A self-paced online emotion socialization intervention for parents of children with challenging behavior: .

Background: Evidence-based parenting programs delivered using online technology are an important way to enhance program uptake. To date, programs that address emotion socialization processes, such as , have always been delivered in person, via group or one-to-one delivery. This study used a randomized control design to examine the efficacy of the self-paced .

Modelling the relationship between poor sleep and problem anger in veterans: A dynamic structural equation modelling approach.

Objective: Problem anger and poor sleep are common, particularly in military and veteran populations, but the nature of the relationship is poorly understood, and treatment approaches would benefit from improved understanding of how these constructs interact. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is suitable for monitoring day-to-day fluctuations in symptoms, and modelling dynamic relationships between variables.

Methods: This study aimed to examine these fluctuations and relationships involving sleep quality and anger experiences among veterans.

Cross-lagged analyses of anger and PTSD symptoms among veterans in treatment.

Objective: Anger is a salient feature of posttraumatic mental health which is linked to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and may have implications for treatment. However, the nature of associations involving anger and PTSD remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to examine bidirectional influences involving anger and International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11 PTSD symptom clusters over time among treatment-seeking veterans.

Piloting a scalable, post-trauma psychosocial intervention in Tuvalu: the Skills for Life Adjustment and Resilience (SOLAR) program.

Background: The Skills for Life Adjustment and Resilience (SOLAR) programme is a brief, scalable, psychosocial skill-building programme designed to reduce distress and adjustment difficulties following disaster.

Objectives: We tested the feasibility, acceptability, efficacy and safety of a culturally adapted version of SOLAR in two remote, cyclone-affected communities in the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu.

Method: This pilot adopted a quasi-experimental, control design involving 99 participants.

A Pilot Study of the Efficacy of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Treating Posttraumatic Psychopathology: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP) is an intervention that targets common mechanisms that maintain symptoms across multiple disorders. The UP has been shown to be effective across many disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive episode (MDE), and panic disorder, that commonly codevelop following trauma exposure. The present study represented the first randomized controlled trial of the UP in the treatment of trauma-related psychopathology, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety symptoms.

Gambling problems among military personnel after deployment.

Military and veteran populations may exhibit heightened vulnerability to gambling problems; however, there is scant relevant evidence outside the US, and few studies of transition periods, including return from operational deployment. The aim of this study was thus to highlight the extent, risk-factors, and implications of gambling problems among current members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) following deployment to the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO). It involved analyses of data from n = 1324 ADF personnel who deployed between 2010 and 2012, and completed surveys within four months of returning to Australia.

Response distortion on personality tests in applicants: comparing high-stakes to low-stakes medical settings.

The current study examined the degree to which applicants applying for medical internships distort their responses to personality tests and assessed whether this response distortion led to reduced predictive validity. The applicant sample (n = 530) completed the NEO Personality Inventory whilst applying for one of 60 positions as first-year post-graduate medical interns. Predictive validity was assessed using university grades, averaged over the entire medical degree.

Multilevel confirmatory ordinal factor analysis of the Life Skills Profile-16.

The aim of this study was to assess the factor structure of the Life skills profile-16 (LSP-16; Buckingham, Burgess, Solomon, Pirkis, & Eagar, 1998a, 1998b) with a view to meeting the assumption of statistical independence that is at significant risk of violation due to the dependency introduced to the data by pooling numerous ratings made by the same observers across independent patients. The sample consisted of 20,181 outpatients rated by 2,071 clinicians employed within 54 mental health organizations within the New South Wales public adult mental health service. To estimate the extent to which the item scores were contaminated with rater-level intraclass correlations (ICC), I fit 16 3-level multinominal ordered proportional odds intercept only models that revealed large ICCs associated with Level 2 (the rater of the LSP-16) demonstrating that a multilevel analysis was required.

Information needs and preferences of women as they proceed through radiotherapy for breast cancer.

Objective: While radiotherapy is commonly employed in the treatment of breast cancer, many women know little about treatment and experience treatment related anxiety. The aims of this study were to: Prioritise breast cancer patients' radiotherapy related information needs and concerns; determine unmet information needs; ascertain which information sources patients prefer to receive; and explore whether information provision reduces anxiety and depression.

Methods: A longitudinal survey was administered at four time points: after initial consultation with radiation oncologist, after the planning appointment, within first week of treatment and after treatment completion.

IL-6 induced STAT3 signalling is associated with the proliferation of human muscle satellite cells following acute muscle damage.

Background: Although the satellite cell (SC) is a key regulator of muscle growth during development and muscle adaptation following exercise, the regulation of human muscle SC function remains largely unexplored. STAT3 signalling mediated via interleukin-6 (IL-6) has recently come to the forefront as a potential regulator of SC proliferation. The early response of the SC population in human muscle to muscle-lengthening contractions (MLC) as mediated by STAT3 has not been studied.