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Objective To evaluate the mediating effect of lifestyles on the association between family history and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Methods This study was based on the "Early Screening and Comprehensive Intervention of High-risk Populations of Cardiovascular Disease Project". The data were collected from 6 project sites in Hubei Province. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the impact of family history and lifestyle on CVD, and the relationship between family history and lifestyle. Mediation analysis was used to evaluate the mediating effect of lifestyle on the association between family history and CVD. Results A total of 5 871 subjects were included in the study from 2015 to 2016, of whom 500 (8.52%) developed CVD and 484 had family history of CVD. The risk of developing CVD was significantly increased in participants with family history of disease (OR = 1.458, P = 0.014) and in those with high level of physical activity (OR = 1.081, P = 0.026). The increase of leisure physical activity time showed a protective effect on developing CVD (OR = 0.977, P < 0.001). Participants with family history significantly increased leisure physical activity (OR = 2.085, P < 0.001), and were less likely to choose occupations with high levels of physical activity (OR = 0.524, P < 0.001). The results of mediation analysis showed that leisure physical activity and occupational physical activity mediated the relationship between family history and CVD, and the β value of the mediating effects were -0.004 (P = 0.010) and 0.002 (P = 0.045), respectively. The β value of the direct effect of family history on CVD was 0.033 (P < 0.05). Conclusion Leisure physical activity and occupational physical activity might mediate the relationship between family history and CVD. People with family history would reduce the risk of developing CVD by increasing leisure physical activity time and choosing occupations with low levels of physical activity.
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BackgroundCompared with absenteeism, health-related productivity loss has a long-lasting negative effect, and poses a greater harm and loss. The health-related productivity loss is mediated by self-efficacy, and perceived social support has been shown to have an impact on health-related productivity loss, whereas the interaction mechanism among the three remains unclear. ObjectiveTo investigate the status of perceived social support, occupational coping self-efficacy and health-related productivity loss among ICU nurses, and to test the mediation role of perceived social support in the relationship between occupational coping self-efficacy and health-related productivity loss. MethodsFrom September to November, 2021, purposive sampling technique was adopted to select 468 ICU nurses in 8 tertiary hospitals in Sichuan Province. Subjects were assessed using self-made general information questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), Occupational Coping Self Efficacy Scale for Nurses (OCSE-N) and Stanford Presenteeism Scale-6 (SPS-6). Pearson correlation analysis was used to examine the correlation among variables. Amos 24.0 was utilized to test the mediation role of perceived social support in the relationship between occupational coping self-efficacy and health-related productivity loss. ResultsA total of 415 ICU nurses completed the valid questionnaire survey. ICU nurses scored (63.13±11.62) on PSSS, (22.24±6.15) on OCSE-N, and (16.83±4.24) on SPS-6. Health-related productivity loss was detected in 279 ICU nurses (67.23%). Correlation analysis denoted that PSSS total score was positively correlated with OCSE-N total score (r=0.348, P<0.05), and negatively correlated with SPS-6 total score (r=-0.274, P<0.05). OCSE-N total score was negatively correlated with SPS-6 total score (r=-0.421, P<0.05). The direct effect value of occupational coping self-efficacy on health-related productivity loss was -0.401, and perceived social support showed a mediation role in the relationship between occupational coping self-efficacy and health-related productivity loss (the indirect effect value was -0.052, accounting for 11.48% of the total effect). ConclusionThe occupational coping self-efficacy of ICU nurses may affect the health-related productivity loss through the action path of perceived social support.[Funded by Scientific Research Project of Sichuan Provincial Health Commission (number, 19PJ042)]
