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{"title":"Effectiveness of narrative nursing on depression patients with suicide attempt: A preliminary randomized controlled trial","authors":"Liu Junyu ,&nbsp;Luo Yuan ,&nbsp;Wang Jianjian RN ,&nbsp;Zhang Zhanchou ,&nbsp;Zhao Liping","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105039","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objectives</h3><div>Suicidal behavior, encompassing both suicidal ideation and attempts, is a common symptom among individuals with depression, significantly contributing to the overall burden of the illness. This study aimed to develop a narrative nursing method based on the Three-Step Theory of Suicide and applied this method to explore its preliminary effectiveness in depression patients with suicide attempts.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>50 patients with depression and high suicide ideation were randomly allocated to two groups: an intervention group, which received narrative nursing based on the Three-Step Theory of Suicide alongside usual nursing, and a control group, which received only usual nursing. The differences in depression levels, drug attitudes, and suicidal ideation were compared between the two groups both before and after the intervention. This study has been officially registered in the China Clinical Trial Registry (Registration No. ChiCTR2300079100).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 50 patients were enrolled in this study, with 25 patients in the intervention group and 25 patients in the control group. 6 participants were lost to follow-up in the intervention group, and 4 participants were lost to follow-up in the control group. After the intervention, the intervention group showed significant effectiveness compared to the control group in the score of depression, drug attitude and idea of suicide.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Narrative nursing base on Three-Step Theory of Suicide could relieve depression, improve drug attitudes, thereby enhancing medication and treatment adherence, and alleviate suicidal ideation. Therefore, the method could be further applied to explore long-term effects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105039"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143891056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of body dysmorphic gazing on body representations: an eye-tracking paradigm","authors":"Arvid Herwig ,&nbsp;Melike Gelen ,&nbsp;Nina Heinrichs ,&nbsp;Anne Möllmann","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105050","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105050","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Biases in the processing of appearance-relevant stimuli have been proposed to play a role in the etiology and maintenance of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). Gaze behavior of individuals with BDD shows abnormalities for own and other people's face stimuli, which is expressed in an increased frequency of fixation on perceived flaws. The proposed causal effect on BDD development has yet to be investigated. The aim of the present study is to clarify whether gaze behavior has the potential to causally affect disorder development or body representation at all. To this end, the effect of gaze behavior on the assessment of the attractiveness of one's own face and other people's faces is investigated in a non-BDD sample within an experimental psychopathological approach. In 2 experiments, own and other people's facial photos were to be viewed by N = 44 (Exp. 1) and N = 36 (Exp. 2) participants for several minutes with BDD-typical gaze behavior or freely. Importantly, eye-tracking was used to monitor and maintain the respective gaze behavior by interrupting stimulus presentation as soon as the gaze behavior no longer corresponded to the current strategy (e.g., focus on unattractive area). Forced viewing of unattractive areas led to a decrease in attractiveness judgements in both experiments (Exp. 1: Cohen's <em>d</em> = −0.23, [−0.42, −0.03]; Exp. 2: Cohen's <em>d</em> = −0.35 [−0.67, −0.03]). Free gaze was characterized by a positive processing bias on attractive facial areas (Exp. 1: Cohen's <em>d</em> = 2.06, [1.13, 2.83]; Exp. 2: Cohen's <em>d</em> = 1.40, [0.72, 2.08]). The results support the assumption that gaze behavior directly affects the formation and alteration of body representations and therefore may serve as potential causal risk factor for the development of distorted body representation and eventually clinical conditions like BDD.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105050"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143891055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of culture shock, acculturation approaches, and sociocultural adaptation on perceived proficiency in Turkish and English among international students in Turkey","authors":"Esra Tekel ,&nbsp;Hatice Ergin-Kocaturk ,&nbsp;Ahmet Su ,&nbsp;Metin Kocaturk ,&nbsp;Mustafa Caner ,&nbsp;Engin Karadag","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104999","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104999","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The primary objective of this study was to investigate the influence of culture shock, acculturation strategies, and sociocultural adjustment on the perceived Turkish and English language proficiency of international students in Turkey. Data were collected from 3554 international students in Turkey whose native language was neither Turkish nor English, using the “Culture Shock Questionnaire”, “Acculturation Measurement”, and “Sociocultural Adjustment Scale”. Data were analyzed using correlation and hierarchical multiple regression analyses. The results revealed that the perceived Turkish and English language proficiencies of international students in Turkey were moderate. Language proficiency, personal interests, and social participation factors of sociocultural adjustment and acculturation strategies, such as assimilation and integration, have a positive impact on perceived Turkish language proficiency. On the other hand, the interpersonal stress factor of culture shock and assimilation and integration aspects of the acculturation strategies were found to be the most critical determinants of perceived English language proficiency. Additionally, language proficiency, personal interests, and social participation factors of sociocultural adjustment and acculturation strategies, such as separation and assimilation, had positive effects, whereas the language proficiency factor of sociocultural adjustment and assimilation acculturation strategies had negative effects. The findings of this study indicate that acculturation strategies and sociocultural adjustment play a crucial role in the development of perceived target language proficiency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 