“Misinformed” anxiety in the newsroom? The impact of presumed influence of misinformation, perception of journalism, and mental resilience

Mindfulness is increasingly viewed as a psychological resource for athletic performance, yet the sequential mechanism through which mindful awareness is translated into performance through cognitive reappraisal and psychological resilience remains insufficiently examined. This study constructed and tested a predictive model linking mindfulness, cognitive reappraisal, psychological resilience, and perceived athletic performance among competitive university athletes. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted with 482 competitive university athletes recruited from 19 universities in Sichuan Province, China. Validated scales were used to measure mindfulness, cognitive reappraisal, psychological resilience, and perceived athletic performance. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the hypothesized direct paths, and bias-corrected bootstrapping was applied to test the mediating and sequential mediating effects. Mindfulness was positively associated with athletic performance, cognitive reappraisal, and psychological resilience. Cognitive reappraisal and psychological resilience also positively predicted athletic performance, while cognitive reappraisal positively predicted psychological resilience. Bootstrapping supported the indirect effects of mindfulness on athletic performance through cognitive reappraisal and psychological resilience. The sequential mediation pathway from mindfulness to cognitive reappraisal, psychological resilience, and athletic performance was significant but modest, indicating a multi-stage self-regulatory process. The findings suggest that mindfulness may enhance athletic performance not only directly but also through emotion-regulation and resilience-building mechanisms. By clarifying the pathway from mindful awareness to cognitive reappraisal, psychological resilience, and performance, this study extends the Mindfulness-to-Meaning perspective to competitive sport and provides evidence for staged psychological training programmes that integrate mindfulness, cognitive reframing, and resilience development.

As a key indicator in sports psychology reflecting athletes' complex physiological and psychological responses to challenges or threats, athlete burnout has become a focal issue in research on athlete-coach interactions and athletic performance.Objective To investigate the impact of coaches' leadership behaviors on athlete burnout among Chinese collegiate student-athletes and to validate the mediating roles of psychological resilience and emotion regulation in this relationship.Method Using convenience sampling combined with cluster sampling, 519 student athletes from multiple Chinese universities were selected as participants. The study employed the Coach Leadership Behavior Scale, the Burnout Scale, the Psychological Resilience Scale, and the emotion regulation Difficulty Scale for measurement. Data analysis utilized SPSS 21.0 and the Hayes Process macro for correlation analysis and mediation effect testing.Results (1) Significant gender differences emerged: Male athletes exhibited lower levels of psychological resilience and emotion regulation difficulties (i.e., stronger regulation abilities), with significantly lower sports burnout scores than female athletes (P < 0.05). No significant differences were found based on age or athletic level (P > 0.05). (2) Coach leadership behaviors showed a significant negative correlation with athletic burnout (R = -0.543, P < 0.01) and exerted a direct negative predictive effect on burnout (β = -0.276, t = -7.726, P < 0.001). Positive leadership behavior significantly enhanced psychological resilience (β = 0.615, t = 12.956, P < 0.001) and reduced emotion regulation difficulties (β =-0.472, t=-7.929, P < 0.001). Psychological resilience positively predicted emotion regulation levels (β = -0.513, t = 10.696, P < 0.001) and indirectly reduced burnout (β = -0.116, t = -3.857, P < 0.001); Reduced emotion regulation difficulties also significantly decreased burnout (β = -0.160, t = -6.394, P < 0.001); (3) Mediational analysis revealed that psychological resilience and emotion regulation difficulties jointly mediated the relationship between leadership behaviors and athlete burnout. Direct effects accounted for 58.35% of the total effect, while indirect effects accounted for 41.65%. Examining individual pathways: psychological resilience alone mediated 15.01%, emotion regulation difficulties alone mediated 15.86%, and their chained mediation effect accounted for 10.78%. This indicates that positive leadership behaviors alleviate sports burnout through dual pathways: enhancing psychological resilience and reducing emotion regulation difficulties.Conclusion Coaches' positive leadership behaviors significantly reduce athletes' burnout levels by enhancing psychological resilience and reducing emotion regulation difficulties. Psychological resilience and emotion regulation difficulties play crucial chain-mediated roles in this mechanism. This finding expands the theoretical implications of leadership behaviors and mental health in sports psychology, providing an empirical foundation for psychological promotion, fatigue management, and performance enhancement among college athletes. Future research should integrate longitudinal tracking, multi-source data, and AI-based behavioral analysis methods to enhance model explanatory power and generalizability, thereby revealing the dynamic mechanisms linking sports leadership to athletes' psychological adaptation.