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ObjectiveTo explore the impact of subjective vertical perception impairment after stroke on visuospatial cognition, balance, walking and activities of daily living, to investigate the mediating role of visuospatial cognition and lateropulsion. MethodsFrom February to December, 2023, 96 stroke patients were selected from the Rehabilitation Medicine Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. They were divided into vertical perception impairment group (n = 53) and non-vertical perception impairment group (n = 43). They were assessed with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), the Scale for Contraversive Pushing (SCP), Burke Lateropulsion Scale (BLS), Line Bisection Test (LBT), Line Cancellation Test (LCT), Star Cancellation Test (SCT), Subjective Visual Vertical (SVV), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Holden Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC) and Barthel Index (BI). ResultsScores of SVV orientation, SVV uncertainty, NIHSS, SCT, SCP, BLS, BBS, FAC and BI were worse in the vertical perception impairment group than in the non-vertical perception impairment group (|t| > 2.414, Z = -3.481, P < 0.05). Scores of SVV were correlated with SCT, BLS and BBS (|r| ≥ 0.273, P < 0.05). After controlling for age and gender, SVV orientation score did not directly impact BBS score (β = -0.011, P = 0.920). However, it exerted a partial mediating effect through BLS (effect = -0.173, 95%CI -0.278 to -0.076) and a chain-mediated effect through SCT and BLS (effect = -0.073, 95%CI -0.137 to -0.027), impacting BBS score. ConclusionSubjective vertical perception impairment results in poorer visuospatial cognition, balance, walking and activities of daily living in stroke patients. This influence on balance function is mediated through the mediating effects of visuospatial cognition and lateropulsion.
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Objective:To explore the mediating role of disease progression′s fear and positive affect in the relationship between disease perception and demoralization in patients with chronic heart failure. It provided a theoretical basis for targeted interventions for healthcare workers.Methods:From October 2022 to March 2023, 320 patients with chronic heart failure in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University were selected as the research objects by convenience sampling. The General Information Questionnaire, Demoralization Scale Redacted Mandarin Version, Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Positive Affect Schedule) were used to conduct the questionnaire survey exploring the mediating effects of fear of disease progression and positive emotions between disease perception and disorientation by construction structural equation model.Results:There were 268 valid questionnaires. Of the 268 patients, 168 were male and 100 were female, 3.36% (9/268) were ≤40 years old, 55.22% (148/268) were 41-65 years old, and 41.42% (111/268) were >65 years old. Correlation analysis showed that disease perception was positively correlated with disease progression ′s fear, and every dimension of demoralization ( r values were 0.300-0.586, all P<0.01), and negatively correlated with positive affect ( r=-0.374, P<0.01); disease progression′s fear was negatively correlated with positive affect ( r=-0.318, P<0.01), and positively correlated with every dimension of demoralization ( r values were 0.339-0.464, all P<0.01); positive affect was negatively correlated with every dimension of demoralization ( r values were -0.430--0.334, all P<0.01). Structural equation model analysis showed that the direct effect of disease perception on demoralization was significant ( β=0.407, P<0.01), and both mediating effects of disease progression ′s fear and positive affect between disease perception and demoralization in patients with chronic heart failure were significant ( β=0.074, 0.079, both P<0.01). The chain mediating effect of disease progression ′s fear and positive effect was also significant ( β=0.019, P<0.01). Conclusions:Disease perception could directly predict the demoralization of patients with chronic heart failure and indirectly predict the demoralization of patients with chronic heart failure through the mediating effect of disease progression ′s fear, positive affect, and the chain mediating effect of disease progression ′s fear and positive affect.
