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Size and shape of plates and size of wine glasses and bottles: impact on self-serving of food and alcohol

The physical properties of tableware could influence selection and consumption of food and alcohol. There is considerable uncertainty, however, around the potential effects of different sizes and shapes of tab...

Authors: Natasha Clarke, Emily Pechey, Rachel Pechey, Minna Ventsel, Eleni Mantzari, Katie De-loyde, Mark A. Pilling, Richard W. Morris, Theresa M. Marteau and Gareth J. Hollands

The effects of psychological risk factors at work on cognitive failures through the accident proneness

Various agents such as psychosocial items and accident proneness can affect cognitive failures through different paths. The probable paths are the direct effects of workplace psychosocial items on cognitive fa...

Authors: Milad Abbasi, Mohsen Falahati, Masoumeh Kaydani, Rohollah Fallah Madvari, Ahmad Mehri, Maryam Ghaljahi and Saeid Yazdanirad

Internal and external aspects of freedom of choice in mental health: cultural and linguistic adaptation of the Hungarian version of the Oxford CAPabilities questionnaire—Mental Health (OxCAP-MH)

A link between mental health and freedom of choice has long been established, in fact, the loss of freedom of choice is one of the possible defining features of mental disorders. Freedom of choice has internal...

Authors: Timea Mariann Helter, Ildiko Kovacs, Andor Kanka, Orsolya Varga, Janos Kalman and Judit Simon

The association between problematic social networking site use, dark triad traits, and emotion dysregulation

Social networking sites (SNSs) allow people to socially connect with each other, collaborate, and share information. However, problematic SNS use (PSNSU) may be associated with negative personality traits. The...

Authors: Zaheer Hussain, Elisa Wegmann and Mark D. Griffiths

Testing the psychometric properties of a short skills inventory for students looking for their first job

In the last two decades, the transformations that have affected the business world have had a great impact on professional performance standards. As such, they have contributed significantly to increasing conc...

Authors: Rosa Isabel Rodrigues

Developing Personal Resilience Questionnaire for rural doctors: an indigenous approach study in Indonesia

Resilience is recognized as a critical component of well-being and is an essential factor in coping with stress. There are issues of using a standardized resilience scale developed for one cultural population ...

Authors: Nicholas Edwin Handoyo, Gandes Retno Rahayu, Mora Claramita, Marselino K. P. Abdi Keraf, Karol Octrisdey, Kwartarini Wahyu Yuniarti, Julie Ash and Lambert Schuwirth

Writing group program reduces academic procrastination: a quasi-experimental study

Procrastination is a common problem in higher education. It leads to negative consequences on students’ health and academic achievement. Nevertheless, research concerning interventions has not yet produced con...

Authors: Bhina Patria and Latifatul Laili

Predictors of adherence to an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy program for individuals with chronic pain and comorbid psychological distress

The burden caused by chronic pain is significant, affecting at least 10 percent of the world´s population. While internet-based treatments based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) have been shown to be prom...

Authors: Nils Gasslander, Sven Alfonsson, Amanda Jackalin, Cecilia Tengberg, Johanna Håkansson, Linda Huotari and Monica Buhrman

Learning self-care skills after spinal cord injury: a qualitative study

People with a recent spinal cord injury (SCI) often follow intensive rehabilitation. Learning appropriate self-care, deal with their impairments and prevent secondary health conditions (SHCs), is highly import...

Authors: Tijn van Diemen, Ilse J. W. van Nes, Charlotte C. M. van Laake-Geelen, Dorine Spijkerman, Jan H. B. Geertzen and Marcel W. M. Post

Psychological consequences for family caregivers of patients receiving hemodialysis: threat or opportunity?

Family caregivers of patients receiving hemodialysis experience physical and psychological disorders. They are unfortunately neglected. The aim of this study was to explain the psychological consequences for f...

Authors: Abbas Ebadi, Seyedeh Azam Sajadi, Seyed Tayeb Moradian and Roghayeh Akbari

Behavioral Activation as an ‘active ingredient’ of interventions addressing depression and anxiety among young people: a systematic review and evidence synthesis

Psychological interventions such as behavioral activation (BA) that focus on overt behaviors rather than complex cognitive skills may be developmentally well-suited to address youth mental health problems. The...

Authors: Kanika Malik, Maliha Ibrahim, Adam Bernstein, Rahul Kodihalli Venkatesh, Tara Rai, Bruce Chorpita and Vikram Patel

Correction to: The relationship sabotage scale: an evaluation of factor analyses and constructive validity

Authors: Raquel Peel and Nerina Caltabiano

Perceived quality of life and associated factors among patients with severe mental illness in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Severe mental illness is strongly associated with an impaired quality of life. This intern can affect the treatment adherence and outcomes of the illness. However, there are insufficient studies in the literat...

