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Item Open Access Acute stress, behavioural symptoms and mood states among school-age children with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder during the COVID-19 outbreak(Elsevier, 2020-04-09) Zhang, Jinsong; Shuai, Lan; Yu, Hui; Wang, Zhouye; Qiu, Meihui; Lu, Lu; Cao, Xuan; Xia, Weipin; Wang, Yuanyuan; Chen, RunsenItem Embargo Benefits of nature-based intervention in combating the impact of urbanization on psychopathology in industrialized societies(Walters Kluwer, 2024-05) Wang, Yuanyuan; Timms, Franklin; Li, Jiaqi; Yu, HuiPurpose of review The assumption has been made that urbanization adversely affects mental health, primarily attributed to the lack of access to nature. Our objective is to examine whether nature-based interventions can reduce psychopathology within an urban setting. Recent findings Nature-based interventions are generally categorized as either physical or virtual. Physical interventions engage participants in various activities like passive exposure, outdoor swimming, or physical activities in natural environments. On the other hand, virtual interventions expose participants to visual, auditory, or even olfactory stimuli to simulate natural environments. While most interventions achieved some degree of success in enhancing overall well being, not all demonstrated a significant reduction in depression and anxiety. Summary The review identified a shortage of well designed and well implemented outdoor or virtual nature-based interventions. Longitudinal designs in physical nature-based interventions provided the strongest evidence for reducing anxiety and depression. Multisensory virtual nature-based interventions also show significant potential for alleviating anxiety and depression in urban dwellers. Conversely, brief nature-based interventions yielded inconsistent results in improving mental health. Urgent investment in high-quality interventions and research in this domain is imperative to inform policy and enhance overall mental health in urban settings.Item Open Access Emotion expression on social networking sites: A study of young persons’ use of Facebook and Twitter in the UK.(Global science and technology forum, 2016) Yu, Hui; John-Baptiste, SabrinaThe healthy dosage of emotion expression through the proper channel is important for well-being. With the growing use of social networking sites (SNS), many may choose to express emotions online. The present study explores the pattern of emotion expression on SNS among young persons in the United Kingdom. One hundred participants aged between 18-28 were invited to a survey study, investigating the influence of personality, offline emotion expression, and interpersonal relationship on one’s emotion expression on Facebook and Tweeter. Results revealed that most participants chose to interact with friends or family members in real world to disclose their emotions but not to use SNS, especially when negative emotions were concerned. Participants also reported little benefit to express negative emotions on SNS in comparison to speaking to friends or family members. Moreover, people also posted significantly more positive than negative information on SNS. Among all psychological variables tested, only personality trait extroversion significantly predicted the proportion of positive posts people published on SNS: the higher the extroversion score, the more likely one posted positive information on SNS. In conclusion, young persons in the UK do not overly rely on SNS to disclose their emotions; and the pattern of emotion expression offline and the availability of support in real world do not influence one’s usage of SNS on emotion disclosure.Item Open Access Fifty shades of darkness: A socio-cognitive information-processing framework applied to narcissism and psychopathy(Taylor & Francis Online, 2021-03-03) Lopes, Barbara; Yu, Hui; Bortolon, Catherine; Jaspal, RusiExisting trait-based and cognitive models of psychopathy and narcissism fail to provide a comprehensive framework that explains the continuum between sub-clinical and clinical presentations of those personalities and to predict associated maladaptive behavior in different social and cultural contexts. In this article, a socio-cognitive information-processing framework for narcissism and psychopathy (SCIPNP) is proposed to explain how psychopathic and narcissistic schemata influence the activation of psychological processes that interact with social and cultural contexts to display those personalities at a sub-clinical level. The proposed framework enables us to predict maladaptive behavior and to explain how sub-clinical narcissists and psychopaths develop personality disorders. The SCIPNP emphasizes the role of culture in shaping motives, appraisals, behavior and affect. Recommendations for future research are provided.Item Open Access How to Build a Supervised Autonomous System for Robot-Enhanced Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder(De Gruyter, 2017-05-11) Esteban, P. G.; Baxter, Paul; Belpaeme, Tony; Billing, Erik; Cai, Haibin; Cao, Hoang-Long; Coeckelbergh, Mark; Costescu, Cristina; David, Daniel; De Beir, Albert; Fang, Yingfeng; Ju, Zhaojie; Kennedy, James; Liu, Honghai; Mazel, Alexandre; Pandey, Amit; Richardson, Kathleen; Senft, Emmanuel; Thill, Serge; Van de Perre, Greet; Vanderborght, Bram; Vernon, David; Yu, Hui; Ziemke, TomRobot-Assisted Therapy (RAT) has successfully been used to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) through remote control of the robot in so-called Wizard of Oz (WoZ) paradigms.However, there is a need to increase the autonomy of the robot both to lighten the burden on human therapists (who have to remain in control and, importantly, supervise the robot) and to provide a consistent therapeutic experience. This paper seeks to provide insight into increasing the autonomy