Applied Research in Quality of Life最新文献

Previous studies have primarily explored binary relationships between problematic internet use (PIU), obesity-related eating behavior (OEB), and sub-health status (SHS) using cross-sectional designs, leaving gaps in understanding their dynamic interactions and developmental trajectories. Using two-wave longitudinal data (2022 & 2024) from 3,609 Chinese college students, this study employed cross-lagged panel model to examine bidirectional relationships between PIU and OEB, and half-longitudinal mediation models to explore their underlying mechanisms affecting SHS. The findings revealed that OEB significantly predicted subsequent PIU, while PIU showed no significant delayed effect on OEB. Half-longitudinal mediation analysis demonstrated that PIU contributed to SHS through its immediate positive effect on concurrent OEB, while OEB increased SHS through its positive effect on subsequent PIU. This study reveals the complex temporal dynamics between PIU and OEB, demonstrating a negative spiral pattern where these behaviors mutually reinforce each other, and highlighting their synergistic effects on college students’ SHS through bidirectional mediating pathways. These findings suggest that preventing and improving SHS requires simultaneous intervention in both PIU and OEB rather than treating them as isolated issues.

Parental alienating behaviors represent a critical risk factor for adolescent mental health, yet their underlying mechanisms within the Chinese cultural context remain underexplored. This longitudinal study investigated the temporal dynamics through which parental alienating behaviors influence adolescent mental health outcomes via parent-child attachment and emotion regulation strategies. Utilizing three waves of data collected over two years from 837 Chinese adolescents in Yunnan Province, we administered validated measures including the Baker Strategy Questionnaire, Parent-Child Attachment Questionnaire, Emotion Regulation Strategies Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Depression-Anxiety-Loneliness Scale. Results demonstrated that parental alienating behaviors significantly predicted reduced adolescent subjective well-being and heightened adolescent depression-anxiety-loneliness. Parent-child attachment emerged as a primary mediator, while both cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression significantly mediated these relationships. Crucially, chain mediation analyses revealed sequential pathways where parental alienating behaviors first compromised parent-child attachment, subsequently impairing adolescents’ emotion regulation capacity, and ultimately exacerbating adolescent mental health risks. These findings delineate the developmental trajectory through which family dysfunction impacts adolescent adjustment, suggesting that interventions strengthening parent-child relationships and enhancing adaptive emotion regulation strategies could mitigate the psychological consequences of parental alienation. The study advances cross-cultural understanding of family dynamics in mental health development while providing empirically grounded guidance for targeted interventions.

The measurement of flourishing as an indicator of social progress has gained global recognition as a priority for governments. Adolescents, in particular, have been empirically identified as a population requiring more focused research on flourishing. In South Africa, understanding adolescent flourishing is especially critical given the country’s unique socio-cultural, economic, and historical context. This study examines flourishing among a sample of adolescents in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. We used data from a provincial survey on children’s well-being, which included a sample of 1045 adolescents between the ages of 13–19. We conceptualised flourishing as comprising both hedonic (feeling well) and eudaimonic (functioning well) components, including positive and negative affect, measured using four scales. Our analysis comprised a structural validation of the scales and measurement invariance testing across age and gender. We also report on the level of flourishing using mean scores and the percentage of scale maximum statistic. The results demonstrated appropriate fit for all the scales, with scalar measurement invariance tenable for all the scales across age and gender. The findings reveal generally high levels of well-being, though disparities in context-free life satisfaction and variations across demographic groups, highlighting the need for contextually-grounded assessments of adolescent flourishing. Overall, the study found high scores of flourishing, which is somewhat inconsistent with the objective realities experienced by adolescents in various contexts in South Africa.

Although most people aspire to be happy, the extent to which people pursue or idealize experiencing high levels of happiness does differ according to sociocultural context. This study was designed to elucidate which societal and cultural indicators are the most conducive to fostering high levels of happiness idealization. To accomplish this goal, we measured levels of happiness idealization for 11,170 participants residing in 43 different countries. We utilized machine learning (random forests approach) to examine how well an array of 18 different societal and cultural-level indicators were associated with country-level happiness idealization. We found robust and consistent evidence that greater cultural religiosity was associated with reduced idealization of happiness across four different types of happiness, including life satisfaction and interdependent happiness. These findings demonstrated that how much happiness is pursued varies considerably according to sociocultural context and highlights the role of cultural religiosity in shaping how people think about high levels of happiness.

This study examines the relationship between working from home (WFH) and satisfaction with work-life balance (WLB) and life satisfaction among parents with dependent children, focusing on moderating factors related to work hours and childcare demands. We differentiate between parents who continued WFH from before the COVID-19 pandemic and those who began WFH during the pandemic. Using a dataset collected via a representative online survey in Canada, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden, and the United States, we provide cross-national estimates of WFH’s impact on WLB and life satisfaction. Data collection took place between June and September 2021, capturing a unique period when WFH was widespread but pandemic-related restrictions had been lifted. Our findings show that both fathers and mothers across all countries reported higher WLB when WFH, particularly if they gained the opportunity to WFH during the pandemic. However, the association between WFH and life satisfaction was less consistent and varied by gender and country. For parents who worked from home prior to the pandemic, WFH was linked to higher WLB satisfaction only if they did not work long hours. Interestingly, mothers who began WFH during the pandemic reported higher WLB satisfaction even when working long hours or bearing primary childcare responsibilities. This suggests that the newly gained ability to WFH was especially valued by mothers as a vital means of balancing intensive work and family demands during the pandemic. These findings underscore the importance of distinguishing between the short- and long-term effects of WFH on WLB in future research.

