Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Cassandra J. J. Dinius, Carmen E. E. Pocknell, Michelle P. P. Caffrey, Richard A. P. Roche
Summary: The human lifespan has greatly increased due to advancements in sanitation, medicine, and nutrition, but this has led to higher rates of cognitive disorders such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. Risk factors for these disorders include executive function, lifestyle factors, and cognitive reserve. Non-pharmacological approaches, including physical activity, social engagement, and cognitive stimulation, are essential for preserving brain health. In this article, we discuss our research on Reminiscence Therapy (RT) for promoting cognitive and psychological function in old age and early dementia, as well as future directions for tailored interventions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Ying Yang, Huajian Cai, Ziyan Yang, Xiaochong Zhao, Mei Li, Rui Han, Sylvia Xiaohua Chen
Summary: Nature can enhance psychological well-being by satisfying the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Multiple experiments have shown that exposure to nature scenes can lead to higher levels of positive affect, life satisfaction, and meaning in life.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Julie D. Henry, Sarah P. Coundouris, Jessica Mead, Brielle Thompson, Ruth E. Hubbard, Sarah A. Grainger
Summary: This study examines the relationship between social cognitive difficulties and social frailty, as well as the correlation between social frailty and psychological well-being. The findings show that social cognitive difficulties and social behavior can predict increased social frailty, with social behavior being the only significant predictor. Furthermore, social frailty is also associated with various aspects of psychological well-being, with significant effects on demoralization, resilience, and life satisfaction even after adjusting for covariates.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Russell Pine, Lisa Te Morenga, Mitch Olson, Theresa Fleming
Summary: Digital interventions for mental health have shown efficacy in trials, but their uptake and retention in real-world settings are usually disappointing. This paper proposes integrating mental health content into casual video games to support psychological well-being. The design of Match Emoji, a casual video game aimed at supporting psychological well-being, involved collaboration with experts and will lead to a randomized controlled trial.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Giulia Fusi, Massimiliano Palmiero, Sara Lavolpe, Laura Colautti, Maura Crepaldi, Alessandro Antonietti, Alberto Di Domenico, Barbara Colombo, Adolfo Di Crosta, Pasquale La Malva, Luca Rozzini, Maria Luisa Rusconi
Summary: This study explored the relationships between psychological well-being, age, and core executive functions. The results showed that age and inhibitory skills were negatively correlated with personal growth. Inhibition was found to be a predictor of the sense of continued growth and development in older adults, even after controlling for age and educational levels.
Article
Forestry
Olga Grabowska-Chenczke, Sandra Wajchman-switalska, Marcin Wozniak
Summary: The way people perceive contact with nature may impact their environmental attitudes and psychological well-being. The study found a significant relationship between nature relatedness and psychological well-being, as well as correlations between specific aspects of nature relatedness and well-being subscales. Additionally, a correlation between nature relatedness and self-control was identified, with gender differences observed in these relationships.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Bethany R. Wilton-Harding, Tim D. Windsor
Summary: This study examined the association between awareness of age-related change and psychological well-being. The results showed that higher awareness gains were associated with higher psychological well-being, while higher awareness losses were associated with lower psychological well-being. Additionally, the negative association between awareness losses and psychological well-being was weaker among those reporting higher awareness gains.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Sesong Jeon
Summary: This study examined the impact of differentiation on psychological well-being in the relationship between aging mothers and adult daughters, as well as the moderating effect of adult daughters' parental status. The findings showed that both the differentiation of adult daughters and mothers were positively related to their psychological well-being. However, there was no significant effect of aging mother-adult daughter differentiation on psychological well-being. Importantly, the parental status of adult daughters had a positive moderating effect on the association between aging mother-adult daughter differentiation and psychological well-being for aging mothers.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ryan L. Brown, Michelle A. Chen, Jensine Paoletti, Eva E. Dicker, E. Lydia Wu-Chung, Angie S. LeRoy, Marzieh Majd, Robert Suchting, Julian F. Thayer, Christopher P. Fagundes
Summary: The negative emotions following stressful life events can increase the risk of depressive symptoms and perceived stress. The process model of emotion regulation helps distinguish adaptive and maladaptive strategies to determine who may be at a higher risk of psychological health problems. Heart rate variability (HRV) may affect these relationships as it measures aspects of self-regulation, including emotion and behavioral regulation. The study found that higher vagally mediated HRV can buffer the adverse effects of expressive suppression on depressive symptoms, and weakly for perceived stress. There was no evidence for an interaction between cognitive reappraisal and HRV, but there was a significant negative association between cognitive reappraisal and depressive symptoms and perceived stress. Future research can investigate whether intervening on emotion regulation strategies or HRV can change these individual characteristics over time.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Jennifer Morozink Boylan, Justin L. Tompkins, Patrick M. Krueger
Summary: Psychological well-being is longitudinally associated with lower mortality risk among older adults. Higher life satisfaction, social support, and optimism can contribute to longer lives, and the inverse association between education and mortality is stronger for those with higher psychological well-being.
