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{"title":"Relationship Between Cross-Generational Coalitions and Depression Among Chinese College Students: The Chain Mediating Roles of Self-Differentiation and Interpersonal Adaptation.","authors":"Cong Peng, Yan Shen, Zhenyun Zhang, Hongqun Chen, Shasha Ye, Yuanyuan Li, Ying Zhang, Qingqing Ren","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S525764","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S525764","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Research has demonstrated a significant association between cross-generational coalitions and children's emotional well-being. However, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear, and prior studies have predominantly treated cross-generational coalitions as a singular construct, neglecting the varied impacts and pathways of different types of cross-generational coalitions on college students' depression.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Grounded in family systems theory, this study investigates the relationships and distinct underlying mechanisms linking three forms of cross-generational coalitions (coalition with fathers, coalition with mothers, and unstable coalition) to depression among college students, focusing on the chain mediating roles of self-differentiation and interpersonal adaptation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 493 Chinese college students aged 17-25 years (55.2% male) completed anonymous questionnaires. The PROCESS macro Model 6 and bootstrap methods were employed to analyze the chain mediating effects of self-differentiation and interpersonal adaptation between cross-generational coalitions and college students' depression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Each type of cross-generational coalition exhibited a significant indirect association with depression via the chain mediation of self-differentiation and interpersonal adaptation. Moreover, while all coalition types impacted college students' depression through the mediating effect of self-differentiation, only stable coalition with fathers influenced depression through the mediating effect of interpersonal adaptation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study highlights that three types of cross-generational coalitions can affect college students' depression through the chain mediation of self-differentiation and interpersonal adaptation. Notably, in comparison to coalition with mothers and unstable coalitions, coalition with fathers reveal distinct indirect pathways influencing depression. The study revealed the differential impacts of father-child and mother-child coalitions in a collectivist society, which significantly extend Bowenian family systems theory and attachment theory by elucidating the nuanced pathways through which cross-generational coalitions influence depression in college students. These findings deepen our understanding of how various forms of cross-generational coalitions serve as familial factors impacting the emotional well-being of Chinese college students.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1403-1422"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12174918/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144326763","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":"Understanding Pathways from Cognitive Biases to the Risk of Psychosis: A Network Analysis Approach.","authors":"Chang Xi, Song Wang","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S523666","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S523666","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Although the linkage between cognitive biases and psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) is well established, the knowledge of potential mechanisms of this relationship is still unknown. The aim of the present study was to better understand the structure of connections between cognitive biases and PLEs by considering at the same time the role of childhood trauma and depressive symptoms in a non-clinical adolescent sample (aged 14-19 years).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PLEs were measured using the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE-P15), cognitive biases were assessed with the Davos Assessment of Cognitive Biases Scale-42 (DACOBS-42), depressive symptoms were evaluated using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and exposure to childhood traumatic life events was measured using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-SF). A network analysis was conducted to examine the interrelationships between these variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most central nodes in the network were the cognitive bias items \"belief inflexibility\", \"safety behaviors\", and \"subjective cognitive problems\". Shortest path analyses revealed that depressive symptoms played a significant mediating role between cognitive biases and PLEs. Specifically, the shortest pathways from cognitive biases item \"subjective cognitive problems\" to PLEs items P7 (subjective cognitive problems), P8 (thought own), and P11 (control force) involved depressive symptoms, including items related to \"guilt\", \"concentration\", \"motor\", and \" suicide\".</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings highlight the central role of cognitive distortions and emotional symptoms within the psychosis-risk network. Depressive symptom nodes serve as critical mediators between subjective cognitive problems and PLEs, underscoring their pivotal function in driving the development of PLEs among adolescents with cognitive biases. These results suggest a tight interconnection between emotional and cognitive processes in psychosis vulnerability, emphasizing the need for integrated interventions targeting both domains.