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March 6th, 2025

Validation of the Slovenian versions of Child and Youth Resilience Measure-12 and Brief Resilience Scale among youth.

Smrke U; Rehberger A; Močnik S; Špes T; Mlakar I; Plohl N pubmed id: 40045961

This research paper talks about how being strong when things are tough is important for mental health. It focuses on how young adults deal with changes and stresses in their lives. The paper checks if two tools used to measure this strength work well for young adults in Slovenia.

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Resilience is the ability to adapt positively in the face of adversity, trauma, or significant stress and is a vital component of maintaining mental health and well-being. It is particularly shaped in young adulthood by navigating unique stressors, such as changes in living arrangements, relationships, and education. However, much of the existing research focuses on children or older adults, leaving a gap in our knowledge regarding resilience in young adulthood. Moreover, the existing resilience scales are seldom validated outside of English-speaking contexts. With this paper, we turn attention to validating two resilience measures, Child and Youth Resilience Measure-12 (CYRM-12) and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), in Slovenian language, using a sample of young adults.

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Validation of the Slovenian versions of Child and Youth Resilience Measure-12 and Brief Resilience Scale among youth.

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Smrke U; Rehberger A; Močnik S; Špes T; Mlakar I; Plohl N

Summary:
This research paper talks about how being strong when things are tough is important for mental health. It focuses on how young adults deal with changes and stresses in their lives. The paper checks if two tools used to measure this strength work well for young adults in Slovenia.

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March 5th, 2025

Mental imagery and stress: the mediating role of self-efficacy in competitive martial arts athletes.

Di Corrado D; Tortella P; Coco M; Guarnera M; Tusak M; Parisi MC pubmed id: 40040664

Martial arts are different ways of fighting, each with its own special moves and ideas. People use mental pictures to imagine things like how something feels or looks to help them get better at these sports.

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Martial arts are diverse systems of combat practices, each with its unique techniques, philosophies, and histories. Mental imagery is a multisensory experience that integrates various senses to create vivid mental representations, evoking the physical attributes of people, places, or objects not currently within our perception. In sports contexts, studies have indicated that martial arts often use imagery to enhance performance.

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Mental imagery and stress: the mediating role of self-efficacy in competitive martial arts athletes.

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Di Corrado D; Tortella P; Coco M; Guarnera M; Tusak M; Parisi MC

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Martial arts are different ways of fighting, each with its own special moves and ideas. People use mental pictures to imagine things like how something feels or looks to help them get better at these sports.

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How does physical education influence university students' psychological health? An analysis from the dual perspectives of social support and exercise behavior.

Han X; Li H; Niu L pubmed id: 40040663

This study looks at how physical education helps college students feel better and happier. It also checks how support from friends and exercise habits make a difference.

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Physical education, as a central component of educational systems, plays a unique role in enhancing the psychological well-being of university students. This study investigates the impacts of physical education on students' mental health and examines the mediating roles of social support and exercise behavior.

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How does physical education influence university students' psychological health? An analysis from the dual perspectives of social support and exercise behavior.

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Han X; Li H; Niu L

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This study looks at how physical education helps college students feel better and happier. It also checks how support from friends and exercise habits make a difference.

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Strengthening social skills: developing a social competence intervention for physical education using intervention mapping-protocol paper.

Schüller I; Wergin VV; Mess F pubmed id: 40040662

This study looks at ways to help people become better at social skills using different methods. The researchers made a special program and tools to teach and measure these skills.

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The promotion of social competences using multi-method approaches is an understudied area in education and psychology. This study addresses the gap by developing and presenting a program to enhance social competences using theory-derived program and assessment designs.

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Strengthening social skills: developing a social competence intervention for physical education using intervention mapping-protocol paper.

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Schüller I; Wergin VV; Mess F

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This study looks at ways to help people become better at social skills using different methods. The researchers made a special program and tools to teach and measure these skills.

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pubmed id: 40040662 Indexed on March 5th, 2025

(State) empathy: how context matters.

Heyers K; Schrödter R; Pfeifer LS; Ocklenburg S; Güntürkün O; Stockhorst U pubmed id: 40040661

This research paper talks about empathy, which is how we understand and respond to other people's feelings. It explains that empathy is influenced by different situations and gives advice on how to study it better. The paper also helps researchers choose the right tools to measure different types of empathy.

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Empathy is a pivotal capacity that is essential for human interaction. It encompasses cognitive empathy, which is the ability to understand another individual's emotional state, and affective empathy, which is to express an appropriate affective response to another person's emotional state. Recent advancements in empathy research have highlighted the contextual nature of both cognitive and affective empathy, signifying their susceptibility to modulation by situational factors. Despite this progress, a comprehensive mechanistic understanding of empathy as a form of situated cognition that integrates both state and trait dimensions remains scarce. This review outlines the interplay of trait and state empathy and how state empathy emerges from a dynamic interplay between bottom-up processes and top-down control mechanisms. It further covers which situational factors increase versus decrease state empathy. In addition, to assist in selecting appropriate measurement tools for measuring trait and/or state empathy, the review categorizes existing empathy measurement instruments. Taken together, this review provides a roadmap for enhancing the efficacy of future empathy studies by: (1) outlining the current theoretical and methodological considerations for disentangling trait and state empathy; (2) organizing existing empathy measurement tools to aid researchers in selecting appropriate tools for future studies; (3) describing the interplay between bottom-up processes and top-down control mechanisms for state and trait empathy; and (4) reviewing factors that increase or decrease state empathy to prevent their potential interference and enable a more accurate assessment of empathy.

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(State) empathy: how context matters.

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Heyers K; Schrödter R; Pfeifer LS; Ocklenburg S; Güntürkün O; Stockhorst U

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This research paper talks about empathy, which is how we understand and respond to other people's feelings. It explains that empathy is influenced by different situations and gives advice on how to study it better. The paper also helps researchers choose the right tools to measure different types of empathy.

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Perceived restorativeness and environment quality in relation to well-being, residential satisfaction, and sense of community: an analysis in Northeast Italy.

Miola L; Pazzaglia F pubmed id: 40040660

The study looks at why people are happy with where they live, focusing on things like their age, how they see their home, and how relaxing it is. It explores how these factors affect their well-being, satisfaction with their homes, and sense of community in northeast Italy.

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Residential satisfaction consists of pleasure derived from living in a place according to one's needs, expectations, and outcomes. The present study examines the role of sociodemographic variables, perceived residential quality indicators, and restorativeness in predicting i) well-being, ii) residential satisfaction, and iii) sense of communities in northeast Italy.

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Perceived restorativeness and environment quality in relation to well-being, residential satisfaction, and sense of community: an analysis in Northeast Italy.

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Miola L; Pazzaglia F

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The study looks at why people are happy with where they live, focusing on things like their age, how they see their home, and how relaxing it is. It explores how these factors affect their well-being, satisfaction with their homes, and sense of community in northeast Italy.

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pubmed id: 40040660 Indexed on March 5th, 2025

Understanding intergroup violence justification: the role of ethnicity and perceived threat in Israeli society.

Rozmann N pubmed id: 40040659

This study looked at how different groups in Israel, Jews and Arabs, think about violence between groups. It found that Jews were more likely to say violence is okay if they felt threatened, showing how feeling threatened can affect how people justify violence.

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Research has shown that perceived realistic and symbolic threats are linked with negative attitudes and prejudice toward out-group members. Additionally, levels of perceived group threat regarding out-groups can affect intergroup violence justification. Based on the Integrated Threat Theory (ITT), the current study aimed to expand existing knowledge by examining a conceptual model in which perceived threat mediates the relationship between ethnicity and intergroup violence justification among Jews and Arabs in Israel. The study involved 324 Israeli-Jewish and 325 Israeli-Arabs, who answered questions regarding perceived out-group threat and intergroup violence justification. Findings revealed that (a) Jews were more likely to justify intergroup violence than Arabs, and (b) perceived realistic threat mediates the relationship between ethnic affiliation and intergroup violence justification only among Jews. These results underscore the importance of understanding intergroup conflicts in the field of criminology.

