{"title":"Psychological and behavioral correlates of food addiction symptoms in university students: the role of hedonic eating and food label attitudes.","authors":"Hasan Kaan Kavsara, Doğa Özer, İpek Naz Tanrıver","doi":"10.1177/13591053261493325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261493325","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Food addiction (FA) involves addictive-like eating and impaired control over palatable food consumption. This cross-sectional study examined FA correlates among 404 university students, focusing on palatable eating motives and food label reading attitudes. Sixty-six participants (16.3%) met the original Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS 1.0) threshold of at least three of seven DSM-IV-TR criteria plus clinically significant impairment or distress. Female sex, smoking, obesity, and a higher T-PEMS mean were associated with higher odds of meeting the threshold; the obesity estimate was imprecise because that subgroup was small. Model discrimination was acceptable in-sample (AUC = 0.746). The T-PEMS mean had a weak inverse correlation with label attitudes (<i>r</i> = -0.143) that was not significant after adjustment (β = -0.10, <i>p</i> = 0.060; <i>R</i><sup>2</sup> = 0.057). Findings support an association between palatable eating motives and FA but limited evidence for an independent label-attitude relationship. Longitudinal and multicenter studies are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51355,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"13591053261493325"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149240384","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 role of spiritual well-being in the association between perceived social support and psychological resilience in women with gynecologic cancer.","authors":"Tulay Kasalti-Yildiz, Fatma Uslu-Sahan","doi":"10.1177/13591053261490846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261490846","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Women with gynecologic cancer may rely on both interpersonal and internal resources to adapt to illness. This study examined whether spiritual well-being may be involved in the association between perceived social support and psychological resilience. In this cross-sectional study, 161 women with gynecologic cancer in Ankara, Türkiye, completed measures of spiritual well-being, perceived social support, and psychological resilience. Psychological resilience was positively associated with both perceived social support and spiritual well-being, and the mediation analysis produced a pattern consistent with partial mediation. These findings suggest that spiritual well-being may represent one possible pathway within the association between perceived social support and resilience in women with gynecologic cancer. The findings are consistent with Reed's Self-Transcendence Theory by suggesting that spiritual well-being may be one self-transcendent resource associated with both perceived social support and psychological resilience.</p>","PeriodicalId":51355,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"13591053261490846"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149217292","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":"Subjective Neurophysiological Perception and Behavioral Avoidance in Women with Fibromyalgia: An Analysis of Pain and Affective Symptoms.","authors":"Öznur Özge Özcan, Burcu Çevreli̇, Selin Kırcali̇","doi":"10.1177/13591053261491681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261491681","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined associations among pain intensity, psychological distress, neurophysiological perception, and avoidance behaviors in women with FMS. Participants included 120 women with FMS and 110 age-matched healthy controls who completed the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), Cognitive Behavioral Avoidance Scale (CBAS), and Neurophysiological Perception Scale (NPS). Independent <i>t</i>-tests, Pearson correlations, and multivariate logistic regression were performed. Compared to controls, FMS participants had significantly higher VAS, DASS-21, and CBAS scores (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and lower NPS scores. VAS correlated positively with DASS-21 and CBAS scores. In regression models, higher VAS (OR = 3.65) and behavioral avoidance (CBAS; OR = 1.38) were independently associated with FMS group membership, while depression showed an inverse association (OR = 0.42). These findings highlight pain severity, maladaptive avoidance, and reduced subjective neurophysiological perception as clinically relevant features and emphasize the need for multidimensional biopsychosocial assessment in early FMS.