Jingjing Wang¹, Xiangli Guan^1,*, Sumei Yin¹, Sha Shen², Xuejiao Li¹, Md Zahir Ahmed³, Mary C. Jobe⁴, Oli Ahmed⁵

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 39-50, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.019635

Abstract An individual’s perception, attitude, feeling and behavior about their body are important factors for mental health (depression). This study aims to explore the impact of body investment on depression, and the role of self-efficacy and self-esteem in this connection. A hypothetical model about the relationship between body investment, selfefficacy, self-esteem and depression was tested. Using convenient sampling methods, a self-rated cross-sectional survey comprised of paper-based and online modes was conducted among 1,164 college students in Yunnan Province, China from July 2021 to August 2021. The data collection used the body investment scale, self-efficacy scale, self-esteem scale and depression scale. The… More >

Maliheh Shadi¹, Nooshin Peyman², Ali Taghipour³, Alireza Jafari⁴, Hadi Tehrani^2,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 25-38, 2022, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2021.017343

Abstract The present study was conducted aiming at investigating the effect of social media-based intervention according to the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to control the academic stress of the students. This study comes in two descriptive and quasi-experimental sections in the Academic Year 2018–19. In order to determine the effect of planned behavioral constructs on stress levels, the descriptive study was conducted on 320 students. The quasiexperimental study was organized to determine the effect of a social media-based educational intervention on the TPB on 180 students. Data collection was conducted through questionnaires of personal information, Gadzella’s Student-Life Stress Inventory, and… More >

Shaoying Liu^1,2,#, Qian Yu^3,#, Md Mahbub Hossain⁴, Scott Doig⁵, Ran Bao⁶, Yaping Zhao⁷, Jin Yan^8,*, Xun Luo³, Jiaxuan Yang³, Arthur F. Kramer^9,10, Liye Zou³

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 13-24, 2022, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2021.017660

Abstract This research is designed to investigate the relationship between the 24-h movement guidelines (24-HMG) and self-reported academic achievement (AA) using nationally representative data derived from the 2019 U.S. National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey. A multiple-stage cluster sampling procedure has been adopted to ensure a representative sample (N = 9127 adolescents; mean age = 15.7 years old; male% = 49.8%). Logistic regression has been adopted to obtain the odds ratio (OR) regarding the associations between adherence to 24-HMG and AA while controlling for ethnicity, body mass index, sex and age. The prevalence of meeting the 24-h movement guidelines in isolation and… More >

Lei Chen¹, Ting Wen^2,*, Jigan Wang¹, Hong Gao¹

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 69-84, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.018932

Abstract The average stress of people in China’s workplace is reaching the peak in recent two years. To improve employee’s positive psychological factors, Spiritual leadership has a good performance in this regard. Based on the mediating effect of goal self-concordance and self-efficacy, this paper further studies the impact of spiritual leadership on employee’s work engagement. Through the empirical study, the following conclusions are drawn: (1) Spiritual leadership significantly positively affects the employee’s work engagement. (2) Spiritual leadership has a significant positive effect on goal self-concordance and self-efficacy. (3) Goal self-concordance and self-efficacy have significant positive effects on employee’s work engagement. (4)… More >

Yun-Jung Choi¹, Mi-Ra Won², Dong-Hee Cho^1,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 85-94, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.018017

Abstract As industries develop, fire disasters and their associated damage are increasing. Investigating the mental health of victims is imperative because this is an essential issue for community recovery after a disaster. This study was conducted to determine the efficacy of a program implemented by a community mental health center based on the investigation of the victims’ depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) levels immediately after the disaster and at one-year follow-up. As a result, victims’ depression and PTSD recovered over time, and more changes were confirmed. In particular, the high-risk group for PTSD showed a high program participation rate, and… More >

Jelena Minić¹, Miljana Pavićević², Ana Stoševski¹, Biljana Jaredić¹, Dragana Stanojević¹, Radoje Šoškić^1,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 115-127, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.017859

Abstract The theoretical basis of the paper is Aron Antonovsky’s salutogenetic model of health, which is based on the salutogenic orientation and the sense of coherence understood as the central concept and the most important resource. The primary aim of the study is to determine the strength of the sense of family coherence in parents of optimally developing children and in parents of suboptimally developing children and their correlation with: family satisfaction and family orientation to crisis situations. The study was done using parents (N = 394) sampled from the population of the Republic of Serbia. Questionnaire for Obtaining Basic Data,… More >

Menglong Li^1,*, Xia Jiang², Yujia Ren¹

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 129-142, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.016671

Abstract Objective: To understand the influence of public square dancing on the subjective well-being of middle-aged and elderly people. Methods: According to the principle of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we search Chinese databases, such as CNKI, Wanfang Data, and VIP, and English databases, such as Proquest, Web of Science, Pubmed, Cochrane, and ScienceDirect, and collect relevant articles at home and abroad from 2006 to December 2019 for meta-analysis in January 2020. Result: A total of 10 articles were included. The meta-analysis results showed that the well-being of middle-aged and elderly people in the public square… More >

Louise Freeland¹, Michelle O’Reilly², Juliana Fleury³, Sarah Adams⁴, Panos Vostanis^1,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 51-67, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.015706

Abstract Social emotional literacy (SEL) interventions are widely implemented through schools, with growing evidence for a range of positive child outcomes. Increasingly, such interventions are delivered on online platforms. To date, there is limited evidence about digital SEL interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of children, parents and facilitator of the potential value of addressing SEL via tailored digital intervention. The intervention was designed to help children, in Brazil, to cope during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The intervention was delivered via a digital platform to groups of… More >

Raja Omar Bahatheg^*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.24, No.1, pp. 95-114, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2022.015169

Abstract This study investigated the impact of social media and media on children’s body satisfaction in early childhood. The effect of social media and media on children’s body image and differences between girls’ and boys’ acceptance of their body image were explored. A questionnaire and an illustrated body satisfaction scale were distributed to a sample of 491 children in Saudi Arabia (246 girls, 245 boys) aged 5–7 years. The results revealed differences between children’s responses to the illustrated body satisfaction scale and questionnaire. Questionnaire data revealed children were satisfied with their body image (91.4%, standard deviation [SD] 0.53), skin color (91.2%,… More >

Ghada Sultan Aljumaie, Ghada Hisham Alzeer, Sultan S. Alshamrani^*

Journal on Internet of Things, Vol.3, No.3, pp. 119-130, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jiot.2021.015900

Abstract The term Internet of Things has increased in popularity in recent years and has spread to be used in many applications around us, such as healthcare applications, smart homes and smart cities, IoT is a group of smart devices equipped with sensors that have the ability to calculate data, and carry out actions in the environment in which they are located, they are connected to each other through the Internet and recently it has become supported by 5G technology due to many advantages such as its ability to provide a fast connection, despite the efficiency of the IoT supported by… More >