Critical care nurses serve as the frontline workforce during public health emergencies and crisis response periods, facing unprecedented psychological stressors that significantly impact their mental health and professional performance. This comprehensive review examines the psychological resilience factors and burnout prevention strategies among critical care nurses during extended crisis periods, with particular focus on recent public health emergencies. Through systematic analysis of psychological stressors, resilience mechanisms, and evidence-based interventions, this review identifies key factors contributing to nurse burnout including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, moral distress, and reduced personal accomplishment. The review explores individual resilience characteristics such as emotional regulation, coping strategies, social support systems, and adaptive thinking patterns that serve as protective factors against burnout. Organizational-level interventions encompassing leadership support, workload management, staff wellness programs, and resilience training initiatives are thoroughly evaluated. Additionally, the review highlights emerging innovations in mental health support including digital wellness platforms, peer support networks, and evidence-based psychological interventions. By synthesizing current research findings, this paper provides evidence-based recommendations for developing comprehensive burnout prevention programs and enhancing psychological resilience among critical care nurses during crisis periods, ultimately improving patient care quality and healthcare system sustainability.

The article focuses on studying the influence of social media and the Internet on adolescents’ mental health, emphasizing their use as a tool for preventing crisis states. Key aspects of the relationship between activity in the digital environment and mental well-being are examined, including issues of social anxiety, shyness, and loneliness. Based on a review of recent scientific studies, the critical role of social media in shaping resilience mechanisms to mental disorders and developing prevention strategies is highlighted. The research underscores the importance of considering the impact of social networks on the development of adolescents’ mental resilience and the creation of strategies for actively using these platforms to support emotional well-being. The analysis shows that the deliberate integration of social media into daily life can minimize the risk of developing crisis states. Particular attention is given to the potential of social networks as tools for prevention, maintaining mental health resilience, and fostering interaction and collaboration. Adolescents in crisis situations can turn to online communities for support and advice, helping them feel less isolated. The study’s findings illustrate that interaction in the virtual environment can positively influence adolescents’ social adaptation and mental health. It is essential to understand the balance between physical, mobile, and virtual spaces while evaluating their impact on psychological well-being. Despite the advantages of social media, it is crucial to monitor usage time and content to minimize potential negative effects. The study concludes by emphasizing the need for further research and the development of intervention programs to effectively support adolescents’ mental health in the online environment, highlighting the significance of this direction in modern psychology and psychiatry.

BackgroundAlthough some factors, such as stigma and empowerment, influence the complex relationship between psychological resilience and quality of life, few studies have explored similar psychological mechanisms among patients with diabetes. Therefore, this study explored the mediating role of stigma and the moderating role of empowerment in the psychological mechanisms by which psychological resilience affects quality of life.MethodsFrom June to September 2022, data were collected by multi-stage stratified sampling and random number table method. Firstly, six tertiary hospitals in Wuhu were numbered and then selected using the random number table method, resulting in the First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College being selected. Secondly, two departments were randomly selected from this hospital: endocrinology and geriatrics. Thirdly, survey points were set up in each department, and T2DM patients were randomly selected for questionnaire surveys. In addition, we used the Connor-Davidson Elasticity Scale (CD-RISC) to measure the psychological resilience of patients, and used the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness (SSCI) to measure stigma. Empowerment was measured by the Diabetes Empowerment Scale (DES). Quality of Life was assessed by the Diabetes Quality of Life Scale (DQoL). We used SPSS (version 21) and PROCESS (version 4.1) for data analysis.Results(1) Psychological resilience was negatively correlated with stigma and quality of life, and positively correlated with empowerment. Stigma was positively associated with empowerment and quality of life. Empowerment was negatively correlated with quality of life. (2) The mediation analysis showed that psychological resilience had a direct predictive effect on the quality of life, and stigma partially mediated the relationship; Empowerment moderates the first half of "PR → stigma → quality of life"; Empowerment moderates the latter part of "PR → stigma → quality of life."ConclusionsUnder the mediating effect of stigma, psychological resilience can improve quality of life. Empowerment has a moderating effect on the relationship between psychological resilience and stigma, and it also has a moderating effect on the relationship between stigma and quality of life. These results facilitate the understanding of the relationship mechanisms between psychological resilience and quality of life.

