281 research outputs found
A Randomized Controlled Study of a Cognitive Behavioral Planning Intervention for College Students With ADHD: An Effectiveness Study in Student Counseling Services in Flanders
Attachment Representations in Children with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Predictors and moderators of treatment outcome for single incident paediatric PTSD: a multi-centre randomized clinical trial
Background
With few RCTs having compared active treatments for paediatric PTSD, little is known about whether or which baseline (i.e. pre-randomization) variables predict or moderate outcomes in the evaluated treatments.
Objective
To identify predictors and moderators of paediatric PTSD outcomes for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) and Cognitive Behavioural Writing Therapy (CBWT).
Method
Data were obtained as part of a multi-centre, randomized controlled trial of up to six sessions (up to 45 minutes each) of either EMDR therapy, CBWT, or wait-list, involving 101 youth (aged 8ā18 years) with a PTSD diagnosis (full/subthreshold) tied to a single event. The predictive and moderating effects of the childās baseline sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and parentās psychopathology were evaluated using linear mixed models (LMM) from pre- to post-treatment and from pre- to 3- and 12-month follow-ups.
Results
At post-treatment and 3-month follow-up, youth with an index trauma of sexual abuse, severe symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, depression, more comorbid disorders, negative posttraumatic beliefs, and with a parent with more severe psychopathology fared worse in both treatments. For children with more severe self-reported PTSD symptoms at baseline, the (exploratory) moderator analysis showed that the EMDR group improved more than the CBWT group, with the opposite being true for children and parents with a less severe clinical profile.
Conclusions
The most consistent finding from the predictor analyses was that parental symptomatology predicted poorer outcomes, suggesting that parents should be assessed, supported and referred for their own treatment where indicated. The effect of the significant moderator variables was time-limited, and given the large response rate (>90%) and brevity (<4 hours) of both treatments, the present findings suggest a focus on implementation and dissemination, rather than tailoring, of evidence-based trauma-focused treatments for paediatric PTSD tied to a single event
The statistical analyses of flares detected in B band photometry of UV Ceti type stars
In this study, we present the unpublished flare data collected from 222
flares detected in the B band observations of five stars and the results
derived by statistical analysis and modeling of these data. Six basic
properties have been found with a statistical analysis method applied to all
models and analyses for the flares detected in the B band observation of UV
Ceti type stars. We have also compared the U and B bands with the analysis
results. This comparison allowed us to evaluate the methods used in the
analyses. The analyses provided the following results. (1) The flares were
separated into two types, fast and slow flares. (2) The mean values of the
equivalent durations of the slow and the fast flares differ by a factor of 16.2
\pm 3.7. (3) Regardless of the total flare duration, the maximum flare energy
can reach a different Plateau level for each star. (4) The Plateau values of EV
Lac and EQ Peg are higher than the others. (5) The minimum values of the total
flare duration increase toward the later spectral types. This value is called
the Half-Life value in models. (6) Both the maximum flare rise times and the
total flare duration obtained from the observed flares decrease toward the
later spectral types.Comment: 17 pages, 10 figures, 8 table
Stellar Pollution in the Solar Neighborhood
We study spectroscopically determined iron abundances of 642 solar-type stars
to search for the signature of accreted iron-rich material. We find that the
metallicity [Fe/H] of a subset of 466 main sequence stars, when plotted as a
function of stellar mass, mimics the pattern seen in lithium abundances in open
clusters. Using Monte Carlo models we find that, on average, these stars have
accreted about 0.4 Earth masses of iron while on the main sequence. A much
smaller sample of 19 stars in the Hertzsprung gap, which are slightly evolved
and whose convection zones are significantly more massive, have lower average
[Fe/H], and their metallicity shows no clear variation with stellar mass. These
findings suggest that terrestrial-type material is common around solar type
stars.Comment: 33 pages, 11 figures. Submitted to Ap
The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training for Children with ADHD and Mindful Parenting for their Parents
