Body image among Muslim women in Israel: exploring religion and sociocultural pressures.

The study aimed to investigate the association of the Muslim religion, as a multidimensional factor, with social pressures related to body image concerns, among Muslim women in Israel. Four hundred and Seventy-five Israeli Muslim women ages between 18 and 30 years completed questionnaire measures of strength of religious faith, wearing a traditional head cover (the Hijab), positive and negative body image, media exposure, societal pressures to conform to Western body ideals and its internalization, from 2016 to 2018. Strength of religious faith and wearing the Hijab were positively associated with positive aspects of body image, while only strength of religious faith negatively correlated with body dissatisfaction.

An examination of the factor structure and preliminary assessment of the psychometric properties of a Hebrew translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2).

The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely-used, 10-item measure of a core facet of positive body image. To extend its use internationally, we examined the factor structure and conducted a preliminary assessment of the psychometric properties of a novel Hebrew translation of the BAS-2. A sample of 613 Israeli adults (362 women, 251 men; age M = 29.

Is Narcissism Associated with Heavy Work Investment? The Moderating Role of Workload in the Relationship between Narcissism, Workaholism, and Work Engagement.

This study aimed to investigate the association between narcissism and two forms of heavy work investment, namely, workaholism and work engagement. More specifically, it was hypothesized that narcissism is positively associated with both workaholism and work engagement, with workload moderating these relationships, which are expected to be stronger when the workload is high. Overall, 217 workers completed a self-report questionnaire, and the hypothesized relationships were tested using moderated multiple regression.

Motor delay - An early and more common "red flag" in girls rather than boys with autism spectrum disorder.

Background: Autism and intellectual disability may coincide and be preceded by global developmental delay or by motor delay.

Hypothesis: Motor delay in the context of global developmental delay is an initial "red flag" for ASD, with added risk in girls.

Objective: To assess early developmental milestones in girls with ASD as compared to diagnosed boys, considering prematurity risk.

Health-related quality of life after injury: examining the roles of perceived daily-life stress and injury perceptions.

Purpose: The present study aimed to examine the effects of injury perceptions and perceived daily stress on health-related quality of life (HRQL) of individuals affected by a physical injury.

Methods: Two hundred and forty injured individuals completed questionnaires assessing HRQL (Medical Outcome Health Survey short-form 36), perceived daily-life stress (Perceived Stress Scale), and injury perceptions (Brief-InjPQ).

Results: The direct effects of stress on HRQL scores were not moderated by gender.

Factors contributing to continuity and discontinuity in child psychopathology from infancy to childhood: An explorative study.

This study examined the psychopathology and socioemotional functioning of school-aged children treated during infancy and a comparison group of children without symptoms or treatment history. Our goal was to identify the factors associated with the continuity of psychopathology from infancy to childhood. The sample comprised 54 Israeli children, 30 with treatment history as infants in an infant mental health clinic and 24 with no treatment history.

Association between age at type 1 diabetes diagnosis and metabolic outcome at young adulthood: a real-life observational study.

Background: Younger age at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) may affect the clinical course and outcome. We examined whether age at diagnosis was associated with glycemic control and metabolic outcome in young adulthood.

Methods: This observational study included 105 young adults with T1D (current mean age: 21.

The prognostic value of lymph node ratio in Medullary thyroid carcinoma: A multi-center study.

Introduction: The lymph node ratio (LNR), which represents the proportion of metastatic lymph nodes resected, has been found to be a prognostic variable in several cancers, but data for Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) are sparse. The aim of this study was to determine the value of the LNR in predicting outcome in patients with MTC.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective multicenter study design of 107 patients with MTC who underwent total thyroidectomy with neck dissection between 1984 and 2016.

The endocrine manifestations of spinal muscular atrophy, a real-life observational study.

The introduction of nusinersen, the first therapeutic modality for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) patients has raised hopes and led to construction of a multi-professional medical SMA service, including pediatric endocrinology. Our study aimed to provide a comprehensive description of the endocrine manifestations of SMA patients with variable degree of sarcopenia. Real-life clinical and laboratory data of 62 SMA patients (age range 3 months to 31 years, 24 type 1, 21 type 2, 17 type 3) were collected including: weight-status, self-reported information on puberty, current pubertal stage, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), basal gonadotropin and androgen levels.

Exploring dimensions of health behaviors' representations.

To discover underlying dimensions of health behavior representations and to suggest a new framework for their investigation. A total of 1709 participants rated 45 health behaviors on 14 theoretical constructs denoting features by which individuals can cognitively represent health behaviors. Correlations among constructs were aggregated across behaviors using a meta-analytic approach, and subjected to factor analysis.

A Bio-Physio-Psychological Investigation of Athletes' Burnout.

Changes in biophysiological markers related to perceived burnout and self-comfort were tested in this study. Forty-two student-athletes from middle and high school grades were evaluated for burnout, salivary cortisol levels, measures of arousal-related physiological markers (i.e.