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BackgroundNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behavior is highly prevalent in middle school students, which poses a significant risk to the physical and mental health of middle school students, so finding ways to improve the NSSI behavior among middle school students is of great significance for promoting their healthy growth. ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between psychological quality and NSSI behavior among middle school students in western Anhui, and to examine the pathway of coping style in the above relationship. MethodsFrom November to December 2020, 22 872 middle school students in western Anhui were selected using stratified cluster random sampling method, and were subjected to complete the assessment of Adolescent Non-suicidal Self-injury Assessment Questionnaire (ANSAQ), Adolescent's Psychological Suzhi Scale-Simplified Version (APSS-SV) and Coping Style Scale for Middle School Students (CSSMSS). Spearman correlation analysis was adopted to examine the correlation among scores of scales and the frequency of NSSI behavior in middle school students. Amos 23.0 was utilized to test the pathway of coping style in the relationship between psychological quality and NSSI behavior. ResultsA total of 21 718 (94.95%) middle school students completed the effective questionnaire survey. NSSI behavior was detected in 7 798 middle school students (35.91%). ANSAQ total score and CSSMSS positive coping style score of middle school students were negatively correlated with the frequency of NSSI behavior (r=-0.219, -0.179, P<0.01). CSSMSS negative coping style score was positively correlated with the frequency of NSSI behavior (r=0.093, P<0.01). The direct effect value of psychological quality on the frequency of NSSI behavior was -0.136, and the indirect effect value of coping style on the relationship between psychological quality and the frequency of NSSI behavior was -0.084. Among them, the effect value of positive coping style was -0.122, accounting for 55.45% of the total effect, while the effect value of negative coping style was 0.038, accounting for 17.27% of the total effect. ConclusionCoping style may mediate the relationship between psychological quality and NSSI behavior in middle school students, and the positive coping style and negative coping style play separate roles in the pathway of psychological quality on NSSI behavior.[Funded by 2020 Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Provincial Education Department (number, KJ2020B006)]
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ObjectiveTo explore the mediating effect of psychological resilience and empathy on the relationship between job stress and job burnout in clinical medical graduate students. Methods A total of 437 graduated students of clinical medicine or related majors were selected as the research subjects using a stratified sampling method. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Interpersonal Reactivity Index, Perceived Stress Scale, and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to measure their psychological resilience, empathy, job stress, and job burnout. Results The average scores for psychological resilience, empathy, job stress, and job burnout among the research subjects were (90.2±13.4), (93.8±10.1), (53.7±12.2) and (47.3±12.6), respectively. The detection rate of job burnout was 37.5%. The results of the structural equation model showed that psychological resilience and empathy partially mediated the relationship between job stress and job burnout, with psychological resilience accounting for 13.6% and empathy accounting for 41.3% of the mediating effect. Conclusion Psychological resilience and empathy play a significant mediating role in the relationship between job stress and job burnout among clinical medical graduate students.
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Objective To explore the mediating role of cognitive function in the association between literacy level and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and elderly people in China. Methods Using the fourth national follow-up data of the China Health and Elderly Care Tracking Survey 2018, 8 124 middle-aged and elderly people aged 45 years and above were included as the study subjects. The PROCESS 4.0 program was used to test the mediating effect of cognitive function between literacy level and depressive symptoms, and the Bootstrap method was used for the mediator variable validation. Results The detection rate of depressive symptoms among middle-aged and elderly people in China was 38.10%. After controlling for gender, place of residence, marital status, smoking, alcohol consumption, and exercise, literacy level was a negative predictor of depressive symptoms in middle-aged and elderly people (β =-0.480, t =-11.248, P<0.001). Cognitive function accounted for 58.75% of the amount of mediating effect between literacy level and depressive symptoms. Conclusion Literacy level and cognitive function are associated with depressive symptoms in middle-aged and elderly people. Literacy level can influence depressive symptoms directly or indirectly through the mediation of cognitive dysfunction.
