IJMHP-International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

ISSN: 1462-3730 (print) Impact Factor: 0.875
ISSN: 2049-8543 (online) Publication Frequency: Quarterly

About the Journal

The International Journal of Mental Health Promotion (IJMHP) co-ordinates the dissemination of new research outcomes to all those involved in research, practice, and policymaking of mental health and mental health promotion, prevention and intervention program, together with mental disorder diagnosis and treatment. It was the first journal in the field and is essential reading for those with a personal or professional interest in this work.
Peer reviewed by an expert international board, the Journal is a comprehensive information resource which publishes material of distinction submitted by health services researchers, managers, health promotion professionals, educationalists, sociologists, health economists and practitioners, together with psychiatry and psychology researchers, clinical/medical staff from all branches of health and social care.

Indexing and Abstracting

IJMHP is designed to increase awareness, foster understanding and promote collaboration between the different disciplines engaged in this diverse area of practice. It is currently indexed in SSCI, scopus and Google Scholar, etc.

Current Issue - Vol.22, No.3, 2020 Most Viewed

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EDITORIAL
Introduction to the Special Issue Psychological Assistance for Public during the Pandemic of COVID-19
Mingyi Qian¹, Rodney Goodyear², Guangrong Jiang^3,*, Zhihong Ren³
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 105-107, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.013483
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Psychological assistance for public during the pandemic of COVID-19)
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The Psychological Hotline Services Quality Survey during the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Mainland China
Xiubin Lin^1,3, Joshua Swift², Yin Cheng^1,3, Qin An⁴, Hong Liang⁵, Yangsheng Wang³, Xiaoming Jia^4,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 109-113, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011128
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Psychological assistance for public during the pandemic of COVID-19)
Abstract The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has provoked a significant amount of panic due to dramatic changes in daily routines for residents all over China. In response, more than 600 psychological hotlines have been built or modified and have supplied mental health services for the public. Regarding the service quality of the hotlines, a survey has been conducted to investigate the running of hotline services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results reveal that the more successful hotlines all had better trained hotline counselors, and in the meanwhile, the key features of providing supervision arrangements and training resources. Moreover, the referral… More
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Specifics and Operational Procedures of the Psychological Assistance Hotline during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
Xiaoming Jia, Linyu You, Qin An^*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 115-121, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011120
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Psychological assistance for public during the pandemic of COVID-19)
Abstract Psychological hotlines became the most convenient and feasible way to provide psychological intervention for the needy after the outbreak of COVID- 19. Hotlines assisting in defeating the coronavirus functioned quite differently from general psychological hotlines and face-to-face counseling. This article discusses the specificity of hotlines of this kind, including appropriate operational procedures that include the overall assessment and the empathetic understanding of the clients, a quick focus on goals, and real-world oriented assistance. Major administrative and ethical concerns are also addressed. More
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Establishment of Online Platform for Psychological Assistance during a Public Health Emergency
Chunxiao Zhao¹, Congrong Shi¹, Lin Zhang¹, Zhixin Zhai², Zhihong Ren^1,*, Xiubin Lin¹, Guangrong Jiang¹
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 123-132, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011077
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Psychological assistance for public during the pandemic of COVID-19)
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is raging worldwide, seriously threatening the public’s mental health. Online platform for psychological assistance integrated various sources to promote the public’s mental health. This article, using the Mental Health Service Platform at Central China Normal University, Ministry of Education (MOE-CCNU-MHSP) as an example, aims to describe the experience of building an online platform for psychological assistance in a public health emergency and discuss the further development of the online mental health service platform so as to provide suggestions to enhance online psychological service delivery. More
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Installing an Innovative Helpline at the Psychotherapeutic Outpatient Clinic of the Sigmund-Freud-Privat University in Vienna during the COVID-19-Crisis
Benjamin Bric, Paolo Raile^*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 133-147, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011375
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Psychological assistance for public during the pandemic of COVID-19)
Abstract It was particularly important that the SFU Outpatient Clinic, which plays a relevant role in Vienna’s psychotherapeutic care, has established a corresponding offer during the COVID-19 crisis and continue to provide professional help. In times of insecurity and fear, we have created a safe contact point to which people could turn for help. In the following article the experiences of setting up an innovative psychotherapeutic Helpline, which is in operation since 21st of March 2020 at 12:00 at the psychotherapeutic outpatient clinic of the Sigmund Freud Private University in Vienna, will be discussed. Furthermore, statistical data on the number of… More
