The relationship between financial strain, perceived stress, psychological symptoms, and academic and social integration in undergraduate students

DR Adams, SA Meyers, RS Beidas - Journal of American college …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Financial strain may directly or indirectly (ie, through perceived stress) impact
students' psychological symptoms and academic and social integration, yet few studies have …

Perceived stress of the COVID-19 pandemic and adolescents' depression symptoms: the moderating role of character strengths

Q Liu, Z Wang - Personality and individual differences, 2021 - Elsevier
The outbreak of COVID-19 could increase adolescents' psychological distress and have a
detrimental effect on their mental health. However, the negative effect of the COVID-19 …

Relationships among trait resilience, virtues, post-traumatic stress disorder, and post-traumatic growth

W Duan, P Guo, P Gan - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The present study aims to examine the relationship between trait resilience and virtues in
the context of trauma. A total of 537 participants who attended the preliminary investigation …

Psychometric evaluation of the simplified Chinese version of flourishing scale

X Tang, W Duan, Z Wang, T Liu - Research on social work …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: The Flourishing Scale (FS) was developed to measure psychological well-being
from the eudaimonic perspective, highlighting the flourishing of human functioning. This …

Protective effect of self-compassion to emotional response among students with chronic academic stress

Y Zhang, X Luo, X Che, W Duan - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The literature has shown that self-compassion is a protective factor of an individual's
emotional response to chronic stress. However, this stress-buffering effect has not been …

Calling, character strengths, career identity, and job burnout in young Chinese university teachers: A chain-mediating model

L Lian, S Guo, Q Wang, L Hu, X Yang, X Li - Children and Youth Services …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many studies have reported the risk factors of teachers' job burnout. However, few studies
have analyzed the potential positive factors, such as character strengths and calling, that …

Randomized trial investigating of a single-session character-strength-based cognitive intervention on freshman's adaptability

W Duan, H Bu - Research on Social Work Practice, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To investigate the efficiency of a single-session character-strength-based cognitive
intervention on enhancing freshmen's adaptability. Method: A randomized trial, pretest …

Development and initial validation of a short three-dimensional inventory of character strengths

W Duan, H Bu - Quality of Life Research, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Character strength is described as a positive and organized pattern of emotions,
thoughts, and behaviors. It serves as a schema that organizes categories of information …

The benefits of personal strengths in mental health of stressed students: A longitudinal investigation

W Duan - Quality of Life Research, 2016 - Springer
Objective This study used a two-wave longitudinal research design to explore the role of
individual strengths, including interpersonal strength, intellectual strength, and temperance …

Strengths assessment in mental health services: a systematic review

QR Chen, DKW Young, YN Petrus Ng… - Journal of Evidence …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose This study aims to review the development of strengths assessment in mental
health services and evaluate the features of those newly developed strengths assessments …