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Bost, Suzanne – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2005
Gloria Anzaldua's mestiza consciousness has been celebrated by critics of diverse methodologies and applied to discussions of hybridity, borders, and difference around the world. Lost in these wide and varied applications are the conquest and rape, and the regulation of national and individual boundaries, that are the historical origins of…
Descriptors: Pain, Feminism, Authors, History
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2006
There has been a growing concern in both the law enforcement and public health arenas about the increase in the use of pharmaceutical drugs for nonmedical use, especially among young adults. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) asks persons aged 12 or older questions related to their nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs,…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Young Adults, Public Health, Drug Abuse
Moschettti, Marilou – 1991
Through dynamic aquatic stabilization techniques, patients will develop the ability to characterize sensory distractions and develop self-awareness and sensitivity to movement in the water, which will relate directly to improved motor function. Aquatic therapy is a systematic method of treatment, with programs developed by a licensed physical…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Health Promotion, Higher Education, Human Posture
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Kelley, Patricia; Clifford, Patrick – Social Work, 1997
Discusses a project developed to gain understanding of the experiences of people suffering from a chronic pain condition with no visible symptoms. Results suggest that narrative approaches helped participants find their own strengths and means of coping and helped them find identities other than as patients. (RJM)
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Coping, Group Counseling, Group Therapy
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Leventhal, Elaine A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1989
Examined pain and negative moods during labor in relation to instructions to monitor labor contractions and LaMaze class attendance. In Study 1, pain and negative moods showed sharp decline at Stage 2 (active labor) for women who monitored and LaMaze participants; in Study 2, LaMaze participants reported decline in pain during active labor and…
Descriptors: Birth, Comparative Analysis, Coping, Emotional Response
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Range, Lillian M.; Martin, Stephen K. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1990
Examined how circumstances of a suicide victim's life may influence people's responses in college students (n=180) who read a fictitious newspaper article about a man who committed suicide following psychological pain, physical pain, or terminal illness. Results indicated that subjects were intolerant of suicide when the victim was suffering from…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Depression (Psychology), Grief
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Turner, Judith A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1990
Evaluated effects of group behavioral therapy including aerobic exercise, behavioral therapy alone, and aerobic exercise alone on pain and physical and psychological disability among mildly disabled chronic low-back-pain patients (n=96). The combined behavioral therapy and exercise group improved significantly more pretreatment to posttreatment…
Descriptors: Adults, Aerobics, Behavior Modification, Chronic Illness
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Lewis, Michael; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1989
Reports a study of 110 newborn infants' responses to the heelstick procedure to draw blood samples, and of the responses of 40 of those infants to their first inoculations at two months of age. Discusses measures of distress; stability of reactivity across time; and individual differences and health of the infant as factors in reactivity. (NH)
Descriptors: Crying, Facial Expressions, Health, Individual Differences
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Gil, Karen M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1989
Examined pain coping strategies in 79 adult sickle cell disease (SCD) patients. Results revealed that coping strategies factors were important predictors of pain and adjustment. Subjects high on Negative Thinking and Passive Adherence had more severe pain, were less active and more distressed, and used more health services. Individuals high on…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Coping, Pain
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Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D.; Craig, Kenneth D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Divided 90 chronic low back pain patients into those who demonstrated signs that were congruent or incongruent with underlying anatomical and physiological principles. Low socioeconomic status, compensation claims, use of opiate analgesics, greater disability, catastrophizing cognitions, stronger emotionality, and passive coping were more…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Chronic Illness, Cognitive Style
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Glajchen, Myra; And Others – Health & Social Work, 1995
Discusses the prevalence of cancer-related pain and identifies the barriers that undermine effective pain relief. Develops a model for social work intervention in terms of communication, assessment, problem solving, and psychological support for the patient. Emphasizes skills such as communication, assessment, problem solving, and psychological…
Descriptors: Cancer, Health Services, Higher Education, Medical Services
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Strong, Jenny; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Integrated six dimensions of chronic low back pain (pain intensity, functional disability, attitudes toward pain, pain coping strategies, depression, illness behavior) to provide multidimensional patient profile. Data from 100 patients revealed presence of three distinct patient groups: patients who were in control, patients who were depressed and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Clinical Diagnosis, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
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Haykowsky, Mark J.; Warburton, Darren E. R. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1999
This study assessed occurrence and level of pain and injury history associated with powerlifting training in 11 adults with visual impairments. Powerlifting training was associated with an elevated occurrence of pain in shoulders, elbows, lower back, and knee regions. Injury rate, however, was lower than for athletes without visual impairments.…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adults, Athletes, Athletics
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Robinson, M. Renee – Journal of Black Psychology, 1999
Discusses coping and personal adjustment to chronic pain for adolescents with sickle cell anemia and presents a model of illness behavior for these adolescents. Offers a framework of disease severity and disease impact, and suggests using functional ability as an index of coping and personal adjustment. Contains 59 references. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Coping
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Walker, Lynn S.; Smith, Craig A.; Garber, Judy; Van Slyke, Deborah A. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
Confirmatory factor analysis was used to derive and cross-validate the factor structure of the Pain Response Inventory (PRI), a measure of children's coping responses to recurrent pain, with 688 school children, 120 children with abdominal pain, and 175 former abdominal pain patients. Results suggest that different health outcomes are predicted by…
Descriptors: Children, Coping, Factor Structure, Pain
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