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Behavioral Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 8

August 2023 - 81 articles

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Cover Story: Sexual minority young adults (SMYAs), compared to heterosexual young adults (HYAs), are a high-risk population for problematic substance use, a disparity perhaps exacerbated by COVID-19. This study tested whether SMYAs had more problematic substance use than HYAs during the pandemic due to isolation and loneliness, as well as lower family closeness. Participants (N = 141) aged 23–29 completed self-report surveys in 2014–2015 as college students and in 2021 as young adults. Though the results did not support our hypothesized effects, SMYAs experienced a lack of social safety—increased loneliness and decreased family closeness—compared to HYAs. Further research is needed to investigate both the impact and underlying processes of this decreased social safety on SMYA well-being beyond the pandemic to better inform tailored support. View this paper

Articles (81)

  • Feature Paper
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
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19 Pages

21 August 2023

The personal outcomes of Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) have recently gained popularity in research, but it is rarely studied in part-time or temporary employees and, in particular, in employed university students. The aim of the current s...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,939 Views
14 Pages

21 August 2023

Overall, pharmaceutical pictograms seem to improve medication adherence. However, little is known about how warning pictograms (e.g., “do not drive after taking”) on medication packages influence patients’ information-seeking strate...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,858 Views
12 Pages

Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Living in Residential Care before, during, and after Lockdown

  • María Dolores Gil-Llario,
  • Irene Díaz-Rodríguez,
  • Olga Fernández-García,
  • Verónica Estruch-García,
  • Mar Bisquert-Bover and
  • Rafael Ballester-Arnal

21 August 2023

Background: The impact of the COVID-19 on the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities (PID) has been little studied. Methods: We analyzed its impact with a cohort study quantitatively analyzing anxiety, depression, organic symptoms, quali...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,683 Views
15 Pages

21 August 2023

In today’s digital world, children are exposed extensively to electronic media, making it an integral part of their daily lives. However, excessive use of electronic media during childhood has been associated with various internalizing problems...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,440 Views
18 Pages

20 August 2023

There is a growing demand for health popular science information from the public. Online paid health popular science information provides a new channel for the public to obtain health popular science information and can meet users’ demands for...

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  • Open Access
28 Citations
20,152 Views
13 Pages

19 August 2023

Social anxiety is a serious psychological problem prevalent among Chinese college students, and appearance anxiety plays an important role in its development. Although some studies have explored the relationship between the two, the mediating mechani...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,559 Views
21 Pages

19 August 2023

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) results in various functioning impairments in children’s lives and families. Parents of children with ADHD report high levels of parenting stress, low levels of parental self-efficacy, and use of...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,754 Views
17 Pages

19 August 2023

The theory of cultural capital has long been applied to explain academic achievement. This qualitative study investigated first-year students in higher vocational colleges and, taking this low cultural capital group as an example, explored how cultur...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,685 Views
18 Pages

19 August 2023

With the trend of national cultural confidence and the growing appreciation for aesthetic diversity, traditional apparel from different countries or regions has become a driving force in the clothing industry. Hanfu, an emerging trend that industrial...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,353 Views
16 Pages

18 August 2023

Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating effects of social networks and wisdom on the relationship between lifestyle habits and healthy aging in older adults with chronic diseases. Methods: Participants were 120 community-dw...

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