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5138.128 Impact of stressful life events on a group of homeless: Self-reported, cognitive and
immunological measures, Manuel Munoz, Aida De Vicente, Monica De la Fuente, Lorena
Arranz, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Stressful life events are prevalent among homeless but few studies have investigated their impact
on psychological distress, cognitive performance and immunological functions. This study
examines the effects of stress on a group of homeless using multiple methods. The first,
self-reported measures: the Impact of Event Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck
Anxiety Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale and the Quality of Life Scale. The second, cognitive
tests: Digit Span Test and Reading Span Test. The third, immunological parameters: adherence,
chemotaxis and proliferation of phagocytes and lymphocytes and NK activity. The results show a
significant stress effect on these variables.
5138.129 The comparing research of stress of SARS and after SARS, Tone Huge, Wang
Chengkui, Soochow University, China
The present study investigated stress of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) for 1016
samples in 17 provinces in China. A year later, 600 samples were investigated for stress of
after-SARS. The results showed that: (1)Noticeable difference was found in panic, defense and
cognition between group of high incidence of a disease, low incidence of a disease and
after-SARS. (2)Mood disorder influenced on acute stress. (3)The constructed mode of social
support and stress of SARS confirmed that social support had different effect on different factor to
stress of SARS. (4)General efficacy and coping efficacy had important impact on stress of SARS.
5138.130 Gender differences in social desirability bias in self-reported physical activity among
Japanese adolescents, Koji Yamatsu 1 , Yukio Yamaguchi 2 , 1 Kyushu University, Japan; 2 Fukuoka
University, Japan
This study examined gender differences in social desirability bias on self-reported Physical
Activity (PA). Total of 168 men and 98 women adolescents engaged in 1-hour-exercise while
wearing a accelerometer. Immediately after exercise, they completed self-administered
questionnaires of 1-hour PA version that modified from 7-day PA recall. As a result of multiple
regression analysis, Japanese version Marlowe-Crowne’s social desirability score was negatively
related to self-reported PA (beta=-0.24) in women, adjusted with BMI, present habitual-exercise,
previous sports-experience, and actual PA. But its relationship was not found in men. Therefore,
social desirability bias may influence self-reported PA in women but not in men.
5138.131 Japanese psychiatric patients’ self-efficacy and their performance and adaptive functions
in occupational therapy, Emi Atsumi 1 , Ken-ichi Ohbuchi 2 , Atsuko Iwatani 3 , Noriyuki Abe 3 ,
1 2 3
Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University, Japan; Tohoku University, Japan; Asaka Hospital, Japan
We examined a hypothesis that the effects of occupational therapy on adaptive functions of
psychiatric patients would depend on their self-efficacy. We measured self-efficacy of 60 Japanese
psychiatric inpatients, and a week later we had therapists rate the patients’ performance, adaptive
functions, and problem behaviors in the settings of occupational therapy. It was found that the
level of self-efficacy positively correlated with several dimensions of the rated performance
(motivation and interpersonal relationship) and several dimensions of the rated adaptive functions
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