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  1. This paper is the result of a scale validation process, applicable to social science research, which allows the constructs of otherness and coexistence and their relationship to be trasnformed into measurable,...

    Authors: Cirit Mateus, Daladier Jabba, Ana María Erazo, Ignacio Aguaded, Rodrigo Campis and Alexander Parody
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:30
  2. A questionnaire was administered to 936 college students to investigate the mediating effect of psychological resilience in the association between mindfulness and college student depression, as well as the mo...

    Authors: Junliang Zhang, Shuang Zheng, Zhongzheng Hu and Jingming Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:27
  3. Individuals living with and beyond cancer are at heightened risk of adverse psychological and social outcomes and experiences. In March 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic presented a unique set of social circu...

    Authors: Simon Pini, Caroline Buck, Phillippa Lally, Rebecca Beeken and Abigail Fisher
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:25
  4. Discrimination and inequality have been identified as significant problems faced by transgender individuals in sports participation. However, uncertainties remain regarding the effectiveness of interventions a...

    Authors: Alex Siu Wing Chan, Alston Choong, Kean Chang Phang, Lok Man Leung, Patrick Ming Kuen Tang and Elsie Yan
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:24
  5. A psychometric study of the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale (FACES III) has been conducted in Spanish-speaking countries from the perspective of the classical test theory. However, this approach has lim...

    Authors: Lindsey W. Vilca, Víctor Díaz-Narváez, Wilson Pastén Hidalgo, Nicolás Van Niekerk Bakit, Paula Moreno Reyes, Yaneth Herazo-Beltrán, Aura Gauna-Quiñonez, Alejandro Reyes-Reyes, Luz Marina Alonso Palacio and Marco Cervantes Mendoza
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:23
  6. Pandemic fatigue, the state of weariness, exhaustion, and demotivation to engage in protective behaviors during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, have been linked with depressive symptoms. Howe...

    Authors: Qinglu Wu, Tian-Ming Zhang, Xue Wang and Yan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:21
  7. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) begins in childhood and in many cases persists into adulthood. The transition from adolescence to adulthood for young people with ADHD is a vulnerable time and c...

    Authors: Inger Lise Rasmussen, Jorun Schei and Kristin B. Ørjasæter
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:20
  8. Test anxiety is a combination of a confluence of physiological hyperarousal, tension, and bodily manifestations, with apprehension, trepidation, fear of inadequacy, and the tendency to magnify negative outcome...

    Authors: Bai Li, Xin Yang, Sayed M. Ismail and Asma Gheisari
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:19
  9. Young adult caregivers (YACs) are individuals aged 18–25 years who provide care to a loved one (parent, sibling) with frailty, disability, or illness. As young adults, the transition period between adolescence...

    Authors: Srishti Dang, Anne Looijmans, Giovanni Lamura and Mariët Hagedoorn
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:18
  10. Children of substance-involved mothers are at especially high risk for exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and poor mental health and development. Early interventions that support mothers, childre...

    Authors: Nicole Racine, Sophie Barriault, Mary Motz, Margaret Leslie, Nancy Poole, Shainur Premji, Naomi C. Z. Andrews, Denise Penaloza and Debra Pepler
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:16
  11. For young people who engage in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), receiving negative responses to their NSSI can pose a barrier to future help-seeking. This qualitative study aimed to explore helpful and unhelpf...

    Authors: Rachel Hsiao Shen Tan, Shazana Shahwan, Yunjue Zhang, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Say How Ong and Mythily Subramaniam
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:14
  12. Studies have investigated how adults with severe depressive symptoms are more likely to attempt suicide, and these adults often have traumatic experiences and chaotic sleep/wake rhythms. Thus, this study using...

    Authors: Yi Yu, Yi Feng, Shicun Xu, Amanda Wilson, Chang Chen, Xi Ling, Runsen Chen and Yuanyuan Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:12
  13. The ability to regulate one’s emotional state is an important predictor of several behaviors such as reframing a challenging situation to reduce anger or anxiety, concealing visible signs of sadness or fear, o...