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Understanding intergroup violence justification: the role of ethnicity and perceived threat in Israeli society.

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Rozmann N

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This study looked at how different groups in Israel, Jews and Arabs, think about violence between groups. It found that Jews were more likely to say violence is okay if they felt threatened, showing how feeling threatened can affect how people justify violence.

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pubmed id: 40040659 Indexed on March 5th, 2025

Cortical excitability and the aging brain: toward a biomarker of cognitive resilience.

Palermo S; Di Fazio C; Scaliti E; Stanziano M; Nigri A; Tamietto M pubmed id: 40040658

Cortical excitability (CE) might help us see how healthy an older person's brain is. Scientists think it could show if someone will stay sharp in their thinking as they age. If used well, CE could help find early signs of memory problems and aid in creating better treatments.

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This perspective article addresses the potential use of cortical excitability (CE) as an indicator of cognitive health in aging people. Changes in CE may be considered a sign of resilience to cognitive decline in old age. The authors describe research on CE and its link to cognitive function in older adults and emphasize that it is a promising, non-invasive measure of healthy aging. They also address the current challenges in its implementation, the need for standardized measurement protocols and possible future avenues of research. If properly considered, CE could pave the way for early detection of cognitive decline and facilitate targeted interventions to promote cognitive resilience.

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Cortical excitability and the aging brain: toward a biomarker of cognitive resilience.

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Palermo S; Di Fazio C; Scaliti E; Stanziano M; Nigri A; Tamietto M

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Cortical excitability (CE) might help us see how healthy an older person's brain is. Scientists think it could show if someone will stay sharp in their thinking as they age. If used well, CE could help find early signs of memory problems and aid in creating better treatments.

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pubmed id: 40040658 Indexed on March 5th, 2025

Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the electroconvulsive related anxiety questionnaire for psychiatric patients.

EghbalManesh A; Ebadi A; Zoladl M; Rasoul Zadeh Haghighi Z pubmed id: 40040656

ECT helps many people with mental health issues, but some are scared to try it. Scientists wanted to make a good Persian quiz to help doctors understand and manage this fear, so they translated a special questionnaire and checked if it works well.

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ECT is one of the most effective treatments for psychiatric patients. The results of several studies have reported ECT-related anxiety, which makes the patients ignore the advantages of the treatment and subsequently avoid it. Adopting an appropriate instrument to evaluate and manage this anxiety is so significant. Since there is no valid questionnaire to assess the patients' anxiety for ECT in Persian, we aimed to translate the EARQ into Persian and evaluate its validity and reliability in the present study.

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Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the electroconvulsive related anxiety questionnaire for psychiatric patients.

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EghbalManesh A; Ebadi A; Zoladl M; Rasoul Zadeh Haghighi Z

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ECT helps many people with mental health issues, but some are scared to try it. Scientists wanted to make a good Persian quiz to help doctors understand and manage this fear, so they translated a special questionnaire and checked if it works well.

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The indirect effect of sleep quality on stress-related psychosocial outcomes in adolescents: an investigation across genders.

Koike C; Nestor BA; Baumer AM; Kossowsky J pubmed id: 40040655

Sleep is very important for teenagers because it helps their emotions and social lives. But many things can disturb their sleep as they grow up.

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Sleep is foundational for adolescent psychosocial outcomes though often compromised by normative developmental changes and external factors.

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The indirect effect of sleep quality on stress-related psychosocial outcomes in adolescents: an investigation across genders.

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Koike C; Nestor BA; Baumer AM; Kossowsky J

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Sleep is very important for teenagers because it helps their emotions and social lives. But many things can disturb their sleep as they grow up.

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Adolescent campus bullying and non-suicide self-injury: chain mediating effect of negative affect and sleep quality.

Anan L; Yaoyao L; Kunhang X; Yong Y; Xiaoyan W; Lina L; Shaobo L pubmed id: 40040654

This study looked at how bullying at school might lead to teens hurting themselves without wanting to die, through feeling bad and not sleeping well.

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This study aimed to explore the chain mediating role of negative affect and sleep quality between campus bullying and non - suicidal self - injury (NSSI) among adolescents.

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Adolescent campus bullying and non-suicide self-injury: chain mediating effect of negative affect and sleep quality.

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Anan L; Yaoyao L; Kunhang X; Yong Y; Xiaoyan W; Lina L; Shaobo L

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This study looked at how bullying at school might lead to teens hurting themselves without wanting to die, through feeling bad and not sleeping well.

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Real-world stress and control: integrating ambulatory physiological and ecological momentary assessment technologies to explain daily wellbeing.

Lohani M; Dutton S; Imel ZE; Hill PL pubmed id: 40040653

The study looked at how stress, feeling in control, and emotions affect the body in everyday life. Young adults wore heart monitors while answering questions on their phones about stress and control. They found that feeling less in control when stressed affected heart rates and emotions.

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The current study sought to advance our understanding of the connections between stress, perceived control, affect, and physiology in daily life. To achieve this goal, we integrated hourly ambulatory physiological and experiential data from young adult participants who experienced work or academic stressors over the course of a day. Participants wore a cardiovascular monitor that recorded heart rate data continuously for 8 h while hourly random Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) data were collected in personally relevant settings via mobile phones to learn about stress, perceived control, and affect. The current findings provide a critical advance by demonstrating clear evidence for moderation by perceived control, wherein affective wellbeing was strongly associated with heart rate when one experienced a stressor outside their control. The innovative approach utilized in the current study in real-world settings provides further support for the value of integrating individuals' self-report and physiological experiences (e.g., the role of perceived control), as the information gained can provide critical insights into stress physiology (e.g., heart rate) and wellbeing (e.g., negative affect) connections. The present study thus provides a critical advance to the literature by connecting the literature on daily affect, perceived control, and physiological data streams. This innovation is particularly noteworthy given the general paucity of work that employs ambulatory assessments of physiological responses to daily life.

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Real-world stress and control: integrating ambulatory physiological and ecological momentary assessment technologies to explain daily wellbeing.

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Lohani M; Dutton S; Imel ZE; Hill PL

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The study looked at how stress, feeling in control, and emotions affect the body in everyday life. Young adults wore heart monitors while answering questions on their phones about stress and control. They found that feeling less in control when stressed affected heart rates and emotions.

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March 4th, 2025

An empirical study on job burnout among university counselors and the improvement of occupational happiness.

Liang QQ; Yin F pubmed id: 40034946

The study shows that many university counselors feel very tired and less excited about their jobs due to their hard work. Counselors who are 26-30 years old feel the most worn out. To help, it is important for them to learn how to understand and use their emotions better, which can make them happier in their jobs.

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University counselors undertake a significant amount of repetitive and trivial work. The high-pressure, high-load nature of their duties gradually erodes their enthusiasm and consumes considerable psychological resources, leading to a higher-than-average level of job burnout among university counselors. The article examines the practical work of university counselors, analyzing and validating the moderating role of emotional intelligence in the relationship between emotional labor and job burnout. In September 2023, a survey was conducted involving 520 university counselors from 25 different types of universities, located across six provinces in eastern, central, and western China. Using the General Information Questionnaire for University Teachers, the Emotional Labor Scale, the Emotional Intelligence Scale, and the Job Burnout Scale, this empirical study investigated job burnout and mental health among counselors. The study aimed to assess the level of job burnout among university counselors and to propose suggestions for enhancing their occupational happiness. The results indicate that burnout among university counselors increases with age, with counselors aged 26-30 experiencing the highest levels of depersonalization and burnout. Furthermore, it has been observed that emotional intelligence tends to escalate with advanced educational attainment. Counselors scored higher on the dimensions of deep acting and genuine emotional expression compared to surface acting. It is recommended to address burnout from both individual and organizational dimensions, with particular focus on counselors aged 26-30. Implementing targeted training programs to enhance emotional intelligence can help reduce job burnout. Efforts should be made to transform burnout into occupational attachment, achieving harmony between the individual and their profession.

