Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-03-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1458384
Boxiong Gong, Xin Chen, Na Wang, Yan Zhan, Huiqin Zhong, Rong Zhang, Yi Luo, Zhentong Zhang, Longti Li
{"title":"The relationship between psychological capital, stress, micro-learning environment, and professional identity in nursing interns: a structural equation modeling study.","authors":"Boxiong Gong, Xin Chen, Na Wang, Yan Zhan, Huiqin Zhong, Rong Zhang, Yi Luo, Zhentong Zhang, Longti Li","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1458384","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1458384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nursing interns play a crucial role in shaping the future nursing workforce, as their professional identity is closely linked to workplace retention rates and patient outcomes. Thus, investigating the factors that influence nursing interns' professional identity is important.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the relationship between psychological capital, stress, micro-learning environment, and professional identity among nursing interns.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 388 nursing interns from 8 comprehensive teaching hospitals across five cities in Hubei Province between March and April 2024. Data were collected using a Descriptive Information Questionnaire, the Psychological Capital Questionnaire, the Student Nurse Stress Index scale, the Healthcare Education Micro Learning Environment Measure, and the Professional Identity Scale. The structural equation model was applied to explore the influencing factors of nursing interns' professional identity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean total score for professional identity was 35.57 ± 7.47. Psychological capital positively influenced professional identity directly (β = 0.16, <i>P</i> < 0.01), while stress as measured using the student nurse stress index had a negative impact (β = -0.20, <i>P</i> < 0.01). High scores on the healthcare education micro-learning environment measure positively contributed to the development of professional identity (β = 0.69, <i>P</i> < 0.001). Furthermore, psychological capital was identified as a mediator in the association between the healthcare education micro learning environment and professional identity, as well as between the student nurse stress index scores and professional identity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study suggests that a higher level of psychological capital, low stress levels, and a satisfied micro-learning environment are essential in fostering professional identity among nursing interns. It recommends collaboration between nursing schools and clinical departments to enhance nursing interns' psychological capital and stress management skills, creating a positive and safe working environment, thereby fostering professional identity among nursing interns.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1458384"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955965/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-03-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1447043
XiaoYi Wang, GuangLan Yang, WeiJie Meng
{"title":"Childhood maltreatment must lead to hate? The relation between childhood maltreatment and social mindfulness among college students: the roles of self-compassion, shyness and hostile attribution bias.","authors":"XiaoYi Wang, GuangLan Yang, WeiJie Meng","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1447043","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1447043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Childhood maltreatment represents a significant distal risk factor for the social adaptation and development of children and adolescents. However, the impact of childhood maltreatment on individuals' social mindfulness-an emerging form of \"effortless\" prosocial behavior-remains largely unexplored.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To address the gap in understanding the relationship between childhood maltreatment and social mindfulness, To address the gap in understanding the relationship between childhood maltreatment and social mindfulness, we conducted a cross-sectional study to clarify their association and explore potential influencing factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study, 611 undergraduates were surveyed to complete a series of questionnaires including Childhood Maltreatment questionnaire-28 item Short Form(CTQ-SF), 17-item Social Mindfulness Self-report Scale(SMSRS), Shyness Scale, Chinese Version of Word Sentence Association Paradigm for Hostility Scale(CV-WSAP-Hostility), Chinese Version of Self-Compassion Scale(CV-SCS). And a moderated mediation model was constructed based on the data results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Childhood maltreatment negatively predicts social mindfulness and exerts its influence through self-compassion as a mediator. Additionally, shyness and hostile attribution bias (HAB) were found to have significant independent and interactive moderating effects. Specifically, the negative impact of childhood maltreatment on self-compassion and social mindfulness diminished as levels of both shyness and HAB increased.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study demonstrates that the design of intervention programs for individuals with childhood maltreatment should fully consider the \"dual-edged sword\" effects of their shy personality traits and HAB and the potential for iatrogenic effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1447043"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955683/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143751642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-03-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1525216
Xueshan Li, Min Liu, Bo Liu, Heng Yue, Xiangjuan Cheng, Hugejiletu Bao