level of social robots in therapy to move beyond WoZ. With the final aim of improved human-human social interaction for the children, this multidisciplinary research seeks to facilitate the use of social robots as tools in clinical situations by addressing the challenge of increasing robot autonomy.We introduce the clinical framework in which the developments are tested, alongside initial data obtained from patients in a first phase of the project using a WoZ set-up mimicking the targeted supervised-autonomy behaviour. We further describe the implemented system architecture capable of providing the robot with supervised autonomy.Item Open Access Interactions between migrant race and social status in predicting acceptance of climate migrants in Norway(Springer, 2023-04-15) Bye, Hege H; Yu, Hui; Portice, Jenny Sofia; Ogunbode, Charles AAn emerging stream of research documents that climate migrants are more acceptable than economic migrants to citizens in high-income countries. However, extant research has not considered migrant race, and how race, along with socioeconomic status, interact with reasons for migrating to impact the perceptions of acceptability among residents in the receiving society. We investigated the joint effects of reason for migration (economic vs. climate), race (Black vs. White), and socioeconomic status (low vs. high) on migrant acceptability judgments among a national sample of Norwegian residents (N = 1637) using a preregistered survey experiment. The results indicate that climate migrants are more acceptable to participants than economic migrants, and White migrants are preferred to Black migrants. There was also an interaction between reason for migrating, race, and social status whereby Black, low social status, and economic migrants were less accepted than any other migrant profile. Especially notable was the finding that Black climate migrants of low socioeconomic status were seen by participants as being much more acceptable than Black economic migrants of low socioeconomic status. The notion that climate and economic migrants can be meaningfully differentiated in the real world is debatable. Nonetheless, our study suggests that framing migrants’ motivation in terms of environmental influences, compared with economic motivations, has potentially major effects on migrant acceptance in receiving societies.Item Open Access Interoception enhanced via the ears?(Journal of Psychophysiology, 2018-04-24) Hall, J. K.; Lopes, Barbara; Yu, HuiHeartbeat perception tasks are used to measure interoceptive accuracy. This paper explores the effect of reducing external auditory stimuli on heartbeat perception. Three samples (121 participants in total) performed a heartbeat perception task. Samples 1 and 2 wore ear-protectors and sample 3 did not. There were no differences in interoceptive accuracy between samples 1 and 2 but samples 1 and 2 showed significantly higher interoceptive accuracy than sample 3. These results suggest ear-protectors could be used to manipulate heartbeat perception and that the auditory component of heartbeat perception might be given greater consideration.Item Open Access Mental Health Status of Cisgender and Gender-Diverse Secondary School Students in China(American Medical Association, 2020-10-27) Wang, Yuan Yuan; Yu, Hui; Yang, Yong; Drescher, Jack; Li, Ronghua; Yin, Weijia; Yu, Renjie; Wang, Shuilan; Deng, Wei; Jia, Qiufang; Zucker, K. J.; Chen, RunsenItem Open Access A New Measure of General Trait Neuroticism about Body Signals and Worry Specific to Body Signals: The Body Signals Attention and Worry Scale (BSAWS)(2016-02-23) Lopes, Barbara; Yu, Hui; Hall, J. K.A new scale was developed to measure trait neuroticism and state worry about bodily signals (the BSAWS). 72 British participants were recruited to complete a heartbeat counting task and then a battery of questionnaires comprising of the BSAWS, the state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI), the emotion regulation questionnaire (ERQ) and the paranoid checklist (PC) and state social paranoia scales (SSPS). Confirmatory factor analysis supported a four-factor model of the BSAWS, with factors of ‘trait neuroticism’, ‘trait unconcern’, ‘state mindfulness’ and ‘state worry’. These results broadly support a two–dimensional model of bodily signals’ attention and worry. Correlational analyses showed concurrent validity of the BSAWS construct with other previously established measures of anxiety, paranoia and emotional regulation. Applications for the scale include measurement of attention and worry during different tasks and/or behaviours, with the potential for clinical use to study the aetiology of various body-related mental health disorders.Item Open Access Post-traumatic stress disorder and the role of resilience, social support, anxiety and depression after the Jiuzhaigou earthquake: A structural equation model(Elsevier, 2020-02-11) Xi, Yingjun; Yu, Hui; Yao, Yiming; Peng, Ke; Wang, Yuanyuan; Chen, RunsenThis is the first study to investigate the mechanism of Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after the 2017 7.0 Ritcher scale Jiuzhaigou earthquake. In order to identify the mechanism underling interactions among different factors associated with PTSD symptoms. Three months after the earthquake, 607 participants from the heavy damaged areas were recruited in this survey. Demographic information and scale measurements on social support, resilience, anxiety, depression, and PTSD were collected using standardized questionnaire. The result showed that PTSD, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms prevalence in the severely affected area were 52.7 %, 53.8 % and 69.6 %, respectively. Resilience and social support had direct effects on PTSD, as well as indirect effects on PTSD through anxiety and depression. The proposed mechanism on PTSD explained the paths among the measured