Tailoring dyadic coping strategies to attachment style: Emotion-focused and problem-focused dyadic coping differentially buffer anxiously and avoidantly attached partners

Attachment insecurity is associated with lower satisfaction and lower felt security in romantic relationships, especially during times of stress such as coping with a global pandemic. Heightened external stressors for couples are associated with poorer relationship quality, but how couples cope with stress together, or their dyadic coping strategies, is associated with the maintenance of relationship satisfaction. In the current study, we followed 184 couples living together during the COVID-19 pandemic to test whether specific coping strategies buffered people higher in attachment anxiety and avoidance from lower satisfaction and felt security in the early weeks and ensuing months of the pandemic. Our findings demonstrate that perceiving more emotion-focused dyadic coping—being affectionate and using intimacy—buffered the negative association between attachment anxiety and relationship satisfaction and felt security, both concurrently and over several months of the pandemic. In addition, problem-focused perceived dyadic coping backfired for people higher in attachment anxiety;they felt less satisfied when they perceived more problem-focused coping—which involves being solution-focused and using instrumental support—in their relationship. In contrast, people higher in attachment avoidance were buffered against lower relationship satisfaction when they perceived more problem-focused dyadic coping and were not buffered by emotion-focused coping. The current findings suggest the importance of tailoring coping strategies to a partner's attachment style for relationship quality and felt security during times of stress.

Associations Between Children's Emotion Regulation, Mindful Parenting, Parent Stress, and Parent Coping During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Stress among parents has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research prior to the pandemic indicates that parents of children who struggle with emotion regulation (ER) and who themselves are less mindful report more stress and diminished coping abilities. We know little, however, about these associations in the context of COVID-19. To prevent COVID-related deteriorations in parent well-being and child outcomes and to support parents during this potentially challenging time, it is important to understand the factors that are associated with increased stress as well as adaptive coping. This paper discusses the association between children's ER, mindful parenting (MP), parent stress, and parents' coping with parenting during the pandemic in a sample of 217 caregivers of school-aged children (91.0% mothers). Results indicated that children's ER was associated with parents' self-reported coping with parenting in the pandemic but was not associated with increased stress. Further, MP moderated the association between children's ER and coping, such that parents who were the most mindful and had children with better ER skills reported significantly greater ability to cope with pandemic parenting. Coping was lower for other combinations of ER and mindful parenting. These findings contradict those from before COVID, suggesting the relationship between children's ER and parent outcomes may differ in the COVID-19 context, and offering insights into which parents may be most likely to struggle with coping with pandemic parenting. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Family Journal is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Physical activity in managing stress among managers during a COVID-19 pandemic-systematic review

Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic managers experienced additional stress connected with taking responsibility for workers at the time of a worldwide crisis. Maintaining a high level of physical activity in this specific group possibly could have contributed to keeping both management skills and health condition at a high required standard. The purpose of this review is to verify the range of scientific interest on the subject of physical activity among managers as a stress coping strategy during the pandemic. Materials and Methods: For this systematic review six studies were chosen (two of them are qualitative descriptive, three are cross-sectional, one is a report). The inclusion criteria were as follows: studies focusing on stress, physical activity and managers;studies conducted in the years of COVID-19 epidemic available in full-text. The exclusion criteria applied to studies where the managers' group was not specified. The number of study participants ranged from 20 to 255. Results: The frequency of exercise was insufficient and unsuitable to the managers' specific needs, especially during the demanding time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions: The managers were highly aware of the role of sport in lowering stress and improving health, especially during the pandemic. However, this has not resulted in more frequent physical activity among this group. There is a high probability that further confronting the leaders with their real physical activity daily habits would have influenced their reflection about the subject and initiated change.