Body Image and Emotional Eating as Predictors of Psychological Distress Following Bariatric Surgery.

Background: The purpose of this study was to shed light on the ambiguity concerning the variables affecting psychological distress following bariatric surgery, specifically the roles of body image dissatisfaction (BID) and emotional eating in detecting and predicting such outcomes.

Methods: Of 169 consecutive bariatric surgery candidates from a university-based bariatric center, who participated in the psychosocial pre-surgery survey from 2015 to 2017 (67% females, mean age 41.8 years (SD = 11.

Grief over patients, compassion fatigue, and the role of social acknowledgment among psycho-oncologists.

Objective: Compassion fatigue-that is, secondary traumatic stress (STS) and burnout-is a traumatic emotional state experienced by health care providers and expressed in a reduced capacity to be interested in and empathic to the suffering of others. Compassion fatigue may be related to grief over patients' loss. We examined the relation between grief and compassion fatigue among psycho-oncologists while exploring the impact of social acknowledgment on this association.

Between empathy and grief: The mediating effect of compassion fatigue among oncologists.

Objective: Oncologists are exposed to suffering, loss, and death, which can potentially lead to grief reactions. Although grief over patients may be a natural consequence of the close and longstanding oncologist-patient relationship, the empathy that oncologists feel toward their patients may put them at risk for compassion fatigue (CF). This study examined the mediating role of the two components of CF-secondary traumatic stress (STS) and burnout-in the relation between empathy and grief among oncologists.

Exploring the role of perceived vs. observed behavioral outcomes in parental grief reaction following pediatric acquired brain injury.

Background: Pediatric acquired brain injury may result in a significant gap between the "pre" and "post-injury" child.

Objective: We aimed to quantitatively explore the mechanism underlying parents' loss experience by examining the mediating role of behavioral outcomes (observed-problems and perceived-change) in the relationship between injury severity and grief.

Method: The study employed a cross-sectional retrospective design and comprised 40 parents of children (aged 3-18 years) with moderate-severe brain injury.

Compassion fatigue among oncologists: the role of grief, sense of failure, and exposure to suffering and death.

Purpose: Oncologists cope with unique work characteristics that increase their risk of developing compassion fatigue-that is, burnout and secondary traumatic stress-and can result in reduced capacity and interest in being empathetic to the suffering of others (Stamm B. The concise ProQOL manual, 2010). At the same time, oncologists can experience compassion satisfaction-that is, the positive aspects of caring.

Interpersonal physiological regulation during couple support interactions: Examining the role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia and emotional support.

In times of need, people seek comfort and support from close others. Support provision is an integral component of attachment relationships, one that is linked with physical and psychological well-being. Successful support provision is believed to be grounded in transactions of sensitive, caring behavior between caregivers and support seekers and to serve a profound regulatory function.

Insufficient Balance Recovery Following Unannounced External Perturbations in Persons With Stroke.

. Persons with stroke (PwS) are at increased risk of falls, especially toward the paretic side, increasing the probability of a hip fracture. The ability to recover from unexpected loss of balance is a critical factor in fall prevention.

The Beneficial Effect of Combined GH/GnRHa Therapy in Increasing Adult Height Outcome in Children With ISS.

Context: Management of GH-treated children with idiopathic short stature (ISS) with early puberty and adolescents in midpuberty at initiation of treatment is challenging.

Objective: To assess the effect of combined GH/GnRHa therapy during puberty on achieved adult height (AHt) in these children with ISS and to determine whether outcome depended on sex and pubertal status at initiation of GH therapy.

Design: Retrospective, single-center observational study from 2003-2018.

Mother-child adrenocortical synchrony: Roles of maternal overcontrol and child developmental phase.

An increasing amount of empirical attention is focused on adrenocortical synchrony as an index of biobehavioral co-regulation between parent and child in the context of early child development. Working with an ethnically diverse community sample of children (N = 99, 50.5% male, ages 9-12), we collected saliva samples from mother-child dyads prior to and after a laboratory-based performance challenge task, and tested whether maternal overcontrol and child age moderated dyadic synchrony in cortisol.

Who will care for the caregiver? Distress and depression among spousal caregivers of older patients undergoing treatment for cancer.

Purpose: Although it is accepted that in general spousal caregivers of patients with cancer are under high emotional and physical strain, little is known about the quality of life specifically among spousal caregivers of older cancer patients. The aim of the current study is to explore the emotional toll of spousal caregivers of cancer patients aged 65-85 years.

Methods: This study surveyed 242 spousal caregivers of patients ≥ 65 years old, diagnosed with cancer, treated with curative or palliative intent, and within 6 months of treatment at enrollment.

Self-efficacy and acceptance of disability following mild traumatic brain injury: A pilot study.

Recovery from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and regaining emotional equilibrium afterward can take much longer than the typical three months. Recent works attribute persisting complaints to psychological factors, primarily the negative perception of mTBI. However, research has yet to demonstrate how self-beliefs concerning capability are linked to perception and ability to accept injury.