BackgroundWith the increasing global attention on mental health issues, especially the psychological stress and life satisfaction problems faced by college students, it has become particularly important to explore how physical activity is associated with college students’ psychological resilience and quality of life through psychological mechanisms. This study aims to examine the association between physical activity on college students’ life satisfaction and psychological resilience, and to investigate the mediating roles of self-efficacy and perceived stress.MethodsThis study collected data from college students in several universities in China through online questionnaires, using the Body Self-Concept Questionnaire, Life Satisfaction Scale, the Chinese Revised Version of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Perceived Stress Scale to measure each variable. A total of 560 undergraduate students from three universities participated in the survey, reporting on their physical activity, life satisfaction, psychological resilience, self-efficacy, and perceived stress.ResultsThe findings show that physical activity was significantly associated with higher life satisfaction (r = 0.439, p < 0.001) and psychological resilience (r = 0.521, p < 0.001). Both self-efficacy (95% CI = [0.138, 0.255] and [0.245, 0.399]) and perceived stress (95% CI = [0.013, 0.070] and [0.040, 0.134]) played significant mediating roles in these processes. Specifically, physical activity was linked to better mental health and quality of life through its association with higher self-efficacy and lower perceived stress.Discussion and implicationsThis study validates the association between physical activity and improved college students’ life satisfaction and psychological resilience and reveals the mediating mechanisms of self-efficacy and perceived stress. These findings provide a scientific basis for designing exercise and psychological intervention programs for college students, with important practical implications.

To explore the relationship between social support and sleep quality of community workers in Wuhan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (the COVID-19 infection epidemic), this research constructed a mediating effect model to explore the mediating psychological mechanism of social support influencing sleep quality of front-line community workers. A total of 500 front-line community workers in Wuhan were investigated. We used the perceived social support scale (PSSS), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the perceived stress scale (PSS), and the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) to measure social support, psychological resilience, perceived stress and sleep quality. Specifically, the higher the PSQI, the worse the sleep quality. Pearson correlation structural equation model was used to analyze the relationship between these factors. The results showed that: (1) There was a significant negative correlation between social support, psychological resilience, and perceived stress of community workers and PSQI, that means, the higher the level of social support, psychological resilience, and perceived stress, the higher the sleep quality. (2) Social support positively predicted psychological resilience and perceived stress, and perceived stress negatively predicted PSQI. (3) Social support can affect sleep quality through the mediating role of psychological resilience and perceived stress, and the mediating role includes two paths: the single mediating role of perceived stress and the chain mediating role of psychological resilience-perceived stress. (4) Gender moderates the relationship between social support and perceived stress, and the influence of social support on perceived stress of women is higher than that of men. Gender moderates the relationship between psychological resilience and PSQI, and only women’s psychological resilience had a negatively predictive effect on PSQI, while men did not, which means that psychological resilience of female frontline community workers can positively predict sleep quality. This research reveals the relationship between social support and sleep quality and its mechanism and verifies that social support can indirectly affect physical health through psychological resilience and perceived stress. It provides reference suggestions and intervention guidance for improving the sleep quality of community workers.

