Burnout and Depression Among Sandwich Generation Caregivers: A Brief Report.

Twenty-nine percent of adults in the U.S. care for children, and 12% to 24.

Education and training guidelines for psychological assessment in health service psychology.

While recent survey findings suggest graduate programs in health service psychology (HSP) are allocating the same or increased time to education and training in psychological assessment over the last two decades, there is a lack of clear guidance for programs to implement practices associated with quality education and training. These Guidelines (found in full at https://www.apa.

Older adults report more sadness and less jealousy than young adults in response to worry induction.

Objectives: The present study examined age differences in descriptions of the experience of worry and worry content.

Method: Twenty-eight older and 25 younger adults participated in an experimental manipulation of worry (i.e.

Development and preliminary evaluation of the anxiety in cognitive impairment and dementia (ACID) scales.

Background: Although rates of anxiety tend to decrease across late life, rates of anxiety increase among a subset of older adults, those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia. Our understanding of anxiety in dementia is limited, in part, by a lack of anxiety measures designed for use with this population. This study sought to address limitations of the literature by developing a new measure of anxiety for cognitively impaired individuals, the anxiety in cognitive impairment and dementia (ACID) Scales, which includes both proxy (ACID-PR) and self-report (ACID-SR) versions.

Perceived anxiety control is associated with sleep disturbance in young and older adults.

Objective: This study examined the extent to which perceived anxiety control was related to subjective sleep disturbance in young and older adults.

Method: Fifty-one young adults (18 to 30 years old) and 48 older adults (aged 65 years and older) completed questionnaires including the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) to assess sleep disturbance, Anxiety Control Questionnaire to assess perceived control over anxiety, a perceived health rating, and demographic questionnaire. Correlation and multivariable adjusted hierarchical regression analyses examined the extent to which anxiety control was associated with sleep disturbance.

Experimental examination of worry among older and young adults.

Background: Worry is experienced by many older adults, yet our understanding of the emotional experience of late-life worry is poor as findings regarding older adults are inferred from findings of studies conducted with young adults. In the present study, we aimed to characterize age differences in affect, self-reported arousal, and physiological arousal experienced during worry.

Methods: Fifty-three young (M = 21.

Assessment of anxiety in long-term care: examination of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) and its short form.

Background: Accurate assessment of anxiety in later life is critical, as anxiety among older adults is associated with social and functional impairment and poorer quality of life. The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) and the GAI-Short Form (GAI-SF) were designed to detect anxiety symptoms among community-dwelling older adults, but the usefulness of the GAI and GAI-SF in long-term care is unknown. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the GAI and GAI-SF among residents at a long-term care facility.

Initial evaluation of the Older Adult Social-Evaluative Situations Questionnaire: a measure of social anxiety in older adults.

Background: The assessment of social anxiety in late life has been examined in few studies (e.g. Gretarsdottir et al.

Predictors of health anxiety among older and young adults.

Background: Many older adults have at least one chronic disease and experience greater health problems than young adults. However, little is known about factors other than health that account for health anxiety (HA) among older adults. The overall objective of the present study was to develop a better understanding of HA among older and young adults.

Anxiety-related constructs mediate the relation between age and health anxiety.

Objective: Few studies have examined health anxiety in older adults, and it is unknown which factors account for age-related differences in health anxiety. Given similarities between health anxiety and the anxiety disorders, anxiety-related constructs, including anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, emotion regulation, and anxiety control, were examined as mediators of the relation between age (older vs. young adults) and health anxiety.

Exploratory factor analysis of the Anxiety Control Questionnaire among older adults.

Among young adults and clinical populations, perceived inability to control internal and external events is associated with anxiety. At present, it is unclear what role perceived anxiety control plays in anxiety among older adults. The Anxiety Control Questionnaire (ACQ) was developed to assess one's perceived ability to cope with anxiety-related symptoms, reactions, and external threats but has limited psychometric support for use with older adults.

Decisional strategy determines whether frame influences treatment preferences for medical decisions.

Decision makers are influenced by the frame of information such that preferences vary depending on whether survival or mortality data are presented. Research is inconsistent as to whether and how age impacts framing effects. This paper presents two studies that used qualitative analyses of think-aloud protocols to understand how the type of information used in the decision making process varies by frame and age.

Worry, emotion control, and anxiety control in older and young adults.

Young adults worry more than older adults; however, few studies have examined why age differences may exist in the frequency of worry. The present study aimed to identify age differences in worry frequency, and examine the relation of age and worry to control over one's emotions and control over anxiety. Older adults worried less often than young adults; however, young women worried more often than young men and older adults.

Geropsychology content in clinical training programs: a comparison of Australian, Canadian and U.S. data.

Background: There is a worldwide shortage of mental health professionals trained in the provision of mental health services to older adults. This shortage in many countries is most acutely felt in the discipline of psychology. Examining training programs in clinical psychology with respect to training content may shed light on ways to increase interest among students and improve practical experiences in working with older adults.

Screening for mental disorders in residential aged care facilities.

Introduction: The International Psychogeriatric Association Task Force on Mental Health Services in Long-Term Care Facilities seeks to improve care of persons in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). As part of that effort the current authors have contributed an overview and discussion of the uses of brief screening instruments in RACFs.

Methods: While no current guidelines on the use of screening instruments in nursing homes were found, relevant extant guidelines were consulted.

Behavioral interventions for agitation in older adults with dementia: an evaluative review.

Background: Older adults with dementia commonly exhibit agitated behavior that puts them at risk of injury and institutionalization and is associated with caregiver stress. A range of theoretical approaches has produced numerous interventions to manage these behavior problems. This paper critically reviews the empirical literature on behavioral interventions to reduce agitation in older adults with dementia.

Religion and anxiety: a critical review of the literature.

Religion's effects on mental health have been debated for years, yet only in the last half century have these theories been empirically tested. While a number of mental health constructs have been linked to religion, one of the most prevalent and debilitating mental health indices, anxiety, has been largely ignored. This paper categorizes and critically reviews the current literature on religion and general indices of anxiety in terms of findings linking decreased anxiety to religiosity, increased anxiety to religiosity, and those finding no relation between anxiety and religiosity.

Modification and psychometric examination of a self-report measure of fear in older adults.

The primary purposes of the present study were to: (a) develop a measure of self-reported fear that includes fears that are content valid for older adults, (b) develop an instrument for assessing daily interference associated with fears, and (c) examine the psychometric properties of this new instrument. In the first of two studies, 109 participants, ages 60 through 91, completed a demographic questionnaire and answered an open-ended question about the types of fears they experience. These fears were then included on a modified version of the Fear Survey Schedule-II (Fear Survey Schedule-II for Older Adults (FSS-II-OA)) and administered in a second study.