Authors: Seid Shumye, Tadele Amare, Habtamu Derajew, Merdia Endris, Wondwosen Molla and Nebiyu Mengistu

Cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety in children and young people on the autism spectrum: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Anxiety is common in youth on the autism spectrum and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been adapted to address associated symptoms. The aim of the current systematic review and meta-analysis was to exam...

Authors: Shivani Sharma, Abigail Hucker, Terry Matthews, Dominique Grohmann and Keith R. Laws

The GAD-7 and the PHQ-8 exhibit the same mathematical pattern of item responses in the general population: analysis of data from the National Health Interview Survey

Recent studies have shown that, among the general population, responses to depression-rating scales follow a common mathematical pattern. However, the mathematical pattern among responses to the items of the G...

Authors: Shinichiro Tomitaka and Toshiaki A. Furukawa

Cognitive and socio-emotional correlates of psychological well-being and mental health in Guatemalan adults

Little is known about associations of psychological and mental well-being with cognitive and socioemotional factors in low and middle-income countries, particularly among vulnerable populations born in adverse...

Authors: María J. Ramírez-Luzuriaga, Laura Ochaeta, Manuel Ramírez-Zea, Ann DiGirolamo, Rachel Waford, Charlotte Wray, Reynaldo Martorell and Aryeh D. Stein

Effects of household chaos and parental responsiveness on child executive functions: a novel, multi-method approach

Executive functions can be adversely affected by contextual risks in the home environment including chaos and parenting challenges. Furthermore, household chaos negatively influences parenting practices. Few s...

Authors: Krysta Andrews, James R. Dunn, Heather Prime, Eric Duku, Leslie Atkinson, Ashwini Tiwari and Andrea Gonzalez

The relationship sabotage scale: an evaluation of factor analyses and constructive validity

Some individuals are no longer entering romantic relationships, others move through relationships too quickly searching for “the one” and making quick assessments of their romantic partners, while others stay ...

Authors: Raquel Peel and Nerina Caltabiano

Dangers of residual confounding: a cautionary tale featuring cognitive ability, socioeconomic background, and education

Cognitive ability and socioeconomic background (SEB) have been previously identified as determinants of achieved level of education. According to a “discrimination hypothesis”, higher cognitive ability is requ...

Authors: Kimmo Sorjonen, Daniel Falkstedt, Alma Sörberg Wallin, Bo Melin and Gustav Nilsonne

Selection, optimization and compensation strategies and their relationship with well-being and impulsivity in early, middle and late adulthood in a Polish sample

The model of selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC model) characterises the life management strategies that contribute to successful development. Although the SOC model is an important developmental t...

Authors: Ludmiła Zając-Lamparska

Coping strategies and perceived barriers of women hospitality workplace employees to sexual harassment in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia: a grounded theory approach

Coping depicts how people detect, appraise, deal with, and learn from stressful encounters. Applying preferred coping strategies in various situations makes the issue a persistent agenda in hospitality workpla...

Authors: Mulugeta Dile Worke, Zewdie Birhanu Koricha and Gurmesa Tura Debelew

Predictors of academic performance during the covid-19 outbreak: impact of distance education on mental health, social cognition and memory abilities in an Italian university student sample

This study aimed to investigate the impact of distance education (DE) on mental health, social cognition, and memory abilities in a sample of university students during the national COVID-19 lockdown in Italy ...

Authors: Laura Giusti, Silvia Mammarella, Anna Salza, Sasha Del Vecchio, Donatella Ussorio, Massimo Casacchia and Rita Roncone

Assessment of effects of total sleep deprivation and subsequent recovery sleep: a methodological strategy feasible without sleep laboratory

Sleep is critical for maintaining homeostasis in bodily and neurobehavioral functions. This homeostasis can be disturbed by sleep interruption and restored to normal by subsequent recovery sleep. Most research...

Authors: Cindy Stroemel-Scheder and Stefan Lautenbacher

Evaluation of a short version of the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised questionnaire (ECR-RD8): results from a representative German sample

Attachment insecurity is a prominent risk factor for the development and course of psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders. The Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised (ECR-R) questionnaire is a widely us...

Authors: Johannes C. Ehrenthal, Johannes Zimmermann, Katja Brenk-Franz, Ulrike Dinger, Henning Schauenburg, Elmar Brähler and Bernhard Strauß

Chilean validation of the operationalized psychodynamic diagnosis-structure questionnaire (OPD-SQ) for personality structure

This is the validation of the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis—Structure Questionnaire (OPD-SQ).

