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{"title":"Demographic characteristics in unplanned versus planned suicide attempts: a comparative study from Yazd, Iran.","authors":"Kamyab Peyman, Shahab Ali Shirkhoda, Parvaneh Rashidpour, Reza Bidaki, Farimah Shamsi, Mohammad Nadi Sakhoidi, Golrasteh Kholasezadeh","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-03462-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-03462-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Suicide is a significant global health concern, particularly in Iran, where the rate of suicide attempts has remained high. Understanding the demographic differences between unplanned and planned suicide attempts is essential for tailoring effective prevention strategies. This study investigates these differences among individuals referred to Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Yazd Province, Iran.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cross-sectional study included 307 individuals who attempted suicide between March 2022 and May 2023. Initially, data from 370 patients were recorded, but 63 were excluded due to lack of cooperation, unavailability, or undefined attempt type. Classifications into unplanned (impulsive) and planned suicide attempts were based on structured psychiatric interviews by trained psychiatry residents. Demographic and clinical variables were extracted using a structured checklist during psychiatric consultations and were analyzed using SPSS Version 22.0 with ANOVA, t-tests, chi-square tests, and logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 307 participants, 229 (74.59%) were unplanned and 78 (25.41%) were planned suicide attempters. Unplanned attempts were more common among females and individuals under 22, while planned attempts were more prevalent among males and those aged 22-31. Significant predictors of planned attempts included male gender (OR = 2.23, 95% CI: 1.34-4.12, p = 0.003), history of prior suicide attempts (OR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.08-3.22, p = 0.024), and age 22-31 (OR = 1.02, 95% CI: 1.01-1.03, p < 0.001). No significant differences were observed in educational level, habitat, marital or employment status, income, or psychiatric and physical illness history.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Planned suicide attempts were more common among men and adults aged 22-31, whereas unplanned attempts were more frequent among women and those younger than 22. The minimal differences across other sociodemographic variables highlight the complexity of suicidal behavior. Tailored prevention strategies may better address the specific needs of different high-risk groups and help reduce suicide attempts.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"1105"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12492760/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145214041","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":"Acute stress impairs target enhancement rather than distractor suppression in attention selection: evidence from the N2pc and P_D.","authors":"Jingqing Nian, Run Yang, Jiao Xie, Yu Zhang, Yu Luo","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-03363-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-03363-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Studies have shown that acute stress significantly impacts the selection of emotional stimuli. However, the extent to which acute stress affects the cognitive mechanisms underlying target enhancement and distractor suppression when selecting emotionally neutral stimuli remains unclear.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We explored this issue using the Maastricht Acute Stress Test (MAST), a visual search task, and event-related potential recordings. Eighty healthy adults participated in the experiment, which required them to search for a specific target while ignoring a color singleton distractor.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The MAST successfully induced a stress response in the stress group, as indicated by higher levels of salivary cortisol, state anxiety, and negative emotion, as well as lower levels of positive emotion. Importantly, the stress group showed a significantly smaller N2pc in the lateral target with middle distractor displays than the control group. However, no significant differences in P_D were observed in the middle target with lateral distractor displays.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results suggest that acute stress impairs target enhancement rather than distractor suppression during attentional selection. This impairment may be due to impaired prefrontal cortex function under acute stress. The present research provides new insight into how acute stress affects attention selection.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>Not applicable. This study was conducted with healthy participants in a laboratory setting and does not meet the criteria for a clinical trial.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"1027"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12487151/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145201469","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":"Perceived economic inequality is linked to poorer sleep quality.","authors":"Wenxuan Liu, Qinglu Wu, Yuebin Xu, Nicolas Sommet, Hongfei Du","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-03405-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-03405-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Economic inequality is believed to negatively affect individuals' psychological and physical health. We hypothesized that perceptions of greater economic inequality predict poorer sleep quality through social comparison and stress. We tested this hypothesis across three studies. Study 1 used a large-scale longitudinal dataset with a nationally representative sample in China (n = 37,984) to investigate the within-participant association between economic inequality and sleep quality over time. A fixed-effects model revealed that participants perceiving increasing economic inequality reported poorer sleep quality, whereas objective economic inequality did not predict sleep quality. Study 2 used a cross-sectional college sample (n = 668) and a cross-sectional community sample (n = 1,009) to replicate the findings and further examine psychological mechanisms underlying the relationship between perceived economic inequality and sleep quality. Structural equation models confirmed that higher perceived economic inequality was associated with poorer sleep quality. Moreover, in both samples, the relationship was sequentially mediated by upward social comparison and stress. These findings provide important insights into understanding the psychological and epidemiological implications of economic inequality.