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Do high-risk couples profit more or less from couple relationship education programs than low-risk couples? Room for improvement and vulnerability effects
Boundary Conditions in Quantum String Cosmology
We discuss in detail how to consistently impose boundary conditions in
quantum string cosmology. Since a classical time parameter is absent in quantum
gravity, such conditions must be imposed with respect to intrinsic variables.
Constructing wave packets for minisuperspace models from different tree-level
string effective actions, we explain in particular the meaning of a transition
between ``pre-big-bang" and ``post-big-bang" branches. This leads to a scenario
different from previous considerations.Comment: 16 pages, REVTEX, minor changes, two references adde
The ten-year course of depression in primary care and long-term effects of psychoeducation, psychiatric consultation and cognitive behavioral therapy
The ten-year course of depression in primary care and long-term effects of psychoeducation, psychiatric consultation and cognitive behavioral therapy
Effectiveness of the 'Hold me Tight' Relationship Enhancement Program in a Self-referred and a Clinician-referred Sample: An Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy-Based Approach
Effectiveness of the 'Hold me Tight' Relationship Enhancement Program in a Self-referred and a Clinician-referred Sample: An Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy-Based Approach
Effectiveness and feasibility of structured emotionally focused family therapy for parents and adolescents: Protocol of a within-subjects pilot study
Mental health issues are widespread among children and adolescents worldwide. Although mental health difficulties may manifest themselves in many different diagnoses, there is growing support for a limited number of underlying transdiagnostic processes. Attachment encompasses a key transdiagnostic mechanism, namely emotional regulation. This study protocol aims to evaluate the feasibility and potential effectiveness of structured emotionally focused family therapy (EFFT), the goal of which is to develop secure attachment between parents and their children to reduce children's vulnerability to mental health problems. A within-subjects design with three waves, a waiting period, treatment, and follow-up, will be conducted. Families will serve as their own controls. Approximately 15 to 20 families with adolescents (aged 12-18 years) as the 'identified patients' will be included. They will participate in 16-21 sessions of EFFT. The study will use a multi-method approach. Self-report questionnaires will be administered repeatedly (i.e., pre-waiting period, pre-treatment, halfway treatment, post-treatment, and follow-up), measuring parent-adolescent attachment, partner-partner attachment, negative interactions, and adolescent psychological complaints. Multi-level analyses will be conducted. Semi-structured interviews will be administered at follow-up to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of EFFT. Treatment integrity will be assessed. The present study is the first to evaluate feasibility of structured EFFT and obtain a first impression of its effectiveness. This information will help us to improve EFFT. Limitations are discussed. Trial registration: Recruitment commenced in June 2022. The approximate trial duration is 36 months. The trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05657067) on December 9, 2022, and Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/39dt2/) on June 14, 2022
High-pressure spin shifts in the pseudogap regime of superconducting YBa2Cu4O8 as revealed by 17O NMR
A new NMR anvil cell design is used for measuring the influence of high
pressure on the electronic properties of the high-temperature superconductor
YBaCuO above the superconducting transition temperature . It is found that pressure increases the spin shift at all temperatures in
such a way that the pseudo-gap feature has almost disappeared at 63 kbar. This
change of the temperature dependent spin susceptibility can be explained by a
pressure induced proportional decrease (factor of two) of a temperature
dependent component, and an increase (factor of 9) of a temperature independent
component, contrary to the effects of increasing doping. The results
demonstrate that one can use anvil cell NMR to investigate the tuning of the
electronic properties of correlated electronic materials with pressure.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
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