Article
Computer Science, Cybernetics
Samuli Laato, A. K. M. Najmul Islam, Teemu H. Laine
Summary: The study findings on Finnish Pokemon GO players indicate a positive association between deficient self-regulation and fear of missing out with gaming fatigue, while engagement with cooperative and individual game mechanics has a positive impact on well-being. Competitive game mechanics were found to be positively related to both well-being and fatigue. The overall playing intensity showed a strong relationship with well-being but no association with fatigue.
BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Borjana Kremzar Jovanovic, Maja Smrdu, Rok Holnthaner, Tanja Kajtna
Summary: This study found that the prevalence of mental disorders among elite athletes is comparable to that of the general population. Male athletes are more prone to substance abuse and exhibit higher impulsivity and risk-taking tendencies, while female athletes are more likely to develop eating disorders. It is important to prioritize and protect the psychological well-being of athletes.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tommy Garling, Magnus Jansson
Summary: This paper lays the groundwork for research on sustainable investment related to psychological well-being and identifies the potential roles financial markets can play in reducing threats to global consumption levels. It also highlights barriers to ESG integration in investments.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Man Guo, Yi Wang, Jinyu Liu, Meredith Stensland, XinQi Dong
Summary: This study identified four coping repertoires among Chinese older immigrants in the United States: low-resource, spouse-oriented, community-oriented, and multi-source coping. Those with the multi-source coping repertoire reported the best psychological outcomes among the participants.
AGING & MENTAL HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Economics
Mo Alloush, Jeffrey R. Bloem
Summary: The study reveals that impoverished individuals in South Africa tend to reside in neighborhoods with higher levels of violence, which is strongly associated with elevated depressive symptoms and an increased risk of poverty.
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Esben Elholm Madsen, Tina Hansen, Sidsel Damsgaard Thomsen, Jeppe Panduro, Georgios Ermidis, Peter Krustrup, Morten B. Randers, Carsten Hvid Larsen, Anne-Marie Elbe, Johan Wikman
Summary: Studying the psychological characteristics and experience of female elite football players is important for understanding how they handle psychological pressure and improve performance. Based on a sample of 128 players, the study found that age and national team experience were negatively related to trait anxiety, and starting players had lower trait anxiety. Before important matches, somatic state anxiety was negatively associated with national team experience, and cognitive state anxiety was negatively associated with hope for success and positively associated with somatic and worry trait anxiety. Self-confidence was positively associated with youth national team experience and negatively associated with worry trait anxiety.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Camilla Hansen, Sophie Moller, Thomas Ehlers, Kate A. Wickham, Jens Bangsbo, Lasse Gliemann, Ylva Hellsten
Summary: Aerobic training improves vascular endothelial function by enhancing mitochondria respiration, antioxidant capacity, and prostacyclin formation in isolated human microvascular endothelial cells. It also reduces endothelial glycolysis. Elevated blood pressure is associated with increased endothelial mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation.
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Johan Onslev, Martin Thomassen, Jorgen Wojtaszewski, Jens Bangsbo, Morten Hostrup
Summary: Exercise attenuates the effect of beta(2)-agonist salbutamol on leg glucose uptake, but this attenuation diminishes in recovery. Salbutamol increases leg lactate release in recovery, which may relate to glycolytic trafficking due to excessive myocellular glucose uptake.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2022)
Article
Physiology
Danny Christiansen, Casper B. L. Olsen, Frederik Kehler, Anders P. Hansen, Seren Jessen, Peter M. Christensen, Jens Bangsbo
Summary: This study investigated the impact of IPC-Ex on intense endurance exercise performance, finding that IPC-Ex resulted in a higher mean power output compared to IPC-rest, with no significant difference between IPC-rest and SHAM. IPC-Ex affected perceived exertion and blood pH levels.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Soren Jessen, Thomas Baasch-Skytte, Johan Onslev, Kasper Eibye, Vibeke Backer, Jens Bangsbo, Morten Hostrup
Summary: Rodent studies have shown that chronic beta(2)-agonist treatment can enhance glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity. However, the doses used in these studies are not comparable to therapeutic doses for humans. In this study, we investigated the effects of beta(2)-agonist treatment at therapeutic doses on insulin-stimulated glucose disposal in healthy men. We found that a 4-week treatment period with daily inhalation of beta(2)-agonist increased insulin-stimulated whole-body glucose disposal, which was associated with an increase in lean mass. These findings suggest that beta(2)-agonists have therapeutic potential for improving insulin sensitivity.
