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J Pak Med Assoc ; 74(2): 335-340, 2024 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38419236

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Objective: To determine the efficacy of femoral neck system compared to dynamic hip screws in treating femoral neck fractures. METHODS: The systematic review was conducted from January to March 2023, and comprised literature search on PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Ovid, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Wanfang databases for relevant studies published up to March 1, 2023. Study data as well as demographic and outcome parameters related to the patients were extracted, and the methodological index for non-randomised studies was used to assess the risk of bias. Review Manager software was used to conduct metaanalysis. RESULTS: Of the 567 studies initially found, 6(1%) were included, with the publication date ranging from August 2021 to February 2023. There were 5(83.3%) studies published in English and 1(16.7%) in Chinese. Of the 577 patients with femoral neck fractures, 287(49.7%) were treated with femoral neck system and 290(50.3%) with dynamic hip screws. Significant differences were shown between the two groups regarding operation duration, blood loss, internal fixation failure rate and Harris hip score (p=<0.05). There was no significant differences between the groups regarding time from injury to surgery, hospitalisation, complication rate and femoral neck shortening rate (p>0.05). Conclusion: The novel femoral neck system could optimise surgical procedures, with shorter operation times and lesser blood loss. The femoral neck system and dynamic hip screws were comparable in terms of complication rates and postoperative hip function.

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BMC Musculoskelet Disord ; 24(1): 412, 2023 May 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37226140

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PURPOSE: Negative buttress reduction should be avoided in the treatment of femoral neck fractures (FNFs) using conventional fixation. As the femoral neck system (FNS) has been recently developed and utilized widely to treat FNFs, the association of reduction quality with postoperative complications and clinical function has not been clarified. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of nonanatomical reduction in young patients with FNFs treated with FNS. METHODS: This multicenter, retrospective cohort study included 58 patients with FNFs treated with FNS between September 2019 and December 2021. According to the reduction quality immediately following surgery, patients were classified into positive, anatomical, and negative buttress reduction groups. Postoperative complications were assessed with 12 months of follow-up. The logistic regression model was used to identify risk factors for postoperative complications. The postoperative hip function was assessed using the Harris hip scores (HHS) system. RESULTS: At a follow-up of 12 months, a total of eight patients (8/58, 13.8%) had postoperative complications in three groups. Compared with the anatomical reduction group, negative buttress reduction was significantly associated with a higher complication rate (OR = 2.99, 95%CI 1.10-8.10, P = 0.03). No significant associations were found between positive buttress reduction and the incidence of postoperative complications (OR = 1.21, 95%CI 0.35-4.14, P = 0.76). The difference was not statistically significant in Harris hip scores. CONCLUSION: Negative buttress reduction should be avoided in young patients with FNFs treated with FNS.


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Fracturas del Cuello Femoral , Fenofibrato , Fijación de Fractura , Humanos , Fracturas del Cuello Femoral/cirugía , Cuello Femoral/lesiones , Cuello Femoral/cirugía , Complicaciones Posoperatorias/epidemiología , Complicaciones Posoperatorias/etiología , Complicaciones Posoperatorias/prevención & control , Estudios Retrospectivos , Fijación de Fractura/efectos adversos , Fijación de Fractura/métodos
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Stress ; 23(3): 256-264, 2020 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31532278

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Academic stress is a common long-term stress among the student population and is known to impact working memory within the frontoparietal attention network. Perceived control is an individual variation that may play a buffering role between stress and overall adjustment. In this study, we addressed the moderating effects of perceived control between academic stress and working memory. Fifty-nine male college students participated in the study. Academic stress and perceived control were assessed before participants completed a working memory (n-back) task. Event-related potentials (ERPs) including P2 and P3 were analyzed to examine the attention and maintenance processes of working memory. A moderating effect of perceived control on the relationship between academic stress and working memory was found. For students with low levels of perceived control, academic stress was negatively associated with P2 amplitudes at the high workload (3-back) task, suggesting a negative impact on attention process of working memory. In contrast, academic stress did not affect students with high and moderate levels of perceived control. The results indicate that perceived control may serve as a buffer to protect the cognitive function from the disruption of academic stress.