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Mental Status and Psychological Needs of Chinese Police Officers in a Highly Impacted City during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Xu Zhu¹, Meng Xia¹, Yingzhe Hu¹, Lin Zhang^1,*, Yun Lu², Ying Zhang¹, Xudong Guo¹
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 149-157, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011097
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Psychological assistance for public during the pandemic of COVID-19)
Abstract The purpose of the study was to investigate the mental status and psychological needs of police officers during the COVID-19 outbreak in China. The Anti-Pandemic Public Mental Status Scale and self-administered Psychological Needs Scale were administered online to police officers in Y city, a significant sub-central city of Hubei Province, where was affected by the pandemic the most seriously. A total of 5,467 valid questionnaires were collected, of which female police accounted for 17.7%. Compared with the national public and Y city public data previously measured using the Anti-Pandemic Public Mental Status Scale, this study found that 24.6% of the… More
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Stress Coping of Chinese International Students in Face of COVID 19 Pandemic: Cultural Characteristics
Mian Xia^1,2,3,*, Changming Duan⁴
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 159-172, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011117
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Psychological assistance for public during the pandemic of COVID-19)
Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the stress and coping strategy of Chinese International Students (CISs) during the epidemic, and to explore the relationship between identification with Chinese cultural beliefs and coping strategies, positive experience, negative emotion and need for psychological support. Two hundred and thirty CISs participated in the study by filling out a series of questionnaires that we designed. The series of questionnaires contained six scales: Pandemic Related Stress (PRS), Identification with Chinese Cultural Beliefs (ICCB), Stress Coping Strategy (SCS), Positive Experience (PE) and Negative Emotion (NE) and Need for Psychological Support (NPS). The results showed… More
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Reconstruction of Meaning in Life: Meaning Made during the Pandemic of COVID-19
Changkai Chen^1,*, Yongjing Zhang¹, Anran Xu², Xing Chen¹, Jingru Lin³
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 173-184, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011509
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Psychological assistance for public during the pandemic of COVID-19)
Abstract Two studies were conducted to compare the differences between the source and significance of the meaning of life amongst Chinese people before and after the pandemic of COVID-19. In study 1, we have developed a scale regarding the Chinese Sources of Meaning in Life. By using this scale, we investigated people under COVID-19, and found six main sources of meaning in life: Autonomy, Family Responsibility, Social Responsibility, Religious Beliefs, Simpler Lifestyle as well as Joy and Wealth. In Study 2, we compared the scores of the source of life’s meaning shown in the two different samples regarding the situations before… More
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Spanish Health Professionals: A Description of Physical and Psychological Effects
Mònica Cunill¹, Maria Aymerich¹, Bernat-Carles Serdà^2,*, Josefina Patiño-Masó³
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 185-198, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011615
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Psychological assistance for public during the pandemic of COVID-19)
Abstract Aim: To describe the physical and psychological symptoms in healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study design. A sample of 1,452 participants was collected. Sociodemographic data were recorded. Symptoms of anxiety were screened with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), symptoms of depression were measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and finally physical symptoms were measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15). Percentages, means and standard deviations, the one-way and two-way ANOVA test, the Chi square test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were all calculated. The level of significance was (p < 0.05). Results: Medium levels of anxiety (range,… More
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Cogitation on the Mental Health Service System during the COVID-19 Outbreak in China
Jie Zhong^1,*, Fumin Fan², Yixing Liu¹
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 199-202, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011559
（This article belongs to this Special Issue: Psychological assistance for public during the pandemic of COVID-19)
Abstract The spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China from December 2019 to April 2020 caused serious social panic and other psychological problems among the Chinese public. Thus, reducing the public panic of and the long-term adverse psychological effects on individuals and society resulting from the epidemic became the priority task for mental health professionals in China. Based on the experiences in providing mental health services during SARS outbreak, the perspectives and strategies for targeted mental health services are reported. Furthermore, the cogitation on the problems with mental health services in China during the outbreak of COVID-19 are discussed. More
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Why Ignore the Dark Side of Social Media? A Role of Social Media in Spreading Corona-Phobia and Psychological Well-Being
Saqib Amin^*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 29-38, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011115
