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{"title":"Symptom networks and working memory in schizophrenia: a multi-methodological cross-sectional study from phenotype to endophenotype","authors":"Peng Cheng ,&nbsp;Zhening Liu ,&nbsp;Feiwen Wang ,&nbsp;Jun Yang ,&nbsp;Fuping Sun ,&nbsp;Zebin Fan ,&nbsp;Jie Yang ,&nbsp;Lena Palaniyappan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100577","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100577","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>A notable deficit in working memory (WM) is well established in schizophrenia. Nevertheless, the intricate relationship between various symptoms and WM impairment is still not fully understood. We use three distinct methodologies—symptom network analysis (SNA), Connectome-Based Predictive Modeling (CPM), and brain gene annotation enrichment analysis—to explore the connectome patterns that link WM deficits and symptoms, and their related gene expression.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>255 patients with schizophrenia were recruited as two distinct samples. SNA was used to pinpoint the core psychiatric symptoms influenced by WM performance. CPM identified the subnetwork of the functional connectome that was recruited under the 2-back load of the N-back WM task, and predicted the severity of the SNA-based key symptoms. Gene annotation enrichment analysis explored the likely molecular biological processes underlying the symptom-predictive functional WM network.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>SNA revealed that disorganized attention (G11 of PANSS) is most closely linked to WM performance in schizophrenia. The WM-based connectome significantly predicted disorganized attention (<em>r</em> = 0.278, <em>p</em> = 0.001, permutation-<em>p</em> = 0.046), and this model was validated in the second dataset (<em>r</em> = 0.274, <em>p</em> = 0.014). The predictive network primarily involved the frontoparietal and frontolimbic networks. Gene enrichment analysis revealed a preferential role for cytoplasmic protein binding, indicating a potential molecular basis for the WM-related, symptom-predictive functional connectivity.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Impaired WM performance in schizophrenia relates to frontoparietal and frontolimbic connectivity and preferentially influences the severity of disorganized attention, a clinically observable phenomenon. The potential role of cytoplasmic protein binding in WM deficits and attentional disorganization in schizophrenia warrants further investigation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 2","pages":"Article 100577"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143895513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Physical performance, health-related quality of life and sleepiness severity of an adult outpatient population with narcolepsy: A cross-sectional analysis","authors":"R. Tadrous ,&nbsp;D. O’ Rourke ,&nbsp;N. Murphy ,&nbsp;G. Quinn ,&nbsp;L. Slattery ,&nbsp;J. Broderick","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100573","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100573","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study aimed to profile and explore the correlation between health-related quality of life (HRQoL), sleepiness severity and physical performance in a sample of people with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This cross-sectional study took place in a dedicated outpatient narcolepsy clinic. The following variables were evaluated: cardiopulmonary fitness, physical activity, muscle strength, muscle endurance, power. HRQoL was assessed using the Short Form-36 (SF-36) and the Functional Outcome of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ). Sleepiness Severity was measured by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and symptom severity was assessed using the Narcolepsy Severity Scale (NSS).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 22 participants (31.53 ± 13.17 years, 56.52 % female) completed the test battery. Physical performance was low across all measures. With the exception of accelerometery (54.17 % compliance), there was full compliance (100 %) with the test battery, indicating its feasibility for people with narcolepsy. Results showed that physical performance and HRQoL were markedly reduced compared to normative values in this sample of people with narcolepsy. Self-reported physical activity was associated with higher health-related quality of life (ρ = 0.41; <em>p</em> = 0.05), and greater moderate-vigorous physical activity was associated with higher physical wellbeing (ρ = 0.58; <em>p</em> = 0.04). Higher BMI was associated with significantly lower predicted VO₂ Max (0.001), and wall sit duration (<em>p</em> = 0.039).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The influence of physical performance on sleepiness severity and quality of life warrants further investigation, including the possible physical rehabilitation strategies to target physical performance deficits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 2","pages":"Article 100573"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143900395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Slow-paced breathing enhancing emotional control accompanied with the change of the ∼0.1 Hz heartbeat evoked EEG","authors":"Siwei Xiong ,&nbsp;Maoqin Peng ,&nbsp;Wei Zhao ,&nbsp;Junru Ren ,&nbsp;Dezhong Yao ,&nbsp;Yun Qin ,&nbsp;Tiejun Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100571","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100571","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cardiac interoception exhibits tight coupling with brain activity, deeply engaging in emotional behavior. However, the neural mechanisms underlying how heart activity influences brain emotional processing remain poorly understood. This study introduced the heartbeat oscillatory potential (HOP), a novel EEG-based index time-locked to ∼0.1 Hz heartbeat oscillations, and examined the change of HOP during 0.1 Hz slow-paced breathing (SPB). Resting-state data from 108 healthy adults revealed that HOP was involved in the frontal and parietal cortices. Data collected from 37 subjects showed that SPB increased HOP in a spatial- and phase-dependent manner, with increased HOP in the right prefrontal cortex around the peak of the ∼0.1 Hz heartbeat oscillations, mediated the association between the heartbeat oscillations and enhanced emotional control. These findings underscore the pivotal role of the right prefrontal cortex in linking cardiac interoception, providing insights into the benefits of SPB on emotional control from a heart-brain interaction perspective.