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{"title":"How Does Mindfulness Alleviate Panic Buying: The Mediating Role of Social Alienation and Death Anxiety.","authors":"Yuxuan Tan, Rong Huang, Zhuo Chen","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S496339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S496339","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Health crises and disease outbreaks can trigger public fear, leading to behaviors such as panic buying. It's crucial to learn from past outbreaks and identify factors that can curb panic buying, enabling more effective management of this phenomenon. Although mindfulness has been shown to influence individual consumption behavior, no research to date has explored its association with panic buying. This research utilizes terror management theory to investigate the influence of mindfulness, as a personality trait, on panic buying during a health crisis, and to explore the sequential mediating roles of social alienation and death anxiety.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A two-wave survey was administered to 342 Chinese college students during the COVID-19 outbreak. Initially, students provided their mindfulness levels and demographic information. A week later, participants who had completed the first wave reported their panic buying intentions, social alienation, and death anxiety.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Structural Equation Modeling analysis revealed a negative relationship between mindfulness and panic buying, with social alienation and death anxiety acting as both parallel and serial mediators in this relationship.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our research deepens the understanding of mindfulness from a consumer behavior perspective, fills a gap in the study of mindfulness and panic buying, and uncovers the \"black box\" of this relationship. The findings highlight the potential of mindfulness in mitigating panic buying during crises, offering practical implications for managing pandemic-related challenges and providing valuable insights for future research on mindful consumption.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"901-915"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11994070/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144029336","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":"Parenting Knowledge of Urban Chinese Postpartum Women: The Role of Spousal Support and Women's Affective Well-Being.","authors":"Shanshan He, Yihua Chen","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S516186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S516186","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to examine parenting knowledge's perceived level, sources, and predictors among urban Chinese postpartum women, including sociodemographic and psychosocial factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Survey data was collected from 498 postpartum women who just gave birth within one year in Shanghai, China. Participants completed the Perceived Parenting Knowledge Questionnaire, the Postpartum Social Support Questionnaire (PSSQ), and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) and provided sociodemographic information. Descriptive analysis, independent samples <i>t</i>-test, one-way ANOVA, and causal steps approach were the main statistical analysis methods used in this study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that Chinese urban new mothers perceived having a medium-high level of parenting knowledge for caring for infants, especially for baby vaccination and breastfeeding. Mothers with longer years of marriage, better education, whose baby was not the firstborn, having a healthy baby, and owning Shanghai household registration reported higher perceived parenting knowledge scores. APPs, books, and social media usage (eg, WeChat) have become the most addressed sources of obtaining parenting knowledge besides family members. Mothers' negative affect is negatively related to parenting knowledge. Relationship between spousal support and mothers' parenting knowledge is mediated by positive affect.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study highlights the importance of education and spousal support in enhancing parenting knowledge among urban Chinese postpartum women. Targeted interventions should focus on improving emotional well-being and leveraging diverse information sources to support new mothers effectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"887-899"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11994462/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144021667","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":"Traditional Bullying Victimization and Cyberbullying Perpetration: the Role of Anger Rumination and Self-Control.","authors":"Huaibin Jiang, Yinchuan Jin, Qun Yang","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S507510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S507510","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The transition from being a victim of traditional bullying to engaging in cyberbullying is an emerging area of research. However, not all adolescents who experience traditional bullying go on to perpetrate cyberbullying. Grounded in the General Aggression Model, this study investigates the longitudinal association between traditional bullying victimization and cyberbullying perpetration, focusing on the underlying mechanisms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a longitudinal design, 442 middle school students (49.80% female, Mage = 13.02, SD = 0.85) completed a survey including the Victim Scale, Anger Rumination Scale, Self-Control Scale, and Cyberbullying Scale at baseline enrollment and at six-month follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Key findings include: (1) T1 Traditional bullying victimization did not directly predict later T2 cyberbullying perpetration; (2) T2 Anger rumination mediated the relationship between T1 traditional bullying victimization and T2 cyberbullying perpetration; (3) T1 Self-control moderated the link between T2 anger rumination and T2 cyberbullying perpetration, with stronger association observed in adolescents with lower self-control.