Relationship between Moral Elevation and Prosocial Behavior among College Students: The Mediating Role of Perceived Social Support and Moderating Role of Moral Identity

Objectives: The present study examined the relationship between college student’s moral elevation and prosocialbehavior. As well as the mediating role of perceived social support and the moderating role of moral identity.Methods: A sample of 489 college students was recruited for the study. They were asked to complete a seriesof questionnaires, including Moral Elevation Scale (MES), Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), Moral IdentityScale (MIS) and Prosocial Tendency Measure (PTM). As part of the data analysis, we used correlation analysisand the method of constructing latent variable structural equation model to explore the mechanism of actionamong variables. Results: After controlling for gender, discipline, the research found that: (1) Moral elevationpositively predicted the prosocial behavior among the college students; (2) Perceived social support mediatedthe relationship between moral elevation and prosocial behavior; (3) Moral identity moderated the second halfof the model (i.e., the link between perceived social support and prosocial behavior). Specifically, the mediatingeffect of perceived social support was stronger for college students with high-level moral identity compared tothose with low-level moral identity. Conclusions: Moral identity significantly moderates the mediating effectof perceived social support, and the mediating model with moderated is established.     

Sequential Mediating Effect of Proactive Coping and Perceived Stress in the Relationships between Self-Esteem Stability and Life Satisfaction

While the effect of self-esteem stability on life satisfaction is widely verified, it is not very known how coping strategies explain this relationship. The present study focused on proactive coping, a preliminary step to minimize the impact of expected stressors, and a process of recognizing stressful events as challenges and actively managing them. Specifically, this study (N = 280) examined whether proactive coping and perceived stress mediated the relationship between self-esteem stability and life satisfaction in a sequential manner. The results indicate that proactive coping and perceived stress sequentially mediated the relationship between self-esteem stability and life satisfaction, respectively. This demonstrates that proactive coping and perceived stress are factors that link self-esteem and life satisfaction. However, there was no direct effect between self-esteem and life satisfaction. These findings suggest the need to consider combining proactive coping interventions to increase the effectiveness of a self-esteem stability promotion program. The practical implications and suggestions for future research are also discussed.     

The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction in the Relationship between Disaster Relief Workers’ Perception of Survivors’ Rights and Their Performance of Human Rights Advocacy

This study aimed to investigate the mediating effect of disaster relief workers’ job satisfaction in the relationship between their perception of survivors’ rights and their performance of human rights advocacy. Two hundred disaster relief workers in Korea were invited to completestructured questionnaires pertaining to their perception of survivors’ rights, job satisfaction, and their performance of human rights advocacy, and the relationships between these variables were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analysis. There were significant positive correlations between disaster relief workers’ perception of survivors’ rights, job satisfaction, and performance of human rights advocacy in this study. The higher their perception of survivors’ rights, the greater their performance of human rights advocacy and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction also acted as a mediator to increase the impact of their perception of survivors’ rights on their performance of human rights advocacy. In order to improve the human rights advocacy performance of disaster relief workers, it is necessary to raise their perception of survivors’ rights and increase their job satisfaction by providing a safe and nondiscriminatory work environment for them.     

The Relationship between Mental Health Literacy and Subjective Well-Being of Young and Middle-Aged Residents: Perceived the Mediating Role of Social Support and Its Urban-Rural Differences

This study investigates mental health literacy among young and middle-aged urban and rural residents and thedifferences in mental health literacy, perceived social support and subjective well-being. From January to February2022, 620 participants (320 rural and 300 urban residents) from three provinces of China were selected by convenience sampling. A general data questionnaire, mental health literacy scale, perceived social support scale andsubjective well-being scale were administered. The mental health literacy scores of urban residents were 3.34 ±0.57 and those of rural residents were 2.73 ± 0.79. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that themental health literacy scores of rural residents were more significant than those of urban residents in terms ofsex and age, while urban residents’ mental health literacy scores were more significant than those of rural residents in terms of monthly income. Mental health literacy, perceived social support and subjective well-beingof young and middle-aged urban and rural residents were all positively correlated (P < 0.01). While the levelof mental health literacy is better among urban residents than rural residents, perceived social support plays apartial mediating role between mental health literacy and subjective well-being of both urban and rural residents,and should be the focus of researchers seeking to improve the level of well-being of residents.     