EFL learners often experience anxiety and emotional stress, which can hinder their academic persistence and well-being. Although previous studies have examined self-efficacy, language anxiety, and emotion regulation separately, their combined effect on psychological resilience remains underexplored. Guided by self-efficacy theory, which emphasizes the importance of individuals' belief in their ability to cope with challenges, and emotion regulation theory, which focuses on how emotional management facilitates psychological adaptation, this study proposes a serial mediation model in which self-efficacy enhances resilience by reducing language anxiety and improving emotion regulation. This study used the self-efficacy scale, language anxiety scale, emotion regulation scale, and psychological resilience scale to collect 540 valid responses. Data were analyzed and processed with SPSS 26.0 software to examine the direct effect of self-efficacy on EFL learners' psychological resilience, along with the mediating functions of language anxiety and emotion regulation. Self-efficacy was significantly associated with psychological resilience (β = 0.096, p < 0.001). Language anxiety mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and resilience (β = 0.122, 95% CI: [0.070, 0.185]). Emotion regulation also mediated this relationship (β = 0.067, 95% CI: [0.033, 0.106]). Both language anxiety and emotion regulation together had a serial mediating effect (β = 0.065, 95% CI: [0.038, 0.099]). This study found that self-efficacy was positively associated with psychological resilience among EFL learners, with language anxiety and emotion regulation acting as sequential mediators. The findings offer theoretical support for understanding their psychological adaptation.

Children with lower-limb deformities encounter complex challenges impacting physical function and well-being. The Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society AIM (LLRS-AIM) index provides a standardized assessment of deformity complexity, but the relationship between complexity and quality of life remains poorly understood. This study aims to determine the strength of the relationship between lower limb deformity complexity and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents. We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study across 3 international centers over 2 years. Children aged 5 to 18 years with lower limb deformities completed the Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (PODCI), while clinicians assessed deformity complexity using the The Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society AIM index. Correlations between deformity complexity and quality of life were analyzed, results were compared with published norms, and differences between parent and adolescent reports were examined. Among 150 participants, deformity complexity showed strong negative correlations with global quality-of-life scores. The strongest relationships were observed in children with sports and physical activity function (r=-0.59, P<0.01). Children and adolescents with lower-limb deformities scored significantly lower than the general pediatric population in most PODCI domains. Interestingly, deformity complexity did not correlate with adolescent self-reported happiness levels, and adolescent happiness was similar to that of the general pediatric population, suggesting resilience in psychological adaptation. Children and adolescents with lower limb deformities experience significantly reduced quality of life, particularly concerning physical activities and sports participation. More complex deformities are linked to greater functional limitations and lower overall quality of life. While happiness in children with lower limb deformities is affected, adolescent happiness appears to be similar to that of the general pediatric population, which may indicate psychological adaptation and resilience. Level II-prospective cohort study.

The college years represent a critical period for the dynamic construction of psychological adaptation systems. To clarify the internal transformation mechanism from a supportive environment to the formation of psychological resilience, this study employed a questionnaire method to conduct three surveys at six-month intervals with 3090 Chinese college students. It examined the developmental trajectories and internal relationships among parental autonomy support, basic psychological need satisfaction, autonomous motivation, and psychological resilience. The results indicated that: (1) Parental autonomy support, basic psychological need satisfaction, autonomous motivation, and psychological resilience were all significantly positively correlated across the three measurements. (2) T1 parental autonomy support had a significant total effect on T3 psychological resilience. (3) Basic psychological need satisfaction and autonomous motivation played a longitudinal sequential mediating role between T1 parental autonomy support and T3 psychological resilience. Specifically, T1 parental autonomy support enhanced T2 basic psychological need satisfaction, which in turn strengthened T2 autonomous motivation, ultimately leading to higher T3 psychological resilience. The findings elucidate the dynamic process through which parental autonomy support fosters psychological resilience in Chinese college students by satisfying basic psychological needs and promoting autonomous motivation. This provides key longitudinal evidence for Self-Determination Theory and underscores the importance of constructing a collaborative family-school autonomy-supportive environment for cultivating college students' psychological resilience.

