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Central events in self-generated thoughts: Inferring short-term mental health status through narrative networks 自我产生思想中的中心事件：通过叙事网络推断短期心理健康状况

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-04-13 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70141

Yujie Yao, Wenzhe Hu, Junwei Cheng, Yanchi Liu, Ce Mo, Muxian Zhang, Jun Peng, Chaobo He, Lei Mo

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Gender-specific associations between weekday and weekend MVPA with mental health in overweight and obese adolescents 超重和肥胖青少年工作日和周末MVPA与心理健康之间的性别特异性关联

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-04-12 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70147

Linjing Zhou, Yiming Tao, Zhihao Zhang, Yanxia Chen, Jinming Li, Siyu Pan, Ailikute Aikeremu, André O. Werneck, Brendon Stubbs, David Lubans, Charles H. Hillman, Mats Hallgren, Neville Owen, Myrto Mavilidi, Markus Gerber, Fred Paas, Fabian Herold, Liye Zou

{"title":"Gender-specific associations between weekday and weekend MVPA with mental health in overweight and obese adolescents","authors":"Linjing Zhou, Yiming Tao, Zhihao Zhang, Yanxia Chen, Jinming Li, Siyu Pan, Ailikute Aikeremu, André O. Werneck, Brendon Stubbs, David Lubans, Charles H. Hillman, Mats Hallgren, Neville Owen, Myrto Mavilidi, Markus Gerber, Fred Paas, Fabian Herold, Liye Zou","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70147","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70147","url":null,"abstract":"While adolescence is a key period to shape healthy lifestyles, overweight/obesity and mental health problems are both prevalent among adolescents worldwide, yet evidence on physical activity and mental health remains limited for adolescents with overweight/obesity, particularly regarding gender and day type (weekday vs. weekend). We analyzed 1,238 adolescents with overweight/obesity from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (45.3% boys; M age = 14.25 years, SD = 0.34). At age 14, accelerometer-measured MVPA was assessed separately for one weekday and one weekend. At age 17, internalizing and externalizing problems were assessed using SDQ subscales. Associations were examined using survey-weighted negative binomial regression, with SDQ scores modeled as count outcomes. Models adjusted for sociodemographic, family, cognitive, and baseline mental health factors, and analyses were stratified by gender and day type. On weekdays, higher MVPA was associated with fewer internalizing problems among girls (IRR = 0.988, 95% CI [0.978, 0.997]), but not boys, corresponding to about 1.2% lower symptom rate per 10 min additional MVPA per day. On weekends, higher MVPA was associated with fewer internalizing problems in the overall sample (IRR = 0.992, 95% CI [0.984, 1.000]), corresponding to about 0.8% lower symptom rate per 10 min additional MVPA per day. No significant associations were found for externalizing problems. Higher MVPA was associated with modestly lower internalizing problems among adolescents with overweight/obesity, although effect sizes were small and patterns varied by gender and day type. Contextual factors may be important in understanding these associations.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring habit strength, reward value, and context stability of sedentary activities in older adults: An ecological momentary assessment study 探索老年人久坐活动的习惯强度、奖励价值和环境稳定性：一项生态瞬时评估研究。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-04-08 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70144

Laura Van de Velde, Benjamin Gardner, Delfien Van Dyck, Tomáš Větrovský, Sofie Compernolle

{"title":"Exploring habit strength, reward value, and context stability of sedentary activities in older adults: An ecological momentary assessment study","authors":"Laura Van de Velde, Benjamin Gardner, Delfien Van Dyck, Tomáš Větrovský, Sofie Compernolle","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70144","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70144","url":null,"abstract":"Sedentary behavior (SB) poses significant health risks. Still, older adults frequently engage in SB, presumably driven by habit. As stable contexts and rewarding experiences reinforce habits, understanding these mechanisms is essential for designing effective interventions. This study used sensor-triggered ecological momentary assessments (EMA) in 90 older adults (age 70.2 +/− 6.4, 64.4% female) for 14 consecutive days. Participants wore an ActivPAL accelerometer, a Fitbit activity tracker, and used a smartphone EMA app. Up to six times a day, they were prompted after 30 minutes of SB to report on their activity, context, habit strength, and reward value. Descriptive statistics explored habit strength, context stability, and reward value. Generalized linear mixed models examined the associations between these variables. Results showed that sedentary activities are both habit-driven and often rewarding, performed for pleasure, self-care, or personal values. Context stability depends on the sedentary activity. Activities performed in more stable social contexts and more rewarding activities were associated with higher habit strength. Interventions should adopt habit substitution strategies that disrupt the automatic response of sitting, while offering a substitute that is equally rewarding, in a different posture or with more frequent interruptions.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13059544/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147632272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Correction to “Mindful parenting as both buffer and sensitizer in the association between parent–child conflict and parental stress: A diary study” 更正“正念育儿在亲子冲突和父母压力之间的缓冲和敏感作用：一项日记研究”。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-04-02 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70145

