1.Dynamic Process of Visual Change Detection in Human Brain:an ERP Study
Wei MAO ; Chunyu HAN ; Wei SUN ; Hongxing WANG ; Wenfeng ZHEN ; Yuping WANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2009;23(11):832-836,后插1,后插2
Objective:To explore the spatio-temporal dynamics of brain mechanisms in visual change detection by 256-channel event-related potential (ERP) and low-resolution electromagnetic tomography (LORETA) analyses.Methods:ERP were recorded in 12 healthy participants during performing an S1-S2 matching task.Visual stimuli defined by color and shape.Each trial consisted of two sequentially presented stimuli (S1 and S2),where S2 was either the same as S1,different from S1 in shape only,different in color only,or different in both color and shape.Subjects matched the stimuli according to task demands:attending to color and attending to shape.Result:Change condition elicited change-related positivity (CRP) ranging 135~165 ms.The estimated source regions contributing to CRP were lingual gyrus and cuneus of occipital lobe.N200 was elicited in no change and task-irrelevant change condition ranging 235~275 ms.The source for N200 was in the right temporal fusiform gyrus,middle temporal gyrus and parahippocampal gyrus.In the time window of 240~320 ms,N270 was elicited in all change conditions.The N270 source was localizable to the anterior cingulated cortex and amygdala.Conclusion:In the early stage,CRP reflects the preattentive processing of visual changes.The LORETA result confirms that CRP is generated in the early visual areas.N200 may be related to the active ignored processing of task-irrelevant change.The source for N200 is in the right temporal fusiform gyrus,middle temporal gyrus and parahippocampal gyrus.In the late stage,N270 reflects the advanced processing of visual change in the human brain.The N270 source may be in anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and amygdala.
2.Response characteristics of mentally retarded children in weight discrimination test
Chinese Mental Health Journal 1988;0(06):-
Twenty-eight MR children were compared with 28 normal children in a weight dis-crimination test.The ability of weight discrimination in MR children were found markedly lower thannormal children in the tests either with their left hand,right hand,or both hands,though no signifi-cant difference was found among either left and right,or both hands of MR child,implicating that theimpairment of recognition function involved both cerebri hemisphere,not to support the hypothesis ofrecognition dysfunction either in left hemisphere or in right hemisphere dysfunction for MR children.The present investigation also found that MR children showed obvious tendency to make indefinite judgement,which might be a specific response pattern in MR children.
3.Moderating effects of gender on relationship between love relationship satisfaction and empathy in college students
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(7):573-576
Objective:To explore the moderating effect of gender between love relationship satisfaction and empathy in college students.Methods:Totally 175 pairs of college couples were enrolled.They were assessed with the Quality of Relationship Index (QRI) and Interpersonal Reactivity Index-C (IRI-C) to evaluate love relationship satisfaction and empathy.IRI-C included 4 dimensions named perspective taking (PT),personal distress (PD),fantasy (FS) and empathetic concern (EC).Multiple regression analysis was used to investigate the moderating effects of gender on relationship between love relationship satisfaction and empathy in college students.Results:The scores of QRI and PT were higher in the males than in the females,but the PD scores were lower in the males [(36.6 ±5.9) vs.(35.2 ±6.0),(10.9 ±3.4) vs.(9.9 ± 3.4),(6.0 ±4.1) vs.(8.1 ±4.3),Ps <0.01].The QRI scores were the lowest in the students who were in love for less than 3 months (33.1 ±7.1).The PT scores positively predicted the QRI scores (3 =-0.19),the PD scores multiplied by gender negatively predicted the QRI scores (β =-0.17),and the EC scores multiplied by gender positively predicted the QRI scores (β =-0.21).Conclusion:Male students may experience higher love relationship satisfaction than females.The gender plays a moderating role to the influence of empathy on love relationship satisfaction in college students.
4.Mediating effect of self-identity on relationship between interpersonal adaptation and mobile phone addiction tendency in college students
Yali ZHANG ; Guizhi LU ; Yanli LIU ; Yang ZHOU
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(7):568-572
Objective:To explore the mediating effect of self-identity on the relationship between interpersonal adaptation and the tendency of mobile phone addiction in college students.Methods:Totally 498 college students (217 males and 281 females) were selected and assessed with the College Student Interpersonal Adaptability Inventory (CSIAI),Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale (MPATS) and Personal Identity Scale(PIS).The bias-corrected percentile bootstrap method was used to analyze the mediating effect of self-identity between interpersonal adaptation and mobile phone addiction tendency in college students.Results:The MPATS scores of male students were significantly lower than female students [(2.6 ± 0.7) vs.(2.7 ± 0.6),P < 0.05].The MPATS scores were negatively correlated with the scores of CSIAI and PIS (r =-0.31,-0.36,Ps < 0.01),the CSIAI scores were positively correlated with the PIS scores (r =0.50,P <0.01).Self-identity played a partly mediating role between interpersonal adaptation and mobile phone addiction tendency,which accounted for 43.6% of the total effect.Conclusion:It shows that the mobile phone addiction tendency may be related to interpersonal adaptation and self-identity,interpersonal adaptation could affect the mobile phone addiction tendency through the self-identity.
