Applied psychology. Health and well-being最新文献

Is virtue its own reward? Moral identity, empathy, and volunteering during adolescence as predictors of subsequent epigenetic aging

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-04-05 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70026

Carlos N. Espinoza, Marlon Goering, Alison E. Dahlman, Amit Patki, Hemant K. Tiwari, Caroline G. Richter, Sylvie Mrug

{"title":"Is virtue its own reward? Moral identity, empathy, and volunteering during adolescence as predictors of subsequent epigenetic aging","authors":"Carlos N. Espinoza, Marlon Goering, Alison E. Dahlman, Amit Patki, Hemant K. Tiwari, Caroline G. Richter, Sylvie Mrug","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70026","url":null,"abstract":"Higher levels of moral identity, empathy, and volunteering (virtues) are associated with increased self-esteem and psychological well-being, which, in turn, are predictive of fewer health problems. Epigenetic aging, a marker of health, reflects the rate at which individuals age biologically relative to their chronological age. Epigenetic aging is shaped by behavioral factors and environmental stressors, but the effects of moral identity, empathy, and volunteering on epigenetic aging are underexplored. Thus, this study examined if these three dimensions of virtue predict epigenetic aging during adolescence and if these relationships are mediated by self-esteem and psychological well-being. The sample included 1,213 adolescents (51% female; 62% Black, 34% Non-Hispanic White, 4% Other race/ethnicity) that participated at three time points between 2004 and 2017 (Mage 13, 16, 19 years). Results revealed that higher moral identity and empathy were associated with higher self-esteem and psychological well-being during early adolescence. Moreover, higher empathy during early adolescence was associated with slower epigenetic aging on the GrimAge clock during late adolescence. Path analyses adjusting for covariates showed that higher self-esteem during middle adolescence predicted slower epigenetic aging in late adolescence, but none of the three virtues in early adolescence predicted self-esteem, psychological well-being, or epigenetic aging over time.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aphw.70026","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143778381","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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Navigating life's challenges: A randomized 6-week online intervention study to enhance resilience in working-age adults

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-03-30 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70023

Manuel Leitner, Andreas Fink, Viktoria Fruhwirth, Stefanie Hechenberger, Christian Enzinger, Daniela Pinter

{"title":"Navigating life's challenges: A randomized 6-week online intervention study to enhance resilience in working-age adults","authors":"Manuel Leitner, Andreas Fink, Viktoria Fruhwirth, Stefanie Hechenberger, Christian Enzinger, Daniela Pinter","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70023","url":null,"abstract":"Psychological resilience describes a trainable capacity that allows us to cope with adversity and adapt to stressful life events. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of a 6-week online resilience intervention in students and working-age individuals.We randomly assigned 174 participants aged between 18 and 54 years (74.1% female) to either an intervention (n = 86, Mage = 24.83, SDage = 5.93) or a wait-list control group (n = 88, Mage = 23.30, SDage = 4.49). The intervention group received a 6-week flexible, asynchronous online resilience training consisting of 12 short videos. We assessed resilience, perceived stress, and worries in both groups.Mixed-ANCOVA results indicated that participants assigned to the intervention group significantly increased their resilience scores (Mdiff = 3.65, p < .001) and reduced negative emotions such as perceived stress (Mdiff = 4.18, p < .001) and worries (Mdiff = 5.09, p < .001). We observed no significant changes in the wait-list control group.The intervention group's ability to enhance resilience through watching two short videos per week supports the idea that resilience is trainable. Online resilience interventions represent a promising opportunity to acquire novel coping strategies in order to strengthen resilience and manage life's upcoming challenges.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aphw.70023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741672","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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Stability and change in life satisfaction in Japan before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70021

Takeshi Nakagawa, Taiji Noguchi, Ayane Komatsu, Xueying Jin, Sayaka Okahashi, Tami Saito

{"title":"Stability and change in life satisfaction in Japan before and during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Takeshi Nakagawa, Taiji Noguchi, Ayane Komatsu, Xueying Jin, Sayaka Okahashi, Tami Saito","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70021","url":null,"abstract":"The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) significantly impacted individuals' daily lives and may provide meaningful implications for well-being. This study examined how individuals' well-being changed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and explored the potential risk and protective factors for well-being. A total of 15,574 Japanese adults aged 15 to 89 years participated in baseline online surveys in February 2019 or February 2020 (n = 10,293 in the 2019 sample and n = 5,281 in the 2020 sample). Both samples were followed up in 2021 and 2022. Well-being was indexed as a single-item indicator of life satisfaction. Piecewise growth models demonstrated that life satisfaction typically remained stable before and during the pandemic. Risk and protective factors for life satisfaction were consistent across samples overall. Individuals perceiving better economic satisfaction and self-rated health following the pandemic and without a support network before the pandemic showed greater increases in life satisfaction after the outbreak. Our findings suggest that most individuals' well-being did not deteriorate following the pandemic but that some individuals might have lost or even gained resources for life satisfaction. To better understand resilience and well-being, researchers should consider how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed multiple aspects of daily lives.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aphw.70021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143717080","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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Meaningless, but I still have your support: A diary study on the interactive effects of workplace social support at work and meaningfulness on workers' energy levels

