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  1. Nurses frequently encounter death due to their professional roles, impacting their perceptions of mortality. Previous research has largely focused on the negative aspect of death awareness, known as death anxi...

    Authors: Zuming Qin, Yuting Huang, Xiaoke Zhang, Siyu Su, Huilin Zhang and Jun Peng
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:193
  2. In most theoretical frameworks, the effectiveness of attentional selection relies significantly on the perceptual similarity between the target template and visual input. Nevertheless, ambiguity exists surroun...

    Authors: Cenlou Hu, Ziwen Luo, Sai Huang and Bao Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:191
  3. Wars profoundly impact mental health with growing long lasting consequences. This study assessed the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and well-being among Sudanese affected by the ongoing co...

    Authors: Mohamed Fakhry Hussein, Marina Saleeb, Basma Tolba, Yasmine Yousry Mohamed, Assem Gebreal, Abuelgasim Osman Alemam Mohamed, Faisal Saeed Al-Qahtani, Fatima Mohamed Osman Yasin, Omelhassan Abdelgader Alawed and Ramy Mohamed Ghazy
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:181
  4. In second language acquisition research, the psychological factors associated with language learning have been a prominent focus. The affective turn in and introduction of positive psychology in this field hav...

    Authors: Honggang Liu, Ying Wang and Haoyue Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:179
  5. Substance abuse has become a significant public health issue in Iraq, fueled by economic slowdown, and high unemployment rates. Treatment acceptance among Iraqi patients with substance use disorder remains poo...

    Authors: Sarah Hazem Muslim, Ali Azeez Al-Jumaili and Hadeer Akram Al-Ani
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:177
  6. Gender differences in interoceptive awareness—awareness of internal bodily signals such as heartbeat perception—have been suggested, with some findings indicating behaviourally reduced but subjectively enhance...

    Authors: Yusuke Haruki, Kei Kaneko and Kenji Ogawa
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:176
  7. Childhood subjective socioeconomic status (operational definition of harshness) and unpredictability significantly influence life history strategies and subsequent psychological and behavioral patterns. Existi...

    Authors: Yinqing Fan, Chenyu Yuan, Ge Song and Zhen Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:173
  8. Child maltreatment exerts lasting effects on emotion regulation, which in turn accounts for adult’s risk for psychopathology such as depression. In this vulnerable population, deficits in emotion regulation of...

    Authors: Lindsey B. Stone and Alisha Sylvester
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:172
  9. Numerous studies have reported that a majority of colorectal cancer patients in China have low levels of physical activity. Early identification of relevant factors is beneficial for formulating physical activ...

    Authors: Yanlei Sheng, Fan Shen, Mo Xiong, Qin Huang, Qingyi Li and Luhong Hu
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:171
  10. The present study investigated observers’ perspectives of smartphone use during social interactions in serious and casual conversational contexts, suggesting gender differences. The results of the between-subj...

    Authors: Anja Stevic, Hanna Liftinger and Jörg Matthes
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:170
  11. Anxiety in patients undergoing colonoscopy may also result in adverse effects, including altered vital signs such as elevated heart rate and blood pressure, exacerbation of symptoms like bloating and gastroint...

    Authors: Qian-Qian Yue, Ge-Hui Feng, Tong Peng, Tian Tang, Ying-Xue Sun, Xin-Ru Meng, Li-Li Huang, Ke-Hao Zhao, Hui-Lin Huang and Ying Zeng
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:169
  12. This study aims to investigate the relationship between cognitive impairment, depressive symptoms, and Activities of Daily Living (ADL)/ Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) dependency among older pe...

    Authors: Mingfei Jiang and Baozhen Dai
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:167
  13. The mental health of first-generation college students has received much attention from researchers. The dual-factor model of mental health emphasizes the integration of psychopathology and well-being to achie...

    Authors: Ru Chen, Xin Gao, Zekun Zhang, Mingxue Hong and Lulu Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:166
  14. Hospitalization in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) induces psychological pressures on patients, including anxiety and depression, which disrupt their functioning. Patient education and support can facil...

