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This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a newly developed Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professions in addressing levels of compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and self-criticism, both in the short and long term. A randomized controlled trial was conducted, with 667 participants recruited and randomly assigned to either the experimental active or control passive group ending up with 370 participants at follow-up measurement. The experimental group underwent a 14-day asynchronous online training program delivered via email, while the control group did not engage in any specific task except for the pre-, post- and follow-up assessments. The results from the linear mixed effects model analyses indicated significant group-by-time interactions for The Forms of Self-Criticizing/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale, and for The Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue Scale. Specifically, participants in the Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professions group exhibited a notable reduction in self-criticism and a notable increase in self-compassion and compassion satisfaction over time. The participants' scores of compassion fatigue decreased in both intervention as well as control groups; therefore, the group-by-time interaction was not significant. The findings suggest that the novel Emotion-Focused Training for Helping Professions intervention holds promise in effectively mitigating self-criticism while fostering greater compassion satisfaction and self-reassurance/self-compassion among helping professionals.

Recent years have seen a sharply rising interest in the scientific area dedicated to the study of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) research and applications (AI4CBT for brevity). Yet, little is known about how this interest is realized and hence the overall status, prospects, and possible challenges of AI4CBT as a field (e.g. breadth of the field, key topics and methods, key producing countries/institutions/authors, interdisciplinary grounding). This paper addresses this gap by developing a broad-spectrum bibliometric analysis towards acquiring a comprehensive overview of the AI4CBT field. Four key dimensions are analyzed (productivity, producers, productions, and contents) along the array of bibliographic metrics, including production trends over time, leading contributors at various levels, co-authorship, citation, and keywords co-occurrence networks, publication formats, key venues, methodological trends, and disciplinary assessment. The paper concludes by framing the status of AI4CBT as a scientific field, allowing to tie it to scientific and applicative challenges and opportunities that AI4CBT may encounter and offer as it further develops.

Jones, C. M., Conner, M., & Schüz, B. (2025). From mere ‘stability’ to ‘durability’—Revisiting intention dynamics from a self-regulatory perspective with intensive longitudinal methods. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 17(1), e12633. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12633

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The results of all sensitivity analyses can be explored in an interactive application (as a file in the Supporting information; directly online at https://cjoneshb.github.io/paper_intentiondurability/exploring_indicators.html).

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Vaccine hesitancy remains a significant public health challenge globally, requiring innovative, evidence-based approaches to improve uptake. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of stage-of-change (SOC)-tailored interventions, the customized strategies based on an individual's readiness for behavioral changes, in promoting vaccination uptake. Data were synthesized from randomized controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental, and non-experimental studies identified through MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Global Health, and APA PsycInfo databases. Five eligible studies published between 2004 and 2023 were included, with three RCTs and one quasi-experimental study contributing to the meta-analysis. The pooled standard mean difference (SMD) for vaccination uptake was 0.54 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.49, 0.59, p < .001), indicating a significant medium effect size with no heterogeneity (I² = 0%, p = .88). Subgroup analyses showed SOC-tailored interventions were particularly effective for older adults (SMD = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.22 to 0.92, p = .03) and for parents or caregivers to increase children's vaccination uptake (SMD = 0.53, 95% CI: 0.32 to 0.74, p = .02). These findings provided preliminary evidence on the effectiveness of SOC-tailored interventions in addressing vaccine hesitancy. Future research should explore geographically diverse settings and cost-effective delivery methods to maximize the impact.

Petrovic, J., Mettler, J., Böke, B. N., Rogers, M. A., Hamza, C. A., Bloom, E., Di Genova, L., Romano, R., & Heath, N. L. (2024). The effectiveness and acceptability of formal versus informal mindfulness among university students with and without recent self-injury: A randomized controlled trial. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 17(1), e12613. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12613

Within the “Pre-post state well-being (VAS)” subsection of the Results, there is a sentence that reads, “There was also a significant main effect of time, whereby state well-being decreased for all from pre-post-intervention, ….”

This should have read: “There was also a significant main effect of time, whereby state well-being increased for all from pre-post-intervention, ….”

We examined the between-person correlations and within-person reciprocal effects of physical activity, long-standing health issues, self-rated health, and life satisfaction across four panels using random intercept cross-lagged panel models. Data were analyzed from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA, N = 32,913, 21 waves, 1-year intervals), the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP, N = 83,844, 14 waves, 2-year intervals), the Dutch Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences Panel (LISS, N = 14,778, 11 waves, 1-year intervals), and the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS, N = 50,032, 4 waves, 2-year intervals). The analysis of the first two panels focused on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sports participation in leisure time, whereas the latter two examined physical activity intensities (light, moderate, and vigorous). Across all panels, physical activity and its intensities were positively correlated with long-standing health issues, self-rated health, and life satisfaction. Within-person analyses revealed primarily positive bidirectional effects between physical activity and self-rated health and between physical activity and life satisfaction, with self-rated health effects more pronounced at higher physical activity intensities and life satisfaction at lower intensities. Effects between physical activity and long-standing health issues were less consistent, appearing mainly for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity intensities in 1-year intervals. Physical activity intensities had different effects on self-rated health and life satisfaction, and the effects were bidirectional in nature. These results suggest that physical activity interventions should be tailored to intensity: Light activity may enhance more effective life satisfaction, while higher intensities better support health. The existing bidirectional effects may further trigger an upward spiral, reinforcing improvements in both health and well-being.