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Memoria a Corto Plazo , Estrés Psicológico , Cognición , Potenciales Evocados , Humanos , Masculino , Estudiantes
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Psych J ; 2024 Apr 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38627217

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Parental involvement in children's education is highly valued and encouraged in many societies. While existing research has mainly focused on the positive effects parental involvement has for children, we argue that engaging in such quality parent-child interactions can also be a resource-gaining process for parents. Drawing on the conservation of resources theory and the work-home resources model, the current study aims to investigate how and when working parents' involvement in children's education enhances their well-being at home and engagement at work. Using a two-wave survey of 206 full-time employees with at least one school-aged child, our results indicate that for parents experiencing higher levels of parental burnout, involvement in their children's education enhances their flourishing experience at home and subsequently improves work engagement and creative process engagement at work. Overall, our study contributes to the well-being and work-family interface literature by highlighting the positive effect of parental involvement, an underexplored construct, on working parents' well-being both at home and in the workplace. This study also provides practical implications for burned-out working parents that they can benefit from involving themselves in their children's education to cope with and thrive from family demands.

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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak ; 34(5): 610-613, 2024 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38720225

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the presence of preoperative subchondral bone marrow oedema (SBME) is associated with inferior outcomes after lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (LUKA). STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chongqing Orthopaedic Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, China, from January 2019 to June 2022. METHODOLOGY: Data on patients treated with LUKA were obtained from the Medical Registry Database. Two groups were made based on the presence and absence of SBME on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The visual analogue scale (VAS), American Knee Society Scores (AKSS), and rate of patient satisfaction were compared between the two groups. RESULTS: A total of 20 patients treated with LUKA were reviewed. The SBME was present in 9 cases and absent in 11 cases. Patients with SBME had inferior scores at preoperative evaluation and at 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively. However, there was no significant difference between the groups at the 12-month follow-up. Eight (88.9%) patients with SBME were satisfied with the LUKA surgery versus 9 (81.8%) patients without SBME, showing no significant differences between groups. CONCLUSION: Presence of preoperative SBME is associated with inferior functional outcomes after LUKA within six months of follow-up. KEY WORDS: Bone marrow, Oedema, Knee, Arthroplasty, Outcome, Patient satisfaction.


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Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Rodilla , Enfermedades de la Médula Ósea , Edema , Humanos , Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Rodilla/métodos , Masculino , Femenino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Edema/etiología , Anciano , Enfermedades de la Médula Ósea/cirugía , Resultado del Tratamiento , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Satisfacción del Paciente , Osteoartritis de la Rodilla/cirugía , Estudios Retrospectivos , Articulación de la Rodilla/cirugía , Periodo Preoperatorio , Médula Ósea/patología , China/epidemiología
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J Orthop Surg Res ; 19(1): 69, 2024 Jan 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38225652

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, the strength of the graft was found to be unsatisfactory usually the anterior half of the peroneus longus tendon was taken for supplementation, but the effect on foot and ankle function and gait in the donor area is unclear. This study aims to explore the changes in the ankle and gait after using the harvested anterior half of the peroneus longus tendon as a reconstruction graft for the anterior cruciate ligament. METHODS: A total of 20 patients, 6 males and 14 females, aged 18 to 44 years, with unilateral anterior cruciate ligament injuries, underwent reconstruction using the harvested anterior half of the peroneus longus tendon as a graft between June 2021 and December 2021. The part on which the anterior half of the peroneus longus tendon was harvested was considered the experimental group, while the contralateral foot was the control group. At the 6-month follow-up, the Lysholm knee score, AOFAS ankle score, and gait-related data (foot length, arch index, arch volume, arch volume index, and gait cycle parameters: percentage of time in each gait phase, step frequency, step length, foot strike angle, and push-off angle) were assessed using a 3D foot scanner and wearable sensors for both groups. RESULTS: All 20 patients completed the six-month follow-up. There were no statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups regarding knee scores, ankle scores, foot length, arch index, arch volume, arch volume index, step frequency, and step length (P > 0.05). However, there were statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups in terms of the gait cycle parameters, including the percentage of time in the stance, mid-stance, and push-off phases, as well as foot strike angle and push-off angle (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Through our study of the surgical experimental group we have shown that harvesting the anterior half of the peroneus longus tendon does not affect foot morphology and gait parameters; however, it does impact the gait cycle.


