Developmental Crisis Questionnaire (DCQ-12): psychometric characteristics of the Czech version among adult respondents

Self-esteem, social support, and life satisfaction in Chinese parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

Purpose: Transgender and nonbinary individuals often have limited educational and economic resources, lack social capital such as family and community support, and face discrimination. These factors are likely to have negative consequences for subjective well-being of transgender individuals. Yet, there is limited research using a national sample and comparing trans women, trans men, and nonbinary individuals. This study examined the impact of social support, social belonging, transgender connectedness, and discrimination on trans and nonbinary individuals' life satisfaction and negative affect. Methods: We used data from TransPop 2016-2018, the first survey conducted on a national probability sample of the transgender population in the United States. We focused on measures of life satisfaction and negative affect and their predictors, including social belonging, transgender connectedness, and everyday discrimination. Results: We found that trans men, trans women, and nonbinary individuals had lower life satisfaction and higher negative affect than cisgender heterosexual individuals. Social belonging had a positive effect on trans men and trans women's life satisfaction, whereas it had a negative effect on trans men and nonbinary individuals' negative emotion. While family support had a positive effect on trans men's life satisfaction, social support had mixed effects on nonbinary individuals' life satisfaction and negative affect. Finally, everyday discrimination had a negative influence on life satisfaction although there was variation by gender identity and dependent measure. Conclusion: Different factors predicted life satisfaction and negative affect of trans men, trans women, and nonbinary people. Thus, a one-size-fits-all model of trans and nonbinary subjective well-being does not work.

Homeschooling mothers often encounter unique psychological and practical challenges in fulfilling their dual roles as caregivers and educators. Social support is believed to be a crucial factor influencing their subjective well-being, which includes life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect. This study aimed to examine the mediating role of parenting self-efficacy in the relationship between social support and the subjective well-being of homeschooling mothers affiliated with Komunitas X in Jakarta and PKBM Y in Bandung. Using a quantitative, correlational design, the research involved a total of 114 homeschooling mothers who were selected through purposive sampling from Komunitas X in Jakarta and PKBM Y in Bandung. Participants completed validated self-report instruments measuring perceived social support, parenting self-efficacy, life satisfaction, positive affect and negative affect. Data were analyzed using Hayes’s PROCESS macro in SPSS version 25 to examine indirect effects. The results showed that social support significantly predicted parenting self-efficacy (b = 0.41, p <.001), which subsequently predicted life satisfaction (b = 0.11, p <.001), positive affect (b = 0.14, p <.001) and negative affect (b = -0.15, p <.001). Social support also had direct effects on all three well-being components. Indirect effects were significant for life satisfaction (b = 0.04; 95% CI [0.0138, 0.0962]), positive affect (b = 0.06; 95% CI [0.0194, 0.1170]), and negative affect (b = -0.06; 95% CI [-0.1312, -0.0205]), indicating partial mediation. These findings underscore the critical role of parenting self-efficacy in enhancing the benefits of social support. Interventions aimed at promoting parenting confidence and strengthening support networks could improve the overall well-being of homeschooling mothers.Ibu yang menjalani homeschooling sering menghadapi tantangan psikologis dan praktis yang unik dalam memenuhi peran ganda mereka sebagai pengasuh dan pendidik. Dukungan sosial diyakini sebagai faktor penting yang memengaruhi kesejahteraan subjektif mereka, yang mencakup kepuasan hidup, afek positif, dan afek negatif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji peran mediasi dari efikasi diri dalam pengasuhan terhadap hubungan antara dukungan sosial dan kesejahteraan pada ibu-ibu homeschooling yang tergabung di Komunitas X di Jakarta dan PKBM Y di Bandung. Dengan menggunakan desain kuantitatif korelasional, penelitian ini melibatkan total 114 ibu homeschooling yang dipilih melalui teknik purposive sampling dari Komunitas X di Jakarta dan PKBM Y di Bandung. Partisipan mengisi instrumen laporan diri terstandarisasi yang mengukur persepsi dukungan sosial, efikasi diri pengasuhan, kepuasan hidup, afek positif, dan afek negatif. Data dianalisis menggunakan Hayes’s PROCESS macro dalam SPSS versi 25 untuk menguji efek tidak langsung. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa dukungan sosial secara signifikan memprediksi efikasi diri pengasuhan (b = 0.41, p <.001), yang kemudian memprediksi kepuasan hidup (b = 0.11, p <.001), afek positif (b = 0.14, p <.001), dan afek negatif (b = -0.15, p <.001). Dukungan sosial juga memiliki efek langsung terhadap ketiga komponen kesejahteraan. Efek tidak langsung juga signifikan untuk kepuasan hidup (b = 0.04; 95% CI [0.0138, 0.0962]), afek positif (b = 0.06; 95% CI [0.0194, 0.1170]), dan afek negatif (b = -0.06; 95% CI [-0.1312, -0.0205]), yang menunjukkan adanya mediasi parsial. Temuan ini menekankan pentingnya efikasi diri pengasuhan dalam meningkatkan manfaat dukungan sosial. Intervensi yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kepercayaan diri dalam mengasuh dan memperkuat jaringan dukungan dapat meningkatkan kesejahteraan ibu homeschooling secara keseluruhan.