</p>","PeriodicalId":51355,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"13591053261491681"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149186016","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":"Pre-field conceptualizations of psychological first aid among disaster and emergency management students: A reflexive thematic analysis.","authors":"Oya Onat Kocabıyık","doi":"10.1177/13591053261495646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261495646","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychological First Aid is recognized as a fundamental early psychosocial intervention in disaster response. This study explored how undergraduate students enrolled in a Disaster and Emergency Management program conceptualize Psychological First Aid before field experience, focusing on their anticipated helping approaches, emotional and cognitive orientations, and emerging understandings of professional roles and identities. A qualitative study using reflexive thematic analysis was conducted. Data in the form of open-ended questionnaires were collected from 32 students. Following reflexive thematic analysis, data were coded inductively and developed into four interpretive themes through an iterative analytic process. The analysis generated four themes: (1) Defining the Boundaries of Psychological Aid, (2) Ethical Orientation and Professional Identity, (3) Trauma-Informed and Compassionate Communication, and (4) Attributed Meanings of Helping and Anticipated Psychological Resilience. Students conceptualized Psychological First Aid as an ethically informed, relational, and emotionally demanding helping practice rather than a purely technical intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":51355,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"13591053261495646"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149185921","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}
Fengyan Ma, Na Ren, Yajing Zhu, Weining Wang, Helin Chen, Jiannan Ji, Ziyuan Xie, Fei Teng, Fan Zhang, Yan Liu
{"title":"Relationships among self-perceived burden, fear of progression, and psychological capital in postoperative lung cancer patients.","authors":"Fengyan Ma, Na Ren, Yajing Zhu, Weining Wang, Helin Chen, Jiannan Ji, Ziyuan Xie, Fei Teng, Fan Zhang, Yan Liu","doi":"10.1177/13591053261494264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261494264","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the relationships among positive psychological capital (PsyCap), fear of progression (FoP), and self-perceived burden (SPB) in postoperative patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with a focus on the mediating role of PsyCap. A total of 251 patients from a tertiary cancer hospital in China completed validated measures of SPB, FoP, and PsyCap. Mediation analysis was performed using the PROCESS macro with 5000 bootstrap resamples. Overall, 51.7% of patients reported clinically significant FoP. SPB was positively associated with FoP and negatively associated with PsyCap. PsyCap partially mediated the association between SPB and FoP, accounting for 44.1% of the total association. These findings indicate that PsyCap may represent an important psychological pathway associated with the relationship between SPB and FoP and suggest that interventions aimed at strengthening psychological resources could help alleviate FoP in NSCLC patients. Longitudinal studies are needed to further validate these pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":51355,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"13591053261494264"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149185982","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 capital and health behaviours: Can it buffer against fatigue?","authors":"Man-Chung Fung, Emily Brindal","doi":"10.1177/13591053261493202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261493202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores how psychological capital (PsyCap) and self-regulatory fatigue (SRF) predict discretionary food intake and physical activity over time. Discretionary food includes cakes, confectionery, and processed meat. They are regarded as delectable but are also high in saturated fat and added sugars. Physical activity is similarly crucial for a healthy lifestyle. About 387 Australian adults participated in a three-wave online survey over 4 weeks that measured four aspects of PsyCap (hope, optimism, self-efficacy, and resilience) and SRF. The outcome variables were daily discretionary food intake and physical activity levels. Path models revealed that PsyCap negatively predicted discretionary food intake and positively predicted physical activity. Moreover, baseline PsyCap predicted both outcomes 4 weeks post-baseline. This effect was fully mediated by SRF. This is consistent with a model where SRF drives lifestyle behaviours. Behavioural interventions could target PsyCap improvement or otherwise help participants minimise SRF.</p>","PeriodicalId":51355,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"13591053261493202"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149170750","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":"Purpose in life and exercise task behaviors: Evidence from a 10-week running task in college students.","authors":"Zhanjia Zhang, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Zhonghui He, Xin Qi","doi":"10.1177/13591053261494317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261494317","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined associations between purpose in life (PIL) and objective indicators of exercise task completion patterns among college students. Participants were 547 college students (Mean age = 19.71, 42.23% female) required to complete 63 km within 10 weeks for course credit. Participants completed questionnaires assessing PIL and demographic characteristics before the running task began. Running data were tracked via a mobile app and five behavioral indicators were derived: days from task onset to initiation, days from completion to deadline, total completion time, percentage of distance in final 2 weeks, and frequency of early morning runs. Multiple regression analyses revealed that higher PIL significantly predicted shorter total completion time after controlling for gender, age, and BMI. PIL was also associated with more frequent early morning runs, although this association was not robust to alternative model specifications. However, PIL showed no significant associations with the remaining behavioral indicators.