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An empirical study on job burnout among university counselors and the improvement of occupational happiness.

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Liang QQ; Yin F

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The study shows that many university counselors feel very tired and less excited about their jobs due to their hard work. Counselors who are 26-30 years old feel the most worn out. To help, it is important for them to learn how to understand and use their emotions better, which can make them happier in their jobs.

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pubmed id: 40034946 Indexed on March 4th, 2025

Older men in motion: bodies, masculinities, and redefinition of identity.

González-Calvo G; García-Monge A; Ramalho A; Hamdi F; Duarte-Mendes P pubmed id: 40034945

The study looks at how older men change and stay active as they age. It shows that getting older can be about growing and changing, not just slowing down. The research also talks about how exercise helps them feel good about who they are.

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This study explores the intersection of physical exercise, masculinity, and aging in older men, examining how these elements shape identity and bodily experiences. Aging is often framed through deficit-based narratives that emphasize decline; however, this research seeks to reframe aging as a process of adaptation and opportunity. By investigating how physical activity contributes to identity reconstruction, this study aims to provide insights into the broader social and structural factors influencing older men's engagement in exercise.

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Older men in motion: bodies, masculinities, and redefinition of identity.

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González-Calvo G; García-Monge A; Ramalho A; Hamdi F; Duarte-Mendes P

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The study looks at how older men change and stay active as they age. It shows that getting older can be about growing and changing, not just slowing down. The research also talks about how exercise helps them feel good about who they are.

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pubmed id: 40034945 Indexed on March 4th, 2025

Effectiveness of brief online mindfulness-based intervention on different types of mobile phone addiction: mechanisms of influence of trait mindfulness.

Zhang Z; Wu L; Lu C; Guan T pubmed id: 40034944

Many college students can't stop using their phones, which is bad for their health. This research tried using a short online mindfulness lesson to help with phone addiction. It also studied how natural mindfulness traits affect this process.

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It is common for college students to suffer from mobile phone addiction, which can seriously affect their physical and mental health. The current study looked at the impact of a brief online mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on mobile phone addiction to address this problem. The mechanisms behind the influence of trait mindfulness (TM) on this process were also investigated in the current study.

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Effectiveness of brief online mindfulness-based intervention on different types of mobile phone addiction: mechanisms of influence of trait mindfulness.

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Zhang Z; Wu L; Lu C; Guan T

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Many college students can't stop using their phones, which is bad for their health. This research tried using a short online mindfulness lesson to help with phone addiction. It also studied how natural mindfulness traits affect this process.

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pubmed id: 40034944 Indexed on March 4th, 2025

How does loneliness affect satisfaction with life? What is the role of the perception of God in this interaction?

Kaya F; Yazıcı Çelebi G pubmed id: 40034943

The study looked at how feeling lonely and thinking about God can change how happy people living alone in Turkey are during COVID-19. It also checked if thinking about God can help with the lonely feelings and make life more satisfying.

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This study examined the role of loneliness and the perception of God in affecting the satisfaction with life of Muslim individuals living alone in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the study explored the regulatory role of the perception of God in the relationship between individuals' loneliness and satisfaction with life.

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How does loneliness affect satisfaction with life? What is the role of the perception of God in this interaction?

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Kaya F; Yazıcı Çelebi G

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The study looked at how feeling lonely and thinking about God can change how happy people living alone in Turkey are during COVID-19. It also checked if thinking about God can help with the lonely feelings and make life more satisfying.

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pubmed id: 40034943 Indexed on March 4th, 2025

Exploring how sensory dominance modulated by modality-specific expectation: an event-related potential study.

Tang X; Fan D; Wang X; Xing Z; Yu S; Wang A; Yu H pubmed id: 40034942

The study looked at why we focus more on what we see than what we hear when both happen at the same time. They found that if we expect to see something, our brains respond more strongly to what we see, and if we expect to hear something, our brains respond more to sounds.

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The Colavita visual dominance effect refers to the phenomenon in which tend to respond only or preferentially to visual stimuli of bimodal audiovisual stimulus. Previous evidence has indicated that sensory dominance can be modulated by top-down expectation. However, it remains unclear how expectations directed toward a single sensory modality influence Colavita visual dominance at the electrophysiology level. Using event-related potential (ERP) measurements, we investigated how modality expectation modulates sensory dominance by manipulating the different unimodal target probabilities used in previous related Colavita studies. For the behavioral results, a significantly larger visual dominance effect was found when the modality expectation was directed to the visual sensory condition (40% V:10% A). Further ERPs results revealed that the mean amplitude of P2 (200-250 ms) in the central-parietal region was larger in the visual precedence auditory response (V_A) type than in the auditory precedence visual response (A_V) type when modality expectation was directed to visual sensory stimuli (40% V:10% A). In contrast, the mean amplitude of N2 (290-330 ms) in the frontal region was larger for the V_A type than in the A_V type when modality expectation was directed to the auditory sensory stimuli (10% V:40% A). Additionally, for the A_V type N1 (150-170 ms) in the frontal region was larger in visual versus auditory expectation condition. Overall, the study tentatively suggested that increasing unimodal target probability may lead to greater top-down expectation direct to target modality stimulus, and then sensory dominance emerges in the late phase when participant response to visual stimuli of bimodal audiovisual stimulus.

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Exploring how sensory dominance modulated by modality-specific expectation: an event-related potential study.

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Tang X; Fan D; Wang X; Xing Z; Yu S; Wang A; Yu H

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The study looked at why we focus more on what we see than what we hear when both happen at the same time. They found that if we expect to see something, our brains respond more strongly to what we see, and if we expect to hear something, our brains respond more to sounds.

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pubmed id: 40034942 Indexed on March 4th, 2025

Beyond radicalization: the 3N model and its application to criminal attitudes in high-risk contexts.

Bélanger JJ; Wolfowicz M; Mohammad H; Lobato RM; Blaya Burgo M; Rico-Bustamante L; Martín-Criado JM; Moyano M pubmed id: 40034941

This study looks at how wanting to find meaning, hanging out with bad peers, and having negative thoughts can lead people to think crime is okay. It also checks how positive role models can help change these thoughts in different cultures.

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This research integrates criminological and psychological literature by applying the 3N model of radicalization to predict criminal attitudes. Specifically, we conceptualize "need" as the search for meaning, "networks" as deviant associations, and "narrative" as criminal attitudes. We examine the roles of these factors across diverse cultural contexts and investigate the effectiveness of prosocial models in redirecting the search for meaning away from criminal attitudes.

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Beyond radicalization: the 3N model and its application to criminal attitudes in high-risk contexts.

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Bélanger JJ; Wolfowicz M; Mohammad H; Lobato RM; Blaya Burgo M; Rico-Bustamante L; Martín-Criado JM; Moyano M

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This study looks at how wanting to find meaning, hanging out with bad peers, and having negative thoughts can lead people to think crime is okay. It also checks how positive role models can help change these thoughts in different cultures.

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Development and validation of a secondary school classroom engagement instrument in math and science in the Ethiopian context.

Berhanu A; Semela T; Moges B pubmed id: 40034940

The study focused on creating a tool to measure how much Ethiopian students join in classroom activities. Knowing how engaged students are can help predict how well they will do in school.

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Classroom engagement is the most influential variable in predicting students' academic achievement. However, a valid and reliable instrument for measuring students' classroom engagement in the Ethiopian context remains unexplored. This study aimed to develop and validate an Ethiopian secondary school student classroom engagement instrument.

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Development and validation of a secondary school classroom engagement instrument in math and science in the Ethiopian context.

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Berhanu A; Semela T; Moges B

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The study focused on creating a tool to measure how much Ethiopian students join in classroom activities. Knowing how engaged students are can help predict how well they will do in school.

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pubmed id: 40034940 Indexed on March 4th, 2025

The mediating role of job satisfaction in the effect of green transformational leadership on intention to leave the job.