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 2","pages":"Article 100571"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143900394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lower functional connectivity state transitions during affective processing correlate with subsequent impairment in sustaining positive affect in subthreshold depression","authors":"Xiaoqi Song ,&nbsp;Lijing Niu ,&nbsp;Jonathan P. Roiser ,&nbsp;Xiayan Chen ,&nbsp;Zini Chen ,&nbsp;Haowei Dai ,&nbsp;Jiayuan Zhang ,&nbsp;Keyin Chen ,&nbsp;Delong Zhang ,&nbsp;Tatia M.C. Lee ,&nbsp;Ruibin Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100560","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100560","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Diminished capacity for maintaining positive affect (PA) has been identified in subthreshold depression (StD). While recent studies have explored affective dynamics among StD, the relationship between early emotional processing impairments and the capacity to prolong PA remains uncertain. Furthermore, it is unclear how brain connectivity patterns observed in StD are associated with PA maintenance.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The experimental procedure comprised a baseline rs-fMRI scan, followed by a PA-inducing movie viewing task, and three further rs-fMRI sessions. Participants provided PA ratings following each session. PA maintenance was quantified through the slope of mood change between each session after movie viewing. We performed a dynamic functional connectivity analysis on movie viewing data, as well as a series of static functional connectivity (FC), analyses on data of all rs-fMRI sessions from 25 StD and 25 healthy controls (HC). Correlations between brain-related measures and slope of mood change were calculated.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Individuals with StD exhibited reduced capacity in sustaining PA, reflected in a decrease in PA in the early maintenance stage. StD also had a lower number of transitions between four brain states during movie viewing, which was related to subsequent impairment in sustaining PA. In addition, StD had weaker static FC between left inferior frontal gyrus and right middle occipital gyrus during the first resting-state session following movie viewing, which in turn was related to a steeper decline in PA.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>These results highlight the brain features driving PA dysregulation in StD and provide a potential avenue for the development of future interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100560"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143683244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding individual differences in non-ordinary state of consciousness: Relationship between phenomenological experiences and autonomic nervous system","authors":"Victor Oswald ,&nbsp;Karim Jerbi ,&nbsp;Corine Sombrun ,&nbsp;Annen Jitka ,&nbsp;Charlotte Martial ,&nbsp;Olivia Gosseries ,&nbsp;Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100552","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100552","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Non-ordinary states of consciousness offer a unique opportunity to explore the interplay between phenomenological experiences and physiological processes. This study investigated individual differences in phenomenological and autonomic nervous system changes between a resting state condition and a non-ordinary state of consciousness (auto-induced cognitive trance, AICT). Specifically, it examined the relationship between self-reported experiences (e.g., absorption, visual representations) and heart rate variability (HRV).</div><div>Twenty-seven participants underwent electrocardiography recordings and completed self-report questionnaires during rest and AICT. A machine learning framework distinguished the rest and AICT states based on self-reported measures and HRV metrics. A linear mixed-effects model assessed inter-individual differences in HRV and self-reported phenomenology between the two states. Finally, the relationship between relative change in HRV and self-reported experiences was explored.</div><div>Results showed changes in self-reported phenomenology (accuracy=86 %; <em>p</em>&lt;.001) and HRV (accuracy=73 %; <em>p</em>&lt;.001) characterizing the AICT state compared to rest. The baseline level in phenomenology or HRV was associated with change amplitude during AICT. Moreover, relative change in HRV was associated with change in phenomenology.