Pre-competition anxiety is common among athletes and, if not managed properly, can hinder performance and long-term development. While competitive pressure is known to contribute to pre-competition anxiety, the mechanisms behind this relationship remain unclear. According to the protective factor–risk factor model, psychological resilience may mediate the link between competitive pressure and anxiety, with coping strategies playing a moderating role. However, research on this integrated model is still limited. A survey was conducted with 2,056 athletes (1,321 males and 735 females, with 71.9% of participants aged between 18 and 22) to assess the relationships between competitive pressure, psychological resilience, coping strategies, and pre-competition anxiety. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to examine the mediating role of psychological resilience and the moderating effect of coping strategies on this relationship. Competitive pressure was significantly positively correlated with pre-competition anxiety. Psychological resilience mediated the relationship between competitive pressure and pre-competition anxiety (β = 0.264, t = 17.772, p < 0.001). Coping strategies significantly moderated the relationship between competitive pressure and psychological resilience (β = -0.303, t = 5.999, p < 0.001). This study identified the psychological mechanism through which competitive pressure affects athletes’ pre-competition anxiety via psychological resilience and highlighted that positive coping strategies can reduce the negative impact of competitive pressure on resilience. It emphasizes the importance of strengthening psychological resilience and fostering positive coping strategies in psychological interventions to help athletes manage pre-competition anxiety and improve their performance. However, the cross-sectional design of this study limits the ability to draw causal inferences. Future research could adopt a longitudinal design and explore additional factors, such as personality traits, that may further influence athletes’ responses to competitive pressure.

To investigate the anxiety status of Chinese patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) and its relationship with psychological resilience and perceived stress. A sampling method was used to select 606 DR patients, and the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10), Perceived Stress Scale short-form (PSS-10), and General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) were used for the survey. We used SPSS 26.0 to analyse the data and employed PROCESS v4.1 for the mediating effect test. The incidence of anxiety in DR patients was approximately 53.63%, with psychological resilience (CD-RISC-10 average=27.51±8.32) and perceived stress (PSS-10 average=15.97±6.54). Anxiety was negatively correlated with psychological resilience (r=-0.569, P<0.01) and positively correlated with perceived stress (r=0.638, P<0.01). Additionally, psychological resilience was negatively correlated with perceived stress (r=-0.681, P<0.01). Perceived stress had a positive predictive effect on anxiety (total effect = -0.327, 95% bootstrap CI = -0.363 to -0.291), and it played a mediating role in the relationship between psychological resilience and anxiety, with a mediating effect size of 54.13%. Psychological resilience and perceived stress directly or indirectly affect anxiety, Perceived stress moderates the relationship between psychological resilience and anxiety as a mediating variable. By analyzing this psychological mechanism, this study provides a new perspective for applying psychology to chronic diseases and a scientific basis for medical staff to develop targeted psychological intervention measures.

PurposeMiddle-aged and older individuals are at a crucial stage of aging, marked by increased vulnerability to psychological and physiological challenges. Cancer has a negative impact on the quality of life of patients. Stigma is closely related to the quality of life (QoL) of middle-aged and older patients with malignant gynecological tumors, but the mechanism behind this relationship is still unclear. Sense of coherence (SOC) and psychological resilience (PR) are positive mental health factors that can alleviate psychological stress and improve the quality of life. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the mediating role of sense of coherence and psychological resilience between stigma and quality of life.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted from May 2023 to January 2024, involving a total of 428 postoperative patients from the gynecological oncology departments of four tertiary grade A hospitals in Fujian Province. Assessment tools included the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General scale, the Social Impact Scale, the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, and the Sense of Coherence Scale-13. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 24.0 software.ResultsDescriptive analyses showed generally low quality of life levels. Stigma negatively affected psychological resilience and quality of life, while psychological resilience positively affected quality of life. Stigma also negatively influenced the sense of coherence, whereas the sense of coherence positively affected quality of life. Furthermore, the sense of coherence had a positive effect on psychological resilience. The sense of coherence and psychological resilience partially mediated the relationship between stigma and quality of life.ConclusionsStigma has a direct impact on the quality of life and also exerts an indirect effect through the mediation of sense of coherence and psychological resilience. Clinical healthcare providers can improve patients’ quality of life by reducing stigma and promoting sense of coherence and psychological resilience.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00520-025-09818-7.

