bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Predictive effect of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated inflammatory cytokines on symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder
Authors: Wang Wen-Yuan , Liu Na , Qi Xiao-Xiao , Han Bing , Sun Jing-Na , Chen Zheng-Li , Wang Ming-Wei , Wang Yan-Yong 
Published: September 2024

BACKGROUND
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a relatively common mental disorder. Recently, inflammation, an important factor for the development of depression, has attracted increasing attention. Several studies have shown that inflammatory cytokines can affect the pathophysiological processes of several nervous system diseases. We hypothesized that there is a correlation between the levels of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated inflammatory cytokines and the clinical symptoms of GAD.
AIM
To investigate the predictive effect of LPS-stimulated inflammatory cytokines on symptoms of GAD.
METHODS
This was a cross-sectional study in which 89 patients with GAD diagnosed at The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University from January 2022 to December 2022 and 70 individuals without anxiety and depression (controls) during the same period were included. Fasting venous blood was collected from all the subjects in heparin tubes, and another 3 ml of blood was supplemented with LPS (10 ng/ml). The plasma levels of 12 cytokines [Interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interferon (IFN)-γ, IL-17A, IL-12p70, and IFN-α] were detected.
RESULTS
Post-LPS stimulation, the levels of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α in both the control and GAD groups were significantly elevated above those in the nonstimulated groups, with IL-6 and IL-8 showing marked increases. Increases in IL-8 and TNF-α were statistically significant in the GAD group (P < 0.05). IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α were found to be significantly correlated with Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) scores (P < 0.05). A negative correlation was observed between IL-10 levels and HAMA scores. Further analysis revealed that TNF-α was associated with mental anxiety, whereas IL-1β, IL-8, and IL-10 were associated with physical anxiety symptoms, with IL-10 showing a negative correlation with physical anxiety. IL-6 was associated with both mental and physical aspects of anxiety.
CONCLUSION
The physical symptoms of GAD are related to inflammatory factors. IL-1β, IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-a can be used as predictors of physical or mental anxiety in patients with GAD.
Shugan Jieyu capsule effects on peripheral blood micro-124, micro-132, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with mild to moderate depression
Authors: Zhang Xian , Liu Yang , Tang Hua-Fei , Jiang Feng , Chen Chun-Liang , Wang Ting-Ting , Gu Hui-Zhong , Zhao Qiang , Ma Rui 
Published: September 2024

BACKGROUND
To assess the effectiveness of Shugan Jieyu capsules on peripheral blood miR-124, miR-132, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in patients with mild to moderate depression following coronary artery intervention [percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)] for coronary heart disease.
AIM
To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of Shugan Jieyu capsules and their effects on the peripheral blood levels of miR-124, miR-132, and BDNF in patients with mild to moderate depression following PCI for coronary heart disease.
METHODS
Patients with mild-to-moderate depression of the liver-qi stagnation type after PCI for coronary heart disease at the 305th Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army were enrolled from June 2022 to November 2023 and randomly assigned to two groups: Experimental (treated with Shugan Jieyu capsules) and control (treated with escitalopram oxalate tablets). This study compared the antidepressant effects of these treatments using 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD-17) scores, metabolic equivalents, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, BDNF, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels, miR-124 and miR-132 levels, distribution of immune-related lymphocyte subsets, and traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores before and after 6 weeks of treatment.
RESULTS
No significant difference was observed in any index between the two groups before treatment (P > 0.05). After treatment, the total efficacy rates were 93.33% and 90.00% in the experimental and control groups, respectively. Experimental group had significantly lower scores for the main and secondary syndromes compared to the control group (P < 0.05). No significant difference was observed in the metabolic equivalents between the two groups before and after treatment (P > 0.05). The levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and miR-132 were significantly lower, whereas those of miR-124, BDNF, CD3+T lymphocytes, CD3+CD4+T helper lymphocytes, and CD3+CD4+/CD3+CD8+ cells were significantly higher in the experimental group compared to the control group (P < 0.05). The incidence of adverse reactions during experimental group was significantly lower than that in control group (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION
Shugan Jieyu capsules have good efficacy in patients with mild-to-moderate depression after PCI, and its mechanism may contribute to the regulation of miR-124, miR-132, BDNF levels, and lymphoid immune cells.
Effect of quantitative consciousness index on seizure parameters during electroconvulsive therapy in patients with major depressive disorder
Authors: Zhao Bang-Shu , Deng Bi , Chen Qi-Bin , Li Xiao , Yang You , Min Su 
Published: September 2024