BackgroundNursing students often face challenges balancing personal pursuits with academic demands, which can hinder learning outcomes and impact psychological well-being. Previous studies have focused primarily on certain aspects of academic or non-academic factors influencing nursing student achievement; however, the combined and interactive effects of these factors remain underexplored.AimThis study aimed to explore the academic and non-academic psychological factors that influence nursing students’ achievement.MethodsAn analytical cross-sectional design was conducted using a stratified random sample of 421 nursing students at the College of Nursing. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires. Pearson correlations and path analysis were used to explore the variables’ relationships.ResultsThe model demonstrated good fit: Chi-square (χ2) = 0.71.5, p < .55, NFI = 0.967, RFI = 0.945, CFI = 0.992, and RMSEA = 0.028. Academic motivation(β = 0.30), well-being (β = 0.19), social support (β = 0.17), task performance (β = 0.13), self-esteem (β = 0.06), and study hours (β = 0.06) were the strongest positive predictors of Grade Point Average (GPA). Conversely, academic anxiety (β=-0.10) and negative affect (β=-0.07) were significant negative predictors. The findings also reveal a pattern of associations between key psychological resources and a range of academic and personal outcomes. Specifically, academic motivation and social support are both positively associated with a broad spectrum of adaptive outcomes, including measures of well-being, life satisfaction, self-esteem, self-efficacy, positive emotions, resilience, and performance (task performance, study hours). Moreover, both constructs are inversely associated with maladaptive states, such as academic anxiety and negative affect.ConclusionThe path analysis model elucidates the mechanisms through which facilitating and hindering factors influence nursing students’ academic achievement, thereby promoting or impeding their success. Academic motivation and social support serve as crucial contributors to academic success by ameliorating the impact of academic and non-academic factors on nursing students. This study highlights the importance of multifaceted interventions in nursing education, emphasizing strategies that enhance student motivation and social support through mentorship and faculty-led workshops. Cultivating a supportive academic environment and incorporating interactive curricula, self-monitoring, and simulations are crucial for improving academic and non-academic outcomes.Clinical trial numberNot applicable.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12912-025-04015-7.

This study investigated the role of social support and affective experience (i.e., positive affect and negative affect) in the relationship between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction. Participants included 748 Chinese adults with an age range of 16–60 years who completed the Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, the multi-dimensional scale of perceived social support, the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Structural equation modeling demonstrated that social support, positive affect and negative affect independently mediated the effect of trait emotional intelligence on life satisfaction, consistent with the social network and affective meditation models. More importantly, the identified serial mediation model indicated that emotional intelligence could influence life satisfaction through the chain mediating effect of “social support–positive affect” and “social support–negative affect”. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the links between these factors and suggest that high emotional intelligence may promote well-being from the social support and affective perspectives.

Core self-evaluations and coping styles as mediators between social support and well-being

This study examined both the mediating and moderating effects of global self-esteem on the relationship between social support and subjective well-being among Chinese university students. Three hundred and ninety-one university students (260 males and 131 females) from two different Chinese universities completed the social support scale, the self-esteem scale and the subjective well-being scale. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that global self-esteem partially mediated the influence of social support on life satisfaction and positive affect, whereas it fully mediated the influence of social support on negative affect. Moreover, global self-esteem moderated the relationship between social support and life satisfaction, and positive affect, but not negative affect. When students reported a high level of global self-esteem, those with high social support reported higher scores in life satisfaction and positive affect than those with low social support. However, there were no differences in life satisfaction or positive affect between groups with high and low social support when global self-esteem was low. The significance and limitations of the results are discussed.