Managing Stress and its Consequences during Covid-19, the College of Technological Studies, Kuwait

The unprecedented outbreak of Covid-19 and the suspension of classes while continuing teaching created disruption and a situation that added considerable stress not only to the management of technical and vocational institutions but also to teachers, trainers and students and their ability to cope with the situation. The shift to online teaching platforms rather than face-to-face learning caused emotional and physical consequences that affect the ability of teachers and trainers to achieve course objectives. This paper identifies and examines the emotional and physical consequences resulting from the use of online teaching platforms on teachers, trainers and students, in addition to examining the quality of online teaching platforms in achieving course objectives. The research involves designing, testing, and distributing questionnaires to a sample of teachers, trainers, and students as well as meeting with the Dean of the College of Technological Studies. The findings of this research revealed that teachers and trainers are more vulnerable to stress, and this can have a significant effect on teachers and trainers psychological and physical health and triggers emotional and physical consequences. In respect to students' perception towards the effectiveness of applying online teaching platforms, the majority of students were disagreed that online teaching platforms helped in gaining the required skills, understanding cases studies and understanding the course topics. Thus, the management of the College of Technological Studies must ensure that teachers and trainers are well equipped with the required knowledge, skills and attitudes to overcome and/or reduce the consequences resulting from the use of online teaching platforms. Copyright for this article is retained by the author(s).

Stress management system development as a condition for human evolution in response to emerging threats

The focus of this article is on how contemporary youth groups are experiencing the stress associated with the transition to distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine measures, and the demands of social isolation. Considering the world historical experience of building the theory and system of stress management, some organizational measures of improvement of higher education institutions' activity as the main resource of overcoming stress condition of students and study groups are offered.

Explanation of Factors Affecting Self-care and Diabetes Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Introduction: Adopting diabetes self-care behaviors to control blood glucose is essential, but adherence to them has been challenged due to restrictions related to Covid-19. These restrictions have negatively impacted the psychosocial condition of individuals with diabetes, which could lead to poor self-care. Accordingly, this study aimed to explore the experiences of individuals with type 2 diabetes regarding self-care behaviors and diabetes management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material(s) and Method(s): This qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis, the data of which were collected through interviews with people over 18 years of age with type 2 diabetes who were selected from the Endocrinology Clinic of Erfan Hospital in Tehran. Using telephone and WhatsApp, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 participants (15 women). Content analysis was done using the constant comparative method, and the open and axial coding method was applied. The data were manually coded, and the main themes and categories emerged from data. Result(s): Two main themes emerged from the data: 1) challenges and limitations toward diabetes self-care and 2) facilitators of efficient self-care. Challenges and limitations included 4 sub-themes: Inevitable lifestyle changes, psychosocial problems, limited/lack of access to health care services and medication, and adverse physical effects. Facilitators had 2 sub-themes: improved individual capability and maintaining social interaction. Conclusion(s): Our findings indicated that inevitable lifestyle changes, limited access to health care, and adverse psychosocial consequences were the most critical challenges for diabetes management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Improving stress management skills and effective coping strategies can facilitate the adoption of self-care behaviors.Copyright © 2022, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences. All rights reserved.

Patient Safety Culture in the Emergency Center at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo and the COVID-19 Pandemic

BACKGROUND: Despite the developments in Kosovo's healthcare, there are still many challenges that hamper the delivery of proper health-care service. This was especially highlighted during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. AIM: This study aims to elucidate the factors that impede proper health service as well as reduce preventable medical errors by focusing on safety as a fundamental principle in patient care and a key component health services quality management. The main goal is to improve the overall approach to the patient by improving the workers performance and redesigning systems, with the goal of reducing patient risk not only in normal working environment but also in new and unusual situations such as COVID-19 pandemic. METHOD(S): In this cross-sectional study, data were collected and analyzed. Two questionnaires were compiled for this research: one was compiled to address patients who sought health services at the Emergency Center;the second questionnaire was designed for the Emergency Center personnel to identify the relationships between the workers, managerial staff, the problems of reporting errors, and similar. Moreover, relevant publications on the impact of the pandemic on the provision of health services were compared. Statistical analysis was done by IBM SPSS version 25. CONCLUSION(S): There is a need for improving Patient Safety Culture in The Emergency Center at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo. By reorganizing working hours for the workers of the Emergency Center, preventable medical errors would be reduced. Raising the capacities of the primary care level would reduce the load of the Emergency Center from interventions, which can be handled without a problem at the lower levels. Continuous professional trainings, as well as trainings focused on stress management, working under time pressure, and relationships between health service providers would significantly improve the level of patient safety in the Emergency Center.Copyright © 2023, Scientific Foundation SPIROSKI. All rights reserved.

