Publications by authors named "Kendall A Pfeffer"
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted psychological support from in-person to remote methods, like phone and video calls, often without sufficient training for practitioners.
- A qualitative study was conducted with 27 practitioners from Nepal, Peru, and the USA to explore their experiences adapting to this new remote delivery system during the pandemic.
- Key findings indicate that while remote support presents safety concerns, it also enhances practitioners' skills and highlights the need for new training approaches, suggesting that simulated role plays could help ensure effective care delivery.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need for remote psychological interventions, but there is no consensus on key competencies needed for effective training and supervision in this area.
- A rapid review identified 10 essential skill categories necessary for delivering remote psychological services, focusing on communication, safety, confidentiality, and technology use.
- The findings aim to inform global best practices for training in remote psychological interventions, highlighting the need for further research on standardized competencies.
The goal of the present study is to examine the relationship between early infant behaviors, which can be easily reported by parents, with parent-infant bonding and maternal mental health. It has long been established that child characteristics and behaviors have a significant impact on parent well-being and how parents respond to their infants. Examining parent perceptions of challenging infant behaviors may help health professionals identify high risk infants in need of intervention and mothers in need of additional support.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic pain is associated with high levels of mental health issues and alterations in cognitive processing. Cognitive-behavioral models illustrate the role of memory alterations (e.g.
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- - The study explores how some individuals use physical pain, like massages or hitting a punching bag, as a way to cope with negative emotions, despite cognitive reappraisal being a widely accepted strategy.
- - It tests two main ideas: (1) people might choose to inflict pain as a means to manage their emotional distress, and (2) that short-term relief from negative emotions can indeed come from physical pain.
- - The findings suggest that using physical pain as a coping method can be equally effective as cognitive strategies, prompting a reevaluation of traditional views on emotion regulation approaches.