Oktaysoy O; Topcuoglu E; Ozgen-Cigdemli AO; Kaygin E; Kosa G; Turan-Torun B; Kobanoglu MS; Uygungil-Erdogan S pubmed id: 40034939

Leadership ideas have changed over time as we care more about the environment. Green transformational leaders help employees pay attention to the environment by making it part of the workplace culture.

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The literature on leadership has evolved in accordance with changing global expectations over time and the significance of new leadership approaches which are based on environmental sustainability has increased day by day. Green transformational leaders, one of the results of this evolution, are different from other leadership approaches in terms of their role in motivating employees and increasing their environmental awareness by integrating their environmental sensitivities into the organizational culture.

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The mediating role of job satisfaction in the effect of green transformational leadership on intention to leave the job.

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Oktaysoy O; Topcuoglu E; Ozgen-Cigdemli AO; Kaygin E; Kosa G; Turan-Torun B; Kobanoglu MS; Uygungil-Erdogan S

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Leadership ideas have changed over time as we care more about the environment. Green transformational leaders help employees pay attention to the environment by making it part of the workplace culture.

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March 3rd, 2025

The impact of social media use on tolerance, community peace, online ethical awareness among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates.

Al Ketbi N; Habes M; Shaheen L; Attar RW; Tahat D; Alhazmi AH pubmed id: 40028651

This study looked at how social media affects kids in the UAE and found it can help them learn to be more tolerant, peaceful, and aware of being good online. The research used surveys and showed that social media can teach good behavior and help make the community better. Overall, the study suggests social media has a helpful role in changing how young people act.

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Social media use has increased after the COVID-19, indicating several effects on users. Talking specifically about its effects on adolescents, several studies have witnessed its positive and negative consequences on young users. This research also aims to examine the positive effects of social media use on adolescents from a Media Mindfulness Perspective, including tolerance, community peace, and online ethical awareness. Theoretically supported by Social Learning Theory, the data were gathered using 379 structured questionnaires. Results indicated an overall positive influence of social media use on adolescents in UAE. It is found that social media use positively affects tolerance among adolescents, suggesting an improved tolerance among the relevant users. Also, the effect of social media uses on community peace remained positive, implying that digital platforms are constructive means of teaching peace and harmony. Finally, results also indicated the positive effects of social media use on online ethical awareness among adolescents in UAE. Overall, these results suggest a positive, constructive role of social media use in changing the behaviors of the young generation. Under the social learning theory, this study also suggested social media as a powerful tool for learning positive behaviors, further influencing and improving societal peace and harmony. Finally, the study's significance and limitations are discussed.

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The impact of social media use on tolerance, community peace, online ethical awareness among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates.

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Al Ketbi N; Habes M; Shaheen L; Attar RW; Tahat D; Alhazmi AH

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This study looked at how social media affects kids in the UAE and found it can help them learn to be more tolerant, peaceful, and aware of being good online. The research used surveys and showed that social media can teach good behavior and help make the community better. Overall, the study suggests social media has a helpful role in changing how young people act.

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pubmed id: 40028651 Indexed on March 3rd, 2025

Wind energy development in Norway: exploring the emotional landscape.

Lundheim SH; Löfström E pubmed id: 40028650

Norway wants to lower carbon pollution and use less fossil fuels, but they keep extracting a lot of them. Many people don't believe in climate change, and even though wind energy is suggested to help, not everyone supports it.

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In Norway, despite ambitious goals for a low-carbon society, the extensive extraction of fossil fuels persists, accompanied by widespread climate skepticism. Wind energy is proposed as a solution but faces resistance.

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Wind energy development in Norway: exploring the emotional landscape.

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Lundheim SH; Löfström E

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Norway wants to lower carbon pollution and use less fossil fuels, but they keep extracting a lot of them. Many people don't believe in climate change, and even though wind energy is suggested to help, not everyone supports it.

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pubmed id: 40028650 Indexed on March 3rd, 2025

Beyond words: the relevance of autonomy-supportive language in university syllabi.

Herrera D; Lira-Delcore A; Lira Luttges B pubmed id: 40028649

This research looks at how the words used in university class plans, called syllabi, can help students feel more excited to learn. The study repeated another research to see how the way a syllabus is written affects students' motivation.

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University syllabi are a semester-long working tool through which professors present a thematic content program, precise assessment mechanisms, and establish the activities schedule, among other tasks. Teachers can promote high-quality motivation among students through syllabi. The goal of this research was to replicate a previous study on the impact of syllabus language on student motivation.

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Beyond words: the relevance of autonomy-supportive language in university syllabi.

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Herrera D; Lira-Delcore A; Lira Luttges B

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This research looks at how the words used in university class plans, called syllabi, can help students feel more excited to learn. The study repeated another research to see how the way a syllabus is written affects students' motivation.

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pubmed id: 40028649 Indexed on March 3rd, 2025

The quest for systematization in educational psychology practice-the case of SDQ.

Szulevicz T; Arnfred JB pubmed id: 40028647

Educational Psychology is trying to find a balance between using standard rules and looking at each situation differently. This study looks at these ideas with something called the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.

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The field of Educational Psychology (EP) practice is currently shaped by debates on the balance between systematized and situated approaches. This study explores these debates through the lens of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ).

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The quest for systematization in educational psychology practice-the case of SDQ.

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Szulevicz T; Arnfred JB

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Educational Psychology is trying to find a balance between using standard rules and looking at each situation differently. This study looks at these ideas with something called the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.

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pubmed id: 40028647 Indexed on March 3rd, 2025

Academic performance, self-reported motivation, and affect in higher education: the role of basic psychological need satisfaction.

González-Arias M; Dibona P; Soto-Flores B; Rojas-Puelles A; Amato M; Álvarez-Trigo D; Castillo R pubmed id: 40028646

The study looked at how students' needs, feelings, and grades are different in classes they find exciting versus classes they don't like as much. It also tried to find out how these things are connected to each other.

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Higher education is a milestone in students' lives; however, it often comes with various challenges. In this context, Basic Psychological Needs Theory emerges as a framework to understand a series of significant factors that influence students' academic experiences, such as motivation and affect. Although there are studies that assess the association between basic psychological needs (BPN), motivation, affect and academic performance separately, there is a lack of research integrating all these variables in a higher education context. The first objective of the study was to evaluate the differences in BPN satisfaction, positive and negative affect, and academic performance between the courses perceived as the most motivating and those perceived as the least motivating. The second objective of the study was to examine the relationship between the studied variables.

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Academic performance, self-reported motivation, and affect in higher education: the role of basic psychological need satisfaction.

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González-Arias M; Dibona P; Soto-Flores B; Rojas-Puelles A; Amato M; Álvarez-Trigo D; Castillo R

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The study looked at how students' needs, feelings, and grades are different in classes they find exciting versus classes they don't like as much. It also tried to find out how these things are connected to each other.

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pubmed id: 40028646 Indexed on March 3rd, 2025

A scoping review of longitudinal studies of athlete burnout.

Dišlere BE; Mārtinsone K; Koļesņikova J pubmed id: 40028645

This study looks at how training and stress affect athletes' mental health and can lead to feeling worn out. It wants to understand athletes' burnout by studying it over time to learn why it happens and how it changes.

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Prior research has shown that increasing training and competition loads, along with associated stressors, can negatively impact athletes' mental health and contribute to burnout. While athlete burnout can be associated with various negative sports-related consequences, such as withdrawal from sports or injuries. Although most studies on athlete burnout employ cross-sectional designs, longitudinal approaches could provide valuable insights into athlete burnout changes over time and potential causal relationships between variables and burnout. Therefore, this study aims to systematically examine longitudinal design studies to offer a comprehensive methodological, conceptual, and practical overview of athlete burnout and its associated factors.

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A scoping review of longitudinal studies of athlete burnout.