Effects of Critical Incident Stress Management on Nurses During COVID-19 Pandemic

Objective: To analyze the effect of Critical Incident Stress Management on the mental health of nurses during COVID-19. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Jhelum Pakistan from Mar to Jun 2020. Methodology: Forty-six nurses were consecutively recruited and evaluated regarding Knowledge about COVID-19, thoughts regarding its origin, emotional reactions, and coping mechanisms. The evaluation was followed by the provision of Critical Incident Stress Management sessions in March. Finally, in the second phase conducted in June, the participants were evaluated again to assess the effect of intervention regarding the above parameters. Results: Results indicated a statistically significant shift in Knowledge from Social Media to Academic Resources (p<0.001). Thoughts regarding the origin of COVID-19 showed that ‘Religious Causes' and belief in ‘Religious and Biological Causes both” significantly reduced (p=0.001 and p=0.003, respectively), while opinions regarding ‘Biological Causes' increased in frequency (p< 0.001). Emotionally a significant reduction was seen in Confusion (p<0.001). A significant reduction was observed in Religious Rituals (p=0.002) for Coping Mechanisms. However, observing Safety Precautions and Distraction Strategies were insignificantly affected (p=0.668 and p=1, respectively). Conclusion: Critical Incident Stress Management helped healthcare workers sublimate their emotional reactions and helped them cope with a productive mindset for better management of the pandemic.

Research article An interprofessional collaborative approach to alleviate workplace stress among medical college faculty during COVID pandemic

Introduction and Aim: Job and stress are not mutually exclusive;in fact, stress is inherent to job. In the present era of COVID pandemic, working as health care providers may entail highest levels of stress leading to burnout. Thus, affecting work efficiency of faculty, in turn reflecting on students' performance and health care services to patients. However, de-stressors like yoga and art-based interventions are scarce and not well documented to date. Hence, the present study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of stress alleviating yoga and creative art therapy through interprofessional collaborative approach. Method(s): Sixty medical faculty of either gender aging 30-60 years, were randomly divided into two equal groups-control and intervention group. The intervention group underwent yoga and creative art therapy for 10 days duration each. International stress management association (ISMA) stress questionnaire and Kessler's psychological distress (K-10) scale were administered before and post-intervention, to compare the stress levels. Blood pressure (BP), pulse rate, body mass index (BMI) and waist hip ratio (WHR) were also measured. Comparative analysis of pre-post test scores was done using Student's paired 't' test. Result(s): According to ISMA and K-10 scores, the intervention group showed statistically significant (p <= 0.05) decrease in stress levels among faculty. However, BP, BMI and WHR didn't show any significant change after the intervention. Conclusion(s): Yoga and art therapy were proved to be beneficial in reducing the stress levels among faculty significantly. Comparative analysis also showed significant reduction irrespective of their gender and specialty.Copyright © 2023, Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists. All rights reserved.

Effects of mindfulness and stress management on neurocardiovascular and psychological outcomes

