1.Research on Theory of Mind in Autism
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2001;15(1):60-62
Objective: To investigate the understanding of other' s mind in children with autism in Beijing.Method: The instrument of this study was experimental test story. Results: Children with autism could understand other person' s physical and social desire, and predict behavior of others in accordance with desires. They basically unerstood other' s positive and negative emotions. However, they had a special difficult in understanding other' s cognitive mental states such as false belief. Concluslon: It indicated that the development of understanding other' s mental state is much more gradual and complex. Understandding other' s false belief is not all or nothing. The difference in understanding other's false belief between children with autism is not absolute, but relative.
2.Subjective Well-being and Stress Level in Elderly
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2001;15(1):28-30
Objective: To study the correlation between subjective well- being and stress level of elderly. Method:346 urban elderly (male aged over 60, female aged over 55) were sampled by group. Subjective well - being was indexed by positive factor, negative factor, total score of MUNSH, and total life satisfaction which was the mean of the satisfactions in 6 life domains. Stress level was indicated by somatization, depression, anxiety and hostility of SCL- 90. Stress was distin guished by ” recent” and ” ordinarily” . Results: Bivariate correlation suggested that most indices of subjective well - being correlated to stress, the absolute coefficients were between 0. 1 to 0.6 (p < 0.05), except the ” hostility at ordinary time”to positive factor (p>0.05) . Multi- variate step- wise regression indicated that subjective well- being correlated negatively to depression first, secondly to anxiety and hostility. Depression could explain 25% total score variance, 36% negative factor, less than 10% positive factor and satisfaction. Anxiety could explain less than 2% of total score and positive factor variance, hostility had similar powerin explaining satisfaction variance. Conclusion: Subjective well- being correlated negatively with bad mood, especially depression.
3.Auditory Verbal Memory Test in Chinese Elderly
Qihao GUO ; Chuanzhen LU ; Zhen HONG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2001;15(1):13-15
Objective: To develop Auditory Verbal Memory Test (AVMT) suitable for Chinese elderly. Method:100 normal elderly and 22 patients with mild to moderate Alz heimer' s disease were evaluated by AVMT, mini mental state examination. 40 person randomly selected from the 100 sample were assessed in follow up by AVMT, Wechsler Memory Scale ( Chinese Revised Version), information and similaritias subtests of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Chinese Revised Version (WAIS- RC) . Results: The correlation between inter- raters was 0.99, test- retest reliability at 3 months interval were 0.87~0.94. Education was a prominent influence factor of memory and recognition of AVMT. There were significant correlation between third recall, short delayed recall and total scores of VMS- RC, between long delayed recall and verbal sceres of WAIS - RC. Semantic clustering strategy showed gradual strongly correlation with measures of recall ability in higher education group. Performance of Alzheimer group was poorer than that of matched normal control. Scores of long delayed re call differed most obviously in group comparison. Conclusion: AVMT had good reliability and validity
4.Attributioal Stye and its Correlatlon with Mental Healh in Adokscents
Zhanjiang LI ; Bingwu QIU ; Jisheng WANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2001;15(1):6-8
Objective: To develop Attributional Style Questionnaire for Adolescents (ASQA) and explore the correlation between attributional style and mental health in adolescents. Method: ASQA was drawn up through referring to Peterson's method. 534 students were measured by ASQA, SSDA, SAS and MMOCI. Results: The goodness of fit indices of three-factor model in ASQA as follows: x2/df = 511.69/188, GFI = 0.91, AGFI = 0.89, NNFI = 0.91, CFI = 0.92, IFI = 0.92. Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.82. Spearman - Brown split - half reliability was 0.84. Stable and global variables entered the equations of depression, anxiety, obaession and compulsion in multiple linear regression analysis. Conclusion:ASQA had good reliability and construct validity. Adolescents were in low level of mental health when they attributed negative events to stable and global causes.
5.The Adaptation of Intelligence Scale for Chinese Young Children
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2001;15(1):1-5
Objective: To investigate whether the ISCYC (Intelligence Scale for Chinese Young Children) is suitable for children aged 7 to 15. Method: The ISCYC used in this study consisted of 9 subtests. Some more difficult new items were added into 8 of the 9 subtests. The subjects were divided into 5 age groups, each had 20 male and 20 female. Results: The difficulty of 50% items ranged from 0.3 to 0.7. The average difficulty was 0.5. In more than 50% items, thediscriminate index was above 0.2. The split- half reliability of these subtests were from 0.76 to 0.95, most of them higher than 0.80.The means of raw score for subtasts increased with the age of subjects. Some items in Pattern Rotation were less difficult than needed. Conclusion: This study has fulfill the theoretical construction of ISCYC, whjch is applicable for children aged 7 to 15.
