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{"title":"DSM-5 genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder: Prevalence, comorbidities, and associated factors in university students","authors":"Anna-Carlotta Zarski ,&nbsp;Harald Baumeister ,&nbsp;Fanny Kählke","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100529","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100529","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background/objective</h3><div>Little is known about the prevalence of Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder (GPPPD), a female sexual dysfunction newly introduced in the DSM-5. This study aimed to estimate the 12-month prevalence of clinical and subclinical GPPPD among first-year university students in Germany, examining comorbidities and associated factors.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>As part of the WHO World Mental Health International College Student initiative, the 12-month prevalence of GPPPD was assessed in female university students in Germany during 2016/2017 (<em>N</em> = 521). Using propensity score weighting, 12-month prevalence rates were determined for clinical and subclinical GPPPD together with associated factors and mental health comorbidities using binary logistic regression.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In the weighted female university student sample, 26.4 % reported experiencing at least one core symptom of GPPPD in the past 12 months. 12-month prevalence of clinical GPPPD was 2.1 % (<em>n</em> = 11/521; 95 % CI: 1.1 %-3.8 %), while subclinical GPPPD was 12.9 % (<em>n</em> = 67/521; 95 % CI: 10 %-16 %). Among women with clinical GPPPD, 25.8 % (<em>n</em> = 3/11) reported a comorbid lifetime mental disorder, compared to 64.6 % (<em>n</em> = 43/67) with subclinical GPPPD and 54.7 % (<em>n</em> = 243/444) without GPPPD. There were no significant differences in the odds of comorbid mental disorders between women with and without GPPPD symptoms. Subclinical and clinical GPPPD, compared to no GPPPD, were associated with being in a relationship (OR = 2.45, 95 % CI: 1.25–4.82, <em>p</em> = 0.009), sexual activity in the past 12 months (OR = 5.05, 95 % CI: 1.52–16.8, <em>p</em> = 0.008), severe distress in love life (OR=3.20, 95 % CI 1.44–7.11), and overall good compared to very good or very poor mental health (OR = 4.50, 95 % CI: 1.07–19.00, <em>p</em> = 0.041).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>One in eight female students displays subclinical GPPPD, and 2 % meet full DSM-5 criteria. Future multinational longitudinal studies with standardized measures are needed to compare prevalence rates across countries and identify risk and protective factors for targeted prevention and treatment of GPPPD.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100529"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143577749","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":"Cognitive interventions for healthy older adults: A systematic meta-review","authors":"Vitória Velloso ,&nbsp;Sofia Latgé-Tovar ,&nbsp;Iris Bomilcar ,&nbsp;Daniel C. Mograbi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100538","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100538","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>With increasing global life expectancy, cognitive interventions hold promise in mitigating cognitive decline and fostering healthy aging. Despite the demand for evidence-based interventions, there have been few attempts to summarize existing evidence. This study aims to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of unimodal and multimodal cognitive interventions for cognitively healthy older adults.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Systematic meta-review, selecting articles from four databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library. Quality assessment carried out with AMSTAR2. Findings were summarized and discussed narratively.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Thirty-nine articles were included, with 21 meta-analyses and 18 qualitative systematic reviews. The total number of reviews was 38 for cognitive training, 4 for cognitive stimulation, and 1 for multicomponent interventions. Most reviews had low or critically low quality.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The prevailing evidence supports cognitive training. Continued research into cognitive stimulation and multicomponent protocols is encouraged. Longer follow-ups are important for identifying combined and clinically significant results. Rigorous risk of bias and quality assessment is necessary to enhance the evidence base.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100538"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11770512/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143061802","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":"Validating the questionnaire of achievement of developmental task (QADT) to measure achieving mental wellness in school-aged children","authors":"Iwona Grzegorzewska ,&nbsp;Paweł Kleka ,&nbsp;Agnieszka Felińska","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100540","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100540","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>This article presents a verification of the factor structure and validation of the Questionnaire of Achievement of Developmental Task (QADT), designed to measure children's social expectations in early childhood. Three tasks, important from the point of view of both children's functioning at a given life stage and preparation for the next developmental phase, were selected. These are school skills, cooperation with others and a sense of competence. The research aimed to verify the tool's psychometric validity and establish relationships between developmental tasks and indicators of children's mental health.