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Roza Zadeh#, Jigar Jogia*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.022491
Abstract There are over thirty million refugees globally with severe experiences of trauma. Art therapy intervention allows
for nonverbal expression and could alleviate mental health symptomatology among refugees. The present review’s
aim was to integrate and summarize the previous research which examined the effects of visual arts on alleviating
psychological conditions of refugees. However, due to the paucity of studies which solely used visual arts, we
included studies that used visual arts alongside other modalities as part of an expressive arts therapy intervention.
The present review synthesizes studies that examined the effect of art therapy on mental health issues of refugees… More >
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Shuanghu Fang*, Mingjie Huang
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.027442
Abstract Objectives: The present study examined the relationship between college student’s moral elevation and prosocial
behavior. 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 series
of questionnaires, including Moral Elevation Scale (MES), Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), Moral Identity
Scale (MIS) and Prosocial Tendency Measure (PTM). As part of the data analysis, we used correlation analysis
and the method of constructing latent variable structural equation model to explore the mechanism of action
among variables.… More >
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Maria Dahlberg1,*, Johanna Nordmyr1, Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdottir2, Anna K. Forsman1
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.020833
Abstract The first years of life and the family context are key to the promotion and protection of children’s health and wellbeing, emphasizing the need for interventions aimed to support families with young children. This review aimed
to explore the effectiveness of early childhood interventions developed for promoting mental health and parenting
among families with young children in the Nordic countries. Six electronic databases were systematically
searched, and 20 articles covering 16 studies applying various quantitative and qualitative methods met the study
inclusion criteria. The studied interventions were assessed as universal health-promoting interventions and
health-promoting interventions with elements of prevention. Outcomes… More >
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Xiangli Guan1, Yue Zhang2, Yang Li1, Yaqi Zhang1,*, Jingjing Wang1, Xuejiao Li1, Mary C. Jobe3, Md Zahir Ahmed4, Oli Ahmed5
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.027086
Abstract Because of factors such as energy and time one invests in an object, the stronger the connection, value, and reluctance to lose said object individual will have. Hoarding behavior arises when individuals incorporate a strong
attachment with themselves to an object. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of self-investment
on hoarding tendency and the roles of possession-self link and liking level in this connection. A hypothetical
model of the relationship between self-investment, possession-self link, liking level, and hoarding tendency
was tested. A convenience sampling method was used to survey 450 college students in Yunnan Province on… More >
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Ali Kheradmand1, Sahar Ashrafzadeh2, Farzane Rouzegari3, Samin Aliakbarian1, Ali Naseh4,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.024773
Abstract Drug abuse by pregnant women is one of the significant problems for mothers and their neonates. This study
aimed to investigate the effects of maternal substance use disorder during pregnancy on neonatal developmental
criteria. In a case-control study, clinical records of 90 neonates diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome who
were admitted to NICU in one of four hospitals affiliated with Shahid-Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in
Tehran, Iran between 2017 and 2020 were compared to 90 neonates without neonatal abstinence syndrome (control group). Demographic information and data for neonatal developmental characteristics and complications
were extracted from the clinical records of… More >
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Chenhao Sun, Shaobei Xiao, Ting Liu, Xiaolin Yuan*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.017934
Abstract Objective: To study the influence of cognition and emotion on moral judgment of college students under the
circumstance of whether the cognitive resources are occupied and whether the emotion is induced. Methods: This
experiment uses a multi-factor mixed experiment method to divide experiments and groups. Experiment 1 uses a
two-factor mixed experimental design of 2 (cognitive resource occupancy group, cognitive resource non-occupied
group) × 3 (difficult situation type). Experiment 2 uses a two-factor mixed experimental design of 2 (emotion
induction group, emotion induction and cognitive resource occupation group) × 3 (three types of dilemma situation types) is adopted. The dependent… More >
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Jing Wang, Shuanghu Fang*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.025304
Abstract Objectives: This study reviewed published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and evaluated the efficacy of
internet-based acceptance and commitment therapy (IACT) on adolescent mental health. Methods: Searches
were conducted in PubMed, ProQuest, APA (PsycNET/PsycINFO), and Web of Science from inception to January 2022 to identify RCTs evaluating the effects of IACT on adolescents. The included studies were assessed
for quality and risk of bias. This study was performed using the standard mean difference and associated 95%
confidence interval of effective measures. Review Manager 5.4 software was adopted to calculate the effect size.
Results: Compared to adolescents in control groups, those in… More >
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Zhen Zhang, Suyan Chen*, Xiaoxuan Wang, Jun Liu, Yilin Zhang, Yongxia Mei, Zhenxiang Zhang
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.024918
Abstract This study investigates mental health literacy among young and middle-aged urban and rural residents and the
differences in mental health literacy, perceived social support and subjective well-being. From January to February
2022, 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 and
subjective 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 the
mental health… More >
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Huaruo Chen1,2, Ya Wen3,*, Fei Liu4,5, Yihong Zhao6, Zhiyao Xie7, Xuehui Zhang4
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.025546
Abstract Career identity is one of the important topics to study the psychological problems of employees, especially after
the outbreak of CoV-19. Being a populous country in the world, China has a large number of employees from all
walks of life, and its research on career identity has attracted more and more attention. Thus, this study aims to
sort out the history, characteristics, and trends of the research on career identity in China through a literature
review, which can help more scholars pay attention to China’s career identity research. In this study, Citespace
is used to statistically analyze the selected literature… More >
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Jingjing Wang1, Xiangli Guan1,*, Yue Zhang2, Yang Li1, Md Zahir Ahmed3, Mary C. Jobe4, Oli Ahmed5
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.025570
Abstract Individuals’ perceptions, attitudes, and patterns of getting along with family members are important factors influencing Chinese people’s self-evaluation. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of family cohesion on
depression and the role of perceived social support and intentional self-regulation in this association. A hypothesized model of the association of family cohesion, perceived social support, intentional self-regulation, and
depression was examined. A convenience sampling method was used to survey 1,180 college students in Yunnan
Province using self-report. Data were collected using the Family Cohesion Scale, the Perceived Social Support
Scale, the Intentional Self-Regulation Scale, and the Center… More >
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Haowen Wu1, Zhanli Yi1, Tianyou Guo2,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.021505
Abstract Background: Adolescents are highly vulnerable to depressive symptoms worldwide partially because of limited
social supports. However, it still remains largely unknown regarding the associations between social support(s)
and depressive symptoms among adolescents living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The aim
of this study aimed to explore the associations between different types of social support and depressive symptoms
in adolescents from LMICs. Methods: Data were retrieved from the Global School-based Health Survey (GSHS)
in which 92,551 adolescents (50.6% females) were included with mean of 15.6 years. Depressive symptoms in the
past one month as the dependent variable were measured in… More >