6.Intelligence and ADHD
Siqi ZHUANG ; Meina LIU ; Hongyu ZHANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2001;15(1):53-54
Objective: To study the relationship between inteiligence and ADHD (attention deficiency and hyperactivity disorder) . Method: 129 children with ADHD and 87 normal control were evaluated with C- WISC. Results: The IQ of some children with ADHD was in borderline range, their performance of balance between VIQ and PIQ was poor. While the controls had normal IQ. Conclusion: The IQ of children with ADHD is lower than that of normal children, especially the balance between VIQ and PIQ.
7.Negative Behavior of Preschool Children and Behavior of Their Mothers
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2001;15(1):50-52
Objective: To study the relationship between negative behavior of preschool children and behavior of their mothers. Method.. 742 mothers of children in their 3 ~ 6 year old age were tested by self- made questionnaire. Results: Negative behavior was not significantly related to age and gender of children. It was negatively related to maternal supporting behavior and positively to maternal un- supporting behavior. The culture background (urban/rural), family income and mother' s occupation were found to be important factors mediating maternal un- supporting behavior. Conclusion: Negative behavior of preschool children is influenced by mother' s behavior, which in turn has its cultural - economical background.
8.Developing of Security Questionnaire and its Reliability and Validity
Chinese Mental Health Journal 1991;0(02):-
Objective:To make a questionnaire about feeling of security.Methods:Regarding to the conception of security and the results of interviews to neurotics, we got 53 items as the draft. 343 sophomore students in Hebei Normal University were collected as the sample to test the reliability and validity of the draft.Results:Through factor analysis, we got two main factors named interpersonal security and certainty in control, including 16 items. It was proved that the questionnaire had good reliability and validity.Conclusion:The security questionnaire has satisfying psychometric quality and issuitable not only for the neurosis but also for normal people.
9.Relationship between premenstrual syndrome and type D personality in female college students
Qin YU ; Hongxia WANG ; Jianmei GONG ; Fubing SHAN ; Feng LI
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(4):333-336
Objectives:To understand the current situation of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and type D personality in female college students,and to explore the relationship between them.Methods:Totally 856 female college students were assessed with the Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMSS,those with total score of 6 or higher as having PMS) and Type D Personality Scale 14 (DS-14,those negative emotion and social inhibition factor with total score of 10 or higher as having type D personality).Result:A total of 280 students were detected with PMS,and the rote was 32.7%.Totally 272 students were detected with the type D personality,and the rote was 31.8%.The total score of DS-14 and the score of 2 factors were higher in PMS group than in non-PMS group (Ps <0.001).The rate of PMS was lower in type D personality group than in non-type D personality group (11.76% vs.25.34%,P < 0.001).Conclusions:The occurrence of premenstrual syndrome may be related to the type D personality.The evaluation of personality characteristics should be taken into consideration when formulating the intervention program.
10.Relationship between negative life events and depression in college students with left-behind experience
Li HAN ; Zhoulin WANG ; Jihua ZHANG ; Lin LYU ; Jinxia WANG ; Chuanjing LIAO
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(4):326-332
Objective:To explore the mediating effect of self-esteem and resilience,and the moderating role of left-behind experience on negative life events and depression in college students.Methods:Totally 879 college students were selected from 3 universities in Sichuan and Chongqing (396 college students with left-behind experience,483 college students without left-behind experience).The Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List (ASLEC),Self-esteem Scale (SES),Resilience Scale of Chinese Adolescent (RSCA) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) were used to measure the negative life events,self-esteem,resilience and depression.The Bootstrap program and multiple-group analysis were used to test mediation effect and moderation effect.Results:Scores of ASLEC were higher in those with left-behind experience than in those without left-behind experience [(9.0 ± 3.8)vs.(6.8 ± 3.1),P < 0.001].College students'left-behind experience was positively correlated with scores of ASLEC and SDS (r =0.22-0.22,Ps <0.01),while negatively correlated with scores of RSCA and SES (r =-0.29--0.56,Ps <0.01).The complete mediating effect of the scores of SES and RSCA between ASLEC score and SDS score was significant (mediating effect = 0.08,0.13,0.07;Ps < 0.01).It was significant that the mediaring roles of self-esteem and resilience (95% CI:0.13-0.68).Left-behind experience played the moderating effect on self-esteem and resilience (the constraint model fitting degree of variation was △x2 = 2120.68,△df= 8,P < 0.001).Conclusions:Self-esteem and resilience completely mediates college students'negative events and depression,which is moderated by their previous left-behind experience.