1.The relationship of the parental rearing behaviors between the psychological status and post-traumatic stress disorder in the injured deliberately
Xiangdong XU ; Shuyun LV ; Yeling XIA ; Lina JIA ; Li ZHANG ; Yuee LI ; Xin WANG ; Ruichen MA ; Xiaoying CHEN ; Kaimu ML. ; Liping WANG ; Jinming YU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(1):69-72
ObjectiveTo study the relationship of the parental rearing behaviors between the psychological status and post-traumatic stress disorder in the injured deliberately.Methods 161 injured people were treated in five hospitals of the Urumqi and evaluated the self-reporting questionnaire-20 (SRQ20),7-items screening scale for PTSD( PTSD7 ),impact of event scale (IES) and symptom checklist 90 (SCL-90) in the third and the fourth week injured,including 113 injured people aged at 14 ~50 years old completed the Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran (EMBU).Two months after the injury,113 injured people were interviewed,including 106 injured people diagnosed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-Ⅳ-TR Axis Ⅰ Disorders/Patients (SCID-I/P) and 7 injured people were lost.ResultsFather's preferences correlated with the total score of IES ( r =- 0.234,P < 0.05 ) and avoid factor( r=-0.309,P< 0.01 ) positively,Mother's emotional warmth and understand correlated with the flashback factor of IES ( r =0.194,P < 0.05 ) negatively.The injured people were divided into three groups by diagnosis:the illness-free group,the PTSD group,and other group.Parental preferences correlated with Mental symptoms negatively.Father's punish severely,interference too much,refuse or deny and Mother's interference too much,over protection and punish severely correlated mental symptoms positively.The six subscales of father's rearing behaviors and the five subscales of mother's rearing behaviors had no significant difference.ConclusionsParental preferences in childhood can internalizes inside support to protect the psychological trauma in future.Father's punish severely,interference too much,refuse or deny and mother's interference too much,over protection and punish severely can damage mental health and aggravate symptoms after traumatic event.But the influence of parental rearing behaviors is limited to decide whether the injured people suffering from PTSD or other mental disorders.
2.Reliability and validity of idol worship scale in college students
Zhibing YANG ; Jieqiong GUO ; Liang XIA ; Xia ZHU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(1):89-91
ObjectiveTo develop the scale on idol worship for college students.Methods54 items were determined by reviewing items in relating literatures and scales,interview and panel discussion.Then about 110,182 and 277college students were picked out randomly as samples from colleges of Guangzhou.Item analysis,exploratory factor analysis,reliability analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to analyse the data.ResuitsIdol worship scale comprised four subscales:fascination,rational knowledge,the degree of concern and behavioral modification.The scale was comprised of 20 items,and the factor loading of the items ranged from 0.552 to 0.841.Cronbach's α coefficient of the four subscales were 0.894,0.715,0.769,0.758,and the Cronbach's α coefficient of the scale was 0.889.Confirmatory factor analysis showed a higher goodness of fit( RESEA =0.064,GFI =0.89,NFI =0.96,NNFI =0.98,CFI =0.98,IFI =0.98 ).ConclusionThe idol worship scale has good psychometric properties,and can be used as a measurement tool for measuring the idol worship of college students.
3.Effect of personality on adolescents' emotion regulation
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(1):79-81
ObjectiveTo explore the effect of adolescents'personality on emotion regulation.Methods 1073 adolescents were surveyed by adolescents' personality scale and emotion regulation scale.Resultspositive emotion regulation strategies were positively correlated with openness,agreeable,extraversion and conscientiousness ( r =0.359 ~ 0.455,P < 0.01 ),and were negatively correlated with neuroticism ( r =- 0.266,P< 0.01 ) ; negative emotion regulation strategies were negatively correlated with openness,agreeable,extraversion and conscientiousness ( r =- 0.117 ~ - 0.318,P < 0.01 ),and were positively correlated with neuroticism ( r =0.621,P< 0.01 ) ;emotion regulation competence were positively correlated with openness,agreeable,extraversion and conscientiousness ( r =0.402 ~ 0.498,P < 0.01 ),and were negatively correlated with neuroticism ( r =- 0.466,P < 0.01 ).Hierarchical regression analysis showed that cognitive reappraisal,positive refocusing,behavior diverting,rumination,self-suppressing and attacking others had an indirect effect between personality and emotion regulation competence (P < 0.01 ).ConclusionAdolescents' personality and emotion regulation strategies have effect on emotion regulation competence.