This empirical study aims to ascertain the main training-factors related challenges and stressors in the military institutes; to identify the factors contributing to the formation of cadets’ psychological resilience; to define the nature of cadets’ psychological resilience. The verbal-communicative method of survey was chosen as the research method; a questionnaire was used as a tool for survey research. The main stressors for cadets are: 1) heavy workload caused through the specifics of higher military educational institution training during which intensive training program is combined with the hardship of performing military service; this entails a lack of sleep and chronic fatigue; 2) the limitation of basic needs. Such factors as boredom, unfavorable social and psychological climate in the unit, incomprehensibility of orders are defined as stress-traumatic agents by a small number of cadets and are irrelevant for the most cadets. The main factors contributing to the formation of cadets’ psychological resilience to the effects of stress agents are: 1) aiming for positive emotional experience, enthusiasm, vivacity, optimism, joviality, ability to adapt to changes; 2) physical activity, maintaining physical fitness; 3) emotional, material, informational, moral support of relatives. Minimization of adverse impacts mainly occurs due to factors on the individual level. It turned out that under stressful conditions cadets try to expand the patterns of positive emotional experiences, to enrich their palette, due to which they maintain their enthusiasm, activity, cheerfulness and optimism. This approach is imlemented through playing computer adventurous games, listening to music, watching movies and videos, reading books, obtaining pleasure from certain types of food and drinks (sweets, tea, coffee, etc.), hobbies. Only a small number of respondents believe that team-level factors (friendships, participation in protocols, ceremonies, institutional policies) have a positive effect on cadets’ capacity to adapt to stress. Furthermore, the respondents are far from contemplating unit-level factors like contributing to cadets’ psychological stability. The backbone for cadets’ psychological resilience is: 1) personal assets (internal factors) aimed at maintaining a constant level of happiness and well-being in the face of stressors; 2) the ability to persevere despite difficulties; and 3) the use of coping mechanisms that promote positive psychological adaptation despite the influence of adverse factors.

Psychological resilience is crucial during prolonged instability, allowing individuals to adapt to change demands, manage intense stress, and maintain mental health. Engagement with horror media and morbid curiosity may be associated with resilience through simulated threat exposure, evidence remains limited in populations experiencing chronic crises. This study aims to examine the associations between horror-related film engagement, trait morbid curiosity, and psychological resilience among Lebanese university students living amid ongoing socio-economic and political instability. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 235 university students in Lebanon using a self-administered online survey. Measures included film genre preferences, the Pandemic Psychological Resilience Scale (PPRS), and the Morbid Curiosity Scale (MCS). Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analyses were performed. Participants demonstrated moderate to high psychological resilience (mean = 4.26 ± 0.81) alongside notable emotional distress. Morbid curiosity levels were moderate (mean = 3.42 ± 1.25) and were significantly associated with preferences for darker film genres, particularly crime (r = 0.539), horror (r = 0.524), and psychological thriller (r = 0.507) (p < 0.001). However, no significant association was found between psychological resilience and horror media engagement or morbid curiosity. A weak negative association was observed between preference for alien-invasion films and resilience (r = - 0.177, p = 0.006). While morbid curiosity is strongly linked to engagement with threat-related media, it does not appear to translate into increased psychological resilience in a chronic multi-crisis context. These findings highlight the importance of contextual factors in shaping adaptive psychological mechanisms.