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1391-1401"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12174923/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144326764","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":"Mediating Effects of Financial Resilience Between Family Economic Adversity and Mental Health: Population Heterogeneity in Multiple Subgroups.","authors":"Zewei Liu, Ji-Kang Chen","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S517706","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S517706","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Family economic adversity is important for predicting mental health. Stress process theory elucidates how stressors, particularly in the socioeconomic domain, impair health and well-being. Resilience theory further identifies various mediating and counteractive factors in the stress-coping process. Previous literature has primarily focused on the psychological aspect of resilience, neglecting the importance of financial coping capabilities and resources. As a specific financial capability for coping with emergencies and crises, financial resilience is perceived to improve health and well-being. However, the roles of financial resilience in family processes from economic adversity to mental health and how these paths are relevant to different populations have been understudied, particularly regarding outcomes like psychological distress, subjective happiness, and life satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used data from the China Family Panel Studies with a sample of 3,710 household heads to conduct path analyses to examine the roles of financial resilience between family economic adversity and mental health. Multi-group analyses were used to explore population heterogeneity in the proposed model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The full sample results reveal that financial resilience significantly mediated the effects of family economic adversity on psychological distress, subjective happiness, and life satisfaction after controlling for socioeconomic covariates in income, education, employment, and subjective socioeconomic status. The model applied to different sexes, migrant status subgroups, residence region subgroups, and younger generations, while showing nonsignificant results amongst older adults over 65.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study enriches mainstream psychological theories of resilience in stress-health nexuses and family processes by providing novel evidence of financial resilience. It provides practical implications for socioeconomic empowerment and health promotion in the face of adversity and uncertainty. Future research is suggested to explore unique population subgroups in health and family economic issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1371-1389"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170802/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144317809","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":"From East to West: Regional Disparities in Depressive and Anxious Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents.","authors":"Rui Yang, Xing-Jie Yang, Jin-Ling Wan, Lei-Lei Wang, Hu Deng, Jing-Xu Chen, Shuang-Jiang Zhou","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S527697","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S527697","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To explore the prevalence and determinants of depressive and anxious symptoms among adolescents in China, focusing on regional disparities, cognitive function, psychological resilience, and family functioning.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 39854 adolescents, aged 12-18 years, participated in this survey. Data were collected using SoJump software between January 8 and January 25, 2023. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-7, Cognitive Deficits Questionnaire-5, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10, and Family APGAR Questionnaire were completed. Statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and multivariate linear regression, were conducted to explore the relationships between variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant regional differences were observed in depression (6.16 ± 6.16 versus [vs] 5.18 ± 5.77; P < 0.001) and anxiety symptoms (4.15 ± 5.18 vs 3.34 ± 4.82, P < 0.001), with adolescents in the western regions exhibiting higher scores. Depressive symptoms were positively correlated with cognitive function (r = 0.577, P < 0.05), as were anxious symptoms (r = 0.533, P < 0.05). Both depressive (r = -0.339, P < 0.05) and anxious symptoms (r = -0.321, P < 0.05) were negatively correlated with psychological resilience, as well as with family functioning (r = -0.302 and r = -0.284, respectively; P < 0.05). In addition, compared to adolescents who lived with their parents, those who lived with others had more severe depressive and anxious symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study revealed significant regional disparities in depressive and anxious symptoms among Chinese adolescents, with higher levels observed in Western China. Cognitive function showed a positive association, while psychological resilience and family functioning were negatively linked to these symptoms. By comprehending and targeting these factors through specific interventions and policies, we can ease the mental health burden on this vulnerable population.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1359-1369"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170808/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144317808","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":"Association Between Anxiety Disorders and English Academic Writing Performance Among College Students: The Chain Mediating Role of Learning Motivation and Metacognitive Strategies.","authors":"Qianqian Xu, Zhiyong Xu, Aihua Tan, Zhikai Yu","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S520923","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S520923","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Anxiety disorders have been a challenging problem across all age groups, especially for college students, and they can have detrimental effects on students' academic performance, especially for English learning. However, the underlying mechanisms about the association between anxiety disorders and English writing performance remain undetermined. Based on theoretical and empirical researches, this study develops a chain mediating model to test whether learning motivation and metacognitive strategies mediate the relationship between anxiety disorders and English academic writing performance among college students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study with a sample consisting of 2804 college students was carried out. They all completed a self-report questionnaire with demographic information, anxiety disorders, learning motivation, metacognitive strategies and English academic writing performance. SPSS26 and Mplus8.3 were used to analyze the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Anxiety disorders were found to negatively predict English academic writing performance, as well as learning motivation and metacognitive strategies. Both learning motivation and metacognitive strategies mediated the relationship between anxiety disorders and English academic writing performance, separately. Moreover, learning motivation and metacognitive strategies together had a chain mediating effect on this relationship.