Publications by authors named "Myriam Beaudin"
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- - The study explored whether healthy children show attentional bias towards threats similar to clinically anxious kids, potentially helping identify those at risk for anxiety issues earlier in life.
- - Researchers assessed the role of parent-child attachment security in the relationship between anxiety vulnerability factors (like anxiety sensitivity and uncertainty) and attentional bias towards angry stimuli.
- - Findings indicated that children with higher anxiety vulnerability detected anger-related stimuli faster, and this effect was moderated by stronger maternal attachment security, hinting at cognitive patterns found in anxious children and suggesting avenues for early detection of anxiety disorders.
Objective: Little is known about the symptoms, signs, and management guidelines for children under the age of 6 years after they sustain a concussion. Caregivers of such young children may have unique concerns and encounter different challenges from those of school-age children given the distinctive developmental characteristics of the early childhood period. This study aimed to explore the experience of caregivers through semistructured interviews to inform clinical practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Children diagnosed with anxiety disorders show altered cortisol and state anxiety reactivity to stressful situations. To date, it remains unclear whether these dysregulations emerge after the pathology or whether they are also detectable in healthy children. If the latter is true, this may provide insight into children's vulnerability to develop clinical anxiety.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic heightened emotional distress in children, especially girls, with pre-existing vulnerabilities influencing this impact.
- A longitudinal study measured hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) to assess stress responses in 69 healthy children during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels.
- Findings indicated that girls showed higher HCC reactivity than boys, and socio-emotional vulnerability and prior internalizing symptoms were significant predictors of cortisol changes during the pandemic.
Background: Many children with injuries, including burns and fractures, experience moderate to severe pain during medical procedures. Recent studies claim that nonpharmacologic pain management using virtual reality (VR) could distract children from procedural pain by engaging multiple senses.
Aims: The aims of this pilot randomized clinical trial were to assess the acceptability and feasibility of VR distraction in children with burns or fractures undergoing painful medical procedures, as well as the staff nurses, and assess the preliminary efficacy of VR distraction on pain intensity, pain-related fear, and subsequent recall of both.