Physical Tension Research Articles

Experiencing Nature: Physical Activity, Beauty and Tension in Tatra National Park—Analysis of TripAdvisor Reviews

The aim of this article is to analyse the experiences gained by tourists visiting one of the most visited protected areas in Poland—the Tatra National Park (TNP). The authors focused on the following question: does the natural heritage of the national park affect visitors’ unique experiences or is environmentally valuable area not important for their experiences? This article uses mixed quantitative (Text Mining, co-occurrence network analysis) and qualitative (narratives research) methods. Data for analysis—revives posted by users between April 2011 and September 2019—were downloaded from TripAdvisor.co.uk. Reviews on TripAdvisor indicate that the most important for visiting tourists were the experiences of physical activity. This confirms the trend of maintaining health and the desire to regenerate physical strength. The group of reviews related to connection to nature experiences is extremely small, which indicates that tourists probably did not come to TNP as a result of a preference for experiences related to ecological awareness. Some tourists felt tension, which indicates that the carrying capacity was exceeded. There is a doubt as to whether tourists who want to engage in physical activity must necessarily visit the area with the highest degree of nature protection.

Psychosocial Correlates of Emotional Eating and Their Interrelations: Implications for Obesity Treatment Research and Development.

We tested the effects of emotional eating in long-term weight-loss so that both treatment processes and theory could be improved. Women with obesity participated in treatments of either high interpersonal contact and behavioral methods (n = 39) or low interpersonal contact and educational methods (n = 36) through community-based settings. We assessed mood, emotional eating, self-regulation, self-efficacy, and weight. Changes in the psychosocial measures were significantly greater in the high interpersonal contact/behavioral methods group. That group had a mean weight reduction of 6.5% and 6.8% over 6 and 24months, respectively, which was significantly greater than the 2.9% and 1.8% loss in the low interpersonal contact/educational methods group at the same time points. Using aggregate data, change in eating self-regulation significantly mediated the prediction of reduced anxiety- and depression-related emotional eating over 6months by improvements in tension and depression, respectively. The emotional eating reductions were significantly associated with weight loss over both 6 and 24months. Increased physical activity was significantly associated with reduced tension and depression. We also found that the relationship between changes in physical activity and tension was significantly mediated by a change in exercise-related self-efficacy. Increased exercise self-regulation significantly predicted improved eating regulation, with eating-related self-efficacy change being a significant mediator. Our findings suggest an array of psychosocial targets for behavioral weight-management treatments that have large-scale applications.

Intervention targets for people living with HIV and depressive symptoms in Botswana

Background: The prevalence of HIV in Botswana is high. Many people living with HIV (PLWH) suffer from depressive symptoms and have inadequate coping skills. Most PLWH do not receive adequate psychological treatment. Empirically based interventions for PLWH with depressive symptoms in Botswana should be developed, with a focus on improving coping skills. The present study was a first step towards this goal, by trying to identify targets for intervention. The study aimed to provide prevalence rates of depression among PLWH in Botswana, to assess their mental health treatment needs and wishes as expressed by themselves, and to study the relationships between cognitive and behavioural coping strategies and depressive symptoms.Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted. The sample consisted of 291 participants (73% female) from 8 HIV treatment centres from Botswana. Participants completed standardized questionnaires on depressive symptoms (CES-D) and coping skills (CERQ, BERQ). They also answered questions regarding their mental health care needs and wishes.Results: In total 43.4% of participants reported clinically significant depressive symptoms. The majority of participants indicated that they needed help with the following topics: feelings of depression, physical tension, finding new goals and coping with HIV. In addition, they indicated preferring a self-help programme in booklet format. Multiple regression analyses showed that the following coping strategies had significant relationships with depressive symptoms: rumination, catastrophising, withdrawal, positive refocusing and refocus on planning (the latter two negatively).Conclusion: Almost half of the PLWH reported depressive symptoms that were clinically significant. The findings suggested that an intervention for PLWH with depressive symptoms in Botswana should preferably be a self-help programme presented in booklet format. With regard to content, the results confirmed that the intervention should focus on specific coping skills. In addition, elements like goal finding and strategies to reduce physical tension should be added.

Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and cardiovascular disease: A review

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major worldwide health problem and the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. Cardiovascular disease is also the major complication of type 2 diabetes and is responsible for more than 50% and up to 80% of deaths in people with diabetes as well as for very substantial morbidity and loss of quality of life. Diabetes can lead to cardiovascular damage in a number of ways. The processes do not develop independently, and each may accelerate or worsen the others. Thus, as diabetes progresses, the heart and blood vessels are exposed to multiple attacks. Cardiovascular disease is spreading fast in the country and is falling in its grip more rapidly due to lack of awareness and facilities. Stating the major reasons for increasing heart problems, there were nine risk factors - heavy doses of alcohol, smoking, excess salt intake in food, fast and fatty food, lack of fruit consumption, no physical activities, tension, blood pressure and diabetes. The death rates due to cardiovascular disease are either high or appear to be increasing in countries where diabetes is prevalent. The outlook for cardiovascular diseases is alarming when it is considered that the number of people with diabetes worldwide will be more than double by 2025. Given the global epidemic of diabetes, the double threat of diabetes and CVD is set to explode unless preventative action is taken. It is noteworthy for example that, in some Western populations, CHD rates have declined in the overall population but no consistent decline is seen in people with diabetes. Diabetic patients have a greater likelihood of having dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity. Because early detection and prompt treatment may reduce the burden of diabetes and its complications, screening for diabetes may be appropriate under certain circumstances (American Diabetes Association, 2003). Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), together with its common morbidities of hypertension and dyslipidaemia, predisposes to a varied of acute and chronic complications (Gholap et al, 2011). T2D could damage multiorgan system even before symptomatic onset of major complications. It is a dreaded chronic disease, both to an individual and to humanity in the world, especially in Asia (Chan et al, 2009).

The Challenges Affecting Stress Management within Organizations and its Consequences on Employees’ Performance: 'Concepts and Theoretical Models'

Stress is an unavoidable factor in everyone’s lives, people deal with it more than once in their lifetime. Stress may be defined as a feeling of physical, psychological or emotional tension which is developed by different circumstances or events that occur in our lives. In every organization, employees are the backbone that ensures the smooth running of the business, but as a matter of fact, these employees are ordinary people who are vulnerable to any and all threats, be it physical, emotional and psychological and this includes stress which can cause them to lose focus in their activities and accumulate low performance in most and/or all their functions as they may be distracted thinking about their own problems at the expense of their work. Despite that, stress can also be positive because it pushes people to do more and fulfill their obligations. Stress is not uncontrollable, It can be managed in order to protect any sort of negative impacts/ effects. This process is called stress management which means methods of handling and/or controlling stress. Stress management has a huge effect on employees and their performance as it brings about positivity and competence, therefore, it has an even greater impact on the organization because if their employees are stress-free, they are at least 95% focused in their duties, thus the businesses advantages increase. This study therefor is undertaken to investigate the Challenges Affecting Stress Management within an Organization and its Consequences on Employees’ Performance, to determine what causes stress, identify the different dimensions of stress, and how to handle or manage stress.

Contemporary dance intervention in mild-tomoderate depression: A pilot study

Abstract This article describes a contemporary dance intervention among psychiatric outpatients with a diagnosis of mild-to-moderate depression. Five females participated in a pilot intervention, which was carried out twice a week over four consecutive weeks. During the intervention, the participants kept diaries about their personal experiences. The diaries were assessed using thematic content analysis. The dancing experience involved a combination of three elements: music, movement and creativity connected to the body. The qualitative findings were tentatively associated with positive mood over the short term. The participants experienced periods of relaxation, self-examination and elevated self-esteem during the session. Diary entries indicated that participating in contemporary dance may reduce mental anxiety and physical tension, and provide at least short-term symptomatic relief. Thus, participation in contemporary dance may be beneficial in the process of recovery from depression.

Психологическая готовность вожатых к работе в детском оздоровительном лагере

The article analyzes the phenomenon of counselor’s psychological readiness to work with children in a children’s health camp. A theoretical analysis of Russian psychological and pedagogical literature on the issue of training counselors for professional work is carried out. The analysis made it possible to characterize the features of the counselor in a children’s health camp. These include high physical, intellectual and emotional tension, high responsibility for the life and safety of the child, for his intellectual, emotional, spiritual and moral development. It is shown how the nature of the activity makes special psychological demands on the personality and activity of the counselor. The identified requirements for the personality and activity of the counselor made it possible to formulate the content of the concept of ‘counselor psychological readiness’. By it we understand the totality of such professionally important qualities as stress resistance, communicative and organizational skills, leadership qualities, tolerant attitudes, a cooperative and compromise style of behavior in conflict situations. Effective means of preparing counselors for activities in the children’s health camp are considered. The main means of training counselors are traditional and non-traditional forms of training. Perspective tasks of further psychological and pedagogical research are outlined, among which are the development and testing of the effectiveness of the psychological and pedagogical program to form the counselor’s psychological readiness for work in a children’s health camp.

