{"title":"Association of Pain Intensity and Sensitivity with Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents with Depressive Disorder","authors":"Qingqing Shen, Qing Zhang, Yunxiao Liu, Yingao Cui, Jingwen Shang, Xiaoping Yuan, Feng Geng, Liang Sun, Zhiwei Liu, Rongchun Yang, Kai Zhang, Huanzhong Liu","doi":"10.2147/prbm.s473074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/prbm.s473074","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Purpose:</strong> The purpose of this study was to further explore the association of pain intensity and sensitivity with suicidal ideation in adolescents with depressive disorder by comparing the differences in pain intensity and sensitivity between adolescent patients with depressive disorders and healthy controls.<br/><strong>Patients and Methods:</strong> A consecutive enrollment method was used to select 158 adolescent patients with depressive disorders from three hospitals in Anhui Province as the MDD group, and 47 healthy adolescents were recruited as the Control group. The subjects’ suicidal ideation was assessed using the Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation scale (PANSI), and the intensity of somatic pain was assessed using the Numerical Rating Scale-11 (NRS-11). Subjects were assessed for forearm and tibial pain sensitivity using a hand-held pressure pain instrument, and experimental pain sensitivity measures included pressure pain threshold (PPT) and pressure pain tolerance (PTO). Differences in pain intensity and sensitivity between the MDD group and the Control group were compared, and the association of pain intensity and sensitivity with suicidal ideation was analyzed.<br/><strong>Results:</strong> The incidence of physical pain in adolescent depressive disorder was higher at 88.6%, which was significantly higher than the Control group (<em>P</em>< 0.001), and the pain intensity in the MDD group (3.77± 2.48) was significantly higher than the Control group (0.617± 0.99) (P < 0.001).The Pain tolerance was significantly higher in the MDD group (forearm 105.37 ± 41.46; tibia 121.29 ± 41.60) than in the Control group (forearm 91.92 ± 37.62; tibia 105.47 ± 35.52) (<em>P</em> < 0.05).Linear regression analysis showed that the greater the pain intensity and pain tolerance, the higher the total PANSI score.Binary logistic regression showed that pain intensity was an influencing factor for suicidal ideation.<br/><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Adolescents with depressive disorders have higher pain intensity and lower pain sensitivity than healthy adolescents. Increased pain intensity and pain tolerance were positively correlated with suicidal ideation.<br/><br/><strong>Keywords:</strong> adolescents, depressive disorder, pain intensity, pain sensitivity, suicidal ideation<br/>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Comparative Study Recognizing the Expression of Information Between Elderly Individuals and Young Individuals","authors":"Jialin Ma, Xiaojing Liu, Yongxin Li","doi":"10.2147/prbm.s471196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2147/prbm.s471196","url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Background:</strong> Studies have shown that elderly individuals have significantly worse facial expression recognition scores than young adults. Some have suggested that this difference is due to perceptual degradation, while others suggest it is due to decreased attention of elderly individuals to the most informative regions of the face.<br/><strong>Methods:</strong> To resolve this controversy, this study recruited 85 participants and used a behavioral task and eye-tracking techniques (EyeLink 1000 Plus eye tracker). It adopted the “study-recognition” paradigm, and a mixed experimental design of 3 (facial expressions: positive, neutral, negative) × 2 (subjects’ age: young, old) × 3 (facial areas of interest: eyes, nose, and mouth) was used to explore whether there was perceptual degradation in older people’s attention to facial expressions and investigate the differences in diagnostic areas between young and older people.<br/><strong>Results:</strong> The behavioral results revealed that young participants had significantly higher facial expression recognition scores than older participants did; moreover, the eye-tracking results revealed that younger people generally fixated on faces significantly more than elderly people, demonstrating the perceptual degradation in elderly people. Young people primarily look at the eyes, followed by the nose and, finally, the mouth when examining facial expressions. The elderly participants primarily focus on the eyes, followed by the mouth and then the nose.<br/><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The findings confirmed that young participants have better facial expression recognition performance than elderly participants, which may be related more to perceptual degradation than to decreased attention to informative areas of the face. For elderly people, the duration of gaze toward the facial diagnosis area (such as the eyes) should be increased when recognizing faces to compensate for the disadvantage of decreased facial recognition performance caused by perceptual aging.<br/><br/>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142221421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationship Between Growth Mindset and Self-Control Amongst Chinese Primary School Students: A Longitudinal Study.","authors":"Rong-Man Yuan, Wen-Ya Peng, Jiang Jiang","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S468490","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S468490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Growth mindset and self-control, both recognized as pivotal qualities with significant impacts on personal success, possess respective robust predictive power for academic achievement and broader life outcomes. However, the bidirectional relationship between them remains largely unexplored. This study aims to investigate whether growth mindset, conceptualized as the belief that abilities can be developed through effort and support, prospectively predicts the development of self-control over time. Additionally, it endeavors to explore whether self-control, a crucial positive psychological trait, exerts an influence on the fostering of growth mindset. In summary, our research focuses on elucidating the bidirectional relationship between growth mindset and self-control among Chinese primary school students.