Published in Journal of community psychology
Natural youth mentoring focuses on cross-age relationships that develop organically outside the construct of youth programs. In the United States, research has demonstrated the positive impact of these mentorships and scholars have applied natural concepts to formal mentoring schema. Little work has been done to examine how these relationships emer...
Published in International journal of aging & human development
Generativity refers to the desire to pass on one's skills, knowledge, and wisdom to future generations; this may be a clear indicator of the likelihood of older adults investing time and effort in engagement with their grandchildren. This cross-sectional study examines the relationship between generative beliefs and an index of multiple potential g...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Introduction Pleasant and comforting bodily contacts characterized intimate and affective interactions. Affective touch informs us about others’ emotions and intentions, sustains intimacy and closeness, protecting from loneliness and psychological distress. Previous evidence points to an altered experience of affective touch in clinical populations...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Objective This study aimed to investigate the impact of the different domains of intrinsic capacity (IC) and chronic disease burden on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and domain-specific HRQoL in Chinese community-dwelling older adults. Design A cross-sectional observational study of a community-based cohort. Participants We evaluated Chines...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Objective The objective of this study was to explore the mediating effect of adolescent self and courage on the relationship between parenting style in childhood and adult depressed patients’ interpersonal relationships in the period of youth. Methods The study analyzed data from 651 depressed individuals using the Wang Weidong memory-tracing perso...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
During the period that COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, Chinese universities have adopted a new teaching method combining online and offline and banned students from entering and leaving campus at will in line with the epidemic prevention policy. As a result, college students’ learning and life styles have been greatly changed. In order to explore how t...
Zadovoljstvo pri delu je eden od pomembnih dejavnikov v zdravstveni negi. Z raziskavo smo ugotovili, da je večina anketiranih ne glede na stopnjo izobrazbe zadovoljna s svojim poklicem, z delom, z možnostjo strokovnega izpopolnjevanja in usposabljanja, z možnostjo izobraževanja, s sodelavci v zdravstveni negi in z delovnimi pogoji. Razlike v dejavn...
Published in The British journal of social psychology
Comprehensive apologies are effective strategies to solve interpersonal conflict and promote reconciliation. However, transgressors tend to avoid providing comprehensive apologies because it is more threatening to do so. As a result, transgressors usually offer perfunctory apologies and hinder their own chances of being forgiven. Given the importan...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Background This study examines the effects of 12 weeks of basketball on interpersonal relationships, self-identity and social adjustment of middle school students, as well as exploring the mediating role of interpersonal relationships and self-identity in basketball’s influence on social adjustment. Methods A total of 87 students from a middle scho...
In times of unpredictability and large-scale socioeconomic changes, we need to bring novel concepts and phenomena like solidarity and the act of giving under the focus of leadership, management, and spirituality studies. In this enclosed paper, we address how the interpretations and expectations of the act of giving evolve across the levels of cons...