Effects of College Students’ Perceived Stress on Anxiety in the Time of COVID-19: The Chain Mediation Role of Psychological Resilience and Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy

COVID-19 has changed the way of learning and life of college students. The purpose is to explore the relationship between perceived stress and anxiety, and the mediating effect of resilience and regulatory emotional self-efficacy in college students during COVID-19. 309 students from three colleges were selected as research participants (average age 19.79 ± 1.11 years). SPSS was used to measure the correlation between variables. Amos was used to test the path coefficient and mediating effect of the hypothetical model. The results show that: Firstly, perceived stress has a significantly and positively predictive effect on anxiety. Secondly, psychological resilience and regulatory emotional self-efficacy independently played a significant and partially mediating effect between perceived stress and anxiety. Among them, perceived stress had a negative predictive effect on psychological resilience and regulatory emotional self-efficacy. Psychological resilience and regulatory emotional self-efficacy had a negative predictive effect on anxiety. Thirdly, psychological resilience and regulatory emotional self-efficacy play a chain mediation role between psychological stress and anxiety. Regulatory emotional self-efficacy cannot only directly predict the level of anxiety, but also indirectly predict the level of anxiety by regulating psychological resilience. This study reveals the relationship between college students’ perceived stress and anxiety, and the mediating effect of psychological resilience and regulatory emotional self-efficacy in the new time of COVID-19. The chain mediation role of psychological resilience and regulatory emotional self-efficacy reminds college mental health educators that improving students’ regulatory emotional self-efficacy is an important way to promote students’ mental health.     

Influence of Cultural Alienation on Happiness of Overseas Students: Mediating Role of Stress Relief and Regulating Role of Cultural Intelligence

When the global outbreak of new coronary pneumonia broke out in 2020, online public opinion events triggered by cultural differences among overseas students had come into the public view. To further explore the relationship between the cultural alienation of overseas students and their own happiness, this study takes visualization and analysis of positive, negative sentiment analysis of Weibo netizens’ comment data in the “Xu Kexin Incident” as the starting point, on the basis of introducing cultural alienation, stress relief methods, and cultural intelligence, combining gender and social ability, social relations and other individual attributes, designed a questionnaire to investigate 502 overseas students, through the construction and analysis of the adjusted Cox risk ratio intermediary model, comprehensive single factor interference and multi-factor cross-over comprehensive analysis. The results show that the cultural alienation of overseas students has a significant effect on their own well-being. The study concluded as follows: (1) Netizens hold polarized views on the three dimensions of overseas students’ mask, safety, and culture; (2) Stress relief methods play an intermediary role between cultural alienation and the happiness of overseas students, among which Negative stress relief methods play a greater role; (3) The level of cultural intelligence regulates the intermediary process of stress relief methods. The higher the level of cultural intelligence, the stronger the regulatory effect.     

The Relationship between Opportunities for Professional Development and Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Affective Well- Being and Moderating Role of Task-Contingent Conscientiousness

In extant literature, considerable research has focused on the provoking effect of unfavorable work situations on counterproductive work behaviors (CWB) (i.e., abusive supervision→trigger CWB). Adopting the perspective of positive organizational scholarship and drawing on affective event theory (AET), this study examined the inhibitory effect of perceptions of favorable work situation on counterproductive work behaviors (i.e., uplifts affective events→affective well-being→inhibit CWB). Hierarchical linear modeling was used to test the hypotheses in a sample of 65 middle school teachers in China who completed daily diary method surveys over 15 consecutive working days, and got within-individual observations (level 1, N = 975) were nested at the between-individual observations (level 2, N = 65). Results suggested that, (1) Opportunities for professional development werenegatively related to CWB, (2) Affective well-being was negatively related to CWB, and (3) Affective well-being partially mediated the relationship between opportunities for professional development and CWB. Further, (4) Taskcontingent conscientiousness negatively moderated the negative relationshipbetween affective well-being and CWB. In the end, we discuss the implications of the findings for both theory and practice.     

Relationship between late‐life depression and life stressors: Large‐scale cross‐sectional study of a representative sample of the Japanese general population

Aim: The purpose of the present study was to clarify the relationship between late‐life depression and daily life stress in a representative sample of 10 969 Japanese subjects. Methods: Data on 10 969 adults aged ≥50 who participated in the Active Survey of Health and Welfare in 2000, were analyzed. The self‐administered questionnaire included items on 21 reasons for life stressors and the magnitude of stress, as well as the Japanese version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES‐D). The relationship between the incidence of life stressors and mild–moderate (D₁₆) and severe (D₂₆) depressive symptoms was examined using logistic regression analysis. Results: A total of 21.9% of subjects had D₁₆ symptoms, and 9.3% had D₂₆ symptoms. Further, increased age and being female were associated with more severe depressive state. Logistic regression analysis indicated that the strongest relationship between both the incidence of D₁₆ and D₂₆ symptoms and life stressors stemmed from ‘having no one to talk to’ (odds ratio = 3.3 and 5.0, respectively). Late‐life depression was also associated with ‘loss of purpose in life’, ‘separation/divorce’, ‘having nothing to do’, ‘health/illness/care of self’, and ‘debt’. Conclusion: There is a relationship between late‐life depression and diminished social relationships, experiences involving loss of purpose in life or human relationships, and health problems in the Japanese general population.     

The Relationship between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder,Interpersonal Sensitivity and Specific Distress Symptoms: the Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation

Psychiatric Quarterly - This study examined 1) the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from past trauma, interpersonal sensitivity and psychiatric co-morbidity, and 2) whether...     