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Objective:To explore the potential mechanisms of the relationship between socioeconomic status(SES)and depression of Chinese older adults through the mediating role of digital participation and health lifestyle.Methods:Using the nationally representative data from the China Family Panel Studies in 2020,4 846 participants aged 60 years and older were analyzed in our study.We explored the potential mechanisms of the relationship between SES and depression of Chinese older adults in the digital era through a chain multiple mediating effects model.The KHB(The Karlson,Holm,and Breen)method was used to analyze the mediating role of digital participation and health lifestyle and the propor-tion of mediating effect between the two was also calculated.A series of robustness tests were further con-ducted and the fit of the model was checked by structural equation modeling.Results:The mean age of the 4 846 older adults included in this study was(68.20±5.07)years,48.06%of whom were female and 51.94%were male.The KHB results showed that both digital participation and health lifestyle could mediate the relationship between SES and depression of older adults(P<0.000 1)and the mediating role of health lifestyle accounted for a greater proportion than digital participation.And our study mainly found three potential pathways of SES and depression of older adults,including:(1)SES → digital par-ticipation → health lifestyle → depression,(2)SES → health lifestyle → depression,and(3)SES →depression.Structural equation modeling tests proved the overall fit of the model in this study.Conclu-sion:Our findings showed that in the digital age,in addition to the direct relationship between SES and depression of older adults,and the health lifestyle as a mediator between the relationship,there is also a sequential mediating role of digital participation and health lifestyle to reduce the risk of depression.The findings suggest that we should pay more attention to the probability of the digital divide exacerbating health inequalities and socioeconomic inequalities accumulation in the digital age and promote the co-progress of digital literacy and health literacy among older adults.
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Objective:To explore the influence of proactive personality on medical attitude and the mediating role of health belief and physician trust.Methods:A total of 703 adults were surveyed by proactive personality scale, Chinese adult health belief scale, Wake Forest physician trust scale and medical attitude scale from Octomber to November 2019.Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were conducted by SPSS 23.0 software, and mediating effects were analyzed by SPSS macro program PROCESS 3.3.Results:(1)For all subjects, the score of proactive personality was(55.12±11.00), the score of health belief was(74.88±10.31), the score of doctor trust was(33.23±5.63), and the score of medical attitude was(56.55±13.07). Proactive personality was significantly positively correlated with health belief ( r=0.535), physician trust ( r=0.298) and medical attitude ( r=0.406) (all P<0.01), and health belief was significantly positively correlated with physician trust ( r=0.363) and medical attitude ( r=0.696) (both P<0.01). There was a significant positive correlation between physician trust and medical attitude ( r=0.452, P<0.01). (2) Proactive personality had an impact on medical attitude through three pathways. The single mediating effect value of health belief was 0.326, accounting for 82.74% of the total indirect effect. The single mediating effect value of physician trust was 0.040, accounting for 10.15% of the total indirect effect. The chain mediating effect value of health belief and physician trust was 0.028, accounting for 7.11% of the total indirect effect. Conclusion:Health belief and physician trust play multiple mediating roles in proactive personality and medical attitude in adults.
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Objective:To explore the relationship between moral sense of life and prosocial behavior among medical students, and the multiple mediating effects of meaning in life and empathy.Methods:A total of 721 medical students from Weifang Medical University were tested with moral sense of life scale (MSLS), meaning in life questionnaire (MLQ), interpersonal reactivity index-C (IRI-C) and prosocial behavior tendency scale (PBTS). Common method bias test, Spearman correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted to analyze the data using SPSS 22.0 software, and PROCESS macro program was used to test the mediating effect of meaning in life and empathy between moral sense of life and prosocial behavior.Results:Moral sense of life, meaning in life, empathy and prosocial behavior were significantly positively correlated with each other( r=0.24-0.56, all P<0.01). Analysis of mediating effects revealed that moral sense of life affected prosocial behavior through three indirect pathways: the separate meditating effects of both meaning in life and empathy (the effect size=0.11, 0.06), accounting for 57.89% and 31.58% of the total indirect effect respectively), the chain mediating effect of meaning in life and empathy (the effect size=0.02), accounting for 10.53% of the total indirect effect. Meaning in life and empathy play a full mediating role in the relationship between moral sense of life and prosocial behavior. Conclusion:Moral sense of life can indirectly increase medical students′ prosocial behavior through meaning in life and empathy. Meaning in life and empathy exert a chain-mediating effect between moral sense of life and prosocial behavior.