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Lesiones del Ligamento Cruzado Anterior , Tendones , Masculino , Femenino , Humanos , Trasplante Autólogo , Tendones/trasplante , Ligamento Cruzado Anterior/cirugía , Lesiones del Ligamento Cruzado Anterior/cirugía , Articulación de la Rodilla
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Food Chem X ; 21: 101152, 2024 Mar 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38333888

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In this study, amine vapor-sensitive films with ratiometric fluorescence attributes were developed. The pH-sensitive fluorescein 8-hydroxypyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid trisodium salt (HPTS) and its tetraphenylethylene derivative (TPB) were selected as ratiometric indicators and incorporated into a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix to produce HPTS/TPB-PVA films. The films responded well to amine vapors, and the interference of aromatic vapors did not substantially affect the fluorescence signals of the films. Under UV light at a wavelength of 365 nm, the fluorescence of the films changed from dark pink to light pink and finally to yellow when the freshness of the fish was visually checked during storage. In addition, the color difference values of the films showed a positive correlation with the total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N), ranging from 12.7 to 24.8 mg/100 g at 25 °C and 8.4 to 25.6 mg/100 g at 4 °C, respectively. This indicates that fluorescent films have good potential for quantifying fish freshness in the near future when connected to an automatic data processing system based on color differences.

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J Orthop Surg Res ; 18(1): 931, 2023 Dec 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38057793

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BACKGROUND: It has been controversial that whether hardware removal will increase the risk of osteonecrosis of femoral head (ONFH) in fracture-healed patients who underwent internal fixation for femoral neck fractures (FNFs). This meta-analysis aimed to clarify the association of hardware removal with secondary hardware removal-induced ONFH (HR-ONFH). METHODS: Four electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library) were searched for eligible studies published up to March 10, 2023. Studies reporting the relative risk of hardware status (i.e., risk rate, odds ratio [OR], or hazard ratio [HR]) were included. Newcastle-Ottawa scale (NOS) was used to assess risk of bias of included observational studies. Review Manager software was used to pool ORs and adjusted ORs. RESULTS: Five studies were included into quantitative synthesis. Hardware removal was associated with a reduced risk of HR-ONFH in the synthesis of crude odds ratios (OR, 0.62, 95% CI 0.39-0.96). In the synthesis of adjusted odds ratios, hardware removal was associated with an increased risk of HR-ONFH (OR, 1.76, 95% CI 1.23-2.51). CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that hardware removal was associated with an increased incidence of HR-ONFH in fracture-healed patients who underwent internal fixation due to FNFs.


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Fracturas del Cuello Femoral , Necrosis de la Cabeza Femoral , Humanos , Fracturas del Cuello Femoral/cirugía , Fracturas del Cuello Femoral/complicaciones , Necrosis de la Cabeza Femoral/etiología , Necrosis de la Cabeza Femoral/cirugía , Necrosis de la Cabeza Femoral/epidemiología , Fijación Interna de Fracturas/efectos adversos , Incidencia , Cabeza Femoral
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J Med Invest ; 70(3.4): 524-529, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37940544