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"1099"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12487066/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208108","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":"Correction: The relationship between compulsive shopping behavior, family functioning, and fashion orientation among female students: a descriptive cross-sectional correlational study.","authors":"Fatemehsadat Baniashraf, Maryam Madineshat, Erfan Ayubi, Efat Sadeghian, Mona Arji","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-03483-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-03483-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"1096"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12487046/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145201492","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 cherry on top: nice but necessary? The impact of social support on perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and academic performance among medical students at Damascus university.","authors":"Amr Hadaki, Ahmad Snowbar, Ahmad Alsayes, Alma Shoqeir, Tala Musa, Muhammed Besher Manlarasool, Youssef Latifeh","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-03329-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-03329-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Students often face many struggles with their university career especially the large amount of stress which is considered an important factor affecting them. Many students consider social support to be a great factor to overcome this stress. This study aims to measure the level of stress and depressive symptoms among medical students at Damascus University and the social support they received to examine the relationship between these variables on the academic performance of the students.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate the association between social support received by medical college students and their academic performance and mental wellbeing at Damascus University.</p><p><strong>Method of study: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted using an online self-administered questionnaire. An appropriate sample representing all students of medical colleges at Damascus University was randomly selected to complete the questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of (1217) medical students participated in the study. Among them, (65.7%) were females and (34.3%) were males. Social support had no correlation with grades of the last semester when spearman's test was conducted nor with perceived stress. Female students received more high and moderate social support (High social support revenue using MSPSS scale: Females: 59%, Males: 49%; P-value = 0.002) and had higher rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms as shown by using PHQ4 scale (moderate depressive and anxiety symptoms: Females = 46%, Males = 35%; P-values < 0.001). Anxiety was correlated with the faculty of students and with the score of the last semester. The majority of participants experienced moderate levels of stress (n = 630, 51.8%). Academic-related stressors were the most prevalent cause of stress among students, especially female students.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results indicated no significant relationship between social support or perceived stress and the academic performance of the students. One possible explanation for this finding could be that students are more self-dependent and self-reliant. Female medical students suffered higher levels of stress, particularly academic-related stress, compared to their male peers. Students who received high levels of social support expressed less depressive and anxiety symptoms compared to those who received less social support.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"1092"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12487554/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145201536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Novel CBGT Model for Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Pulmonary Nodules.","authors":"Zheng Tao, Shuang Li, Jun Nie, Zhengzheng Ni, Lei Jiang, Haitao Ma","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-03310-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-03310-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>With the widespread use of computerized tomography (CT) examinations, the annual detection rate of pulmonary nodules has been increasing. However, early non-surgical patients often experience anxiety and depression during follow-up. This study aims to develop a novel intervention model to address these psychological issues and evaluate its clinical efficacy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Our research team designed a psychological intervention model tailored to pulmonary nodule patients with anxiety and depressive symptoms. A total of 160 participants were randomly divided into two groups: an experimental group (80 patients) receiving cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT), and a control group (80 patients) receiving no CBGT intervention. Anxiety, depression, sleep quality, and social functioning were evaluated using validated standardized scales, including the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and General Overall Quality of Life-74 (GOQL-74). Data were collected at four time points: before the intervention, at 8 weeks, at 3 months, and at 6 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The CBGT group showed significant improvements in anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and sleep disturbances. Additionally, the CBGT group exhibited a superior psychological status in terms of social functioning, though no significant differences were observed in other indicators.