The Effects of Job Insecurity,Emotional Exhaustion,and Met Expectations on Hotel Employees’ Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Test of a Serial Mediation Model

There are a plethora of empirical pieces about employees’ pro-environmental behaviors. However, the extant literature has either ignored or not fully examined various factors (e.g., negative or positive non-green workplace factors) that might affect employees’ pro-environmental behaviors. Realizing these voids, the present paper proposes and tests a serial mediation model that examines the interrelationships of job insecurity, emotional exhaustion, met expectations, and proactive pro-environmental behavior. We used data gathered from hotel customer-contact employees with a time lag of one week and their direct supervisors in China. After presenting support for the psychometric properties of the measures via confirmatory analysis in LISREL 8.30, the abovementioned linkages were gauged using the PROCESS plug-in for statistical package for social sciences. The findings delineated support for the hypothesized associations. Specifically, emotional exhaustion and met expectations partly mediated the effect of job insecurity on proactive pro-environmental behavior. More importantly, emotional exhaustion and met expectations serially mediated the influence of job insecurity on proactive pro-environmental behavior. These findings have important theoretical implications as well as significant implications for diminishing job insecurity, managing emotional exhaustion, increasing met expectations, and enhancing eco-friendly behaviors.     

The Relationship between Parkinson’s Disease and Acute Myocardial Infarction in Korea : A Nationwide Longitudinal Cohort Study

ObjectiveThe goal of the following statewide age and gender-coordinated cohort study in Korea is to find out if there is a link between acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). MethodsUtilizing the National Health Insurance Sharing Service cohort, patient data were collected. Six thousand four hundred seventy-five individuals with PD were distinguished by utilizing the International Classification of Diseases 10 code G20 and have enrolled in the PD group. The number of participants decreased to 5259 after excluding 1039 patients who were hospitalized less than one time or who visited an outpatient clinic less than twice. Then, 26295 individuals were selected as part of the control group after case control matching was conducted through 1 : 5 age- and gender-coordinated matching. The Cox proportional hazard regression analysis and Kaplan-Meier method were utilized to analyze the likelihood of AMI in PD. ResultsAfter controlling for age and gender, the hazard ratio of AMI in the PD group was 3.603 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.837–4.577). After that, the following hazard ratio of AMI in the PD group was modified against for co-morbid medical disorders, resulting in 3.551 (95% CI, 2.795–4.511). According to a subgroup analysis, in males and females aged <65 and aged ≥65 and in the non-diabetes and diabetes, hypertension and non-hypertension, dyslipidemia and non-dyslipidemia subgroups, the AMI incidence rates were dramatically higher in the PD group compared to that of the control. ConclusionIndividuals with PD have a greater chance of AMI, according to this cross-national study.     

Influence of Blocking-Stressors on Post-90s Employees’ Occupational Mobility: The Chain Mediating Effect of Psychological Contracts and Negative Emotion

To clarify the mechanism of blocking-stressors, psychological contracts, and negative emotions on post-90s employees’ occupational mobility, based on the literature study, a hypothetical model of the relationship was established. Using the blocking-stressor, psychological contract, negative emotion, and occupational mobility scales, 317 post-90s employees were selected to investigate their status. It used correlation analysis and intermediary effect tests to verify the hypothesis model. The results showed that: first, there were significant positive correlations between blocking-stressors, negative emotions, and occupational mobility, while indicating a significant negative correlation with the psychological contract; second, blocking-stressors can directly and significantly predict occupational mobility; and third, blocking-stressors can indirectly affect occupational mobility through the mediating role of negative emotions and the chain-mediating role of psychological contracts and negative emotions. The effective intervention of blocking-stressors, psychological contracts, and negative emotions can reduce the rate of occupational mobility and provide some guidance for enterprises in making rational use of human resources.     

Walking on an Uneven Surface: The Effect of Common Peroneal Stimulation on Gait Parameters and Relationship Between Perceived and Measured Benefits in a Sample of Participants With a Drop‐Foot

Objectives. To examine the effect of using a common peroneal stimulator on an even and an uneven surface, and to compare measures with perceived response to stimulation. Method. Participants had a drop‐foot caused by a stroke (N = 13) or multiple sclerosis (N = 7) and had used a common peroneal stimulator for > 3 months prior to the study. Walking speed and physiological cost index (PCI) were recorded under four conditions: with and without stimulation over an even and an uneven surface. Participants also completed a questionnaire. Results. A statistically significant increase in walking speed and decrease in PCI was identified when the stimulator was used. There was a trend to greater improvement on the uneven compared to the even surface. A correlation between perceived benefit of stimulation and a measured decrease in PCI was detected. Conclusion. Stimulation may be particularly beneficial for the more difficult task of walking on an uneven surface. Perceived benefit was related to a reduction in effort of walking, not in increased speed.     

Comparison of dystonia between Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism: The clinical usefulness of dystonia distribution and characteristics in the differential diagnosis of parkinsonism

Objective

Dystonia is occasionally found in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonisms. However, systematic comparative analysis of the association between dystonia and parkinsonism have seldom been reported. The goals of this study are to compare the clinical characteristics and distributions of dystonia between PD, multiple system atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal degeneration (CBD).