349 research outputs found
Intelligence in childhood and risk of psychological distress in adulthood: the 1958 National Child Development Survey and the 1970 British Birth Cohort
No full textLower cognitive ability is a risk factor for some forms of severe psychiatric disorder, but it is unclear whether it influences risk of psychological distress due to anxiety or the milder forms of depression. The participants in the present study were members of two British birth national birth cohorts, the 1958 National Child Development Survey (n = 6369) and the 1970 British Cohort Study (n = 6074). We examined the association between general cognitive ability (intelligence) measured at age 10 (1970 cohort) and 11 years (1958 cohort) and high levels of psychological distress at age 30 (1970 cohort) or 33 years (1958 cohort), defined as a score of 7 or more on the Malaise Inventory. In both cohorts, participants with higher intelligence in childhood had a reduced risk of psychological distress. In sex-adjusted analyses, a standard deviation (15 points) increase in IQ score was associated with a 39% reduction in psychological distress in the 1958 cohort and a 23% reduction in the 1970 cohort [odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) were 0.61 (0.56, 0.68) and 0.77 (0.72, 0.83), respectively]. These associations were only slightly attenuated by further adjustment for potential confounding factors in childhood, including birth weight, parental social class, material circumstances, parental death, separation or divorce, and behaviour problems, and for potential mediating factors in adulthood, educational attainment and current social class. Intelligence in childhood is a risk factor for psychological distress due to anxiety and the milder forms of depression in young adults. Understanding the mechanisms underlying this association may help inform methods of preventio
The Afterlife and the Unconscious with Stephani Stephens:New Thinking Allowed
No full textStephani Stephens, PhD, served on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Jungian Studies. Currently, she is a Lecturer in Counseling at the University of Canberra and is a practicing psychotherapist in Canberra, Australia. She is the recipient of the 2018 Frances P. Bolton Fellowship from the Parapsychology Foundation. She is author of C. G. Jung and the Dead: Visions, Active Imagination and the Unconscious Terrain.Here she describes Carl Jung's encounters with the departed during dreams and visions – as reported in his autobiography and journals. She points out that he distinguished between "souls without bodies" and the other figures of the unconscious mind. Jung's explorations are akin to encounters with the afterlife as described by Homer and Virgil in classical literature. They are also relevant to psychical research and parapsychology.New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in "parapsychology" ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980)
Prevalence and risk of mental disorders in the perinatal period among migrant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Full text linkThis study was conducted in order to evaluate the prevalence and risk of mental disorders in the perinatal period among migrant women. Six databases (including MEDLINE) were searched from inception to October 19th, 2015, in addition to citation tracking. Studies were eligible if mental disorders were assessed with validated tools during pregnancy and up to 1 year postpartum among women born outside of the study country. Of 3241 abstracts screened, 53 met the inclusion criteria for the review. Only three studies investigated a mental disorder other than depression. Unadjusted odds ratios were pooled using random effects meta-analysis for elevated depression symptoms during pregnancy (n = 12) and the postpartum (n = 24), stratified by study country due to heterogeneity. Studies from Canada found an increased risk for antenatal (OR = 1.86, 95% CIs 1.32-2.62) and postnatal elevated depression symptoms (OR = 1.98, 95% CIs 1.57-2.49) associated with migrant status. Studies from the USA found a decreased risk of antenatal elevated depression symptoms (OR = 0.71, 95% CIs 0.51-0.99), and studies from the USA and Australia found no association between migrant status and postnatal elevated depression symptoms. Low social support, minority ethnicity, low socioeconomic status, lack of proficiency in host country language and refugee or asylum-seeking status all put migrant populations at increased risk of perinatal mental disorders
sj-docx-1-sgo-10.1177_21582440231218080 – Supplemental material for A Qualitative Evaluation of the Motivations, Experiences, and Impact of a Mental Wellbeing Peer Support Group for Black University Students in England and Wales: The Case of Black Students Talk
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-sgo-10.1177_21582440231218080 for A Qualitative Evaluation of the Motivations, Experiences, and Impact of a Mental Wellbeing Peer Support Group for Black University Students in England and Wales: The Case of Black Students Talk by Nkasi Stoll, Anna-Theresa Jieman, Yannick Yalipende, Nicola C. Byrom, Heidi Lempp and Stephani L. Hatch in SAGE Open</p
The White Rose and their American connections
No full textRichards-Wilson, Stephani
This chapter is a contribution to a larger OER text for community college students. The White Rose was a Nazi resistance group operating in and around Munich in 1942-1943. Although far away in time and space, the author discusses the groups connections to the United States, then and now.To view the entire book this chapter is from use the link below
Liocyrtusa stephani Daffner 1988
