TY  - CHAP
A1  - Knoll, Nina
A1  - Wiedemannm, A. U.
A1  - Heckhausen, Juliane
A1  - Burkert, Silke
A1  - Felber, Juliane
A1  - Schrader, M.
T1  - The interplay of autonomy goals and spousal support a prospective study with couples facing cancer
T2  - Psychology & health : official journal of the European Health Psychology Society
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 0887-0446
VL  - 27
IS  - 33
SP  - 70
EP  - 71
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Deeken, Friederike
A1  - Häusler, Andreas
A1  - Nordheim, Johanna
A1  - Rapp, Michael A.
A1  - Knoll, Nina
A1  - Rieckmann, Nina
T1  - Psychometric properties of the Perceived Stress Scale in a sample of German dementia patients and their caregivers
JF  - International psychogeriatrics
N2  - Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the psychometric characteristics of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) in a sample of dementia patients and their spousal caregivers. Methods: We investigated the reliability and validity of the 14-item PSS in a sample of 80 couples, each including one spouse who had been diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia (mean age 75.55, SD = 5.85, 38.7% female) and one spousal caregiver (mean age 73.06, SD = 6.75, 61.3% female). We also examined the factor structure and sensitivity of the scale with regard to gender differences. Results: Exploratory factor analysis of the PSS revealed a two-factor solution for the scale; the first factor reflected general stress while the second factor consisted of items reflecting the perceived ability to cope with stressors. A confirmatory factor analysis verified that the data were a better fit for the two-factor model than a one-factor model. The two factors of the PSS showed good reliability for patients as well as for caregivers ranging between alpha = 0.73 and alpha = 0.82. Perceived stress was significantly positively correlated with depressive symptomatology in both caregivers and patients. Mean PSS scores did not significantly differ between male and female patients nor did they differ between male and female caregivers. Conclusion: The present data indicate that the PSS provides a reliable and valid measure of perceived stress in dementia patients and their caregivers.
KW  - Perceived Stress Scale
KW  - psychometric properties
KW  - dementia
KW  - caregiver
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610217001387
SN  - 1041-6102
SN  - 1741-203X
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SP  - 39
EP  - 47
PB  - Cambridge Univ. Press
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Daig, Isolde
A1  - Mahlberg, Richard
A1  - Stethin, Julia
A1  - Shroeder, Franziska
A1  - Wrase, Jana
A1  - Knoll, Nina
A1  - Bschor, Tom
A1  - Esser, Günter
A1  - Heinz, Andreas
A1  - Kienast, Thorsten
T1  - Decreased verbal learning but not recognition performance in alcohol-dependent individuals during early abstinence
Y1  - 2012
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Knoll, Nina
A1  - Wiedemann, Amelie U.
A1  - Schrader, Mark
A1  - Felber, Juliane
A1  - Burkert, Silke
A1  - Daig, Isolde
A1  - Heckhausen, Jutta
T1  - Calibrating Independence Goals and Partner Support: Couples Adjust to Functional Limitations after Tumor Surgery
JF  - Applied psychology : Health and well-being
N2  - When patients recover from disease-related functional limitations, support received from partners may not always match patients' changing independence goals. The lines of defense (LoD) model proposes a hierarchy of independence goals (LoDs), ranging from minimising discomfort by disengagement (lowest LoD) to protection of self-reliance (highest LoD). Prostate cancer patients' LoDs were examined as moderators of the association between partner support and patients' and partners' affect during patients' recovery from postsurgical functional limitations. MethodsData from 169 couples were assessed four times within 7months following patients' surgery. Patients reported on post-surgery functional limitations (i.e. incontinence), LoDs, affect, and received partner support. Partners reported on affect and support provided to patients. ResultsIn patients endorsing lower LoDs, more received support was associated with less negative affect. Also, not endorsing high LoDs while receiving strong partner support was related to patients' lower negative and higher positive affect. Partners' support provision to patients tended to be associated with increases in partners' negative affect when patients had endorsed higher LoDs and with increases in positive affect when patients had endorsed lower LoDs. Matching patients' independence goals or LoDs with partners' support may be beneficial for patients' and partners' affect.
KW  - couples
KW  - independence goals
KW  - lines of defense
KW  - prostate cancer
KW  - social support
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12043
SN  - 1758-0846
SN  - 1758-0854
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SP  - 167
EP  - 187
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -