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We investigated how covert narcissism influences depression through shame-focused coping strategies, and tested the moderating effect of self-compassion in this mediating link. Participants were 316 Chinese international students living in South Korea who completed a battery of measures, including the Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale, the Compass of Shame Scale, the depression items of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised, and the Chinese Self-Compassion Scale. We found an association between covert narcissism and depression, and this link was mediated by the shame-focused coping strategies of attack self and withdrawal. Further, self-compassion had a significant moderating effect in the relationship between covert narcissism and the coping strategies of attack self or withdrawal. These findings support a moderated mediation model in which self-compassion buffered the relationship between covert narcissism and depression by mediating the link between covert narcissism and the attack self and withdrawal coping strategies. Our findings may be useful for understanding and helping individuals who have a high level of covert narcissism.

Background The relationship between alcohol consumption and mental health is complex; drinking may exacerbate anxiety, and in turn, anxiety can lead to excessive drinking. This study explores the relationship between alcohol consumption patterns including wine, beer, and spirits, and anxiety prevalence in selected 13 South American nations. Methods This study utilises secondary data spanning 29 years from 1991 to 2019 obtained from the Our World in Data database. It investigates the causal link between the prevalence of anxiety and alcohol consumption in the selected countries using the Granger causality test. Results Anxiety was found to have a unidirectional effect on wine and beer consumption in Chile, Suriname, Uruguay, and Trinidad and Tobago. Additionally, drinking alcohol consumption appears to impact anxiety levels in Brazil. Argentina demonstrates a bidirectional relationship between anxiety and all three types of alcohol consumption, with similar patterns observed in Brazil (wine and beer), Chile (spirits), and Paraguay (spirits). Conclusion No significant causal relationships for alcohol consumption patterns were found in other nations. The identified Granger causal links follow four distinct directions in this study. These findings provide valuable insights for policymakers, governments, and international investors for informed decision-making regarding regulation and policy tools.

Although daily hassles and coping are associated with behavior and emotional problems in non-clinical populations, few studies have investigated these relationships in individuals with high-functioning autism/Asperger’s Disorder (HFASD). This study examined the relationships between daily hassles, coping and behavior and emotional problems in adolescents with HFASD. Thirty-one adolescents with HFASD completed questionnaires assessing their coping and behavior and emotional problems, and completed an Ecological Momentary Assessment run via a mobile phone application on their coping and daily hassles. Parents completed questionnaires of the adolescents’ daily hassles, coping, and behavior and emotional problems. The disengagement coping style was associated with significantly higher levels of behavior and emotional problems regardless of respondent or methodology, suggesting it may be a valuable target for intervention.

This study aims to explore the mechanism of psychological capital's influence on relapse tendency of drug addicts under the COVID-19, and construct a moderated mediation model. 977 individuals with drug addiction who come from a mandatory drug rehabilitation center in China completed the Chinese versions of Psychological capital Questionnaire, the Relapse Tendency Questionnaire,the Coping Style Questionnarie and the Life History Strategy Scale.The results showed that(1) there was a significant negative correlation between psychological capital and relapse tendency;(2)positive coping style mediated the relationship between psychological capital and relapse tendency;(3) life history strategy is an important moderator between psychological capital and positive coping style.These findings help us to better understand the impact of psychological capital and positive coping style on relapse tendency.

Children’s difficulties managing emotions are contributors to their behavior problems, and parents’ emotion regulation difficulties are also likely contributors to their children’s regulatory challenges and behavioral difficulties. This study examined the associations among mothers’ emotion regulation, children’s emotion regulation, and children’s behavior problems. Children’s emotion regulation difficulties were hypothesized to mediate the association between maternal difficulties with emotion regulation and children’s internalizing and externalizing problems. A sample of 454 mothers completed the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, the Emotion Regulation Checklist, and the Child Behavior Checklist for their children aged 3–7. Children’s emotion regulation difficulties accounted for the indirect association between mothers’ lower emotion awareness and both internalizing and externalizing problems. On the other hand, children’s emotional negativity accounted for the indirect association between mothers’ difficulties with emotion regulation and behavior problems. Future directions for research and clinical intervention focused on promoting parental and child emotion regulation are discussed.

Individuals differ in how they react to stress or trauma through different coping styles in which they may deal directly with a stressor by adopting approach coping styles or disengage with a stressor by utilizing avoidant coping styles. Avoidant coping styles have been linked to adverse outcomes including psychological distress, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Recently, avoidance coping styles as measured by a subset of items on the Brief COPE were found to have a weak positive relationship with performance on a computer-based avatar task which is related to avoidant personality temperaments. This avatar task was developed as an alternative for paper and pencil self-report inventories for measuring avoidant tendencies based on possible response biases of avoidant individuals. In the current study, avoidance and approach coping styles as measured by the Brief Approach/Avoidance Coping Questionnaire (BACQ) were compared to avoidant coping as measured by the Brief COPE and performance on the avatar task. In addition to approach and avoidance coping, the BACQ also measures active avoidance coping (i.e., diversion) and passive avoidance coping (i.e., resignation and withdrawal). The relationships between approach and avoidance coping and performance on the avatar task were also analyzed with the outcome of perceived stress as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). One hundred undergraduates voluntarily completed the BACQ, the Brief COPE, and the PSS. Participants also completed a computer-based task in which they guided an avatar through a series of social situations where they indicated how they would interact with or avoid interacting with strangers. Approach coping had a weak negative relationship to avoidance coping as measured by the BACQ and the Brief COPE. Performance on the avatar task had a moderate positive relationship with avoidance coping (diversion as well as resignation and withdrawal) as measured by the BACQ and a moderate negative relationship with approach coping as measured by the BACQ. A model including only approach, diversion, and resignation and withdrawal coping best predicted performance on the avatar task in a linear regression model. While resignation and withdrawal coping and diversion coping had moderate positive relationships to avatar task scores, only resignation and withdrawal had a strong positive relationship to perceived stress. A model than included only resignation and withdrawal coping best predicted perceived stress in a linear regression model. Overall, passive avoidant coping styles (i.e., resignation and withdrawal), but not active avoidant coping style (i.e., diversion), were related to perceived stress. These results support the continued study of multiple aspects of avoidant coping styles as well as the avatar task to increase our understanding of the maladaptive effects of excessive avoidance in the face of stress.

Working in the hospitality industry is stressful due to the intensive workload and extended work hours; this stress has increased after the COVID-19 pandemic due to high levels of job insecurity, downsizing, and laying off procedures. Employees in the hotel industry can deal with stress positively by utilizing task-coping styles or negatively by emotion- and avoidance-coping styles. Building on the transactional theory of stress and coping, and the benign violation theory of humor, the current study explores the relationships between positive humor and work withdrawal behaviors with the mediating effects of coping styles. A total of 407 hotel employees participated, and the obtained data were analyzed by structural equation modeling with partial least squares (PLS). The results asserted that affiliative humor is able to reduce coping with stresses via the negative styles and to increase coping with stresses via the positive style. The results also demonstrated the ability of task-coping in reducing work withdrawal behavior. Significant insights into theoretical and practical implications are further discussed.

The KidCOPE is a widely used measure designed to examine how children cope in the face of stressful events. The current study aimed to replicate the factor structure of the KidCOPE found in four prior studies. KidCOPE responses from children of military families (2256 children, ages 7–12 years, 47.9% female, Age M = 8.90, SD = 1.62) enrolled in the Families OverComing Under Stress (FOCUS) at baseline were used. No prior factor structure could be replicated. The sample was then split, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. A 2-factor model including factors for generally positive and negative coping was identified; but not confirmed. Overall, this study supports prior research suggesting limitations of the KidCOPE as a valid measure of coping style.

Objective Mobile phone addiction has become increasingly severe among college students, adversely affecting their physical and mental health as well as academic performance. Although physical activity (PA) interventions have been shown to alleviate mobile phone addiction, existing research mostly focuses on single-form exercises and lacks in-depth exploration of underlying mechanisms. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effectiveness of a combined intervention involving badminton and fancy rope skipping on improving mobile phone addiction in college students, and further analyze the chain mediating roles of emotion regulation strategies and positive coping styles. Methods This study adopted a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. A cohort of 195 college students meeting DSM-V diagnostic criteria for mobile phone addiction were enrolled and randomly allocated to one of three groups: a combined intervention group ( n  = 74), a badminton intervention group ( n  = 62), and a control group ( n  = 59). The intervention groups engaged in a 12-week exercise program, 5 sessions per week, each lasting 45 min, while the control group maintained their usual lifestyle. The Mobile Phone Addiction Index (MPAI; Leung) was used to assess mobile phone addiction levels before and after the intervention, while the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ; Gross & John) and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ; Yaning Xie) were used to measure emotion regulation strategies and positive coping styles, respectively. SPSS 27.0 software was utilized to conduct one - way ANOVA, chi - square tests, simple effect analysis, etc. The PROCESS 4.2 macro program was employed to perform chain mediation effect analysis of emotion regulation strategies and positive coping styles. The statistical significance level was set at P  ≤ 0.05. Results The combined intervention group showed significant improvements ( P  < 0.05) in all dimensions of mobile phone addiction—withdrawal, loss of control, inefficiency, and escapism—as well as in total scores, outperforming both the badminton-only and control groups. Emotion regulation strategies and positive coping styles were found to play partial chain mediating roles in the relationship between PA intervention and improvements in mobile phone addiction. The total indirect effect (0.689) accounted for 77.94% of the total effect (0.884). Path analysis further revealed that the intervention indirectly reduced addictive behaviors by first improving emotion regulation strategies, followed by enhancing positive coping. Conclusion Compared with single-form exercise, combined PA is more effective in alleviating mobile phone addiction among college students, primarily through the chain mediating effects of improved emotion regulation strategies and enhanced positive coping styles. It is recommended that universities and relevant institutions promote combined physical activities to help college students reduce mobile phone addiction and improve their overall well - being.

Background The causal attributions we make to the events in our lives reflect our Cognitive Style. The use of substances can be precipitated by stressful life events, and substance use can be a result of maladaptive coping to alleviate negative effects in stressful situations. So, individuals with substance dependence may infer situations differently. The inferences made about the cause of these stressful events can give an understanding of their cognition and can further help in therapeutic interventions. Purpose The present study aims to assess the cognitive style of young patients with substance use disorder. Methods A cross-sectional research design was used and a total of 50 participants were chosen through purposive sampling from the in-patient departments of Psychiatric Hospitals and De-addiction centers. The Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was used to assess the specific substances used by the patients and the Cognitive Style Questionnaire-Short form (CSQ-SF) was used to assess the negative cognitive style of the patients. Results Results revealed a more negative cognitive style among young patients with Dual Substance Use than patients with Multiple Substance Use, indicating that patients with Substance Use Disorder tend to attribute stressful events to causes like (because of self), (applicable to all domains of life) and (consistent), as well as the negative consequences (leading to other bad things) and self-worth implications (something wrong in self).