Abstract Aging societies are a global problem, necessitating the promotion of well-being in healthy older adults. However, evidence regarding psychological interventions this population is unclear. Therefore, we conducted systematic review and metaanalysis to clarify effects on A literature search was performed using PubMed, PsycINFO, CiNii. Included studies were randomized controlled trials designed improve The yielded 1,047 articles, out which five qualitative four quantitative selected....

Abstract Background Wearable devices have been widely used in research to understand the relationship between habitual physical activity and mental health real world. However, little attention has paid temporal variability continuous patterns measured by these devices. Therefore, we analyzed time-series of intensity a wearable device investigated its model parameters depression-related behaviors. Methods Sixty-six individuals for one week then answered questionnaire on A seasonal...

Hikikomori, a prolonged form of social withdrawal, has received attention in various research areas. This longitudinal study aimed to identify diverse trajectories hikikomori symptoms among young Japanese adults engaged job search. It also tested whether identity distress, critical developmental issue, predicts these while controlling for other risk factors (depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, career expectations, and gender). A total 756 third-year university students (at Time 1, M age...

Reading literature contributes to the development of language skills and socioemotional competencies related empathic responding. Despite implications for improving measures empathy used by practitioners interested in reading behavior their applications teaching through literature, extensions ability express inference interpersonal encounters, or accuracy, remains an understudied area. Comparing which traits are associated with performance on tasks that require accuracy could reveal more...

Adults and children alike can feel anxious afraid of needles. As a result, some people avoid necessary medical injections, leading to health problems. Assessing the fear injections should consider factors, avoidance behaviors, physical symptoms. We have developed single scale that measures each these variables. Conventional fear-of-injection scales do not simultaneously measure aforementioned components, thus may adequately capture injections. Furthermore, no has been in Japan

Repetitive thoughts are divided into constructive (concrete-experiential thought) and unconstructive (abstract-analytical in processing mode theory. While previous studies have highlighted the similarities between concrete-experiential thought mindfulness, no large-scale empirical study has been conducted to investigate this relationship. We a cross-sectional questionnaire survey of 1,030 Japanese adults explore found that abstract-analytic had negative correlations with all mindfulness...

Abstract Background Psychopathological network model has received attention recently in the traditional debate about continuity of depression. However, there is little evidence for comparing structure depressive symptoms several states at different clinical stages. Through this study a broad sample patients with nonclinical to depression, we examined differences symptoms. Methods Four groups participants, including cohorts depression (current n = 294; remitted 118) and (subthreshold N 184;...

Although repetitive thought is a risk factor for depression, it can also foster constructive consequences. One that determines whether the processing mode. The Mini-Cambridge Exeter Repetitive Thought Scale (Mini-CERTS) only scale to evaluate such modes relate abstractness of thoughts. However, there no in Japan. In this study, Mini-CERTS was translated into Japanese, and we sought establish method evaluating We conducted exploratory analysis data collected from 222 university students...

In Japan, many high school students have severe depression. Preventive interventions for school-based cognitive-behavioral depression are effective countermeasures against depressive problems among students. However, since curriculums time-consuming, such less common Therefore, we conducted a long-term but low-frequency intervention that divides the program content through several grades. We examined effectiveness of our based on data obtained by survey during two-year period and one-year...

Behavioral activation has been shown to engender improvement of depressive symptoms. specifically addresses behavioral patterns that maintain symptoms and increases rewarding behaviors based on a person's own values. Nevertheless, behaving according those values can be difficult. Consequently, discussing reduction in barriers value-based is important. Self-compassion might promote behavior when person confronts some obstacle. We evaluated differences self-compassion characteristics at high...

Part-time high schools (PT-HS) are a special school arrangement for adolescents with difficulties, such as financial problems that prevent them from attending full-time (FT-HS). Recent research has indicated PT-HS may have excessive self-denying thoughts, lower interpersonal skills, and/or mental health problems. However, little been conducted on the psychological features of in PT-HS. This study investigated thoughts; cognitive distortions, skills; social and problems; depression, among...

We explored the feasibility of a long-term but low-frequency psychological preventive intervention in high school setting.High students may experience depression; interventions to improve social and cognitive skills be useful decrease such depression. A feasible this setting because its minimal time demands lack need for specialist human resources DESIGN: conducted single-arm longitudinal descriptive study with an applied six times over 2 years one school.We 94 (April 2014 March 2016). This...

Abstract The integrated model of rumination argues that two trait factors—negative thinking habits and processing modes—get people stuck in maladaptive rumination. There is little evidence showing whether these factors influence the daily dynamic associations between negative moods. To address this, this study, we conducted an experience-sampling method on Japanese university students. We recruited 92 students assessed their affect (NA) eight times a day for seven days. examined effects...