Resilience, particularly under stressful circumstances, is essential for well-being. Prior research has shown the positive effects of resilience on overall self-esteem and emotional balance, but the dynamic nature of these attributes has consistently been overlooked. This study investigated how resilience influences state self-esteem and emotional balance during periods of examination stress. To this end, we utilized a 13-day daily diary design to collect data once a day from 212 participants (160 females; Mage = 18.30; SDage = 1.03). A multilevel linear model was constructed using Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) to examine the effects of resilience on state self-esteem and emotional balance during daily stressful situations. Our findings revealed that resilience predicted higher levels of both state self-esteem and emotional balance, confirming previous studies. Notably, students with higher resilience demonstrated quicker recovery in these areas, underscoring resilience's role in sustaining well-being. This study contributes to the expanding literature on resilience by highlighting its value in maintaining self-esteem and emotional stability.

Time poverty—the pervasive feeling of insufficient time to manage daily activities—has profound implications for individuals, organizations, and society. Drawing on the theory of dyadic coping, the current study investigates the transmission of time poverty within close relationships, focusing on whether and how one partner's experience of time poverty exacerbates the other's. Additionally, potential gender differences in this effect are explored. Data were collected from 163 full-time employed couples (326 participants, 978 responses) in China using a three-wave panel survey conducted at one-month intervals. Hypotheses were tested using the actor-partner interdependence model and cross-lagged panel model. Results indicate that an individual's time poverty is positively associated with their partner's subsequent time poverty, with family engagement serving as a mediating factor. Notably, this transmission effect was consistent across genders. These findings add an interpersonal perspective to the study of time poverty, highlighting its cumulative nature and reinforcing the importance of policy and organizational interventions to alleviate time poverty.

Ample evidence has documented the importance of coping self-efficacy (CSE) in predicting psychological adaptation following adversity. Prior research has shown that greater exposure to negative consequences associated with major collective traumas diminishes the perceived ability to cope. However, the impact of exposure to stressors on future CSE projections remains unknown. This longitudinal study examined individuals' self-appraisals of their coping capabilities with future adversities (future coping self-efficacy [FUTURE-CSE]) in a sample of adult Poles (N = 1245). Participants were interviewed three times from July 2021 to August 2022, during the later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 hardships, operationalized as pandemic-related stressors and the extent of direct virus exposure, resulted in greater confidence in individuals' ability to manage future adversities effectively. These effects were observed while controlling for sociodemographic factors, psychological distress symptoms, and prior levels of the pandemic-specific CSE. Additionally, FUTURE-CSE beliefs were associated with lower levels of concurrently assessed symptoms of psychological distress. This protective function of FUTURE-CSE remained statistically significant even after controlling for prior levels of distress, pandemic-specific CSE, sociodemographic factors, COVID-19 hardships, other life challenges, and additional measures of thriving in adversity and future expectations. Many familiar maxims, such as “what doesn't kill me makes me stronger,” suggest that the painful and conflicting dynamics of accepting and learning from the past can enhance resilience and preparedness for future challenges. The results of this study provide empirical support for these notions.

Higher levels of moral identity, empathy, and volunteering (virtues) are associated with increased self-esteem and psychological well-being, which, in turn, are predictive of fewer health problems. Epigenetic aging, a marker of health, reflects the rate at which individuals age biologically relative to their chronological age. Epigenetic aging is shaped by behavioral factors and environmental stressors, but the effects of moral identity, empathy, and volunteering on epigenetic aging are underexplored. Thus, this study examined if these three dimensions of virtue predict epigenetic aging during adolescence and if these relationships are mediated by self-esteem and psychological well-being. The sample included 1,213 adolescents (51% female; 62% Black, 34% Non-Hispanic White, 4% Other race/ethnicity) that participated at three time points between 2004 and 2017 (Mage 13, 16, 19 years). Results revealed that higher moral identity and empathy were associated with higher self-esteem and psychological well-being during early adolescence. Moreover, higher empathy during early adolescence was associated with slower epigenetic aging on the GrimAge clock during late adolescence. Path analyses adjusting for covariates showed that higher self-esteem during middle adolescence predicted slower epigenetic aging in late adolescence, but none of the three virtues in early adolescence predicted self-esteem, psychological well-being, or epigenetic aging over time.