Social media use, connectedness, and depression in graduate students

This study will examine the relationship between social media use, sense of connectedness, and depression among graduate students. Graduate students are often disconnected from their social supports due to their program\u27s demands; additionally, the risk of depression in this population has been established in the literature. The impact of social media on depression has been investigated, and the results are discrepant. The relationship between a sense of connection, the use of social media, and depression in a graduate student population has not yet been explored. Graduate students at The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) and other universities studying psychology, medicine, biomedical science, or physician assistant studies will be included. Participants will be recruited through email and social media platforms. A control group of participants that do not use social media will be included. The following measures will be used: The Social Connectedness Scale-Revised (SCS-R), The Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale 2 (GPIUS2), and The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). An inverse relationship is predicted between connectedness and depression. Participants with high scores on problematic internet use are anticipated to have elevated levels of depression and a low sense of connection compared to participants with low scores on problematic use. The subscales from the GPIUS2 are hypothesized to be predictive of participants\u27 sense of connection

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Vamos llegando al final del año 2013, época de balances y reflexiones. Sin lugar a dudas la inundación que sufrió la ciudad de La Plata el 2 de abril pasado, fue un hecho significativo de gran impacto regional. Pero una mirada de las noticias a escala global dan cuenta que distintos fenómenos climáticos se han dado durante el año 2013 en muchos países, como parte del fenómeno conocido como Cambio Climático.Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestale

Independent validation of the temperate super-Earth HD 79211 b using HARPS-N

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under grant No. DGE1745303. The HARPS-N project was funded by the Prodex Program of the Swiss Space Office (SSO), the Harvard- University Origin of Life Initiative (HUOLI), the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), the University of Geneva, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), the Italian National Astrophysical Institute (INAF), University of St. Andrews, Queen's University Belfast, and University of Edinburgh. Parts of this work have been supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under grant No. NNX17AB59G, issued through the Exoplanets Research Program. Parts of this work have been supported by the Brinson Foundation. R.D.H. is funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)'s Ernest Rutherford Fellowship (grant No. ST/V004735/1). T.G.W and A.C.C acknowledge support from STFC consolidated grant Nos. ST/R000824/1 and ST/V000861/1, and UKSA grant ST/R003203/1.We present high-precision radial velocities (RVs) from the HARPS-N spectrograph for HD 79210 and HD 79211, two M0V members of a gravitationally bound binary system. We detect a planet candidate with a period of 24.421−0.017+0.016 days around HD 79211 in these HARPS-N RVs, validating the planet candidate originally identified in CARMENES RV data alone. Using HARPS-N, CARMENES, and RVs spanning a total of 25 yr, we further refine the planet candidate parameters to P = 24.422 ± 0.014 days, K = 3.19 ± 0.27 m s−1, M sin i = 10.6 ± 1.2M⊕, and a = 0.142 ± 0.005 au. We do not find any additional planet candidate signals in the data of HD 79211, nor do we find any planet candidate signals in HD 79210. This system adds to the number of exoplanets detected in binaries with M-dwarf members and serves as a case study for planet formation in stellar binaries.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

A systematic review of the effectiveness of art therapy delivered in school-based settings to children aged 5–12 years

Background: School-based art therapy aims to facilitate children's personal change and growth through the use of visual arts media, such as drawing, painting, sculpture, clay, or digital art. Aims: To identify and synthesise the types of school-based art therapy interventions, and appraise the effectiveness for children aged 5-12. Methods: Systematic searching through ten major electronic databases, grey literature, and contact with experts in the field. Results: Six completed and two on-going studies were identified. Art therapy was delivered to children with asthma, behavioural disorders, oppositional defiant disorders, separation anxiety disorders, learning disorders, and disruptive behaviours. All interventions were delivered over 7-25 sessions, and lasted 40-60' per session. The sample sizes ranged between 20-109 participants, involving 247 participants in total. Conclusions: Art therapy can be effective in improving children's quality of life; anxiety; self-concept; problem-solving skills, attitudes towards school; emotional and behavioural difficulties. The follow-up findings were also promising; though confirmatory evidence is needed. Implications: The risk of bias was high and unclear, highlighting the importance of following standardised reporting guidelines. Future research needs to focus on the identification of primary outcomes and measures that are tailored to art therapy interventions, and explore the (cost-) effectiveness of shorter versus longer durations of treatment

Depression and loneliness in Jamaicans with sickle cell disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the commonest genetic disorder in Jamaica, and has life-long implications for those afflicted with it. It is well known that depression and loneliness may exist in those with chronic diseases, but the coexistence of depression and loneliness in people with sickle cell disease is not clear. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with depression and loneliness in the Jamaica Sickle Cell Cohort Study and its age and sex matched controls.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>277 patients with SCD and 65 controls were administered a questionnaire that studied demographics, disease severity, depression, and loneliness. Regression analyses were done to examine relationships between outcomes and associated variables.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Depression was found in 21.6% of patients and 9.4% in controls. Loneliness scores were also significantly higher in patients (16.9 ± 5.1) than in controls (14.95 ± 4.69). Depression was significantly associated with unemployment [OR = 2.9, p-value: < 0.001], whereas unemployment (p-value: 0.002), and lower educational attainment were significantly associated with loneliness.</p> <p>In patients with SCD, depression was significantly associated with being unemployed (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.2,4.6, p-value:0.01), presence of a leg ulcer (OR = 3.8, 95% CI: 1.7, 8.4, p-value: 0.001), frequent visits (OR = 3.3, 95% CI: 1.2, 8.9, p-value: 0.019), and frequent painful crises (OR = 2.5, 95% CI: 1.1, 5.8, p-value: 0.035). Not being employed (Coef.: 2.0; p-value: 0.004) and higher educational attainment (tertiary vs. primary education, Coef.: -5.5; p-value: < 0.001) were significant associations with loneliness after adjusting for genotype.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Health workers need to actively look for and manage these problems to optimize their patients' total biopsychosocial care.</p

Assessment of social anxiety: a controlled comparison among social phobics, obsessive-compulsives, agoraphobics, sexual disorders and simple phobies

The construct validity of the Willoughby Personality Schedule (WPS) as an index of social anxiety was established in the present study. The WPS correctly identifies social phobics from controls in 88% of the cases. © 1983

Predictors of Successful Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery.

Poster presentation accepted for the 46th Annual Association for the Advancement of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, Maryland