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{"title":"The relationship between core self-evaluation and cognitive failure in Chinese adolescents: the sequential mediating role of alexithymia and depression.","authors":"Taolin Li, Chunyan Meng, Yanghuan Cheng, Jing Wang, Youxue Zhang","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-02613-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02613-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The difficulties that cognitive failure can pose for individuals in the conduct of their everyday life have been documented in many studies. However, there is still limited understanding of the factors that influence cognitive failure and the mediating processes involved. This study uses cognitive resource theory to develop a chain mediation model in order to explore the relationship between core self-evaluation (CSE), alexithymia, depression, and cognitive failure.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Chinese middle school students (aged 14-18 years, 15.39 ± 0.58) were recruited as participants, and a total of 1,400 participants completed the Core Self-Evaluation Scale (CSES), Cognitive Failures Scale (CFS), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and Depression Self-Rating Scale (SDS). SPSS 27.0 was used for common method bias testing, descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, and sequence mediation analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Core self-evaluation (r = -0.52), alexithymia (r = 0.65), and depression (r = 0.57) were significantly correlated with cognitive failure, and core self-evaluation could significantly negatively predict cognitive failure (β = -0.06, p < 0.05). Alexithymia and depression played a partial mediating role between core self-evaluation and cognitive failure (CI = [-0.43, -0.33], effect = -0.38), specifically including three pathways: firstly, the independent mediating role of alexithymia (CI = [-0.28, -0.20], effect = -0.24); secondly, the independent mediating role of depression (CI = [-0.14, -0.07], effect = -0.10); thirdly, the sequential mediating role of alexithymia and depression (CI = [-0.05, -0.02], effect = -0.04).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Core self-evaluation was significantly negatively correlated with cognitive failure. Alexithymia and depression played a partial mediating role between core self-evaluation and cognitive failure. The results indicate that raising core self-evaluation, addressing depression, and reducing alexithymia are crucial for reducing cognitive failure issues among adolescents. Therefore, schools and families can take some measures to provide more positive support for teenagers, help them form positive self-awareness, and reduce the occurrence of negative emotions and cognitive errors.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"328"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781490","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":"Green mind, healthy mind: investigating nature's role in students' health-related quality of life in China.","authors":"Jingjing Wu","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-02609-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-02609-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Connectedness to nature is a psychological concept describing an individual's emotional and cognitive bond with the natural environment. The relationships between Big Five personality traits and environmental connectedness have emerged as a crucial area of study in understanding human well-being and behavior.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This research seeks to understand the complex relationships between Extraversion and Neuroticism, connectedness to nature, and their subsequent impact on Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Chinese college students through flourishing.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The sample for this study was comprised of Chinese college students (N = 1640) between 18 and 25 years old who answered a self-report survey.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings showed that Extraversion has an impact on HRQOL, mediated through Connectedness to Nature and more so through Flourishing. Moreover, the analyses supported the hypothesis that the negative impact of neuroticism on HRQOL operates significantly through diminished flourishing and, to a lesser extent, reduced connectedness to nature.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results underline the importance of addressing Flourishing in interventions aimed at mitigating the detrimental effects of Neuroticism on quality of life, suggesting that enhancing Flourishing and Connectedness to Nature may serve as valuable targets for psychological interventions in individuals with high levels of Neuroticism.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"334"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781429","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":"Computational cognitive mechanisms of visual working memory in major depressive disorder and sex differences.","authors":"Qingzu Kong, Qian Liu, Feng Gao, Xiang Wang, Zhiyan Wang, Chuman Xiao, Xinyue Zhang, Qianmei Yu, Jie Fan, Xiongzhao Zhu","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-02662-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-02662-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the computational cognitive mechanisms of visual working memory (VWM) in MDD, focusing on memory precision while exploring potential sex differences. 159 Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) patients and 67 healthy controls (HC) completed the color delay estimation task to measure their VWM. The mainstream models of VWM were compared, and the variable-precision (VP) model was the best fit for our data. The Bayesian ANCOVA was used to compare the differences between groups (MDD & HC) and sexes (male & female). Results revealed that MDD had worse memory precision than HC (BF₁₀ = 103.872, decisive evidence for H₁). Specifically, they had larger resource allocation variability (BF₁₀ = 19.421, strong evidence for H₁), indicating that they distributed memory resources more unevenly across different items than HC. In addition, females had better memory precision than males (BF₁₀ = 10.548, strong evidence for H₁). More specifically, they had more initial resources during the color delay estimation task (BF₁₀ = 6.003, substantial evidence for H₁) than males. These findings highlight the critical role of diminished precision, specifically, larger resource allocation variability, in impaired VWM in MDD. Meanwhile, these findings highlight sex differences in memory precision and initial resources of VWM.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"331"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781424","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":"The effect of doll blind box uncertainty on consumers' irrational consumption behavior: the role of instant gratification, Gambler's fallacy, and perceived scarcity.","authors":"Fangyu Xia, Ye Xu, Haonan Zhang, Xinzhou Yuan","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-02644-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-02644-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The uncertainty associated with doll blind boxes has sparked a consumer frenzy in China. However, it remains unclear how the allure of uncertain rewards influences the irrational consumption behavior of blind box consumers. This study aimed to elucidate the internal mechanisms underlying this process. Specifically, this study investigated the relationships among perceived uncertainty, gambler's fallacy, instant gratification, perceived scarcity, and irrational consumption behavior.