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Anxiety disorders take a toll on learning motivation and metacognitive strategies, which can eventually lead to poorer English academic writing performance. These findings contribute to the understanding of the potential pathway of how anxiety disorders influence English academic writing performance and provide practical implications for the prevention and intervention of mental health among college students.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1319-1332"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12168955/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310355","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":"Associations Among Depressive and Anxious Symptoms, Fear of Missing Out, and Problematic Smartphone Use Severity Among Chinese Adolescents: A Three-Wave Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis.","authors":"Guangzhe Frank Yuan, Caimeng Liu, Wei Shi, Xu Ding","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S529993","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S529993","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Previous research has documented that problematic smartphone use (PSU) is associated with various psychological symptoms among adolescents, but temporal ordering and underlying mechanisms remain unclear.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>This three-wave longitudinal study examined bidirectional relationships among depressive and anxious symptoms, fear of missing out (FOMO), and PSU in a sample of 402 Chinese adolescents (49.6% girls; <i>M</i> _age = 12.33, SD = 0.52) assessed at six-month intervals (ie, T1, T2, and T3).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The random-intercept cross-lagged panel modelling (RI-CLPM) results indicated a bidirectional relationship between FOMO and PSU, with each predicting subsequent increases in the other. PSU predicted increases in depressive symptoms over time (<i>β</i>s =0.19 -0.21, <i>p</i>s <0.001), but not vice versa (<i>β</i>s =0.05 -0.06, <i>p</i>s >0.05). Anxious symptoms predicted increased FOMO over time (<i>β</i>s =0.12 -0.13, <i>p</i>s <0.01), while FOMO did not predict anxious symptoms (<i>β</i>s =0.05 and.05, <i>p</i>s >0.05). FOMO at T2 mediated the linkage between depressive/anxious symptoms at T1 and PSU at T3.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings identify FOMO as a critical mediating mechanism linking psychological symptoms to problematic digital behaviors. Interventions targeting FOMO may help disrupt these maladaptive patterns and prevent escalation of both PSU and psychological symptoms among adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1347-1358"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169016/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310356","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":"Underexplored Connections Between Diabetes, Hypomanic States and Insecure Attachment.","authors":"Diana Bogdanova, Michael Maes, Drozdstoj Stoyanov","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S524823","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S524823","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diabetes, dopamine, attachment style disorders, and hypomania share complex interrelations involving neuroinflammation, dysfunction in brain networks (DMN, CEN, SAL), and emotional regulation. Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes induce cognitive and structural changes in the brain through mechanisms such as hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and chronic inflammation. These processes can affect the dopaminergic system, which plays a pivotal role in motivation, emotional regulation, and the manifestation of hypomania. Dopamine is directly linked to attachment styles, with disturbances in this system increasing vulnerability to emotional disorders, including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Hypomania, a hallmark of the bipolar spectrum, is associated with dopaminergic imbalances, often observed in diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1333-1345"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12168984/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310358","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":"Associations Between Psychosocial Influence, Positive Thinking, and Vaccine Attitudes in Patients with Schizophrenia During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Dian-Jeng Li, Wen-Chun Wang, Frank Huang-Chih Chou, Su-Ting Hsu, Kuan-Ying Hsieh, Guei-Ging Lin, Pei-Jhen Wu, Chin-Lien Liu, Hui-Ching Wu, Joh-Jong Huang","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S516814","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S516814","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The rate of vaccination is lower in patients with schizophrenia than in the general population, and therefore, further investigation into the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on these patients and their vaccine attitudes is warranted. In this study, we investigated factors influencing vaccine attitudes in patients with schizophrenia and explored the interactions among these factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional, self-report surveys were conducted among Taiwanese patients with schizophrenia to collect data on vaccine attitudes and associated variables. Our sample was drawn from the largest psychiatric specialty hospital in Taiwan. As of December 1, 2022, 88% of the Taiwanese population had received at least two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Factors influencing vaccine attitudes and potential moderators were investigated through correlation analyses, hierarchical regression, and Hayes' Process Macro.