{"title":"The effect of expectancy on conditioned pain modulation: evidence from functional near-infrared spectroscopy.","authors":"Xueshan Li, Min Liu, Bo Liu, Heng Yue, Xiangjuan Cheng, Hugejiletu Bao","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1525216","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1525216","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objective: </strong>The psychological mechanisms that make Conditioned Pain Modulation (CPM) an effective non-pharmacological intervention are still not fully understood. Expectancy is believed to be a critical psychological factor affecting CPM effects, but its specific role has yet to be fully clarified. This study aims to explore the relationship between expectancy and CPM while providing physiological evidence using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A standardized CPM induction paradigm was implemented, with verbal guidance used to induce expectancy. The Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) assessed the intensity of the test stimulus (TS), while an 11-point scale evaluated participants' attentional focus on the TS and the effect of expectancy. fNIRS was employed to monitor changes in prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Expectancy significantly amplified the CPM effect (<i>p</i> = 0.036) while markedly reducing attention to the experimental stimulus (<i>p</i> = 0.004). fNIRS findings indicated significant reductions in activity within the left frontal eye field, left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and left frontal pole regions. In the post-test, the control group demonstrated significantly higher cortical activity in the right frontal pole region compared to the expectancy group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Within the expectancy group, bilateral frontal pole cortical activity was significantly lower in the post-test compared to the pre-test (<i>p</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Expectancy represents a key psychological mechanism underlying the CPM effect, potentially modulating its magnitude through attention regulation and accompanied by a reduction in oxygenated hemoglobin activity in the frontal pole region and introduced the Expectancy-Attention-CPM Modulation Model (ECAM).</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1525216"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955684/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-03-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1485283
Lin Yin, Zifu Shi, Mei Liu, Huohong Chen
{"title":"Effect of hit rate and cognitive style on Bayesian reasoning: evidence from eye movements.","authors":"Lin Yin, Zifu Shi, Mei Liu, Huohong Chen","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1485283","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1485283","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While psychological research has established both probability information and cognitive style as key factors in Bayesian reasoning, their interactive effects remain underexplored. We conducted an eye-tracking experiment with 52 undergraduates using EyeLink II to examine how hit rate variations and field dependence/independence influence reasoning patterns during classic Bayesian tasks. Results revealed significant hit rate × cognitive style interactions across multiple eye-tracking measures (total/average fixation durations, area-specific dwell time, fixation proportion). The attention prioritization followed the order: hit rate > false alarm rate > base rate, though base rate information retained measurable influence. High hit rates amplified field-dependent participants' base rate neglect, while field-independent individuals maintained stable attention allocation across conditions. Field-independent reasoners demonstrated superior concentration and more efficient cognitive resource allocation, employing systematic information-processing strategies. These findings clarify the cognitive hierarchy of probability weighting in Bayesian reasoning while validating the critical moderating role of individual differences in information processing styles.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1485283"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955681/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143751846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-03-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1453193
Cansu Tutkun, Seda Eskidemir Meral
{"title":"Preschool children's social skills, problem behaviors, academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship: a serial mediation model.","authors":"Cansu Tutkun, Seda Eskidemir Meral","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1453193","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1453193","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Research has shown that children's social skills have effects on their problem behaviors. However, the mechanisms through which social skills contribute to reducing problem behaviors need further clarification.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study examined the relationship between preschool children's social skills and problem behaviors, as well as the independent and serial mediating roles of academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship in this relationship. The study included 382 children aged 3-5 years, randomly selected in Türkiye.</p><p><strong>Results and discussion: </strong>As a result of the study: (1) there was a significant and negative relationship between problem behaviors and social skills, academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship; (2) the mediating role of academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship in the relationship between social skills and problem behaviors was supported; and (3) the serial mediating role of academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship in the effect of social skills on problem behaviors, respectively, was found. These findings indicated that children's social skills may help to increase their academic self-esteem, improve the teacher-child relationship, and thus reduce their problem behaviors. Therefore, these results have important implications for designing interventions to increase preschool children's social skills, academic self-esteem, and teacher-child relationship, as well as to prevent the early development of problem behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1453193"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955605/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-03-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1542340
