Significant Emotional Changes Research Articles

An Overview of the Level of Anxiety N Children When Installing Infusions in the Emergency Department of the Islamic Hospital Purwokerto

Hospitalization is a crisis condition for every child admitted to the hospital. Separation from parents often causes significant emotional changes in children, such as anxiety. In Central Java Province, child hospitalization is 4.1% of the total population. Anxiety is a vague worry characterized by feelings of uncertainty and helplessness. Anxiety in children can arise because of something new and has never been experienced before, insecurity and discomfort, a feeling of losing something they are used to, and something that feels painful. The purpose of this study was to determine the Anxiety of Children During Infusion Installation in the Emergency Department of Purwokerto Islamic Hospital. This study is a descriptive study with a cross sectional approach. The sample in this study were pediatric patients in the Emergency Room of Purwokerto Islamic Hospital, a total of 30 respondents using accidental sampling technique. Data analysis in this study was univariate analysis. The results showed that the anxiety level of children in the Emergency Department of Purwokerto Islamic Hospital when installing infusions experienced moderate anxiety as many as 16 children (53.3%). Future researchers are advised to research interventions that can reduce children's anxiety during infusion.

Is tragedy the true language of science? Unleashing the emotional power of theatrical storytelling for climate change communication

Should scientists extend their climate change communication beyond factual reporting? A transdisciplinary and participatory theatre project exemplifies the power of storytelling in climate change communication by eliciting emotional responses.The complex and interconnected nature of current global challenges such as climate change call for new and creative ways of communicating research. To help people make sense of phenomena, improve information acquisition and retention, build collective awareness and public engagement, emotions are often more impactful than factual reporting. In this context, this paper builds on transformative narrative theory to investigate the efficacy of theatrical storytelling in unleashing emotions in relation to climate change. As part of a transdisciplinary and participatory theatre performance combining the arts, science, and activism, a brief questionnaire was administered to the audience to exploratively assess emotional changes before and after the play. Significant emotional changes highlight the potential of participatory theatrical storytelling as a powerful tool for communicating climate change and encourage further exploration of this approach in transdisciplinary (theatrical) projects and science communication efforts.

Estimating Patient Satisfaction Through a Language Processing Model: Model Development and Evaluation.

Measuring patient satisfaction is a crucial aspect of medical care. Advanced natural language processing (NLP) techniques enable the extraction and analysis of high-level insights from textual data; nonetheless, data obtained from patients are often limited. This study aimed to create a model that quantifies patient satisfaction based on diverse patient-written textual data. We constructed a neural network-based NLP model for this cross-sectional study using the textual content from disease blogs written in Japanese on the Internet between 1994 and 2020. We extracted approximately 20 million sentences from 56,357 patient-authored disease blogs and constructed a model to predict the patient satisfaction index (PSI) using a regression approach. After evaluating the model's effectiveness, PSI was predicted before and after cancer notification to examine the emotional impact of cancer diagnoses on 48 patients with breast cancer. We assessed the correlation between the predicted and actual PSI values, labeled by humans, using the test set of 169 sentences. The model successfully quantified patient satisfaction by detecting nuances in sentences with excellent effectiveness (Spearman correlation coefficient [ρ]=0.832; root-mean-squared error [RMSE]=0.166; P<.001). Furthermore, the PSI was significantly lower in the cancer notification period than in the preceding control period (-0.057 and -0.012, respectively; 2-tailed t47=5.392, P<.001), indicating that the model quantifies the psychological and emotional changes associated with the cancer diagnosis notification. Our model demonstrates the ability to quantify patient dissatisfaction and identify significant emotional changes during the disease course. This approach may also help detect issues in routine medical practice.

Persepsi remaja terhadap perilaku emotional eating

Adolescence is a transitional period which is usually marked by significant emotional changes. Some teenagers still have difficulty coping with the emotions they are experiencing, so they choose to calm them down by eating. This can be known as emotional eating. However, many adolescents do not know and realize this behavior, which if done excessively can lead to overweight or even obesity. So through this research, we try to find out the extent of adolescent knowledge regarding emotional eating behavior. Our findings indicate that differences in school levels determine this knowledge, so that the provision of material related to eating disorders is not fully understood by adolescents. In fact, the prevention of obesity in adolescents is more effective if given since early adolescence, namely by including the curriculum in schools related to self-control and basic knowledge related to eating disorders and other disorders that generally begin to occur in adolescence.