</div><div>The findings suggest that inter-individual differences at rest revealed a functional mechanism between phenomenology and the autonomic nervous system during non-ordinary states of consciousness, offering a novel perspective on how physiological mechanisms shape subjective experiences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100552"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143421212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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 affecting treatment adherence among patients with hypertension based on the PRECEDE model: A cross-sectional study from a delay discounting perspective","authors":"Zhiqing Hu ,&nbsp;Huiying Zhang ,&nbsp;Yanjun Sun ,&nbsp;Yiping Wang ,&nbsp;Rui Meng ,&nbsp;Ke Shen ,&nbsp;Jiali Chen ,&nbsp;Yuan He","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100553","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Hypertension is a significant global public health concern, and research shows that treatment adherence plays an important role in hypertension control. This study incorporated a novel factor in behavioral economics, delay discounting, into the predisposing factors within the PRECEDE model to explore the factors influencing adherence to treatment of patients with hypertension.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>This cross-sectional study was conducted in Jiangsu Province, China, in 2023 and included 1,123 patients with hypertension.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data collection tools included demographic variables and predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors. Delay discounting was assessed using a self-designed computer program. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression. This study used the STROBE Reporting Checklist.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The variables accounted for 30.4% of the total variance in adherence to treatment of patients with hypertension. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that the predisposing (knowledge, delay discounting, and self-efficacy), reinforcing, and enabling factors were significantly associated with treatment adherence.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Delay discounting was associated with hypertension treatment adherence. Enhancing the predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors may lead to increased adherence among patients with hypertension. It is recommended that hospitals and healthcare providers offer educational lectures and training sessions, and that some simple delayed discount interventions be added to supplement this. Additionally, government and institutional efforts should be made to increase the availability of community-level resources for patients with hypertension.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100553"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143349151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Altered hippocampal effective connectivity predicts BMI and food approach behavior in children with obesity","authors":"Wei Li ,&nbsp;Ximei Chen ,&nbsp;Xiao Gao ,&nbsp;Qingge Pang ,&nbsp;Cheng Guo ,&nbsp;Shiqing Song ,&nbsp;Yong Liu ,&nbsp;Pan Shi ,&nbsp;Hong Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100541","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100541","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The vicious circle model of obesity proposes that the hippocampus plays a crucial role in food reward processing and obesity. However, few studies focused on whether and how pediatric obesity influences the potential direction of information exchange between the hippocampus and key regions, as well as whether these alterations in neural interaction could predict future BMI and eating behaviors.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In this longitudinal study, a total of 39 children with excess weight (overweight/obesity) and 51 children with normal weight, aged 8 to 12, underwent resting-state fMRI. One year later, we conducted follow-up assessments of eating behaviors and BMI. Resting-state functional connectivity and spectral dynamic casual modeling (spDCM) technique were used to examine altered functional and effective connectivity (EC) of the hippocampus in children with overweight/obesity. Linear support vector regression, a machine learning method, was employed to further investigate whether these sensitive hippocampal connections at baseline could predict future BMI and eating behaviors.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Compared to controls, children with excess weight displayed abnormal bidirectional inhibitory effects between the right hippocampus and left postcentral gyrus (PoCG), that is, stronger inhibitory hippocampus→PoCG EC but weaker inhibitory PoCG→hippocampus EC, which further predicted BMI and food approach behavior one year later.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>These findings point to a particularly important role of abnormal information exchange between the hippocampus and somatosensory cortex in pediatric obesity and future food approach behavior, which provide novel insights into the neural hierarchical mechanisms underlying childhood obesity and further expand the spDCM model of adult obesity by identifying the directionality of abnormal influences between crucial circuits associated with appetitive regulation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100541"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11773239/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143061800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dissociable ventral and dorsal sensorimotor functional circuits linking the hypomanic personality traits to aggression via behavioral inhibition system","authors":"Wei Ge ,&nbsp;Yuanyuan Gao ,&nbsp;Xiang Li ,&nbsp;Jinlian Wang ,&nbsp;Hohjin Im ,&nbsp;Wenwei Zhu ,&nbsp;Guang Zhao ,&nbsp;Ying Hu ,&nbsp;Pinchun Wang ,&nbsp;Xia Wu ,&nbsp;Qiong Yao ,&nbsp;Xin Niu ,&nbsp;Xiongying Chen ,&nbsp;Qiang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100537","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100537","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hypomanic personality traits (HPT) are susceptibility markers for psychiatric disorders, particularly bipolar disorder, and are strongly associated with aggressive behaviors. However, the neuropsychological mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. This study utilized psychometric network analysis and <em>Inter-Subject Representation Similarity