4.Relationships of driving coping styles with driving behaviors and road accidents of drivers
Yanzhang LI ; Jie JIA ; Lian YIN ; Qin TANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(1):73-75
ObjectiveTo explore the relationships of driving coping styles with driving behaviors and road accidents of drivers.MethodsThree hundreds and thirty-seven drivers were randomly surveyed by Driving Coping Questionnaire ( DCQ),Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ).Results ( 1 ) Except avoidance coping style,confrontive coping and emotion-focused coping were correlated positively with the three driving behaviors ( r =0.18 ~ 0.56,P < 0.01 ),and positive appraisal coping had negatively correlations with them (( r =-0.34 ~-0.41,P<0.01 ).(2)Positive appraisal coping,confrontive coping and emotion-focused coping could predict 33.5% of error behaviors and 23.5% of slip behaviors.And confrontive coping and positive appraisal coping could predict 40.2% of speeding and violation behaviors.(3) Compared with safety drivers,accident drivers had significantly differences in confrontive coping in mild and moderate crashes( t=-2.75,2.80,P< 0.01 ).ConclusionDriving coping styles are the important factors influencing drivers' behaviors and road safety.
5.Relationship between subjective well-being and family care degree of medical college students
Yulan YU ; Jianfeng TAN ; Hezhan LI ; Jun LUO ; Chonghua WAN
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(1):66-68
ObjectiveTo study the relationship between subjective well-being and family care degree of medical college students.Methods2695 medical college students were tested by Family APGAR index and Oxford Happiness Test-Revised.The data was analyzed by independent-sample t test,pearson correlations and linear regression.Results ( 1 ) The subjective well-being and family care degree and its factors of college students were above average.The score of subjective well-being was 43.08 ± 11.16,and the score of family care degree was 6.48 ±2.39.(2)The family care degree( t=3.462,P<0.01) and its adaptation( t=2.718,P<0.01),partnership( t =4.178,P<0.01),and growth( t=4.484,P<0.01 ) of female students were higher than male students.The family care degree ( t =3.939,P < 0.01 )and its adaptation ( t =4.683,P < 0.01 ),partner-ship ( t =3.306,P< 0.01 ),and growth ( t =2.796,P < 0.01 ) and subjective well-being( t =3.508,P< 0.01 ) of the students who came from cities and towns were higher than the students who came from rural.(3)There was a significant relation between subjective well-being and family care degree and its factors( r=0.197 ~ 0.357,all P<0.05 ).The partner-ship,resolve,growth and affection can forecast together the 13.2% variance of subjective well-being.ConclusionEnhancing family care degree is contribute to the subjective well-being and psychological health of medical college students.
6.A cross-lagged regression analysis between resilience, mental health and psychological stress of recruits during training
Yi MIAO ; Min LI ; Yong LAN ; Yupei ZHANG ; Bo CHEN
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(1):59-62
ObjectiveTo explore the resilience and mental health of recruits during training,and to investigate mutual prediction of resilience between mental health and psychological stress to provide the scientific evidence for the mental health training and psychological selection of recruits.MethodsConnor-Davidson resilience questionnaire ( CD-RISC),symptom checklist ( SCL-90 ),psychological stress self-evaluation test ( PSET),satisfaction with life scale (SWLS),positive and negative affect scale (PANAS) were applied to 650 recruits in 2011 before starting training and after two months of training.Results ① Chinese recruits had good resilience,and the CD scores of pre-and post-test were (61.60 ± 14.36) and (61.41 ± 14.55 ) respectively.②Mental health (SCL-90) of two tests were good in recruits.③ Correlation analysis showed that the same premise of phase correlation,resilience (pre-test) could significantly predict mental health (post-test) ( β =0.070,P < 0.05 ),mental health ( pretest) could not predict resilience (post-test) (β =0.015,P > 0.05 ).Resilience (pre-test) could significantly predict psychological stress (post-test) ( β =0.075,P < 0.05 ),psychological stress (pre-test) could not predict resilience (post-test) (β =0.017,P > 0.05 ).④ Compared with high resilience group,low-resilience group of recruits had higher total score of SCL-90 and psychological stress and less positive emotion,more negative emotion and lower life satisfaction.ConclusionThe recruits training have good resilience.Resilience of recruits have predictive ability to mental health,psychological stress during training.
7.Effect of discontiguous naikan cognitive therapy combined with antipsychotic agent on the patients who had been in the recovery status of paranoid schizophrenia
Hongru QU ; Yanjie GAO ; Xia LIU ; Yuhui CHEN
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(1):53-56
ObjectiveTo explore the influence of clinical symptoms and applicability of discontiguous naikan cognitive therapy(DNCT) among convalescent schizophrenic patients.MethodsApplying DNCT,100 convalescent paranoid schizophrenic patients with convalescent clinical state were consecutively recruited.All the patients were randomly divided into DNCT group and control group and were pretreated with antipsychotic agent therapy,40 patients in DNCT group and 49 patients in control group entered the statistic analysis,11 lost.In DNCT group,the patients received DNCT for successive 28 days.In control group,the patients only received antipsychotic agent therapy.Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS),Nurses'Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation (NOSIE) were administered to all subjects pre- and post-treatment.ResultsAfter treatment,in the study group,total PANSS scales ( (54.00 ± 10.19 ) vs (45.05 ± 5.28 ),t =5.430,P < 0.01 ),the positive symptom item ((11.00±3.33) vs (9.53 ±1.85),t=3.670,P=0.01),negative symptoms item((12.15 ±4.38) vs (9.40± 2.15 ),t =4.371,P < 0.01 ),general psychopathology item ( (26.90 ± 5.66) vs (22.65 ± 3.07 ) 分,t =4.494,P<0.01 ) scored lower than before,The difference was statistically significant.PANSS study group after treatment,total scores( (45.05 ±5.28 ) vs (52.04 ± 10.36),t=-3.876 P<0.01 ),negative symptom item score( t =- 3.789,P < 0.01 ),composite item ( t =2.251,P =0.027 ),the general psychopathology item ( t =- 3.336,P =0.01 ),score significantly lower than the control group.After twelve weeks follow-up study,in the study group,PANSS total scores ( t =4.764,P < 0.01 ),item score of positive symptoms ( t =2.335,P =0.025 ),negative symptoms item score( t =3.083,P =0.004) ),genial psychopathology item score ( t =4.325,P < 0.01 ) was still significantly lower than before treatment,the difference was statistically significant.In study group,after treatment,NOSIE Scale total negative factors scores( t =3.083,P =0.004) were significantly lower than before,total positive factors( t =-2.446,P=0.019),the total estimated factor in the disease scores ( t =-4.730,P < 0.001 )were significantly higher than before treatment.After treatment,in the study group,negative factors ( t =-3.953,P=0.000) were significantly lower than the control group,twelve weeks follow-up,study group total negative factors of NOSIE scale score( t =2.126,P =0.040) was still lower than before treatment,the difference was statistically significant,total positive factor( t =- 2.054,P =0.047 ) still higher than before treatment,the difference was statistically significant.ConclusionDNCT can possibly improve part clinical symptoms of patients with convalescent schizophrenia to a certain extent,especially negative symptom,and the impact remained to the twelve weeks,but need to further prove the effect of naikan cognitive therapy.
8.The acquisition of alcohol-conditioned place preference in post-traumatic stress disorder-like rats and its relationship with the dopamine D1 receptor
Lan WANG ; Ping ZHANG ; Lulu YU ; Xueyi WANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(1):20-22
ObjectiveTo evaluate whether post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD)-like rats more easily to acquire the alcohol induced conditioned place preference(CPP),and its relationship with dopamine D1 receptor.Methods40 SD rats were randomly divided into four groups:PTSD + ethanol group ( PE.),control + ethanol group (CE),PTSD + saline group(PS),and control + saline group(CS).All rats of each group were trained for CPP with alternate injections of alcohol ( 2 mg/kg,i.p.) and saline ( 10 ml/kg,i.p.).PE and PS group were subjected to single prolonged stress (SPS) for PTSD model.Four groups were evaluated the performances of freezing behavior and plus maze test after SPS 24 hours and 7 days.And on SPS 7 days four groups were respectively detected D1 dopamine receptor-positive cells number in amygdale by immunohistochemistry.ResultsCompared with control group,freezing time of PTSD group was remarkable longer on 7 days after SPS not 24 hours( (89.13 ±8.60) s vs(22.25± 5.85) s,q =8.77,P < 0.01 ),and number of entry into the open arms and time spent in the open arms of PTSD group were both less than control group on 7 days after SPS not 24 hours( (4.25 ± 1.26) vs ( 14.38 ± 2.18),( 12.38 ± 3.30) s vs (40.38 ± 7.29 ) s,q =4.74 and 4.08,P < 0.01 ).In CPP,the CPP value of post-conditioning only in PE group was obviously higher than that of pre-conditioning ( q=31.81,P< 0.01 ).The CPP value of postconditioning in PE group was higher than that of CS group,CE group and PS group( q=-38.32,-22.21,-33.38,P<0.05).There were no significant differences in the number of D1 dopamine receptor-positive cells in the amygdale region among four groups (F =0.07,P >0.05 ).ConclusionThe PTSD-like rats are easier to acquire the alcohol CPP,which maybe not relate to the changes of the number of D1 dopamine receptor-positive cells in amygdala.
