The most prevalent parental worries related to the current or future functioning of their children, while a few cases were characterized by no observed motives or by psychosocial problems only reported by the adolescents themselves.
Worry that the illness will get worse was the most prevalent, and depression, irritation, worry that the family cannot cope with the illness, and worry before check-up were among the most prevalent emotional aspects of distress at the respective assessment.
Worry is prevalent in cancer and, although a certain level is considered normal and adaptive, individuals who experience high levels of generalized worry are more like to feel helpless in response to their concerns (Parle, Jones, & Maguire, 1996) and to develop more negative illness perceptions (Lehto & Cimprich, 2009).
The only ripples of worry were prevalent in the Gleneagles galleries early in Sunday's singles exchanges.
During the SARS pandemic in Hong Kong, panic and worry were prevalent in the community and the general public avoided staying in public areas.
Worry is a prevalent habit, and since it is annoying rather than disabling, many worrywarts don't recognize themselves as anxious.
This worry was particularly prevalent among participants with daughters in their teenage years.
In summary, these data illustrate that while general mental health is not adversely affected by the prospect of predictive genetic testing, cancer related worry is particularly prevalent amongst pre-menopausal women many of whom self-refer to genetics services.
Fear of future suffering and worrying were less prevalent overall, yet also went along with a mean higher number in patients with overall unbearable suffering.
"If that becomes more prevalent, then the Fed begins to worry that inflation pressure is building," said John Canally, economist for LPL Financial.