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Objective@#To understand the relationships between personal knowledge management,self-determination motivation and high-order thinking abilities.@*Methods@#A total of 469 undergraduate nursing students in China Medical University were recruited and assessed with general information questionnaire,high-order thinking abilities scale,self-determination motivation scale and personal knowledge management Questionnaire.@*Results@#The score of high-order thinking abilities for undergraduate nursing students was (4.42±0.51) points,the score of self-determination motivation was (3.84±0.55) points, the score of personal knowledge management was (3.84±0.55) points. High-order thinking abilities were significantly positively related to self-determination motivation and personal knowledge management, respectively (r value was 0.437, 0.499, P<0.01 respectively).Grade and whether they were student cadres had no significant predictive effect on higher-level thinking ability of nursing undergraduates (β value was 0.000, 0.064, P > 0.05 respectively).Self-determination motivation positively predicted high-order thinking abilities (β value was 0.270, P<0.01), whereas personal knowledge management positively predicted high-order thinking abilities (β value was 0.381, P<0.01). Structural equation results showed that the direct effect value of higher-order thinking abilities of personal knowledge management was 0.41, and the indirect effect value of self-determining motivation on higher-order thinking abilities was 0.16,self-determination motivation played an intermediary role in the sense of undergraduate nursing students high-order thinking abilities and personal knowledge management.@*Conclusions@#Personal knowledge management and self-determination motivation are significant predicting factors of high-order thinking abilities.
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OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to investigate the correlations of the temperament and character, depression, anxiety, and maternal-fetal attachment and the mediating effects of the depression, anxiety on the relationship between temperament and character and maternal-fetal attachment.METHODS: A hundred and eleven high-risk pregnant women were recruited in this study. All subjects were administered a sociodemographic and obstetric questionnaire, Temperament and Character Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory-II, State Trait Anxiety Inventory-State, and Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale.RESULTS: The results of this study were as follows. Higher scores on the reward dependence, persistence, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence scale were associated with higher scores on maternal-fetal attachment scale. Higher scores on the harm avoidance scale and lower scores on the self-directedness scale were associated with higher depression scores. Higher scores on the harm avoidance scale and lower scores on the persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness scale were associated with higher anxiety scores. Higher anxiety scores were associated with higher scores on maternal-fetal attachment scale. The anxiety was found to have a partial mediating effect on the relationship between persistence and the maternal-fetal attachment. It was also found to have a partial mediating effect on the relationship between cooperativeness and the maternal-fetal attachment.CONCLUSION: In this study, we found that the anxiety has partial mediating effect on the relationship between temperament and character and maternal-fetal attachment. Based on these findings, it is suggested that examining temperament and character and screening vulnerable pregnant women can help to prevent negative results for high-risk pregnant women.
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Female , Humans , Anxiety , Depression , Mass Screening , Negotiating , Pregnancy, High-Risk , Pregnant Women , Reward , TemperamentABSTRACT
Objective To explore the impact of mindfulness on sleep and the mediating role of resilience.Methods A total of 540 medical staff in a three first-class hospital were assessed by five facet mindfulness questionnaire (FFMQ),Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI) and Connor-Davidson resilience scale(CD-RISC).Results The average PSQI scores of medical staff was (6.67±3.20),of which the total score was equal or above 8 accounting for 37.04%.The positive rate of each factor of PSQI (factor score ≥2) was 51.67% for daytime function,37.22% for sleeping time,and 24.07% for subjective sleep quality.The total score of PSQI was (6.67±3.20),the score of FFMQ was (119.55±9.90),and the score of CDRISC was (59.50± 12.77).PSQI was negatively correlated with FFMQ and CD-RISC (r=-0.29,-0.24;both P<0.01),and there was a significant positive correlation between FFMQ and CD-RISC (r=0.48,P<0.01).The factors of FFMQ associated with CD-RISC were followed by the description of mindfulness,the action of awareness,the non-reaction and the observation of mindfulness.The multi-linear regression analysis showed that resilience played a part mediating role between mindfulness and sleep quality,with a mediating effect of 20.9%.Conclusion Mindfulness has a positive impact on the quality of sleep of medical staff through resilience.