variables, which explained the risk and protective factors related to PTSD. This current study has important practical implications for understanding mental health status of earthquake victims.Item Metadata only Public Restroom Access and Mental Health Among Gender-Minoritized Individuals in China(American Medical Association, 2024-05-03) Wang, Yuanyuan; Liu, Dongyu; Han, Meng; Li, Jiaqi; Yu, HuiThis cross-sectional study assesses the adequacy of gender-neutral public restrooms and examines the association of public restroom–related stress with mental health among gender-diverse individuals in China.Item Open Access The relationship between childhood trauma and Internet gaming disorder among college students: A structural equation model(AKJournals, 2020-04-07) shi, Lijuan; Wang, Yuanyuan; Yu, Hui; Wilson, Amanda; Cook, Stephanie; Duan, Zhizhou; Peng, Ke; Hu, Zhishan; Ou, Jianjun; Duan, Suqian; Yang, Yuan; Ge, Jiayu; Wang, Hongyan; Chen, Li; Zhao, Kaihong; Chen, RunsenBackground The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and the associated interaction effects of childhood trauma, depression and anxiety in college students. Methods Participants were enrolled full-time as freshmen at a University in the Hunan province, China. All participants reported their socio-demographic characteristics and undertook a standardized assessment on childhood trauma, anxiety, depression and IGD. The effect of childhood trauma on university students' internet gaming behaviour mediated by anxiety and depression was analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM) using R 3.6.1. Results In total, 922 freshmen participated in the study, with an approximately even male-to-female ratio. A mediation model with anxiety and depression as the mediators between childhood trauma and internet gaming behaviour allowing anxiety and depression to be correlated was tested using SEM. The SEM analysis revealed that a standardised total effect of childhood trauma on Internet gaming was 0.18, (Z = 5.60, 95% CI [0.02, 0.05], P < 0.001), with the direct effects of childhood trauma on Internet gaming being 0.11 (Z = 3.41, 95% CI [0.01, 0.03], P = 0.001), and the indirect effects being 0.02 (Z = 2.32, 95% CI [0.00, 0.01], P = 0.020) in the pathway of childhood trauma-depression-internet gaming; and 0.05 (Z = 3.67, 95% CI [0.00, 0.02], P < 0.001) in the pathway of childhood trauma-anxiety-Internet gaming. In addition, the two mediators anxiety and depression were significantly correlated (r = 0.50, Z = 13.54, 95% CI [3.50, 5.05], P < 0.001). Conclusions The study revealed that childhood trauma had a significant impact on adolescents' Internet gaming behaviours among college students. Anxiety and depression both significantly mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and internet gaming and augmented its negative influence. Discussion of the need to understand the subtypes of childhood traumatic experience in relationship to addictive behaviours is included.Item Embargo The utility of the YLS/CMI-SV for assessing youth offenders in Singapore.(SAGE, 2014-06-17) Chu, Chi Meng; Yu, Hui; Lee, Yirong; Zeng, GeraldThe Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory–Screening Version (YLS/CMI-SV) is designed to provide a preliminary estimate of the level of risk for antisocial behaviors as well as an indication of areas for intervention in youth offenders. This study examined the predictive validity of the YLS/CMI-SV for violent, nonviolent, and general recidivism in a sample of 3,264 youth offenders within a Singaporean context (Mfollow-up = 1,764.5 days; SDfollow-up = 521.5). Cox regression and Receiver Operating Characteristic analyses revealed that the YLS/CMI-SV is significantly predictive of general, violent, and nonviolent recidivism for the male youth offenders, but there were mixed results for the female youth offenders. Overall, these results indicated that the YLS/CMI-SV is a useful measure for assessing the levels of risk for male youth offenders, and more investigation is needed to determine the suitability of the YLS/CMI-SV for the female youth offenders. Its implications for clinical practice and policy are discussed.Item Open Access The victim-bully cycle of sexual minority school adolescents in China: prevalence and the association of mood problems and coping strategies(Cambridge University Press, 2020-11-06) Wang, Yuan Yuan; Yu, Hui; Yang, Yong; Li, Ronghua; Wilson, Amanda; Wang, Shuilan; Drescher, Jack; Chen, RunsenItem Open Access Who do you troll and why: An investigation into the relationship between the Dark Triad Personalities and online trolling behaviours towards popular and less popular Facebook profiles.(Elsevier, 2017-08-24) Lopes, Barbara; Yu, HuiThis experiment examined the influence of Dark Personalities in trolling behaviour towards popular and less popular Facebook profiles. One-hundred and thirty-five participants were recruited to view two fake Facebook profiles and rated on how much they would agree with some trolling comments to each profile, as well as how they perceived themselves in comparison to each profile in terms of social acceptance and rank. In addition, participants completed the short dark personality questionnaire. Results suggested Psychopathy was positively associated with trolling behaviours while Narcissism was associated with a tendency to see oneself superior to others. Moreover, the higher the Psychopathy score the more likely the participants would troll the popular profile. On the other hand, the higher the Narcissism score, the more likely participants perceive themselves more superior to the popular profile. These analyses revealed the different influence Dark Personality traits play on different behavioural tendencies. The discussion on the dynamics among the Dark Personalities in relationship with online behaviours and the implications of the study were also included.