Authors: Nicolás Lorenzini, G. de la Parra, P. Dagnino, E. Gomez-Barris, C. Crempien and J. C. Ehrenthal

Temperament and character traits in substance use disorder in Iran: a case control study

Patients with Substance use disorder have distinct personality traits, they were high score in novelty seeking (NS) and sensation seeking and lower in Self-directedness and higher in Self-transcendence, so we ...

Authors: Najmeh Shahini, Ali Talaei, Zanireh Salimi, Moussalreza Adinepour Sarab, Shakiba Gholamzad, Ali Teimouri, Saeedeh Hajebi Khaniki and Mohammadzaman Kamkar

A cross-sectional study of COVID-19-related bullying in a sample of Lebanese adults: scale validation, correlates, and mediating effect of fear and anxiety

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to prolonged exposure to stress and anxiety, raising concerns about a large spectrum of psychological side effects. The primary objective of the study was to validate the COVID-19...

Authors: Chadia Haddad, Hala Sacre, Sandrella Bou Malhab, Diana Malaeb, Danielle Saadeh, Christine Abou Tayeh and Pascale Salameh

Problematic smartphone use and affective temperaments among Lebanese young adults: scale validation and mediating role of self-esteem

Adults all over the world face serious issues from problematic smartphone use (PSU). It influences them negatively on a cognitive, behavioral, and emotional level, as well as on their tendencies and well-being...

Authors: Joanne Zeidan, Souheil Hallit, Marwan Akel, Ismail Louragli and Sahar Obeid

Parental mental illness and their offspring’s mental health in Rwanda: neuropsychiatric hospital of Rwanda

Offspring of the parents with mental disorders are at higher risk to have the mental diseases throughout the world. This study examined the association between psychopathology of parents and the mental health ...

Authors: Donat Rusengamihigo, Jean Mutabaruka, Emmanuel Biracyaza, Olga Magalakaki and Mayssa El’Husseini

Mindfulness based art therapy study protocol to determine efficacy in reducing college stress and anxiety

College students in Generation Z are among the most stressed of our time. Previous research suggests that current interventions on university campuses are primarily for students in crises, but supportive servi...

Authors: Theresa Van Lith, Andrea Cheshure, Scott M. Pickett, Gregg D. Stanwood and Megan Beerse

The influence of semantic relevance on the discernment of product appearance and function

This study investigated the impact of semantic relevance on the ability to comprehend the appearance and function of a product, as presented in images.

Authors: Ching-Yi Wang and Yu-Er Lin

A comparison of self-bias measures across cognitive domains

The ‘self-bias’—i.e., the human proneness to preferentially process self-relevant stimuli—is thought to be important for both self-related and social processing. Previous research operationalized the self-bias...

Authors: Letizia Amodeo, Jan R. Wiersema, Marcel Brass and Annabel D. Nijhof

Fostering learning capacities for meaningful, healthy and efficient studying in undergraduate medical education: evaluation of a longitudinal learning workshop

Academic studies place high demands on the development of learning capacities. Beyond learning techniques, knowledge about the effect of the learning environment, as well as the ability for self-regulation, se...

Authors: Miriam Thye and Diethard Tauschel

Prevalence trends of depression and anxiety symptoms in adults with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes 1995–2019: The HUNT studies, Norway

Symptoms of depression and anxiety are common in adults with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes mellitus (DM). The literature on depression and anxiety in CVDs and DM populations is extensive; however...

Authors: Ivana Bojanić, Erik R. Sund, Hege Sletvold and Ottar Bjerkeset

Living with singleness: needs and concerns of never-married women over 35

Cultural and religious norms and expectations may influence the needs and behavior of single women. This is particularly true in those countries where religion and cultural expectations are salient in everyday...

Authors: Shakiba Pourasad Shahrak, Serge Brand and Ziba Taghizadeh

Pain and health-related quality of life in adolescents and the mediating role of self-esteem and self-efficacy: a cross-sectional study including adolescents and parents

To promote health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescents with pain, it is important to study factors associated with pain. This study aimed to describe selected factors and pain in 14–15-year-old adole...

Authors: Hilde Timenes Mikkelsen, Kristin Haraldstad, Sølvi Helseth, Siv Skarstein, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen and Gudrun Rohde

Mental health outcomes in communities exposed to Armed Conflict Experiences

Populations exposed to Armed Conflict Experiences (ACE) show different levels of impact in their mental health (i.e. clinical and positive components); however, there is limited evidence related to mental heal...

Authors: Sandra Trujillo, Luz Stella Giraldo, José David López, Alberto Acosta and Natalia Trujillo

Bouldering psychotherapy is effective in enhancing perceived self-efficacy in people with depression: results from a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Recent studies have suggested that therapeutic climbing/bouldering may have positive effects on perceived self-efficacy. Nevertheless, there is still an urgent need for high-quality studies, as many existing s...