Dawei Wang, Yuheng Zhang, Zhiguang Guo, Songtao Lu
{"title":"Sedentary behavior and physical activity are associated with risk of depression among adult and older populations: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.","authors":"Dawei Wang, Yuheng Zhang, Zhiguang Guo, Songtao Lu","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1542340","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1542340","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Depression symptoms are commonly experienced by adults and older people; however, there is uncertainty concerning the associations of lifestyle with the risk of depression. This study systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed observational data to assess the link between instrumented sedentary behavior (i-SB) and physical activity (i-PA) measures and depression risk among adult and older populations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review across four databases was performed up to July 27, 2024, targeting studies linking i-SB, i-PA, and depression. The review included a dose-response meta-analysis, presenting results as odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-one studies, encompassing 1,318,687 participants, fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The comparison between the most and least sedentary groups yielded a pooled OR of 1.09 (95% CI 1.05-1.13). The comparison between the least and most active participant groups yielded pooled ORs of 0.96 (95% CI 0.93-0.98) for light activity (LPA), 0.91 (95% CI 0.86-0.96) for moderate-to-vigorous activity (MVPA), 0.93 (95% CI 0.90-0.96) for total physical activity (TPA), and 0.87 (95% CI 0.81-0.94) for steps per day. After adjusting i-PA, a lower OR for i-SB did not indicate a significant link to increased depression risk. Meta-regression analyses confirmed a dose-response relationship between SB, MVPA, daily steps, and depression.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The association between i-SB and the risk of depression was not consistent with the results of previous self-reported studies. MVPA linked to the risk of depression was independent of i-SB, whereas the link between i-SB and the risk of depression was not independent of i-PA.</p><p><strong>Systematic review registration: </strong>https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=546666, identifier CRD42024546666.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1542340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955711/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effectiveness of a mindfulness-based program with virtual reality to increase safe behaviors in workers of a mining company.","authors":"Raúl Guzmán, Yuri Félix Chávez-Luque, Nisida Guzmán, Guillermo Sebastián Medina, Celin Daniel Valdiviezo, Alejandro Santa-Cruz","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1429334","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1429334","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The development of safe behaviors is a transcendental issue, especially in organizations where jobs considered high risk, such as mining, are carried out. This study proposes a program aimed at increasing safe behavior through a mindfulness program supported by virtual reality techniques. The specific objective was to determine the effect of this program on safe behaviors, comparing with those produced with the BBS (Safety Based On Behavior) program in a sample of workers who performed high-risk activities in a mining company in southern Peru.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Based on the determination of high-risk activities for the study, the study groups were randomly selected, forming two equivalent groups in terms of sex, age, education, and marital status. The study units were randomly assigned to one of the following 2 groups: 22 to the control group (BBS) and 22 to the experimental group (mindfulness) to whom record sheets of safe behaviors related to standard risk behaviors were applied for each activity on a weekly basis, according to the BBS system where the observers did not know the composition of the groups under study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data analysis showed evidence of a significant improvement in the index of safe behavior thanks to the proposed mindfulness program, compared to the BBS program alone.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Evidence was found that the mindfulness-based program significantly reduces the number of risk behaviors likely to cause workplace accidents, maintaining that mindfulness is a very useful tool to reduce the number of incidents and/or accidents in workers. An organization, in this case, a mining company.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1429334"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11949912/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-03-14eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1536295
Peng Chen, Nur Shakila Mazalan, Denise Koh, Yusha Gu
{"title":"Effect of exercise intervention on anxiety among college students: a meta-analysis.","authors":"Peng Chen, Nur Shakila Mazalan, Denise Koh, Yusha Gu","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1536295","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1536295","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study conducted a meta-analysis to examine the impact of exercise interventions on anxiety levels among college students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Under Review Manager 5.3 and Stata17.0, subgroup analyses were conducted on data from 514 subjects across 10 studies from Chinese and English literature. The analyses examined intervention content, intervention period, single intervention duration and intervention frequency. A random effects model was employed to assess the overall effect size and heterogeneity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The exercise intervention demonstrated a significant effect on reducing anxiety among college students, with a large effect size (<i>d</i> = -0.83). The heterogeneity test of intervention content (I<sup>2</sup> = 0%) revealed high consistency in the specific content of exercise intervention across studies. However, substantial heterogeneity was observed in single intervention time (I<sup>2</sup> = 75%), intervention frequency (I<sup>2</sup> = 75%), and intervention period (I<sup>2</sup> = 72%), indicating significant variations across studies. These differences suggest that varying durations, frequencies, and periods of intervention yielded different effects on college students' anxiety levels.