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Dišlere BE; Mārtinsone K; Koļesņikova J

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This study looks at how training and stress affect athletes' mental health and can lead to feeling worn out. It wants to understand athletes' burnout by studying it over time to learn why it happens and how it changes.

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pubmed id: 40028645 Indexed on March 3rd, 2025

Navigating exercise attitudes and emotional positivity in adulthood during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Shandong Province.

Meng R; Dong C pubmed id: 40028644

This study looked at how people in Shandong Province, China, felt about exercise during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It checked if there was a link between feeling good and liking exercise, and also looked at how age, gender, and education might affect these feelings.

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During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, understanding public attitudes and emotional responses towards physical exercise became crucial. This study aimed to explore the relationship between positive emotions and attitudes towards physical exercise among adults in Shandong Province, China, and to identify the influence of demographic factors such as gender, age, and education levels on these attitudes and emotions.

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Navigating exercise attitudes and emotional positivity in adulthood during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Shandong Province.

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Meng R; Dong C

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This study looked at how people in Shandong Province, China, felt about exercise during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It checked if there was a link between feeling good and liking exercise, and also looked at how age, gender, and education might affect these feelings.

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pubmed id: 40028644 Indexed on March 3rd, 2025

: an R package for handling multiple response attempts and conducting error analysis in aphasia and related disorders.

Gutiérrez-Cordero I; García-Orza J pubmed id: 40028643

There is a new tool to help scientists study how well people speak and spell in Spanish. This tool can tell what kinds of mistakes people make and if they get better over time. It uses smart computer programs to do this quickly and easily.

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Manual classification of production errors and the allocation of speech/spelling scores are time-consuming, laborious and error-prone tasks, even when conducted by clinicians and specialized researchers. Here we present , an R package developed to improve the analysis of language production quality for Spanish data. The package offers various functions, including (1) managing dataframes containing single responses and multiple-attempt responses, (2) conducting formal similarity analyses on words as well as positional accuracy data analyses within words, and (3) the classification of errors by considering lexicality, formal similarity and semantic similarity indexes, which are obtained by means of different algorithms and artificial intelligence techniques such as word2vec. The applications of , which is the first open-source package of its kind, include assessing whether production quality improves over the course of multiple attempts, and identifying which aspects of an individual's productions are most impacted by their impairments. Other potential applications include the analysis of whether improvements arise in a patient's production quality after a given treatment, distinguishing between cases of apraxia of speech and conduction aphasia, as well as simply using the package to improve and speed up the classification of speech/spelling errors with large datasets through automation.

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: an R package for handling multiple response attempts and conducting error analysis in aphasia and related disorders.

Author(s):
Gutiérrez-Cordero I; García-Orza J

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There is a new tool to help scientists study how well people speak and spell in Spanish. This tool can tell what kinds of mistakes people make and if they get better over time. It uses smart computer programs to do this quickly and easily.

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pubmed id: 40028643 Indexed on March 3rd, 2025

Reciprocal longitudinal effects between sense of school belonging and academic achievement: quasi-experimental estimates using United States primary school data.

Sakellariou C pubmed id: 40027371

This study looks at how feeling like you belong in school can affect how well you do in your classes later on. It checks this idea with kids in 4th and 5th grade in the United States.

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This study investigates the bidirectional relationship between earlier sense of school belonging and later academic achievement in schoolchildren at grades 4 and 5 in US schools, using ECLS-K:2011 longitudinal data.

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Reciprocal longitudinal effects between sense of school belonging and academic achievement: quasi-experimental estimates using United States primary school data.

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Sakellariou C

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This study looks at how feeling like you belong in school can affect how well you do in your classes later on. It checks this idea with kids in 4th and 5th grade in the United States.

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pubmed id: 40027371 Indexed on March 3rd, 2025

February 28th, 2025

A bibliometric analysis of metonymy in SSCI-indexed research (2000-2023): retrospect and prospect.

Sun Y; Lin M pubmed id: 40018009

This study looks at how metonymy, which is important for language and communication, has been studied from 2000 to 2023. It shows key trends and new ideas in this research area.

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Metonymy has gained increasing attention for its role in shaping language, thought, and communication. Despite its prominence, the thematic evolution and future directions of metonymy research remain underexplored. This study seeks to address this gap by analyzing metonymy research published between 2000 and 2023, providing a comprehensive overview of its key trends and emerging themes.

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A bibliometric analysis of metonymy in SSCI-indexed research (2000-2023): retrospect and prospect.

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Sun Y; Lin M

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This study looks at how metonymy, which is important for language and communication, has been studied from 2000 to 2023. It shows key trends and new ideas in this research area.

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pubmed id: 40018009 Indexed on February 28th, 2025

Prevalence of depression among primary caregivers of patients with cancer in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.

Wassie YA; Workneh BS; Mekonen EG; Ali MS; Techane MA; Wassie M; Kassie AT; Ahmed MA; Simie Tsega S; Aemro A; Zegeye AF; Tekeba B; Tarik Tamir T; Nakie G; Fentahu S; Melkam M; Kibralew G; Tadesse G; Gonete AT pubmed id: 40018007

Cancer can cause very stressful feelings like sadness. The people who help take care of cancer patients, called caregivers, are very important but their own health can suffer because of all the stress. There haven't been enough studies looking at this problem in Africa yet.

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Cancer is one of the main causes of the most extremely stressful events that can elicit emotional reactions such as depression. Cancer patient caregivers are the most involved members of the oncology team and play an important role in patient's disease management and palliation which may adversely affect their health in the longer run, but many times the caregiver has been overlooked and ignored team. A corresponding systematic review on this topic has not yet been undertaken, even though there have been several studies about depression among primary caregivers of patients with cancer in Africa.

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Prevalence of depression among primary caregivers of patients with cancer in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.

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Wassie YA; Workneh BS; Mekonen EG; Ali MS; Techane MA; Wassie M; Kassie AT; Ahmed MA; Simie Tsega S; Aemro A; Zegeye AF; Tekeba B; Tarik Tamir T; Nakie G; Fentahu S; Melkam M; Kibralew G; Tadesse G; Gonete AT

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Cancer can cause very stressful feelings like sadness. The people who help take care of cancer patients, called caregivers, are very important but their own health can suffer because of all the stress. There haven't been enough studies looking at this problem in Africa yet.

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pubmed id: 40018007 Indexed on February 28th, 2025

Read. This. Slowly: mimicking spoken pauses in text messages.

Poirier RC; Cook AM; Klin CM pubmed id: 40018006

People use different tricks in text messages to show feelings, like putting a period after each word to seem upset. This study found that doing that makes messages feel more frustrated, like breaking the message into single-word texts does.

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In contrast with face-to-face conversations, text messages lack important extralinguistic cues such as tone of voice and gestures. We ask how texters are able to communicate the same nuanced social and emotional meaning without access to this rich set of multimodal cues. The current paper expands on previous work examining the role of one particular textism, the period, and found that the inclusion of a period after a single-word text (yup.) could convey abruptness, or insincerity. Across three experiments, we used a rating scale to examine two additional textisms and found that the inclusion of a period after each word in an exchange (No. Just. Go) as well as breaking the exchange into a series of single-word texts ([no] [just] [go]) conveyed emotions such as disgust and frustration. These textisms may have mimicked prosody, influencing readers' understanding of the emotionality of the message. More generally, the results demonstrate that texters make use of a variety of textisms to communicate social and emotional information.

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Read. This. Slowly: mimicking spoken pauses in text messages.

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Poirier RC; Cook AM; Klin CM

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People use different tricks in text messages to show feelings, like putting a period after each word to seem upset. This study found that doing that makes messages feel more frustrated, like breaking the message into single-word texts does.

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pubmed id: 40018006 Indexed on February 28th, 2025

Application of the hierarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in the context of exercise: a systematic review.

Viveiros B; Jacinto M; Antunes R; Matos R; Amaro N; Cid L; Couto N; Monteiro D pubmed id: 40018005

This study looked at how certain feelings and motivations help people stick with exercise, like going to the gym. It found that when people feel supported, they are more likely to enjoy and keep doing their exercise. The research suggests that understanding these feelings is important to help more people stay active.