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Objective:To explore the meditation effect of moral disengagement and self-esteem between friendship jealousy and aggression.Methods:A total of 387 middle school students were selected.Their degrees of friendship jealousy,moral disengagement,self-esteem and aggression were assessed with the Friendship Jealousy Questionnaire (FJQ),Moral Disengagement Scale (MDS),Self-esteem Scale (SES),and Aggression Questionnaire (AQ),respectively.The relationship among these factors was analyzed by structural equation modeling.Results:Both FJQ and MDS scores were positively correlated with AQ scores(r =0.48-0.56,Ps <0.001),and negatively correlated with SES scores(r =-0.47--0.23,Ps < 0.001).Structural equation modeling results showed that FJQ score had indirect effects on AQ score through the mediation of MDS and SES in middle school students.The mediating effects accounted for 46.0% and 18.0% respectively.Conclusion:It suggests that moral disengagement and self-esteem may play mediating effects on relationship between friendship jealousy and aggression in middle school students.
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Objective:To explore the mediating effect of self-nursing ability between living condition and anxiety in the patients with peptic ulcer caused by helicobacter pylori.Methods:By using questionnaire survey method,300 patients with a peptic ulcer caused by helicobacter pylori were assessed with the exercise of self-care agency (ESCA),Self-rated Health Measurement Scale (SRHMS) and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS).The result was compared with that of 300 healthy crowd whose general condition was well-matched.The data were processed and analyzed by using SPSS13.0 and AMOS7.0.Results:The total scores of the ESCA,SRHMS and SAS were (101 ± 13),(299 ±35),(56 ±8) respectively.The result of the correlation analysis showed there were varying degree correlation among the disease self-nursing ability,self-rated Health,and anxiety (Ps < 0.01).Bootstrap test showed the size of the mediating effect of self-test health to anxiety was 0.17,the 95% confidence intervals was 0.11-0.26,and the ratio of the mediating effect to the total effect was 0.44.Contusion:It suggests that self-nursing ability may have much strong mediating role between health condition and anxiety.
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Objective:To explore the multiple meditation effects of emotional intelligence and self-esteem between interpersonal initiative personality and social positive adaption in left-behind junior high school students.Methods:Totally 331 left-behind junior high school students [165 boys,160 girls,average age of (14.5 ± 1.2) years] were selected.They were assessed with the Interpersonal Self-Support Scale for Middle School Students (ISSS-MSS),Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (EIQ),Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Social Adjustment Scale (SAS-YB).Results:The scores of social positive adaption were positively correlated with the scores of interpersonal initiative personality,EIQ and RSES (r = 0.47-0.67,Ps < 0.001).Path analysis showed that interpersonal initiative personality had direct effects on social positive adaption (β = 0.47,P <0.001).Mediation modeling showed that interpersonal initiative personality could exert effects on social positive adaption indirectly through the mediating effect of not only emotional intelligence,but also self-esteem (x2/df= 3.03,TLI = 0.87,CFI = 0.89,RMSEA = 0.08).Conclusion:The present study indicates that parallel multiple mediation model of emotional intelligence and self-esteem could explain the mechanism of influence of interpersonal initiative personality on social positive adaption appropriately.
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OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to examine the mediating effect of somatic symptoms between perceived social support and health-related quality of life among North Korean defectors living in South Korea. METHODS: A total of 200 North Korean defectors were assessed using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Short-Form 8-Item Health Survey, the Patient Health Questionnaire 15, the PTSD Checklist Civilian Version and the Patient Health Questionnaire 9. RESULTS: Somatic symptoms accounted for physical health-related quality of life after controlling for PTSD and depressive symptoms, but did not for mental health-related quality of life. Moreover, somatic symptoms mediated the relationship between perceived social support and physical and mental health-related quality of life, indicating that perceived social support indirectly affects physical and mental health-related quality of life through somatic symptoms in North Korean defectors. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that not only intervention for PTSD or depressive symptoms but also for somatic symptoms might be effective to improve physical and mental health-related quality of life for North Korean defectors, especially those who have a lack of perceived social support.