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OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to introduce a novel three-dimensional computed tomography (3DCT)-based three-column classification (named "MLP classification system") of intertrochanteric fractures and evaluate its reproducibility and reliability. METHODS: From September 2020 to September 2022, a total of 258 consecutive patients (60 male, 198 female;mean age 81.3 years) with intertrochanteric fractures were included in this study. The fracture in each case was assessed using a novel three-dimensional computed tomography-based three-column classification. Two examiners tested the intra and inter-observer reliability of this new classification system using kappa variance. RESULTS: The intertrochanteric region was divided into the medial column, lateral column, and posterior column. Intertrochanteric fractures were documented as M0/1/2L0/1/2/3P0/1/2/3. All fractures were classifiable into the new classification system. The intra-observer kappa values were 0.91 and 0.89, while the inter-observer kappa value was 0.82, both indicating almost perfect reliability. CONCLUSION: This novel 3DCT-based MLP classification system for intertrochanteric fractures is comprehensive, and reproducible with good agreement. It is based on proximal femur biomechanic characteristics and traumatic mechanism, contributing to formulating more reasonable treatment protocols involving various late-model internal fixation devices. J. Med. Invest. 70 : 524-529, August, 2023.


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Fracturas de Cadera , Imagenología Tridimensional , Humanos , Masculino , Femenino , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Variaciones Dependientes del Observador , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X/métodos , Fracturas de Cadera/diagnóstico por imagen , Fracturas de Cadera/cirugía
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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36141726

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Adopting the information processing perspective, the current study aims to investigate the differential effects of affective and cognitive ruminations on individuals' affective states and learning behavior, and to further explore their differential mediating roles in transmitting effects of challenge and hindrance stressors on affect and behavior. A two-wave survey, in which stressors and ruminations were measured in the first wave and affective states and learning behavior were measured in the second, was conducted to obtain responses from 410 employees. As expected, affective and cognitive ruminations were differently associated with challenge stressors (i.e., cognitive job insecurity) and hindrance stressors (i.e., interpersonal conflict), and yielded different effects in terms of positive affect, negative affect, and learning behavior. Specifically, the results showed that: (a) cognitive job insecurity was significantly and positively related to cognitive rumination, while interpersonal conflict was significantly and positively related to affective rumination; (b) affective and cognitive ruminations were significantly associated with positive or negative affect, but in the exact opposite direction; (c) cognitive rumination, but not affective rumination, was significantly related to learning behavior; and (d) cognitive rumination mediated the effect of cognitive job insecurity on positive affect and learning behavior, while affective rumination mediated the effect of interpersonal conflict on negative affect. The current study contributes to the literature on rumination by introducing a new perspective, and sheds new light on the understanding of how and why affective and cognitive ruminations may lead to different affective states and behaviors.


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Rumiación Cognitiva , Cognición , Conflicto Psicológico , Emociones , Humanos , Relaciones Interpersonales
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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35954719

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Extant research has consistently demonstrated that negative perfectionism is an important driver of procrastination. However, existing studies suffer from several salient limitations, such as an inadequacy in understanding its mediating mechanism, and the lack of an overarching theoretical framework. Accordingly, the present study adopts the ego depletion theory to investigate how and under what conditions negative perfectionism leads to procrastination. Specifically, we propose that fear of failure and ego depletion serially mediate the effect of negative perfectionism on procrastination, and that cognitive flexibility moderates this chain mediating effect. A three-wave survey consisting of 490 participants, in which negative perfectionism was measured in the first survey, fear of failure and ego depletion were measured in the second, and procrastination was measured in the last survey, lends support to all of our hypotheses. Specifically, our results indicate that (a) negative perfectionism influences procrastination through the chain mediating effect of fear of failure and ego depletion; (b) cognitive flexibility moderates the effect of fear of failure on ego depletion in that the effect is weaker when cognitive flexibility is high rather than low; and (c) cognitive flexibility moderates the chain mediating effect of negative perfectionism on procrastination, such that this chain mediation is weaker when cognitive flexibility is high rather than low. Our findings are discussed in terms of the theoretical contribution to reveal the mechanism by which negative perfectionism results in negative effects from the novel perspective of ego depletion.


