School Psychology Article Feed

May 4th, 2025

May 2nd, 2025

Exercise as a mediator of wellbeing.

Jiang S; Zhang H pubmed id: 40313908

The study looks at how exercise can help college students feel better. It wants to know if being fit plays a part in this.

Age-dependent mechanisms of exercise in the treatment of depression: a comprehensive review of physiological and psychological pathways.

Xue P; Du X; Kong J pubmed id: 40313907

Depression is a big problem around the world, and while medicines help, they have downsides. This study looks at how exercise can make people feel better by changing brain chemicals and helping with stress differently for kids, adults, and older people. The goal is to use this information to help doctors and improve public health.

The changes, formation and public policy measures of mental health in Chinese youth.

Wang Y; Tan G; Zhu T pubmed id: 40313905

This study looks at the confidence of young people in China and how it affects their mental health. Even though the economy is growing, the confidence in their future hasn't increased much. Their confidence now depends more on the overall environment instead of their own social status or income.

Threefold relationship between ideal humanity and sublime beauty in Chinese art forms.

Ding M; Tan X pubmed id: 40313902

The paper talks about how Chinese art mixes the ideas of "sublime" and "beauty" to create something special. It looks at how artists use their creativity and thinking to show this beauty in different ways. The paper also suggests that these ideas can help people understand themselves better and set different goals.

May 1st, 2025

A review of music performance anxiety in the lens of stress models.

Twitchell AJ; Journault AA; Singh KK; Jamieson JP pubmed id: 40309210

Some musicians get nervous when they perform, which can make their playing worse. This research says that being a little nervous might sometimes help, and we should find new ways to handle these feelings to make performances better.

Behind the thinking of attention disorder.

Zamboni D; Snyder V pubmed id: 40309208

This article talks about new ways to understand attention disorders by studying how the brain works and changes. The research looks at how helping the brain grow can improve focus and planning, and it suggests that personal brain-training activities could help people who struggle with attention.

Why humans evolved blue eyes.

Bressan P pubmed id: 40309207

Some people have blue eyes, which are not as good as dark eyes at protecting against sunlight. Researchers think that blue eyes became common because people with blue eyes liked to marry others with blue eyes, helping the trait spread quickly. This is similar to how some colorful animal features make them more successful by attracting mates.

Motor and cognitive function after unipolar depressive episodes: a 6 years longitudinal observational study.

Straub S; Hobert MA; Emmert K; Hansen C; Elshehabi M; Suenkel U; Wurster I; Roeben B; Zimmermann M; Fallgatter AJ; Berg D; Maetzler W pubmed id: 40309206

Unipolar depression is a common mental health problem that can cause trouble with thinking and moving. It might be an early sign of brain diseases that get worse over time. Not much research has studied if the problems with thinking and moving continue even after a person feels better from depression.

The relationship between Chinese vocational college students' adverse childhood experience and meaning in life: the mediating role of self-esteem and the moderating role of humorous coping.

Yun A; Cai Y; Hu Y pubmed id: 40309205

The study looked at how bad things that happen when you’re a kid affect how you find meaning in life. It found that having a sense of humor can help protect self-esteem, making it easier to cope with tough childhood experiences. So, being able to laugh can make a big difference in feeling good about yourself.

Depersonalisation-derealisation as a transdiagnostic treatment target: a scoping review of the evidence in anxiety, depression, and psychosis.

Černis E; Antonović M; Kamvar R; Perkins J pubmed id: 40309203

The study looked at feelings of not being connected to yourself or things around you, which can happen with different mental health problems. These feelings might actually make other mental health issues worse, so the study wanted to see if helping with these feelings could also help with anxiety, depression, and psychosis.

Diabetes as a predictor of COVID-19 preventive behaviors.

Gonzalez Casanova I; Klingensmith R; Myers BA; Anwar F; de Groot M pubmed id: 40309199

The study looked at whether having diabetes affected how people behaved during COVID-19. It focused on staying home, wearing a mask, and getting vaccinated among US adults over a year.

April 30th, 2025

Ethnic-cultural procedural fairness effects on organizational identification and job satisfaction among minority and majority employees.

Dierckx K; Depauw H; Haesevoets T; Valcke B; Van Roey T; Van de Putte B; De Cremer D; Els C; Van Hiel A pubmed id: 40302914

The study looked at how fairness in handling ethnic and cultural issues at work affects how happy people are with their jobs. It found that feeling treated fairly can make workers, both minorities and those in the majority, feel more connected to their workplace, leading to greater job satisfaction. This research shows that fairness can help handle diversity better in organizations.

Cross-cultural differences in resolving sacrificial dilemmas: choices made and how they relate to judgments of their social acceptability.

Jiang X; Harvey N pubmed id: 40302912

People from England and China were asked if they would let one person die to save five others, either by flipping a switch or pushing someone. In both places, people were more willing to flip a switch than push someone, but they thought more people would agree with their choice than actually would. Chinese people thought more about what others would think compared to people from England.

Work performance of middle-aged and elderly employees in hotel industry: the moderating effects of organizational support and age discrimination.

Chow WW; Peng P pubmed id: 40302910

This study looks at how different kinds of support and feelings about age affect how well middle-aged and elderly people do their jobs in hotels. It found that having support from the place they work helps them do better, while feeling discriminated against because of their age can hurt their performance. The research shows the importance of support and fair treatment for older workers.

IRT analysis of the BDI-II for early online depression detection: validation in a Mexican population.

Salcedo-Callado T; Hernández-Llanes N; Sánchez-Domínguez R; Saracco-Alvarez R; Marín-Navarrete R pubmed id: 40302908

Depression is a big problem all over the world, so finding what causes it is very important. There's a quiz called the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) that helps find depression, even on the internet. But we need to prove it works well online, especially in places where not many people use it like this.

The effect of error aversion climate on impoverished leadership.

Liu CE; Liu Y; Li Y; Hu C; Wang S pubmed id: 40302904

Bad leadership can make team spirit and work suffer, and it can hurt how well a group does and how others see them. It can also be bad for the leader's job in the future. However, not much is known about what causes this kind of poor leadership.

April 29th, 2025

How Epistemic Beliefs about Climate Change Predict Climate Change Conspiracy Beliefs.

Nöth L; Zander L pubmed id: 40297604

Some people believe in theories that say climate change isn't real, which can make fighting climate change harder. This research looked at why people believe this, especially when they don't trust science. They found that teaching people more about how knowledge works might help them trust science more and believe these theories less.

Raising to conformity without strictness: is it achievable?

Alcaide M; Garcia OF; Gomez-Ortiz O; Garcia F pubmed id: 40297603

Recent studies show that being very strict might not always be the best way to raise children. This research looks at how being loving (warmth) and being strict affect how kids fit in and adjust to the world around them.