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results highlight crucial pathways from traditional bullying victimization to cyberbullying perpetration in adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"877-886"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11992003/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144009425","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":"A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Implicit Stigma Toward People with Mental Illness Among Different Groups: Measurement, Extent, and Correlates.","authors":"Yila Ren, Sheng Wang, Xiangqi Fu, Xiuxiu Shi","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S503942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S503942","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Implicit association tests have been extensively applied to reveal socially unacceptable and concealed stigma. Studies have explored the implicit stigma toward mental illness in specific groups, with limited comparisons across different groups. To investigate the implicit stigma toward mental illness among different groups, along with the interaction between implicit and explicit measurements.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Based on PRISMA guidelines, Web of Science, Embase, PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and PsycINFO were searched from 1998 to April 18, 2024. Searches were updated through February 12, 2025. The Medical Education Research Quality Instrument (MERSQI) served as the quality evaluation framework, and Stata 12.0 facilitated the conduct of a meta-analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis included fifty studies in the systematic review and thirty in the meta-analysis. Most studies used \"mental illness\" or related physical illness terms as concept words, paired with emotionally contrasting attribute words. Twenty-eight studies calculated the implicit effect using an improved algorithm, while thirty-eight examined the correlations between implicit and explicit measures. The pooled standardized mean differences (SMDs) revealed that the lowest <i>D</i> scores were observed in the general population (SMD = 0.79, <i>P</i> < 0.001), followed by healthcare providers (SMD = 1.09, <i>P</i> = 0.054), students (SMD = 1.17, <i>P</i> < 0.001) and people with mental illness (SMD = 1.20, <i>P</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings indicated that the selection of concept and attribute words, as well as the processing of data measuring implicit stigma, was not standardized. No reliable correlation was found between implicit and explicit measures. Despite the heterogeneity of included studies, the general public demonstrated the most positive attitudes, while individuals with mental illness exhibited negative attitudes. Further research is required to develop personalized anti-stigma interventions for different groups and regions based on these results, particularly from the perspective of implicit stigma.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"851-875"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11989592/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144005830","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":"Harnessing Research Pressure: A Dual Chain Mediation Effects of Achievement Motivation and Research Anxiety on Innovative Behavior Under Challenge-Hindrance Research Stressors.","authors":"Jikang Ma, Luping Hu","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S516863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S516863","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>As high-caliber innovative talents in the era of China's new quality productivity, researchers often face substantial pressures in their academic work. However, a critical question arises: does research pressure influence their innovative behavior, and if so, through what mechanisms? Despite its significance, few scholars have addressed these issues in depth. Grounded in the cognitive transactional theory of stress and adopting a \"perception → psychology → behavior\" research framework, this study develops a dual chain mediation model to explain the association between challenge-hindrance research stressors and researchers' innovative behavior.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>A two-wave survey was conducted, collecting 887 valid responses from researchers across 30 provinces in China. To evaluate the proposed hypotheses, structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed alongside a bootstrap analysis conducted via SPSS and M-PLUS. These methods provided rigorous validation of the relationships and mechanisms underpinning the dual chain mediation model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings reveal that challenge research stressors positively and significantly influence researchers' innovative behavior, mediated by achievement motivation and research anxiety. Conversely, hindrance research stressors negatively and significantly impact innovative behavior through the same dual mediating paths. Additionally, achievement motivation exerts a negative effect on research anxiety, while the dual chain mediation of achievement motivation and research anxiety plays a pivotal role in linking both challenge-hindrance research stressors to innovative behavior.</p><p><strong>Originality: </strong>This study reveals that challenge- and hindrance-oriented research stressors shape researchers' innovative behavior through intertwined psychological pathways of achievement motivation and research anxiety. Notably, we identify that achievement motivation both mitigates anxiety and functions as a chain mediator linking stressors to innovative outcomes. These findings advance knowledge on fostering creativity during the era of New Quality Productivity, offering evidence-based guidance for research-oriented organizations and managers in China seeking to enhance innovative performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"831-850"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11984484/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143976675","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":"The Longitudinal Relationship Between Sibling Smartphone Addiction and Child Smartphone Addiction.","authors":"Myeong Sook Yoon, Kyu Hyoung Jeong, Heeran J Cho","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S501644","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S501644","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The global rise in smartphone addiction among children is linked to increasing mental, physical, familial, and financial problems. This study aimed to longitudinally explore the impact of sibling smartphone addiction