Abstract Coronaviruses are a category of associated viruses that trigger disease in mammals and birds. Human coronaviruses have been identified including severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2003, human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV NL63) in 2004, human coronavirus HKU1 (HKU1) in 2005, Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERSCoV) in 2012, and severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December, 2019. This study aims to examine whether social media at residing/admittance in quarantine ward (due to corona virus pandemic disease) affects psychological health or not? We asked questions from 250 quarantined patients infected from coronavirus (restricted to quarantine ward) about their psychological… More
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Influence of Leaders’ Loneliness on Voice-Taking: The Role of Social SelfEfficacy and Performance Pressure
Guanglei Zhang¹, Silu Chen^2,*, Youqing Fan³, Yue Dong¹
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.21, No.1, pp. 13-29, 2019, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2019.010730
Abstract This paper attempts to unlock how and when leaders’ loneliness influences their voice-taking behavior in the workplace by integrating the regulatory loop model of loneliness and the affect theory of social exchange. Through collecting a daily diary study of 87 paired leader-follower samples from two electronics industry companies based in Guangzhou, China, this study finds that (1) leaders’ loneliness has a significant negative impact on social self-efficacy and voice-taking behavior; (2) leaders’ social self-efficacy mediates the relationship between their loneliness and voice-taking behavior; (3) performance pressure moderates the relationship between leaders’ loneliness and voice-taking behavior; and, (4) the indirect effect… More
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How Does Proactive Personality Promote Affective Well-Being? A Chained Mediation Model
Lu Xin¹, Mengyi Li^2,*, Fangcheng Tang¹, Wenxia Zhou², Wenxi Wang³
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.21, No.1, pp. 1-11, 2019, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2019.010808
Abstract Based on social cognitive career theory, this research examined a chained mediation model for the relations between proactive personality, career success criteria clarity, career decision-making self-efficacy and affective wellbeing. A two-wave survey study was conducted among Chinese graduating students (N = 235). The results showed that proactive personality (measured at time 1), career success criteria clarity (measured at time 1), and career decisionmaking self-efficacy (measured at time 2) positively related to affective well-being respectively. In addition, the results further revealed that proactive personality was positively related to career success criteria clarity, which further predicted affective well-being through the full mediation… More
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Association between Economic Activity and Cognitive Health: A Population-Based Observational Study
Jae Hyun Kim¹, Tae Hyun Kim^2,3,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 1-9, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.010995
Abstract This study investigates whether restricted participation in productive activity is associated with cognitive health in Korea. Furthermore, given the enormous socioeconomic disparities between aging and gender differences in employment, we also examine whether these associations vary by gender and age. Data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA) from 2006 to 2016 was used and 9,942 subjects were included at baseline in 2006. To analyze the association between restricted economic activity due to health condition and cognitive function, generalized estimating equation (GEE) model and chi-square test were used. Of the 9,942 individuals at baseline in 2006, the odds ratio… More
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When Does Future Work Self Predict Work Engagement: the Boundary Conditions of Person-Vocation Fit and Trust in Supervisor
Ying Xu¹, Ping Guo², Wenxia Zhou^1,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.21, No.1, pp. 31-44, 2019, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2019.010742
Abstract Work engagement is a crucial positive psychological construct related to mental health. However, current self-directed and boundaryless career trend brings unprecedented challenges for organizations to foster employee engagement using traditional means. From an integrative perspective of the engagement theory and the career boundaryless theory, we built a model to test the moderating effect of person-vocation fit and trust in supervisor on the relationship between future work self and work engagement. After conducting a two-wave study with a sample of 231 employees, we found that future work-self was positively related to work engagement; and both person-vocation fit and trust in supervisor… More
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Media and Mental Health Literacy: Do Mediated Interventions Enhance Mental Health Awareness? Implications and Policy Recommendations
Arooj Arshad^1,*, Mian Ahmad Hanan^2,*, Noshina Saleem³, Saima Farzooq⁴, Remsha Fatima⁵
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.21, No.3, pp. 99-109, 2019, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2019.010834
Abstract In the current digital era, public health campaigns using media has been very successful in giving knowledge and changes the attitudes of people. But till now scarce literature is available related to media campaigns about mental health. In this study Pre-Post Quasi Experimental Design using vignettes as a data collection measure were employed. The participants were categories in to experimental (n = 138) and control (n = 134) groups having 18–55 years of age to evaluate the efficiency of media mediated interventions using social media campaign in increasing Mental Health Literacy (MHL). The results from nonparametric chi-square test indicated that… More
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