The association between socio-cultural factors and well-being among young adult Middle Eastern migrants in Australia

IntroductionWhile the literature on deferred parenthood is rich in analyses of this topic from a sociological and medical point of view, psychological research is in the minority. The analysis also shows that there are no questionnaires to measure motives for postponing parenthood. This gap is filled by the Multidimensional Scale of Motives for Postponing Parenthood (MSMPP-18) which assesses the motivational forces that may lead to the decision to postpone parenthood. Given that most studies and articles on deferred parenthood are reported in English, the two main goals of Studies 1–3 reported in the present research were to: 1) validate the original Polish version of the MSMPP-18 into English; 2) confirm its convergent validity.MethodsThe original version of the MSMPP-18 was translated into English by two independent psychologists fluent in academic English using a traditional forward-backward translation technique. The factorial structure of the MSMPP-18-EN and its psychometric characteristics were verified through Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The criterion validity of the scale was examined using the correlation between the motives for postponing parenthood and a nomological set of variables in Studies 1–3 (total N = 664; n1 = 247; n2 = 239; n3 = 178).ResultsThe CFA statistics provided empirical evidence that the MSMPP-18-EN has good fit indices across Studies 1–3, both for the first-order model and the second-order model. The research confirmed that the English-language version of the scale reveals factors analogous to the original scale: 1) feeling of uncertainty and incompetence; 2) self-focus; 3) parenthood as a burden; 4) fear of change; 5) financial security concerns; and 6) worry about a child’s future. The values of Cronbach’s alpha (Studies 1–3: 0.75–0.95; 0.68–0.93; 0.77–0.93), McDonald’s Omega (Studies 1–3: 0.76–0.96; 0.73–0.93; 0.79–0.93), and CR (Studies 1–3: 0.89–0.97; 0.80–0.99; 0.78–0.99) displayed good internal reliability. Data from Studies 1–3 also showed that procrastination, future anxiety, need for closure, negative emotions toward God, and family disfunction positively and significantly correlated with motives for delayed parenthood and its overall score. On the other hand, motives of postponed parenthood were negatively and significantly correlated with psychological capital, social support, positive emotions toward God, life satisfaction, self-efficacy, and self-regulation.ConclusionsThe presented validation of what is probably the first scale measuring the motives for deferred parenthood allows us to assume that the MSMPP-18-EN tool in the English version meets the theoretical and empirical criteria of a good questionnaire.

This study aimed to evaluate construct validity and other psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in the Brazilian context. To do so, three studies were conducted. Study I evaluated the discriminative power and the homogeneity of the items, the factor structure and the internal consistency of the scale. 101 individuals from the general population of Fortaleza (CE) participated, with ages from 18 to 94 years (M = 41.8; SD = 22.6), mostly female (57.4%), single (48.5%) and Catholic (60.4%). Results indicated a single factor structure and satisfactory internal consistency. The second study tested the factor structure through a confirmatory factor analysis. This study counted with 184 individuals from the general population of Fortaleza (CE), aged 18 to 85 years (M = 40.4; SD = 22.8), mostly female (53.3%), single (52.2%) and Catholic (62.5%). Results indicated satisfactory goodness-of-fit indexes, except for the RMSEA. Study III evaluated the temporal stability and convergent validity of the SWLS. 51 students from Fortaleza (CE) participated. The subjects were aged between 18 and 47 years old (M = 22.9; SD = 4.5), mostly male (56%), single (96.1%) and Catholic (48%). 34 participated on the retest. Data collection was performed in classrooms and retest was conducted after 30 days. Results indicated good temporal stability and significant correlations between life satisfaction and positive and negative affect. We conclude that the SWLS presented satisfactory levels of validity and reliability and can be used to predictive models involving mental health in Brazilian context.

Perceived neighbourhood cohesion and health among mid-aged Australian women

Chinese validation of the Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (BEAQ) in college students

ABSTRACTIndividual differences in time of day preference have important correlates. Morningness is associated with greater well-being, while eveningness is associated with more maladaptive behaviors, psychological distress, and disorder. The availability of valid, reliable, questionnaire scales is central to this ongoing research. The recently developed Morningness–Eveningness-Stability-Scale improved (MESSi) utilizes items from previously established scales to assess the dimensions of Morning Affect (MA), Eveningness (EV), and amplitude of diurnal variation/distinctness (DI). The current study developed a Chinese version of the MESSi scale. A sample of 767 Chinese university students completed the translated MESSi, the reduced Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (rMEQ), and scales assessing sleep quality, positive and negative affect, the big five personality dimensions, and life satisfaction. An independent sample of 80 undergraduates completed the MESSi twice over a 14–19 day period. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis both supported the original three-factor structure of the MESSi, with the subscales of MA, EV, and DI. Internal consistency and test–retest reliability were acceptable/good, and expected correlations with other measures were found, including: MA correlated positively with the rMEQ, conscientiousness, positive affect, and life satisfaction; EV correlated negatively with rMEQ and conscientiousness; DI correlated positively with poor sleep quality, negative affect, and neuroticism. Overall, the results support the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the MESSi.