This study evaluated the effectiveness of an 8-week mindfulness training for children aged 8ā12 with ADHD and parallel mindful parenting training for their parents. Parents (NĀ =Ā 22) completed questionnaires on their childās ADHD and ODD symptoms, their own ADHD symptoms, parenting stress, parental overreactivity, permissiveness and mindful awareness before, immediately after the 8-week training and at 8-week follow-up. Teachers reported on ADHD and ODD behavior of the child. A within-group waitlist was used to control for the effects of time and repeated measurement. Training was delivered in group format. There were no significant changes between wait-list and pre-test, except on the increase of teacher-rated ODD behavior. There was a significant reduction of parent-rated ADHD behavior of themselves and their child from pre-to posttest and from pre- to follow-up test. Further, there was a significant increase of mindful awareness from pre-to posttest and a significant reduction of parental stress and overreactivity from pre-to follow-up test. Teacher-ratings showed non-significant effects. Our study shows preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of mindfulness for children with ADHD and their parents, as rated by parents. However, in the absence of substantial effects on teacher-ratings, we cannot ascertain effects are due to specific treatment procedures
X-Ray Flaring on the dMe Star, Ross 154
We present results from two Chandra imaging observations of Ross 154, a
nearby flaring M dwarf star. During a 61-ks ACIS-S exposure, a very large flare
occurred (the equivalent of a solar X3400 event, with L_X = 1.8x10^30 ergs/s)
in which the count rate increased by a factor of over 100. The early phase of
the flare shows evidence for the Neupert effect, followed by a further rise and
then a two-component exponential decay. A large flare was also observed at the
end of a later 48-ks HRC-I observation. Emission from the non-flaring phases of
both observations was analyzed for evidence of low level flaring. From these
temporal studies we find that microflaring probably accounts for most of the
`quiescent' emission, and that, unlike for the Sun and the handful of other
stars that have been studied, the distribution of flare intensities does not
appear to follow a power-law with a single index. Analysis of the ACIS spectra,
which was complicated by exclusion of the heavily piled-up source core,
suggests that the quiescent Ne/O abundance ratio is enhanced by a factor of
~2.5 compared to the commonly adopted solar abundance ratio, and that the Ne/O
ratio and overall coronal metallicity during the flare appear to be enhanced
relative to quiescent abundances. Based on the temperatures and emission
measures derived from the spectral fits, we estimate the length scales and
plasma densities in the flaring volume and also track the evolution of the
flare in color-intensity space. Lastly, we searched for a stellar-wind
charge-exchange X-ray halo around the star but without success; because of the
relationship between mass-loss rate and the halo surface brightness, not even
an upper limit on the stellar mass-loss rate can be determined.Comment: 20 pages, 12 figures (4 color), accepted by ApJ, expected publication
April 1, 200
Some Like it Hot: The X-Ray Emission of The Giant Star YY Mensae
(Abridged abstract) We present an analysis of the X-ray emission of the
rapidly rotating giant star YY Mensae observed by Chandra HETGS and XMM-Newton.
Although no obvious flare was detected, the X-ray luminosity changed by a
factor of two between the XMM-Newton and Chandra observations taken 4 months
apart. The coronal abundances and the emission measure distribution have been
derived from three different methods using optically thin collisional
ionization equilibrium models. The abundances show an inverse first ionization
potential (FIP) effect. We further find a high N abundance which we interpret
as a signature of material processed in the CNO cycle. The corona is dominated
by a very high temperature (20-40 MK) plasma, which places YY Men among the
magnetically active stars with the hottest coronae. Lower temperature plasma
also coexists, albeit with much lower emission measure. Line broadening is
reported, which we interpret as Doppler thermal broadening, although rotational
broadening due to X-ray emitting material high above the surface could be
present as well. We use two different formalisms to discuss the shape of the
emission measure distribution. The first one infers the properties of coronal
loops, whereas the second formalism uses flares as a statistical ensemble. We
find that most of the loops in the corona of YY Men have their maximum
temperature equal to or slightly larger than about 30 MK. We also find that
small flares could contribute significantly to the coronal heating in YY Men.
Although there is no evidence of flare variability in the X-ray light curves,
we argue that YY Men's distance and X-ray brightness does not allow us to
detect flares with peak luminosities Lx <= 10^{31} erg/s with current
detectors.Comment: Accepted paper to appear in Astrophysical Journal, issue Nov 10, 2004
(v615). This a revised version. Small typos are corrected. Figure 7 and its
caption and some related text in Sct 7.2 are changed, without incidence for
the conclusion
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