The effect of emotion regulation on empathic ability in Chinese nursing students: The parallel mediating role of emotional intelligence and self-consistency congruence.

Aim: This study aims to explore the influence of emotion regulation on empathic ability among undergraduate nursing students, as well as the mediating role of emotional intelligence and self-consistency congruence.

Design: A cross-sectional study was employed to examine the relationship between the emotion regulation and empathic ability in Chinese nursing students.

Methods: A total of 761 undergraduate nursing students were surveyed using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Chinese version), the Gross Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Wang and Law's Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Self-Harmony Scale.

Factors associated with trait anger level of juvenile offenders in Hubei province: A binary logistic regression analysis.

The risk factors of high trait anger of juvenile offenders were explored through questionnaire study in a youth correctional facility of Hubei province, China. A total of 1090 juvenile offenders in Hubei province were investigated by self-compiled social-demographic questionnaire, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-II (STAXI-II). The risk factors were analyzed by chi-square tests, correlation analysis, and binary logistic regression analysis with SPSS 19.

Aggression and related stressful life events among Chinese adolescents living in rural areas: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Aggression is a serious problem for both individuals and society. Despite progress in aggression research, its persistence among adolescents living in rural areas remains to be investigated. We evaluate the prevalence of aggression and the association between stressful life events and aggression in a nationwide, school-based sample of adolescents living in rural areas of China.

Effects of high glucose on expression of OPG and RANKL in rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells.

Objective: To explore effect of high glucose on expression of osteoprotegerin (OPG) and receptor activator of NF- κ B ligand (RANKE) in rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells.

Methods: SD rats were intraperitoneally injected with streptozotocin, OPG and RANKL expression in rat thoracic aortas were detected by immunohistochemical staining. In cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) (A7r5), qRT-PCR and Western blot analysis were used to examine the mRNA and protein levels of OPG and RANKL.

[Clinical efficacy of special effect san xiao decoction on type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacies of the special effect San Xiao decoction on type 2 diabetes mellitus and its impact on inflammatory factors.

Methods: 116 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were randomly divided into control group and observation group from Aug. 2010 to Aug.