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Mental health stigma and mental health literacy in Russia: Their prevalence and associations with somatic, anxiety, and depressive symptoms
Psychology in Russia: State of the Art. 2024. Vol. 17. No. 2. P. 23–33.
Background. Mental health stigma and mental health literacy can be potential targets of public education and health development. These areas are culturally specific and have so far been almost unexplored in Russia. Objective. This study aimed at examining mental health stigma and mental health literacy in Russia, their prevalence, and their associations with somatic, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Design. The participants were 1,068 Russian adults. They completed the online questionnaire with measures assessing their mental health stigma (Perceived Devaluation and Discrimination Scale; Link et al., 2001); somatic symptoms (Somatic Symptom Scale-8; Gierk et al., 2014); anxiety symptoms (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; Spitzer et al., 2006); and depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9; Kroenke et al., 2001). To examine their mental health literacy, we used a series of questions exploring a person’s awareness of mental health and mental health problems. Results. Mental health stigma was found in 67% of the participants, who were less confident that most mental disorders can be prevented and more confident that mental disorders can be cured in most cases. Higher devaluation, discrimination, and mental health stigma were related to more severe somatic symptoms. Lower mental health literacy and higher devaluation, discrimination, and mental health stigma were associated with more severe anxiety and depressive symptoms. These associations were the same when adding covariates such as sex, age, partnership, parenthood, and educational background. Conclusion. This study highlighted the obvious need for measures to reduce mental health stigma and improve mental health literacy in Russian society. In general, these measures can contribute to the promotion of better mental health in Russia.
Shilmanskaya A., Leontiev D., Культурно-историческая психология 2026 Т. 22 № 2 С. 86–97
Context and relevance. The issue of personality changes has become a significant trend in personality research over the past decade. Traditional approaches to assessing the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic work are based on comparing measurement results before and after intervention. Objective. To test the visual “Trajectory” method for assessing the perceived trajectory of individual development and to verify its ...
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Васильчук М. С., Шаньков Ф. М., Chumakova M. et al., Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics 2021 Vol. 18 No. 2 P. 247–258
The 2019 Coronavirus disease outbreak leads to negative psychological outcomes not only for healthcare workers and patients, but also for the general public. S. Hobfoll’s Conservation of Resources theory is one of the most applicable models for conceptualizing and evaluating natural and social catastrophes and their impact. A web-based screening has been conducted at the ...
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Luzhnova K., Психологические исследования: электронный научный журнал 2025 Vol. 19 No. 107 P. 1–18
This systematic review aims to synthesize and analyze current research on the characteristics of category learning in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) within the framework of the COVIS model, which posits competition between explicit (verbal) and implicit (nonverbal) categorization systems. The review includes 40 empirical studies published between 1981 and 2025, selected according to ...
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Antonova N., Федулова Е. В., Психологические исследования: электронный научный журнал 2026 Т. 19 № 107 С.
The aim of this article is to analyze the theoretical and methodological foundations of cognitive-behavioral coaching and to identify prospects for its further development and research. The article examines the historical prerequisites for the emergence of cognitive-behavioral coaching as a helping practice. The distinctions between cognitive-behavioral coaching (CBC) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) are analyzed. The ...
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Sautkina E., Bonnefoy B., Osin E., Journal of Environmental Psychology 2026 Vol. 113 No. August 2026 Article 103124
Several theories suggest that individual differences in the notion of the self are associated with relationship to nature and pro-environmental behavior. However, the diversity of existing theories makes it difficult to test this hypothesis in a comprehensive way. We combined a wide range of relevant constructs to explore whether self-centeredness (operationalized as a combination of ...
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Chebotareva E., Гончарова М. Э., Дубинина Т. С., М.: Российский университет дружбы народов им. Патриса Лумумбы, 2024.
В сборнике представлены материалы Международной научно-практической конференции, посвящённой 85-летию доктора психологических наук, профессора, заслуженного работника высшей школы РФ, заслуженного профессора РУДН им. Патриса Лумумбы Александра Ивановича Крупнова, которая состоялась 26 апреля 2024 г. на кафедре психологии и педагогики филологического факультета Российского университета дружбы народов им. Патриса Лумумбы. В работе конференции приняли участие более 500 ученых ...
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Chebotareva E., Routledge, 2025.
The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health presents critical, theoretical, empirical, and psychological accounts of intercultural intimacies.
It challenges pervasive Eurocentric discourse and ideas and offers current, scholarly, practical, equitable, global, and intercultural responsive philosophies, theories, clinical frameworks, and practices. The chapters in this text offer critical perspectives on the mental ...
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Chebotareva E., Hill C. T., Springer, 2025.
The second revised and expanded edition of this successful handbook extensively explores the idea and practice of love from diverse cultural, psychological, and biological perspectives. It provides a comprehensive understanding of love by examining its various manifestations, cultural interpretations, and the underlying psychological and biological mechanisms that shape it. Notably, the book won the William ...
