Applying self-determination theory to internalized weight stigma and mental health correlates among young and middle adult women: A structural equation model.

Limited research has explored the relationship between self-determination theory constructs (basic psychological needs, autonomous/controlled regulation) and internalized weight stigma (IWS). This cross-sectional, online study surveyed 480 U.S.

Complementary health approaches and dietary supplement use trends among U.S. college students: A brief report.

Objective: Examine differences over time in use of complementary health approaches (CHA) and dietary supplements among college students.

Participants: Two samples of undergraduate students (Sample 1,  = 370; Sample 2,  = 482) from a midsized Midwestern university.

Method: Using stratified random sampling, at two time points (spring 2008, spring 2019), students were surveyed.

Changes in basic psychological needs, passion, and well-being of first-semester graduate students.

Objective: Examine changes in graduate student health and well-being in the first semester.

Participants: Full-time, first-semester graduate students (N = 74) from a midsized midwestern university.

Method: Graduate students were surveyed prior to starting their master's program and 10 weeks later.

Effects of physical activity interventions for caregivers of adults: A meta-analysis.

Objectives: Caregivers of adults afflicted with a variety of chronic physical and mental health conditions are at risk for poorer well-being and reduced health related to chronic stress. Physical activity (PA) interventions may alleviate aspects of this burden, as well as provide benefits to physical health. However, notable limitations exist in the previous reviews that have attempted to synthesize the evidence for the benefits of PA interventions.

Change in Perceived Stress and Health Behaviors of Emerging Adults in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented disruptions, restrictions, and concerns about physical and mental health. Emerging adulthood, including the first year of college, is associated with declines in healthy eating and physical activity, as well as possible heightened distress. The impact of COVID-19 may exacerbate these concerns.

Using self-determination theory to understand eating behaviors and weight change in emerging adults.

Introduction: College may be a time when emerging adults establish eating patterns that influence future weight trajectories. Self-determination theory (SDT) suggests that satisfaction of basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, relatedness) supports autonomous regulation of behavior, which is associated with healthier behaviors. When needs are frustrated, individuals feel as though their behaviors are controlled by others, which is associated with unhealthy behaviors.

Go!: results from a quasi-experimental obesity prevention trial with hospital employees.

Background: Worksite obesity prevention interventions using an ecological approach may hold promise for reducing typical weight gain. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of Go!, an innovative 12-month multi-component worksite obesity prevention intervention.

Methods: A quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group design was utilized; 407 eligible hospital employees (intervention arm) and 93 eligible clinic employees (comparison arm) participated.

Coping styles and self-regulation predict complementary and alternative medicine and herbal supplement use among college students.

Studies have suggested that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and herbal supplement use may be high on college campuses. This study investigated the relationship between CAM and herbal supplement utilization and coping, self-regulatory, cognitive styles, and healthcare satisfaction among college students (n=370). Indeed, overall CAM and herbal supplement use during the past year appeared high; however, users of these practices appeared somewhat heterogeneous.

Outcomes and presurgery correlates of lumbar discectomy in Utah Workers' Compensation patients.

Background Context: Lumbar discectomy is the most common type of back surgery performed in the United States. Outcomes after this procedure can be variable and it appears that Workers' Compensation patients might be at increased risk for poor outcomes.

Purpose: To examine long-term multidimensional outcomes of lumbar discectomy within a cohort of Workers' Compensation patients from Utah and identify presurgical biopsychosocial factors related to poor outcomes.

Obesity and litigation predict workers' compensation costs associated with interbody cage lumbar fusion.

Background Context: Results of lumbar fusion surgery have been mixed and procedures are costly. Interbody cage lumbar fusion (ICLF) has been advanced to improve arthrodesis and clinical outcomes; however, little attention has been given to ICLF costs or potential predictors of these expenses.

Purpose: To depict medical and compensation costs associated with ICLF in a Utah cohort of patients receiving workers' compensation as well as to investigate predictors of costs.

Telephone-based coping skills training for patients awaiting lung transplantation.

Impaired quality of life is associated with increased mortality in patients with advanced lung disease. Using a randomized controlled trial with allocation concealment and blinded outcome assessment at 2 tertiary care teaching hospitals, the authors randomly assigned 328 patients with end-stage lung disease awaiting lung transplantation to 12 weeks of telephone-based coping skills training (CST) or to usual medical care (UMC). Patients completed a battery of quality of life instruments and were followed for up to 3.

Emotional distress and quality of life in caregivers of patients awaiting lung transplant.

Objective: The aims of this study are to characterize the levels of emotional distress and quality of life among caregivers of lung transplant candidates and to examine the relation of coping styles and perceived caregiver burden to caregivers' self-reported emotional distress.

Methods: A consecutive series of primary caregivers of potential lung transplant candidates completed a battery of psychosocial measures, including the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ), Scale for Caregiver Burden (SCB), and Medical Outcomes Survey, Short Form-36 (SF-36).

Results: Only 12 of the 82 caregivers (14.

Gas exchange and exercise capacity affect neurocognitive performance in patients with lung disease.

Objective: This study examined the relationship between cognitive functioning and the severity of underlying lung disease in patients awaiting lung transplantation.

Methods: Ninety-four patients with end-stage lung disease completed a test battery to assess cognitive performance in two domains: executive functioning/attention (Trails A and B, COWA, Animal Naming, Stroop Color-Word Test, Digit Symbol, and the 2 & 7 Test) and verbal memory (Digit Span-Backward and Forward, WMS-R Logical Memory and Paired Verbal Associates).

Results: Thirty-seven percent of the patients demonstrated moderate to severe cognitive impairment data on two or more tests.

Presurgical biopsychosocial factors predict multidimensional patient: outcomes of interbody cage lumbar fusion.

Background Context: Interbody cage lumbar fusion (ICLF) has been advanced to improve arthrodesis; however, little attention has been given to quality of life and functional outcomes. Studies suggest that psychosocial factors may be important modifiers of low back surgical outcomes.

Purpose: To depict outcomes of ICLF surgery across multiple dimensions and to investigate presurgical biopsychosocial predictors of these outcomes.