on the nature of FBC among young women.

Depression and Anxiety in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension: The Role of Life Satisfaction and Optimism.

Background: Pulmonary hypertension is a highly disabling condition characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary arterial pressure. Even though pulmonary hypertension may cause great emotional distress, research examining the determinants of patients' emotional well-being has been scarce and has mostly focused on the role of disease-related factors.

Objectives: This study examined whether patients' emotional well-being may be effected by their life circumstances.

Adaptation and Validation of the Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR) for Use in Spain.

Introduction And Objectives: The Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR) is a patient-reported outcome measure of health-related quality of life and quality of life specific to individuals with pulmonary hypertension (PH). This questionnaire has demonstrated superiority over other instruments assessing similar domains. The objective of the present study was to adapt and validate the Spanish version of the questionnaire.

Factors influencing intention to help and helping behaviour in witnesses of bullying in nursing settings.

The role played by witnesses of bullying in nursing settings remains little studied, despite their potential relevance in explaining the onset and development of bullying. The objective of this study was to develop a model to account for witnesses' intention to help and helping behaviour in response to bullying in a nursing setting. Three hundred and thirty-seven witnesses completed self-report measures of variables predicting intention to help and helping behaviour.

The relevance of experiential avoidance in breast cancer distress: insights from a psychological group intervention.

Background: Research on the implication of experiential avoidance in the aetiology and maintenance of diverse forms of psychopathology has grown considerably over the last 10 years. However, the potential contribution of experiential avoidance to cancer-related distress has received limited attention. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to examine the association between experiential avoidance, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and quality of life (QoL) during the course of a psychological group intervention for women with breast cancer.

Positive and negative meanings are simultaneously ascribed to colorectal cancer: relationship to quality of life and psychosocial adjustment.

Objective: Experiencing cancer can give rise to existential concerns causing great distress, and consequently drive individuals to make sense of what cancer may mean to their lives. To date, meaning-based research in the context of cancer has largely focused on one possible outcome of this process, the emergence of positive meanings (e.g.

Oxytocin and pain: a systematic review and synthesis of findings.

Objectives: A review of the literature was conducted to assess the association between oxytocin (OT) and pain.

Methods: PsychInfo, PubMed, and Medline (EBSCO) research databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles written between 1950 and 2012. Of a total of 1166 articles returned, 50 (9 human, 33 animal, and 8 spinal cord samples) met full inclusion criteria and were included in the review.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and cardiac vagal control: a systematic review.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by behavioural disinhibition, deficient emotional self-regulation, inattention, and hyperactivity. The constellation of deficits found in children with ADHD implicates autonomic dysregulation characterized by deficient control of the heart by parasympathetic influences. While it is generally assumed that autonomic regulation of the heart is impaired during ADHD, the information pertaining to this dysregulation is limited.