on child smartphone addiction. While the influences of parental smartphone addiction and peer groups on smartphone addiction have been studied, more research is needed to examine the longitudinal effects of sibling smartphone addiction, a significant family member during childhood, on child smartphone addiction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study conducted a longitudinal analysis using four years of panel data (2019-2022) from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS). The final analysis included a total of 1,978 participants, comprising fourth-grade elementary school children (n=989) and their siblings (n=989). The changes in smartphone addiction over the four years were analyzed using latent growth analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>First, while the rate of change in child smartphone addiction was higher, both sibling and child smartphone addiction increased over time. Lower initial smartphone addiction levels were linked to a greater increase in smartphone usage over time. These results indicate the need for interventions targeting groups with lower initial levels of smartphone addiction. Second, higher initial levels of sibling smartphone addiction were associated with greater child smartphone addiction, and the change rate of sibling smartphone addiction influenced that of child smartphone addiction. As sibling smartphone addiction sharply increased over time, child smartphone addiction similarly escalated dramatically. On the other hand, it was found that as sibling smartphone addiction increases gradually, child smartphone addiction also increases gradually.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study identified the longitudinal impact of sibling smartphone addiction on the onset and progression of child smartphone addiction. The findings suggest that when preventing and intervening in the risk of child smartphone addiction, it is effective to consider the issue of sibling smartphone addiction in a long-term context.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"769-780"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11972969/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143803940","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":"An Investigation of the Pre-Service Teachers' Emotional Awareness in China.","authors":"Yezi Chen, Zhouqi Feng, Haibin Wang","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S491860","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S491860","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Emotional awareness, fundamental to emotional intelligence, involves recognizing and describing emotions in oneself and others, critically influencing mental health and relationships. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the emotional awareness of pre-service teachers in Chinese through the revised emotional awareness scale (LEAS).</p><p><strong>Participants and methods: </strong>The two-stage study included 455 pre-service teachers for LEAS revision (Study 1) and 773 pre-service teachers (randomly sampled) alongside in-service teachers as a contrast group (Study 2).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The revised LEAS showed a strong reliability (total α = 0.888; self/others-awareness α = 0.860/0.822) and validity, with self/others-awareness subscales highly correlated (r = 0.797) and strongly linked to total scores (r = 0.937/0.925). In addition, the criterion-related validity test found that the LEAS was significantly and positively correlated with the TMMS and QYEI. Pre-service teachers' mean emotional awareness score (2.730) was below the theoretical midpoint (3). Females scored higher than males, awareness increased with academic grade, and liberal arts students outperformed science peers. In-service teachers had higher self/others-awareness than pre-service groups, but total scores of senior pre-service teachers matched in-service levels.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The revised LEAS exhibited good reliability and validity and could be used as an effective tool to measure emotional awareness. Pre-service teachers' emotional awareness ability, in general, is low to medium and needs improvement. Pre-service teachers' emotional awareness differed significantly by gender, grade, and profession. The cultivation of emotional awareness is very important and necessary for teachers and is more important for pre-service teachers.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"797-811"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11972572/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796086","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":"EEG-Based Micro-Expression Recognition: Flexible Brain Network Reconfiguration Supporting Micro-Expressions Under Positive Emotion.","authors":"Jiejia Chen, Xingcong Zhao, Zhiheng Xiong, Guangyuan Liu","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S506311","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S506311","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Micro-expression recognition is valuable in clinical, security, judicial, economic, educational, and human-computer interaction fields. Electroencephalography (EEG)-based micro-expression recognition has gained attention for its objectivity and resistance to interference, unlike image-based methods. However, the neural mechanisms of micro-expressions remain unclear, limiting the development of EEG-based recognition technology.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We explored the brain reorganization mechanisms of micro-expressions (compared with macro-expressions and neutral expressions) under positive emotions across global networks, functional network modules, and hub brain regions using EEG, graph theory analysis, and functional connectivity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In global network, micro-expressions demonstrated higher network efficiency, clustering coefficient, and local efficiency, along with shorter average path lengths. In functional network modules, micro-expressions enhanced connectivity between the bilateral superior frontal gyrus (SFG), anterior cingulate cortex, and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (cognitive control), as well as between the left orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), temporal pole (TP), and inferior frontal gyrus (emotional processing). In hub brain regions, micro-expressions increased the hub centrality, information transmission efficiency, and local clustering of bilateral SFG, left OFC, left TP, and left Broca's area.