Overview of peer-reviewed research behind the Sapiens diagnostics, including research on allostatic load, hair and saliva stress markers, as well as evidence for interventions.
Development and validation of the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA), a 45-item measure of protective resources across five dimensions (personal/social competence, family coherence, social support, personal structure), tested in 59 patients and 276 controls with a four-month retest.
A 11C-raclopride PET study measuring endogenous striatal dopamine release during Yoga Nidra meditation versus attending to speech, alongside EEG, in participants who reported reduced desire for action during meditation.
fMRI study of 20 women who thought about and then tried to stop thinking about relationship scenarios, examining how attachment anxiety and avoidance relate to neural activation during emotion regulation. Correlated attachment dimensions with activity in emotion-related and regulatory brain regions.
Using data from five European countries, this study evaluated the psychometric properties of the effort-reward imbalance work-stress model, testing internal consistency, factorial structure, and discriminant and content validity of the effort, reward, and overcommitment scales via confirmatory factor analysis, and relating them to self-reported health.
Conceptual paper presenting Attention Restoration Theory, analyzing how directed-attention fatigue and stress relate to human-environment interactions. Argues that natural environments are especially rich in the qualities that support restorative experiences.
Review of clinical and laboratory studies on how exercise strengthens bone, particularly during childhood and adolescence, deriving an 'osteogenic index' to quantify the bone-building effects of different exercise regimens.
Series of five studies developing measures of the habitual use of two emotion-regulation strategies (reappraisal and suppression) and examining their implications for affect, well-being, and social relationships.
A prospective diary study in which 158 adults recorded daily stress and eating over 84 days (16,188 person-days), analyzed both within- and between-subjects. It examined how everyday stress relates to eating more versus eating less and gender differences therein.
Review presenting data supporting the existence of an ultradian basic rest-activity cycle (BRAC) governed by the central nervous system, manifesting as alternating non-REM/REM sleep and a similar periodicity during wakefulness.