The Psychological Adaptation Process in Chinese Parent Caregivers of Pediatric Leukemia Patients: A Qualitative Analysis.

Psychological stresses caused by caring for pediatric leukemia patients can affect their parent caregivers' health. How these stressors are successfully managed determines how well these caregivers adapt to the illness situation over time. Previous studies suggest that caregivers will adapt gradually to the adverse consequences of caring for their child with a long-term illness. However, studies of the psychological adaptation process of family caregivers of children with leukemia are limited. The aim of this study was to study the psychological adaptation process of the parent caregivers of pediatric leukemia patients. In this qualitative study, we interviewed 32 caregivers of children with leukemia in China. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and analyzed using the content analysis method. The psychological adaptation process in caregivers of pediatric leukemia patients seems to involve 5 stages: initial devastation, accumulation of hope, fluctuation in feelings, integration, and psychological adaptation. Significant emotional changes were observed at each stage. This study identified commonalities in the psychological adaptation process experienced by caregivers of children with leukemia in the Chinese social and cultural context. It also characterized the different emotions that the caregivers had in the 5 stages of adaptation. In addition, our research identified the possible psychological interventions at different stages. The study described the adaptation process of Chinese parents of children with leukemia. The findings of this study will help nurses identify main coping resources, controllable intervention factors, and the timing of intervention for these caregivers of children with leukemia.

Is it magic? An exploratory randomized controlled trial comparing imagery rescripting and cognitive restructuring in the treatment of depression

Background and objectivesTo investigate whether working with intrusive images and the use of imagery processes would be beneficial to treating depression, an imagery-based intervention (imagery rescripting, IR) was compared with a more commonly used verbal-based technique (cognitive restructuring, CR). The study aimed not only to test the efficacy of IR as a brief modular treatment for depression, but to explore whether such experiential use of imagery would alleviate the abstract-evaluative, verbal processes of rumination and worry. MethodsForty-one participants diagnosed with clinical depression and who also reported intrusive images underwent one assessment session of imagery properties before they were randomly assigned to an IR group or to an active control group of CR. They then received three weekly sessions of treatment, and outcomes were measured before and after treatment, as well as at two-month follow-up. ResultsThe results showed that IR was equally if not more effective than CR in alleviating depression. Significant differential reductions in rumination, worry and experiential avoidance between treatments added support to the technique's experiential nature, and possibly, a defusing out of an abstract-evaluative mode of processing. LimitationsOnly self-report measures were used, with a small number of treatment sessions by one clinician. ConclusionsThe findings support the therapeutic potential of imagery modalities in the treatment of depression, which compared to cognitive restructuring, appear to bring about more significant emotional change with time (clinical trial registered at the Joint CUHK-NTEC CREC Ref. No. 2015.458).

Emotional Perception in 11S (USA) and 11M (Spain) Advertisement

The aim of this paper is to contrast whether cognitive memory and emotional recall related to a tragic event and exposure to advertisements that evoke such an experience generates a negative emotional change in the target. We performed an experiment that analyzes emotional changes derived from advertisements featured in the national press ten years after terrorist attacks. We chose the attacks: September 11, 2001, in New York City, and March 11, 2004, in Madrid and analyze the cognitive recall in a set of Spanish and United States focus groups. The results show a significant emotional change in the respondents after the advertisement visualization that is more strongly linked to the recall of a negative event than to the advertisement creativity.

Parental presence in the implementation of atraumatic care during children's hospitalization.

Hospitalization requires children to adapt to various difficult conditions, such as treatments, health personnel, and separation from their families, especially their parents. Separation from parents often causes significant emotional changes in children like anxiety, which could trigger the trauma of hospitalization in both the short and long terms. The study used a qualitative research method with a descriptive phenomenology study approach. It was conducted in the Child Care Room with 11 participants. Data analysis was performed using Creswell thematic analysis. The study produced three themes: i) nurses support the presence of parents during children’s hospitalization; ii) parental presence is the main source of coping for children during hospitalization; iii) Parents have a role in fulfilling the children’s psychological needs during hospitalization.