Authors: André Kratzer, Katharina Luttenberger, Nina Karg-Hefner, Maren Weiss and Lisa Dorscht

“Let us define ourselves”: forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation

The article examines how and why multiple identities are altered, used and discarded by forced migrants.

Authors: Dieu Hack-Polay, Ali B. Mahmoud, Maria Kordowicz, Roda Madziva and Charles Kivunja

A realist synthesis of websites containing content on perfectionism: Are the descriptions and advice empirically supported?

Perfectionism is a risk factor for depression and anxiety and is increasing in young people. It is important to understand the information that youth are exposed to about perfectionism on the internet and what...

Authors: Tracey D. Wade, Sarah J. Egan, Maggie Wleklinski, Amy O’Brien, Grace Fitzallen and Roz Shafran

Grieving a disrupted biography: an interpretative phenomenological analysis exploring barriers to the use of mindfulness after neurological injury or impairment

Mindfulness has demonstrated strong utility for enhancing self-management and health outcomes in chronic illness. However, sensation-focused mindfulness techniques may not be appropriate for clinical populatio...

Authors: K. A. Finlay, J. H. Hearn and A. Chater

A study protocol of the photo-supported conversations about the well-being intervention (Be Well™) for people with stress related disorders

Stress-related illnesses constitute a huge problem in society. The primary care services in Sweden form the first line of care whose role is to coordinate interventions for reducing symptoms, as well as health...

Authors: A. Birgitta Gunnarsson, Petra Wagman, Hans T. Sternudd, Sara Holmberg, Kristina Holmgren and Ulrica Hörberg

Mental health groups in high school students and later school dropout: a latent class and register-based follow-up analysis of the Danish National Youth Study

Mental health represents an important public health issue, and mental health problems have been linked to school dropout. This study aimed to identify mental health groups of high school students using both po...

Authors: Susan Andersen, Michael Davidsen, Line Nielsen and Janne S. Tolstrup

What characterizes a good mental health professional in court-mandated treatment settings?: Findings from a qualitative study with older patients and mental health care professionals

Therapist-related activities and characteristics such as empathy and genuineness are factors that significantly contribute to psychotherapy outcome. As they play a role in psychotherapy more generally, it can ...

Authors: Helene Seaward, Tenzin Wangmo, Tobias Vogel, Marc Graf, Monika Egli-Alge, Michael Liebrenz and Bernice S. Elger

Presenteeism and work ability: development of the Persian version of the Stanford Presenteeism Scale (P-SPS-6) and measurement of its psychometric properties

Presenteeism is recognized in Iran’s hospitals, however little research has been done to understand and tackle the phenomenon because of a lack of valid tools to measure presenteeism. This study aimed to deve...

Authors: Fatemeh Abdi, Mehdi Jahangiri, Mojtaba Kamalinia, Rosanna Cousins and Hamidreza Mokarami

Prevention and early intervention of depression in young people: an integrated narrative review of affective awareness and Ecological Momentary Assessment

Depression has a devastating impact on young people around the world. This impact is pervasive and long-long lasting, still causing havoc as young people transition into adulthood. Prevention and timely early ...

Authors: Joanne R. Beames, Katarina Kikas and Aliza Werner-Seidler

Can the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale-3A be used to screen for anxiety?

Anxiety in the ante- and postnatal period is prevalent, often co-occurs with depression, and can have adverse consequences for the infant. Therefore, perinatal mental health screening programs should not only ...

Authors: Johanne Smith-Nielsen, Ida Egmose, Katrine Isabella Wendelboe, Pernille Steinmejer, Theis Lange and Mette Skovgaard Vaever

DSM-5 personality trait facets amongst child molesters: an exploratory comparison with other types of offenders

DSM-5 provided a dimensional model of personality disorders which may be more clinically informative for the assessment and management of prisoners than a categorical one, as diagnoses of personality disorders...

Authors: Fabio Ferretti, Felice Carabellese, Roberto Catanesi, Anna Coluccia, Stefano Ferracuti, Adriano Schimmenti, Vincenzo Caretti, Lore Lorenzi, Giacomo Gualtieri, Fulvio Carabellese and Andrea Pozza

Mindfulness-based positive psychology interventions: a systematic review

There are hundreds of mindfulness-based interventions in the form of structured and unstructured therapies, trainings, and meditation programs, mostly utilized in a clinical rather than a well-being perspectiv...

Authors: Joshua George Allen, John Romate and Eslavath Rajkumar

Psychological reaction to Covid-19 of Italian patients with IBD

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) on disease management and psychological status. This study explored psychologica...

Authors: Mariarosaria Savarese, Greta Castellini, Salvatore Leone, Enrica Previtali, Alessandro Armuzzi and Guendalina Graffigna