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Given the increase in sedentary lifestyles and physical inactivity, various psychosocial approaches have been used to combat this epidemic. Several studies have used Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as a theoretical framework for studying behavioral change, as well as the Hierarchical Model of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation (HMIEM) which, based on SDT, aims to explain how different levels of generality can be responsible for behavioral consequences. The aim was to investigate the associations between the variables that make up the HMIEM model applied to the context of physical exercise (gym exercisers). Following the PRISMA protocol and the PECOS strategy, the Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and SPORTDiscus databases were used to search for experimental and non-experimental studies written in English. Seven studies were considered for analysis and subjected to a methodological quality assessment The results showed that the variables that make up the social factors (e.g., supportive/thwarting behaviors) tend to be associated with satisfaction of basic psychological needs (BPN) ( = 0.51,  < 0.01;  = -0.73,  < 0.01) and with frustration of BPN ( = -0.39,  < 0.01;  = 0.78,  < 0. 01), BPN satisfaction and frustration tend to be associated with autonomous forms of motivation ( = 0.57,  < 0.01;  = -0.63,  < 0.01) and controlled forms of motivation ( = -0.76,  < 0.01;  = 0.46,  < 0.01) and autonomous and controlled forms of motivation are associated with behavioral consequences (e.g., intention) ( = 0.19,  < 0.01;  = -0.17,  < 0.01). This systematic review covers interpersonal behaviors and the bright and dark sides of SDT, showing that the positive alignment between the psychosocial determinants that make up the horizontal axis of the HMIEM is fundamental for adherence to and maintenance of sustainable physical exercise practices, and future studies should now address these issues in a longitudinal manner and perhaps move on to study the vertical axis of the HMIEM.

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Application of the hierarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in the context of exercise: a systematic review.

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Viveiros B; Jacinto M; Antunes R; Matos R; Amaro N; Cid L; Couto N; Monteiro D

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This study looked at how certain feelings and motivations help people stick with exercise, like going to the gym. It found that when people feel supported, they are more likely to enjoy and keep doing their exercise. The research suggests that understanding these feelings is important to help more people stay active.

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pubmed id: 40018005 Indexed on February 28th, 2025

Bibliometric analyses of climate psychology: critical psychology and climate justice perspectives.

Anjum G; Aziz M pubmed id: 40018004

This research looks at how people think and feel about climate change and its impact on our actions and wellbeing. It studies many years of research to find out who the main researchers are and what the big topics in this area are, like caring for the environment and feeling worried about climate change. The study also talks about how important it is to have fair research to help make better climate plans and involve everyone.

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The psychology of climate change has become a critical area of research, exploring the intersection between human behavior, psychological wellbeing, and environmental sustainability. This paper presents a bibliometric analysis to explore the interdisciplinary field of psychology and climate change, covering research from 01 January 1995 to 15 August 2024. Using 3,087 academic publications from the Web of Science and employing VOSviewer and BiblioMatrix for network analysis, we dissect the evolution, key contributors, and central themes within this domain. Our analysis identifies leading authors, institutions, and nations, alongside the collaboration networks underlying the field's growth. Thematic clustering of these networks highlights dominant topics such as pro-environmental behavior, sustainability, mental health, eco-anxiety, and risk perception. We utilize visual mappings of co-authorship and bibliographic relationships to illustrate the dynamic interaction among researchers and their topics. By framing our findings through the lens of climate justice and critical psychology, we advocate for a research paradigm that challenges systemic barriers to climate justice, emphasizing the necessity for equitable and action-oriented psychological research to guide climate-related policy and public engagement.

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Bibliometric analyses of climate psychology: critical psychology and climate justice perspectives.

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Anjum G; Aziz M

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This research looks at how people think and feel about climate change and its impact on our actions and wellbeing. It studies many years of research to find out who the main researchers are and what the big topics in this area are, like caring for the environment and feeling worried about climate change. The study also talks about how important it is to have fair research to help make better climate plans and involve everyone.

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pubmed id: 40018004 Indexed on February 28th, 2025

Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the stroke exercise preference inventory.

Arıkan H; Sertel M pubmed id: 40018003

This study worked on translating a tool called the Stroke Exercise Preference Inventory (SEPI) into Turkish to help understand what exercises stroke patients like. The goal was to make sure this new Turkish version is good and reliable for stroke patients to use.

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While studies on version adaptation, validity, and reliability are common, no tools exist in Turkish literature to assess exercise preferences in stroke patients. This research aimed to translate the Stroke Exercise Preference Inventory (SEPI) into Turkish and evaluate its validity and reliability in stroke patients.

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Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the stroke exercise preference inventory.

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Arıkan H; Sertel M

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This study worked on translating a tool called the Stroke Exercise Preference Inventory (SEPI) into Turkish to help understand what exercises stroke patients like. The goal was to make sure this new Turkish version is good and reliable for stroke patients to use.

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pubmed id: 40018003 Indexed on February 28th, 2025

Negative rumination in depression subtypes with melancholic features and anxious distress.

Wang HL; Shi XN; Zhao JL; Jia Q; Xu W; Dun WW; Zhao YY pubmed id: 40018002

Some people with depression have unusual thinking patterns. Scientists are trying to understand if negative thinking plays a role in different types of depression, like being very sad or very worried.

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Aberrant cognition is one of the crucial symptoms of depression. However, whether the negative rumination participates in depression with melancholic features or anxious distress remains unclear.

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Negative rumination in depression subtypes with melancholic features and anxious distress.

Author(s):
Wang HL; Shi XN; Zhao JL; Jia Q; Xu W; Dun WW; Zhao YY

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Some people with depression have unusual thinking patterns. Scientists are trying to understand if negative thinking plays a role in different types of depression, like being very sad or very worried.

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pubmed id: 40018002 Indexed on February 28th, 2025

Organizational journeys toward strong cultures of sustainability: a qualitative inquiry.

Riemer M; Marcus J; Reimer-Watts BK pubmed id: 40018001

This study looks at how companies create cultures that care about the environment. It wants to understand how companies can work better towards being sustainable.

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There is widespread belief that organizational culture plays a crucial role in transitioning organizations for sustainability, but we currently lack understanding of how supportive cultures develop. The goal of this study is to empirically investigate how a culture of sustainability (COS) develops within a varied sample of real-world organizations.

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Organizational journeys toward strong cultures of sustainability: a qualitative inquiry.

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Riemer M; Marcus J; Reimer-Watts BK

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This study looks at how companies create cultures that care about the environment. It wants to understand how companies can work better towards being sustainable.

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pubmed id: 40018001 Indexed on February 28th, 2025

Exploring the relationship between social capital and hedonic well-being in sport and physical activity contexts: a scoping review.

Zhang Y; Kinoshita K; Sato S pubmed id: 40018000

This study looked at how being part of a group (social capital) can make people feel happy (hedonic well-being) through sports and exercise. It read many papers and found that most papers say that being part of a group makes people happier. However, the study also suggests we need better ways to understand and measure this idea of being part of a group in sports.

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This scoping review aimed to summarize the conceptualization and measurements of both social capital and hedonic well-being and to explore the links between social capital and hedonic well-being within sports and physical activity contexts. Articles were sourced from five databases, including PubMed, Scopus (Elsevier), SPORTDiscus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Initially, 475 papers were identified. After applying the screening process, 24 papers were included. The majority (70.8%) indicated a positive relationship between social capital and hedonic well-being, while others found no direct connection (16.7%) or presented mixed results (12.5%). The review underscored a consensus on defining and measuring hedonic well-being, but it also revealed the need for a more refined conceptualization and universally accepted measurement of social capital within sports research. The findings highlighted the positive associations between social capital and hedonic well-being in sport and physical activity contexts, suggesting future research directions including an examination of potential downsides.

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Exploring the relationship between social capital and hedonic well-being in sport and physical activity contexts: a scoping review.