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>434 Online questionnaires were distributed to Chinese doll blind box consumers. This study examines the impact of perceived uncertainty on consumers' irrational consumption behavior by employing the Stimulus-Organism-Response theory and constructing a mechanism model. The analysis was conducted using PLS-SEM in SmartPLS 4.0.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Perceived uncertainty positively affected instant gratification and gambler's fallacies. Gambler's fallacy and instant gratification significantly mediate between perceived uncertainty and irrational consumption behavior. Moreover, perceived scarcity positively moderated the relationship between gambler's fallacy and irrational consumption behavior. As perceived scarcity increased among blind box consumers, cognitive bias resulting from gambler's fallacy more significantly influenced the consumers to engage in irrational consumption behavior.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study clarified the psychological mechanisms underlying irrational consumption behavior among blind box consumers. Moreover, it provides specific suggestions for blind box consumer, product stakeholders and policymakers to better advocate rational consumption behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"332"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781443","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":"Effects of menstrual cycle phases on approach-avoidance behaviors in women: a behavioral and event-related potentials study.","authors":"Danyang Li, Chang Xu, Xiaochun Wang","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-02660-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-02660-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Menstrual cycle influences approach-avoidance behavior in females as a result of fluctuations in sex hormone levels, but the underlying neuropsychological processes are unknown. Therefore, we collected the approach-avoidance behavior and electroencephalogram (EEG) data of 27 naturally cycling women during early follicular, late follicular, and mid-luteal phases, focusing on the effects of estradiol and progesterone levels on women's approach-avoidance behavior. Results found that women in the late follicular phase approached positive stimuli more quickly, and N2 amplitudes were the smallest for impulsive benefit-approach reaction. Women in the mid-luteal phase avoided negative stimuli more quickly, and P1/N2 amplitudes were the smallest for impulsive harm-avoidance reaction. Correlation results showed that estradiol levels positively predicted benefit-approach behavior, and progesterone levels positively predicted harm-avoidance behavior. Behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) results suggest that women in different menstrual cycles have different sensitivities to approach-avoidance behaviors of different emotional stimuli, characterized by less consumption of cognitive resources in the early stages of emotional motivation processing, which is in part mediated by estradiol and progesterone. These findings provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between ovarian hormones and approach-avoidance behavior in women.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"338"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781427","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 longitudinal network analysis of the relationship between love addiction, insecure attachment patterns, and interpersonal dependence.","authors":"Chongyuan Guan, Junyang Wang, Luqing Zhang, Zhou Xu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Baona Jiang","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-02605-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02605-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study employed a network analysis approach to explore interrelationships among love addiction, attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, and interpersonal dependence. The sample included 80 couples (N = 160) in romantic relationships, assessed longitudinally through online self-reports at the study's initiation and three months later. The findings revealed that attachment anxiety correlated strongly with low self-confidence, attachment avoidance related to autonomy, and love addiction showed a positive association with emotional dependence but a negative association with attachment avoidance. These findings underscore the associations among love addiction, insecure attachment patterns, and dimensions of interpersonal dependence. Addressing the core link between love addiction and insecure attachment patterns may enhance the psychological well-being of both partners in a couple.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"330"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781420","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":"Psychological resilience and valued living as mediators in the relation between moral injury and attitudes toward future among Turkish adults.","authors":"Feyza Topçu","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-02654-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-02654-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Moral injury exacerbates poor outcomes, such as negative attitudes toward the future; however, the potential underlying mechanisms of this association remain unknown. This present study aimed to disentangle the pathways linking moral injury to confidence toward the future through the serial mediation effect of psychological resilience and valued living in a Turkish population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data analyzed were collected from representative samples of adult aged 18-65 years living in Gaziantep Province, Turkey. A total of 681 participants (77.7% female, mean age = 25.05) were included in this study. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the relationships among the variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Indirect effects of moral injury on confidence toward the future were found. The direct effect of moral injury on attitudes toward the future in the presence of mediators was not significant (b = 0.014, p > 0.05). Thus, we concluded that there was a fully serial mediation by psychological resilience and valued living in the relationship between moral injury and attitudes toward the future (b = -0.077, 95% bootstrap CI: -0.115 to -0.048).</p><p><strong>Limitations: </strong>The main constraint of this study was its cross-sectional design, which restricted the capacity for causal inference.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings highlight the role of psychological resilience and valued living as serial mediators in the relationship between moral injury and confidence toward the future. Therefore, mental health professionals or clinicians incorporating intervention programs aimed at enhancing psychological resilience and promoting valued living could be beneficial, especially for individuals who have experienced moral injuries. Employing a multifaceted therapeutic approach may be advantageous in addressing these concerns.