No full text<i>Liocyrtusa stephani</i> Daffner, 1988 <p>(Fig. 6, 19)</p> <p> <i>Liocyrtusa stephani</i> Daffner, 1988: 288. Holotype, male, in Daffner collection, not seen. Type locality: Latimer County, OK.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Length (pronotum + elytra) = 1.55–1.68 mm; greatest width = 1.16–1.24 mm. Reddish brown, shiny. Head finely, sparsely punctate. Antennal club variable in width; antennomere 8 saucer-shaped, about half width of antennomere 9; apical antennomere longer than and almost as wide as 10. Sides of pronotum weakly rounded, posterior angles obtuse. Pronotum minutely, sparsely punctate. Elytral strial punctures coarse and closely spaced, striae distinct to base of pronotum; interstrial punctures minute, sparse. Metasternum coarsely, densely punctate laterally, finely punctate medially. Metatibia narrow, width at apex about twice width at base. Male mesotibial process moderately long, crossing over long tibial spine. Abdominal sternites III–VII each with a row of coarse punctures at base. Median lobe of aedeagus (Fig. 6) broad with moderately long apical lobes. Parameres (Fig. 6) narrow, not reaching apices of median lobe. Internal sac as in Fig. 6.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> North American distribution (Fig. 19): <b>UNITED STATES</b>. ALABAMA. NEBRASKA, OKLAHOMA</p> <p>Previously recorded only from Latimer County, Oklahoma.</p> <p> <b>Seasonality.</b> Adults are known from the months of March, May, and September.</p> <p> <b>Bionomics.</b> The few collecting records suggest that adults occur in open and mixed forests. One specimen is from beach drift.</p> <p> <b>New material examined.</b> We have examined three specimens with the following data: <b>UNITED STATES</b>. ALABAMA. Wilcox County, Camden, 24. III.1959, J. I. Cowger (1, USNM). NEBRASKA. Keith County, Arthur Bay, Lake McConaughy, 22. V.2008, R. Turnbow, beach drift (1, SBPC). OKLAHOMA. Latimer Co., IX.1990, K. Stephan (1, TAMU).</p>Published as part of <i>Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2013, Systematics and distributions of the genera Cyrtusa Erichson, Ecarinosphaerula Hatch, Isoplastus Horn, Liocyrtusa Daffner, Lionothus Brown, and Zeadolopus Broun of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (310)</i> on page 12, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5193714">10.5281/zenodo.5193714</a>
Economic Stressors, Social Integration, and Drug Use Among Women in an Inner City Community
No full textThis article uses data from a study of 122 adult women drug users residing in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area to identify associations between economic stressors related to occupying disadvantaged statuses, institutional integration, and drug use. The data stem from targeted sampling and ethnographic mapping procedures. The findings suggest that experiencing stressors related to economic circumstance and daily subsistence increased the likelihood of drug use. Results also indicate religious involvement and kinship networks are independently and negatively associated with drug use, but fail to reduce the negative effects of economic stressors on drug use. The author suggests that institutional integration, however limited, may be a formidable deterrent to drug use. Continued identification of multi-level integration sources may inform drug treatment approaches in community programs
Klaus Mann: German-American Veteran in the Pursuit of a Pan-European Peace
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Klaus Mann was the son of German Noble Laureate Thomas Mann. In this chapter, the author discusses the challenges of Klaus Mann who sought a Pan-European Peace in the early 20th century. She concludes that he deserves more credit than he has been given in the long shadow of his father, a literary giant. Klaus fought the Nazis "with pen and sword." He left Nazi Germany and enlisted in the US Army. He was gay, German, and of Jewish heritage. Yet, he risked his life on more than one occasion to fight fascism and his former countrymen. Although he always felt like an outsider, he made a difference. His writings continue to inspire
<a href="https://psu.pb.unizin.org/holocaust3rs/chapter/new-2-5-first-person-the-artist-as-witness-falk-harnack/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">First person: The artist as witness – Falk Harnack</a>
No full textRichards-Wilson, Stephani
This chapter is part of an OER text published by Penn State. The author was invited to participate given her published research on Nazi resisters. Falk Harnack was the brother-in-law of Dr. Mildred Fish-Harnack. Dr. Fish-Harnack was the only American woman executed on Adolf Hiter's direct orders for her resistance efforts in Nazi Germany. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She and her husband were leaders in the resistance group called the Red Orchestra. Falk Harnack was a witness to the resistance in both Berlin and Munich. This is his story.To access this material, please use the URL below
Conceptualizing and Identifying Cumulative Adversity and Protective Resources: Implications for Understanding Health Inequalities
No full textThis article focuses on cumulative adversity and protective resources, both social and biological, that interrupt or deflect individuals from optimal life-course trajectories and contribute to widening gaps in health. Under the guiding framework of cumulative adversity and/or advantage, this narrative discusses the theoretical framework of cumulative adversity, presents identified sources of cumulative adversity and protective resources, and highlights the utilization of the life-course approach. Numerous social and biological adverse conditions are identified across multiple domains. Utilizing the life-course perspective in identifying early life determinants and the paucity of information regarding identified protective factors are discussed. Understanding health inequalities requires attention paid to heterogeneity in the impact of social statuses as well as sources of cumulative adversity and protective resources within diverging trajectories across the life course. Intervention implications are discussed, and suggestions for future research are made
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