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4138.123The role of attention regulation within the process of using distraction on negative mood,
Megumi Oikawa, University of Tokyo, Japan
Effective distraction is an important key in overcoming depression. However, distraction can
produce both positive and negative effect. The present study investigates the factors related to
effective distraction when people feel negative mood so that distraction can be used to promote
mental health. A questionnaire measuring some coping strategies including distraction,
concentration on distraction, mood as a result of coping, and so on was completed by Japanese
college students. These results suggest that concentration on distraction could be very useful for
enhancing positive mood, and reducing negative mood, uncontrollable thought and dependence on
distraction.
4138.124 The effects of stress management program for care workers, Fumie Inatani 1 , Akira
Tsuda 2 , Shin Murata 1 , Hiroshi Yamanaka 2 , 1 Daiichi Welfare University, Japan, 2 Kagoshima
University, Japan
This study examined the effects of a stress management program for care workers in Home help
service centers. 127 care workers joined the program and provided 1) “materials of stress
cognition and coping (Tsuda, 2003), 2) “ pair relaxation based on the Dohsa-method (Yamanaka,
2000) and 110 workers who responded to POMS were analyzed. The results show; 1) no
sex-differences, 2) All T-scores except the V-scale decreased significantly after the program, 3)
The risk Group of each factors, the T-scores, also dropped to normal levels. These results suggest
that the stress management program is effective and possible to apply.
4138.125 Stress, resources and adjustment, Steinar Ilstad, NTNU, Fac. Soc. Sci., Norway
Lack or loss of resources lead to stress and strain. To obtain resources will reduce stress and
improve health. Resources increase ability to meet demands and increase supplies to meet needs.
Defense is to deny lack of resources, coping is to do something to increase resources. Social
support is a resource, and some personality factors are resources. Poverty leads to economic stress
and bad health; it is then an important political task to reduce poverty. The presentation gives a
taxonomy of resources related to stress and adjustment.
4138.126 Predictors of burden in family caregivers of elderly relatives, Javier López 1 , María
Crespo 1 , Jesús López-Arrieta 2 , 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; 2 Memory Clinic,
Hospital General Universitario GM-Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
Providing care for a dependent elderly may result a burdensome experience. The purpose of this
study is to analyse the influence of patient and caregiver characteristics on caregiver burden. 116
primary caregivers were assessed: 74 of dementia patient and 42 of chronically impaired elderly
without dementia. Three categories of variables are established as predictors of burden, that is,
caregiver’s sociodemographic and psychological variables, care recipient features, and care-giving
situation characteristics. A stepwise regression analysis for burden is conducted using variables
that previously showed significant correlation (p< 0.05) with caregiver burden.
4138.127 Depression, anxiety and stress of first year sttudent-teachers: Implication for mental
health education, Shui Wa Jennifer Yim, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong,
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