BACKGROUND
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is both an effective treatment for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and a noxious stimulus. Although some studies have explored the effect of sedation depth on seizure parameters in ECT, there is little research on the noxious stimulation response to ECT. In this study, we used two electroencephalography (EEG)-derived indices, the quantitative consciousness (qCON) index and quantitative nociceptive (qNOX) index, to monitor sedation, hypnosis, and noxious stimulation response in patients with MDD undergoing acute ECT.
AIM
To evaluate the effect of anesthesia depth based on the qCON and qNOX indices on seizure parameters.
METHODS
Patients with MDD (n = 24) underwent acute bilateral temporal ECT under propofol anesthesia. Before ECT, the patients were randomly divided into three groups according to qCON scores (qCON60-70, qCON50-60, and qCON40-50). Continuous qCON monitoring was performed 3 minutes before and during ECT, and the qCON, qNOX, vital signs, EEG seizure parameters, and complications during the recovery period were recorded. The 24-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Zung’s Self-rating Depression Scale, and Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores were evaluated before the first ECT session, after the fourth ECT session, and after the full course of ECT.
RESULTS
A total of 193 ECT sessions were performed on 24 participants. The qCON index significantly affected the EEG seizure duration, peak mid-ictal amplitude, and maximum heart rate during ECT (P < 0.05). The qNOX index significantly affected the post-ictal suppression index (P < 0.05). Age, number of ECT sessions, and anesthetic-ECT time intervals also had a significant effect on EEG seizure parameters (P < 0.05). However, there were no significant differences in complications, 24-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression scores, Zung’s Self-rating Depression Scale scores, or Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores among the three groups (P > 0.05).
CONCLUSION
Electrical stimulation at a qCON index of 60-70 resulted in better EEG seizure parameters without increasing complications in patients with MDD undergoing bilateral temporal ECT under propofol anesthesia.
Variables familiares asociadas a la conducta antisocial infantil: el papel desempeñado por el tipo de estructura familiar
Authors: ANTOLÍN SUÁREZ Lucía , OLIVA DELGADO Alfredo , ARRANZ FREIJO Enrique 
Published: September 2024

This paper has two mains aims: to examine differences in variables associated with antisocial behaviour between types of family structure, and to analyze the association between family structure and antisocial behaviour. The sample consisted of 214 families composed by parents and children aged from 3 to 10 years. Six different types of family structure were considered in the study: traditional, single, step, adoptive, lesbian and gays and multiple births families. Results showed high homogeneity in variables associated with antisocial behaviour between types of family structure. Moreover, results indicated that when third-variable effects were controlled, antisocial behaviour did not show significant relationship with the type of family structure. This last result leads to the conclusion that it is not the family structure itself a risk factor to children’s antisocial behaviour. CITE AS:Antolín Suárez, L., Oliva Delgado, A. & Arranz Freijo, E. (2009). Variables familiares asociadas a la conducta antisocial infantil: el papel desempeñado por el tipo de estructura familiar. Apuntes de Psicología, 27, 475-487.
La Psicología del Deporte y la Psicología de la Salud: dos campos profesionales y un objetivo común
Authors: CANTÓN CHIRIVELLA Enrique , CHECA ESQUIVA Irene 
Published: September 2024

The expansion of sport psychology as a scientific discipline and applied in recent years has resulted in the opening of new fields of intervention, but also the interface with some existing ones. The aim of this paper is to define which areas of wok that the sport psychology shares with the health psychology and what are those in which, although they share the objective, the means are different. CITE AS:Cantón Chirivella, E. & Checa Esquiva, I. (2010). La Psicología del Deporte y la Psicología de la Salud: dos campos profesionales y un objetivo común. Apuntes de Psicología, 28, 307-314.
En recuerdo de Miquel Siguan, colegiado honorario del COP-AO
Authors: PALACIOS GONZÁLEZ Jesús 
Published: September 2024

