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{"title":"Food Intake and Mental Health Among Middle School Students in Shandong Province: A Network Analysis.","authors":"Yisong Yao, Baoyi Liao, Jingjing Feng, Shiwei Tang, Ziyi Zhang, Dajun Yang, Xinrui Yin, Jiahong Xie, Ludan Yang, Wenwen Yin","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S537043","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S537043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>A network analysis model was used to investigate the network structure linking food intake and mental health among middle school students in Shandong Province from a specific symptom perspective.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 6179 middle school students aged 11-18 years in Shandong Province were included in the study. The modified Chinese Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) and Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90) were used to estimate the status of food intake and mental health, respectively. Network analysis was performed to explore the potential associations between food intake and mental health.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The symptom with the highest strength was \"Frequency of eating eggs in the last week (FI-9)\". \"Obsessive compulsive (SCL-2)\" was the symptom with the highest bridge strength. \"Obsessive compulsive (SCL-2)\" and \"Frequency of eating eggs in the last week (FI-9)\" were the most strongly related (weight=0.09).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>From a network analysis perspective, this study identified complex pathways of correlations between specific food intake such as eggs, fruits and the appearance of abnormal psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depressive, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in middle school students. In the future, medical professionals may adopt appropriate interventions based on the centrality index and bridging centrality indicators identified in this study to effectively reduce the comorbidity of eating issues and poor mental health status in middle school students.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1839-1852"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12412621/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016136","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":"Erratum: The Effects of Social Media Addiction, Academic Stress, and Sleep Quality on Anxiety Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study of Chinese Vocational Students [Corrigendum].","authors":"","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S563251","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S563251","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2147/PRBM.S522652.].</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1837-1838"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12408765/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016150","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":"Does Cyberchondria Influence Subjective Well-Being in Online Healthcare platforms?-An Empirical Study.","authors":"Xiaoyan Ding, Yuhan Wang, Wenhao Wang","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S526866","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S526866","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Users may develop cyberchondria if they seek information about health issues excessively in online healthcare platforms. This can lead to a decline in their subjective well-being, which is essential for overall health. From the perspective of cyberchondria, we aim to investigate the factors influencing subjective well-being within the online healthcare context. Therefore, this study focuses on users' subjective well-being, exploring the internal mechanism linking cyberchondria and subjective well-being.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study uses Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to explore the internal mechanism of subjective well-being. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in China. The constructs in this study were measured based on previous mature scales. Data were collected from 299 users of online healthcare platforms for analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings indicate that cyberchondria can lead to information anxiety and intermittent discontinuance. Information anxiety can affect subjective well-being. Furthermore, the study reveals that information avoidance plays a significant moderating role in these relationships.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study is innovative in its exploration of subjective well-being, offering valuable insights for users of online health platforms. Additionally, it highlights the moderating effect of information avoidance on cyberchondria, information anxiety, and intermittent discontinuance, which could enrich research into subjective well-being in the context of healthcare. The findings of this study could be used to improve the subjective well-being among users of online health platforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1825-1836"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12401044/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966684","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 Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Depression Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis.","authors":"Shiyu Xu, Rong Bai, Dini Xue, Xia Liu","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S530888","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S530888","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and depression often co-occur among adolescents and lead to severe mental health problems. However, it is not clear how NSSI and depression causally relate to each other at a symptom level, with respect to gender differences. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the co-occurring patterns of NSSI and depression symptoms and examined gender differences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The present study conducted cross-sectional and cross-lagged network analyses between NSSI and depression symptoms among adolescent girls and boys. A total of 1122 Chinese students (50.4% girls; mean age = 13.51 years, <i>SD</i> = 1.10) completed a survey at two waves.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results revealed that (1) the depression symptoms \"sad\" and \"depressed\" were the highest and most stable Expected Influence centrality nodes. The depression symptom \"scared\" acted as a bridging node across genders, both in cross-sectional and cross-lagged panel networks. (2) For girls, depression symptoms at W1 predicted NSSI at W2. The depression symptoms \"tired\" and \"lack of hope\" at W1 were the strongest predictors of NSSI symptoms at W2. (3) For boys, NSSI and depression symptoms displayed a bidirectional relationship through the \"scared\" and \"lonely\".