Analysis</em> (IS-RSA) to explore the neuropsychological circuits that link HPT to aggression in a large non-clinical population. Psychometric network analysis (n = 716) identified two key nodes: the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) and mood volatility, a core dimension of HPT. We observed a positive correlation between mood volatility and aggression, with BIS serving as a mediating factor. Task-based functional imaging (n = 53) further revealed a double dissociation between the dorsal (dSMC) and ventral (vSMC) sensorimotor cortices to HPT, specifically during the processing of reward magnitude and delay in a delayed reward paradigm. Functional patterns within these regions mediated the relationship between individual differences in mood volatility and aggression, with BIS acting as a mediator through parallel pathways. Resting-state functional imaging (n = 505) replicated this functional segregation and revealed distinct integrative patterns: the dSMC was functionally connected to the frontoparietal network (FPN) and the vSMC to the sensorimotor network (SMN). These circuits collectively mediated the associations among mood volatility, aggression, and BIS. These findings highlight the critical role of sensorimotor circuits and BIS in understanding the neuropsychological pathways linking HPT-related mood volatility to aggression.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100537"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11773241/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143061807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unveiling the cognitive burden: The impact of stigma on distorted thinking among individuals living with hepatitis B","authors":"Xi Wang ,&nbsp;Yujia Zhou ,&nbsp;Guangyu Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100556","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100556","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hepatitis B (HBV) is a prevalent chronic illness affecting approximately 254 million individuals worldwide, with China accounting for nearly one-third of cases. Despite its widespread impact, stigma associated with HBV significantly hinders access to testing, diagnosis, and treatment. This study investigates the relationship between HBV stigma and cognitive distortions among individuals living with HBV by analyzing 35,697 posts from Yiyou Forum, China's largest HBV online community. Utilizing a large language model (LLM) for stigma classification, posts were categorized into stigma-related (S-posts) and non-stigma-related (N-posts). A schema comprising 235 n-grams was employed to identify 12 types of cognitive distortions within these posts. Statistical analyses revealed that S-posts had a prevalence ratio (PR) of 1.824 (95%CI [1.636, 2.074]) for cognitive distortions compared to N-posts, indicating that distorted thinking patterns were approximately 1.8 times more common in stigma-related discussions. Specific distortions such as disqualifying the positive, labeling and mislabeling, mental filtering, and should statements were significantly more prevalent in S-posts. User-level analysis confirmed that individuals engaging in stigma-related posts consistently displayed higher levels of cognitive distortions. These insights underscore the potential of targeted cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions to address and mitigate cognitive distortions, thereby alleviating the psychological burden of HBV stigma. Additionally, this study demonstrates the efficacy of advanced computational methods in psychological research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100556"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143527077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Restless nights, cold hearts: Poor sleep causally blunts empathy","authors":"Tom Gordon-Hecker ,&nbsp;Shoham Choshen-Hillel ,&nbsp;Eti Ben-Simon ,&nbsp;Matthew P. Walker ,&nbsp;Anat Perry ,&nbsp;Alex Gileles-Hillel","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100548","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100548","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Poor sleep is pervasive in modern society. Poor sleep is associated with major physical and mental health consequences, as well as with impaired cognitive function. Less is known about the relationship between sleep and emotional and interpersonal behavior. In this work, we investigate whether poor sleep impairs empathy, an important building block of human interaction and prosocial behavior. We aimed to capture the effects of poor sleep on the various aspects of empathy: trait and state, affect and cognition.</div><div>Study 1 (n = 155) assessed daily habitual sleep over several days, and global sleep quality in the past month. Participants who reported worse sleep quality exhibited lower empathic caring and perspective-taking traits. Study 2 (n = 347) induced a one-night disruption of sleep continuity to test a causal relationship between sleep and empathy. Participants in the sleep disrupted condition had to briefly wake up five times over the night, whereas the sleep-rested controls slept normally. In the next morning, participants’ empathy and prosocial intentions were assessed. Participants in the sleep disruption condition exhibited lower empathic sensitivity and less prosocial decision-making than sleep-rested controls.</div><div>The main contribution of this work is in providing a robust demonstration of the multi-faceted detrimental effects of poor sleep on trait and state empathy. Our findings demonstrate that poor sleep causally impairs empathic response to the suffering of others. These findings highlight the need for greater public attention to adequate sleep, which may impact empathy on a societal level.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100548"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143290519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}