</p><p><strong>Participants and methods: </strong>The current research recruited a sample of 428 primary school students, aged 9-12, from China (214 females, mean age = 9.64 ± 1.21) to participate in a longitudinal study. Participants underwent two follow-up assessments of growth mindset and self-control over a six-month period.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The correlation analysis revealed significant associations between growth mindset at T1 and self-control at T2, as well as between self-control at T1 and growth mindset at T2(<i>r</i> = 0.23 to 0.25, <i>p</i>s < 0.01). Cross-lagged analysis found that growth mindset at T1 positively predicted self-control at T2 (β <i>=</i> 0.11, <i>p</i> = 0.04), while self-control at T1 did not significantly predict growth mindset at T2.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results suggest that growth mindset exerts a direct impact on self-control among primary school students. This finding extends the scope of research concerning growth mindset and provides important theoretical inspiration and practical guidance for educators, parents and counselling professionals in assisting students to enhance self-control.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"17 ","pages":"3101-3109"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11380487/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142154893","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}
Xiaoyun Li, Yuke Fu, Wanjuan Weng, Mowei Liu, Yan Li
{"title":"Maternal Phubbing and Problematic Media Use in Preschoolers: The Independent and Interactive Moderating Role of Children's Negative Affectivity and Effortful Control.","authors":"Xiaoyun Li, Yuke Fu, Wanjuan Weng, Mowei Liu, Yan Li","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S471208","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S471208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Given that mother plays the main nurturing role in a family unit and their unique influence on children's development, the current study aimed to examine the influence of maternal phubbing on children's problematic media use and the independent and interactive moderating role of children's negative affectivity and effortful control.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were 1986 children aged 3 to 6 years in Shanghai, China. Their mothers were asked to complete a series of questionnaires including parental phubbing scale, problematic media use measure, and child behavior questionnaire. To investigate the moderating influence of children's negative affectivity and effortful control, hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted using SPSS 24.0. Simple slopes analyses and the Johnson-Neyman technique were further used to depict moderation effects.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Maternal phubbing was associated with higher levels of problematic media use in preschool children (<i>β</i> = 0.18, <i>p</i> <.001, [0.14, 0.22]). Children's negative affectivity acts as a risk factor, exacerbating the adverse effects of maternal phubbing on children's problematic media use (<i>β</i> = 0.05, <i>t</i> = 2.69, <i>p</i> < 0.05), whereas children's effortful control acts as a protective factor, buffering the link between maternal phubbing and children's problematic media use (<i>β</i> = -0.10, <i>t</i> = -5.00, <i>p</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results suggest that interventions seeking to promote appropriate digital development in preschoolers should take the child's temperament into account and be complemented by active parental mediation and involvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"17 ","pages":"3083-3100"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11365512/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142111426","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 Relationship Between Loneliness and the Overuse of WeChat Among Chinese Elderly: The Chain Mediation Role of Sensation Seeking and Fear of Missing Out.","authors":"Shoukui Cui, Junjie Jiang, Liping Mu","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S467221","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S467221","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>With the advent of new media technology, WeChat, as China's largest social networking platform, has significantly impacted people's lives. Growing concerns exist about social media usage, particularly regarding mental health issues stemming from problematic smartphone use. However, limited research has explored the relationship between social media usage and mental health among older adults in China, particularly the mechanisms influencing this relationship. This study addresses this gap by investigating the relationship between excessive WeChat use and loneliness among older adults, examining the mediating roles of sensation seeking and fear of missing out (FoMO).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To clarify the intermediary role of sensation seeking and FoMO in the relationship between elderly loneliness and problematic phone use, this study employed the loneliness scale, brief sensation seeking scale, the scale of FoMO and WeChat overuse scale in a questionnaire survey on the Chinese elderly aged 55 to 89 (N=913). A chained mediation model was constructed, with descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, and mediation effect tests performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results indicate that the relationship between loneliness and excessive WeChat use among Chinese elderly is mediated by sensation seeking and FoMO.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings reveal that loneliness, sensation seeking and FoMO and problematic mobile phone use (WeChat) are interconnected; (ii) sensation seeking and FoMO are the two important intermediary mechanisms between loneliness and problematic mobile phone use; and (iii) sensation seeking and FoMO can act as mediators in the relationship between loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among the elderly. In the difference test of demographic variables, it was found that women had more WeChat overuse behavior than men, and urban residents demonstrated significantly higher levels of overuse than their township residents. The study has revealed the psychological mechanism between loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among the elderly, which provides guiding suggestions for the prevention and intervention of such behaviors in the elderly.