In memoriam CITE AS:Palacios González J. (2010). En recuerdo de Miquel Siguan, colegiado honorario del COP-AO. Apuntes de Psicología, 28, 173-176.
Perspectivas metodológicas en la medición de los efectos de un programa de intervención con adolescentes: la evaluación pretest-postest y los cuestionarios de evaluación del programa
Authors: GARAIGORDOBIL LANDAZABAL Maite 
Published: September 2024

The purpose of this study is three-fold: 1) to show the characteristics of a program carried out with adolescents; 2) to analyze the effects of the intervention in factors of socio-emotional development by means of the questionnaires to evaluate the program; and 3) to compare the results obtained when evaluating the program with two assessment methodologies (pre-posttest experimental assessment and questionnaires to evaluate the program). The sample is made up of 174 adolescents from 12 to 14 years of age, 125 in the experimental group and 49 controls. The study uses an experimental multi-group pre-posttest design with repeated measures and control groups. The results suggest that pre-posttest assessment is more suitable when the goal is to validate the intervention, whereas the questionnaires are useful as screening instruments. The results obtained in the questionnaires completed by adolescents and adults were very coherent. Moreover, high convergence was confirmed between the results of the pre-posttest assessment andthose of the questionnaires. The positive effects of the program on diverse factors of socioemotional development are observed with both methodologies: communication, positive social behaviors, cooperation, empathy, self-concept, concept of companions, negative social behaviors, and prejudices.
La intervención con familias en situación de riesgo psicosocial. Aportaciones desde un enfoque psicoeducativo
Authors: HIDALGO GARCÍA M Victoria , MENÉNDEZ ÁLVAREZ-DARDET Susana , SÁNCHEZ HIDALGO José , LORENCE LARA Bárbara , JIMÉNEZ GARCÍA Lucía 
Published: September 2024

The intervention with at-risk families has changed greatly over recent decades. Thus, an intervention mainly welfare and deficit has advanced to a prevention intervention that aims to strengthen and preserve families. In this approach are framed the parent psychoeducational programs, whose main characteristics are exposed in this paper. A sample of this kind of prevention intervention for parent is the family program coordinated by Social Services at Seville Council. “Training and Family Support Program” is for at-risk families who received a psychosocial intervention by Social Service for family preservation reason. CITE AS:Hidalgo García, M.V., Menéndez Álvarez-Dardet, S., Sánchez Hidalgo, J., Lorence Lara, B. & Jiménez García, L. (2009). La intervención con familias en situación de riesgo psicosocial. Aportaciones desde un enfoque psicoeducativo. Apuntes de Psicología, 27, 413-426.
Estudio sobre la identificación y vivencia de violencia en parejas adolescentes
Authors: SAMANIEGO GARCÍA Esperanza , FREIXAS FARRÉ Anna 
Published: September 2024

The subject of this investigation focuses on violence in relationships amongst adolescent couples, whose existence is detected in the early stages of the relationship before thecouple lives together. This study is of value because the nature of an adolescent relationship at the beginning sets precedent for what will happen in the future when the couple is settled andboth parties are adults. The goal of this investigation is to find out the types of mistreatment in adolescent relationships that students from two secondary schools aged between 15-16 yearsold, identify and acknowledge to live, utilizing a questionnaire. The results show that there is a considerable number of students that do not identify the abuse in adolescent relationships. On the other hand, the result also shows that the experience of dating violence happens with considerable frequency, being more experience the sexual and psychological type. CITE AS:Samaniego García, E. & Freixas Farré, A. (2010). Estudio sobre la identificación y vivencia de violencia en parejas adolescentes. Apuntes de Psicología, 28, 349-366.
Estereotipo de los ancianos: percepción de los ancianos sobre sí mismos y sobre su grupo
Authors: GÓMEZ CARROZA Teresa , LEÓN DEL BARCO Benito 
Published: September 2024