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Perfeccionismo , Procrastinación , Ego , Miedo , Humanos , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Front Psychol ; 12: 601389, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33767644

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought about unprecedented uncertainty and challenges to the worldwide economy and people's everyday life. Anecdotal and scientific evidence has documented the existence of a positive relationship between the experience of crisis and creativity. Though this appears to be ubiquitous, the crisis-creativity-well-being relationship has not been sufficiently examined across countries and using a working adult sample. The current study drew on a sample consisting of 1,420 employees from China (n = 489, 40% females), Germany (n = 599, 47% females), and the United States (n = 332, 43% females) to examine whether creativity can function as an effective means to cope with crisis and to achieve both flourishing and social well-being. Multivariate analyses showed that perceived impact of COVID-19 was positively related to creative process engagement, which was positively related to employees' self-reported creative growth. Creative growth was associated with a higher level of flourishing well-being. This sequential mediation model was significant across the three samples. Creativity also mediated the relationship between perceived impact of COVID-19 and social well-being (social connectedness), but this connection was only found for the Chinese sample. Further data analyses revealed that individualism moderated this serial mediation model in that the positive coping effect of creativity on both flourishing and social well-being was stronger for individuals who hold more collectivistic views. Results of the study have implications for crisis management, personal development, and positive functioning of individuals and society.

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Zhongguo Gu Shang ; 34(12): 1136-40, 2021 Dec 25.
Artículo en Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34965631

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical effect of arthroscopic fixation of tibial avulsion fracture of posterior cruciate ligament with a knot-free anchor and Endobuton titanium plate. METHODS: From October 2019 to October 2020, 12 patients with tibial avulsion fracture of posterior cruciate ligament were treated with the arthroscopic knot-free anchor and Endobuton titanium plate, including 9 males and 3 females. The age ranged from 23 to 58 years old. The time from injury to operation ranged from 2 to 9 days. There were 2 cases of Meyers typeⅡand 10 cases of Meyers type Ⅲ. There were 2 cases of meniscus injury and 1 case of partial injury of medial collateral ligament. The fracture healing and knee range of motion were evaluated after operation, and the clinicalefficacy was evaluated by Lysholm function score. RESULTS: All patients were followed up for 12 months. All patients healed within 6 months, and there were no complications such as incision infection, lower extremity deep venous thrombosis and internal fixation falling off. The knee flexion range of motion recovered from 50°-90° before operation to 115°-130° 6 months after operation, and no patient had straightening disorder. Lysholm functional score recovered from preoperative 29-54 scores to 86-100 scores 12 months after operation. CONCLUSION: Arthroscopic reduction and fixation of tibial avulsion fracture of posterior cruciate ligament with the knot-free anchor and Endobuton titanium plate has less complications, high fracture healing rate, good extension and flexion angle and early function recovery of knee joint.


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Fracturas por Avulsión , Ligamento Cruzado Posterior , Fracturas de la Tibia , Adulto , Artroscopía , Femenino , Fracturas por Avulsión/cirugía , Humanos , Articulación de la Rodilla/cirugía , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Ligamento Cruzado Posterior/cirugía , Técnicas de Sutura , Fracturas de la Tibia/cirugía , Titanio , Resultado del Tratamiento , Adulto Joven
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Risk Anal ; 30(4): 699-707, 2010 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20199651

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During the first half of 2008, China suffered three natural disasters: a heavy snow storm, an outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease, and a severe earthquake. The aim of the present study is to explore how low-probability/high-consequence events influence overconfidence. In Study 1, opportunity samples were obtained by recruiting residents in three different types of disaster-hit areas to answer a peer-comparison probability judgment questionnaire about 1 month after the corresponding disaster occurred. The performance of 539 participants in disaster-hit areas was compared with that of 142 residents in a nondisaster area. The findings indicate that residents in disaster-hit areas were less overconfident than those in the nondisaster area on both positive and negative events. In Study 2, we surveyed a total of 336 quake-victims 4 and 11 months after the earthquake to examine whether the impact of disasters on overconfidence would decay with time. The resulting data indicate that the disaster victims became more overconfident as time elapsed. The overall findings suggest that low-probability/high-consequence events could make people less overconfident and more rational and seem to serve as a function of debiasing.


