The perception-behavior dissociation in the ultimatum game in unmedicated patients with major depressive disorders.

Patients with major depressive disorders (MDD) exhibit social dysfunction, as illustrated by the lower acceptance rate of unfair proposals in the Ultimatum Game (UG) among patients with MDD compared with a control group. However, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this study, we explored whether patients with MDD had altered perceptions of fairness or altered perception-behavior linkages compared with the control group, using a multilevel moderated mediation framework.

A school rampage threatens beliefs in justice: A longitudinal study of the belief in a just world among Chinese adolescents.

Introduction: The current study examined whether and how severe injustice such as a school attack threatens the belief in a just world (BJW).

Method: We collected longitudinal data on the BJW from adolescents in China who witnessed random school attacks on the news (N = 227).

Results: Change analyses provided evidence that the BJW increased after witnessing severe injustice.

A Follow-Up Investigation of Mental Health Among Discharged COVID-19 Patients in Wuhan, China.

To understand the mental health status and its risk factors among discharged COVID-19 patients during the first month of centralized quarantine and the subsequent home isolation. The scales of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) were used to measure the symptoms of insomnia, anxiety, and depression in 782 COVID-19 patients during the first month of centralized quarantine (March 16 to 26, 2020) and then during home isolation (April 3 to 10, 2020). During the centralized quarantine, the prevalence rates of insomnia, anxiety, and depressive symptoms were 44.

Victim Sensitivity and Its Neural Correlates Among Patients With Major Depressive Disorder.

Background: Dysfunctional beliefs about the self are common in the development of depressive symptoms, but it remains unclear how depressed patients respond to unfair treatment, both dispositionally and neurally. The present research is an attempt to explore the differences in sensitivity to injustice as a victim and its neural correlates in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) versus healthy controls.

Methods: First episodic, drug-naïve patients with MDD ( = 30) and a control group ( = 30) were recruited to compare their differences in victim sensitivity.

Culture Change and Affectionate Communication in China and the United States: Evidence From Google Digitized Books 1960-2008.

Humans are born with the ability and the need for affection, but communicating affection as a social behavior is historically bound. Based on the digitized books of Google Ngram Viewer from 1960 through 2008, the present research investigated affectionate communication (AC) in China and the United States, and its changing landscape along with social changes from collectivist to individualistic environments. In particular, we analyzed the frequency in terms of verbal affection (e.

Cultural value mismatch in urbanizing China: A large-scale analysis of collectivism and happiness based on social media and nationwide survey.

Throughout history, collectivism has contributed much to social bonding and human wellness. However, it remains unclear whether the collectivism-wellness equation still applies, when there is a mismatch between the collectivistic values and the ecological environment of urbanisation. Testing the hypothesis of cultural value mismatch (e.

Left atrial thrombus despite continuous direct oral anticoagulant or warfarin therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: insights into rates and timing of thrombus resolution.

Purpose: Left atrial thrombus (LAT) may be detected by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) or flutter (AFL) despite continuous anticoagulation therapy. We sought to examine the rates and timing of LAT resolution in response to changes in anticoagulation regimen.

Methods: A retrospective study of 1517 consecutive patients on ≥ 4 weeks continuous oral anticoagulation (OAC) undergoing TEE prior to either direct current cardioversion or catheter ablation for AF or AFL was performed.

Eligibility of Pacemaker Patients for Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.

Introduction: The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has emerged as a viable therapeutic option for patients who are deemed high risk for sudden cardiac death. Previous studies have shown that 7-15% of patients are not candidates for the S-ICD based on their intrinsic QRS/T-wave morphology. Presently, it is not known if the S-ICD can be considered as supplementary therapy in patients who are ventricularly paced.

Arrhythmogenic biventricular cardiomyopathy: emerging findings on cardiac CT performed in the emergency department to evaluate chest pain.

We present multimodality imaging findings demonstrating arrhythmogenic biventricular cardiomyopathy initially observed on cardiac CT in a patient who presented to the emergency department with nonanginal chest pain. As the volume of patients referred for coronary CT angiography increases, structural pathology may emerge in previously unencountered diagnostic sequences. The high spatial resolution and volumetric coverage afforded by multidetector CT imaging remind us that cardiac pathology encompasses far more than atherosclerosis.

Time frame and justice motive: future perspective moderates the adaptive function of general belief in a just world.

Background: The human ability to envision the future, that is, to take a future perspective (FP), plays a key role in the justice motive and its function in transcending disadvantages and misfortunes. The present research investigated whether individual (Study 1) and situational (Study 2) differences in FP moderated the association of general belief in a just world (GBJW) with psychological resilience.

Methodology/principal Findings: We investigated FP, GBJW, and resilience in sample of adolescents (n = 223) and disaster survivors (n = 218) in China.