Most of investigations on the stereotypes in the oldness they are centered in studying the perception that on the greater ones other groups of age have. To a lesser extent, other investigations analyze the perception that the greater ones have on their own group. Before the emptiness on what it thinks the old one on he himself, we have seted out to know: I low are perceived the old ones within their group?, how perceives the old one to the components of its generational group? and the existence of correlation between hetero-stereotyping and self-stereotyping of the greater person. For it we elaborated a list of 30 adjectives that measured the hetero-stereotyping and the selfstereotyping of the greater people. From the analyses made to a sample of 539 old ones it is interesting the resistance and the difference found throughout the study between self-stereotyping and hetero-stereotyping;, that is to say, between the structure of beliefs that the subject maintains on itself and the structure of beliefs that the subject maintains on the rest of the old ones. CITE AS:Gómez Carroza, T. & León Del Barco, B. (2010). Estereotipo de los ancianos: percepción de los ancianos sobre sí mismos y sobre su grupo. Apuntes de Psicología, 28, 5-18.
El TDAH en preescolares: validez, diagnóstico, prevención y tratamiento
Authors: BAUERMEISTER BALDRICH José J , MATOS ROMÁN Maribel 
Published: September 2024

The scientific literature supports the construct validity and clinical utility of attention- deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in preschoolers. These children exhibit high rates of comorbid psychopathology and significant levels of cognitive, pre-academic and social difficulties. They are also at high risk for presenting this disorder and a range of difficulties over time that could affect adaptive functioning in multiple areas and settings. Parent training programs have demonstrated a high level of effectiveness. Pharmacotherapy can be effective but the treatment effect size is not as high as that found in older children and its side effects are greater. It is important to eliminate or reduce non-genetic risk factors that may contribute to the development of ADHD. Behavioral and cognitive training programs, as well as activities and games aimed at developingexecutive functions, could be effective for prevention and treatment of this condition and its associated difficulties. CITE AS:Bauermeister Baldrich, J.J. & Matos Román, M. (2011). El TDAH en preescolares: validez, diagnóstico, prevención y tratamiento. Apuntes de Psicología, 29, 205-225.
Programa EDUCA. Escuela de padres para el tratamiento de los trastornos del comportamiento perturbador
Authors: DÍAZ SIBAJA Miguel Ángel , COMECHE MORENO María Isabel , DÍAZ GARCÍA Marta Isabel 
Published: September 2024

The perturbing disorders in adolescence and during youth, as well as the aggressive and criminal behavior have increased notably in recent years, generating a great social worry for how to revert this tendency. Conduct problems are one of the most frequent disorders in the child and adolescent mental health units, as much in Spain, that supposes more than one half of the medical appointment, like out of our frontiers. Parenttraining program has been considered by some researchers the first treatment option for child disturbed behavior and it would perform on like primary prevention of other more seriously behavioral disease. The main objective of this experimental study was to design and to prove the effectiveness of a protocolized parent training program in group for the treatment of the disruptive disorders (oppositional defiant disorder and antisocial disorder) in the childhood and the adolescence, as well as for to improve the family satisfaction and the familiar context. The initial sample of our study was composed for31 families (31 mothers and 25 fathers) who were derived to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit of Algeciras for disruptive disorders in theirs children. The results obtained shown that the parent training program (EDUCA) was effective to produce a clinical and significant statistically reduction in the variables: Aggressiveness (p<0,05), hyperactivity (p< 0,02), Cohesion (p<0,01), Moral Religiousness (p<0,03), Organization(p<0,03) and family Satisfaction (p<0,01). CITE AS:Díaz Sibaja, M.A., Comeche Moreno, M.I. & Díaz García, M.I. (2011). Programa EDUCA. Escuela de padres para el tratamiento de los trastornos del comportamiento perturbador. Apuntes de Psicología, 29, 243-258.
Predicción de la motivación autodeterminada según las estrategias para mantener la disciplina y la orientación motivacional en estudiantes adolescentes de educación física
Authors: MORENO MURCIA Juan Antonio , CONTE MARÍN Luis , HELLÍN GÓMEZ Pedro , HELLÍN RODRÍGUEZ Gloria , VERA LACÁRCEL José Antonio , CERVELLÓ GIMENO Eduardo 
Published: September 2024

