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  1. Positive Youth Development (PYD) has been associated with positive results in the transition to adulthood. Within the 5Cs model of PYD, the Caring dimension has been defined as the ability to feel sympathy and...

    Authors: Diego Gomez-Baya, Margarida Gaspar de Matos and Nora Wiium
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:814
  2. Community-based rehabilitation has been advocated as an effective way to promote the participation of children with disabilities, such as those with intellectual disabilities (ID), in services located within t...

    Authors: Ahmed Mohamed, Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Shamsa Almarzooqi, Rana Ramadan and Ebenezer Mensah Gyimah
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:813
  3. This research aimed to adapt and validate the Techno-Stress Construct in Higher Education (TCHS) for business school faculty in Pakistan. The study involved 300 faculty members from Khyber Paktunkhawa (KP) and...

    Authors: Shan Cao, Sadaqat Ali, Rao Bakhat Yawar, Naveed Saif, Gerald Guan Gan Goh, Faheem Khan and Mudassir Hussain
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:812
  4. Human sexuality and mating behaviors have been linked to the subjective importance of olfaction and body odor in one’s life. This study aimed to investigate the relationships between sociosexual orientation, s...

    Authors: Ying Chen, Mengze Wu, Mehmet K. Mahmut, Huan Lv and Laiquan Zou
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:811
  5. The onset of COVID-19 and its resulting deaths bring family members to face vast challenges and new needs for them. The type of reaction of family members of the victims after the catastrophe of the death of l...

    Authors: Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Ahmad Ahmadi, Samira Esprooz, Mandana Saki, Murat Yıldırım, Rana Hosseini and Javad Yoosefi Lebni
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:810
  6. Public crisis has a profound impact on mental health, particularly among young children, since that they are often encountered with disrupted routine, restricted movement, school closure, caregiver illness or ...

    Authors: Xiaomei Ren, Ling Yan, Bing Yu and Qin Dai
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:809
  7. To investigate the impact of intergroup contact on Chinese national community identity (CNCI), as well as the mediating role of ethnic interaction attitudes and the moderating role of intergroup trust, a surve...

    Authors: Fangying Quan, Xianmei Li, Jijia Zhang, Yibo Gao and Shuyue Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:807
  8. Anxiety in healthcare environments—particularly in dental clinics—presents a significant challenge, often impairing patient cooperation and clinical outcomes. This study investigated the effectiveness of multi...

    Authors: Junfang Xie, Mohamed Elsadek, Zhang Deshun, Zhiyi Zhou and Jie Gao
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:806
  9. This study aims to determine whether cognitive training based on an egocentric perspective leads to greater improvements in target functions compared to training using an allocentric perspective or conventiona...

    Authors: Jovita Janavičiūtė-Pužauskė, Raimonda Petrolienė, Loreta Zajančkauskaitė-Staskevičienė, Andrius Paulauskas and Liuda Šinkariova
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:805
  10. Deficits in emotional awareness may contribute to the development and maintenance of somatic symptoms. This study explored emotional awareness deficits and their association with somatic symptoms among individ...

    Authors: Sunyoung Kang, Chun Il Park, Se Joo Kim and Jee In Kang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:804
  11. The aim of the study is to analyze the prevalence of subthreshold anxiety(SA) among Chinese college students and the correlates of SA. The data was from the 2022 Psychology and Behavior Investigation of Chines...

    Authors: Xu Han, Si-qi Zhao, Pu Ge, Yong Liu, Qi-yu Li, Yi-nuo Wang, Qiong Cai, Lu-tong Pan, Wen-li Yu, Wen-ying Hong, Jia-le Qi, Jia-yi Lin and Yi-bo Wu
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:803
  12. It has been reported that the Postpartum Depression (PPD)’s symptomatology increases during the first 72 h after delivery. Although PPD’s screening is recommended during this period, there is few evidence abou...

    Authors: Adrián Enrique Hernández-Muñoz, Ana Lilia Fletes-Rayas, José de Jesús López-Jiménez, Gloria Noemi Cuevas-Gómez, Melva Guadalupe Herrera-Godina, Carlos Enrique Cabrera Pivaral and Miguel A. Rangel
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:801
  13. The recent surge in suicide rates of children and adolescents in Korea has become a social problem. Suicide and suicide attempts begin in children and adolescents and continue to progress, leading to serious s...