There has been a higher prevalence of developing anxiety due to frequent episodes of stress among adults in recent years. Chronic anxiety can contribute to the prevalence of elevated blood pressure and hypertension. High anxiety and stress also contribute to overactivation of the sympathetic nervous system which can be quantified by increased muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA). Sympathetic overactivation can lead to vasoconstriction and loss of arterial elasticity. Anxiety, MSNA, blood pressure, and arterial stiffness are all interconnected, thus studying these relationships is crucial to understand the underlying mechanisms for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Non-pharmacological and mind-body treatments such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and stress management education (SME) have gained popularity in the management of anxiety and CVD risk. In Study 1, 19 volunteers (18-45 years) were randomized into 8-week MBSR or SME, where we monitored changes in anxiety, decentering, and arterial stiffness. There was a tendency for state anxiety to be reduced after MBSR (p=0.06), but carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) did not change from pre to post in either condition. Study 2 enrolled 27 volunteer participants (25+/-1 years) to determine how muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) reactivity influence post mental stress aortic augmentation index (AIx). The mental stress task significantly increased HR (DELTA15+/-2 beats/minute), MAP (DELTA14+/-1 mmHg), and perceived stress (DELTA1.9+/-0.1 a.u.), while MSNA (DELTA -13 to +20 bursts/min) was not significantly increased. The change in MAP during mental stress was a significant predictor (beta=0.47;p=0.03) of the change in AIx (post-stress vs. baseline). Changes in MSNA and perceived stress were not predictors of mental stress- xiv related changes in AIx. Study 3 examined how 8-week MBSR, or SME influenced anxiety and decentering in 36 volunteer participants. Nineteen participants completed the 8-week study prior to concerns over COVID-19 (no pandemic group = NPG), while 17 participants were affected by the stay-at-home order due to the pandemic (pandemic group = PG). Anxiety and decentering were measured before and after the 8-weeks of MBSR and SME. Trait anxiety was reduced in NPG/PG and MBSR/SME (p<0.05), while decentering was also improved in PG (p<0.03). The results of these studies agree with previous studies that indicate how MBSR can help to reduce anxiety. However, MBSR does not appear to decrease arterial stiffness (cfPWV). Aim 2 challenges the concept that acute stress-induced changes in aortic augmentation index are directly linked to changes in MSNA. The changes in AIx were linked to changes in MAP, but not MSNA. Aim 3 provides indications of how MBSR and SME can reduce trait anxiety and improve the ability to decenter during a global health crisis like COVID19. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Utility of mindfulness-based stress reduction to impact health promotion in nursing students: A mindful project

The goal of this project was to examine whether Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) influences perceived stress of nursing students. Background/Significance. College nursing students are under increasing stress. The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted this chronic, ongoing deficiency, prompting the need to identify interventions that support the mental health of future healthcare workers (HCWs). Problem. The increasing incidence of burnout and anxiety in the healthcare industry is concerning. The implementation of MBSR into nursing curricula has the potential to address this problem. In 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, specifically addressing this issue. Recommendation three of the NASEM report supports the implementation of evidence-based interventions into educational systems to support the health and well-being of our current and future nurses. Provision five of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses also states that a nurse owes the same duty to self as they give to others, implying a responsibility for self-care (ANA, 2015).PICOT Question. In nursing students (P), does the implementation of a brief mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention (I) versus no MBSR (C) affect students' perceived stress (O) during their first semester in a nursing program (T)? Methods. This pre-post survey design pilot project evaluated whether an eight-week session of MBSR would have an impact on the perceived stress of first-semester nursing students. The Short Stress Overload Scale (SOS-S) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) were utilized to measure students' perceived stress to the MBSR sessions. Independent t tests were performed to analyze data. Results. Comparison of pre and post stress scores were not statistically significant. However, small sample size limited results. MBSR is supported in the literature to reduce perceived stress in nursing students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Centering Group Treatment for Women With Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: A Prospective, Parallel-Group Cohort Study

Importance: Women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (ICBPS) face isolation and treatment challenges. Group medical visits using Centering models have successfully treated other conditions but have not been explored in ICBPS. Objective(s): This study aimed to describe ICBPS pain and symptom control comparing standard treatment alone versus standard treatment augmented with Centering visits. Study Design: This prospective cohort study recruited women with ICBPS receiving standard care (control) or standard care augmented with group Centering. We administered validated questionnaires at baseline and monthly for 12 months. The primary outcome was change in the pain numerical rating scale, with Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Pain Interference Scale and Bladder Pain/Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Score change as secondary measures. Result(s): We enrolled 45 women (20 Centering, 25 controls). Centering had significantly better numerical rating scale pain scores at 1 month (mean difference [diff], -3.45) and 2 months (mean diff, -3.58), better Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Pain Interference Scale scores at 1 month (mean diff, -10.62) and 2 months (mean diff, -9.63), and better Bladder Pain/Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Score scores at 2 months (mean diff, -13.19), and 3 months (mean diff, -12.3) compared with controls. In modeling, treatment group (Centering or control) and educational levels were both associated with all the outcomes of interest. Beyond 6 months, there were too few participants for meaningful analyses. Conclusion(s): Women with ICBPS participating in a Centering group have, in the short term, less pain, pain interference, and ICBPS-specific symptoms than patients with usual care alone. Larger studies with more follow-up are needed to determine if this treatment effect extends over time.Copyright © 2022 American Urogynecologic Society. All rights reserved.

