{"title":"Reconceptualizing Purpose in the Third Age: From Linear Accumulation to Present-Centred Sufficiency?","authors":"Jiao Han","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S626384","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S626384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Research using conventional purpose-in-life measures often reports lower scores in later adulthood. The meaning of this pattern is uncertain because chronological age, health, retirement pathways, social advantage, and the content and temporal organization of purpose are intertwined. This conceptual review examines whether dominant measures may incompletely represent purpose during the Third Age and develops a framework for empirical testing.</p><p><strong>Approach: </strong>The article integrates four bodies of scholarship: conceptualization and measurement of purpose in later life; lifespan theories of goal regulation and time perspective; sociological debates concerning the Third and Fourth Ages; and research on heterogeneous retirement transitions. It is an interpretive conceptual review rather than a PRISMA-compliant systematic review, and it makes no claim of exhaustive retrieval.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Contemporary evidence portrays later-life purpose as multidimensional and heterogeneous, encompassing meaningful aims, health and well-being, inner strength, social relationships, mattering to others, and spirituality. Longitudinal studies show that standard predictors explain only a small share of individual variation in purpose change, and qualitative studies indicate that purpose after retirement can be retrospective and present-focused, relational and activity-based, but also absent or regarded as irrelevant by some older adults. Structural measurement research further shows that positively and negatively worded purpose items can separate into distinct factors. These findings qualify any simple account of age-related purpose decline. Building on them, we propose three analytically distinguishable processes-selective disengagement or continuity, domain reallocation, and present-centred sufficiency-that may overlap, recur, or occur in different orders.</p><p><strong>Argument: </strong>We argue that the central question for the Third Age is not whether purpose declines but whether its form changes. Specifically, we hypothesize that purpose may undergo a morphological shift from linear accumulation-goal striving organized around continuous, hierarchically ordered progress toward future endpoints-to a lateral configuration in which value is distributed across multiple present-focused life domains. We further argue that conventional measures, whose items privilege future orientation, linear progress, and a single dominant focus, may misread this morphological shift as an absence of purpose. Convergent but indirect evidence supports this hypothesis; no study to date has directly measured the shift, and it remains an inference requiring dedicated testing.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Conventional scales may underrepresent some forms of later-life purpose, and the proposed morphological shift is a testable hypothesis rather than an established fact. The framework extends prior reconceptualizations by f","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"19 ","pages":"626384"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13577173/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148977910","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}
Shengmei Xu, Wenguang Wang, Kang Cao, Congrong Shi
{"title":"Social Support and Mental Health Across a Public Health Crisis Lifecycle: A Three-Wave Repeated Cross-Sectional Study of Mediating Coping Mechanisms.","authors":"Shengmei Xu, Wenguang Wang, Kang Cao, Congrong Shi","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S626455","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S626455","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Adopting a full crisis-lifecycle perspective, this study investigates the underlying mechanism through which social support influences college students' mental health (with psychological symptoms as the core measurement indicator) via the mediating role of coping styles in major public health emergencies, and examines population-level cross-phase associations of this mechanism across three core phases of the crisis lifecycle: the emergency phase, adaptation phase, and reconstruction phase.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Taking the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experimental setting for the full crisis lifecycle, this study conducted a five-year, three-wave repeated cross-sectional survey with independent samples of participants in 2020, 2023, and 2025, enrolling a total of 2958 college students. Participants were assessed using the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ), and Psychological Questionnaires for Emergent Events of Public Health, (PQEEPH). Structural equation modeling and multi-group analyses were applied to cross-phase validation of the dual-path mediating model of coping styles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>(1) The direct association between social support and mental health was statistically significant across all three phases (all p < 0.01), with no statistically significant difference among the three phases (p > 0.05). (2) The mediating effect of positive coping between social support and mental health was significant across all three phases (all p < 0.05), and the mediating effect of positive coping showed a progressive increasing trend across phases, with a marginally significant difference observed between the emergency and reconstruction phases (β = 0.081, p < 0.05). (3) The mediating effect of negative coping between social support and mental health was significant across all three phases (all p < 0.05), with no significant temporal difference among the three phases (p > 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Throughout the full lifecycle of major public health emergencies, the effects of social support on mental health exhibit asynchronous cross-phase patterns at the population level: the direct effect remains stable across phases, the mediating pathway of positive coping shows a progressive increase across the three phases, with the largest effect observed in the reconstruction phase, while the mediating effect of negative coping remains stable across phases.