    Authors: Heajin Shin, Ok Kim, Min Sun Kim, Youngil Lee, Kyoung Min Kim, Do Hyun Kim, Chang Min Lee, Se-Hoon Shim and Myung Ho Lim
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:800
  14. Chronic or acute medical conditions greatly impact the diagnosed child and their parents. Parents have to deal with an accumulation of stressful and potential traumatic events, which can lead to post-traumatic...

    Authors: Esmée Maria Vesseur, Carlijn de Roos, Linde Scholten and Lotte Haverman
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:799
  15. Garment factory employees have been identified as a high-risk population for developing depression in Asian countries. Depression is recognised as a potentially reversible risk factor for low productivity in t...

    Authors: Lasith Obadaarachchi, Amila Isuru, Suwin Hewage, Manuja Vipuladasa and Shehan S.Williams
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:798
  16. Optimal stress management and maintaining a good quality of sleep are essential parts of healthy physical and psychological flourishing. Especially young adult university students have shown vulnerability to s...

    Authors: Igor Bartolen and Petra Soláriková
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:796
  17. Various theories of occupational distress and studies from high-income settings have explored associations between work-related psychosocial factors and common mental symptoms in the working population. Howeve...

    Authors: Yitagesu Habtu, Abera Kumie, Medhine Selamu, Hidenori Harada and Eshetu Girma
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:795
  18. To explore the mediating effect of dyadic coping in the relationship between family functioning and meaning in life in patients with advanced lung cancer and to provide reference for developing intervention st...

    Authors: Guofeng Liu, Xiaoting Pan, Chen Shen, Lingling Pan and Yumei Li
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:794
  19. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the most common endocrine disorder during adolescence. Self-care behaviors are the cornerstone of diabetes management. Effective self-care behaviors require individuals to pe...

    Authors: Fida Ayed, Malakeh. Z. Malak, Anas Shehadeh and Lubna Harazneh
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:793
  20. This study aimed to identify different profiles of psychological resilience among patients with chronic disease and to further explore their association with demographic factors, social support, and activities...

    Authors: Yingying Shi, Zhiqi Liang, Yunjie Zhang, Yiwen Zhou, Shishi Dong, Jufang Li and Gexin Gao
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:792

    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in BMC Psychology 2025 13:897

  21. Prenatal stress has been proven to be associated with dysbiosis of the gut microbiota. Despite the established phenomenon that psychological stress can be transmitted to offspring and the ability of maternal g...

    Authors: Yuexuan Liu, Junlin Hou, Zhaoyao Qi, Liping Yang, Zhixin Du, Yongye Wu, Qi Song, Xiaobing Li, Jianhua Sun, Ping Chen, Xutao Guan and Lingling Li
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:791
  22. Given the frequent suicides among graduate students resulting from strained student-teacher relationships, we delved into the concurrent influence of abusive supervision on suicidal ideation among graduate stu...

    Authors: Yingying Yao, Zhihong Qiao and Dan Dong
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:790
  23. Higher levels of early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) have been associated with increased symptom severity and worse treatment outcomes in several mental disorders, but little is known about the role of EMSs in tr...

    Authors: Ella Flagstad, Benjamin Hummelen, Erna Moen, Toril Dammen, Åshild Haaland, Tor Sunde, Bjarne Hansen, Diana Strand Johnsen, Douglas Woods and Torun Grøtte
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:789
  24. Bedtime procrastination (BP) is a significant contributor to insufficient sleep. While existing interventions primarily focus on behavioral aspects, BP involves complex interactions between behavioral, cogniti...

    Authors: Amirhossein Rasouli, Zahra Nejad-Ebrahim Soumee, Hananeh Pourali, Mahdieh Mohamadi Jam and Omid Saed
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:787
  25. This study aims to explore the mechanisms through which psychological torque, psychological distress, and sense of belonging influence suicidal ideation among elite athletes. The study hypothesizes that psycho...