The mediating role of task-related occupational anxiety in the relationship between stress-coping behaviours and crisis management skills: A study during the COVID-19 pandemic period

COVÍD-19 Pandemisi Dünya'nın her yerindeki sağlık çalışanlarını aşırı baskı altında karar almak ve uygulamak durumunda bırakmıştır ki yaşanan bu süreç doğal olarak bütün sağlık çalışanları için önemli bir stres ve kaygı kaynağıdır. Çalışmada stresle baş etme davranışları ile kriz yönetimi becerileri ilişkisinde göreve ilişkin mesleki kaygının aracılık rolü incelenmiştir. Örneklem Doğu Anadolu Bölgesinde görev alan hemşirelerden oluşmaktadır. Araştırmanın COVÍD-19 salgın tedbirleri kapsamında yürütülmesi sebebiyle anket formu elektronik olarak gerçekleştirilmiş ve 400 elektronik anket analize tabi tutulmuştur. Araştırmada elde edilen sonuçlara göre stresle baş etme davranışları ile kriz yönetimi becerisi ve göreve ilişkin mesleki kaygı arasında;göreve ilişkin mesleki kaygı ile kriz yönetimi becerisi arasında anlamlı ilişkiler tespit edilmiştir. Ílaveten, stresle baş etme davranışları ile kriz yönetimi becerisi arasındaki ilişkide göreve ilişkin mesleki kaygının da aracılık etkisi olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sonuçlar, ilgili alan yazında gerçekleştirilmiş araştırma sonuçları ekseninde tartışılmıştır.Alternate : The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced healthcare professionals worldwide to make and implement decisions under extreme pressure, which is naturally a source of stress and anxiety for all healthcare professionals. This study examined the mediating role of task-related occupational anxiety in the relationship between nurses' stress-coping behaviours and crisis management skills. The sample consists of nurses working in the Eastern Anatolia Region. Because the research was conducted within the scope of COVID-19 epidemic measures, the questionnaire was online, and 400 electronic questionnaires were analysed. According to the results obtained in the research, significant relationships were found between stress-coping behaviours, crisis management skills and task-related occupational anxiety, as well as between task-related occupational anxiety and crisis management skills. In addition, it has been determined that task-related occupational anxiety mediates the relationship between stress-coping behaviours and crisis management skills. The results are discussed in the axis of the research results in the related literature.

The effect of progressive muscle relaxation on quality of life and pain intensity in patients with COVID-19 in 2021

Introduction: Some symptoms, such as fatigue and muscle pain remain in patients with COVID-19 after the acute phase of the disease. This reduces the quality of life of these patients. This study aims to evaluate the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on pain intensity and quality of life after discharge from hospital. Methods: The present quasi-experimental study was conducted in 1400 on 96 patients with COVID-19 with complaints of pain in Khoy city. The samples were randomly assigned to control and experiment groups. The intervention was in the form of training muscle relaxation exercises. Data were collected using pain intensity and quality of life questionnaires. Multivariate analysis of covariance test was used to analyze the data in SPSS-26 software. Results: The results showed that pain intensity scores, interference in daily activities in both groups had a decreasing trend and quality of life improvement in both groups had an increasing trend. The effect size for progressive muscle relaxation in reducing pain intensity was 0.65, reducing pain interference in daily activities was 0.71, and quality of life improvement was 0.78, indicating the average effect size of muscle relaxation for all the three components. Conclusion: The findings of this study show that muscle relaxation exercises reduce pain intensity and improve quality of life in patients with COVID-19. Itis suggested that these exercises be used as a complementary method to reduce pain intensity and improve the quality of life of patients.