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"19 ","pages":"626455"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13564448/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148956464","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 Big Five Personality Traits and Self-Management in Chronic Disease: A Scoping Review of Mediating Pathways.","authors":"Jingwen Kang, Xinyu Zhang, Chunxiang Huang","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S623625","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S623625","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore the mediating mechanism of the Big Five Personality traits on the self-management behaviors of patients with chronic diseases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Searched nine databases (2015-2025) for studies of adult chronic disease patients measuring both Big Five traits and self‑management. Two reviewers extracted data; narrative synthesis was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Included 27 studies involving adults with chronic diseases. In summary, personality traits may be associated with self-management behaviors through three potential mechanisms, (1) Cognitive-emotional path: Neuroticism may weaken self-management by reducing psychological resilience and exacerbating cognitive biases; Conscientiousness is associated with high self-efficacy and may promote self-management. (2) Social resource path: Extraversion helps obtain social support and improve self-management; Agreeableness is related to better compliance, but it may weaken self-assertion in a group setting. (3) Individual-task matching path: Openness individuals is conducive to innovative health management, but it may not be beneficial for long-term repetitive tasks; excessive conscientiousness may have adverse effects.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Personality may affect self-management through a series of malleable mediations. This review summarizes the interrelationships among personality, mediators, and behaviors, which can provide a reference direction for the subsequent construction of theoretical models and the individualized intervention research based on personality traits for patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"19 ","pages":"623625"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13557222/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148920888","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":"Hierarchical Decision-Making Theory: A Cognitive-Affective Framework for Explaining Decision Quality.","authors":"Cui-Xia Zhao, Shan-Shan Chen, Xin-Yi Qiu","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S610241","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S610241","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drawing on the trade-off patterns of \"smaller-sooner-loss for larger-later-gain\" (SSL-LLG) and \"smaller-sooner-gain for larger-later-loss\" (SSG-LLL), this study proposes a hierarchical decision-making theory from a dual-system (cognitive-affective) perspective. The theory posits that decision quality arises from the synergy between cognitive maturity-the capacity to weigh long-term interests-and emotional maturity-the ability to maintain affective independence. This yields a four-type, three-level taxonomy of decision makers. We tested our hypotheses across behavioral experiments, eye-tracking, and large-sample surveys. Results show that cognitive maturity promotes long-term orientation and deeper information processing, with higher-maturity individuals re-representing choices and generating latent dimensions, thereby extending reaction time. Emotional maturity underpins decision stability, buffering external influences and sustaining rational expectations. The two systems interact dynamically: cognition guides state affect, while emotion modulates cognitive resource allocation. Among the high-cognition (\"Chikui\") group, those with high self-differentiation focus on value dimensions and probabilities, showing greater positive affect and pupil dilation; those with low self-differentiation attend to both value and perceptual cues but neglect probabilities, accompanied by lower positive affect. The three hierarchical levels exhibit systematic differences in process indicators (reaction time, emotional stability) and outcomes (socioeconomic status), in the order high > middle > low. Theoretical contributions include (a) a novel typological framework that moves beyond trait-based models to quantify decision quality, (b) elucidation of the cognitive-emotional dynamic interplay, and (c) practical implications for talent evaluation, strategic management, behavioral intervention, and research on mixed intertemporal choice and social mobility.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"19 ","pages":"610241"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13557226/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148920839","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":"Peer Group Effect on the Development of Adolescents' Problem Behaviors and Depression: Moderating Effects of Group Membership Stability.","authors":"Ke Hou, Binxu Wang, Yunyun Zhang, Yan Liu","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S610459","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S610459","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study investigated peer group socialization of problem behaviors and depression during early adolescence. The research specifically examined how the stability of group membership moderates the relationship between group-level behaviors and individual outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A six-month longitudinal design was employed, involving 2526 Grade 7 students. The social cognitive map and multilevel modeling were used to identify peer group structures and analyze behavioral trajectories over time.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Peer groups demonstrated high stability, as 80% of groups maintained at least 50% of their membership and 42% maintained at least 70%. Longitudinal analysis revealed that individual depressive symptoms predicted an increase in problem behaviors for both genders. However, the reverse path (problem behaviors predicting depression) was significant only for boys. Regarding socialization, the average problem behaviors of a peer group significantly predicted an increase in individual problem behaviors for girls, regardless of group stability. For boys, this socialization effect was limited to those in highly stable groups. No evidence of peer group socialization was found for depressive symptoms in either gender.