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study included 457 patients. Our results revealed that social anxiety and social desirability were respectively positively and negatively correlated with vaccine attitudes. Positive thinking moderated the overall effect of social influence on vaccine attitudes. Low levels of positive thinking intensified the effect of social influence on vaccine hesitancy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study clarified the association of social influence with vaccine attitudes and the moderating effect of positive thinking on this association. Reputable medical centers can enhance patients' confidence in vaccination policies and foster positive thinking to increase vaccine acceptance among patients with schizophrenia.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1307-1318"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169018/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310357","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 Socioeconomic Status and Depression in Older Adults: The Roles of Cognitive Function and Sleep Quality.","authors":"Yilin Zheng, Yu Zhang, Mingzhu Ye, Zhiwang Qian, Guohua Zheng","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S504312","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S504312","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important social factor associated with a wide range of health outcomes, but this relationship could be influenced by individual's intrinsic factors. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between SES and depressive symptoms, the mediating role of cognitive function, and the moderating role of sleep quality in community-dwelling older adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 1000 community-dwelling older adults were recruited for the cross-sectional study. Socioeconomic factors, cognitive function, sleep quality, and related covariates were investigated or assessed. Mediating and moderating effects were analyzed using R 4.2.2 and SPSS 25.0 software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that SES was negatively associated with depressive symptoms (β=-0.234, p<0.001) and positively associated with cognitive function (β=0.566, p<0.001) after controlling for covariates; cognitive function played a partial mediating role between SES and depressive symptoms, and the indirect effect was β=-0.09 (95% CI: -0.129~ -0.06, p<0.001), accounting for 38.5% of the total effect; and sleep quality positively moderated the mediating effect of cognitive function on relationship between SES and depressive symptoms (β_{sleep ×cognition} =-0.015, p<0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Depressive symptoms in community-dwelling older adults are affected by their SES and cognitive function. Improving individual cognitive ability and sleep quality can effectively reduce depression in community-dwelling older adults with low SES.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1295-1306"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12165288/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144302759","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":"Development of a Self-Administrated Transdiagnostic Measurement for Compulsivity in Addictive Behaviors: The Chinese Compulsivity Trait Scale.","authors":"Lu-Jiao-Zi Wang, Meng-Meng Liu, Wan-Sen Yan","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S524864","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S524864","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Compulsivity signifies a tendency towards repetitive and persistent actions in spite of negative consequences. Compulsive symptoms are at the core of different addictive disorders, such as substance use disorders, gambling disorder, and Internet gaming disorder. This study aims to develop a brief self-administrated scale for measuring trait compulsivity across various addictive behaviors in the context of Chinese culture.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The 20-item Chinese Compulsivity Trait Scale (CCTS) was developed based on a theoretical conceptualization of compulsivity. A total of 2315 young adults were then recruited to complete the CCTS along with a series of other scales, including the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R), Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), and Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). Validity and reliability of the CCTS were assessed with multiple analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The CCTS exhibited excellent reliability and validity. The Cronbach's α was 0.872, and the one-month test-retest reliability was 0.863. Exploratory factor analysis extracted four first-order factors with an eigenvalue over 1, explaining 50.23% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the four-factor model, showing a reasonable model fit. The CCTS score significantly correlated with the OCI-R, FTND, AUDIT, SOGS, and IGDS scores (<i>r=</i>0.383-0.682, <i>p</i><0.001), showing good concurrent and criterion-related validity. The correlations of the CCTS score with the SDS and GAD-7 scores were not significant (<i>r=</i>0.014-0.020, <i>p></i>0.05), indicating reasonable discriminant validity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The CCTS demonstrated sound psychometric properties among these non-clinical young adults. This scale might serve as a validated tool for evaluating transdiagnostic trait compulsivity across diverse addictive problems, including both substance use disorders and behavioral addictions. Further investigations should be conducted in clinical patient populations to verify the adaptability of the CCTS.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1279-1294"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12136064/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144226429","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}