Effects of Emotional Stability on Insomnia through Anxiety in Patients with Cataracts

This study investigated the effect of emotional stability (ES) on insomnia through anxiety in preoperative patients with cataracts. Fifty-four subjects completed a self-questionnaire that included the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) for ES, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS). Pathway analysis was performed to analyze the mediating effects of ES, the anxiety subscale scores of the HADS, and the ISI scores. The low-ES group exhibited an insomnia severity that was significantly higher than that of the high-ES group (p=0.048). According to the pathway analysis, the significant indirect effect of ES on the ISI scores was mediated by the scores on the anxiety subscale of the HADS. Cataract patients with low ES waiting to undergo surgery have a high risk of experiencing insomnia due to anxiety. Before surgery, it is essential to identify patients’ personality characteristics and provide appropriate intervention.

Resilience, Emotional Stability and Perceived Stress among 10th graders

Background: In a day to day life we come across many hassles in our life and these hassles sometimesbecomes stressors. Adolescence is a period of transitional stage with physical and psychological developmentwherein they face many such challenges and stressors. It depends on the individual ability, cognition andframe of life which help them to cope with stressors. The present study explores the relationship betweenresilience, emotional stability and perceived stress between boys and girls.Methodology: The participants 10th graders, boys and girls were administered three scales, Resilience scaleby Wagnild and Young, Emotional stability scale by A. S. Patel and Perceived stress scale by SheldonCohen. The data was analyzed, using the t test and correlational coefficient.Results: A significant negative correlation was found between resilience and perceived stress (r = -.123) andfor emotional stability and perceived stress (r = - 0.206). A significant positive correlation was found betweenresilience and emotional stability (r = 0.104). The t values indicate that there was no significant genderdifference in resilience, emotional stability and perceived scores. The t values obtained for resilience,emotional stability and perceived stress scores of boys and girls having both parents working or single parentworking did not indicate any significant difference.Conclusion: A significant negative correlation was found between resilience and perceived stress and foremotional stability and perceived stress. A significant positive correlation was found between resilience andemotional stability. There was no significant gender difference in the three variables and no difference in thethree variables for boys and girls of single parent/both parents working.

Escala de avaliações autorreferentes: características psicométricasem amostras brasileiras / The core self-evaluations scale: psychometric characteristics in Brazilian samples / Escala de evaluaciones auto-referentes: características psicométricas en muestras brasileñas

Foi objetivo da presente pesquisa buscar evidências de validade e fidedignidade da Escala de Avaliações Autorreferentes em amostras brasileiras. Participaram do estudo 393 trabalhadores de ambos os sexos, que responderam à Escala de Avaliações Autorreferentes, a uma Escala de Exaustão Emocional e a uma Escala de Satisfação no Trabalho. Os resultados da análise fatorial evidenciaram que a Escala de Avaliações Autorreferentes apresentou estrutura unifatorial, além de índice satisfatório de consistência interna. Outrossim, as correlações entre as três escalas adotadas no estudo demonstraram a existência de correlações positivas significativas das avaliações autorreferentes com a satisfação no trabalho e, correlações negativas e significativas, com a exaustão emocional. Tais resultados permitiram concluir que a Escala de Avaliações Autorreferentes apresentou índices psicométricos que recomendam seu uso em situações de diagnóstico e pesquisas futuras, no contexto das organizações de trabalho.

The present research aimed to find validity and reliability evidences of the Core Self-Evaluations Scale in Brazilian samples. The participants were 393 employees from both genders, which answered to the Core Self-Evaluation Scale, to an Emotional Exhaustion Scale and to a Job Satisfaction Scale. Factor analysis results showed that the Core Self-Evaluations Scale presented a one-dimensional structure, as well as an adequate internal consistency. Otherwise, the correlations between the three scales usedin the study revealed that positive and significant correlations between core self-evaluations and job satisfaction and negativeand significant correlations between core self-evaluations and emotional exhaustion were obtained. It was concluded that the Core Self-Evaluation Scale has good psychometric properties and can be used in situations of diagnostics and research in the organizational context.

El propósito de esta investigación fue encontrar pruebas de validez y fiabilidad de la Escala de Evaluaciones Auto-referentes en muestras brasileñas. Participaron del estudio 393 trabajadores de los dos sexos. Ellos respondieron a la Escala de Evaluaciones Auto-referentes, la Escala de Satisfacción con el Trabajo y la Escala de Agotamiento Emocional. Los resultados del análisis factorial demostraron que la Escalade Evaluaciones Auto-referentes es unifactorial y tiene un índice satisfactorio de consistencia interna. Además, las correlaciones entrelas tres escalas utilizadas en el estudio demostraron la existencia de correlaciones positivas y significativas entre las evaluaciones autoreferentesy la satisfacción en el trabajo y de correlaciones negativas y significativas entre las evaluaciones auto-referentes y el agotamiento emocional. Los resultados apoyan la conclusión de que la Escala de Evaluaciones Auto-referentes mostró buenos índices psicométricosy puede ser utilizada para el diagnóstico y la investigación en contextos organizacionales.