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CBGT interventions positively contribute to the mental health of pulmonary nodule patients with anxiety and depression. The developed psychotherapy model is a relatively well-established protocol worthy of clinical application.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"1095"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12487528/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145201466","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":"Free does not mean free of responsibility: the impact of ecological identity and natural empathy on campers' environmental responsibility behavior.","authors":"Zi Tang, Yan Liang, Xiaopeng Si, Yu Guo","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-03240-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-03240-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The garbage left behind and a series of environmentally irresponsible behaviors in the process of camping tourism have led to environmental problems such as the dangerous incident of \"black bear injury\" and \"gray zone\". The study examines the impact of altruistic motivations in the cognition-emotion-behavior chain, and investigates the social impact of the bystander effect on campers' environmental responsibility. At the same time, it examines the psychological impact of social norms on campers under the bystander effect, and conducts a systematic empirical investigation to understand the psychological mechanisms of campers' behavior.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mixed-methods methodology was used to select sample data. Data that met the criteria were analyzed for reliability and validity and validation factor analysis using SPSS and Jamovi software. Hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrapping methods were then used to test for main effects, mediated effects, chained mediated effects, and mediated effects with moderation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 441 respondents who had participated in camping were surveyed. 50.61% of respondents were male and 49.39% were female. The study found a significant positive relationship between ecological identity, nature empathy, altruistic motivation and campers' environmental responsibility behavior. We found that altruistic motivation mediates the effect of ecological identity (β = 0.138) and nature empathy (β = 0.137) on campers' environmental responsibility behaviors. Natural empathy and altruistic motivation together mediated 21.25% of the chain effects between ecological identity and campers' environmental responsibility behaviors. In addition, social norms moderated the effect of altruistic motivation on the role of campers' environmental responsibility behaviors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Ecological identity and natural empathy have a direct impact on campers' environmental responsibility behavior. Altruistic motivation played a full mediating role between ecological identity and natural empathy on campers' environmental responsibility behaviors, and natural empathy, altruistic motivation played a chain mediating role between ecological identity on campers' environmental responsibility behaviors. Social norms moderated the effect of altruistic motivaton on campers' environmental responsibility behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"1097"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12486960/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145201538","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 higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills development among pre-service teachers using generative AI: an analysis based on moderated mediation.","authors":"Yinjie Zhang, Hong Tian, Jijian Lu","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-03404-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-03404-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Artificial intelligence (AI), as a smart and connected technology, has significantly expanded the educational landscape.As more educators and learners begin to rely on GAI to assist with tasks such as instructional design and information generation, its potential to support problem-solving has gained increasing attention. However, the extent to which GAI contributes to the development of higher-order thinking skills-such as creative thinking, critical thinking, and metacognitive awareness-and how these thinking processes interact to influence problem-solving ability remains underexplored. A more comprehensive understanding of this relationship is needed to guide the effective integration of GAI in educational practice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study encompassed 473 pre-service teachers from three distinct higher education institutions, with specialties in science, computer science, and mathematics, and included a four-week generative AI-supported instructional design training program. And a semistructured interview comprising open-ended questions was administered to 50 pre-service teachers within the experimental group to present their views on generative AI-assisted teaching. Assessments were conducted before and after this program using a higher-order thinking skills survey. The relationship between thinking and problem-solving ability development of pre-service teachers using generative artificial intelligence was analyzed with a moderated model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study encompassed 473 pre-service teachers from three distinct higher education institutions, with specialties in science, computer science, and mathematics, and included a four-week generative AI-supported instructional design training program. And a semistructured interview comprising open-ended questions was administered to 50 pre-service teachers within the experimental group to present their views on generative AI-assisted teaching. Assessments were conducted before and after this program using a higher-order thinking skills survey. The relationship between thinking and problem-solving ability development of pre-service teachers using generative artificial intelligence was analyzed with a moderated model.