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Micro-expressions require more efficient global communication and specialized emotion and cognitive control modules. Key hub regions supporting positive micro-expressions include the bilateral SFG (inhibitory control), left OFC and TP (emotion processing), and left Broca's area (language processing).</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"781-796"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11972603/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796153","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":"Analysis of Factors Influencing the Mental Health Status of Personnel Stationed at High- and Low-Altitude Bases.","authors":"Hua-Fei Li, Jie Chen, Yi-Feng Ge, Shu-Jia Liu, Li-Jing Zhou, Guo-Gang Dong","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S511851","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S511851","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study is to investigate and compare the mental health status of personnel stationed at high- and low-altitude bases to provide a reference for future targeted mental health education and support initiatives.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 1,244 personnel posted in both high- and low-altitude bases were randomly selected using a cluster sampling method. Basic details were collected using a demographic information questionnaire, and their mental health status was assessed using the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90). Statistical analyses included t-tests and Mann-Whitney <i>U</i>-tests. Principal component analysis (PCA) based on a Random Forest algorithm was employed to evaluate psychological symptom patterns.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mental health status of personnel included in this study surpassed the national average for China, with personnel stationed at high-altitude bases reporting better overall mental health than those stationed at low-altitude bases. Among personnel with similar educational backgrounds, those stationed at low-altitude bases had higher levels of interpersonal sensitivity, phobic anxiety, and depressive symptoms than their counterparts stationed at high-altitude bases. Over time in service, the primary psychological issues they experienced shifted from anxiety and paranoia to interpersonal sensitivity, obsessive compulsive disorder, and depression. Additionally, those stationed at low bases with lower incomes reported higher levels of phobic symptoms compared to personnel stationed at high-altitude bases.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this study, we found that the psychological status of personnel stationed at high- and low-altitude bases was primarily influenced by factors such as income, level of education, years of military service, and geographical location. Measures such as enhancing income and welfare benefits as appropriate, improving education levels by advancing educational opportunities, and providing more mental health education and training may effectively reduce psychological stress and contribute to building a resilient and psychologically healthy military force.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"813-829"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11972602/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796147","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":"Trait Mindfulness, Resilience, Self-Efficacy, and Postpartum Depression: A Dominance Analysis and Serial-Multiple Mediation Model.","authors":"Xiaoxiao Mei, Ranran Mei, Yan Li, Funa Yang, Minyu Liang, Qianwen Chen, Zengjie Ye","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S509684","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S509684","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Postpartum depression affects many women after childbirth, impacting both maternal and child well-being. Psychological traits such as trait mindfulness, resilience, and self-efficacy have been linked to postpartum depression, but their interactions and collective influence are not well understood.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The study aims to examine the associations between trait mindfulness, resilience, self-efficacy, and postpartum depression.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey was conducted from August 2022 to May 2023 using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the General Self-efficacy Scale, and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Dominance analysis, latent profile analysis, and serial-multiple mediation models were employed for data analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Dominance analysis showed that trait mindfulness, resilience, and self-efficacy explained 36.3%, 35.4%, and 28.3% of the variance in postpartum depression, respectively. Three trait mindfulness profiles were identified as mild (23.2%), moderate (55.5%), and high (21.3%). Postpartum women in the mild group exhibited higher postpartum depressive symptoms than those in the moderate and high groups. The effects of trait mindfulness on postpartum depression were significantly mediated by resilience (<i>B</i>=-0.064, 95% CI -0.088 to -0.044), self-efficacy (<i>B</i>=-0.014, 95% CI -0.023 to -0.006), and serial mediation between resilience and self-efficacy (<i>B</i>=-0.027, 95% CI -0.040 to -0.015). Similar significant mediation effects were observed for moderate (resilience: <i>B</i>=-0.126, 95% CI <i>-0</i>.169 to -0.065, self-efficacy: <i>B</i>=-0.041, 95% CI -0.078 to -0.010, resilience and self-efficacy: <i>B</i>=-0.053, 95% CI -0.090 to -0.023) and high trait mindfulness profiles (resilience: <i>B</i>=-0.381, 95% CI -0.514 to -0.267, self-efficacy: <i>B</i>=-0.082, 95% CI -0.139 to -0.033, resilience and self-efficacy: <i>B</i>=-0.160, 95% CI -0.237 to -0.089) when compared to the mild reference group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Trait mindfulness significantly impacts postpartum depression and exhibits heterogeneity among postpartum women. The relationship between trait mindfulness and postpartum depression was mediated by resilience and self-efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"743-757"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11970526/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796101","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}