    Authors: Jeong Han Kim, Jina Chun, Jaeyoung Kim, Hyun-Ju Ju, Byung Jin Kim, Jeongwoon Jeong and Dong Hun Lee
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:11
  14. Virtual Reality (VR) has already emerged as an effective instrument for simulating realistic interactions, across various domains. In the field of User Experience (UX), VR has been used to create prototypes of...

    Authors: Marta Pizzolante, Sabrina Bartolotta, Eleonora Diletta Sarcinella, Alice Chirico and Andrea Gaggioli
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:10
  15. The proliferation of social media in contemporary society presents a compelling impetus for scholars to explore the untapped capabilities of social networking platforms with the aim of enhancing educational pr...

    Authors: Ali Rashed Ibraheam Almohesh and Jinan Abdulaziz Hamad Altamimi
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:8
  16. Many students feel uncomfortable when obliged to communicate in English. Students’ fear of speaking English is influenced by psychological reasons such as the fear of failing, being misunderstood, and making g...

    Authors: Lei Li and Tahereh Heydarnejad
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:7
  17. Preoperative anxiety affects 60 to 80% of patients who are candidates for surgery. Reducing preoperative anxiety can improve surgical outcomes, shorten hospital stays, and minimize disruptions in lifestyle. Ha...

    Authors: Mahsa Maghalian, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Minoo Ranjbar, Farzaneh Aslanpour Alamdary and Mojgan Mirghafourvand
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:6
  18. Research on procrastination, regarding time perspective factors and basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS) has placed this problem at the meeting point of individual and contextual variables. The present...

    Authors: Nuria Codina, Isabel Castillo, José Vicente Pestana and Rafael Valenzuela
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:5
  19. In the case of preterm birth, the idealized postnatal period is replaced by an anxious and even traumatic experience for parents. Higher prevalence of parental anxiety, postnatal depression, and posttraumatic ...

    Authors: Cassandre Guittard, Julien Eutrope, Stéphanie Caillies and Gauthier Loron
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:3
  20. Exploring the levels of death anxiety and factors that can undermine its impact are crucial for the Lebanese nationals. Even though studies have shown various relationships between death anxiety and several fa...

    Authors: Reem Al Boukhary, Rabih Hallit, Alvaro Postigo, Diana Malaeb, Mariam Dabbous, Fouad Sakr, Sami El Khatib, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Souheil Hallit and Sahar Obeid
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:2
  21. One of the emotional problems in patients experiencing cancer is demoralization syndrome. Concerning the importance of demoralization in patients with cancer, having a valid and reliable scale for assessing th...

    Authors: Elaheh Taghilou, Mehdi Heidarzadeh, Behnam Molaei and Mehdi Ajri Khameslou
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2024 12:1
  22. Negative body image is a common psychological phenomenon among young Chinese women, and merits further investigation. Peers and the media are important factors that associated with body image. This study explo...

    Authors: Jing Ji, Xiaoli Xiang, Ren Chen, Zenghong Chen and Jing Yan
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:447
  23. With improving survival rates, cancer has become more of a chronic disease with long-term palliative care requirements. Thus, it is even more than ever necessary to pay careful attention to the well-being of f...

    Authors: Mina Rostami, Mahsa Abbasi, Morteza Soleimani, Zhaleh Karimi Moghaddam and Alireza Zeraatchi
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:445
  24. The effect of social media (SM) on university students' educational progress and mental health has been studied in various contexts. However, the correlation between Chinese EFL learners' use of SM (problemati...

    Authors: Juan Shu
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:443
  25. In the current study, we conducted a comparative analysis involving three distinct groups: one receiving group-based rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), another undergoing a mindfulness-based interventio...

    Authors: Renátó Tóth, Martin James Turner, Joe Mannion and László Tóth
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:442
  26. The Well-being Profile (WB-Pro) is a multi-item and multidimensional instrument with strong psychometric properties and a solid theoretical grounding. It includes aspects of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being t...