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Desastres , Probabilidad , China
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Front Psychol ; 11: 463, 2020.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32273862

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Creative mindsets reflect the implicit beliefs individuals hold regarding the nature of creativity as innate (i.e., fixed mindset) or malleable (i.e., growth mindset). Karwowski (2014) developed the Creative Mindsets Scale (CMS), in which fixed and growth creative mindsets were each measured with five items. Across three studies, the current study aimed to examine its psychometric properties in Chinese settings and to explore to what extent effects of creative mindsets on creativity were generalized to the real workplace. Based on the survey data of 216 college students (Study 1) and 205 full-time employees (Study 2) in China, results consistently indicated that a two-factor structure, in which both types of creative mindsets were independent of each other, was confirmed. Measures of both types of creative mindsets were of satisfactory psychometric features in terms of reliability (internal consistency) and validity (construct, convergent, and discriminant validities). Furthermore, Study 1 provided evidence for the incremental validity of creative mindsets beyond mindsets of intelligence in explaining creative personal identity and creative self-efficacy. Based on a third independent sample consisting of 282 full-time employees from several Chinese companies, Study 3 further demonstrated that measures of creative mindsets could predict employees' creative performance as rated by their supervisors, lending additional support for their generalizability to the real workplace. Moreover, growth mindset, but not fixed mindset, was significantly related to creative performance, and such an effect was mediated by effort. The present study contributes to the creative mindset literature by cross-validating the CMS's psychometric properties in a new setting and empirically establishing the link between creative mindsets and employees' creativity in the real workplace.

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Front Psychol ; 11: 1314, 2020.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32595574

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Drawing on the crossover model and conservation of resources theory, we explore the mechanism through which supervisors' ego depletion induces subordinates' deviant behavior. Using the two-wave survey data from 24 supervisors and their 192 respective subordinates, we found supports for our hypotheses that (a) abusive supervision mediated the effect of supervisors' ego depletion on subordinates' ego depletion; (b) subordinates' ego depletion mediated the effect of abusive supervision on subordinates' deviant behavior; and (c) abusive supervision and subordinates' ego depletion serially mediated the effect of supervisors' ego depletion on subordinates' deviant behavior. Our serial crossover model posits that both ego depletion and unethical behavior can be transmitted from supervisors to subordinates, and that these two crossover processes are entwined with each other. Findings are discussed in terms of theoretical contributions and practical implications.

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PLoS One ; 10(5): e0125821, 2015.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25973960

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Understanding urbanization and evaluating its impact are vital for formulating global sustainable development. The results obtained from evaluating the impact of urbanization, however, depend on the kind of measurement used. With the goal of increasing our understanding of the impact of urbanization, we developed direct and indirect subjective indicators to measure how people assess their living situation. The survey revealed that the projected endorsements and perceived social ambiance of people toward living in different types of settlements did not improve along with the urbanization level in China. The assessment scores from the city dwellers were not significantly different from those from the country areas and, more surprisingly, both were significantly higher than the assessment scores of the town dwellers, which we had expected to fall between the assessment scores of the country and city dwellers. Instead their scores were the lowest. We dubbed this V-shaped relationship the "town dislocation effect." When searching for a potential explanation for this effect, we found additional town dislocation effects in social support, loss aversion, and receptivity toward genetically modified food. Further analysis showed that only social support mediated the relationship between the three tiers of settlements (cities, country areas, and towns) and the subjective indicator. The projected endorsements yielded significant subjective assessments that could enhance our understanding of Chinese urbanization. Towns posed specific problems that require special attention.


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Urbanización , Adolescente , Adulto , China , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Dinámica Poblacional , Medio Social , Apoyo Social , Adulto Joven
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PLoS One ; 8(4): e61137, 2013.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23573297

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BACKGROUND: The Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) is a new instrument that assesses subjective feelings of well-being and ill-being and overcome several limitations of previous popular instruments. The current study examined the scale's psychometric properties with a large Chinese sample. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Data were collected form 21,322 full-time workers from the power industry. The psychometric properties were assessed in term of internal consistency reliability, factorial validity, convergent validity, and measurement invariance across gender, age, marital status, education level, and income level. The results demonstrate that the SPANE has high internal consistency reliability, a correlated two-factor structure (with the uniqueness of three general and specific items of positive and negative feelings allowed to correlate with each other), strict equivalence across gender, age and marital status, and strong equivalence across education and income. Furthermore, the SPANE converges well with two measures of life satisfaction. CONCLUSION: The Chinese version of the SPANE behaves consistently with the original and can be used in future studies of emotional well-being. The scale norms are presented in terms of percentile rankings, and implications and directions for future research are discussed.


