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Introduction: Travel following major traumatic events can serve as a catalyst for meaning reconstruction and enhanced wellbeing; however, empirical evidence supporting this relationship remains limited. This study examines how reflective and meaningful tourism experiences foster gratitude and multidimensional wellbeing in the post-pandemic context.

Methods: A sequential mixed-methods design was employed. Study 1 involved semi-structured interviews with 20 tourists to examine the psychological impacts of prolonged pandemic-related trauma and to identify meaningful tourism experiences. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Building on these qualitative insights, Study 2 developed and validated a scale measuring meaningful tourism experiences, and subsequently administered a survey to 714 respondents. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with bootstrapping was used to test the relationships among meaningful tourism experiences, gratitude, tourism wellbeing, and overall wellbeing.

Results: Study 1 identified seven themes associated with pandemic-related trauma and tourism experiences. Among them, a core theme of meaningful tourism experiences comprised five dimensions: pleasure, freedom, personal growth, creating memories, and examining life. Study 2 confirmed this five-dimensional structure and demonstrated that such experiences significantly enhanced both eudaimonic and hedonic tourism wellbeing, as well as state gratitude. Eudaimonic tourism wellbeing and state gratitude mediated the effects on both subjective and psychological wellbeing, whereas hedonic tourism wellbeing mediated only subjective wellbeing. Trait gratitude also positively predicted wellbeing outcomes.

Discussion: This study advances the understanding of tourism as a pathway to enhancing wellbeing after collective trauma and offers both theoretical and practical implications for designing transformative experiences.

Background: Doctor-patient dispute prevention strategy has become a hot issue in the field of doctor-patient relationship risk management.

Objective: To clarify the impact of patient-related factors on the levels of economic compensation awarded to hospitals in medical disputes and on judicial outcomes, thereby providing empirical evidence for optimizing risk management strategies in medical disputes and enhancing the efficiency of judicial proceedings.

Methods: A convenience sample of 863 cases was selected, and the data were processed using SPSS 26.0. A comparison of characteristic variables was conducted to examine differences in patient-level hospital economic compensation ratings and dispute trials outcomes. Correlation analysis was performed between dependent and independent variables. Based on these results, a binary/ordinal regression analysis was conducted on the hospital economic compensation ratings / dispute trials outcomes for patients' health losses.

Results: The hospital economic compensation ratings differed significantly by dispute initiator and disability ratings (Ps < 0.001). The hospital economic compensation ratings was positively correlated with dispute trials outcomes, dispute initiator, and doctor-patient relationship risk attributes (Ps < 0.05) and negatively correlated with health damage disability ratings (p < 0.01). The investigated patient factors were "not significantly associated" with dispute trials outcomes in this study (Ps > 0.05). Regression analysis revealed that the disability level of injury and the doctor-patient relationship risk attributes has a significant negative impact on the amount of hospital economic compensation (β = -0.225 & -0.644, p ≤ 0.007).

Conclusion: The patient's health damage disability ratings and doctor-patient relationship risk attributes directly influenced the hospital economic compensation ratings, while the initiator of the dispute and the patient's gender had indirect influences. It is recommended to optimize risk management in medical disputes by strengthening communication between doctors and patients, enhancing mutual trust, and standardizing guidance for patients exercising their rights.

Background: From a positive psychology perspective, this study aimed to identify the latent profiles of spiritual well-being and analyze the serial mediation mechanism of family care and spiritual coping in the relationship between spiritual well-being and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The findings are intended to inform strategies for improving the spiritual well-being of maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed with 220 MHD patients recruited from two tertiary hospitals in Guangdong, China (August 2023-January 2024). Assessments were conducted using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-SP-12), Family Care Index, Spiritual Coping Questionnaire (SCQ), and Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF-12). Latent profile analysis (LPA) was employed to identify heterogeneous subgroups based on spiritual well-being. A chain mediation model was then used to examine the mediating effects of family care and spiritual coping.