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Zhang Y; Kinoshita K; Sato S

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This study looked at how being part of a group (social capital) can make people feel happy (hedonic well-being) through sports and exercise. It read many papers and found that most papers say that being part of a group makes people happier. However, the study also suggests we need better ways to understand and measure this idea of being part of a group in sports.

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pubmed id: 40018000 Indexed on February 28th, 2025

The associations between optimism, personal growth initiative and the latent classes of social media addiction.

Yue H; Gao S; Huang Y; Zhang X pubmed id: 40017663

The study looked at how being hopeful and wanting to grow can help protect people from getting addicted to social media. Instead of just looking at what makes people addicted, they focused on these good traits to see how they might help.

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Most previous studies have explored the risk antecedents of social media addiction, while few studies have focused on the protective factors that may decrease the risk of this behavioral disorder. By using a person-centered method, the current study focused on the effects of two protective factors (optimism and personal growth initiative) on the latent classes of social media addiction.

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The associations between optimism, personal growth initiative and the latent classes of social media addiction.

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Yue H; Gao S; Huang Y; Zhang X

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The study looked at how being hopeful and wanting to grow can help protect people from getting addicted to social media. Instead of just looking at what makes people addicted, they focused on these good traits to see how they might help.

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pubmed id: 40017663 Indexed on February 28th, 2025

February 27th, 2025

Exploring the digital extremist ecosystem: a preliminary analysis of hateful posts on Mod DB.

Schlegel L; Wiegold L; Winkler C; Junk J pubmed id: 40013258

Some researchers have studied how people act in games and on gaming platforms, but not much on mod forums. This paper looks at hateful and extremist posts on the Mod DB forum to learn more about bad behavior in these online spaces.

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The last 4 years have seen a stark increase in research on extremist activities in digital gaming spaces, particularly on gaming- and gaming-adjacent platforms. However, one area that has not received much attention so far are mod forums. While a large number of mods with hateful content have been created over the last two decades, the forums used to disseminate and discuss such mods have not yet been examined by extremism researchers. Considering the popularity of modding and mod forums among gaming communities, this is a crucial gap in our current understanding of extremist activities in digital gaming spaces. In an effort to address this research gap, this article offers an exploratory analysis of hateful and extremist posts on the popular mod forum Mod DB, including right-wing extremist, jihadist, antisemitic and mixed-ideology content. We seek to provide a preliminary glimpse into this under-researched digital space, complementing existing research on extremist activities on other gaming (-adjacent) platforms. Our research thereby broadens the current state of knowledge regarding the various gaming-related platforms frequented by extremist actors and radicalized individuals and contributes new insights about a thus far under-explored digital space.

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Exploring the digital extremist ecosystem: a preliminary analysis of hateful posts on Mod DB.

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Schlegel L; Wiegold L; Winkler C; Junk J

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Some researchers have studied how people act in games and on gaming platforms, but not much on mod forums. This paper looks at hateful and extremist posts on the Mod DB forum to learn more about bad behavior in these online spaces.

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pubmed id: 40013258 Indexed on February 27th, 2025

Future anxiety and the motives for postponing parenthood: generational time perspective and life satisfaction as mediators.

Szcześniak M; Timoszyk-Tomczak C; Łoś J; Grzeczka M pubmed id: 40013257

This study looked at why people wait to have kids. It explored how being worried about the future affects this decision and whether thinking about life in terms of generations and happiness in life are part of the reason.

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Research to date has focused largely on the consequences of delayed parenting. However, little is known about the reasons and relevant mechanisms that are involved in people's decisions to delay parenthood. The aim of our study was to verify how anxiety about the future relates to the motives for deferred parenthood and how this relationship is mediated by generational time perspective and life satisfaction.

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Future anxiety and the motives for postponing parenthood: generational time perspective and life satisfaction as mediators.

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Szcześniak M; Timoszyk-Tomczak C; Łoś J; Grzeczka M

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This study looked at why people wait to have kids. It explored how being worried about the future affects this decision and whether thinking about life in terms of generations and happiness in life are part of the reason.

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pubmed id: 40013257 Indexed on February 27th, 2025

The multiple self and psychological openness.

Suszek H; Kopera M; Jakubczyk A pubmed id: 40013256

The research looks at two ways people see themselves: as one whole person or as different parts that change with situations. It studies how these views affect people's openness to new ideas or changes.

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This research identifies and explores two distinct modes of self-experience and their influence on psychological openness. We distinguish between the unitary self-mode, where individuals perceive themselves as cohesive, stable entities, and the multiple self-mode, where they recognize their diverse, context-dependent aspects. These modes represent fundamentally different ways of experiencing and organizing self-knowledge that can be situationally activated. While both modes of self-experience have been theoretically described, their influence on psychological functioning remains empirically unexplored.

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The multiple self and psychological openness.

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Suszek H; Kopera M; Jakubczyk A

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The research looks at two ways people see themselves: as one whole person or as different parts that change with situations. It studies how these views affect people's openness to new ideas or changes.

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pubmed id: 40013256 Indexed on February 27th, 2025

A tale of two belongings: social and academic belonging differentially shape academic and psychological outcomes among university students.

Lawrie SI; Carter DB; Nylund-Gibson K; Kim HS pubmed id: 40013255

The study looked at how feeling like you belong in college can affect grades and feelings. It found four different groups of belonging and showed that feeling like you fit in academically is important for good grades. Both feeling included academically and socially help with feeling good about yourself and dealing with stress, but academic belonging is more important.

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The benefits of belonging in academic settings are well established; however, past empirical research has for the most part conflated academic and social belonging. This study utilized latent class analysis (LCA) with a sample of undergraduates ( = 837) to determine whether distinct classes or profiles of belonging exist on a college campus and whether class membership predicts academic and psychological outcomes. Four distinct belonging classes emerged: , belonging (35%), , belonging (15%), , belonging (38%), and , belonging (12%). The results show that belonging classes play different roles. For academic outcomes (GPA), academic belonging was important, but not social belonging. For psychological outcomes (stress and self-esteem), both academic and social belonging mattered but academic belonging mattered more. These findings demonstrate that investigating the distinctive roles of academic and social belonging is a fruitful theoretical and applied endeavor.

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A tale of two belongings: social and academic belonging differentially shape academic and psychological outcomes among university students.

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Lawrie SI; Carter DB; Nylund-Gibson K; Kim HS

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The study looked at how feeling like you belong in college can affect grades and feelings. It found four different groups of belonging and showed that feeling like you fit in academically is important for good grades. Both feeling included academically and socially help with feeling good about yourself and dealing with stress, but academic belonging is more important.

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pubmed id: 40013255 Indexed on February 27th, 2025

Influence of sound levels, secondary school student characteristics, sound types, and audiovisual interactions on the restorative potential of school environment soundscapes.

Zheng L; Ren H; Shu S; Gao H; Fan J pubmed id: 40013254

The sounds around us can affect how we feel. This study looks at what makes school sounds feel calm or helpful for middle and high school students. It tries to understand how loud noises, personal traits, different types of sounds, and seeing things, along with hearing, can change how students feel about these sounds.

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Soundscapes can significantly impact individuals' physical and mental health. However, the factors influencing the perceived restorativeness of soundscapes among secondary school students remain unclear. This study aims to explore the effects of school environment sound levels, individual characteristics, types of sounds, and audiovisual interactions on the perceived restorativeness soundscape (PRS) of secondary school students.

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Title:
Influence of sound levels, secondary school student characteristics, sound types, and audiovisual interactions on the restorative potential of school environment soundscapes.

Author(s):
Zheng L; Ren H; Shu S; Gao H; Fan J

Summary:
The sounds around us can affect how we feel. This study looks at what makes school sounds feel calm or helpful for middle and high school students. It tries to understand how loud noises, personal traits, different types of sounds, and seeing things, along with hearing, can change how students feel about these sounds.

