Witnessing interparental conflict, feeling caught, and mental health: A conditional process analysis involving parental confirmation and divorce status

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110365
Author(s):  
Paul Schrodt ◽  
Jenna R. LaFreniere
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Interparental Conflict ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Conditional Process Analysis ◽  
Demand Withdraw

This study tested parental confirmation and divorce as moderators of the direct and indirect effects of witnessing interparental conflict (i.e., demand/withdraw patterns and aggression) on young adults’ mental health through feelings of being caught between parents. Participants included 493 young adults from first-marriage and post-divorce families. Conditional process analyses revealed that both parental confirmation and divorce status moderated the positive association between demand/withdraw patterns and feeling caught. Each parent’s aggression toward their (ex)spouse reduced the inverse association between confirmation and children feeling caught. Father confirmation moderated the indirect effect of witnessing parents’ demand/withdraw patterns on young adults’ mental health via their feelings of being caught, and this moderation was conditioned by divorce status. Consequently, parents may find that confirmation provides a sense of relational reassurance that softens the more immediate distress that their children experience when witnessing their disputes and feeling caught.

Associations between Suicide Behaviors and Religiosity in Young Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Gwin ◽  
Paul Branscum ◽  
E. Laurette Taylor ◽  
Marshall Cheney ◽  
Sarah B. Maness ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Parental Relationships ◽  
Mental Health Interventions ◽  
Southwestern State ◽  
Suicide Behaviors

The purpose of this study was to examine associations between suicide ideation, parental relation- ships, and religiosity among young adults. An online survey was administered to students (n=775) from colleges and universities in a southwestern state measuring suicide ideation, protective assets of parental relationships, and religiosity beliefs. Odds ratios analysis revealed a significant inverse association between religiosity and suicide ideation. Overall, higher rates religiosity appears to be associated with lower bouts of suicide ideation in the last 12 months. Addition of religious/spirituality-oriented tools may be important to incorporate in mental health interventions for those young adults that report having greater religiosity.

scholarly journals “Andrà tutto bene”: Associations Between Character Strengths, Psychological Distress and Self-efficacy During Covid-19 Lockdown

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Casali ◽  
Tommaso Feraco ◽  
Marta Ghisi ◽  
Chiara Meneghetti
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Character Strengths ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Inverse Association

Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic obliged people around the world to stay home and self-isolate, with a number of negative psychological consequences. This study focuses on the protective role of character strengths in sustaining mental health and self-efficacy during lockdown. Data were collected from 944 Italian respondents (mean age = 37.24 years, SD = 14.50) by means of an online survey investigating character strengths, psychological distress and Covid-19-related self-efficacy one month after lockdown began. Using principal component analysis, four strengths factors were extracted, namely transcendence, interpersonal, openness and restraint. Regression models with second-order factors showed that transcendence strengths had a strong inverse association with psychological distress, and a positive association with self-efficacy. Regression models with single strengths identified hope, zest, prudence, love and forgiveness as the strengths most associated with distress, love and zest as the most related to self-efficacy and zest to general mental health. Openness factor and appreciation of beauty showed an unexpected direct relation with psychological distress. These results provide original evidence of the association of character strengths, and transcendence strengths in particular, with mental health and self-efficacy in a pandemic and are discussed within the field of positive psychology.

scholarly journals Athlete Experiences of Shame and Guilt: Initial Psychometric Properties of the Athletic Perceptions of Performance Scale Within Junior Elite Cricketers

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon M. Rice ◽  
Matt S. Treeby ◽  
Lisa Olive ◽  
Anna E. Saw ◽  
Alex Kountouris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
Conditional Process Analysis ◽  
Guilt Proneness ◽  
Performance Scale