Results: HRQoL scores averaged 56.50 ± 22.29. Significant correlations emerged: spiritual well-being (r = 0.557, p < 0.001), family care (r = 0.426, p < 0.001), and positive spiritual coping (r = 0.565, p < 0.001) positively predicted HRQoL, whereas negative coping correlated inversely (r = -0.343, p < 0.001). LPA identified four distinct profiles: Low spiritual well-being (36.8%), Moderate spiritual well-being (20.0%), Peaceful Mindset with Low Spiritual Belief (13.6%), and High spiritual well-being (29.5%). The mediation analysis revealed that family care and spiritual coping partially mediated the relationship between spiritual well-being and HRQoL (effect sizes: 0.074-0.175, 95% CI excluding 0). The chain mediation pathway "spiritual well-being → family care → spiritual coping → HRQoL" was statistically significant, with total indirect effects of 0.268 and 0.114 (95% CIs excluding 0).

Conclusion: Spiritual well-being indirectly influences the quality of life in MHD patients through the serial mediation of family care and spiritual coping. Clinicians should recognize the heterogeneity in spiritual well-being and integrate routine spiritual screening into nursing assessments to identify patients with low spiritual well-being. It is recommended to develop family-based education and support programs, along with interventions that combine family care and spiritual coping strategies, so as to improve patients' long-term health outcomes.

The Latvian language is the state language of Latvia. There are about 1.5 million native speakers of Latvian. Of these, 1.38 million live in Latvia, while the rest live across the world. Latvian as a heritage language, or LAT-HL, is taught in about 100 Latvian diaspora weekend schools-hosted by Latvian communities around the world. Although, there is a noticeable increase of research in LAT-HL, they focus on family language policy and practices and the socio-emotional dimension of LAT-HL maintenance in diaspora or, conversely, reimmigration. Considering this gap in LAT-HL research, this article focuses specifically on the perspective of LAT-HL learners and their agency in the Latvian-language lessons. It is based on data obtained from fieldwork at four Latvian diaspora schools (one school each in Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia) in 2025: student electronic questionnaires, interviews with students and Latvian-language teachers, texts created by students, and Latvian-language lesson observation checklists. As a result of data analysis, two thematic groups suggesting student agency were created: language management in the LAT-HL lessons and student involvement/engagement in the creation of the learning process and space. In both cases, the manifestation of learner agency is closely related to (1) the teaching methodology chosen by the teacher, which students accepted or not; (2) the roles of the teacher and students in the classroom; (3) the freedom of choice of students, which was suggested by the teacher or circumstances.

Objective: To explore the relationship between parental psychological control and college students' social anxiety, and to examine the mediating roles of trait mindfulness and rejection sensitivity.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was used, with data collected from March to June 2025. Convenience sampling was employed to select 586 college students from four universities of varying types in Zhejiang Province, China. Participants completed online questionnaires assessing parental psychological control, trait mindfulness, rejection sensitivity, and social anxiety. Data were analyzed with SPSS 26.0 and the PROCESS macro program (Model 6).

Results: Parental psychological control was positively correlated with social anxiety (r = 0.498, p < 0.001) and rejection sensitivity (r = 0.361, p < 0.001), but negatively correlated with trait mindfulness (r = -0.483, p < 0.001). Trait mindfulness was negatively correlated with social anxiety (r = -0.341, p < 0.001) and rejection sensitivity (r = -0.265, p < 0.001), while rejection sensitivity was positively correlated with social anxiety (r = 0.560, p < 0.001). Three significant mediating paths were revealed: trait mindfulness [b = 0.039, 95% CI (0.008, 0.071), p = 0.015], rejection sensitivity [b = 0.132, 95% CI (0.085, 0.181), p < 0.001], and their chain mediation [b = 0.025, 95% CI (0.006, 0.044), p = 0.010]. The total mediating effect (0.196) accounted for 38.8% of the total effect of parental psychological control on social anxiety.

Conclusion: This study identifies several mechanisms linking parental psychological control to college students' social anxiety and constructs a chain mediation model that integrates trait mindfulness and rejection sensitivity. It provides empirical support for targeted college mental health interventions.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1578793.].

Objective: This study aims to examine the mediating role of stress and the moderating effect of physical activity (PA) in the relationship between parental marital conflict (PMC) and adolescent short video dependency (SVD).

Methods: This study employed convenience sampling to recruit 719 adolescents aged 12-18 years from northwestern Hunan Province, China (M = 14.22, SD = 1.46). The data encompassed PMC, adolescent SVD, stress levels, and PA. Analytical procedures-ranging from descriptive and correlational summaries to tests of indirect and conditional indirect effects-were executed in SPSS with the PROCESS macro.