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Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Adolescente , Pueblo Asiatico , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Satisfacción Personal , Psicometría , Calidad de Vida , Valores de Referencia , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Estadísticas no Paramétricas , Adulto Joven
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PLoS One ; 5(3): e9727, 2010 Mar 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20305817

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BACKGROUND: In 2008 after a massive earthquake jolted Wenchuan, China, we reported an effect that we termed a "Psychological Typhoon Eye": the closer to the center of the devastated area, the lower the level of concern felt by residents about safety and health. We now report on the progression of this effect and the development of new variations after the quake as well as investigating potential explanations. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We conducted two sequential surveys of 5,216 residents in non-devastated and devastated areas in September-October 2008 and April-May 2009. Respondents were asked five questions to assess their concerns about safety and health. A MANCOVA showed a significant inverse effect of residential devastation level on the estimated number of medical and psychological workers needed, the estimated probability of an epidemic outbreak, and the estimated number of self-protective behaviors needed (Ps<0.001), in spite of the passage of one year. The level of post-earthquake concern decreased significantly with an increase in the residential devastation level. Additionally, we observed two variations in the "Psychological Typhoon Eye" effect, in that the respondents' concern decreased with increasing relational distance between a respondent and victims who had suffered either physical or economic damage. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The previously reported effect of a "Psychological Typhoon Eye" remains robust over a 1-year period. We found that the "psychological immunization" theory did not provide a satisfactory explanation for these intriguing results. Our findings may be useful in understanding how people become resilient to threats.


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Terremotos , Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático/epidemiología , Estrés Psicológico/psicología , Adulto , China , Demografía/métodos , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Modelos Estadísticos , Análisis Multivariante , Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático/psicología , Factores de Tiempo
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Vet Res Commun ; 34(5): 445-57, 2010 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20512625

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A monoclonal antibody, 3BIgG, against the prokaryotically expressed foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) non-structural protein (NSP) 3B was obtained. The 3BIgG-sepharose conjugant (3BmAb-6BFF) was prepared by adding the purified 3BIgG into epoxy-activated sepharose 6BFF, incubating with the inactivated FMDV, and then removing the sepharose by centrifugation. The vaccine was made from the supernatant emulsified with oil-adjuvant ISA206. Ten guinea pigs, 26 pigs and six cattle were vaccinated, and a vaccination control group was included without treatment with 3BmAb-6BFF. After 28 days, 9/10 pigs challenged with FMDV were protected, this result was the same as the control group, indicating that the vaccine potency was not reduced after treatment with 3BmAb-6BFF. The other animals were vaccinated weekly for nine weeks, and serum samples were collected to detect 3ABC-antibody titers. The results showed that 3ABC-antibody production was delayed and the positive antibody rates were lower when vaccination was carried out using vaccines treated with 3BmAb-6BFF compared with untreated vaccines. The findings of this study suggest that it is possible to reduce NSPs using a mAb-sepharose conjugant in FMD vaccines without reducing their efficacy.


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Virus de la Fiebre Aftosa/inmunología , Fiebre Aftosa/prevención & control , Vacunas Virales/uso terapéutico , Animales , Anticuerpos Monoclonales/inmunología , Anticuerpos Antivirales/inmunología , Bovinos/inmunología , Bovinos/virología , Fiebre Aftosa/inmunología , Cobayas/inmunología , Cobayas/virología , Porcinos/inmunología , Porcinos/virología , Vacunas de Productos Inactivados/inmunología , Vacunas de Productos Inactivados/uso terapéutico , Proteínas no Estructurales Virales/inmunología , Vacunas Virales/inmunología
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