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Hsieh S, Chang YH, Yao ZF, Yang MH, Yang CT. The effect of age and resilience on the dose-response function between the number of adversity factors and subjective well-being. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1332124. [PMID: 38406308 PMCID: PMC10884289 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1332124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Background Encountering challenges and stress heightens the vulnerability to mental disorders and diminishes well-being. This study explores the impact of psychological resilience in the context of adverse events, considering age-related variations in its influence on well-being. Methods A total of 442 participants (male vs. female =48% vs. 52%) with a mean age of 41.79 ± 16.99 years were collected and completed the following questionnaires Brief Betrayal Trauma Survey (BBTS), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), Peace of Mind (PoM), The World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), and Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ). They all underwent structural and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Results Participants were categorized based on adversity levels: 34.39% faced one, 26.24% none, and 19.91, 9.50, and 8.14% encountered two, three, and four adversities, respectively. This categorization helps assess the impact on participants' experiences. As adversity factors increased, PoM decreased. Controlling for age improved PoM model fit (ΔR2 = 0.123, p < 0.001). Adversity factors and age explained 14.6% of PoM variance (df = 2, F = 37.638, p < 0.001). PoM decreased with more adversity and increased with higher age. Conclusion The study found most participants faced at least one adversity. Adversity negatively affected PoM scores, while resilience acted as a protective factor. Resilience plays a crucial role in buffering the impact of adversities on well-being. Among those with high adversity, higher resilience correlated with stronger DMN-right frontal pole connectivity. Brain volume showed no significant differences, but the quality of life and social support varied between subgroups, with no differences in personal demographic and biophysical features.
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- Shulan Hsieh
- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Allied Health Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- College of Education, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Research Center for Education and Mind Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Basic Psychology Group, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Department of Kinesiology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Allied Health Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yao ZF, Yang MH, Yang CT, Chang YH, Hsieh S. The role of attitudes towards contradiction in psychological resilience: the cortical mechanism of conflicting resolution networks. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1669. [PMID: 38238421 PMCID: PMC10796669 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51722-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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Managing contradictions and building resilience help us overcome life's challenges. Here, we explored the link between attitudes towards contradictions and psychological resilience, examining the role of cortical conflict resolution networks. We enlisted 173 healthy young adults and used questionnaires to evaluate their cognitive thinking styles and resilience. They underwent structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging scans. Our results revealed that contrasting attitudes toward contradictions, formal logic, and naïve dialecticism thinking styles corresponded with varying degrees of resilience. We noted structural and functional differences in brain networks related to conflict resolution, including the inferior frontal and parietal cortices. The volumetric variations within cortical networks indicated right-hemispheric lateralization in different thinking styles. These findings highlight the potential links between conflict resolution and resilience in the frontoparietal network. We underscore the importance of frontoparietal brain networks for executive control in resolving conflicting information and regulating the impact of contradictions on psychological resilience.
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- Zai-Fu Yao
- College of Education, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013, Taiwan
- Research Center for Education and Mind Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013, Taiwan
- Basic Psychology Group, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013, Taiwan
- Department of Kinesiology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013, Taiwan
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- Cognitive Electrophysiology Laboratory: Control, Aging, Sleep, and Emotion (CASE), Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan
- Institute of Gerontology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan
- Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Cognitive Electrophysiology Laboratory: Control, Aging, Sleep, and Emotion (CASE), Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan.
- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan.
- Institute of Allied Health Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan.
- Department of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan.
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Matsumoto N, Kuroda Y, Sugimoto T, Fujita K, Uchida K, Kishino Y, Arai H, Sakurai T. Factors associated with changes in psychological resilience of older adults with mild cognitive impairment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Aging Neurosci 2023; 15:1169891. [PMID: 37637961 PMCID: PMC10450931 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1169891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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Introduction Psychological resilience is an indicator of mental health, but there has been no research to date on changes in psychological resilience among older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) during the stress of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic including factors related to those changes. To fill the gap, this study examined the factors and the changes in psychological resilience of older adults with MCI during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods One hundred thirty participants completed the 10-item version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) between December 2020 and June 2021 as a baseline assessment and between December 2021 and February 2022 as a follow-up. Participants also answered questions on sleep quality, depression symptoms, activities in daily living (ADL), instrumental ADL and social participation to explore factors associated with changes. Results In this cohort, the mean CD-RISC-10 scores were significantly higher than the baseline at follow-up (p < 0.05), indicating the improvement of psychological resilience. In multiple regression analyses, sleep quality was significantly correlated with change in CD-RISC-10 score (coefficient = 3.94, 95% confidence interval = 1.11 to 6.78). Discussion Psychological resilience could improve even during the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic in older adults with MCI who were at risk of developing dementia. The factor associated with improved psychological resilience was good sleep quality.
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- Nanae Matsumoto
- Department of Prevention and Care Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Research Institute, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Prevention and Care Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Research Institute, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Prevention and Care Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Research Institute, Obu, Aichi, Japan
- Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Prevention and Care Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Research Institute, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Prevention and Care Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Research Institute, Obu, Aichi, Japan
- Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Prevention and Care Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Research Institute, Obu, Aichi, Japan
- Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
- Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Chang YH, Yang MH, Yao ZF, Tsai MC, Hsieh S. The Mediating Role of Brain Structural Imaging Markers in Connecting Adverse Childhood Experiences and Psychological Resilience. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:children10020365. [PMID: 36832494 PMCID: PMC9955761 DOI: 10.3390/children10020365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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The impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on brain structure has been noticed. Resilience has been considered a protective characteristic from being mentally ill; however, the link between ACEs, psychological resilience, and brain imaging remains untested. A total of 108 participants (mean age 22.92 ± 2.43 years) completed the ACEs questionnaire and the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA), with five subscales: personal strength (RSA_ps), family cohesion (RSA_fc), social resources (RSA_sr), social competence (RSA_sc), and future structured style (RSA_fss), and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to acquire imaging data, and the fusion-independent component analysis was employed to determine multimodal imaging components. The results showed a significantly negative association between ACE subscales and RSA_total score (ps < 0.05). The parallel mediation model showed significant indirect mediation of mean gray matter volumes in the regions of the middle frontal gyrus, superior frontal gyrus, posterior cingulate, superior temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, postcentral gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and precuneus between childhood maltreatment and RSA_sr and RSA_sc. (ps < 0.05). This study highlighted the ACEs effect on gray matter volumes in the regions of the middle frontal gyrus, superior frontal gyrus, posterior cingulate, superior temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, postcentral gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and precuneus leading to decreased psychological resilience.
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- Yun-Hsuan Chang
- Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
- Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
- Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- College of Education, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, 30013, Taiwan
- Research Center for Education and Mind Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City 30013, Taiwan
- Basic Psychology Group, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City 30013, Taiwan
- Department of Kinesiology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (M.-C.T.); (S.H.)
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- Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
- Institute of Allied Health Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (M.-C.T.); (S.H.)
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Psychological resilience mediates the association of the middle frontal gyrus functional connectivity with sleep quality. Brain Imaging Behav 2022; 16:2735-2743. [DOI: 10.1007/s11682-022-00735-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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