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Early adolescent peer groups are stable social environments that primarily influence problem behaviors rather than depressive symptoms. The impact of peer socialization is gender-specific and, for boys, contingent upon the stability of their peer groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"19 ","pages":"610459"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13557225/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148920923","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 Association Between Mindful Parenting and Children's Peer Social Competence in Chinese Families: A Moderated Mediation Model.","authors":"Hongyu Li, Wei Li, Jie Deng, Huai Deng, Xinyu Wen, Yunxi Ping","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S634560","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S634560","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Parenting practices are closely associated with children's peer social competence. As a positive parenting approach, mindful parenting is relevant to children's emotional development and social adjustment. However, the pathways linking mindful parenting to children's peer social competence remain insufficiently understood.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>In the context of Chinese culture, this study examined the association between mindful parenting and peer social competence among preschool children and investigated the mediating role of children's emotion regulation and the moderating role of the parent-child relationship.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 531 families of kindergarten children. Parents completed the Mindfulness in Parenting Questionnaire (MIPQ), Child-Parent Relationship Scale (CPRS), Social Competence With Peers Questionnaire (SCPQ), and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All study variables were at moderate levels and showed substantial individual variation. Mindful parenting was positively associated with peer social competence (beta = 0.672, p < 0.001). Children's emotion regulation mediated this association, accounting for 33% of the total effect, and parent-child closeness moderated the association between mindful parenting and emotion regulation (beta = 0.031, p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Mindful parenting was associated with peer social competence through the mediating role of children's emotion regulation, and this indirect association varied according to parent-child closeness. The findings suggest that strengthening parents' mindful awareness and parent-child closeness may support more adaptive emotional responses and, in turn, children's peer interactions, providing a basis for family-based interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"19 ","pages":"634560"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13555332/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148920898","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":"College Students' Social Media Use and Digital Well-Being: The Chain Mediating Roles of Social Capital and Digital Trust.","authors":"Hao Zhang, Liwei Chen, Wenbo Deng","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S628039","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S628039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>As social media becomes deeply integrated into the daily lives of college students, concerns regarding its impact on psychological health and adaptive digital experiences have intensified. However, Current academic research mainly focuses on offline subjective well-being. Also, empirical research on the mechanisms between social media use and digital well-being is still insufficient. To address these gaps, the present study aims to unpack the sequential chain mediating mechanisms of two distinct forms of social capital and digital trust linking social media use intensity to digital well-being, and further verify the moderating roles of gender and origin in different predictive pathways.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study examined the relationship between social media use intensity and digital well-being among 414 Chinese college students aged 18 to 24. Anonymous structured questionnaires assessed social media use intensity, bonding and bridging social capital, digital trust, and digital well-being. Hayes' PROCESS macro was applied, with Model 6 for chain mediation analysis and Model 1 to test the moderating effects of individual background factors (gender and origin). Given the cross-sectional design, causal inferences should be made with caution.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The research results indicate that the intensity of social media use is positively associated with digital well-being through multiple indirect pathways. For college students, higher social media use intensity is concurrently correlated with greater social capital and elevated digital trust, which in turn show positive concurrent associations with digital well-being. Among them, the mediating effect of bridging social capital is more significant than that of bonding social capital. In addition, the gender and origin of college students also play a moderating role in different pathways.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study clarifies the positive relationship between social media use and digital well-being among college students by elucidating the different mediating roles of bonding and bridging social capital, digital trust, and the moderating effects of individual background factors. The findings offer theoretical insights for digital well-being research and practical guidance for mental health interventions, campus management, and the promotion of healthy online behaviors among college students.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"19 ","pages":"628039"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13549315/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148907109","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}
Qian Li, Kylie Kai-Yi Chan, Samuel Yeung-Shan Wong, Anise Man Sze Wu, Xue Yang