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pubmed id: 40013254 Indexed on February 27th, 2025

Men's internet sex addiction predicts sexual objectification of women even after taking pornography consumption frequency into account.

Novakova P; Chvojka E; Ševčíková A; Blinka L; Wright P; Kane S pubmed id: 40012951

Some people watch too much online video pornography and start seeing others as objects, especially men. This might be because they become addicted to internet sex, which makes it worse.

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Problematic online video pornography consumption is associated with sexual objectification, particularly in male consumers. However, previous studies have not considered that there is a subgroup of internet users whose consumption may become problematic due to their internet sex addiction. Such users may, in response to internet sex addiction symptoms such as craving, have increased levels of sexual objectification.

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Men's internet sex addiction predicts sexual objectification of women even after taking pornography consumption frequency into account.

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Novakova P; Chvojka E; Ševčíková A; Blinka L; Wright P; Kane S

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Some people watch too much online video pornography and start seeing others as objects, especially men. This might be because they become addicted to internet sex, which makes it worse.

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pubmed id: 40012951 Indexed on February 27th, 2025

Feasibility and effectiveness of a group therapy combining physical activity, surf therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to treat adolescents with depressive disorders: a pilot study.

Hearn B; Biscaldi M; Rauh R; Fleischhaker C pubmed id: 40012950

Surf therapy, which is like doing exercises by surfing, might help kids feel less sad and have better mental health. This study wanted to see if doing both surf therapy and certain talking therapies can help kids who are feeling very sad.

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The high prevalence of depression among adolescents underlines the need for further research into effective treatment options. Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of physical activity in reducing depressive symptoms. Recently, studies on surf therapy, as an innovative approach of physical activity, have shown promising results regarding the reduction of depressive symptoms in adults and the improvement of general mental health problems in adolescents. However, research in this area is still limited. The aim of the current study was to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a group therapy program that combines physical activity, including surf therapy, with cognitive behavioral therapy for treating depression among adolescents.

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Feasibility and effectiveness of a group therapy combining physical activity, surf therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to treat adolescents with depressive disorders: a pilot study.

Author(s):
Hearn B; Biscaldi M; Rauh R; Fleischhaker C

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Surf therapy, which is like doing exercises by surfing, might help kids feel less sad and have better mental health. This study wanted to see if doing both surf therapy and certain talking therapies can help kids who are feeling very sad.

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pubmed id: 40012950 Indexed on February 27th, 2025

Divergent thinking in groups during cold-water immersion is impaired by cold stress not the cold shock response.

Smith MK; Weller R; Duong T; McClintock R; Peterson M; Barr N; Jones DM; Dunn TL pubmed id: 40012949

When someone falls into very cold water, their body reacts in a way that makes it hard to breathe, increasing the risk of drowning. It's important to help them in the first 10 minutes before the cold makes it impossible for them to move or think well.

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A primary hazard of working in cold maritime environments is the potential for a substantial man overboard situation in freezing waters. Sudden cold-water immersion (CWI) triggers the cold shock response (CSR), which consists of cardiorespiratory responses that increase the chance of drowning. If cold shock response severity can be mitigated, life-saving actions must be taken within the first 10 min, as after this time frame drowning occurs due to cold incapacitation. To date, research shows that executive functioning is generally impaired by intense, acute stress, which implies the ability to think through potential actions to maximize survival would also be impaired by the cold shock response.

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Divergent thinking in groups during cold-water immersion is impaired by cold stress not the cold shock response.

Author(s):
Smith MK; Weller R; Duong T; McClintock R; Peterson M; Barr N; Jones DM; Dunn TL

Summary:
When someone falls into very cold water, their body reacts in a way that makes it hard to breathe, increasing the risk of drowning. It's important to help them in the first 10 minutes before the cold makes it impossible for them to move or think well.

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pubmed id: 40012949 Indexed on February 27th, 2025

Social observation differentially affects prosocial learning of selfish and prosocial people.

Kim Y; Kim KI; Kim H pubmed id: 40012948

People behave better when watched by others, but those who are naturally kind don't change much when watched. In this study, people who weren't as kind at first did become kinder when watched, while naturally kind people didn't change much in how they acted or learned.

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People often exhibit more socially favorable behaviors when observed by others, potentially influencing their cognitive skills and prosocial tendencies. Recent studies have found that individuals with intrinsic prosocial tendencies are non-responsive to social observation in various prosocial decision tasks. This study aimed to investigate whether individuals with intrinsic prosocial tendencies also exhibit a lack of change in their cognitive ability under social observation. We used the Prosocial Reinforcement Learning Task (PRLT) to assess the interaction effect of social observation and intrinsic prosocial tendency on prosocial learning tendency. A total of 102 participants were randomly assigned to either the observation or control group while performing a two-armed bandit task under self- and other-reward conditions, and their behavioral outcomes were analyzed using a reinforcement learning computational model. Under social observation, participants who were previously less prosocial exhibited increased prosocial learning. In contrast, those who were already more prosocial showed no significant changes in prosociality, and demonstrated only a numerical-but statistically non-significant-increase in learning for self. Our findings revealed the differential effects of social observation on modulating one's prosociality and cognitive ability according to individual differences in intrinsic prosocial tendencies.

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Social observation differentially affects prosocial learning of selfish and prosocial people.

Author(s):
Kim Y; Kim KI; Kim H

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People behave better when watched by others, but those who are naturally kind don't change much when watched. In this study, people who weren't as kind at first did become kinder when watched, while naturally kind people didn't change much in how they acted or learned.

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pubmed id: 40012948 Indexed on February 27th, 2025

Differential affection of the visual information sub-streams in a patient with visual agnosia.

Lederer K; Fimm B; Munzert J; Reiser M; Maurer H; Binkofski F; Pellicano A pubmed id: 40012946

Visual agnosia makes it hard to recognize objects because of damage in a part of the brain. Another part of the brain helps people still reach and grab things. This study talks about a person with visual agnosia who had a big injury in their visual brain area.

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Visual agnosia is a deficit of object recognition addressed to the damage of the ventral stream (VS). The dorsal stream (DS) is usually intact in these patients, and it can be derived from well-preserved reaching and grasping of visually presented objects. In this study, we presented a new case of a visual agnosic patient (AC) with an extensive lesion of the secondary visual cortex.

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Differential affection of the visual information sub-streams in a patient with visual agnosia.

Author(s):
Lederer K; Fimm B; Munzert J; Reiser M; Maurer H; Binkofski F; Pellicano A

Summary:
Visual agnosia makes it hard to recognize objects because of damage in a part of the brain. Another part of the brain helps people still reach and grab things. This study talks about a person with visual agnosia who had a big injury in their visual brain area.

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pubmed id: 40012946 Indexed on February 27th, 2025

Social environment, low-carbon cognition and low-carbon consumption behaviors of youth groups: evidence from Xizang, China.

Ma H; Chen Q pubmed id: 40012945

The world is getting warmer, and it's changing how we live and how we make things. This paper wants to see how the social environment affects young people's choices to do things that are better for the planet and figure out how this influence happens.

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Global warming has profoundly transformed the natural environment and significantly impacted people's production methods, thereby promoting low-carbon consumption behaviors. While numerous scholars have examined the factors influencing low-carbon consumption behavior, their analyses predominantly rely on classical theoretical frameworks such as planned behavior theory, value-belief-norm theory and The ABC attitude theory. However, there is a notable scarcity of studies investigating the relationship between the social environment and low-carbon behaviors among youth groups. To address this gap in the literature, we aim to explore how the social environment influences youth groups' low-carbon consumption behaviors, as well as identify the mechanisms through which this influence may manifest.

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Social environment, low-carbon cognition and low-carbon consumption behaviors of youth groups: evidence from Xizang, China.

Author(s):
Ma H; Chen Q

Summary:
The world is getting warmer, and it's changing how we live and how we make things. This paper wants to see how the social environment affects young people's choices to do things that are better for the planet and figure out how this influence happens.

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pubmed id: 40012945 Indexed on February 27th, 2025