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70018

Luis Manuel Blanco-Donoso, Alberto Amutio, Patricia Campos Pavan Baptista, Ana Veloso, Isabel S. Silva, Eva Garrosa

{"title":"Meaningless, but I still have your support: A diary study on the interactive effects of workplace social support at work and meaningfulness on workers' energy levels","authors":"Luis Manuel Blanco-Donoso, Alberto Amutio, Patricia Campos Pavan Baptista, Ana Veloso, Isabel S. Silva, Eva Garrosa","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70018","url":null,"abstract":"Social support is a resource capable of generating energy and well-being resources among workers. However, the literature has paid little attention to the mechanisms and conditions that can explain this possibility. Drawing on the Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory and an intraindividual approach, this study aimed to analyze whether the effects of daily social support at work were associated with daily variations in levels of vigor at work and vitality at home, conditioned by workers' daily levels of meaningfulness. This is a study that employs an experiential sampling methodology. A total of 94 Spanish nurses from hospitals and primary health-care centers participated by completing a diary over five working days at three times of the day (i.e., before starting work in the morning, leaving work in the afternoon, and at night at home). Daily measures of support from colleagues, meaningfulness, vigor, and vitality were collected. The results showed that social support from coworkers was particularly significant and positive in explaining daily levels of vigor at work and vitality at home for those workers experiencing low levels of meaningfulness in the mornings before going to work. These results were discussed within the theoretical framework of COR theory (i.e., principle of resource salience).","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143698781","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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Self-enactable technique use and physical activity: A comparative qualitative study of habit formation and maintenance

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70016

Eleonoora Hintsa, Martin S. Hagger, Taru Lintunen, Kyra Hamilton, Keegan Knittle

{"title":"Self-enactable technique use and physical activity: A comparative qualitative study of habit formation and maintenance","authors":"Eleonoora Hintsa, Martin S. Hagger, Taru Lintunen, Kyra Hamilton, Keegan Knittle","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70016","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70016","url":null,"abstract":"There is minimal empirical evidence on which techniques effectively promote physical activity habit formation. This qualitative study addresses this knowledge gap by identifying the self-enactable techniques that people with varying levels of physical activity experience and habit strength use to support their own physical activity behavior and form or maintain habits. Novice (n = 8), intermediate (n = 8), and expert (n = 8) exercisers were recruited via purposive sampling to participate in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were analyzed with deductive content analysis and inductive thematic analysis. Forty-five self-enactable techniques were frequently reported in at least one of the experience groups. Thematic analyses indicated seeming differences in technique use across experience levels, from information seeking and support among novices, to acceptance and overcoming initiation inertia among intermediates, to environmental restructuring and personal growth among experts. Increasing experience also seemed associated with a greater focus on the short-term benefits of physical activity and flexible, broad-based automatic approaches to planning and self-regulation. Within-person longitudinal studies using validated measures that capture nuance in technique use can improve scientific understanding of habit formation processes in physical activity.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143662293","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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The robotic companion's choice encourages sustainable food choices: The moderating role of anthropomorphism

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70015

Xiyu Guo, Xiaoang Wan

{"title":"The robotic companion's choice encourages sustainable food choices: The moderating role of anthropomorphism","authors":"Xiyu Guo, Xiaoang Wan","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70015","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aphw.70015","url":null,"abstract":"Previous research has shown the impact of the food choices of others on individuals' own food choices. We conducted two studies to investigate how a robot's choice might influence people's choices between meat-heavy and vegetable-forward meals in imaginary scenarios. In Study 1, the participants were instructed to choose three dishes from a set of two meat and two vegetable dishes, after their companion (either a human or a robot) had chosen a meat-heavy meal or a vegetable-forward meal. The results revealed that the participants chose meat-heavy meals less frequently when the companion chose a vegetable-forward meal compared to a meat-heavy meal, regardless of whether the companion was a human or a robot. In Study 2, we investigated whether anthropomorphism moderated the effect of the robotic companion's choices on the participants' food choices. The results revealed that the food choices made by a highly human-like robot could exert a greater influence on the participants' food choices than those of a moderately anthropomorphic robot. Collectively, these findings provide empirical evidence that a robotic companion's choice can influence consumers' food choices in imaginary scenarios, which has implications for promoting sustainable food choices using human–robot interactions.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143662309","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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Psychosocial determinants of handwashing compliance intention among physicians and nurses in Taiwan: A theory-driven comparison using the Health Belief Model