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>The study was conducted in primary school's 4th, 5th and 6th grades (<em>N</em> = 453). The QADT, Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children were used.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The tool shows sufficient validity and reliability. The hypothesis regarding associations between the level of developmental task completion and life satisfaction and depressive symptoms was also confirmed.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The QADT tool can be used in scientific research. This work contributes to the growing body of literature on factors influencing children's mental health and underscores the importance of measuring social expectations of children in early childhood. It also highlights the need to consider developmental tasks in clinical practice and interventions to improve children's mental health. Ultimately, the findings of this study can inform the development of effective preventive and intervention strategies to promote children's mental health and well-being.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100540"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11773211/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143061814","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":"A latent profile analysis of empathizing-systemizing cognitive style among Chinese children aged 6 - 12 years: Links to intelligence, executive function, and autistic traits","authors":"Xin Wang ,&nbsp;Le-Le Shen ,&nbsp;Shuo-Lin Pan ,&nbsp;Jin Jing ,&nbsp;Lei Shi ,&nbsp;Xu-Chu Weng ,&nbsp;Xiu-Hong Li ,&nbsp;Li-Zi Lin ,&nbsp;Ning Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Empathizing and systemizing abilities are respectively associated with key developmental outcomes like intelligence, executive function, and autistic traits, particularly in typically developing (TD) children. However, how specific cognitive styles—defined by the balance between empathizing and systemizing—relate to these outcomes remains unclear.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted a latent profile analysis on 502 TD children aged 6‒12 years to identify cognitive styles based on multiple dimensions of empathizing and systemizing, measured by the Children's Empathy Quotient and Systemizing Quotient. Intelligence, executive function, and autistic traits were assessed using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Fourth Edition), the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, and the Social Responsiveness Scale, respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Four cognitive styles emerged: High B (high empathizing and systemizing), E-dominance (empathizing-dominant), S-dominance (systemizing-dominant), and Low B (low empathizing and systemizing). The High B and E-dominance groups showed higher full-scale intelligence and verbal comprehension scores compared to the Low B group. In executive function, the Low B and S-dominance groups displayed more impairments, particularly in inhibitory control, emotional regulation, and overall executive function. For autistic traits, the S-dominance group showed higher levels of both social-communication difficulties and autistic mannerisms, while the Low B group primarily displayed increased social-communication challenges.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Cognitive styles marked by high empathizing and systemizing ability correlate with stronger intelligence and social-communication skills, while a systemizing-dominant profile may lead to executive function difficulties and elevated autistic traits. These findings emphasize the role of cognitive styles in developmental outcomes, with implications for tailored educational and clinical interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100554"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143421127","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":"ABCDE-Psy: Primary assessment scale of acute stress response to critical and potentially traumatic events","authors":"Alba Pérez-González ,&nbsp;Andrés Cuartero ,&nbsp;Adolfo Jarne ,&nbsp;Joan Guàrdia-Olmos","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100550","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100550","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Objective:</em> The focus of this paper is to present the psychometric validation of the ABCDE-Psy, an hetero-administered psychological assessment scale for measuring people's acute stress response to critical and potentially traumatic events. <em>Method:</em> An item bank is proposed based on a literature review and expert opinion. Its psychometric validation follows the usual scheme of classical test theory. The scale was administered to two samples, the first watching simulated cases (n = 60) and the second participating in real environments (n = 213). <em>Results:</em> The ABCDE-Psy scale shows solid psychometric properties in terms of both reliability (<em>α</em> = .793; 95 % confidence interval 0.764 - 0.822) and validity. Construct validity was supported by a univariate model of the scale based on confirmatory factor analysis (CFI: 0.956, TLI: 0.976, χ2: 2.567, <em>p</em> = .784, R2: 0.681). <em>Conclusions:</em> The results demonstrate that the ABCDE-Psy scale can be used as a reliable and valid hetero-administered measure for primary psychological assessment of the acute stress response to potentially traumatic events. This has important practical and clinical implications and opens up a new area of research in emergency psychology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100550"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143421128","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":"Transitioning from perceived stress to mental health: The mediating role of self-control in a longitudinal investigation with MRI scans","authors":"Jingzhen He ,&nbsp;Shaoyu Tu ,&nbsp;Haichao Zhao ,&nbsp;Qinghua He","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100539","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100539","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The neural mechanisms and long-term effects of perceived stress (PS) and self-control (SC) on mental health (MH) are not fully understood. This study seeks to investigate the influence of PS and SC on MH and to identify their neural correlates using fMRI.