104999"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143891057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Affective experiences and implicit representation of affect valence in young, middle-aged and older adults: Evidence based on ecological momentary assessment and implicit association test","authors":"Richa Nigam ,&nbsp;Bhoomika Rastogi Kar","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105046","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The current study examined adult age differences in emotional well-being and emotion-regulation motivation in the Indian context using the ecological momentary assessment (EMA) (experience sampling), self-reported preferences for affect-valence and the Implicit Association Test (IAT, to measure implicit mental representations of affect valence) across three age groups. Findings reveal an overall preference for positive affect, feeling of pleasantness in daily life and a greater prevalence for pro-hedonic than contra-hedonic motivation. Middle-aged and older adults reported greater experience of positive than negative affect, (<em>t</em>[87] = 4.77, <em>p</em> = .013) and (<em>t</em>[87] = 13.93, <em>p</em> &lt; .001, respectively) compared to younger adults, which may be attributed to changes in the motivation for emotionally meaningful goals, consistent with the socioemotional selectivity theory. The IAT showed a greater distinctiveness between positive and negative affect valence among older adults than middle-aged and young adults (greater D₁ scores among older adults than younger (2.35) and middle-aged adults (2.15) (<em>t</em>[27] = −2.56, <em>p</em> = .007) and (<em>t</em>[27] = −2.93, <em>p</em> = .002), respectively), which may be modulated by cognitive control and motivation for emotion regulation. Additionally, very few instances of mixed affect (feeling sad to be happy or enjoying being sad) and contra-hedonic motivation (in comparison to what has been observed so far in western cohorts) were reported across the three age groups in this study (age × motivation × valence, <em>F</em>[2, 87] = 1.77. <em>p</em> = .17). We observed reductions in heterogeneity and a greater discriminability with respect to positive versus negative affective experiences and in the preferences for affect valence across age groups (results based on principal component analysis). Thus, affective experiences were found to be more strongly defined by positive affect among middle-aged and older adults. This shift in emotional goals towards positive affect among middle-aged and older adults is associated with distinctive mental representations of affect valence.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105046"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143891064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A silent threat to children's school road safety in Türkiye: The impact of stray dog attacks","authors":"Halil Karadas ,&nbsp;Abdullatif Dag","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of this study is to reveal the effects of stray dogs on school road safety and to provide practical suggestions for solving the problem. The study was conducted in schools located in residential areas where stray dogs are densely populated in Mardin. Phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. The study was conducted with the participation of stakeholders in seven different schools, including central and village schools. In Türkiye, it has been determined that stray dogs endanger children’s road safety to school and prevent equal opportunities in education. Research results show that stray dogs negatively affect the safety of not only students but also other stakeholders of the school. According to the results, stray dogs cause fear, panic, stress, reluctance to school, lack of self-confidence in students and other stakeholders in psychological terms, and chasing, falling and getting injured, biting and traffic accidents in physical terms. Stray dogs cause different negative effects such as preventing students and other school stakeholders from accessing the school, causing students to be absent, affecting the school’s course operation, spreading infectious diseases and creating visual pollution in the environment. In the context of these results, it can be said that adopting stray dogs first and taking the dogs that are not adopted to shelters will contribute to school road safety.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105037"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143881957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Suicide ideation in emerging adulthood: Contributions of depressive symptoms, religiosity, parenting styles and social support","authors":"Kalu T.U. Ogba ,&nbsp;Onyekachi Gift Chukwuma ,&nbsp;Ezichi A. Ituma ,&nbsp;Collins I. Ugwu ,&nbsp;Omaka K. Ngele ,&nbsp;Lovely Obayi ,&nbsp;Chukwuma F. Ugwu ,&nbsp;Christy Obi-Keguna ,&nbsp;Ikechukwu E. Emeh","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105044","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Suicide, especially among emerging adults, has continued to be a global phenomenon, demanding more in-depth empirical attention. Emerging adulthood is a probable suicidal ideation predisposing period that has received less scholarly attention. We examined the contributions of depression, religiosity, parenting styles, and social support to suicidal ideation among emerging adults. We conveniently sampled 1007 undergraduates comprising 496 (49.2 %) males and 511 (50.8 %) females whose ages ranged from 18 to 30 years with a mean age of 24 years (SD = 2.18). Results of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that while depression significantly predicted suicidal ideation, preoccupation and conviction for religiosity did not; guidance and emotional involvement negatively predicted suicidal ideation. Parenting styles (mother and father) were not significant predictors of suicidal ideation. However, support from family, friends, and significant others negatively predicted suicidal ideation. We adopted the Three-Step Theory (3ST) to explain our findings that illustrate the need for government and educational institutions to make governance and educational curriculum less stressful and depressive such that the complimentary religious knowledge, parental teachings, and support from other family members, friends, and significant others can help improve abilities to achieve important (academic) life goals that promote quality of life and healthy living.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105044"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143881956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sex differences in the mediation of the MASLD - Depression association by fat distribution in U.S. adults","authors":"Changhuai He ,&nbsp;Liuxin Zhou ,&nbsp;Tianming Gao ,&nbsp;Runmin Cao ,&nbsp;Chuanqi Cai ,&nbsp;Guoqing Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105041","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105041","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>This study investigates the intricate relationship between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and depression, emphasizing the mediating role of body fat distribution, particularly in female.