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Towards an integrated model of defense in gynecological cancer. Psychoneuroimmunological and psychological factors, between risk and protection in cancer: A review
No full textCurrent cancer conceptualization and management focuses it as a chronic disease that could be directly modulated by psychosocial stressors. An individual is considered a cancer survivor from the time of diagnosis and from the balance of his or her life, including health, mental states, identity, sexuality and financial standings. Moving within the theoretical frames of Psycho-oncology and Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), this review aims to analyze, in cancer population and in the specific subsample of ovarian cancer, literature regarding PNI pathways as cancer exacerbating factors, PNI pathways promoting cancer survivorship, adaptive psychological variables linked to Quality of Life and specific areas of psychological pain. Scientific books and full-text articles published in English between 2003-2013were collected. Evidences were collected of the key role of the stress activation main secretions on tumorigenesis and tumor progression, highlighting the role of life events coping. Evidences of the protective role of Parasympathetic Nervous System activation, expressed through the Heart Rate Variability in cancer survivorship and quality of life were also collected. Were detected the main psychological issues in cancer and specific critical psychological sufferance for Ovarian Cancer (sexual impairments, body image alterations). Was also identified the protective central role of Social Support in cancer adjustment. This literature systematic review seems to give the possibility to hypothesize a new model, here called " Integrated Model of Defense " which, integrating psychological and physiological factors, could suggest a protective mechanism in time and quality of survivorship in cancer and, more specifically, in Gynecological Cancer
Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback and Psychotherapy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Case Report
No full textDifferences in the Visual Motor Development in Children: A Cross-Cultural Study
No full textSince existing data on school frequently show disparity between indigenous and non-native students in academic
achievement this research aims to face this problem monitoring objective and measurable differences between these
groups in a cross cultural perspective. 177 children from different schools in Parma and La Spezia were recruited.
The sample was divided into three subgroups: Italians; Italians with foreign parents; Immigrants.
Children completed the performance test Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test. The “cultural context” seems to
influence the results in the BVMGT. Results suggest that immigrants are grown in contexts culturally less stimulating
visual-perceptual abilities and being unable to attend preschool and primary education in this country, may have
affected their performance at the test. The comparison between Italians and Italians* is not significant: children born
and grown in the same cultural context faced a similar training path.
Regardless of intelligence or other individual characteristics, not all components of a multicultural classroom
stem from the same level of skills and competencies. A simple test such as the Bender can become a useful
predictive too
Cognitive Functioning in Elders: Could the GSR Be a Reliable Marker of Memorization, Rememorization and Learning?
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Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Reduces Symptoms of Depression And Anxiety in Depressed People
No full textSkin Conductance Response as a Decisive Variable in Individuals With a DSM-IV TR Axis I Diagnosis
No full textIn order to identify some typical patterns of autonomic arousal, a sample of 104 subjects was consecutively recruited respectively with diagnosis of: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Panic Disorder (PD), Major Depression Episode (MDE), and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) following the DSM IV —TR criteria (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). All subjects underwent a psychophysiological registration with a continuous detection of some autonomic physiological parameters, with, among others the Skin Conductance Level-Response (SCL/SCR) evaluated at rest, during a mental stress test presentation (MAT) and after the stress presentation (Psychophysiological Profile, PPF, Fuller, 1974). Obtained data confirmed previous researches (Pruneti et al. 2010; 2011): the high level in SCL in GAD and PD. In MDE and in OCD instead, the profile is characterized by activation flat and non-reactive to stimuli, with only a few differences between the two groups. These data, confirm the relevance of the psychophysiological assessment and, particularly of the Galvanic Skin Response, in the differential psychopathological diagnosis and in the treatments evaluation in the entire situation cauterized by stress-induced disorders
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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