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Morten Hostrup, Jakob Grunnet Knudsen, Caroline Maag Kristensen, Soren Jessen, Henriette Pilegaard, Jens Bangsbo
Summary: This study investigates the effect of beta(2)-agonist salbutamol on leg IL-6 release in lean young men during rest and recovery from resistance exercise. The results show that salbutamol increases leg IL-6 release and muscle IL-6 mRNA levels after exercise, suggesting that beta(2)-adrenergic stimulation can regulate IL-6 production in skeletal muscle.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2022)
Article
Biology
Morten Hostrup, Anders Krogh Lemminger, Ben Stocks, Alba Gonzalez-Franquesa, Jeppe Kjaergaard Larsen, Julia Prats Quesada, Martin Thomassen, Brian Tate Weinert, Jens Bangsbo, Atul Shahaji Deshmukh, David E. James
Summary: Exercise is effective in preventing and treating metabolic diseases. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) can induce changes in the proteome and acetylome of human skeletal muscle, leading to metabolic adaptations. Furthermore, HIIT increases the acetylation of mitochondrial proteins.
Article
Physiology
Jan Sommer Jeppesen, Jeppe F. Vigh-Larsen, Mikkel S. Oxfeldt, Niklas M. Laustsen, Magni Mohr, Jens Bangsbo, Morten Hostrup
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of intensified training, specifically speed endurance training (SET), on improving high-intensity exercise performance in youth national-team ice hockey players. The results indicated that SET significantly enhanced players' on-ice performance, including aerobic capacity, muscle mass, with superior effects compared to regular training.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Martin Thomassen, Jens Bangsbo, Morten Hostrup
Summary: Immunoblotting is commonly used in muscle physiology for protein regulation analysis, but different protocols may lead to different outcomes. This study investigated the impact of various homogenization procedures on protein abundance determination in muscle biopsies. Differences in protein abundance between healthy individuals and type-2 diabetics were also examined, as well as the effect of data normalization. The findings suggest that fractionated and non-fractionated immunoblotting samples yield similar data for certain proteins, except for actin, which is not suitable for data normalization in human skeletal muscle immunoblotting studies.
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Anders K. K. Lemminger, Matteo Fiorenza, Kasper Eibye, Jens Bangsbo, Morten Hostrup
Summary: This study investigated whether high-intensity exercise training alters the effect of N-acetylcysteine on exercise-related muscle ionic shifts. The results showed that high-intensity exercise training not only enhances the ability to counter exercise-related ionic shifts, but also potentiates the effect of N-acetylcysteine on ionic shifts during exercise.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Line Boel Norregaard, Kate Aiko Wickham, Thomas Ehlers, Marcos Paulo Rocha, Mads Fischer, Martina Lundberg H. Slingsby, Stephen S. Cheung, Phillip Adrian Evans, Jens Bangsbo, Ylva Hellsten
Summary: The study found that high-intensity exercise training initiated soon after menopause can reduce thrombotic risk in postmenopausal females, while its effects on those who have been in postmenopause for a long time remain uncertain.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mogens T. Pedersen, Line B. Norregaard, Tanja D. Jensen, Amalie S. Frederiksen, Laila Ottesen, Jens Bangsbo
Summary: The present study examined the effect of 5 years of floorball training on risk factors for lifestyle diseases, fitness, physical function, and social capital of elderly males. The results showed that floorball training had positive effects on fat percentage, bone mineral density, muscle strength, walk distance, sit-to-stand repetitions, and social connectedness in the elderly males.
HEALTH SCIENCE REPORTS
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Anne-Simone Parent, Sara Moline, Delphine Franssen
HORMONE RESEARCH IN PAEDIATRICS
(2021)
Review
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Adam B. Evans, Gertrud U. Pfister
Summary: The study highlights gender inequity in sports organization boards, emphasizing the underrepresentation of women in leadership positions, patriarchal practices, and the reinforcement of inequity by organizational cultures. While gender equity policies exist, actions to pursue gender equity are lacking. The research also indicates a need to further understand electoral procedures in sports organizations, women's experiences of inequity, and the experiences of women who step down or are not appointed to leadership positions.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT
(2021)