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analyzed the pairwise relationship among body fat distribution (android fat and gynoid fat), MASLD, and depression within a robust, ethnically diverse sample (<em>n</em> = 3332) drawn from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Studies have indicated that individuals with depression or MASLD exhibit significantly higher levels of android fat compared to those without these health issues. Even after controlling for confounding factors, MASLD maintained significant correlations with both depression and body fat distribution (android fat and gynoid fat). Notably, sex moderated the relationship between MASLD, depression, and body fat distribution. Among the potential mediators of the effect of MASLD on depression, android fat emerged as a significant mediator, accounting for 16.6 % of the variance and yielding statistically significant results (<em>p</em> &lt; 0.05). This mediating effect was particularly pronounced in female subjects, with a mediating proportion of 17.83 %, which was also statistically significant (p &lt; 0.05). However, it was not observed in males.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study reveals an important association between MASLD and depression, and android fat distribution is a potential mediator in this relationship, with a particularly pronounced effect on the female population.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105041"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143881955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Will they stay in the teaching profession? Nexus between attitude towards teaching and retention among pre-service teachers in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates","authors":"Maxwell Peprah Opoku ,&nbsp;Ghadah Morshedi ,&nbsp;Nada Obaid ,&nbsp;Aysha Al Qetaiti ,&nbsp;Rashed ALzahmi ,&nbsp;Negmeldin Alsheikh ,&nbsp;Bernadette Fakhry Guirguis ,&nbsp;Ashraf Moustafa","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The role of teachers in the promotion of quality education cannot be overemphasised. In teacher education, the emphasis is on training individuals who are committed to teaching. However, educational systems are facing difficulties when it comes to keeping qualified teachers in the profession. There are problems with training individuals with a positive attitude towards teaching and, at the same time, retaining qualified teachers. However, the relationship between attitudes towards teaching and teacher retention has not been explored. The present study was guided by Ajzen's concept of behavioural belief, which is a tenet of the theory of planned behaviour, and Mason and Matas' four-capital retention model. A total of 407 pre-service teachers enrolled in education programmes from one institution in Egypt (<em>n</em> = 275) and one in the United Arab Emirates (<em>n</em> = 132) were surveyed. The data were analysed using the Pearson moment correlation coefficient, multiple and hierarchical regressions, and moderation analysis. The results show a positive contribution of attitude to the variance in retention among pre-service teachers. Moreover, teacher nationality significantly moderated the relationship between attitude and teacher retention. The need to incorporate course content on changing attitudes towards teaching into teacher education programmes as part of the effort to promote retention is discussed in detail.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105038"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143881954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Illegitimate tasks diminish my engagement in organizational citizenship behaviors: A reciprocity perspective model","authors":"Ruirui Lian ,&nbsp;Tangli Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aims to examine the effects of illegitimate tasks on both employees' organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) directed at the organization (OCBO) and their OCB focused on person-to-person interactions at the individual level (OCBI). By employing social exchange theory, a moderated mediation model is proposed where perceived negative reciprocity mediates the relationships between illegitimate tasks and both OCBO and OCBI, with job remuneration moderating this mediating effect. The data were collected via a three-wave online survey of 514 employees. The findings show that illegitimate tasks have a positive effect on employees' perceived negative reciprocity which in turn contributes to decreases in both OCBO and OCBI. Meanwhile, job remuneration negatively moderates this indirect effect, suggesting that the negative relationships between illegitimate tasks and both OCBO and OCBI via perceived negative reciprocity become weaker when employee job remuneration is high.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105014"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143877279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cost-benefits analysis of social interactions: Familiarity modulates the estimation of individual contributions to joint action","authors":"Trinidad B. Speranza,&nbsp;Verónica C. Ramenzoni","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Every day, we engage in activities that require collaboration and assistance from others. Social interactions with children are distinct because they frequently result in partners contributing different amounts of effort. This study investigates whether children and adults estimate they will have to invest different amounts of effort when engaging in joint tasks compared to doing the same task by themselves. Specifically, if this engagement is with a familiar co-actor. In 4 Experiments, children and adults estimated the weight of objects when they anticipated that they would be lifted alone and when they thought they would have help. Children and adults estimated the weight of three clear baskets carrying different weights (light, medium, and heavy). The estimated weight of objects varied for adults and children depending on whether they thought they would lift alone or together. Children reliably perceived objects as lighter when they expected help from their parents compared to lifting them alone or with the help from adults. Parents, in turn, estimated objects would be heavier when they were helping their child. Overall, results suggest that we analyze the costs and benefits of helping another person and the social bond we have with them before engaging in joint actions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105035"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143877261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}