    Authors: Dhuha Ahmed Al-Qaseer, kheizaran Miri, Fatemeh Hajiabadi, Seyyed Reza Mazloum and Ali A. Al-Fahham
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:165
  15. The crisis of inequality in human society has profound implications, particularly in the context of risky helping dilemmas. This study examined the relationship between subjective social status and prosocial r...

    Authors: Changlin Liu, Yanan Hong, Huihan Yang, Youlong Zhan and Ping Hu
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:164
  16. Caregivers’ positive affect benefits patients’ and their well-being. Savoring is one important emotion regulation strategy to manage positive affect. Limited information about patterns of savoring hinders the ...

    Authors: Gui-Ying Yao, Minghui Deng, Xueying Fang, Mei Zhang, Hua Guo and Bing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:163
  17. This study aims to examine the relationship between teachers’ perception of organizational justice (POJ) and their organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and to explore the mediating role of teacher burnou...

    Authors: Hongjing Ji, Kangyao Xia, Yun Wang, Jinglin Li, Jie Liu, Lidong He and Xiaofu Pan
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:160
  18. Frailty is a significant factor affecting the quality of life of stroke patients. psychological distress is an essential factor affecting depression in stroke patients. However, the mediating role of depressio...

    Authors: Ying Li, Xiaoan Chen, Di Hu, Xu Peng and Jinguo Wang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:159
  19. This study examines the mediating role of Occupational Future Time Perspective (OFTP) in the relationship between Career Adaptability and Mental Health among college graduates. Using a three-month, three-time-...

    Authors: Lei Gao, Yan Li and Wenqi Pang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:158
  20. Tobacco use disorder (TUD) remains a global health crisis characterized by high relapse rates despite extensive cessation efforts. This study aims to enhance treatment outcomes by addressing the cognitive and ...

    Authors: Sarah Gerhardt, Michaela Kroth, Alexandra Seeger, Roland Schmitt, Heiner Fritz, Lorena Diring, Yury Shevchenko, Karen D Ersche, Gordon Feld and Sabine Vollstädt-Klein
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:157
  21. Harmful work patterns have become a public health problem. These conditions are worrying since they can have an impact on mental health, social conflicts, and physical difficulties due to their normalization o...

    Authors: Edwin Salas-Blas, Miguel Vallejos-Flores, Gustavo Calderón-De la Cruz, Eduardo Manzanares-Medina, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero, Nikol Mayo-Puchoc and Anthony Copez-Lonzoy
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:155
  22. Emotional intelligence plays an important role in enhancing rural kindergarten teachers’ work engagement and is closely related to their emotional labor strategies and self-efficacy. The Emotional Intelligence...

    Authors: Haojie Yuan, Zhonglian Yan, Yifei Zhao and Jiayuan Lei
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:154
  23. It is well-established that carers of people with psychosis require support given the stress, social isolation and health problems commonly associated with their caring role. However, interventions for carers ...

    Authors: Isabel Millard, Jo Billings, Philippa Greenfield, Jackie Bailey, Dave Fearon, Henry J. Whittle and Helen Killaspy
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:153
  24. Perceived social support is recognized as a critical protective factor against the development of mental health disorders. Anxiety disorders are the most common group of mental health disorders and have a subs...

    Authors: D. A Navarro-Nolasco, D Chi-Castañeda, M. L López-Meraz, L Beltran-Parrazal and C Morgado-Valle
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:152
  25. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship of sports and perceived social support with social anxiety in young adults. We aimed to find out whether participation in sports and good social support wer...

    Authors: Irma Heller, Céline Bolliger, Pauline Holmer, Annemarie Schumacher Dimech, Peter Francis Raguindin and Gisela Michel
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:149
  26. This study aims to investigate the associative factors related to smartphone addiction among university students and to further examine the mediating roles of positive and negative metacognition in the relatio...