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"17 ","pages":"3067-3081"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11363962/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142111427","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":"Effects of Social Support Provided by Disabled Older Adults to Others on Their Own Depressive Symptoms: A Moderated Mediation Model.","authors":"Yi Fang, Yuqi Jiang, Linlin Ma, Huixian Chen, Zhi Li, Fen Luo, Wen Jiang, Shuya Cai, Qiaoqiao Guo, Zhiqin Yin","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S468342","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S468342","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>While previous studies have extensively examined the impact of receiving positive social support during social support interactions on depressive symptoms among older adults, adverse effects experienced, such as being rejected or ignored, are often overlooked. Moreover, there has been limited discussion on the effects of giving social support to others. Thus, this study investigates the impacts of social support given by disabled older adults to others on their own depressive symptoms, as well as the mediating role of receiving social support (both positive and negative aspects) and the moderating effect of the activity of daily living (ADL).</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>This cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted in Wenzhou and Jiaxing City, China, from September 2021 to September 2022, with a total of 255 disabled older adults meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data were collected face-to-face using a structured questionnaire. The participants were asked to complete the Barthel Index Scale, the Chinese version of the Positive and Negative Social Exchange Scale, the Giving Social Support questionnaire, and the Short Form Chinese Geriatric Depression Scale to measure disability, receiving positive and negative social support, giving social support, and depressive symptoms, respectively. Descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, mediation effect tests, and moderation effect tests were used to analyse the questionnaire data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The social support provided by disabled older adults to others primarily involved companionship and care. The positive aspect of social support received was largely emotional support, while the negative aspect was mainly characterised by failure to obtain help and unsympathetic behaviour. Providing social support was found to be associated with a potential beneficial effect on depressive symptoms, linked to lower severity, with this effect fully mediated by receiving social support. Specifically, receiving emotional support accounted for 56.63% of the effect size, while failure to obtain help and unsympathetic behaviour contributed 21.55%, and rejection and neglect collectively accounted for 21.83%. Additionally, the effect was partially moderated by ADL, with older adults exhibiting lower ADL scores showing a greater benefit from both giving and receiving social support compared to those with higher ADL scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is imperative to recognise and encourage disabled older adults to provide social support to others, especially emotional support, while reducing negative feedback, such as neglect and unnecessary blame. This could alleviate their depressive symptoms and promote psycho-social well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"17 ","pages":"3049-3065"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11348934/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142081417","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":"Hypnobirthing Training for First-Time Mothers: Pain, Anxiety and Postpartum Wellbeing.","authors":"Hina Yaqoob, Xing-Da Ju, Samrah Jamshaid","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S465361","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S465361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Childbirth represents a significant life event, bringing about both physical and emotional transformations in a woman's life. Among other psychological aspects associated with childbirth, labor pain, death anxiety, and postpartum depression have garnered significant attention in the field of maternal and reproductive health. This study is intended to evaluate how the effectiveness of hypnobirthing training alleviates labor pain, mitigates death anxiety enhances postpartum well-being reduces labor hours, and how anxiety exacerbates the duration of labor.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were collected from (N = 50) young and middle-aged postpartum women in the outpatient obstetrics and gynecology departments of the Civil Hospital, Waseer Gynecology Hospital and Basic Health Unit Jalal Ballagan in Gujranwala, Pakistan, by using the convenience sampling technique. Out of 50, women were divided into a control (N = 25) and an experimental group (N = 25). They were recruited during their 33 weeks of pregnancy until childbirth for hypnobirthing training. Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Templer Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS), and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were used to collect participants' responses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings proved hypnobirthing training as a catalyst in significantly reducing labor pain, death anxiety, and postpartum depression. Furthermore, the analysis indicated that death anxiety exacerbates the labor duration hours and hypnobirthing decreases the labor hours in the experimental group of women.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It sheds light on the effectiveness of hypnobirthing training to enhance the birthing process. Findings underscore the significance of collaboration between obstetricians, psychologists, and mental health professionals to develop integrated care plans that address both physical and psychological aspects of childbirth.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"17 ","pages":"3033-3048"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11346478/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142073754","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}
Zengyan Lu, Yangjin Li, Zhihao Yan, Qingsong Sang, Wenqiang Sun
