Accepting the Aging Body: Protective Factors of Body Acceptance in Persons of Advanced Age.

Physical attractiveness, productivity, religiosity, meaningfulness, and relationships are important characteristics of successful aging. To maintain psychological flexibility, acceptance and values-directed interventions have been effective in managing difficulties with aging. The present paper aimed to investigate body acceptance and individual values in healthy individuals over the age of 50 living in Austria.

Understanding Compliant Behavior During a Pandemic: Contribution From the Perspective of Schema-Based Psychotherapy.

Objective: The current study examined whether compliance with anti-pandemic measures during the COVID-19 pandemic relates to (a) importance of the fulfillment of core psychological needs, namely, , and ; (b) coping behavior styles, namely, , and ; and (c) worries or concerns beyond COVID-19 which may impair wellbeing.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design and online survey data from responses to a structured questionnaire developed within the theoretical framework of schema-based psychotherapy on psychological needs and coping behavior styles from 740 participants in Central Europe and West Africa.

Results: Analysis indicated that people with the psychological needs of "pleasure" and "efficacy" and the coping style of "surrender" were more likely to comply with anti-pandemic measures.

Like father, like son. Physical Activity, Dietary Intake, and Media Consumption in Pre-School-Aged Children.

An imbalance between energy input and energy needs contributes to the growing incidence of overweight children. Pre-schoolers normally like to move, but even at this young age, they are already affected by a lack of physical activity and a high amount of screen time. Media consumption contributes to unhealthy diets and extends the length of time spent sitting.

[How do we manage a balance between caring for family members and employment? : A study on the compatibility between home care and employment at the Alpen-Adria-University].

Background: Informal family care is an essential pillar of the healthcare system whilst informal caregivers face the huge challenge of coordinating family, the care situation as well as their employment.

Objective: This article describes care situations, associated burdens, challenges and desired support measures experienced by university staff.

Material And Methods: A total of 75 people who are currently caring for or have in the past cared for a relative, participated in the online survey.

The Importance of a Biopsychosocial Approach in Melanoma ResearchExperiences from a Single-center Multidisciplinary Melanoma Working Group in Middle-Europe.

The biopsychosocial model represents a very important theoretical framework developed in the 21th century. According to a body mind unity theory, it postulates that research must focus not only on biomedical but also on other aspects in order to understand complex interactions occurring on different system levels. With regard to the occurrence of melanoma, both immunologic surveillance and a lack of cancerogenic factors are crucial in the suppression of tumor development.

The Different Facets of Work Stress: A Latent Profile Analysis of Nurses' Work Demands.

Work-related stress has been identified as a relevant problem leading to negative effects on health and quality of life. Using data from 844 nurses, latent profile analyses (LPA) were applied to identify distinct patterns of work stress. Several sociodemographic variables, including nurses' working and living conditions, as well as nurses' reactions to workload, were considered to predict respondents' profile membership.

[Burnout and coping in long term care units. A regional comparison in registered nurses].

The daily routine of nurses in long term care units is characterized by a variety of physical and psychological burdens. This study is dedicated to work load, burnout, health and coping of this target group. Registered nurses were surveyed in two federal states of Austria, namely in Vienna (n = 78) and Carinthia (n = 59).