Prevalence and correlations between suicide attempt, depression, substance use, and functionality among patients with limb amputations

Most patients undergoing limb amputations suffer significant emotional changes. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of suicide attempts and depression in a sample of Mexican patients with limb amputations and, second, to determine whether the patients' functionality correlates with the presence of depression. We studied 40 patients who had undergone a limb amputation. The suicide attempt was evaluated using the Suicide Intent Scale. The depression was assessed using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, whereas the functionality of the patients was measured using the Functional Independence Measure. In this sample, 90% were men, whereas only 10% were women. In terms of the suicide behavior, we identified suicide attempts in 27.5% of the patients. The rate of depression was 92.5%. In the Functional Independence Measure, we observed that 57.5% of the patients showed complete dependence. Finally, a significant correlation was found between depression and functionality (r=-0.75, P<0.001). The findings of the present study highlight the high incidence of suicide attempts and depression in Mexican patients with limb amputations. Also, we identified a correlation between the lack of functional independence and depression. Therefore, holistic interventions are necessary in these patients: rehabilitation therapy to increase their functionality, and psychological and pharmacology therapy to decrease suicidal behavior and depression. Finally, more studies using larger samples are necessary to obtain conclusive results.

Relation between Depression and Hormonal Dysregulation

Depression is a mental disorder, with different classifications which have as main symptoms, persistent sadness, lack of interest, lack of pleasure, swings between feelings of guilt and low self-esteem, sleep disorders and appetite. It is known that hormonal changes can lead to significant emotional changes and vice versa, due to changes in the central nervous system, action of hormones on specific receptors or by metabolic changes, therefore, the endocrine disorders become one of the possible causes of depression. This work is a study of the major hormones associated with depression. It was drawn from a literature review, in which corticotrophin hormone, cortisol, estrogen, progesterone and thyroid hormones were identified as the main hormones related to depression. These hormones are essential for the correct functioning of the metabolism, therefore, it is observed that hormonal changes may contribute to the development of depression as well as aggravate it or even hamper the treatment of patients who already have the disorder.

Examining emotions and comparing the EsSense Profile® and the Coffee Drinking Experience in coffee drinkers in the natural environment

Emotions were measured using two methods: the EsSense Profile® and the Coffee Drinking Experience (CDE) using coffee drinkers in a large metropolitan city. The CDE is a product specific emotion scale developed for coffee consumption. The objectives of the study were to measure and compare emotion changes elicited by coffee beverages consumption using the EsSense Profile® and CDE. Time of the day and gender effects were also considered as possible influences. A total of 332 coffee shop customers from six coffee shops in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area participated in the natural environment study. Questionnaires were placed at the coffee shop instructing voluntary participants to rate their emotions on a 5-point intensity scale before and after consuming their coffee beverage purchased from the coffee shop. The response rate from the six coffee shops was 57%. Both scales showed participants showed positive emotions before coffee consumption and rated the negative or unclassified terms (aggressive, bored, disgusted, guilty, and worried) the lowest in emotional intensity. Emotional change from coffee beverage consumption was captured by energetic, satisfied, and pleased by both scales at similar rating. However, additional significant emotional changes were found when using CDE in boosted, jolted, and jump start. Both male and female participants felt both positive and negative emotions with neither gender showing more pronounced emotions. For time of day effects, the evening group showed less emotion changes than the morning and afternoon group.

Sentiment analysis in Facebook and its application to e-learning

This paper presents a new method for sentiment analysis in Facebook that, starting from messages written by users, supports: (i) to extract information about the users’ sentiment polarity (positive, neutral or negative), as transmitted in the messages they write; and (ii) to model the users’ usual sentiment polarity and to detect significant emotional changes. We have implemented this method in SentBuk, a Facebook application also presented in this paper. SentBuk retrieves messages written by users in Facebook and classifies them according to their polarity, showing the results to the users through an interactive interface. It also supports emotional change detection, friend’s emotion finding, user classification according to their messages, and statistics, among others. The classification method implemented in SentBuk follows a hybrid approach: it combines lexical-based and machine-learning techniques. The results obtained through this approach show that it is feasible to perform sentiment analysis in Facebook with high accuracy (83.27%). In the context of e-learning, it is very useful to have information about the users’ sentiments available. On one hand, this information can be used by adaptive e-learning systems to support personalized learning, by considering the user’s emotional state when recommending him/her the most suitable activities to be tackled at each time. On the other hand, the students’ sentiments towards a course can serve as feedback for teachers, especially in the case of online learning, where face-to-face contact is less frequent. The usefulness of this work in the context of e-learning, both for teachers and for adaptive systems, is described too.