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"339"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781433","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":"What factors influence thriving in adolescent and young adult cancer patients? A focus on psychological health, biological markers, and quality of life.","authors":"Yi Zhou, Yinglong Duan, Jian Zhou, Qinqin Cheng, Ning Qin, Xing Zhou, Yuxuan Li, Juan Luo, Huiyi Zhang, Jiayi Zhu, Jianfei Xie, Andy S K Cheng","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-02637-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-02637-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study explores the role of psychological health, biological markers, and quality of life (QoL) in influencing thriving - defined as resilience and enhanced well-being - among adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 148 AYA cancer patients were assessed for psychological health indicators (anxiety, depression, character strengths), physiological markers (cortisol awakening response [CAR], melatonin), and QoL. Thriving levels were evaluated using ordinary least squares regression and quantile regression to identify predictors across different thriving percentiles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Psychological health was the strongest predictor of thriving. Depression negatively impacted thriving at lower levels, while inquisitiveness consistently enhanced it. CAR and melatonin played roles at higher and median thriving levels, respectively, and QoL was most influential at lower levels. These factors collectively explained 23.0% of the variance in thriving scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study highlights depression, inquisitiveness, CAR, and QoL as key factors influencing thriving in AYA cancer patients. Depression affects thriving at lower levels, inquisitiveness enhances thriving consistently, CAR is significant at higher levels, and QoL is crucial at lower levels. These findings underscore the need for tailored interventions to support thriving across varying levels of adaptation.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"336"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781403","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":"Body mass index having a mediating role between diet quality & mental and physical health among women.","authors":"Seda Çiftçi, Tuba Yalçın, Elif Esra Ozturk","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-02663-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-02663-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Women experience unique dynamics in health and Quality of Life (QoL) due to biological, psychological, and social factors. These dynamics necessitate a comprehensive examination of the indirect effects of Diet Quality (DQ) on Mental and Physical well-being through Body Mass Index (BMI). This study aims to elucidate the indirect pathways through which DQ influences mental and physical well-being, with a particular focus on the mediating role of BMI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted with women (n = 985) aged 19-64 years. Anthropometric measurements and 24-Hour Dietary Recall (24HDR) data were collected. QoL was assessed using the Short Form-36 (SF-36), which comprises two primary subdimensions: (1) Mental Well-being, represented by the Mental Component Summary (MCS), and (2) Physical Well-being, represented by the Physical Component Summary (PCS). The Nutrient-Based Diet Quality Index (NBDQ) and Carbohydrate-to-Fibre Ratio (CHO-FBR) were calculated from 24HDR data to evaluate DQ. Two mediation models were employed. Model 1 examined the indirect effects of NBDQ on Mental and Physical well-being through BMI, with age as a confounder. Model 2 assessed the indirect effects of CHO-FBR on Mental and Physical well-being through BMI, also considering age as a confounder.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of participants was 31.68 ± 11.95 years. No significant differences were found in educational attainment across DQ quartiles (p = 0.228). Younger women (19-24 years) were more prevalent in lower DQ quartiles, while older women (45-64 years) showed higher DQ scores (p = 0.001). Women with spouses had higher DQ (p = 0.007). MCS score improved with a better NBDQ (p = 0.033), although PCS score did not show significant difference ( p = 0.607). Mediation analysis revealed that NBDQ was significantly associated with MCS (β = 0.169, p = 0.004) but not with BMI (β = 0.004, p = 0.568). Aditionally, NBDQ showed a non-significant relationship with PCS (β = -0.022, p = 0.505).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Improving DQ can enhance mental well-being (MCS), particularly among older women and those with spouses, while no impact was found on physical well-being (PCS). Since BMI did not mediate these effects and CHO-FBR showed no significant associations, nutritional strategies should prioritize DQ alongside age and social dynamics to effectively enhance women's QoL.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"335"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781422","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":"The relationship between work stress and well-being among Chinese primary and secondary school teachers: The chain mediation of affective rumination and work engagement.","authors":"Yanhong Shao, Wenxuan Jiang, Hongdong Zhu, Chao Zhang, Weili Xu","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-02628-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-02628-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although scholars have explored the impact of work stress, affective rumination, and work engagement on teachers' well-being, there is a need for more research to investigate the mechanisms through which work stress influences teachers' well-being via affective rumination and work engagement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Based on the Conservation of Resources Theory and the Job Demands-Resources Model, this study examined the potential indirect roles of affective rumination and work engagement in the association between work stress and well-being among primary and secondary school teachers. A paper questionnaire survey was administered to 760 primary and secondary school teachers (M = 39.84, SD = 8.848) selected through cluster sampling from nine schools in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China. All participants completed structured self-report questionnaires, including measures of work stress, affective rumination, work engagement, and well-being. Data analyses were conducted using structural equation modeling via Amos 24.0.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results are as follows: (1) Work stress has a direct and negative effect on well-being; (2) Work stress indirectly and negatively affects well-being through affective rumination; (3) Work stress indirectly and negatively affects well-being through work engagement; (4) Work stress indirectly and negatively impacts well-being through both affective rumination and work engagement.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results underscore the detrimental effects of work stress and identify the feasibility of interventions targeting affective rumination and work engagement, offering insights into strategies to promote the well-being of primary and secondary school teachers.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"337"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143781501","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}