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Psychological Diagnostics and Public Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 4915

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Maria Ferrara

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Health Education Observatory of the Hygiene Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy
Interests: depression; suicidal ideation; perceived stress

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The emergence and expansion of the fields of health and psychological diagnostics over the past 30 years have helped to develop and strengthen the psychological foundations of disease prevention and health promotion, with a specific focus on key health behaviours, such as tobacco smoking, alcohol abuse, sedentary lifestyles and eating behaviours, etc. The advances in psychological diagnostics produced a wealth of important evidence, derived from large prospective epidemiological studies of heart disease, cancer and other diseases. The results of these studies have improved our understanding of the interplay between biological, psychological, behavioural, social and environmental factors associated with the development and pathogenesis of many diseases. In this process, diagnostic psychology has helped generate many of the theories and models that provide an important link between understanding the modifiable determinants of disease and the development of implementation and evaluation strategies for disease prevention.

Secondly, a solid evidence base has been built, confirming the contribution of psychosocial factors—such as a 'sense of control', social support networks, personal resilience, family environment, and chronic stress—to the emergence of psychological problems that undermine the overall concept of health as complete state of physical, psychological and social wellbeing.

Since primary prevention and health promotion aim to change certain behaviours, diagnostic psychology brings with it a rigorous scientific method for understanding human behaviour, a tradition of delineating individual contexts of health and illness, and a growing armamentarium of techniques for and approaches to behaviour modification. In this Special Issue, we invite researchers from the fields of public health, epidemiology, psychology and sociology to submit high-quality articles or systematic reviews that can provide, through psychological diagnostics in public health, a description of the mental health of young people, adults and the elderly in order to provide an adequate system for prevention and health promotion. Articles that include more innovative qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods or approaches are welcome, as are studies that discuss the design, implementation and evaluation of behavioural and policy interventions that aim to address mental health problems with particular reference to those arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Maria Ferrara
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • psychological diagnostics
  • public health
  • psychological health promotion
  • lifestyles
  • wellbeing
  • COVID-19
  • young people
  • adults
  • the elderly

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Development of Sense of Coherence Stability in the AGORA Healthy Ageing Study
by Francesca Sanna, Maura Galletta, Maria Koelen and Paolo Contu
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 14190; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114190 - 30 Oct 2022
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Sense of coherence (SOC) is a psycho-social trait formed in childhood or adolescence, allowing individuals to be more resilient to daily life stressors, stay well, and improve their personal health. Although SOC remains stable after the age of thirty, only a few studies [...] Read more.
Sense of coherence (SOC) is a psycho-social trait formed in childhood or adolescence, allowing individuals to be more resilient to daily life stressors, stay well, and improve their personal health. Although SOC remains stable after the age of thirty, only a few studies investigated its stability in adulthood. The aim was to investigate the development of SOC over time in 489 participants and its association with age, gender, educational level, or negative life events. The study was performed as part of the Healthy Ageing project of the Academic Collaborative Centre AGORA, a longitudinal study involving four municipalities of Eastern Netherlands. A self-administrated questionnaire was used to monitor the SOC of the elderly in 2008, 2010, and 2013, using the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (SOC-13). The analysis included repeated-measures ANOVA analysis and bivariate analysis using Pearson’s chi square test. We found no statistically significant variation in SOC over time (F (2, 282) = 2.99, p = 0.052) and no significant association with age (F (2, 282) = 2.851, p = 0.06), gender (F (2, 282) = 0.845, p = 0.43), or educational level (F (2, 282) = 0.708, p = 0.49). SOC remained stable in the elderly population, even if they experienced negative events over their lifespan. Full article
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Teachers and Its Possible Risk Factors: A Systematic Review
by Iago Sávyo Duarte Santiago, Emanuelle Pereira dos Santos, José Arinelson da Silva, Yuri de Sousa Cavalcante, Jucier Gonçalves Júnior, Angélica Rodrigues de Souza Costa and Estelita Lima Cândido
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 1747; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031747 - 18 Jan 2023
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(1) Objective: The objective was to analyze the development of psychiatric pathologies/burnout syndrome and their possible risk factors in teachers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) Methods: A qualitative systematic review was carried out, according to the PRISMA protocol, in the [...] Read more.
(1) Objective: The objective was to analyze the development of psychiatric pathologies/burnout syndrome and their possible risk factors in teachers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) Methods: A qualitative systematic review was carried out, according to the PRISMA protocol, in the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases using a combination of the following descriptors [MeSH]: “mental health”, “mental disorders’’, “covid-19” and “school teachers’’. Articles selected were written in English, Portuguese and Spanish, published between November 2019 and December 2022. (3) Results: The most common psychiatric pathologies were generalized anxiety disorders and depression. Burnout syndrome was also quite prevalent. Of the 776 articles identified, 42 were selected after applying the eligibility criteria. Although there is variability among the analyzed studies, the risk factors most correlated with increased morbidity in teachers were: (i) being female; (ii) age below the fifth decade of life; (iii) pre-existence of chronic or psychiatric illnesses before the pandemic; (iv) difficulty in adapting to the distance education model; (v) family/work conflicts; (vi) negative symptoms caused by the pandemic. (4) Conclusions: Therefore, the COVID-19 impact on mental health appears to be more common in female teachers in their fifth decade of life and with pre-existing psychiatric comorbidities. However, prospective studies are needed to better map this situation. Full article
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