Volume 55, Issue 9, September 2021

Hope and optimism were associated with less severe pain, better physical functioning, and less depression and anxiety across diverse samples with clinical pain.

In people with multiple sclerosis assigned to a multi-symptom behavioral treatment, reduction in depressive symptoms early in treatment was associated with reductions in fatigue and pain interference over the course of treatment.

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy during treatment and in the year post-chemotherapy is worse among patients with poor sleep quality and low walking levels

Increased sensory sensitivity is linked to higher risk of reporting a history of childhood trauma, especially violent trauma, compared to no trauma in childhood.

Among survivors of stem cell transplant fatigue is common and is linked to poor sleep and sedentary activity patterns.

Postpartum depressive symptoms are a risk factor for sexual function problems at 3-months postpartum for both partners but are unrelated to how sexual function and distress change over time.

Participation in sports and exercise was positively associated with postpartum sleep quality and duration among at risk Hispanic women and should be considered in future postpartum intervention programs.

Individuals with diabetes engage in lower physical activity and show steeper decline across aging mainly because of physical, emotional, and cognitive changes associated with the disease.

The age-varying associations between children’s incidental affect and everyday movement behaviors were observed during late childhood to early adolescence.