9.The intervention effects of fluoxetine hydrochloride on hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis function deficiency in patients with poststrok depression
Chunlin GAO ; Xueying GUO ; Yali ZHANG ; Ping LEI ; Baoping WANG ; Junya JIA
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(1):50-52
ObjectiveTo investigate the intervention effects of fluoxetine on hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis function changes in post-stroke depression (PSD) patients.MethodsMild to moderate stroke patients were enrolled and blood T3,T4,FT3,FT4 and TSH were measured at day 0,1,7,14,21 and 3 months.At day 7,thyroid hormone releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation test were performed.After evaluated with the anxiety scale screening using the HAMD scale assessment at day 21,the subjects were divided into simple stroke subgroup ( <8 points,25 cases) and PSD sub-group ( ≥ 8 points,18 cases),with 16 healthy age and sex matched individuals as control group.In the 2nd stage,TRH stimulation test were performed in PSD patients before and after 7 days of fluoxetine administration.ResultsCompared with control group,stroke patients presented lower FT3 (P <0.05 ) and higher serum TSH (P < 0.05) at day 0,1,7,14.Furthermore,PSD patients presented lower FT3,TSH levels and higher FT4 levels than simple stroke patients did(P<0.05).At day 21 and month 3,T3,T4,FT3,FT4 and TSH levels in stroke patients were not different from those in control group(P > 0.05).TRH test showed that the responses in PSD patients were lower than those in simple stroke patients( (2.65 ±0.42)μIU/ml vs (5.31 ±0.68 ) μIU/ml,P < 0.05 ).Correlation analysis showed HAMD scores correlated with TSH level changes and TSH0 ~30 in PSD subgroup closely( r=0.35,0.25,P<0.01 ).In the 2nd stage,TRH test showed that PSD patients who took fluoxetine presented a lower TSH level change than PSD patients who did not( (4.61 ± 2.02) μIU/ml vs (7.05 ± 2.12) μIU/ml,P < 0.05 ).ConclusionPSD patients present a long and severe HPT axis function inhibition,which may due to TRH deficiency,and fluoxetine may improve this abnormality.
10.Association study of PRODH gene variant rs385440 with schizophrenia in Zhuang and Han nationality of Guangxi
Li SU ; Bo WEI ; Qiang CHEN ; Qiming FENG ; Yunde PAN ; Yang ZHOU ; Jianxiong LONG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(1):36-39
ObjectiveTo test the the association between PRODH gene variant rs385440 and the susceptibility to schizophrenia and the severity of schizophrenia in Guangxi Zhuang and Han population,further exploring the genetic mechanisms of schizophrenia in Guangxi Zhuang and Han population.MethodsThe schizophrenia patients were diagnosed according to ICD-10 criteria in this study.The subjects in the association analysis were 282 unrelated schizophrenia patients(94 Zhuang and 188 Han) and 282 healthy controls (94 Zhuang and 188 Han).A quantitative real-time PCR TaqMan MGB experimental method was carried out to analysis rs385440.The clinical psychotic symptoms of 246 schizophrenia patients (83 Zhuang and 163 Han) were assessed by PANSS.Statistical analyses were carried out with SPSS13.0 for windows.ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference in different allele and genotype frequencies of rs385440 between schizophrenia cases and controls in Zhuang samples,Han samples and combined samples respectively (P> 0.05 ).In Zhuang schizophrenia patients the score of N4 (passive/apathetic social withdrawal) item in A allele carriers (3.28 ± 1.34) was higher than that of G allele carriers ( 2.40 ± 1.36 ) significantly (P < 0.05 ),and the score of G12 ( lack of judgment and insight) item in A allele carriers(4.92 ± 1.55 ) was higher than that of G allele carriers ( 4.12 ± 1.85 ) significantly (P < 0.05 ).Conclusion There is no association between PRODH gene variant rs385440 and the susceptibility to schizophrenia in Guangxi Zhuang and Han population.Rs385440 associated the severity of passive/apathetic social withdrawal symptom and poor attention symptom of schizophrenia in Zhuang.

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