</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These findings provide valuable insights into the distinct gendered temporal relationships between NSSI and depression at the symptom level and underscore the practical value of targeted, gender-informed treatment and screening for adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1809-1823"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12401666/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144993453","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":"Factors Related to the Caregiver Burden on Families Caring for Clients with Schizophrenia: Scoping Review.","authors":"Iwan Shalahuddin, Fernanda Mahardiani, Efri Widianti, Indra Maulana","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S537945","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S537945","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Family caregivers play a crucial role in the long-term care of individuals with schizophrenia, yet they often face significant challenges. The responsibilities involved in caregiving can lead to a considerable caregiver burden, which may result in adverse outcomes for both the caregiver and the person with schizophrenia, so there will be a risk of experiencing caregiver burden which can give rise to new problems for the family. This research aims to identify factors that cause caregiver burden on families in caring for clients with schizophrenia. This research method uses a scoping review with PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Search for literature uses the PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Google Scholar search engines, year range of the article from 2014 to 2023, full text, Indonesian and English language. This research used the PCC (Population, Concept and Context) framework. Search for keywords using the Boolean operators OR and AND in English is \"family caregiver\", \"families carers\", \"informal caregiver\", \"burden of care\", \"stress of caring\", \"stress of caring\", \"burnout of caring\", \"schizophrenia\", \"individuals with schizophrenia disorder\", and in Indonesian is \"caregiving family\", \"caring burden\", \"care stress\", \"fatigue\", \"schizophrenia\". The results of a scoping review of ten articles found sixteen factors of caregiver burden on families in caring for clients with schizophrenia, that is age, gender, marital status, level of education, employment, economics, relationship with the client, duration of care or length of care, duration of schizophrenia in patient, stress on the Family Caregiver, patient severity, decreased mutuality, family coping strategies, spiritual support, social support, and professional support. The findings of this study highlight the factors that cause caregiver burden in schizophrenia patients. These findings can be considered as information in finding solutions to reduce the burden on family members who are caregivers of schizophrenia patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1799-1808"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12400106/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966722","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":"Longitudinal Associations Between Childhood Emotional Abuse and Social Anxiety in Emerging Adults: The Role of Interpersonal Sensitivity and Insecurity.","authors":"Ya Zhu, Wangjia Zhang, Xuliang Shi","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S528300","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S528300","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Childhood emotional abuse serves as one of the most widely recognized risk factors contributing to social anxiety. However, little is known about the role of interpersonal factors in this relationship. The present study aims to examine the longitudinal mediating effects of interpersonal sensitivity and interpersonal insecurity on the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and social anxiety.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data for this study were derived from a large-scale health-related cohort study of college students in Southeast China. A total of 3861 students completed the three waves of surveys and were used for subsequent data analysis. All participants filled out questionnaires related to childhood emotional abuse (Wave 1), interpersonal sensitivity and interpersonal insecurity (Wave 2), as well as social anxiety (Wave 3). Mediation analyses with bootstrapping were conducted to explore the mediating role of interpersonal sensitivity and interpersonal insecurity in the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and social anxiety.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that the prevalence of social anxiety was 25.9% among college students. Findings from mediation analysis showed that interpersonal sensitivity and interpersonal insecurity play parallel mediating roles in the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and social anxiety.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Psychological interventions aimed at reducing interpersonal sensitivity and interpersonal insecurity may be conducive to alleviating the social anxiety of college students who have suffered from childhood emotional abuse.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1787-1797"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12401734/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144993412","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":"Attachment Anxiety and Problematic Use of Conversational Artificial Intelligence: Mediation of Emotional Attachment and Moderation of Anthropomorphic Tendencies.","authors":"Shupeng Heng, Ziwan Zhang","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S531805","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S531805","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The advent of conversational AI has offered individuals an alternative communication modality and an interactive partner outside traditional social media through one-on-one personalized services. This has given rise to a critical question: Does this technological innovation negatively affect specific populations? The sample for this study was comprised of individuals with attachment anxiety. The aims of the study were to explore the relationship between attachment anxiety and problematic use of conversational artificial intelligence and to investigate the mediating role of emotional attachment and the moderating role of anthropomorphic tendency.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>Fifty-four Chinese adults who used conversational artificial intelligence were randomly selected to complete the questionnaires of attachment anxiety, emotional attachment, anthropomorphic tendency and the use of conversational artificial intelligence. Correlation analyses were employed to explore the relationships among the above mentioned variables, and the Hayes PROCESS test was used to test the mediating effect of emotional attachment and the moderating effect of anthropomorphic tendency.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Attachment anxiety not only directly affects the problematic use of conversational artificial intelligence but also indirectly influences it through emotional attachment. The anthropomorphic tendency was also found to moderate the relationship between attachment anxiety and the problematic use of conversational artificial intelligence.