    Authors: Xiaodan Wang, Huoliang Gong and Yan Lin
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:148
  27. Researchers of organizational learning and innovation have frequently claimed that defensive reasoning is an inducer of negative emotions present in most organizations, inhibiting continuing innovation and dev...

    Authors: Guyang Tian, Yang Yang, Xue Zhang, Manlu Zhao and Yezhuang Tian
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:146
  28. The impact of mothers’ socioeconomic status (SES) on late adolescents’ emotional stability, as well as the mechanisms underlying this relationship, remain poorly understood in China. Additionally, the mechanis...

    Authors: Xiaoyan Xu, Zahyah Hanafi and Luyao Gao
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:145
  29. It has been proposed that nursing students experience emotional and mental issues due to their educational demands, which influence their academic success. This study aims to explore the relationship between s...

    Authors: Samirh Said Alqhtani, Nouf Afit Aldhafeeri, Lina Alotaibi, Huda Alanzi, Wafa Alshamrani, Norah Alqhtani and Abeer Selim
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:144
  30. Although gratitude is a culturally-sensitive construct, it has yet received limited research attention in Arab countries, hence hindering the understanding of its features, correlates, and cross-cultural speci...

    Authors: Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Álvaro Postigo, Diana Malaeb, Abir Sarray El Dine, Mira Moawad, Rabih Hallit, Sahar Obeid and Souheil Hallit
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:143
  31. There is increased attention on psychological wellbeing as a public health priority. Here, we examine concurrent and prospective associations between social network connections and psychological wellbeing in a...

    Authors: Kayla Mansour, Christopher J Greenwood, Lauren M Francis, Gessica Misuraca, Khya Marabel-Whitburn, Craig A Olsson and Jacqui A Macdonald
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:142
  32. Social networks are an important factor affecting Chinese residents’ subjective well-being (SWB). Dividing social networks from the functional perspective can elucidate the SWB effect more effectively. This pa...

    Authors: Meng Cai, Suxia Li and Yanjie Bian
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:141
  33. Facial attractiveness, influenced by dental esthetics, impacts self-perception and social interactions. The rise of social media has further fueled the demand for cosmetic dental treatments. This study aimed t...

    Authors: Zahra Ghorbani, Saharnaz Esmaeili, Soheil Shahbazi, Maryam Jarrahzadeh and Saeed Madihi
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:140
  34. Seasonal influenza is still a challenge in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). There is consensus that the most effective way to address this problem is through yearly vaccination campaigns. Despite governmental e...

    Authors: Gabriel Andrade, Khadiga Yasser Abdelraouf Abdelmonem, Hajar Jamal Teir, Nour Alqaderi, Ahmed Banibella Abdelmagied Elamin and Dalia Bedewy
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:138
  35. Reducing loneliness and enhancing subjective well-being are key topics in psychological research. However, few studies have explored the impact of cultural factors on loneliness and subjective well-being from ...

    Authors: Boqiang Zhao and Yuhan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:137
  36. Parental adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may represent a risk for offspring school readiness. Previous studies suggested that children’s psychological resilience may mediate between the intergenerational ...

    Authors: Jing Shen, Yantong Zhu and Gengli Zhang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:136
  37. Understanding the factors that determine teachers’ organizational commitment and job satisfaction is fundamental in the education sector, since these two constructs are directly related to teacher effectivenes...

    Authors: Guzmán Antonio Muñoz-Fernández, Rossana Dolores Toala-Mendoza, Miguel González-Mohíno and Miryam Elizabeth Félix-López
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:134
  38. Creativity research has often focused on idea generation rather than the crucial process of idea selection, which is essential for identifying practical and innovative solutions. Previous studies suggest that ...

    Authors: Yiwen Zhang, Xiaowen Wang, An Zhang, Jiameng Zhou, Xiaobo Xu and Weiguo Pang
    Citation: BMC Psychology 2025 13:133

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