{"title":"Validation of the Persian Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale alongside multifaceted investigation of earworms among Iranian college students.","authors":"Aref Tabahori, Imanollah Bigdeli, Hossein Kareshki","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1480633","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1480633","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Involuntary musical imagery is considered a ubiquitous phenomenon worldwide, while mixed and inconsistent results regarding different aspects of earworms remain challenging. Furthermore, there is a special need for research on earworms in societies other than in European or American. The primary aim of our study is to validate the Persian Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale (PIMIS) and, secondly, to carry out a detailed exploration of earworms among Iranian college students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 946 Iranian college students were recruited to answer the Persian Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale (PIMIS), and gold standards including the Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ, to convergent validity), the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21, to concurrent validity), the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI, to predictive validity), as well as the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-revised (OCI-R), and socio-demographic queries. A complex of features regarding the validity and reliability of the PIMIS, along with numerous aspects of earworm, were explored.</p><p><strong>Results and discussion: </strong>The Persian Involuntary Musical Imagery Scale encompasses 15 items along with three additional questions. It was found to be a valid and reliable instrument among Iranian college students, qualified to measure individual differences in earworms. Phenomenological evidence and detailed data on individual differences could provide rich knowledge for the rest of the literature paradigms. Moreover, future investigations into the local regions of the Iranian population are recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1480633"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11827679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433095","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":"Relationship between accelerometer-measured physical activity and depressive symptoms in hemodialysis patients with comorbid diabetes mellitus: a multicenter cross-sectional study.","authors":"Ruiting Liang, Xiaoyu Chen, Gaowa Siqin, Zhixin Zhang, Shumei Zhang, Lihua Li, SarNa Talin, Qi Guo","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1478765","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1478765","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to examine the association between accelerometer-derived moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and depressive symptoms in hemodialysis patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study finally included 450 maintenance hemodialysis patients (male 281, average age 62 years) from seven dialysis centers in Shanghai, China. Physical activity (PA) was measured using the triaxial accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+, Pensacola, FL, United States). We measured depressive symptoms using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) (PHQ-9 ⩾ 10). We categorized physical activity into quartile groups (Q1 through Q4), with the first quartile defined as low engagement and the remaining quartiles defined as moderate to high engagement. We used logistic regression and trend test to analyze the relationship between quartile groups and depressive symptoms. The analyses in this study adjusted for a range of confounders.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of depression was higher in patients with hemodialysis combined with T2DM (17.2%). In diabetic patients, MVPAQ4 was negatively associated with depression after adjusting for covariates [OR = 0.076; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.006-0.955, <i>p</i> = 0.046]. However, in non-diabetic hemodialysis patients, no significant association was found between MVPAQ1-Q4 and depression after adjusting for covariates (<i>p</i> > 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was associated with depression in the diabetic hemodialysis group, but not in the non-diabetic group. Further studies are needed to investigate more causal relationships between MVPA and depressive symptoms in patients with T2DM.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1478765"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11825451/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433075","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 : 2025-01-31eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1519509
Paola Loyola-Carrillo, Alejandro Vega-Muñoz, Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda, Miseldra Gil-Marín, José Adsuar-Sala
{"title":"Studying engagement in educational settings: a mapping review on high-impact academic engagement research.","authors":"Paola Loyola-Carrillo, Alejandro Vega-Muñoz, Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda, Miseldra Gil-Marín, José Adsuar-Sala","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1519509","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1519509","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Academic engagement provides opportunities and resources for students to engage in socio-educational interactions and learning. Our study provides an overview of high-impact research in academic engagement and the potential causes of its high valuation in the scientific community.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a mapping review using bibliometric analysis of 1,607 articles indexed in Web of Science, processed mainly by VOSviewer software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The publication of selected articles grew exponentially year by year, presenting concentration levels of 1% in authorship, 49% in a single country, and 5% in journals, identified as outstanding Keywords plus® central aspects of academic engagement (classroom-social environment and school engagement), in addition, 6% were in highly cited articles.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These highly cited articles (6%) are associated with authors with high levels of publication. The most cited current topics relate to the motivation and emotional aspects of academic engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1519509"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11825833/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433078","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 : 2025-01-31eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1506965
Xiyong Yao, Chen Xu, Linlin Yang, Ailin Wu, Lin Xiong