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70020

I-Hsin Chang, Jiun-Hau Huang

{"title":"Psychosocial determinants of handwashing compliance intention among physicians and nurses in Taiwan: A theory-driven comparison using the Health Belief Model","authors":"I-Hsin Chang, Jiun-Hau Huang","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70020","url":null,"abstract":"Most healthcare-associated infections are transmitted through the hands of healthcare workers (HCWs). However, handwashing compliance remains a challenge in Taiwan. This study examined handwashing compliance intention among 705 HCWs (103 physicians and 602 nurses), using an extensive set of survey items informed by the Health Belief Model (HBM). Exploratory factor analysis of items measuring the HBM's reflective latent constructs (perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers) revealed a 10-factor structure, representing distinct dimensions with nuanced differentiation within HBM's original constructs. These 10 factors, along with cues to action (a formative construct), comprised the 11 HBM factors in this study. Perceived benefits of infection prevention emerged as the strongest driver of HCWs' handwashing compliance intention, followed by cues to action. Conversely, perceived barriers—time constraints significantly decreased compliance intention. Stratified comparisons showed that physicians and nurses endorsed different benefits of handwashing and cues to action, highlighting the need for profession-specific interventions. While physicians were motivated by concerns regarding perceived professional competence, nurses were motivated by infection prevention and praise/respect at work. Notably, a hospital policy mandating handwashing also increased compliance intention. Our findings offer practical insights for developing theory-driven and tailored interventions to enhance handwashing compliance among HCWs.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143645925","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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The relationship between habit and identity in health behaviors: A systematic review and three-level meta-analysis

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70017

Lianghao Zhu, Yingying Tao, Yi Guo, Xuran Zhang, Ting Wang, Bojun Zhou, Geng Li, Liancheng Zhang

{"title":"The relationship between habit and identity in health behaviors: A systematic review and three-level meta-analysis","authors":"Lianghao Zhu, Yingying Tao, Yi Guo, Xuran Zhang, Ting Wang, Bojun Zhou, Geng Li, Liancheng Zhang","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70017","url":null,"abstract":"Habit and identity are two key determinants of health behavior maintenance. However, the relationship between habit and identity remains inconsistently interpreted, with empirical findings showing varying correlations. This meta-analytic review aimed to synthesize the effect sizes of the relationship between habit and identity in health behaviors and to further explore the moderators that influence this relationship. A search of eight databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycArticles, PsycINFO, and SPORTDiscus) was conducted up to October 9, 2024. Nineteen articles related to physical activity, healthy eating, and drinking were identified based on eligibility criteria, including 32 effect sizes and a total of 13,340 participants. The results indicated a significant positive correlation between habit and identity with a large effect size (r = 0.55, 95% CI [0.49, 0.74]). A multiple moderator analysis revealed that effect sizes were larger when identity was measured using explicit tests. The moderating effects of different types of health behaviors and geographic location were not sufficiently supported. Limited predictive studies imply that the relationship between habit and identity might not be unidirectional. Finally, this review calls for the integration of knowledge of habit and identity to facilitate the practice of health behavior change.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143646013","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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Mindfulness, subjective, and psychological well-being: A comparative analysis of FFMQ and MAAS measures

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70019

Anastasia Stuart-Edwards

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Premenopausal and perimenopausal predictors of postmenopausal health and well-being: Testing a disposition-belief-motivation framework

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2025-03-10 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.70012

Olivia Godfrey, Tim Bogg

{"title":"Premenopausal and perimenopausal predictors of postmenopausal health and well-being: Testing a disposition-belief-motivation framework","authors":"Olivia Godfrey, Tim Bogg","doi":"10.1111/aphw.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70012","url":null,"abstract":"The present study tested a Disposition-Belief-Motivation model of peri- and post-menopausal health and well-being using a 20-year prospective design from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. Screening algorithms based on World Health Organization guidelines produced a sample of women that was premenopausal at Time 1, perimenopausal at Time 2, and postmenopausal at Time 3 (N = 247). Prospective path modeling tested the direct and indirect effects of premenopausal factors on peri- and post-menopausal health and well-being. The results showed positive premenopausal attitudes toward aging were directly associated with greater postmenopausal well-being. Older baseline age was indirectly associated with greater postmenopausal well-being through perimenopausal well-being. Greater premenopausal functional ability was indirectly associated with greater self-rated postmenopausal health via greater perimenopausal self-rated health. Although premenopausal factors predicted perimenopausal optimism, coping, and symptoms, none was directly associated with postmenopausal health or well-being. Controlling for perimenopausal health and well-being, the results highlight the roles of greater premenopausal age, greater functional ability, and less concern about fertility, attractiveness, and illness in predicting perceptions of health and well-being across the menopause transition. The finding for aging attitudes, in particular, suggests the importance of reinforcing positive messaging and norms for women's aging and health, rather than medicalizing menopause and its symptoms.","PeriodicalId":8127,"journal":{"name":"Applied psychology. Health and well-being","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143594865","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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