Youth is a very important phase in the development process of human being. In this stage of life an individual is practically launched into the outside world. The success of youth in challenging world in academics and other spears of life depends upon innate abilities and psychological resources. Hope and life satisfaction plays a significant role for development of youth.Now, with availability of plentiful opportunities, the choices are becoming increasingly complex and confusing. The youths who are hopeful and satisfied with life can take up these challenges and can prepare for their better future. Snyder (2000) has conceptualized Hope as the sum of the capability to plan one's ways to attain your desired goals, regardless of barriers and motivation to use these pathways. Hopeful thoughts are centered on the belief that one can discover pathways to desired objectives and become motivated to make the most of those pathways. Hope includes a belief that one knows how to reach one's goals (Pathways) and a belief that one has the motivation to use those pathways to reach one's goals (Agency)' (Snyder, Rand, & Sigmon, 2002).Satisfaction with one's life implies contentment with or acceptance of one's life circumstances, or the fulfilment of one's wants and needs for one's life as a whole. The Satisfaction with Life Scale was created to assess a person's global judgment of life satisfaction (Diener et al., 1985). Life satisfaction may be defined as a conscious, cognitive, global judgment of one's own life. It is not an assessment based on externally imposed objective standards, but rather depends upon a comparison of one's life circumstances to one's own internal standards or criteria (Diener et al., 1985; Pavot et al., 1991; Pavot & Diener, 1993).In present study temporal dimension of life satisfaction is used. The temporal focus allows for a more comprehensive examination among past, present and future level of global life satisfaction. This could be useful in examining the life satisfaction across the life span of an individual or examine an individual who has undergone significant life changes, which might denote sharp contrast in levels of life satisfaction between different temporal frames (Pavot & Diener, 1993 ).Hopeful youths have a tendency to be happy and satisfied with life. People with high hopes are successful in their goal pursuits and, as a result, tend to experience more positive emotions. The relationship between hope and other factors is assessed and reported by various researchers (Lopez et al., 2003; Snyder et al., 2002; Argyle, 2001; Snyder et al., 1999; Marques, Lopez, & Mitchell, 2012). People with low hopes tend to have more difficulty in overcoming the barriers to goal attainment and, therefore, tend to experience more negative emotions (Lopez et al., 2003; Snyder et al., 2002). Hope plays a significant role in an individual's achievement of life. Hope improves athletic performance, aids psychological adjustment and increases perceived social support. Hopeful thinking can increase sense of mastery and self-efficacy (Argyle, 2001 ; Snyder et al., 1999). These factors seem to increase a sense of satisfaction with life.A longitudinal study examined the relation between hope, spirituality, religious practice and life satisfaction of students. The results from the cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis suggest that hope and spirituality, but not religious practice, were strongly linked to adolescents' life satisfaction. Hope significantly predicted life satisfaction at a single time point, 6-months and 1-year later, and spirituality scores added significant variance beyond hope scores. All the variables demonstrate moderate to high stability across 6-months and 1year time frame; no significant changes were found between the variables across the administration's (Marques, Lopez, & Mitchell, 2012).The purpose of present study is to understand the relationship between satisfaction with life and hope in the lives of youths. …

To examine a biopsychosocial framework of patient disability in patients suffering from interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). To evaluate the impact of psychosocial factors on the relationship between pain and disability within women with IC/BPS. Women with IC/BPS completed questionnaires including demographics, symptoms and problems (IC Symptom and Problem Indices), pain (McGill Pain Questionnaire), quality of life (Medical Outcomes Study - Short Form 12), disability (Pain Disability Index) and psychosocial variables (Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale; State Trait Anxiety Inventory; Pain Catastrophizing Scale; Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were employed to determine the factor structure and composition of the measured variables. Structural equation modelling was used to examine model fit and the mediation effect of the psychosocial factors (negative affect, catastrophizing and social support) on impairments and functional disability. Questionnaires completed by 196 women with IC/BPS provided data for the present study. The measurement model showed good fit to the data. Negative affect (P < 0.001) and catastrophizing (P < 0.001) were significant in explaining the relationship between impairments and functional disability, whereas social support did not. Disability in patients suffering from IC/BPS is partially explained by the impact of negative affect and catastrophizing. As a result of the refractory nature of IC/BPS, patient management within a biopsychosocial framework represents an essential area of investigation. Decreases in negative affect and catastrophizing will probably lead to improvements in pain-related disability.