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Adolescent values and well-being: A large-scale two-wave longitudinal study in China. 青少年价值观与幸福感：一项大规模的两波纵向研究。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-04-01 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70146

Wei Yan, Yuling Wang, Shaofan Wang, Zhongying Shi, Kaiping Peng

{"title":"Adolescent values and well-being: A large-scale two-wave longitudinal study in China.","authors":"Wei Yan, Yuling Wang, Shaofan Wang, Zhongying Shi, Kaiping Peng","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70146","url":null,"abstract":"This longitudinal study investigates the structure, developmental trends, and well-being implications of values among Chinese adolescents - a large, culturally distinctive population undergoing rapid social change. We conducted a large-scale, two-wave longitudinal study (Wave 1: N = 69,115; M = 12.74 ± 2.25 years; 49.84% girls; Wave 2: N = 45,762; M = 12.98 ± 2.22 years; 50.53% girls; with 45,762 students participating in both waves) across a 6-month interval. A three-factor structure of adolescent values emerged: Collective Altruism, Individual Initiative, and Individual Hedonism. Results revealed distinct developmental trajectories: Collective Altruism declined slightly, while Individual Hedonism increased, both stabilizing around mid-adolescence (age~15)-a developmental inflection point in value orientation. Cross-lagged models demonstrated small but significant reciprocal positive associations between Collective Altruism, Individual Initiative, and well-being, while Individual Hedonism showed a small but significant negative association with subsequent well-being. These findings support the theoretical framework of contextually healthy values-value orientations that are culturally normative and developmentally adaptive. This study also provides valuable insights for promoting adolescent mental health and positive development in rapidly modernizing contexts.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 2","pages":"e70146"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147715665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Corrections outperform expertise-based interventions for countering misinformation from alternative medicine sources 纠正措施在打击来自替代医学来源的错误信息方面优于基于专业知识的干预措施。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-04-01 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70143

Lucy H. Butler, Briony Swire-Thompson

{"title":"Corrections outperform expertise-based interventions for countering misinformation from alternative medicine sources","authors":"Lucy H. Butler, Briony Swire-Thompson","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70143","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70143","url":null,"abstract":"Given that health-based misinformation can cause serious harm, designing effective interventions is paramount. Recently, misinformation interventions that target a source's relevant expertise have shown promise, with findings suggesting they may provide a comparative advantage to corrections for countering misinformation spread by disinformation health sources. However, whether such a benefit extends to other sources of health misinformation, such as alternative medicine practitioners, remains to be empirically assessed. Across two preregistered experiments (N = 1,410) participants were exposed to cancer misinformation attributed to an alternative medicine source (e.g., a homeopath), before receiving either a no-intervention control, a correction intervention, a generic low expertise intervention (Experiment 1), or a targeted low expertise intervention, which either did or did not reveal that the source was deceitful (Experiment 2). All interventions reduced belief in misinformation and perceptions of source credibility relative to the control condition. However, across both studies presenting corrections was equivalent to, or more effective than, all low expertise conditions, even when the expertise-based intervention revealed that the source had deceptively misrepresented their credentials. This suggests that correcting false claims is more effective than highlighting an alternative medicine practitioner's lack of expertise, emphasizing the need to tailor interventions to the misinformation source.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147589521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dynamic patterns of gratitude and life satisfaction: The role of emotion regulation difficulties and mental health challenges 感恩与生活满意度的动态模式：情绪调节困难和心理健康挑战的作用。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-03-31 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70138