Recent research has focused on school-related factors on subjective well-being among children. This study aimed to examine the multiple mediation effect of school violence exposure and school satisfaction between school climate and children’s subjective well-being. A sample of 93,344 children (Mage = 10.95, 49.3% were boys) from 35 countries or regions completed measures. This study employed a serial multiple mediation model. Results indicated that school climate was positively associated with children’s subjective well-being. Additionally, a higher level of school climate was associated with a lower level of school violence exposure, which in turn, was associated with a higher level of school satisfaction, thereby contributing to a higher level of subjective well-being. Limitations, theoretical, and practical implications of the study were discussed.

This cross-sectional study examined the role of resilience in influencing mental health (MH) among community-dwelling older adults, specifically testing a moderation model that incorporates physical activity (PA) and religiosity. The study included 1001 older adults (mean age 68.6 years, SD = 6.9) living in the Northeast region of Brazil. Based on the biopsychospiritual homeostasis model, we aimed to analyze a moderated moderation model to examine the interaction between resilience, religiosity, and PA in relation to MH. We assessed MH using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), measured resilience with the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), and evaluated PA and religiosity, with perceived stress (PSS), gender, age, race, and years of education included as covariates in the model. Results indicated that resilience positively impacted MH. Additionally, the moderation model revealed that PA and religiosity jointly influenced the relationship between resilience and MH. Specifically, higher resilience was associated with better MH, and this association was further enhanced by engaging in PA three or more times a week and by higher levels of religiosity. Older adults with high resilience who did not engage in PA still experienced significant MH benefits. These findings highlight the importance of resilience in MH and demonstrate how PA and religiosity can moderate its effects, informing mental health promotion strategies for older adults.

Objective: This study investigated a general Chinese child population aged 7–8 years with the EuroQol 5-Dimension Youth Version (EQ-5D-Y) and Child Health Utility 9D (CHU-9D) instruments, aiming to examine the agreement between self-reports and proxy-reports across various dimensions and overall health utility values, as well as to explore potential factors that may affect the agreement and utility values. Methods: Data were collected from second-grade students aged 7–8 in four schools in Guangxi and Guizhou provinces, China. Children and their proxies independently completed their respective versions of the questionnaires, including the EQ-5D-Y, the CHU-9D, and other socio-demographic information. The agreement between self-reports and proxy-reports in various dimensions was assessed using agreement rate and Adjusted Consistency (AC) value. Bland–Altman (BA) plots and Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) were utilized to analyze the agreement of utility values. Subgroup analyses of ICC and multiple linear regression analysis were conducted to explore factors influencing the agreement between self-reports and proxy-reports. Results: A total of 369 pairs of valid questionnaires were collected from both children and proxies. The AC values for various dimensions showed good agreement between children and proxies for physical function dimensions, but poorer agreement for subjective social and psychological function dimensions. BA plots revealed significant overestimation of children's utility values by both EQ-5D-Y and CHU-9D proxy-reports compared to self-reports. The ICC values for self-reported and proxy-reported utilities were 0.130 for the EQ-5D-Y and 0.295 for the CHU-9D. Subgroup analysis revealed that mothers had higher ICC values and better agreement with children compared to fathers. Moreover, children's health conditions, parental marital status, and family's highest education level impacted agreement results. Conclusions: For the general child population aged 7–8 years in China, the agreement between self-reported and proxy-reported utilities is weak, particularly in subjective social and psychological dimensions, with proxy-reports significantly overestimating children's utility values compared to self-reports. Self-reports and proxy-reports of health utility should be considered complementary rather than interchangeable. The findings provide valuable insights and references for the development of guidelines for self-reports and proxy-reports of children's utility instruments.

This cross-sectional study explored how childhood trauma affect mobile phone addiction (MPA) in adolescents with depression through alexithymia and coping styles. 2268 adolescent participants aging from 12 to 18 who were diagnosed with depression were recruited in China. A moderated mediation model was constructed to examine the role of alexithymia and coping styles in the relationship between childhood trauma and MPA. 2239 patients completed the questionnaires in the study. Childhood trauma was found to be positively related to alexithymia and MPA. Alexithymia was positively related to MPA, and played a partial mediating role in the relationship between childhood trauma and MPA. In addition, problem-focused coping had a negative effect on alexithymia, and there was a positive relationship between childhood trauma and alexithymia when problem-focused coping at the high level. Adolescents who experienced childhood trauma tend to have high probability of MPA. Alexithymia and problem-focused coping styles played a mediating role in the relationship between childhood trauma and MPA. This provided treatment guidance of MPA by avoiding traumatic experiences when childhood and encouraging adolescents to adopt problem-focused coping style to solve problems.

This study aimed to examine the mediating role of meaning in life (presence of meaning and search for meaning) in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and subjective well-being across different life stages. The research focused on three distinct age groups: emerging adults (18–24 years), young adults (25–44 years), and middle-aged adults (45–65 years). A total of 1155 participants (672 female, 483 male) from Türkiye participated in the study. Structural equation modeling was used to test the mediating role of meaning in life in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and subjective well-being. The findings revealed that the presence of meaning positively predicted subjective well-being, while the search for meaning negatively predicted it. Intolerance of uncertainty decreased the presence of meaning while increasing the search for meaning. These effects varied significantly across life stages. The presence of meaning played a stronger role in mediating model in older individuals, whereas the search for meaning was a more influential factor among young adults. The results provide valuable insights into how the impact of meaning in life on subjective well-being evolves across developmental stages. By addressing the relationship between uncertainty and well-being within the context of life stages, these findings contribute to understanding the individual and social functions of meaning in life within Turkish culture.