{"title":"Dose-Response Association Between Parental Gaming Time and Internet Gaming Disorder of Adolescents and Parents: A Longitudinal Dyadic Study.","authors":"Qian Li, Kylie Kai-Yi Chan, Samuel Yeung-Shan Wong, Anise Man Sze Wu, Xue Yang","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S622157","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S622157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Parental gaming has become increasingly common, yet its dose-response relationship with parental and adolescent Internet gaming disorder (IGD) remains unclear.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A one-year, two-wave longitudinal study was conducted among parent-child dyads in Hong Kong. Adolescents completed anonymous questionnaires in classrooms, and parents completed online surveys. Generalized additive models (R version 4.1.3) were used to assess non-linear associations between parental gaming time and parental IGD symptoms/adolescent IGD, with the nadir defined as a \"minimum-risk threshold\". When no non-zero \"minimum-risk threshold\" was identified, parental gaming time was categorized into three groups (ie, non-gamers, below and over the selected cutoff) stepwise starting from the available smallest non-zero value (0.5 hours/day (h/d)). Mixed regression models were used to identify a \"low-risk gaming level\" where gaming above the cutoff showed a significantly higher risk than both lower categories. Gender-specific subgroup analyses were conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 712 parent-child dyads (50.4% girls; 80.8% mothers) were included (follow-up rate: 55.8%). Parental gaming time showed a monotonic positive association with parental IGD symptoms and an inverted U-shaped association with wide CIs at parental gaming times above 4 h/d with adolescent IGD, without showing a non-zero \"minimum-risk threshold\". Compared with non-gamers and gaming for 0.5 h/d, parents gaming exceeding 0.5 h/d was associated with higher parental IGD symptoms (>0.5 h/d vs non-gamers: b (95% CI) = 2.409 (2.280, 2.538); >0.5 h/d vs 0.5 h/d: 1.787 (1.603, 1.972)) and adolescent IGD (OR (95% CI)=11.124 (6.658, 18.584); 5.119 (2.684, 9.765)). Similar findings were observed in fathers, mothers, boys and girls.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>While no non-zero \"minimum-risk threshold\" was identified, limiting gaming to 0.5 h/d or less may be considered a pragmatic \"low-risk gaming level\" for parents. It preserves parents' enjoyment of gaming while maintaining a relatively low IGD risk across two generations. It is worth noting that the observed findings may primarily reflect female caregivers' gaming behaviors and may not be generalizable to male caregivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"19 ","pages":"622157"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13546048/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148897803","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":"Psychometric Validation of the Korean Preparedness to Help Scale for Assessing Adolescents' Readiness to Support Peers at Risk of Suicide.","authors":"Young-Ran Kweon, Youngmi Kwon, Hyunsoo Ryu","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S637075","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S637075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Adolescents are often the first to recognize emotional distress and suicidal warning signs among their peers, making their readiness to provide appropriate support an essential component of school-based suicide prevention. However, no validated Korean version of the Preparedness to Help Scale (PHS) is currently available for adolescents. This study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the PHS into Korean and evaluate its validity and reliability among Korean adolescents.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>A cross-sectional psychometric validation study was conducted with 434 middle and high school students in South Korea. Construct validity was examined using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Convergent validity was evaluated using standardized factor loadings, average variance extracted (AVE), and composite reliability (CR). Criterion-related validity was examined through concurrent validity and known-groups validity. Internal consistency was evaluated using Cronbach's α and McDonald's ω.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CFA yielded fit indices consistent with the hypothesized unidimensional structure, although these indices should be interpreted cautiously given the model's two degrees of freedom (χ<sup>2</sup>(2)=3.40, p=0.18; χ<sup>2</sup>/df=1.70; CFI=0.998; TLI=0.995; NFI =0.996; SRMR=0.012; RMSEA=0.040, 90% CI [0.000,0.111]). Standardized factor loadings ranged from.660 to.876, demonstrating satisfactory convergent validity (AVE=0.633; CR=0.872). Preparedness scores showed a small positive correlation with preventive suicide attitudes (r=0.221, p<0.001). Adolescents in the upper quartile of suicide attitude scores reported significantly higher preparedness than those in the lower quartile (t(196.19)=5.70, p<0.001; Hedges' g=0.76), supporting known-groups validity. The Korean version of the PHS demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach's α=0.868; McDonald's ω=0.870).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Korean PHS demonstrated promising initial psychometric properties for assessing adolescents' preparedness to support peers at risk of suicide. It may provide a brief and feasible measure for school-based suicide prevention and peer gatekeeper program evaluation, although further validation in diverse samples and against behavioral outcomes is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"19 ","pages":"637075"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13547448/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148907149","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":"Heterogeneous Digital Technologies and the Limits of a Common Social Isolation Pathway: A Comment on Zhu and Zhou [Letter].","authors":"Abel Perez-Gonzalez, Amelia Lopez-Pelaez","doi":"10.2147/PRBM.S638808","DOIUrl":"10.2147/PRBM.S638808","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20954,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Research and Behavior Management","volume":"19 ","pages":"638808"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13544360/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148897825","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}