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Purpose: The study aimed to identify the profiles of psychological flexibility in patients with cervical cancer and how self-perceived burden networked to different psychological flexibility profiles.
Methods: The Personalized Psychological Flexibility Index and the Self-Perceived Burden for Cancer Patients were used to measure psychological flexibility and self-perceived burden in patients from the "Be Resilient to Cancer" project. Latent profile analysis was used to identify profiles and computer-simulated network analysis was conducted to determine if self-perceived burden networked to any of the psychological flexibility profiles.
Results: A total of 325 patients with cervical cancer were recruited in this study. Mean age was 42.26 years, the majority were married (71%) and 75.4% had early stage disease (I or II). Three profiles of psychological flexibility were identified: moderate avoidance-low acceptance/harnessing (34.8%), high avoidance-moderate acceptance/harnessing (36.9%), low avoidance and high acceptance/harnessing (28.3%). Furthermore, "worrying about damaging family relationships" and "feeling guilty about affecting family's life plans" were the most bridge symptoms as well as the targeted intervention symptoms for alleviating and aggravating the self-perceived burden respectively.
Conclusion: Three patterns of psychological flexibility were recognized with two symptoms might be targeted to improve the self-perceived burden in women with cervical cancer.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
September 2025
Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD 21224.
Learning when to initiate or withhold actions is essential for survival, requiring the integration of past experiences with new information to adapt to changing environments. The prelimbic cortex (PL) plays a central role in this process, with a stable PL neuronal population (ensemble) recruited during operant reward learning to encode response execution. However, it is unknown how this established reward-learning ensemble adapts to changing reward contingencies, such as reward omission during extinction.
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September 2025
Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Previous studies suggested that acute stress can impair flexible goal-directed action control in favor of habitual action control. In addition, there is evidence that acute stress differentially affects the processing of rewards and punishments. Therefore, we aimed at investigating whether acute stress affects the balance between goal-directed and habitual behavior not only for behavior aiming at reward but also for behavior motivated by avoiding punishments.
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September 2025
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Criterion shifting reflects a complex interplay between cognitive strategies and external influences, yet individuals differ markedly in their tendency to adjust decision thresholds. While some readily adapt their criteria in response to task demands, others maintain more rigid thresholds, raising questions about the extent to which external pressures - such as social influence - can drive greater flexibility. Findings from social psychology reveal that social pressure can heavily impact individual decision-making, suggesting that such pressures may also impact individual criterion shifting tendencies.
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September 2025
Division of Nursing, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Objective: To explore healthcare professionals' perceptions on the implementation of home hemodialysis and self-assisted hemodialysis in Singapore and to identify the perceived barriers, facilitators, and actionable strategies for increasing uptake.
Methods: This is a qualitative explorative study based on semi-structured face-to-face interviews conducted with a multidisciplinary group of 12 healthcare professionals at an acute teaching hospital in Singapore. Thematic analysis was used for data analysis.
This paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) on integration of robotics in hospitals and home-based educational settings. These schools provide essential educational environments that uphold children's right to education during prolonged illness. The review explores flexible didactic design, time adaptation, and personalized teaching approaches that are crucial in these contexts.
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