Effect of the Emotional Freedom Techniques on anger symptoms in Hwabyung patients: A comparison with the progressive muscle relaxation technique in a pilot randomized controlled trial

ContextHwabyung is a psychosomatic disease resulting from the suppression of anger over an extended period. The Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) are meridian-based psychotherapy known to cure many psychosomatic diseases, and progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is a therapeutic method that relieves physical and psychological tension by repeated tensing and relaxation of the muscles. ObjectIn this study, we compared the effects of EFT and PMR in patients with Hwabyung. Design40 patients were enrolled and randomized to receive 4 weeks of group sessions with either EFT (n = 20) or PMR (n = 20). Evaluations were conducted pre- and post-treatment and at 4-week and 24-week follow-ups after session end. Main Outcome MeasuresThe Hwabyung Scale, Visual Analogue Scale of Hwabyung Symptoms (VAS-HS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) were administered as self-report tools. The analysis excluded 8 patients who never attended treatment and 1 patient meeting the exclusion criteria. ResultEFT (n = 15) and PMR (n = 16) improved Hwabyung symptoms (−13.95% and −11.46%, respectively), state anxiety (−12.57% and −12.64%, respectively), and depression (−32.11% and −18.68%, respectively) (p < 0.05 for all). Trait anger improved in EFT group (−13.4%, p = 0.004). There were no significant differences between the groups (p > 0.05) except for trait anger at post-treatment (p = 0.022 for between group). No adverse events were reported during the study.

Hybrid equation of state with pasta phases, and third family of compact stars

The effect of pasta phases on the quark-hadron phase transition is investigated for a set of relativistic mean-field equations of state for both hadron and quark matter. The results of the full numerical solution with pasta phases are compared with those of an interpolating construction used in previous works, for which we demonstrate an adequate description of the numerical results. A one-to-one mapping of the free parameter of the construction to the physical surface tension of the quark-hadron interface is obtained for which a fit formula is given. For each pair of quark and hadron matter models the critical value of the surface tension is determined, above which the phase transition becomes close to the Maxwell construction. This result agrees well with earlier theoretical estimates. The study is extended to neutron star matter in beta equilibrium with electrons and muons and is applied to investigate the effect of pasta phases on the structure of hybrid compact stars and the robustness of a possible third family solution.

ФІЗИЧНІ ТА ПСИХОЛОГІЧНІ СТАНИ В ЕКСТРЕМАЛЬНИХ УМОВАХ ВІЙСЬКОВО-ПРАКТИЧНОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ

Introduction. In recent years, the problems of professional readiness and psychological states in the activity of a serviceman, and especially in those areas that are connected with extreme conditions of service activity have become a special and urgent issue in armed formations of the country. Under the increased danger, the certain specific tasks effectiveness can significantly be reduced regarding even a professionally trained serviceman, there could be accidents, non-combat injuries due to disorganization or breach of activity, false decisions made, non-readiness (physically), and the psychological process disturbances. Purpose. To reveal the reasons of adverse changes in professional activity in extreme conditions and find possible ways of their prevention - the task whose solution is largely dependent on success in studying the problem, namely: in determining the system of factors that provide a reflection by the person of the extreme situation and planning peculiarities and performance of activity on the basis of reflection of its character. Methods. The previous stage consisted in collecting data on the methods of expert evaluation, pulmonology, carrying out an associative test while performing the experimental tasks by the military sailors without the influence of hazardous factors. During the training for the execution of the task, the midshipmen were being acquainted with its peculiarities, worked out an associative test, while the heart rate measurements (HRM) were being conducted. The stage of the task implementation under the simulated extreme conditions was connected with the associative test performance and HRM records, therefore, the effectiveness of each serviceman was determined within the 3-point scale. Results. Results obtained from the pilot study show that psychological diagnostics of physical and psychological tension based on its active correlation, can assist in determining the preparedness of the military sailors, future officers to perform combat tasks in extreme situations. The methodology based on pulsometry and the modified variant of the associative experiment combined, allows to diagnose various levels of physical and psychological (tension) stress which correspond to the degree of activity efficiency .Conclusion. 1. Diagnostics of the physical and mental states that emerge and mature for the military sailors during the special tasks implementation in extreme conditions can be successfully carried out by means of physical and psychological indicators of these states records by utilizing singled out criteria based on revealing the active correlations of physical and mental-states studied. One of the effective methods of diagnostics of the physical and psychological tension is the associative test, the work that is required by the strict determination and records of temporal, quantitative and qualitative indices.2. The diagnosis of the functional states creates the specified possibilities to predict the activity effectiveness, the activity of the servicemen, future naval officers of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under extreme conditions. This can be applied in professional training during studies (drill).