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Humans , Checklist , Depression , Health Surveys , Korea , Negotiating , Quality of Life , Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticABSTRACT
Objective To explore the characteristics and relationship among self-esteem, self-control and psychological symptoms of people with disablities, and to investigate the mediating effect of self-control. Methods 598 persons with disabilities, extracted by conve-nience sampling method from January to March, 2015, were assessed with Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90), Self-esteem Scale (SES) and the Self-control Scale (SCS) face to face. Results The detection rate of psychological problems of disabled persons was 58.03%. There was significant difference in the scores of SCL-90 among the subjects of different census registers (t=-4.664), disability types (F=5.774), in-come sources (F=5.402) and education levels (F=2.810) (P<0.05). There was significant difference in the score of SCS among different gen-ders (t=2.097), census registers (t=2.661), congenital disability or acquired disability (t=-2.617), disability types (F=5.338) and income sources (F=4.476) (P<0.05). There was significant difference in the score of SES among congenital disability or acquired disability (t=3.652), and different education levels (F=2.443) (P<0.05). The scores of SES (r=-0.179) and SCS (r=-0.396) negatively correlated with the score of SCL-90 (P<0.01), and the scores of SCS positively correlated with SES (r=0.216, P<0.01). SES had significant regression effect on SCL-90 and SCS. Both SES and SCS had significant regression effect on SCL-90 (P<0.01). Conclusion Self-control plays a part of the in-termediary role between self-esteem and psychological symptoms, self-esteem can not only directly affect psychological symptoms, but also affect psychological symptoms through self-control.
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Objective To explore the mediating effect of social support between the self-efficiency and the abstaining motivation in the drug addicts. Methods The two hundreds drug addicts were evaluated using the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS),the General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES) and the Motivation Questionnaire of Abstaning from Drugs (MQAD), the mediating effect of social support was tested with multivariate stepwise regression analysis. Results The total scores of the SSRS,GSES and MQAD was (35.68 ± 5.81), (26.48 ± 4.84), (129.35 ± 11.49) respectively. The result of the bivariate correlation analysis showed that there were positive correlation among the social support, the self-efficiency and the motivation for abstaining from drugs(P<0.01). The values of the mediating effect of the social support was 0.2010, and its ratios to the total effect was 0.486 7, the ratio of the direct effect to the total effect was 0.513 3. Conclusions The Social support had significantly mediating role between the self-efficiency and motivation for abstaining from drugs in drug addicts. Improvement of the social support in drug addicts can promote their motivation for abstaining from drugs and abstaining confidence so that, it could make drug addicts to keep away from narcotics.
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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to uncover the mediating effects of test anxiety on the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and academic burnout in enrolled in a dental hygiene department. METHODS: This study administered a survey consisting of the Socially Prescribed Perfectionism Scale, the Revised Test Anxiety Scale, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey to 310 female college students in the dental hygiene department at G City. The data were analyzed with correlation analysis using SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 20.0. partial mediating effects of test anxiety between socially prescribed perfectionism and academic burnout. RESULTS: The results suggest that the higher the levels of socially prescribed perfectionism, the greater the increase in academic burnout. In addition, socially prescribed perfectionism increases test anxiety when academic burnout is high. The analysis of mediating effects in the indirect path of the model revealed that adaptive socially prescribed perfectionism had a negative effect on academic burnout by increasing test anxiety. These findings and their implications were discussed. CONCLUSIONS: In order to reduce socially imposed perfectionism, it is necessary to reduce growing academic burnout, and test the value and success criteria of this model. There remains however, the fact that there is a need to focus on career goals and criteria that need to be met in order to be successful. By lowering test anxiety, psychological stability is improved and in turn, a stable college life enables dental hygiene students to more freely access psychological support. Therefore, a proactive attitude toward education is vital in preventing test anxiety and socially prescribed perfectionism.