Psychology · Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
In a community-based study of 2,007 older Korean adults, suicide attempts showed relatively high scores for connecting different depressive symptoms and for being explained by neighboring symptoms. The finding was not consistent across all measures, and women’s symptom networks appeared denser around suicide-related symptoms.
A study of 2,607 South Korean children followed from fourth through ninth grade found three patterns of suicidal thoughts. Higher self-esteem was most strongly linked with the low, stable pattern, while the findings suggest that prevention may need to be tailored to different developmental paths.
A study of 15,968 students in Hunan, China, found that verbal bullying was associated with non-suicidal self-injury through psychotic-like experiences and depressive symptoms. The findings describe links among individual symptoms, but do not establish that bullying or symptoms cause self-injury.
A meta-analysis of 175 studies involving 418,528 young people found no overall increase in subclinical emotional and behavioral symptoms from 1981 to 2019. Instead, some problems became less common while others, including anxiety and depression in teenagers, showed increases in particular reports.
People often think about other people, but it has been unclear whether these ongoing thoughts change with different social situations and reflect traits like generosity. In a study of 320 participants, researchers found a small set of recurring thought patterns that varied by social context and related to fairness preferences.