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A total of 817 college students participated in behavioral assessments, including the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Self-Control Scale (SCS), and Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF). Among them, 371 underwent fMRI scans to calculate zfALFF and whole-brain functional connectivity. Additionally, their behavioral measures were reassessed two years later.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Longitudinal behavioral data revealed significant fixed effects of perceived stress and self-control on mental health. Perceived stress significantly predicted decreased mental health at Time 2, and self-control acted as a mediator in such relationship. The results of the behavioral and brain model analyses found that zfALFF in the right temporal region negatively predicted self-control. Functional connectivity between the right temporal region and the right precentral gyrus was also found to negatively predict self-control.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This study highlights the mediating role of self-control in the relationship between perceived stress and mental health. It also identifies specific brain regions and functional connectivity associated with self-control, providing new neurobiological evidence for mental health interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100539"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11773242/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143061812","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":"A comic-based body image intervention for adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools: A randomised controlled trial","authors":"Helena Lewis-Smith ,&nbsp;Latika Ahuja ,&nbsp;Farheen Hasan ,&nbsp;Caterina Gentili ,&nbsp;Paul White ,&nbsp;Phillippa C. Diedrichs","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100546","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100546","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Adolescents in India experience body dissatisfaction and its associated adverse impacts on physical and mental health and gender equality. However, evidence-based interventions are scarce. Mental health interventions worldwide have traditionally relied upon delivery by expert providers. However, this prevents scalability, particularly in rural settings, where resources are often lacking. Therefore, this study evaluated the efficacy of a low-resource teacher-delivered mixed-gender comic-based body image intervention among adolescents in semi-rural Indian schools. A randomised controlled trial was conducted among 2631 students (50 % girls; classes 6 to 8; <u>M</u>age = 12.03 years, <em>SD</em> = 1.22) across 41 schools around the Jaipur district in Rajasthan. Each school was randomly allocated to receive six comic-based intervention sessions (<em>n</em> = 1347) or lessons-as-usual (<em>n</em> = 1284; control). The primary outcome of body esteem and related secondary and exploratory outcomes assessing mental health and gender stereotyping were assessed at baseline, 1 week-post-intervention, and 3-months follow-up (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04317755). Linear Mixed Model analyses revealed that compared to the control group, intervention students reported significantly higher body esteem and skin shade satisfaction, and significantly lower eating pathology, internalisation of appearance ideals, and gender stereotyping, with all effects maintained at follow-up. Compared to control group, boys in the intervention group also demonstrated significantly higher body image-related life engagement and body hair satisfaction at follow-up. Both students and teachers indicated high intervention acceptability via quantitative and qualitative findings. These findings present the first effective teacher-delivered school-based body image intervention in India, which can be implemented at scale using minimal resources, and thus indicates promise regarding broader dissemination across urban and rural settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100546"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143152672","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":"Investigating the predictive models of efficacy of accelerated neuronavigation-guided rTMS for suicidal depression based on multimodal large-scale brain networks","authors":"Fen Pan ,&nbsp;Junle Li ,&nbsp;Suhui Jin ,&nbsp;Chensheng Hou ,&nbsp;Yan Gui ,&nbsp;Xinyi Ye ,&nbsp;Haoyang Zhao ,&nbsp;Kaiqi Wang ,&nbsp;Desheng Shang ,&nbsp;Shangda Li ,&nbsp;Jinhui Wang ,&nbsp;Manli Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100564","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100564","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Accelerated neuronavigation-guided high-dose repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (NH-rTMS) can rapidly reduce suicidal ideation and alleviate depressive symptoms in one week. Exploring accelerated NH-rTMS-related biomarkers will enhance the precision of treatment decisions for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). This study aimed to establish predictive models of treatment response to accelerated NH-rTMS in MDD based on multimodal large-scale brain networks.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>In this study, morphological, structural, and functional brain networks were constructed for untreated MDD patients with suicidal ideation before accelerated NH-rTMS treatment. Linear support vector regression methods were utilized to examine the ability of multimodal brain networks in predicting antidepressant and anti-suicidal effects of accelerated NH-rTMS.