</p>","PeriodicalId":51355,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"13591053261494317"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149139282","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":"Problematic internet use and sleep quality in university students: Serial mediation of physical pain intensity and mental well-being.","authors":"Eminalp Büyükavcı, Ömer Faruk Akbulut","doi":"10.1177/13591053261494253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261494253","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sleep quality plays a vital role in maintaining overall health and psychological well-being. However, sleep disturbances are increasingly prevalent among university students due to academic stress, irregular sleep schedules, and lifestyle factors. This study aimed to examine the serial mediating roles of physical pain intensity and mental well-being in the relationship between problematic internet use (PIU) and sleep quality. The sample consisted of 410 Turkish university students (295 females, 72.0%; 115 males, 28.0%) reflecting the gender distribution of health-related academic programs. Serial mediation analysis using the PROCESS macro (Model 6) was conducted. The findings revealed that PIU was positively associated with poorer sleep quality, with a significant serial indirect effect through physical pain intensity and mental well-being. These results highlight the intertwined physical and psychological mechanisms underlying sleep disturbances among university students.</p>","PeriodicalId":51355,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"13591053261494253"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149139314","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}
Jennika Finup, Vinaya Bhatia, Walid Farhat, Anne D Letocha
{"title":"A pilot mixed-methods analysis of maternal anxiety and experience following a diagnosis of antenatal hydronephrosis.","authors":"Jennika Finup, Vinaya Bhatia, Walid Farhat, Anne D Letocha","doi":"10.1177/13591053261488292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261488292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antenatal hydronephrosis (ANH), fetal kidney dilation, is a common prenatal diagnosis with variable prognosis that complicates counseling; however, its impact on maternal anxiety remains unknown. This study aimed to assess maternal anxiety and experience following a diagnosis of ANH and examine its relationship to severity. Data were collected from 30 mothers of infants diagnosed prenatally with ANH using the Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), an investigator-developed questionnaire, and open-ended questions. Regression and thematic analysis were performed. Results indicated moderate clinically significant anxiety (mean STAI-S 41.5 ± SD). Postnatal anxiety was higher in infants with mild dilation compared to those with moderate and severe dilation (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Qualitative themes included communication, maternal response, prenatal impact, and worry about baby. Mothers with higher STAI were more likely to report anxiety about surgery (<i>p</i> = 0.02) and prenatal management (<i>p</i> = 0.04). Future studies will examine anxiety in larger cohorts of mothers with and without fetal ANH.</p>","PeriodicalId":51355,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"13591053261488292"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149129102","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}
Ziyi Wang, Shichao Ma, Lingru Kong, Yihan Deng, Lin Ma
{"title":"Development and initial validation of a 12-item digital well-being scale for Chinese university students: Integrating factor and network analyses.","authors":"Ziyi Wang, Shichao Ma, Lingru Kong, Yihan Deng, Lin Ma","doi":"10.1177/13591053261490980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053261490980","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study developed and initially evaluated a 12-item Digital Well-Being Scale (DWBS) for Chinese university students. An initial 27-item pool was administered to 1526 undergraduates, and the cross-sectional dataset was randomly divided for item and exploratory factor analyses, network analysis and candidate-model evaluation. Expert review of the 12-item form yielded I-CVIs of 0.71-1.00, S-CVI/Ave = 0.89 and 84.52% agreement with prespecified content domains. The short form retained the original total-score information (<i>r</i> = 0.992) and showed high internal consistency (α = 0.959). Exploratory factor and bifactor results supported a dominant general factor (ωH = 0.948; ECV = 0.885), while specific-factor reliability was weak. HTMT values ranged from 0.844 to 0.957, indicating limited domain distinctiveness. Network communities were consistent across tested tuning parameters, although weak edges were parameter-sensitive. The total score is currently recommended; domain scores should remain descriptive pending independent replication.</p>","PeriodicalId":51355,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"13591053261490980"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149129132","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}