The Efficacy of Father Attachment Education on the Severity of Domestic Violence in Primegravida Women.

Purpose: In addition to physical and psychological tension imposed on women through pregnancy, the stress of the spouses' violence can cause harmful effects on both the fetus and mother. In Iran, there are limited data on this subject. Thus, learning attachment skills may be effective in reducing adaptation and domestic violence. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of paternal attachment on the severity of domestic violence in primgravida women.Methods: This quasi-experiment research was conducted on 150 pregnant women who were eligible and selected through simple convenience sampling. In the intervention group, four 90-minute training sessions were designed on father attachment, while the control group received routine prenatal care. A violence questionnaire was completed both before and after the intervention (36-38 weeks of pregnancy) in both case and control groups. Data analysis was done in SPSS software, using paired t-test and independent t-test.Results: According to the results of an independent t-test, there was no significant difference in psychological violence, physical violence, and economic violence. However, there was a significant change in social violence, sexual violence, and overall violence score.Conclusion: Training the fathers on behavior of domestic violence and its skills leads to reduced social and sexual violence. Therefore, it seems necessary to include education for the fathers in prenatal care.

Baring the Bones: Making the Shift from a Muscular to a Skeletal Paradigm in Voice Training

In the field of voice training, there is an abundance of talk about “tension.” We speak of vocal tension and physical tension. You name it; it can be tense! One needs only a brief visit to a rehear...

Pain in female dancers and dance teachers: Perception, assessment, and related behavior.

Pain experiences are almost unavoidable in dance and involve a health hazard potential. In dance, certain self-endangering attitudes and behavior patterns toward pain are emerging. Especially for female dancers (Ds) and dance teachers (DTs) of the non-professional levels, pain is still insufficiently recorded. The aim of this study was to compare the subjective perception of pain, its assessment, and the pain behavior of female dancers and dance teachers of the non-professional dance level. The data were collected by a quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire in n=205 Ds and n=151 DTs. The dance-associated pain characteristics were analyzed in n=171 Ds (83.4%) and n=130 DTs (86.1%). The sensory and affective perception of pain was more pronounced in DTs than in Ds. Unlike Ds, DTs rather evaluated pain as signal of a (potential) injury. The majority of the subjects continued their dancing activity to its full extent or under a gentle change of behavior patterns. As to pain treatment, preference was given to self- or medical and therapeutic treatment. Strategies of physical tension regulation were often used in pain management. Even in pain, the majority of female dancers and dance teachers of the non-professional level continued their dancing activity. However, there seemed to be a health-conscious coping with pain, especially in the DTs. Medical and therapeutic treatment was frequently used.

The Unheard Female Voice

The Unheard Female Voice

Nonlinear dynamics of a viscous bubbly fluid

A physical model of a three-dimensional flow of a viscous bubbly fluid in an intermediate regime between bubble formation and breakage is presented. The model is based on mechanics and thermodynamics of a single bubble coupled to the dynamics of a viscous fluid as a whole, and takes into account multiple physical effects, including gravity, viscosity, and surface tension. Dimensionless versions of the resulting nonlinear model are obtained, and values of dimensionless parameters are estimated for typical magma flows in horizontal subaerial lava fields and vertical volcanic conduits.Exact solutions of the resulting system of nonlinear equations corresponding to equilibrium flows and traveling waves are analyzed in the one-dimensional setting. Generalized Su–Gardner-type perturbation analysis is employed to study approximate solutions of the model in the long-wave ansatz. Simplified nonlinear partial differential equations (PDE) satisfied by the leading terms of the perturbation solutions are systematically derived. It is shown that for specific classes of perturbations, approximate solutions of the bubbly fluid model arise from solutions of the classical diffusion, Burgers, variable-coefficient Burgers, and Korteweg-de Vries equations.

Mereduksi Kecemasan Siswa Melalui Konseling Cognitive Behavioral

REDUCING STUDENTS’ ANXIETY THROUGH COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING. Anxiety experienced by students at school can later affect their academic success at school. For this reason, this study tries to describe students' anxiety and efforts to reduce them through cognitive behavioral counseling. Anxiety in students can be interpreted as a condition that is full of worries and fears, feeling depressed, not calm, feeling guilty, feeling insecure and chaotic-minded accompanied by physical tension to certain situations. The characteristics of students who experience anxiety are divided into three parts, namely physical, behavioral and cognitive. The steps to reduce student anxiety through cognitive behavioral counseling are 1) identifying and knowing the level of student anxiety, 2) carrying out cognitive behavioral counseling, namely: initiating counseling, discussing content in the session, checking the events of the previous week, Core counseling , assigning tasks for the next meeting, and evaluating the session. Then, 3) Follow up. This article is expected to contribute as a scientific literature in the field of guidance and counseling, especially for school counselor in dealing with student anxiety through counseling services using a cognitive behavioral approach at school.