5.Relation of negative emotions to erroneous gambling cognition and gambling addiction in college students
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(7):563-567
Objective:To explore the relation of negative emotions to erroneous gambling cognition and gambling addiction in college students.Methods:Totally 357 college students in Macau were selected and assessed with the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS),Gambling Related Cognition Scale (GRCS) and South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS).Bootstrap was used to test the mediating effect.Results:The students with higher erroneous gambling cognition got higher scores on negative emotions and addiction gambling than low-score group with erroneous gambling cognition (Ps <0.01).Mediating effect test showed that the direct effect of negative emotions on gambling addiction was 0.14,and the indirect effect was 0.05 (Ps <0.05).The indirect effect accounted for the total effect 26.3%.Conclusion:It suggests that negative emotions not only have direct effect on gambling addiction,but also have indirect effect on gambling addiction through erroneous gambling related cognition.
6.Preventive effect of implicit priming of self-awareness on self-control depletion
Yibin HUANG ; Jingjing YE ; Haishan LI ; Jiubo ZHAO ; You WANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(7):557-562
Objective:To explore whether implicit priming of self-awareness can prevent self-control depletion.Methods:Totally 60 college students volunteers were recruited,and were allocated pseudo-randomly and equally into the control group,the non-self-awareness priming group,and the self-awareness priming group,20 volunteers in each group.The scrambled sentence task was applied in implicit priming,the mental calculation task was used to induce self-control depletion indexed by task difficulty,the impulse to write down the intermediate answers,the number of response items and correct items,the handgrip test was used to measure self-control performance,and the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) was used to measure affect.The self-control depletion,the handgrip time and the PANAS scores were compared among three groups.Results:There was no significant difference in task difficulty score,impulse score,the number of response items and correct items among the three groups (Ps >0.05).The group differences of the change of positive and negative affect before and after depletion were also not significant (Ps >0.05).After controlling the effect of the first handgrip time before depletion,the difference of the handgrip time after depletion between the control group and the non-self-awareness priming group was not significant (P > 0.05).However,the handgrip time in the controI group and in the non-self-awareness group were both shorter than that in the self-awareness priming group [(69.2 ± 3.6) s,(71.1 ± 3.6) s vs.(81.9 ± 3.6) s,Ps <0.05].Conclusions:It suggests that implicit priming of self-awareness might hold promise in preventing self-control depletion.
7.Relationship among professional psychological help-seeking intention, mental symptoms, and self-efficacy in adults
Wei YANG ; Xiaoyi FANG ; Jie SHI ; Jie YUAN
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(7):543-547
Objective:To explore the relationship among professional psychological help-seeking intention,mental symptoms,and self-efficacy in adults.Methods:Totally 618 adult samples[286 males and 332 females,304 early adulthood (18-35 years) and 314 middle adulthood (36-60 years)] were selected on the internet.They were assessed with the Intention of Seeking Counseling Inventory (ISCI),Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) and General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) to evaluate professional psychological help-seeking intention,mental symptom and self-efficacy respectively.Results:Females and middle adulthood subjects got higher ISCI scores than males and early adulthood subjects [(82.7 ± 6.7) vs.(77.8 ± 7.8),(83.9 ± 6.2) vs.(76.8 ± 7.3);Ps < 0.001].Step linear regression analysis showed that age,scores of self-efficiency,horror and obsessive-compulsive symptoms had positive prediction effect on help-seeking intention (3 =0.34,0.29,0.10,0.11).Mental symptoms,hostility and paranoia had negative prediction effect on help-seeking intention (β =-0.17,-0.15,-0.11),and the 7 variables could explain 45.6% of the variation.Conclusion:It suggests that the adults' professional psychological help-seeking intention may be related to subject age,mental symptom and self-efficiency.