    Authors: Tianpei Li, Lumin Liu, Duo Zhang and Jin Hwang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:785
  26. The Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework posits that young people possess both inner and outer resources to thrive, and that, therefore, they can develop constructive behaviours, express their talents, a...

    Authors: Maria Elena Rojas Zegarra, Pablo A. Pérez-Díaz, Victor Ritchar Yana Calla, Vilma Vilca-Pareja, Rodrigo-Alejandro Ardiles-Irarrázabal and Agueda Muñoz-del-Carpio-Toia
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:782
  27. Social media users can choose how to project their image to make a positive impression on others through social media. Although online self-presentation desire is an emerging phenomenon that engages with the u...

    Authors: Thi Cam Tu Dinh and Yoonjae Lee
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:781
  28. One of the important factors affecting seeking psychological help for suicide is self-stigma. The aim of this study was to examine suicide literacy, stigma of suicide and certain variables as predictors of sel...

    Authors: Cansu Güler, Keziban Kaya and Buse Gazel Acu
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:779
  29. Under the collectivist cultural context that emphasizes hierarchical values, Chinese employees are burdened with significant role stress driven by fierce market competition and continuously escalating role exp...

    Authors: Chuanhao Fan, Jianbo Lu, Long Zhang, Bingbing Shang and Yao Gong
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:778
  30. Previous research has primarily approached the interconnections between attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, self-compassion and mental health from a variable-centered perspective. However,...

    Authors: Hui Heng, Yingcan Zheng, Fangfang Zheng, Hong Su, Lili Tang, Yunxuan Zhao, Ying He and Guoyu Yang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:777
  31. Traditional moral disengagement is observed in daily life. However, with the increase in time spent in virtual environments, the need to also investigate online moral disengagement (OMD) is evident. In this st...

    Authors: Fuad Bakioğlu, Bahtiyar Eraslan Çapan, Sami Kırteke and Amir H Pakpour
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:776
  32. To investigate the current status of stigma, family care, and discharge readiness in patients with malignant obstructive jaundice undergoing percutaneous transhepatic cholangial drainage (PTCD) and analyze its...

    Authors: Yin Xu, Xiaoyan Fei, Qian Qi, Yingjie Chen, Zhongmin Wang and Rumei Yang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:775
  33. The network approach offers a novel framework for conceptualizing depression, anxiety and social adaptability as causal systems, which helps in understanding what may be relevant targets for treatment.

    Authors: Hui Liu, Yi Ni, Haixia Xie, Yijun Xie, Chenhui Fan, Yao Li, Weinan Shen, Hua Zhai, Chenghua Jiang, Jing Wu and Hengjing Wu
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:774
  34. Procrastination is the voluntary delay of urgent tasks. Precrastination, on the other hand, is the tendency to complete tasks as soon as possible. The extreme of both these conditions is considered harmful to ...

    Authors: Waqar Husain, Khaled Trabelsi, Achraf Ammar, Zahra Saif and Haitham Jahrami
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:773
  35. The family is a very important institution that provides relationships and contexts for adolescents and can activate a trajectory of their positive development. Family-related adversity can endanger this devel...

    Authors: Jaroslava Mackova, Zuzana Dankulincova Veselska, Daniela Filakovska Bobakova, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Jitse P. van Dijk and Sijmen A. Reijneveld
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:771
  36. The study explores the impact of adaptive sports programs on emotional resilience, empathy development, social inclusion, and cognitive flexibility among participants.

    Authors: Jingyu Shao, Zhaohang Cui and Yichen Bao
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:770
  37. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) survivors demonstrate heightened vulnerability to depression and anxiety, while posttraumatic growth (PTG) and resilience have been reported as important protective factors for m...

    Authors: Shenghao Wang, Liying Lai, Yang Deng, Yuan Zhang, Yuqi Cai, Wenyan Huang, Yuantao Hao, Fengsu Hou and Jinghua Li
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:768
  38. The aim of the study is to determine the stigmatization perceived by individuals with intestinal ostomy to recognize these issues and assist them in the adjustment to having an ostomy.

    Authors: Azize Karahan, Ebru Akgün Çıtak, Banu Çevik, Aysel Abbasoğlu and Ziyafet Uğurlu
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:767

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