    Authors: L. Francesca Scalas, Ernesto Lodi, Paola Magnano and Herbert W. Marsh
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:441
  27. With the widespread adoption of smartphones, there has been a notable increase in problematic mobile phone use (PMPU), particularly prevalent among college students. Research suggests that apart from being ass...

    Authors: Yidan Yuan, Xinyue He, Quanxing He, Yimeng Jia, Zhansheng Xu and Man Li
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:440
  28. A large body of evidence indicates that spiritual and religious backgrounds, beliefs, and practices (SRBBPs) are related to better psychological health. Spirituality and religion (R/S) are also important aspec...

    Authors: Cassandra Vieten, Holly K. Oxhandler, Michelle Pearce, Nina Fry, Chloe Tanega and Kenneth Pargament
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:439
  29. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is a threat to adolescents’ mental health and livelihoods, and lowers their subjective well-being (SWB). Expanding on previous literatures, this study examined wheth...

    Authors: Min-Pei Lin, Hsin-Yi Tseng, Yueh-Ting Lee, Wen-Ching Tang, Li-Hsuan Cheng, Jo Yung-Wei Wu and Jianing You
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:438
  30. Participation and initiative of workers are effective in promoting safety in the workplace. Proactive-Safety Role Orientation questionnaire (PRO-SAFE) is a proper tool to evaluate the psychological drivers tha...

    Authors: Reza Jafari Nodoushan, Gholam Hossein Halvani, Reyhane Sefidkar, Hamidreza Mokarami and Mahdi Jafari Nodoushan
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:437
  31. Evidence suggests that success in sports, especially soccer and futsal are linked to higher levels of executive functioning. Still, the literature does not present a homogeneous set of instruments to measure e...

    Authors: Alberto Filgueiras, Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen, Gislane Melo and Richard Keegan
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:436
  32. The Mental Health Quality of Life (MHQoL) questionnaire is concise and suitable for rapid assessment of CMP (chronic musculoskeletal pain) patients in primary care. However, there is a lack of Chinese versions...

    Authors: Jialin Wang, Ruirui Wang, Peng Zhao, Tianran Han, Meng Li, Yuwei He and Yan Liu
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:435
  33. Self-assessment (SA) can provide students with opportunities to self-evaluate, or make judgments about their learning process and products of learning. Regarding the importance of SA, this survey pursued to ex...

    Authors: Mubarak S. Aldosari and Haroon N. Alsager
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:434
  34. In 2023, Türkiye experienced a significant earthquake disaster that profoundly impacted 11 provinces. The enduring consequences of these earthquakes on daily life triggered widespread fears and anxieties in so...

    Authors: Tuğba Sarı, Arzu Taşdelen-Karçkay and Şule Tarcan
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:433
  35. Although previous studies have found a close relationship between sense of place and creativity, few studies have been conducted considering the micro-environment of the classroom. The mediating role of classm...

    Authors: Jianzhen Zhang, Yukun Yang, Jiahao Ge, Xiaoyu Liang and Zhenni An
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:432
  36. Atrial fibrillation (AF) often leads to an impaired Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in many patients. Moreover, psychological factors such as depression, anxiety, and illness perception have been found ...

    Authors: Zheng Minjie, Xie Zhijuan, Shi Xinxin, Bai Xinzhu and Qu Shan
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:431
  37. Fatherhood at a young age can be characterized by a multiproblematic background with several risk factors that can negatively affect father-child relationships, the father’s well-being and child’s social-emoti...

    Authors: Elena Ierardi, Simona Fantoni, Margherita Moioli, Alessandro Albizzati and Cristina Riva Crugnola
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:430
  38. The present study examined the relationship between physical exercise and social anxiety by testing a moderated mediation model that focused on how peer relationships mediate the relationship between physical ...

    Authors: Yao Shang, Shan-Ping Chen and Li-Ping Liu
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2023 11:428

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