{"title":"The Effect of Perceived Stress on Insomnia Symptoms Among College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model.","authors":"Zengyan Lu, Yangjin Li, Zhihao Yan, Qingsong Sang, Wenqiang Sun","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S471776","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S471776","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>College students' insomnia symptoms is a topic of growing interest and studies have begun to explore the factors that influence college students' insomnia symptoms. This study investigated the relationship between perceived stress and college students' insomnia symptoms, as well as the chain mediating roles of fear of missing out and mobile phone dependence, and the moderating roles of environmental sensitivity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study, 748 college students (M = 20.59, SD = 2.65) as a sample for cross-sectional study. The Perceived Stress Questionnaire, Brief Fear of Missing Out Scale, Self-Rating Questionnaire for Adolescent Problematic Mobile Phone Use, Athens Insomnia Scale and Highly Sensitive Child Scale were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>(1) Perceived stress significantly positively predicts the insomnia symptoms of college students; (2) Fear of missing out and mobile phone dependence play a chain mediating role between perceived stress and the insomnia symptoms of college students; (3) environmental sensitivity moderated the pathways of mobile phone dependence on insomnia symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We revealed the underlying mechanisms between perceived stress and insomnia symptoms. The findings highlight the importance of interventions for fear of missing out and mobile phone dependence, as well as the role of environmental sensitivity in influencing insomnia symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"17 ","pages":"3021-3032"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11344549/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142056402","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 Mediated Moderation of Conscientiousness and Active Involution on Zhongyong Practical Thinking and Depression.","authors":"Ling Liu, Da Yi, Ting Li","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S470060","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S470060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study integrates traditional Chinese culture, precisely the philosophy of Zhongyong () thinking, with the prevention and treatment of depression.</p><p><strong>Samples and methods: </strong>It involved a study with 700 undergraduate students from a college in Guangzhou, using the Negative Zhongyong Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and the NEO Five-Factor Inventory for assessments.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings demonstrated that negative Zhongyong thinking predicts depression inversely. Additionally, conscientiousness indirectly and positively influences this relationship through active involution, thereby enhancing its overall effect. The analysis used the 2-mediated moderation (2meMO) model, which effectively handles error heterogeneous variances and provides a detailed assessment of the interactions between these variables. The specific findings are as follows: (1) There are correlations among negative Zhongyong thinking, depression, conscientiousness, and active involution; (2) Conscientiousness can directly and positively regulate the association between negative Zhongyong thinking and depression, and it can also indirectly regulate this relationship through active involution; (3) The higher the conscientiousness, the more actively individuals engage in active involution, thereby strengthening the negative predictive effect of negative Zhongyong thinking on depression.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These research findings contribute to the enrichment of theoretical research on the prevention and treatment of depressive symptoms and offer a fresh perspective on the utilization of traditional Chinese culture in depression prevention and treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"17 ","pages":"3005-3019"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11335475/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142018410","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}
Xiao-Meng Xie, Sha Sha, Hong Cai, Xinyu Liu, Isadora Jiang, Ling Zhang, Gang Wang
{"title":"Resting-State Alpha Activity in the Frontal and Occipital Lobes and Assessment of Cognitive Impairment in Depression Patients.","authors":"Xiao-Meng Xie, Sha Sha, Hong Cai, Xinyu Liu, Isadora Jiang, Ling Zhang, Gang Wang","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S459954","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S459954","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Major depressive disorder (MDD) becomes one of the psychiatric disorders characteristic of a combination of cognitive, emotional, and somatic symptoms. Additionally, cognitive impairment has the most significant impact on functional results. However, the evaluation of cognitive level is still based on various subjective questionnaires as there is no objective standard assessment yet. This research focuses on resting-state alpha activity to identify cognition in MDD patients using electroencephalography (EEG) signals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ninety-two subjects were recruited: 44 patients with MDD and 48 healthy individuals as controls. Functional outcome and cognition were assessed using standardized instruments, and the EEG resting state signal of open and closed eyes was recorded. The comparison and correlation of cognitive levels with alpha power in the bilateral frontal region, bilateral central region, bilateral occipital region, and middle line was evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The relative alpha power in MDD group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05). Through correlation analysis, it was shown that the bilateral frontal and occipital alpha power of MDD patients in the closed-eyes state was positively correlated with information processing rate, verbal learning, working memory, and attention retention. The alpha power of the bilateral frontal region in the open-eyes state was positively correlated with information processing rate, working memory, and attention retention (P < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The research indicates that the changes in frontal and occipital alpha activities may be a promising neurophysiological indicator of cognitive level to diagnose and treat response prediction.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"17 ","pages":"2995-3003"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11339342/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142036789","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}