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study confirms that training pre-service teachers using generative AI to foster creative thinking can elevate their critical thinking, thereby impacting their problem-solving abilities. Moreover, metacognitive thinking amplifies the impact of creative thinking on critical thinking, resulting in a moderated mediation effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"1094"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12487179/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145201650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A longitudinal study on problematic smartphone use and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: the mediating role of academic procrastination and anxiety.","authors":"Ling Bao, Wen Zhang, Jinzhe Zhao, Jingyu Geng","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-03360-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-03360-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Problematic smartphone use is a possible risk factor for non-suicidal self-injury. However, little research explored the mechanisms underlying the association between problematic smartphone use and non-suicidal self-injury. We hypothesized that academic procrastination and anxiety may mediate the relationship between problematic smartphone use and non-suicidal self-injury. A total of 965 Chinese adolescents (492 males and 473 females, mean age = 15.96 years, SD = 0.47 years) completed questionnaires regarding problematic smartphone use, academic procrastination, anxiety and non-suicidal self-injury. The findings were as follows: (1) anxiety mediated the relation between problematic smartphone use and non-suicidal self-injury. (2) Academic procrastination and anxiety sequentially mediated the relation between problematic smartphone use and non-suicidal self-injury. The result reveals that problematic smartphone use has indirect effect on non-suicidal self-injury, which is mediated by academic procrastination and anxiety. The results offer valuable insights into the connections between problematic smartphone use and non-suicidal self-injury, highlighting the important role of anxiety in this dynamic. We can prevent maladaptive coping styles causing NSSI by improving the ability to regulate emotions.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"1093"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12487574/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145201474","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 anxiety and problematic mobile phone use among Chinese college students: a moderated mediation model.","authors":"Shuqiao Meng, Kai Qi, Yihang Huang, Panyi Shen, Nzubechi Onyebuchi, Wenxia Tong, Xiaotao Li, Pengjun Meng","doi":"10.1186/s40359-025-03336-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40359-025-03336-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mobile phones have emerged as a pivotal medium for internet access among college students in China. However, excessive usage of mobile phones, leading to problematic mobile phone use (PMPU), has adverse effects on both their physical and mental health. Anxiety is associated with PMPU among college students, yet the mechanisms remain unclear. This study examines whether the fear of missing out on social media (FoMO-SM) and physical exercise mediates this relationship.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study utilized a convenience sampling method to assess anxiety, PMPU, FoMO-SM, and physical exercise among 3,857 Chinese college students. The measurements included the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) - Anxiety Sub-scale, the Mobile Phone Dependence Scale, the Fear of Missing Out Scale, and the Physical Exercise Rating Scale (PARS-3). AMOS software was used to perform structural equation model fit tests and research hypothesis path analysis. Data statistics were analyzed using SPSS 29.0 for descriptive, correlation, and common bias test methods.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Anxiety, PMPU, and FoMO-SM respectively, undertook a significant positive correlation (r = 0.722, r = 0.460), PMPU and FoMO-SM were significantly positively correlated (r = 0.510). FoMO-SM independently mediated the association between anxiety and PMPU, with an effect value of 0.022, 3% of the total effect, 95% CI [0.0097, 0.0344]. Physical exercise also played an independent mediating role between anxiety and PMPU, with an effect value of 0.266, accounting for 36.8% of the total effect, 95% CI [0.2494, 0.2831]. Chain mediation between FoMO-SM and physical exercise was significant between anxiety and PMPU, with an effect value of 0.082,11.4% of the total effect, 95% CI [0.0761, 0.0886].</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study further elucidates the intrinsic psychological mechanism underlying the relationship between college students' anxiety and problematic mobile phone use, determining that FoMO-SM and physical exercise play a mediating role in this relationship. This finding provides a substantial reference point for developing targeted and timely intervention strategies to address problematic mobile phone use among college students.</p>","PeriodicalId":37867,"journal":{"name":"BMC Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":"1091"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12486652/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145201599","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}