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Individuals with high attachment anxiety urgently need relatively perfect partners to reduce negative emotions. While the emergence of conversational artificial intelligence meets their needs, there is a risk of excessive dependence. To solve this problem, developers should focus on the personification design of the product, embed usage control and educational content, and provide intervention measures for high-risk groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1775-1785"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12379994/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966709","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":"COVID-19-Related Stress Events and College Student Mental Health During Home Quarantine: The Mediating Role of Negative Cognitive Emotion Regulation and the Moderating Role of Meaning in Life.","authors":"Weiyu Wang, Xiqing Wang, You Yu","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S532541","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S532541","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigated the impact of COVID-19-related stress events on the mental health of home-quarantined college students and explored the mediating role of negative cognitive emotion regulation and the moderating role of meaning in life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An online survey was conducted among 1,644 college students in Hunan, China, from February 29 to March 2, 2020. The survey included measures of COVID-19-related stress events, negative cognitive emotion regulation, meaning in life (present meaning and search for meaning), and overall psychological distress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most college students experienced significant COVID-19-related stress during home quarantine. Negative cognitive emotion regulation partially mediated the relationship between stress events and mental health. Meaning in life (both dimensions) buffered the effect of stress events on negative cognitive emotion regulation, such that this association was attenuated at higher levels of meaning. Specifically, when students reported higher levels of meaning in life, the adverse effect of stress events on negative cognitive emotion regulation was significantly attenuated, highlighting the protective role of meaning in life against maladaptive emotional responses. When students reported high levels of meaning in life, the association between stress events and negative cognitive emotion regulation was diminished.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings highlight that fostering meaning in life may serve as a psychological resource to enhance mental health resilience among college students during and after pandemics. Interventions aimed at promoting meaning in life could be beneficial for supporting the mental well-being of students in stressful situations.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1749-1758"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12375304/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966726","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":"Latent Profiles of Childhood Maltreatment and Their Associations with Emotional Reactivity, Alexithymia, and Emotion Regulation in Chinese College Students.","authors":"Ai Xu, Fangfang Long, Mingjun Teng, Wenpei Zhang, Lulu Hou","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S539441","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S539441","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Childhood maltreatment represents a widespread global public health issue that is closely linked to a variety of emotional symptoms, such as depression and anxiety. Considering these symptoms are often linked to common problems in emotional functioning, this study aimed to examine the patterns of childhood maltreatment and their association with three core aspects of emotional functioning: emotional reactivity, alexithymia, and emotion regulation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In total, 945 Chinese college students (mean age: 21.53 ± 1.15 years) completed the Chinese version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form, Perth Emotional Reactivity Scale, Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire, and Perth Emotion Regulation Competency Inventory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The latent profile analysis identified three optimal classes of childhood maltreatment: <i>low childhood maltreatment</i> (77.35%), <i>predominantly neglect</i> (13.02%), and <i>high childhood maltreatment</i> (9.63%) patterns fitted the data best. The regression mixed model results showed that both the <i>predominantly neglect</i> and <i>high childhood maltreatment</i> classes demonstrated comparable deficits in negative emotion regulation and alexithymia, as well as in positive emotional reactivity. However, the <i>predominantly neglect</i> class exhibited more pronounced impairments in negative emotional reactivity compared to <i>high childhood maltreatment</i> class, while the <i>high childhood maltreatment</i> class demonstrated more severe impairments in positive emotion regulation and alexithymia than the <i>predominantly neglect</i> class.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The present results help clarify the specific associations between distinct childhood maltreatment patterns and emotional functioning, indicating the necessity of developing targeted intervention strategies for individuals with different childhood maltreatment patterns in the future. Additionally, it offers guidance for early childhood education. Future research should employ longitudinal designs to investigate the impact of various patterns of childhood maltreatment on the developmental trajectory of emotional functioning. Additionally, it is essential to consider the sensitive periods during which childhood maltreatment influences emotional functioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1759-1774"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12375323/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966665","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":"Discussion on the Application of Mindfulness Therapy in the Treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Narrative Review.","authors":"Qing Fan, Shuang Yu, Xu Sun, Yao Dong, Yao Chen, Lihong Jia","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S533200","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S533200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most common chronic complications of diabetes. It has a slow and insidious onset, mainly manifested as sensory and motor dysfunction, and increases susceptibility to psychological problems such as anxiety and depression, seriously affecting the quality of life of patients. The current treatment strategies focus on effective metabolic management and lifestyle intervention, but the results are not satisfactory. Mindfulness therapy (MBT), as a non-pharmaceutical intervention method, has gradually shown potential value in the treatment of DPN. This review incorporates studies on the two in recent years, revealing the main mechanism by which MBT affects neuropsychology. It explores the feasibility and application status of MBT in reshaping the cognitive experience of pain in patients with DPN, alleviating pain perception, improving psychological states such as anxiety and depression, and thereby enhancing the overall quality of life. In conclusion, our research provides more powerful evidence for the clinical treatment of patients with DPN by applying MBT.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"18 ","pages":"1729-1747"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12360866/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144883522","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}