Results: After controlling for demographic covariates, PMC was significantly and positively associated with adolescent SVD and perceived stress. Mediation analyses further showed that stress significantly mediated the association between PMC and adolescent SVD. In addition, PA significantly and negatively moderated the stress-SVD link, such that the positive association between stress and adolescent SVD was weaker among adolescents with higher levels of PA.

Conclusion: These findings clarify how PMC translates into adolescent SVD at the psychological level. Stress was identified as a mediating factor, while PA, as a moderating mechanism, may attenuate the relationship between stress and adolescent SVD.

Background: Hypersexuality is associated with significant psychological distress and health risks, yet few studies have examined the long-term effects of psychological interventions.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the one-year follow-up outcomes of a brief, individual Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention for patients with clinically significant hypersexuality.

Methods: Ten participants who completed an eight-session ACT protocol were assessed at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and at 3-month and 1-year follow-ups using standardized self-report measures. Statistical and clinical significance were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA, Friedman tests, and the Jacobson and Truax method to evaluate individual-level change.

Results: Reductions in hypersexuality and craving interference, as well as increases in values-consistent behavior and perceived control over craving, were maintained at the one-year follow-up. Psychological inflexibility, which had not significantly changed immediately after treatment, showed significant improvement at 1-year follow-up. Clinically significant reductions in hypersexuality were observed in 9 out of 10 participants, while changes in psychological inflexibility were more limited.

Conclusion: These findings provide preliminary evidence for the sustained effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of a brief ACT-based intervention for hypersexuality, particularly among men with non-heterosexual orientations and individuals engaging in chemsex. Further controlled trials are warranted to confirm these results.

Structural priming offers a window on how L2 speakers retrieve and assemble grammatical knowledge, yet evidence from Mandarin existential templates remains limited. We report two production experiments with L2 learners. In Experiment 1, participants completed a picture description task targeting three existential patterns: EX-ZHE (Location +V +  + NP), EX-LE (Location + V +  + NP), and EX-YOU (Location +  + NP). A binomial mixed-effects model of existential realization (existential vs. non-existential output) showed reliable priming, strong prime-type differences, and a Prime Type × Proficiency interaction: EX-ZHE and EX-YOU primes increased existential production, whereas EX-LE reduced it; proficiency increased existential realization overall but most clearly following EX-ZHE primes. Experiment 2 fixed EX-ZHE as the target and manipulated prime-target lexical overlap (verb, sentence-initial locative, post-verbal noun, or no overlap). Lexical boost was locus-dependent: verb overlap produced the largest facilitation, locative overlap also increased EX-ZHE realization, and post-verbal noun overlap did not reliably differ from baseline; proficiency did not modulate these effects. Together, the findings support a cost and cue-sensitive account in which constructional availability and diagnostic lexical retrieval cues jointly shape L2 alignment. Any instructional implications are treated as hypotheses from controlled tasks and require corpus- and classroom-based validation.

Indian ragas have captivated a sustained scholarly interest over the past few years owing to their capacity to evoke emotional, therapeutic and physiological benefits. A conspicuous research gap persists: ragas have seldom been examined as an affective prime; their unconscious influence on subsequent perception, behavior, and creativity remains unexplored and antecedent research into music and creativity has predominantly been confined to background music only. This research endeavored to ascertain whether ragas of two contrasting emotional valences of happiness and sadness unconsciously influence the emotional expression and perception congruent with the primed affective tone, while also bolstering divergent thinking. Participants (n = 90) were randomly assigned to an experimental (n = 45) or a control cohort (n = 45). The experimental cohort underwent a counterbalanced, within-subjects exposure to Raga Kedar (positively valenced) and Raga Charukeshi (negatively valenced), whereas the control group enabled a between-subjects contrast. As measured by the Emotional Word Selection Task to describe the ambiguous images, the findings elucidated a striking congruence between the lexical choice and the affective tone, where Raga Kedar primed more positive word choices and Raga Charukeshi primed more negative word choices, in contrast to the control cohort, which evinced an affective neutrality. This provides stark evidence for top-down processing of perception. The creativity indexed by performance on the Alternative Uses Task and the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking - Figural demonstrated an augmentation of creative output not only from the priming effect of positive music, though exerting a more pronounced effect, but also from negative music, and the control cohort showcased lower creativity scores compared to the experimental conditions, which highlights the plausibility of a dual-pathway model of creativity due to the priming effect of both positive and negative music in facilitating creativity.