Effects of 45-day -6° head-down bed rest on the time-based prospective memory

The research explored the effects of 45-day -6° head-down bed rest (HDBR) simulation of microgravity on the time-based prospective memory (PM) with 16 males. The time-based prospective memory task was performed on the 2nd day before HDBR, on the 11th, 20th, 32nd, and 40th days during HDBR, and on the 8th day after HDBR, and subjects' anxiety and depression feelings were recorded simultaneously using Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The results demonstrated that it showed decreased accuracy of PM responses and frequency of clock checks during and after bed rest; long term bed rest did not induce significant emotional changes. The deficit of prospective memory performance induced by long term HDBR may result from a lack of aerobic physical activity or changes in the prefrontal cortex, but it remains to be determined.

Emotion Identification and Modelling on the Basis of Paired Physiological Data Features for Companion Systems

AbstractA technical companion system should be able to detect its users emotion and model the user's emotional state in order to react to it accordingly. We have developed a novel method to determine a user's most significant emotional change in the two emotion dimensions of pleasure and arousal on the basis of paired data features of physiological data when comparing two events. An experiment was set up where participants first viewed blocked IAPS picture presentations and then took part in a mental training wizard-of-oz scenario. Six meaningful features from four physiological channels of the IAPS picture presentation data - containing two electromyography channels (corrugator supercilii and zygomaticus major), skin conductance and peripheral blood volume - were extracted. Three pairs of features were found to contain valuable information about emotional changes when comparing two situations with different emotional contents. The method was then tested on a new blocked IAPS dataset and on the wizard-of-oz interaction scenario dataset to verify its performance. In 75% of the subjects, the detected emotion matched one of the two induced emotions. This information could be used by future companion technologies for modelling of the user's current emotional state in the two-dimensional emotion space of pleasure and arousal.

A Large Generation Gap Must be Taken into Account in the Consideration of the Effects of Music Therapy in Japan

We studied the effects of music upon human emotion with ESA-16, a special computer soft ware program for the analysis of human emotion from EEG. Subjects were 6 old and 8 healthy adult person. Four songs were selected as test music, all of which are very familiar to the old. Their titles were "Furusato", "Akogareno Hawaii-kouro", "Saitarou-busi" and "Kagewositaite". They were chosen because we used them very often in our recipe (repertoire) of music therapy for old person. ESA-16 enabled us to analyze EEG into four components of emotion; Anger/Stress, Joy, Sadness and Relaxation in a pseudo-real time manner. The experiments with ESA-16 revealed that the old person showed a significant decrease in Anger/Stress and an increase in Joy during listening to "Furusato", and a decrease in Sadness and an increase in Relaxation while listening to "Saitarou-busi" with significance. On the other hand, no significant emotional changes were observed in the adult subjects while listening to all four music. For the explanation of these facts, we offered a proposition that the difference in emotional changes observed while listening to four test songs was produced by a large generation gap lying between the old and the adult. This generation gap was produced by the drastic cultural and educational changes since the occupation by the USA, after the unconditional surrender of Japan to the Allied Forces in 1945. This year marks the critical demarcation in producing the large generation gap in Japan. From this time on, the adult are educated under the new democratic system, while the old remained completely in the past as the remains of absolutism and feudalism.

A Comparison of Songwriting and Lyric Analysis Techniques to Evoke Emotional Change in a Single Session with People Who are Chemically Dependent

The purpose of this study was to determine which music therapy technique was most effective in eliciting emotional change with persons who are chemically dependent during a single session. Participants attended either a songwriting (n = 13) or a lyric analysis group (n = 13). A Visual Analog Mood Scale containing 11 emotion variables was completed prior to and immediately following sessions. No significant differences were found between groups or among the emotion variables between groups for either the pre or posttest data. Significant differences were found among the emotion variables for both the pretest and posttest data. Music therapy significantly increased feelings of acceptance and joy/happiness/enjoyment and significantly reduced feelings of guilty/regretful/blame and fear/distrust. Though not statistically significant, mean emotional change was greater for 10 of 11 variables in the songwriting group. Seventy-five percent of subjects indicated on the Significant Moments in Treatment Questionnaire that music therapy sessions were a significant tool for their recovery. Irrespective of technique, music therapy elicited significant emotional change during a single session and was perceived as therapeutic by the participants.