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This study surveyed 426 Filipino adults online during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic to see if perceived stress helps explain links between social support and mental health. Using standard questionnaires, the researchers found that lower perceived stress was linked to more positive feelings and less anxiety and depression when…
Anxiety has long been linked to worse performance in evaluative social settings such as sex, sport, and stage. This paper asks three main questions: how each field understands anxiety and performance, what they can learn from one another, and how they could share useful ideas. The authors review existing models…
This systematic narrative review looked at research from January 1981 to November 2020 across five databases to list factors linked to burnout. The authors found 40 distinct burnout-related factors and grouped them into 10 broad categories. They report that, besides biological, psychological, and social factors, spiritual and work-cultural factors also…
The paper proposes a clinical framework that helps people notice and work with body sensations tied to emotions. It calls this mindful interoceptive awareness and says focusing on inner body signals in a sustained, nonjudgmental way can make those sensations clearer and allow a process the authors call somatic reappraisal.…
This 2022 theoretical review examines how self-sabotaging behaviors in EFL/ESL students relate to their self-esteem and academic engagement. It says the impact of these negative behaviors has been mostly overlooked by researchers. The paper defines self-sabotage, gives examples and possible harms, and calls for more research and practical attention from…