Yoga Recommendation System for the Mental Well-Being of Students using Machine Learning

Many expectations placed on students by society have made stress a part of their academic lives. Youth are susceptible to the issues brought on by academic stress since they are going through a phase of transitions in both aspects i.e personal and social. Academic stress has been shown to lower academic achievement and lower motivation toward academics. Therefore, it becomes crucial to develop appropriate and effective intervention options. In recent times, due to COVID, the utilization of online health blogs and sites recommending health, exercise, and yoga has been significantly increased. The blog will provide solution to a problem and then provide precautions to common people but they lack the dynamics to suggest yoga that can be done any person or a personalized yoga by considering their health condition and not a static article. This research work intends to develop an AI model to predict the possible practices a student can do to alleviate their problem by considering their BPM, blood pressure (both systole and diastole), sleep time and some questions related to stress. The proposed stress prediction model has achieved an accuracy of 94.4% and the yoga pose recommendation system has achieved an accuracy of 97.3%. © 2022 IEEE.

Evaluating an online-delivered mindfulness-based stress reduction program for parents of children with externalizing behavior concerns

Many parents experience elevated levels of stress, or the perceived inability to cope with one's situational demands. Parents of children with externalizing behavioral concerns tend to experience even higher levels of stress than parents of children without significant behavior concerns due to the transactional and bidirectional nature of child behavior and parent stress. The Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response (FAAR) model suggests that families work to balance demands with capabilities, which interact with family meanings, to achieve adjustment or adaptation. Thus, increasing capabilities is an important task for families experiencing stress. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), rooted in mindfulness theory, is an increasingly popular framework for reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. MBSR has been successfully used in many populations including parents to reduce parent stress and even help to improve child outcomes. However, there is a dearth of research on MBSR for parents of children with externalizing behavior concerns. One accessible, research-supported, online-delivered MBSR program is called Be Mindful. Currently, there is no extant research on the effects of this program for parent stress and child behavior outcomes. This hybrid effectiveness-implementation intervention study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of this publicly accessible, online, self-mediated MBSR program (Be Mindful) for reducing parent stress and decreasing child externalizing behavior immediately following completion of the program and at one-month follow-up. Other major aims of the study were to determine whether the online-delivered MBSR intervention was acceptable to parents and to characterize how parents engaged with the MBSR program. Participants included a 38 mothers, fathers, and other primary caretakers of children ages two to ten years with behavioral concerns living across the United States. Children were a community sample presenting with externalizing behavior concerns at or above the at-risk range (raw score >= 115) based on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory whose parents had stress levels at or above the 60th percentile on any domain of the Parenting Stress Index, Fourth Edition. Parents engaged in the 4-module Be Mindful (MBSR) program for between 4 and 10 weeks and completed pre-, post-, and follow-up adult stress and child behavior measures. Parents also completed usage and satisfaction reports throughout the study. Results of the study provided promising support for the Be Mindful intervention within this particular population: there were robust, statistically significant and clinically meaningful reductions in both parent stress and externalizing child behavior problems following completion of the intervention that maintained through one-month follow-up. Additionally, participants generally found the intervention to be acceptable and practiced the skills a moderate amount during the intervention phase. Open-ended and quantitative feedback provides information regarding barriers and facilitators to intervention use. These results are important within the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, provide further support for the increasingly popular MBSR framework in an online format, and uniquely examine effects on both parent stress and child behavior in a real-world sample. Limitations, directions for future research, and implications for practice are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

The impact of perceived stress on the health of lab technicians: A pilot investigation