Guilt and shame are self-conscious emotions with implications for mental health, social and occupational functioning, and the effectiveness of sports practice. To date, the assessment and role of athlete-specific guilt and shame has been under-researched. Reporting data from 174 junior elite cricketers (M = 17.34 years; females n = 85), the present study utilized exploratory factor analysis in validating the Athletic Perceptions of Performance Scale (APPS), assessing three distinct and statistically reliable factors: athletic shame-proneness, guilt-proneness, and no-concern. Conditional process analysis indicated that APPS shame-proneness mediated the relationship between general and athlete-specific distress (p < 0.01), with this pathway non-contingent on sex or past 12-month help-seeking for mental health concerns (p's > 0.05). While APPS domains of guilt-proneness and no-concern were not significant mediators, they exhibited correlations in the expected direction with indices of psychological distress and well-being. The APPS may assist coaches and support staff identify players who may benefit from targeted interventions to reduce the likelihood of experiencing shame-prone states.

scholarly journals Group Differences in the Psychological Integration Path of the Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Conditional Process Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11463
Author(s):  
Liu Yang ◽  
Qinyao Wu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Psychological Integration

At present, income and welfare inequality between migrant workers and urban natives has improved in China, but there are still many “semi-urbanized” migrant workers, whose psychological integration into the migrant city is very important for their mental health. By using a second stage conditional process model to decompose the effect of income on psychological integration into direct and indirect effects, this study explores the different psychological integration paths of migrant workers in different migration ranges, based on the data of the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS). The results show that the total effect of income on psychological integration is positive, and the value of inter-provincial samples is twice that of full samples. There is a significant difference in psychological integration paths between inter-provincial and intra-provincial samples, and when social comparison acts as a mediator, income has no direct effect on psychological integration of intra-provincial samples, while the direct and indirect effects of inter-provincial samples account for half of each other. Perceived discrimination played a reversed moderated role in the effect of social comparison on psychological integration, i.e., the lower the degree of perceived discrimination, the stronger the positive effect of social comparison on psychological integration, and vice versa. Therefore, according to the actual needs of different groups, relevant policies should be gradually adjusted to improve the psychological integration of migrant workers, thus contributing to their mental health.

scholarly journals “Andrà tutto bene”. The effect of character strengths on psychological distress and self-efficacy during Covid-19 lockdown

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Casali ◽  
Tommaso Feraco ◽  
Marta Ghisi ◽  
Chiara Meneghetti
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Character Strengths ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Psychological Consequences

Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic obliged people around the world to stay home and self-isolate, with a number of negative psychological consequences. This study focuses on the protective role of character strengths in sustaining mental health and self-efficacy during lockdown. Data were collected from 944 Italian respondents (mean age = 37.24 years, SD = 14.50) by means of an online survey investigating character strengths, psychological distress and Covid-19-related self-efficacy one month after lockdown began. Using principal component analysis, four strengths factors were extracted, namely transcendence, interpersonal, openness and restraint. Regression models showed that transcendence strengths had a strong inverse association with psychological distress, and a positive association with self-efficacy. Openness showed an unexpected direct effect on psychological distress. These results provide original evidence of the importance of character strengths, and transcendence strengths in particular, in supporting mental health and self-efficacy in a pandemic and are discussed within the field of positive psychology.

The Effect of Suicide-Related Internet Use on Users’ Mental Health

Crisis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 348-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajime Sueki
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Suicide Methods ◽  
Internet Users

Background: Previous studies have shown that suicide-related Internet use can have both negative and positive psychological effects. Aims: This study examined the effect of suicide-related Internet use on users’ suicidal ideation, depression/anxiety tendency, and loneliness. Method: A two-wave panel study of 850 Internet users was conducted via the Internet. Results: Suicide-related Internet use (e.g., browsing websites about suicide methods) had negative effects on suicidal ideation and depression/anxiety tendency. No forms of suicide-related Internet use, even those that would generally be considered positive, were found to decrease users’ suicidal ideation. In addition, our results suggest that the greater the suicidal ideation and feelings of depression and loneliness of Internet users, the more they used the Internet. Conclusion: Since suicide-related Internet use can adversely influence the mental health of young adults, it is necessary to take measures to reduce their exposure to such information.

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