Do aggressive driving and negative emotional driving mediate the link between impulsiveness and risky driving among young Italian drivers?

The present study examined the contribution of impulsiveness and aggressive and negative emotional driving to the prediction of traffic violations and accidents taking into account potential mediation effects. Three hundred and four young drivers completed self-report measures assessing impulsiveness, aggressive and negative emotional driving, driving violations, and accidents. Structural equation modeling was used to assess the direct and indirect effects of impulsiveness on violations and accidents among young drivers through aggressive and negative emotional driving.

The Parental Bond and Alcohol Use Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Drinking Motives.

Background: Alcohol use and alcohol-related problems represent a significant health concern. Few empirical researches focused on understanding the interrelationships and links between the parental bond, drinking motives, and alcohol use during adolescence.

Objectives: The present study examined the relationships between a supportive parental bond, drinking motives, and alcohol use, with a focus on the role of mediation.

Anxiety and depression among amyloid light-chain cardiac amyloidosis patients: The role of life satisfaction.

Background: The present study aimed to provide a contribution to the study of a rare disease, amyloid light-chain (AL) cardiac amyloidosis, which is the most common type of systemic amyloidosis. In AL amyloidosis prognosis is determined by cardiac involvement. Although the association between psychological distress (e.

Depression and cardiac symptoms among AL amyloidosis patients: the mediating role of coping strategies.

Background: Amyloidosis is a rare disease group. AL amyloidosis represents the most common type of systemic amyloidosis and cardiac involvement determines prognosis. Although some studies have revealed that amyloidosis patients present high levels of depression, few data are available about depression-contributing factors.

Balloon catheter vs. cervical vacuum cup for hysterosalpingography: a prospective, randomized, single-blinded study.

Objective: To compare the use of a balloon catheter device with the use of a cervical vacuum cup device in performing hysterosalpingography (HSG).

Design: Prospective, randomized, single-blinded study.

Setting: Tertiary infertility center.