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We found that both the morphological and structural networks predicted the percentage changes of total Beck Scale of Suicidal Ideation and 24-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-24) scores. Additionally, the functional networks predicted the percentage changes of total HAMD-24 scores. Further analyses revealed that the structural networks outperformed the morphological and functional networks and the somatomotor module outperformed other subnetworks in the prediction.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>In summary, our study provides brain connectome-based predictive models of treatment response to accelerated NH-rTMS in MDD patients with suicidal ideation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100564"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739211","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":"Overcontrol in anorexia nervosa: Elevated prefrontal activity and amygdala connectivity in a working memory task with food distractors","authors":"Sophie Pauligk ,&nbsp;Maria Seidel ,&nbsp;Franziska Ritschel ,&nbsp;Daniel Geisler ,&nbsp;Arne Doose ,&nbsp;Ilka Boehm ,&nbsp;Inger Hellerhoff ,&nbsp;Franziska Ludwicki ,&nbsp;Veit Roessner ,&nbsp;Joseph A. King ,&nbsp;Stefan Ehrlich","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100544","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100544","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) are thought to engage in excessive amounts of self-control, which may contribute to disorder development and maintenance. This “overcontrol” may explain previous findings of increased activity and connectivity in frontal brain regions involved in top-down control functions in response to diverse stimuli including emotionally salient visual food stimuli. However, these observations were made largely in tasks demanding explicit stimulus processing. Given the omnipresence of food cues and their particular relevance for AN, it deems important to test if these alterations are also present when food stimuli are task-irrelevant. To this end, we acquired functional magnetic resonance imaging data during a working memory 2-back task with images of high-caloric food as distractors in 32 acutely ill young women with AN and 32 age-matched female healthy control participants. Neural activity and connectivity was analyzed in <em>a priori</em> specified regions of interest involved in top-down control (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; dlPFC) and affective processing (amygdala). Despite no group differences in task performance, activity of the left dlPFC was higher in AN compared with healthy controls across both food and non-food conditions. AN also showed increased negative connectivity between the left dlPFC and bilateral amygdalae. Generally increased dlPFC activation and altered dlPFC-amygdala connectivity in the context of our task is suggestive of excessive top-down control in AN. This activation pattern may reflect a neural substrate of overcontrol which occurs independent of external stimuli. This mechanism may be a potential treatment target, as it mirrors the clinical presentation of the disorder.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100544"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11787555/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143082715","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":"Social support influences effective neural connections during food cue processing and overeating: A bottom-up pathway","authors":"Mingyue Xiao ,&nbsp;Yijun Luo ,&nbsp;Hong Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100545","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100545","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Social support helps prevent the onset and progression of overeating. However, few studies have explored the neural mechanisms underlying this pathway. This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and dynamic causal modeling (DCM) analysis to elucidate the general neural mechanisms and effective neural pathways linking social support to alterations in food cue processing and overeating.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This study included 58 healthy, premenopausal female participants (mean age, 20.92 years), divided into social support (SS) and non-social support (NSS) groups. Participants underwent fMRI scans while performing the Food Incentive Delay (FID) task. We investigated group differences in brain activation and effective connections, as well as correlations with food consumption.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>When exposed to food cues, the SS group showed increased activation in the Executive Control Network (ECN), Salience Network, and Reward Network, specifically in response to high-calorie foods in the ECN. DCM analysis demonstrated enhanced excitatory effects in the SS group, including pathways from the right caudate to the right insula, right insula to right DLPFC, and left putamen to left VMPFC, under high-calorie conditions. The effective connectivity between the caudate and insula was negatively correlated with food choices.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Social support modulates a bottom-up neural pathway connecting intrinsic networks related to reward sensitivity, emotional salience, and inhibitory control, which helps suppress excessive cravings and intake of high-calorie foods. This study provides the first neural evidence for a shared neural basis between social reward and food reward.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47673,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology","volume":"25 1","pages":"Article 100545"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11783060/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143082718","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}