Self-Compassion, Resilience and Mental Health in Community Adults.

Purpose: To investigate the associations among self-compassion, resilience and mental health of community residents.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Voluntary survey of web-based, posters-based platform.

Resilience and Quality of Life in People with Mental Illness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Purpose: Resilience is viewed as an individual' positive adaptation and experiences of adversity. The maintenance and recovery of mental health in people with mental disorder is considered a sign of coping with adverse conditions. The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to examine the association between resilience and quality of life in individuals with mental disorders.

Metacognitive Beliefs, Cognitive Functioning, Psychiatric Symptoms and Empathy in People with Schizophrenia.

Background: People with schizophrenia often exhibit deficits in empathy, which plays a major role in social cognition and interpersonal relationship. However, little work has investigated potential factors that influence empathy in schizophrenia. The study aimed to investigate the relationship among metacognition, psychiatric symptoms, cognitive functioning and empathy in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Self-perception of mental illness, and subjective and objective cognitive functioning in people with schizophrenia.

People with schizophrenia may have a negative self-perception of mental illness. However, the relationship between the self-perception of illness and subjective and objective cognitive functioning remains unclear. Thirty-seven people with schizophrenia were enrolled in the study group.

Positive outcome expectancy mediates the relationship between social influence and Internet addiction among senior high-school students.

Background and aims Based on the foundations of Bandura's social cognitive theory and theory of triadic influence (TTI) theoretical framework, this study was designed to examine the mediating role of positive outcome expectancy of Internet use in the relationship between social influence and Internet addiction (IA) in a large representative sample of senior high-school students in Taiwan. Methods Using a cross-sectional design, 1,922 participants were recruited from senior high schools throughout Taiwan using both stratified and cluster sampling, and a comprehensive survey was administered. Results Structural equation modeling and bootstrap analyses results showed that IA severity was significantly and positively predicted by social influence, and fully mediated through positive outcome expectancy of Internet use.

Prevalence of internet addiction and its risk and protective factors in a representative sample of senior high school students in Taiwan.

The aim of this study investigated the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) in a large representative sample of secondary school students and identified the risk and protective factors. Using a crosssectional design, 2170 participants were recruited from senior high schools throughout Taiwan using both stratified and cluster sampling. The prevalence of IA was 17.

Health-promoting Lifestyles and Psychological Distress Associated with Well-being in Community Adults.

Objectives: We investigated the associations among health-promoting behaviors, psychological distress, and well-being among community residents. Well-being measurement was examined through health-promoting behaviors and psychological distress.

Methods: From March 1 to October 31, 2016, a total of 383 community residents were assessed in their health-promoting lifestyles (HPLP-II), psychological distress (K10) and wellbeing (SWLS and PWB).

Self concepts, health locus of control and cognitive functioning associated with health-promoting lifestyles in schizophrenia.

Purpose: The study aimed to investigate the relationship among self concepts, health locus of control, cognitive functioning and health-promoting lifestyles in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. We examined health-promoting lifestyles through self-efficacy, self-esteem, health locus of control and neurocognitive factors.

Method: Fifty-six people with schizophrenia were enrolled in the study group.

Personality Disorders in Female and Male College Students With Internet Addiction.

A high rate of personality disorders (PDs) was found in individuals with Internet addiction (IA) in previous studies using clinical and limited sample sizes. The present study further made comparisons between sex and incorporated a control group to compare the frequencies of PD between individuals with IA and those without IA. Five hundred fifty-six college students (341 females) completed self-report surveys and were later given diagnostic interviews to assess for a PD diagnosis.

Positive Outcome Expectancy Mediates the Relationship Between Peer Influence and Internet Gaming Addiction Among Adolescents in Taiwan.

The present study examined the role of positive outcome expectancy in the relationship between peer/parental influence and Internet gaming addiction (IGA) among adolescents in Taiwan. Two thousand, one hundred and four junior high students completed the Chen Internet Addiction Scale for IGA, Parental Influence for IGA, peer influence for IGA, and Positive Outcome Expectancy of Internet Gaming Questionnaire. Results showed that the three types of peer influences (positive attitudes toward Internet gaming, frequency of Internet game use, and invitation to play) and positive outcome expectancy were significantly and positively correlated with IGA.

Effect of previous diagnoses of depression, menopause status, vasomotor symptoms, and neuroticism on depressive symptoms among climacteric women: A 30-month follow-up.

Objectives: The research was designed to examine the impact of the previous diagnoses of depression, menopause status, vasomotor symptoms, and neuroticism on depressive symptoms among menopausal women in Taiwan over a 30-month follow-up.

Materials And Methods: A community-based sample of 190 middle-aged women was enrolled. The Menopausal Symptoms Scale, Neuroticism Extraversion Openness Five Factor Inventory-Chinese version, and Ko's Depression Inventory were applied, and results were assessed.

Cognitive functioning correlates of self-esteem and health locus of control in schizophrenia.

Aim: The study aimed to investigate the relationship among sociodemographic factors, neurocognitive factors, self-esteem, and health locus of control in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. We examined the self-esteem, internal health locus of control, and external health locus of control through sociodemographic and neurocognitive factors.

Methods: Forty-six schizophrenic patients and 31 healthy residents from the community or hospital were recruited as the control group.

Neuropsychological functions impairment in different subtypes of bipolar disorder with or without comorbid anxiety disorders.

Bipolar disorder (BP) patients with comorbid anxiety disorders (ADs) showed more severe clinical characteristics and psychosocial function impairment, worse response to treatment, and more substance use than those without AD. However, few studies focus on differences in neuropsychological function between BP-I and BP-II and patients with and without AD. Seventy-nine BP patients in their interepisode state classified into four groups-BP-I without AD (BP-I(-AD)) (n=22), BP-I with AD (BP-I(+AD)) (n=20), BP-II without AD (BP-II(-AD)) (n=18), BP-II with AD (BP-II(+AD)) (n=19), and healthy controls (HC) (n=30)-were given neuropsychological tests.

Neuropsychological functions in bipolar disorders I and II with and without comorbid alcohol dependence.

Objective: Bipolar disorder (BP) is a mental disorder most likely to co-occur with substance dependence and abuse, especially alcohol dependence (ALD). Whether the effect of comorbid alcoholism is different between the BP-I and BP-II subtypes remains unclear. We aimed to identify the neuropsychological performance of BP patients with and without comorbid ALD in partial remission from depression or mania, and compare it with that of healthy controls (HCs).

The effect of comorbid anxiety disorder on neuropsychological function in bipolar II disorder.

Objectives: Bipolar disorder (BP) is often comorbid with anxiety disorder (ANX), especially in bipolar II disorder (BP-II). BP patients with comorbid ANX often manifest intensified symptoms and harmful dysfunctions. However, most studies have focused on bipolar I disorder (BP-I); few have investigated the effect of comorbid ANX on the neuropsychological function of BP-II patients.