Eye for an eye, but not for everyone: Revenge and its relationship with the need for closure

The urge for revenge after an individual experiences a transgression is ever-present. However, little is known about why one chooses revenge specifically versus other options. This paper examines the desire for revenge as a function of the need for closure. Specifically, this paper argues that due to its evolutionary benefits, revenge is the most cognitively accessible reaction and thus, individuals high (vs. low) in the need for closure seize and freeze on it after a transgression occurs. Results provide convergent support for the positive association between the need for closure and the desire for revenge but are unable to provide evidence that revenge serves the urgency and permanency desires of high need for closure because of its greater saliency. Methodological limitations and theoretical implications are discussed

The brief international cognitive assessment for multiple sclerosis (BICAMS): Normative values with gender, age and education corrections in the Italian population

Background: BICAMS (Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis) has been recently developed as brief, practical and universal assessment tool for cognitive impairment in MS subjects. It includes the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), the California Verbal Learning Test-2 (CVLT2) and the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R) . In this study we aimed at gathering regression based normative data for the BICAMS battery in the Italian population.Methods: Healthy subjects were consecutively recruited among patient friends and relatives. Corrections for demographics were calculated using multivariable linear regression models. Test-retest reliability was assessed using the Pearson correlation coefficient.Results: The BICAMS battery was administered to 273 healthy subjects (180 women, mean age 38.9 ± 13.0 years, mean education 14.9 ± 3.0 years). Test-retest reliability was good for all the tests.Conclusions: The study provided normative data of the BICAMS for the Italian population confirming good test-retest reliability which can facilitate the use of the battery in clinical practice, also for longitudinal patient assessments

Beyond disease: Happiness, goals, and meanings among persons with multiple sclerosis and their caregivers

The experience of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their caregivers is usually investigated in terms of emotional distress and health-related quality of life, while well-being indicators remain largely underexplored. In addition, findings are often interpreted from the clinical perspective, neglecting socio-cultural aspects that may crucially contribute to individuals' functioning. At the methodological level, most studies rely on scaled instruments, not allowing participants to freely express their needs and resources. Based on the bio-psycho-social perspective endorsed by the International Classification of Functioning, well-being indicators were investigated among 62 persons with MS (PwMS), their 62 caregivers and two control groups, matched by age and gender. Participants completed the Positive Affect Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and the Eudaimonic and Hedonic Happiness Investigation instrument (EHHI). EHHI provides information on participants' happiness, goals and meanings through scaled and open-ended questions, contextualized within major life domains. No relevant differences emerged among PwMS and caregivers, compared with the respective control groups, as concerns life domains associated with happiness, goals and meaning. Participants across groups prominently mentioned family, highlighting its intrinsic value and its relevance as a sharing context; health did not represent a major theme for PwMS; community, society and religion/spirituality issues were substantially neglected by all participants. PwMS and caregivers reported lower levels of positive affect than their control groups, while no substantial differences emerged for negative affect, happiness and meaningfulness levels in life and across most domains. Results suggest that the experience of MS is associated with well-being in relevant life domains, such as family and close relationships. Although PwMS and caregivers identified a lower number of goals and meaning-related opportunities compared to control groups, they showed a positive adjustment to disease through the development of personal and family resources. These assets are often undervalued by health professionals and social institutions, while they could be fruitfully exploited through the active involvement of PwMS and their families as expert and exemplary informants in initiatives aimed at promoting the well-being of individuals and communities

Viaje de estudios a la República Federal de Alemania

Fil: Alosi, Martha. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Aloy, Gustavo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Ambrosini, Juan. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Brandi, Paola. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Cohn, Ricardo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Ferllen, Eduardo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Gómez, Gabriela. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: López, Verónica. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Minacapelli, Graciela. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Moreno, Andrés. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Pérez, Martín. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Reboredo, Natalia. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Rizzo, Pablo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: García de Martín, Griselda. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de GeografíaFil: Schmidt, Margarita. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Geografí

Sex- and age-related differences in the management and outcomes of chronic heart failure: an analysis of patients from the ESC HFA EORP Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

Aims: This study aimed to assess age- and sex-related differences in management and 1-year risk for all-cause mortality and hospitalization in chronic heart failure (HF) patients. Methods and results: Of 16 354 patients included in the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Long-Term Registry, 9428 chronic HF patients were analysed [median age: 66 years; 28.5% women; mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 37%]. Rates of use of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) were high (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers, beta-blockers and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists: 85.7%, 88.7% and 58.8%, respectively). Crude GDMT utilization rates were lower in women than in men (all differences: P\ua0 64 0.001), and GDMT use became lower with ageing in both sexes, at baseline and at 1-year follow-up. Sex was not an independent predictor of GDMT prescription; however, age >75 years was a significant predictor of GDMT underutilization. Rates of all-cause mortality were lower in women than in men (7.1% vs. 8.7%; P\ua0=\ua00.015), as were rates of all-cause hospitalization (21.9% vs. 27.3%; P\ua075 years. Conclusions: There was a decline in GDMT use with advanced age in both sexes. Sex was not an independent predictor of GDMT or adverse outcomes. However, age >75 years independently predicted lower GDMT use and higher all-cause mortality in patients with LVEF 6445%

Prescrizioni al telefono. Chi ci tutela?

Gli autori analizzano gli aspetti medico-legali della prescrizione telefonica in ambito pediatric