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This meta-analysis has found that structured physical exercise programs, especially mind-body integrative exercises, can alleviate anxiety to the greatest extent, offering evidence-based guidance for implementing targeted exercise interventions in college mental health programs.</p><p><strong>Systematic review registration: </strong>https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2024.11.0006.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1536295"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11949974/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143751733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-03-14eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1530008
Lena Rader, Saskia Doreen Forster, Siegfried Gauggel, Barbara Drueke, Verena Mainz
{"title":"Take a step back to see your own value: on the role of metacognition in self-esteem regulation.","authors":"Lena Rader, Saskia Doreen Forster, Siegfried Gauggel, Barbara Drueke, Verena Mainz","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1530008","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1530008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>When self-esteem is threatened (e.g., by social rejection), people regulate it through self-enhancement, self-protection, or self-affirmation. High self-esteem individuals use functional strategies like self-affirmation and self-enhancement, while those with low self-esteem rely more on self-protection strategies. This study explored whether decentering, a metacognitive process, aids in accessing resources and promoting functional self-esteem regulation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>1,100 participants (age 18-65, 72% female) completed questionnaires online. Structural equation modeling was used to test whether decentering mediates the association between self-esteem and self-enhancement, self-affirmation and self-protection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Self-esteem positively predicted decentering, which promoted self-affirmation and self-enhancement. The decentering factor <i>Accepting Self-perception</i> positively predicted self-protection, while the <i>Distanced Perspective</i> factor reduced it. Decentering significantly mediated all three strategies.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These findings suggest that enhancing decentering could improve self-esteem regulation and inform therapeutic interventions. Strengthening an accepting self-perception may help individuals with low self-esteem adopt protective strategies. Fostering a distanced perspective could further promote self-affirmation, leading to better mental health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1530008"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11949939/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-03-14eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1552907
Diletta Cristina Pratile, Marika Orlandi, Martina Maria Mensi
{"title":"Body as expression of psychiatric distress: insights from restrictive eating disorders, non-suicidal self-injuries, and suicide attempts.","authors":"Diletta Cristina Pratile, Marika Orlandi, Martina Maria Mensi","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1552907","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1552907","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Adolescence is a developmental period marked by vulnerabilities where psychological distress often manifests through the body. Restrictive Eating Disorders (REDs), Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI), and Suicide Attempts (SAs) represent distinct yet overlapping expressions of this phenomenon.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study compared 60 adolescents (20 for each group) aged 12-18 across these groups using a comprehensive multimethod assessment, including the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS-PL), the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Personality Disorders (SCID-5-PD), and the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The RED group exhibited the highest obsessive-compulsive symptoms and distorted interpersonal representations linked to perfectionism and body image concerns. R-PAS scores highlighted disorganized thinking and maladaptive self and other perceptions. The NSSI group displayed significant borderline traits, emotion regulation deficits, and impressionistic responses, with elevated R-PAS indices reflecting interpersonal defensiveness and vulnerability to emotional distress. The SA group showed severe depressive symptoms, dysregulation, and impaired thought organization, with the lowest functional scores (CGAS). Across all groups, adverse childhood experiences and distorted interpretations of stimuli emerged as common factors, supporting shared vulnerability.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This study provides a nuanced understanding of bodily expressions of psychological distress by integrating structured interviews, personality assessments, and performance-based tools. These findings emphasize the importance of tailored diagnostic and therapeutic strategies that address the unique and overlapping characteristics of these groups, advancing precision in adolescent mental health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1552907"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11949972/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}