8.Development, validities and reliabilities of the Counseling Skills Rating Scale for Psychological Aids Hotline
Hong LIANG ; Cuiling WANG ; Yongsheng TONG ; Ning WANG ; Liting ZHAO ; Lanlan XIN ; Xianyun LI ; Yu PANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(7):538-542
Objective:To develop the Counseling Skills Rating Scale for Psychological Aids Hotline (CSRSPAH),an instrument to objectively assess the quality of process of counseling or intervention provided by hotline operators,and to test its validities and reliabilities.Methods:A draft of the scale,which consisted of 50 items under 5 dimensions,was designed in line with previous researches and the practice.In pilot study,supervisors at Beijing psychological aids hotline,assessed tape recorded sessions and gave feedbacks on the draft of the scale.The scale had been revised based on the pilot study.Twenty-eight items were deleted,and several items were rephrased.Finally,a scale which consisted of 22 items within 3 dimensions,i.e.counseling process,attitude,and communication skill,was developed.The scoring standards of the scale were also developed.To evaluate the IntraClass Coefficients (ICC) of the CSRSPAH,each of the tape records of 37 callings from 2005 to 2007 were assessed by 7 supervisors independently,using the scale.And the tape records of other 318 callings from 2013 to 2014 were also assessed by supervisors,using the CSRSPAH.The results of the 318 assessed callings were used to test the construct validities with the Confirmative Factor Analysis.The Cronbach a coefficients of the total score and three dimensions,the discriminant indices of every items,and correlations of each items and each dimensions were calculated,based on the 318 assessed callings.Results:One of the items (referral) was deleted due to excessive amount of missing data.Results of cortfirmative factor analysis of the remained 21-item scale revealed that the 3-factor construct structure of the scale was robust.The fitting indices of the confirm factor analysis were,x2/df=675.21/186,CFI =0.92,NNFI =0.91,RMSEA =0.10,SRMR =0.08.The Cronbach α coefficients of the total score,scores of counseling process,attitude,and communication skill,were 0.89,0.68,0.81 and 0.77,respectively.The ICCs of the inter-rater reliabilities of the total score and 3 dimensions of the scale were 0.67,0.59,0.59,and 0.67,respectively.The discriminant indices of all the 21 items ranged from 0.09 to 0.32.The correlation coefficients of scores of each items and scores of 3 dimensions and total scores were greater than 0.30,and reached statistical significance.Conclusion:The validities and reliabilities of the Counseling Skills Rating Scale for Psychological Aids Hotline are acceptable.The scale could be used in assessing the quality of hotline counseling or intervention,and related studies in the future.
9.Psychiatric nursing research focus from 2011 to 2015 in China
Wenhui BAI ; Mei SUN ; Siyuan TANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(7):533-537
Objective:To reveal the status and characteristics of psychiatric nursing researches nearly five years in our country and provide some references for psychiatric nursing research development in our country in the future.Methods:The literatures related to psychiatric nursing from 2011 to 2015 were searched in China academic journal network publishing pool.Then the keywords frequency analysis and cluster analysis were conducted by using the bibliography co-occurrence analysis system (Bicomb2.0) and SPSS18.0 software and the analysis results were displayed visually.Results:In 8215 original keywords,after cleaning normatively,6643 keywords reserved finally,and there were 17 high frequency keywords among them.Through the word frequency analysis and cluster analysis,it is found that the psychiatric nursing research nearly five years in China could be classified into three major focus:psychiatric nursing safety management,psychological and rehabilitation nursing with schizophrenia patients,and promoting high quality nursing care to help improve the nursing quality.Conclusion:Psychiatric nursing research in China from 2011 to 2015 focuses on psychiatric nursing safety and quality management,and the patients with schizophrenia have been paid close attention,especially on their psychology and rehabilitation care.
10.Physiological response and subjective experience in evoked anger between feminine and masculine women
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(6):500-504
Objective:To measure the physiological response and subjective experience differences between feminine and masculine women inducing anger,exploring women's susceptibility to depression.Methods:Thirty feminine women and 26 masculine women were selected from 745 college women students who filled in the Chinese College Students'Sex Role Inventory-50 items (CSRI-50),according to median classification method.Physiological response,including heart rate,skin conduct,respiration rate were recorded using Biotrace software from 5-10 min before watching films to films end,state anger were measured before and after films by the State Anger Scale(SAS),one of the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-Ⅱ (STAXI-Ⅱ).Results:With inducing anger,the skin conducts were lower in feminine women than in masculine women[(6.1 ±4.6) μmho vs.(9.4 ±6.0)μmho,P <0.05],while the respiration rates were higher in feminine women than in masculine women[(19.4 ±2.8) bpm vs.(17.7 ± 3.3) bpm,P < 0.05].The SAS sores were higher in feminine women than in masculine women[(31.6 ± 8.8) vs.(26.5 ± 9.2),P < 0.05].Conclusion:It suggests that feminine women subjectively report more anger and physiological responses may be greater in watching anger inducing films,mainly in RSP rate,however masculine women's SC is higher,which indicates that future researches of anger and depression should consider sex role.