Walking the Talk: Teachers as Practitioners of Fitzmaurice Voicework

ABSTRACT Fitzmaurice Voicework (FV) is a voice training technique used to create sustainable, healthy, and dynamic sound while allowing for flexibility and spontaneity in performance. Teacher certification requires teachers to embody the technique for students, which involves physically practicing the technique while teaching. Through survey questions, interviews with certified FV teachers, and the author’s field notes and journal entries, this qualitative study examines the efficacy and impact of both practicing and teaching FV. The study examines the teachers’ experiences, with particular attention to the teachers’ sense of connection to their students and subject matter. The collected data show a perceived value by teachers practicing the technique, including the ability to communicate in all circumstances with a sustainable voice, a dynamic vocal range, and a flexible responsiveness to student needs and interests. The findings further suggest that FV’s interest in breath and the release of physical, vocal, and emotional tension may enhance a teacher’s perceived experience, and it may enhance their ability to be present with their audience, maintain connection to the subject matter, and perform the necessary tasks of a reflective practitioner.

Mujeres, diversidad funcional y multidiscriminación

Resumen Las violencias ejercidas contra las mujeres leídas como discapacitadas están tan naturalizadas en la sociedad que son una de las formas de discriminación menos visibles. Esta naturalización es fruto de un sistema de opresiones que tienen su origen en el hecho de ser mujeres y de ser leídas como discapacitadas, y por tanto, en una norma social sexista y capacitista. A través de la creación de un grupo motor de mujeres con diversidad funcional y la aplicación de instrumentos del diagnóstico participativo facilitamos un espacio formativo en el que: se visibilizó que la discapacidad cosifica a las mujeres y las somete a múltiples violencias encadenadas, naturalizadas y, por tanto, invisibilizadas; que esta situación las lleva a vivir en un estado permanente de tensión psicológica y física que pone a prueba sus recursos sociales y habilidades personales y orienta las soluciones hacia el miedo y la culpa; y que para abordar estas problemáticas se ha de tener en cuenta un enfoque psicosocial que permita a las mujeres salir de la situación de víctimas e incorpore los principios de reconocimiento, reparación y no repetición. Como conclusión al trabajo, se presentan una serie de estrategias individuales, colectivas e institucionales basadas en las propuestas de la Diversidad Funcional.Palabras clave: Violencia, mujeres leídas como discapacitadas, discriminación, interseccionalidades, diagnóstico participativo, diversidad funcional.

A Study of Kinesics Category and the Manifestation Towards a Toddler Attitudes

Kinesics, or body language, is one of the most powerful ways that humans can communicate nonverbally. It is used to portray moods and emotions and to emphasize or contradict what is being said. From the kinesics point of view, there are several facial expressions and gestures done to express respond, and do activities toward people around. From the research finding, there are kinesics expressions done from the child. There are several classifications in kinesics; Emblems a substitute for words and phrases. Illustrators go with or reinforce verbal messages. Affect Displays Show emotion. Regulators Control the flow and pace of communication. Adaptors Release physical or emotional tension. This study investigates on how a kid expresses their non-verbal behavior using the kinesics classification and based on them, the kid’s verbal expressions belong to illustrators, affect displays and adaptor.

The Motive of Service As a Determinant of the Psychological Stability of the Medical Worker: Statement of the Problem

The professional activity of emergency medical service workers is of critical significance, as it aims to preserve, support, and develop the health of individuals and society, in the face of considerable intellectual, emotional, and physical tension. One of the most important qualities that safeguards the mental health of emergencymedical service workers is the psychological stability of the individuals under working conditions. The objective of this study was to explore the psychological content of the motive of service as a determinant of the psychological stability of the emergency medical service worker. Our results show that the desire to help, to serve people, which we call ‘the motive of service’, relates to higher motives. The motive of service as a psychological category has not been explored, neither in domestic nor international psychological science. The motive of service as a manifestation of an individual’s altruistic orientation gives a moral vector to professional behavior and is a system-shaping element in the motivational component of the psychological stabilityof the medical worker.&#x0D; Keywords: motive of service, psychological stability, medical worker