{"title":"A review of traditional Chinese medicine intervention methods for depression among college students.","authors":"Xiyong Yao, Chen Xu, Linlin Yang, Ailin Wu, Lin Xiong","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1506965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1506965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Depression has become the most prevalent psychological issue among college students, necessitating urgent intervention measures. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) boasts a long history in the prevention and treatment of psychological and emotional disorders, encompassing non-pharmacological therapies (such as TCM health exercises, Tai Chi, Wu Qin Xi, Ba Duan Jin, acupuncture, etc.) and pharmacological treatments. Key research findings indicate that these TCM interventions can significantly alleviate depressive symptoms and improve sleep quality in college students. However, the studies also acknowledge certain limitations, including varied effectiveness of interventions among individuals and the need for professional diagnosis and treatment in the case of acupuncture and herbal remedies. This provides early prevention and intervention measures for the treatment of depression among college students, and promotes the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"15 ","pages":"1506965"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11841379/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143467624","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":"Implicit and explicit learning strategies and fatigue: an evaluation of throwing task performance.","authors":"Reihaneh Banihosseini, Behrouz Abdoli, Maryam Kavyani","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1438313","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1438313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study aimed to determine the effects of implicit (errorless) and explicit (errorful) training strategies on a throwing task under physiological and mental fatigue conditions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty-two participants, equally divided between the explicit and implicit learning groups, participated in a throwing task. The explicit learning group began at a significant distance from the target and gradually moved closer. In contrast, the implicit learning group started close to the target and progressively increased their distance. The initial session referred to as the acquisition phase, comprised 150 throws from five different distances. Subsequent sessions included a retention test and two transfer tests conducted under conditions of both physiological and mental fatigue. Mental fatigue was induced using a 30-minute color-word Stroop task, while physical fatigue was elicited by requiring subjects to maintain 50% of their maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVC) in elbow extension for a 2-minute duration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results revealed that the implicit learning group exhibited improved performance under fatigue conditions and outperformed the explicit learning group significantly, regardless of the type of fatigue.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This results suggests that implicit learning may improve motor performance even under fatigue conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1438313"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11825830/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433041","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 : 2025-01-31eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1453991
Kiran Pala, Vasudevan Nedumpozhimana, S Shalu
{"title":"Compositional depths of cognitive semantics: bridging perceptual experiences and conceptual structures.","authors":"Kiran Pala, Vasudevan Nedumpozhimana, S Shalu","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1453991","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1453991","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The primary aim of this research was to investigate the intricate relationship between the structural elements of experiences and their essential role in meaning formation. The analysis focused on understanding the nature of mental representations and the subjective, phenomenal qualities that emerge within experiences. To achieve this, an integrated approach, combining cognitive semantics with phenomenological analysis, was employed to examine the compositional complexities of the dynamic interaction between a priori and immediate experiences and their significance in meaning formation. The study highlights the interconnectivity of structural elements within experience as a critical factor in shaping the phenomenal qualities of mental representations. Another key contribution of this study is the introduction of the \"fulfiller\" concept, which underscores the importance of absent qualities in meaning formation-an often-overlooked aspect in traditional models that focus solely on present attributes. The \"fulfiller\" concept emphasizes how absence, in addition to presence, influences meaning assignment. This inclusion enhances our understanding of meaning formation by considering both the tangible and intangible dimensions of the experiential-intentional process, offering a more comprehensive framework for understanding how meaning emerges from the complex interaction of present and absent qualities.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1453991"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11825740/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143432869","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 : 2025-01-31eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1517441
Gülçin Güler Öztekin, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Murat Yıldırım
{"title":"Future anxiety, depression and stress among undergraduate students: psychological flexibility and emotion regulation as mediators.","authors":"Gülçin Güler Öztekin, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Murat Yıldırım","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1517441","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1517441","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Mental health and wellbeing are fundamental and integral components of healthy functioning, and psychological resources significantly contribute to its maintenance and enhancement. This study aimed to investigate the mediating effects of psychological flexibility and emotion regulation in the association between future anxiety, depression, and stress.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 528 undergraduate students participated in this study (<i>M</i> = 20.14, <i>SD</i> = 1.76).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings of the study showed that future anxiety was negatively associated with psychological flexibility and cognitive reappraisal, and positively associated with expressive suppression, depression and stress. Psychological flexibility and cognitive reappraisal had negative relationships with depression and stress, and expressive suppression had a positive relationship with depression and stress. The associations between future anxiety, depression and stress were mediated by psychological flexibility, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This study deepened our understanding of the possible mechanisms of depression and stress. For individuals suffering from future anxiety, psychological flexibility and emotion regulation may be a coping strategy that leads individuals to less depression and stress. This study suggests that psychological flexibility and emotion regulation skills are fundamental aspects of psychological health.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1517441"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11825509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433012","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 : 2025-01-30eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1485265
Jing Wang, Balamuralithara Balakrishnan, Xiaohui Wan, Qirui Yu, Qiqi Ye