The objective of this paper was to checking the relations between the motivation self-determination, the goal dispositional orientation and the strategies used by the teacher to maintain discipline in the adolescent physical education students. A sample of 736 students Compulsory Secondary Education or Secondary School Certificate courses, was used for that purpose. They were given the POSQ (Roberts and Balaguer, 1991; Roberts, Treasure and Balaguer, 1998), SMS (Pelletier et al., 1995) and SSDS scales (Papioannou, 1998). The results showed the importance to direct the pupils towards the task for developing the most self-determinated motivation and discipline way. Also, the strategies used by the teacher to maintain discipline in the classroom (concern/responsibility) and ego dispositional orientation showed like key factors in the self-determination motivation preview.
Entrenamiento en meditación en la Unidad de Salud Mental Comunitaria Oriente (Sevilla): fundamentos, programa y resultados clínicos y de satisfacción de las pacientes
Authors: MARTÍNEZ LÓPEZ Manuel Jesús , ROMERO GAMERO Rafael , VUCÍNOVICH Nicolás , POVES OÑATE Silvia 
Published: September 2024

In this article we present our program, clinic results and patient satisfaction data from our meditation group developed in a Mental Health Unit. The program is original as a result of the professional and personal experience of the authors. This program was planned to the patients attended on our Mental Health Unit suffering from depressive and anxious symptoms. In spite of its short duration, clinic results in depression as well as in anxiety have been statistically significant and better than control group. Satisfaction data are good as well as the audience report that have improved different personal aspects (self confidence, improvement hope, coping, better understanding of the origin of their problems). Results encourage us to expand meditation use in our daily practice. CITE AS:Martínez López, M.J., Romero Gomero, R., Vucínovich, N. & Poves Oñate, S. (2011). Entrenamiento en meditación en la Unidad de Salud Mental Comunitaria Oriente (Sevilla): fundamentos, programa y resultados clínicos y de satisfacción de las pacientes. Apuntes de Psicología, 29, 45-57.
Repercusión del ejercicio físico sobre la salud
Authors: CARACUEL TUBÍO José Carlos , ARBINAGA IBARZÁBAL Félix 
Published: September 2024

Relationships -beneficial for the most part- which the practice of physical exercise establishes with a person’s overall health are analysed in this work. Such benefits will take place as long as physical exercise becomes a regular habit. Some of these benefits are described and we have evaluated in which way -often in an indirect one- physical exercise has an effect on the psychological functioning of individuals. The motivation which leads people to take up, keep or quit exercising are also reviewed. Likewise, some of the psychological disorders applied to physical exercise as a therapeutic method or activity and how their effects are produced have also been reviewed. Lastly, a warning is stated about the potential damage derived from an inappropriate or abusive practice of physical exercise on one’s health. CITE AS:Caracuel Tubío, J.C. & Arbinaga Ibarzábal, F. (2010). Repercusión del ejercicio físico sobre la salud. Apuntes de Psicología, 28, 315-328.
Adaptación escolar de la etnia gitana: relevancia de las variables psicosociales determinantes
Authors: HERNÁNDEZ GRANDA Eva , RODRÍGUEZ DÍAZ Francisco Javier , MORAL JIMÉNEZ María de la Villa 
Published: September 2024

The aim of the present study is to analyze the integration of the children belonging to the gypsy ethnic in age of primary education in his school group and identify the determinant factors of this adjustment. We have worked with the whole population of students of Corvera’s council of Asturias (composed by 42 gypsy children and not gypsy 439). The results indicate a poor integration of the gypsy children in his group of class, both in the academic activities and in the relative ones to the free time and of leisure. They found factors of risk for the rejection in the set of familiar evaluated variables, as well as in of the personnels. The most relevant factors of risk to predict the integration in the group of couples are the educational and academic level of the parents and mothers, the interest for the school activities of the children and the social sensibility towards his companions between others. They present the implications of these results and the lines of intervention to developing in the future for a better integration of the gypsy ethnic. CITE AS:Hernández Granda, E., Rodríguez Díaz, F.J. & Moral Jiménez, M.V. (2011). Adaptación escolar de la etnia gitana: relevancia de las variables psicosociales determinantes. Apuntes de Psicología, 29, 87-105.