Stress and suicide risk among adolescents: the role of problematic internet use, gaming disorder and emotional regulation

Background: Previous studies have associated videogame playing and social media use with suicidal behaviors together with lower stress coping or poor emotion regulation strategies. Due to the inconclusive evidence regarding the factors associated with suicidal behavior, the present study aimed to overcome the limitations of previous research and explored the relationship between adolescent stress, problematic internet use (PIU), gaming disorder (GD), and emotional regulation (ER) in a cross-section design. It was hypothesized that stress would have a direct effect on suicide risk (SR) as well as being mediated by PIU, GD, and ER. Methods: The participants comprised 430 adolescents (58.4% male) aged between 16 and 19 years. They completed an online survey including the Mobile-Related Experiences Questionnaire, Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form, Meta-Mood Trait Repair Scale, and Spanish version of the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire. Results: A total of 34.2% of the adolescents (N = 147) were at risk for SR. Results also indicated that 30,7% had experienced suicidal ideation at some point in their life, 12.1% had at least one plan to die by suicide, and 5.1% had attempted suicide. Results of path analysis confirmed that stress appeared to be a risk factor for suicide, but that its effects were not mediated by PIU. However, ER and GD mediated the effect of stress on SR. The results suggest that stress is a main risk factor for suicide, especially among adolescents with poor emotional regulation or problematic gaming. Conclusions: Considering the prevalence of suicide among adolescents, the results of the present study suggest that suicide prevention programs should include emotional regulation strategies, stress coping, and videogaming management skills in the early stages of high school. Providing these protective resources to adolescents will help them face the stressful and changing situations typical of adolescence and will help them to attain greater well-being and satisfaction with life

Predictors of suffering in advanced cancer.

CONTEXT: Suffering is a complex experience. Identifying its predictors is useful to signal at-risk patients. OBJECTIVE: To identify suffering predictors in patients with advanced cancer in palliative care. METHODS: A total of 98 patients participated in the study. A semistructured interview examining suffering levels and physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects was used. Instruments included Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM), Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS), Detection of emotional distress (DED), and Structured Interview of Symptoms and Concern (SISC). Variance-based structural equation model was used for the data analysis. RESULTS: All measures were valid and reliable. The structural model explained 64% of the variance. Suffering levels were directly determined by psychological and adjustment problems and indirectly determined by physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects and coping strategies. CONCLUSION: Our study supports the proposed theoretical model and signals the important mediating effect of psychological and spiritual variables between physical symptoms and suffering

Adesão ao tratamento da Hanseníase: dificuldades inerentes aos portadores

Esta pesquisa, realizada em Guaiúba, CE, Brasil, objetivou identificar as dificuldades de adesão ao tratamento pelos portadores de hanseníase, relacionando os fatores associados. Estudo qualitativo, cujos dados foram coletados a partir de uma visita domiciliária com roteiro de entrevista contendo sete questões norteadoras. Participaram pacientes com diagnóstico de hanseníase e histórico de não adesão ao tratamento. Utilizou-se o Modelo de Atividade de Vida de Roper, Logan e Tierney. As falas dos sujeitos foram categorizadas de acordo com as doze atividades de vida. A utilização do modelo possibilitou uma abordagem holística sobre as barreiras vivenciadas pelo hanseniano na adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso, de modo a conhecer as atividades de vida destes pacientes para possível adequação de ações voltadas a essa clientela