{"title":"The revival of spiritual practices: factors influencing the \"seeking deities and offering prayers\" behavior of China's Generation Z on social media in an atheistic context.","authors":"Jing Wang, Balamuralithara Balakrishnan, Xiaohui Wan, Qirui Yu, Qiqi Ye","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1485265","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1485265","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Over the past decade, there has been a growing focus on the study of how religion and technology intersect, particularly within the field of digital religion studies. In recent years, digital religious activities have emerged on Chinese social media platforms, with the sharing and promotion of content related to religious activities becoming increasingly popular. In a country like China, which adheres to atheistic ideology, the emergence of religious activities among the Generation Z youth provides a unique case for academic research. However, there is very limited research on digital religious behavior in mainland China. This study fills this gap by extending the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to predict additional influencing factors of digital religious intentions and behavior.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study employed a quantitative design, disseminating surveys via Sina Weibo and the Douyin platform. We collected a total of 525 valid responses. This study aims to deeply explore the social and psychological factors generated by digital religious activities on social media platforms, particularly how they stimulate Chinese Generation Z youth to participate in digital religious activities.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results show that attitudes toward digital religion, perceived behavioral control, social identity, and empathetic willingness are predictors of intentions, while social norms are not. Intentions significantly predict users'behavior on social media platforms such as Weibo and Douyin. Moreover, empathetic willingness and social identity fully mediate the effects of subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and attitudes on intentions. Consequently, these behaviors generate impact, indicating the presence of multiple mediation effects.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Unlike the societal context of theistic nations, there is a pronounced atheistic inclination within Chinese society. Consequently, subjective norms do not influence the digital religious behaviors of Chinese youth. Among contemporary Chinese youth, participation in digital religious practices is a temporary, secular activity undertaken only as a comforting behavior when anxiety becomes unmanageable or surpasses their threshold of tolerance. In contemporary China, young people face immense pressures stemming from workplace competition, social interactions, and economic burdens. Social media offers these young individuals broader opportunities for connection, community formation, and identity construction, as well as various possibilities for organizing their social lives. Consequently, on one hand, they turn to online religious avenues, seeking understanding from others through shared experiences, thereby obtaining emotional solace and comfort. On the other hand, they look to spiritual beliefs to alleviate anxiety, resolve confusion, and gain psychological comfort through emotional exchanges. Therefore, digita","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"15 ","pages":"1485265"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11821602/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143413961","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":"Effect of the Big Five Personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among the Chinese elderly: a national-based study.","authors":"Jinghui Chang, Anqi Li, Xixi Yang, Chunnan Li, Yanshan Mai, Dayi Zhang, Wende Yan, Yibo Wu, Jiangyun Chen","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1479204","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1479204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mobile health applications may provide potential tools to support healthy aging. Promoting mHealth use by the elderly remains an imperative to realize health improvement.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The research aimed to identify the relationship between personality traits and the intention to use mHealth applications among the elderly in mainland China.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a multi-stage sampling method, a cross-sectional survey of 3,712 older adults across China was obtained out of 3,721 (validity rate was 99.76%) in 2022. The effect of personality on the intention to use mHealth applications among older adults was analyzed by multiple linear regression. The independent variable was the personality, using the short version of the Big Five Personality Inventory (BFI-10). The dependent variable was the intention to use the mHealth applications, measured using a sliding scale. Moderators included demographic characteristics and psycho-social variables measured by the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Family Health Scale, and the Health Literacy Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Chinese older adults' intention to use mHealth applications scored (63.31 ± 25.09). Out of the five traits, extraversion, agreeableness, and openness exerted significant effects. Higher scores of extraversion ( <math><mi>β</mi></math> =0.59, t = 1.99, <i>p</i> <math><mo><</mo></math> 0.05) and openness ( <math><mi>β</mi></math> =1.87, <i>t</i> = 6.07, <i>p</i> <math><mo><</mo></math> 0.01) contributed to the intention to use mHealth applications. Conversely, higher agreeableness scores ( <math><mi>β</mi></math> = - 1.05, <i>t</i> = -3.12, <i>p</i> <math><mo><</mo></math> 0.01) related to lower intention.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The elderly with high extraversion, openness, and low agreeableness are more willing to adopt mHealth applications in China. Healthcare professionals and mHealth device developers can make personalized and accurate interventions for the elderly with different personalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1479204"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11821963/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143413980","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 : 2025-01-30eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1500036
Deniz Dirik, Burak Özdoğan
{"title":"To start or not to start? An exploratory study of work meaningfulness among start-up co-founders.","authors":"Deniz Dirik, Burak Özdoğan","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1500036","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1500036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores startup co-founders' perceptions of meaningful work experiences in the dynamic and uncertain context of entrepreneurship. While entrepreneurial research has extensively examined firm-level outcomes such as performance and growth, the subjective experiences of entrepreneurs have remained relatively underexplored especially in an emerging country context. This study addresses meaningful work experiences of 12 startup co-founders from Turkiye by employing a qualitative research design and using in-depth interviews. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and the Job Characteristics Model (JCM), this research identifies key dimensions of meaningful work, including significance, autonomy, identity, challenge and resilience, recognition and support, and work-life balance. Our findings suggest that the complex interplay of intrinsic motivation and external validation contributes significantly to perceived entrepreneurial well-being and resilience. We present a three-dimensional model of perceived meaningfulness with professional, psychological, and societal aspects for meaningfulness experiences. We extend existing literature by demonstrating how startup ventures offer fertile ground for psychological fulfillment, not merely through financial success but through personal growth and societal impact.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"15 ","pages":"1500036"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11821600/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143413971","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}