Tracy K. Wong, Chloe A. Hamza

{"title":"Dynamic patterns of gratitude and life satisfaction: The role of emotion regulation difficulties and mental health challenges","authors":"Tracy K. Wong, Chloe A. Hamza","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70138","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70138","url":null,"abstract":"Extensive evidence suggests that gratitude is linked to greater life satisfaction. However, relatively little is known about how dynamic patterns of gratitude correspond to both fluctuations and stable patterns of life satisfaction, and whether these associations differ as a function of individual factors. Thus, the degree of gratitude variability (fluctuation around one's typical level) and instability (day-to-day shifts) in gratitude were examined in relation to both mean levels and fluctuating patterns of life satisfaction, while considering emotion regulation difficulties and mental health challenges as between-person moderators. Participants (N = 257) were predominantly Chinese young adults aged between 18 and 25 years (Mage = 21.27), who completed a daily diary across 14 days. Multiple regression analyses indicated that greater gratitude variability and instability were associated with lower mean levels of life satisfaction, but these associations were no longer significant after controlling for average gratitude. Further, gratitude variability and instability were positively associated with greater fluctuations in life satisfaction, above and beyond average gratitude. No significant moderation effects were observed. These findings suggest that the degree and consistency of day-to-day gratitude fluctuations have implications for life satisfaction in daily life, and that these processes appear to operate similarly across individuals with varying levels of mental health challenges and emotion regulation difficulties.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147589519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Central components of positive youth development in early adolescence: Network analysis of sex and grade differences 青少年早期积极青少年发展的核心要素：性别和年级差异的网络分析。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-03-17 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70142

Guogang Xin, Jiaqian Xu, Qinian Chen, Pengyang Li, Qing Li, Peiyu Luo, Xiaohua Wang

{"title":"Central components of positive youth development in early adolescence: Network analysis of sex and grade differences","authors":"Guogang Xin, Jiaqian Xu, Qinian Chen, Pengyang Li, Qing Li, Peiyu Luo, Xiaohua Wang","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70142","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70142","url":null,"abstract":"Positive Youth Development (PYD) is crucial for adolescent well-being, yet the interrelationships of its components, especially during early adolescence, remain underexplored. This study employed network analysis to investigate the central components of PYD and their sex and grade differences among 2,837 Chinese junior high school students (grades 7–9). The 5Cs Positive Youth Development Scale-Very Short Form (PYD-VSF) was used to measure the 5Cs: Competence, Confidence, Caring, Connection, and Character. Results revealed that “self-worth”, “connection to family”, and “bullied empathy” play a central role in the overall PYD network among adolescents. These nodes were also central in both sex-specific networks. However, their patterns of association with other nodes differed between boys and girls. Across grade levels, “self-worth” and attributes related to Connection and Caring consistently showed high centrality. Nevertheless, the degree of centrality, relative ranking, and specific patterns of association for these nodes differed across grades. These findings underscore the interconnected and complex systemic nature of PYD, calling for sex- and grade-sensitive interventions to effectively promote positive outcomes among youth.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147466372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning in assessing and promoting health and well-being: Integrating human insight with computational intelligence 评估和促进健康和福祉的人工智能和机器学习：将人类洞察力与计算智能相结合。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-03-13 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70140

Shan Qiao, Xiaoming Li

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A scoping review and research agenda: Psychological flexibility and wellbeing in organisations 范围审查和研究议程：组织中的心理灵活性和幸福感。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-03-12 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70139

Maree Roche, Josh W. Faulkner, Elise Callagher

{"title":"A scoping review and research agenda: Psychological flexibility and wellbeing in organisations","authors":"Maree Roche, Josh W. Faulkner, Elise Callagher","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70139","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70139","url":null,"abstract":"As workplaces increasingly recognise the importance of employee mental wellbeing, research into psychological flexibility and psychological inflexibility (PF/PI) has grown. PF, rooted in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), is the capacity to pursue valued goals despite stressors and internal challenges, whereas PI reflects rigid attempts to avoid or control unwanted internal experiences, even when doing so undermines wellbeing or goal pursuit. Our systematic search across five databases identified 88 studies that had examined the relationship between PF/PI and wellbeing in workplace contexts. The findings indicate a surge in research since 2020, with PF (and, as such, PI) predominantly measured using the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II). Most studies focus on mitigating negative wellbeing outcomes, such as burnout and psychological distress, rather than fostering positive wellbeing. PF/PI research is concentrated in high-stress professions, particularly healthcare, with limited exploration in other sectors. Finally, PF/PI research is dominant in Western research. Recommendations for future research directions were established, including a clearer construct definition, development in measurement approaches, longitudinal and intervention-based designs and broader occupational and cultural representation. Ultimately, this review highlights the need for a more nuanced and precise understanding of PF/PI to optimise its role in enhancing workplace wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"18 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12981213/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147429857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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