Introduction: Stress and the ability to cope with stress can influence the health and performance of laboratory technicians. This is especially true in the current circumstances of a global pandemic which has placed a tremendous amount of stress on healthcare professionals, including laboratory technicians. However, there is little to no research in India about the relationship between stress and coping abilities and its influence on health and work performance. Objective(s): To assess the self-reported stress levels, perceived coping effectiveness, coping techniques & health behaviours of lab technicians. Material(s) and Method(s): A cross-sectional observational study was done using a structured questionnaire among 152 lab technicians working in a lab chain across 3 states in Western India. Result(s): The responses indicated that the lab technicians had less than ideal stress levels. 80.3% reported moderate-to-very high stress levels;51.3% slept less than 8 hours of sleep per night;53.3 to 61.2% did not exercise regularly;30.9% consumed less than 2 servings of fruits and vegetables per day;and 9.2% were classified as binge drinkers. When confronted with workplace stress, 34.1% reported that they consumed more food than usual (28.3% reported that they consumed more junk food), 48.1% reported a loss of appetite and eating less food than usual, 45.4% reported losing sleep. Lab technicians in the "high stress and poor coping" group reported a statistically significant higher number of days feeling worried, tense or anxious, sad or depressed. The attitudes of lab technicians to preventive health in the COVID-19 pandemic (especially considering the increased risk of co-morbidities during the COVID-19 pandemic) were also less than ideal: 83.6% did not undergo a preventive health check-up package in the past year, 55.9% had not visited a doctor for a general physical exam in the past year. Conclusion(s): Given the amount of stress and work that has been placed on the diagnostic industry over the past 2 years, it is imperative that we understand the stress levels, coping adequacy and health behaviours of lab technicians who form the backbone of the industry. As the results of this pilot study show, there is an immediate need to implement worksite health promotion programmes focusing on stress reduction, stress management and the development of healthy coping skills.

Stressors and stress management strategies among young doctors amidst COVID-19 pandemic-Cross-sectional study

Introduction and Aim: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a huge economic burden and impacted physical and mental health of the people. The young medical graduates are facing a lot of disappointments with regard to career, higher studies, personal life etc. The current research aims to assess the various stressors and their coping strategies among the young medical graduates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material(s) and Method(s): The cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of General Medicine at a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India. Undergraduate medical students of 228 in number of both genders who completed their residency training just before and during the COVID-19 pandemic were enrolled in the study. The data was collected through a preformed questionnaire. Ethics clearance was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee. Informed consent was obtained. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS software version 18.0. P value < 0.05 was considered statically significant. Result(s): The mean scores obtained in PSS-10 were found to be higher among males than females. Around 79.4% showed moderate stress while 20.6% showed high stress (P=0.001). Males showed more stress compared to females in general as well as academic stressors. Male doctors and female doctors had differing stress coping skills. Conclusion(s): The study highlighted the vulnerable state of mind of the young medical doctors. The best way to overcome stress is by providing adequate resources, training to cope stress and ambient conditions for study and work, social support and relaxation techniques at both individual and organisational levels to help them to achieve a reasonable work-family interface.Copyright © 2023, Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists. All rights reserved.

Exploring Middle School Teachers' Job Demands and Job Resources during COVID-19

Introduction: The study aimed to explore teachers' general working conditions, job demands and resources, and teachers' general well-being in four middle schools in the Southeastern U.S during COVID-19. Methods: The methodology for this study was qualitative. The sampling strategy was purposeful and comprised 15 educators. The data were collected utilizing two semi-structured interviews and documentation. The data analysis consisted of thematic analysis. Results: The study's results revealed seven themes that emerged from the data: (1) Changes in working conditions;(2) teachers' well-being and working conditions;(3) perceived teachers' new job demands and additional workload;(4) emotionally draining job demands;(5) perceived available job resources;(6) perceived need for job resources;and (7) strategies teachers used to cope with stress. Discussion: The lessons learned during the pandemic in these four organizations may assist leaders in designing new policies and avoid further deterioration of teachers' well-being. Limitations: Access to the organization's documentation and the sample size were limitations. Conclusions: The shift in job demands and job resources during the pandemic placed teachers at risk of emotional exhaustion and burnout.