Search
Search Results
-
How Do Control Beliefs About Stress Relate to Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Healthcare Workers: The Mediating Role of Optimism and Cognitive Reappraisal
Increasing interest in understanding depressive symptoms in healthcare workers stems from their negative impact. Previous studies have highlighted...
-
Optimism bias in understanding neonatal prognoses
ObjectiveDiscrepancies between physician and parent neonatal prognostic expectations are common. Optimism bias is a possible explanation.
...
-
Optimism and pessimism are antithetically associated with post-operative knee function in patients’ undergoing total knee arthroplasty
PurposePersonality traits, such as dispositional optimism and pessimism, have impact on a variety of health-related problems. Influence on outcome in...
-
HIV Treatment Optimism Moderates the Relationship between Sexual Risk Behavior and HIV Risk Perception among Urban HIV-negative Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men who have Sex With Men
Using baseline data of the Engage Cohort Study, a Canadian study of sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM), we...
-
Placing the US Federal Investment in Religion, Spirituality, and Health Research in Context: A Systematic Review and Comparison with Social Support and Optimism Funding Levels
Religion and spirituality (R/S) have been linked to better physical and mental health. The US government has funded several research studies that...
-
Dispositional optimism and all-cause mortality after esophageal cancer surgery: a nationwide population-based cohort study
PurposeTo examine the association between dispositional optimism and all-cause mortality after esophageal cancer surgery and whether pathological...
-
Optimism and symptoms of anxiety and depression among Chinese women with breast cancer: the serial mediating effect of perceived social support and benefit finding
ObjectiveThis research examines the direct and indirect relationships between optimism, perceived social support (PSS), benefit finding (BF), and...
-
Is Optimism a Protective Factor for Cardiovascular Disease?
Purpose of ReviewDoes optimism contribute to superior cardiovascular health? We examined prospective studies investigating the connections between...
-
Dispositional optimism and depression risk in older women in the Nurses´ Health Study: a prospective cohort study
Dispositional optimism is a potentially modifiable factor and has been associated with multiple physical health outcomes, but its relationship with...
-
Leave-one-out cross-validation, penalization, and differential bias of some prediction model performance measures—a simulation study
BackgroundThe performance of models for binary outcomes can be described by measures such as the concordance statistic (c-statistic, area under the...
-
Religious and Spiritual Practices: Association with Dispositional Optimism in an Underprivileged Population in Lascano, Uruguay
Optimism seems to foster the ability to manage adverse situations better—a finding especially relevant for disadvantaged populations. Employing a...
-
Development of the multivariate administrative data cystectomy model and its impact on misclassification bias
BackgroundMisclassification bias (MB) is the deviation of measured from true values due to incorrect case assignment. This study compared MB when...
-
Winning Exposure and Positive Illusions Among Chinese Lottery Gamblers: Moderating Effects of Lottery Winning Experience and Socioeconomic Status
Positive illusions and winning exposure are key factors leading to problem lottery gambling, but few studies have examined the relationships between...
-
A mixed methods study of perceptions of bias among neonatal intensive care unit staff
BackgroundInequity in neonatology may be potentiated within neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) by the effects of bias. Addressing bias can lead to...
-
Psychological distress after esophageal cancer surgery and the predictive effect of dispositional optimism: a nationwide population-based longitudinal study
PurposeTo examine the trajectory of psychological distress from 1 to 2 years after esophageal cancer surgery, and whether dispositional optimism...
-
Mental health, quality of life and optimism during the covid-19 pandemic: a comparison between Brazil and Portugal
PurposeAlthough there have been numerous studies investigating the mental health of individuals during the pandemic, a comparison between countries...
-
Shift in Valence Bias Associated with Decrease in Trait Anxiety and Depression Symptoms
PurposeMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a well-known method for reducing stress and negative affect. Recently, a small, open-label trial...
-
Risk of bias of prognostic models developed using machine learning: a systematic review in oncology
BackgroundPrognostic models are used widely in the oncology domain to guide medical decision-making. Little is known about the risk of bias of...