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Chebotareva E., Психология и психотерапия семьи 2025 № 4 С. 100–101
This review of experience of the EFT adapting to work with adult sibling dyads. The specifics of
the therapeutic process are highlighted and the main focus of influence is indicated. ...
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Худова В. А., Glebko N., Новые психологические исследования 2026 № 2 С. 13–37
Digitalization and the widespread use of the Internet have changed the way people interact with information. The Internet and digital devices are becoming a kind of “external memory storage,” functioning as a form of transactive memory: instead of relying on their own cognitive resources, people increasingly trust search engines and cloud services. In this regard, ...
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Shmelev I., Новые психологические исследования 2026 № 2 С. 57–78
Statement of the Problem. In the context of information overload, the develop
ment of digital resilience has become critically important. Coaching is considered
a practice-oriented approach capable of enhancing cognitive, emotional, behavior
al, and value-motivational resources, thereby supporting adaptive and productive
functioning in a digital environment. Existing research remains fragmented, high
lighting the need for a systemic approach and the ...
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Maklasova E., Tatarko A., Boehnke K., Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 2026 Vol. 19 No. 2
Background. Corruption severely threatens societal stability and well-being, with various factors contributing to its prevalence. This study, relying on theory and empirical research on the relationship between suffering and fraud, offers a new explanation, that worries may be an essential factor in the acceptability of corruption. People’s worries are the consequences of suffering they experience throughout ...
Added: June 24, 2026
Осипова В. В., Kosova E., New psychological research 2026 No. 2 P. 228–250
Statement of the Problem. In the age of pervasive digitalization, online news consumption is growing steadily. Simultaneously, tools for creating and spreading fake news are expanding. Previous research highlights the impact of structural usability elements on trust across domains, yet their specific effect on trust in news web interfaces remains inadequately explored. The Purpose of ...
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Poddiakov A., Klarina E., New psychological research 2026 No. 2 P. 207–227
In the initial stage of our study, participants were shown Polunin’s pantomime 10,000-Meter Race (1981), in which he portrayed a runner growing increasingly exhausted through different stages of the race. In individual interviews, participants were asked about their impressions of the pantomime. Then an emergent turn in the research occurred. One of the participants found and sent ...
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Signayevskaya K., Gorbunova E. S., Сибирский психологический журнал 2026 № 100 С. 76–91
Эффект контекстной подсказки, заключающийся в постепенном сокращении времени поиска цели при многократном повторении контекста, традиционно считается формой имплицитного научения, однако его зависимость от ресурсов рабочей памяти остается предметом активных научных дискуссий. Результаты исследований влияния загрузки рабочей памяти на данный эффект неоднозначны, что обусловлено отсутствием учета многокомпонентной структуры зрительной рабочей памяти и индивидуальных различий в ее ...
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Фонина В. В., Lvova E., Chumakova M., Сибирский психологический журнал 2026 № 100 С. 20–38
Context and relevance. According to statistics from the Lens.org database, interest in the topic of proactivity is growing every year. However, it is worth noting that a unified understanding of this phenomenon has not yet emerged, which complicates its study. Objective. To develop a semantic field and its content for the concept of "proactivity." Hypothesis. ...
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Zirko A., Ребенок Д. С., Ежегодник по клиентоцентрированной психотерапии и человекоцентрированному подходу, Россия 2026 Т. 6 С. 113–120
The article considers the problem of panic disorders in adulthood. While the number of people with panic disorders is growing, the short-term person-centered encounter group psychotherapy form is suggested. It’s peculiarities and facilitator’s role are described. The preliminary recommendations for such group facilitators are given. The probable group and individual dynamics of the participants is ...
Added: June 19, 2026
Zirko A., Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics 2021 Vol. 18 No. 1 P. 224–239
The author discusses vocalizations as using non-verbal voice sounds in self-expression and selfinquiry. The purpose of the study was to investigate the experience of self-expression and selfinquiry through vocalizations in the situations of valuing and evaluating. The researcher hypothesized that placing an individual in a safe place for self-expression on the conditions of valuing creates ...
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Minnigulova A., Dragoy O., Arutiunian V., European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2026
Communication deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) involve impairments in both verbal and nonverbal domains, potentially associated with altered brain network connectivity related to language, attention, and social cognition systems. This study investigated functional connectivity patterns among the Default Mode Network (DMN), Salience Network (SN), Dorsal Attention Network (DAN), and Language Network (LN) in male children ...
Added: June 18, 2026
Alena A. Zolotareva, Julia S. Vitko, Elena V. Kazennaya, Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 2026 Vol. 19 No. 1 P. 96–108
Background. Empirical evidence highlights that psychotherapists and applied psychologists experience stress, anxiety, depression, emotional exhaustion, secondary traumatic stress, and other symptoms of somatic and psychological distress. Although studies suggest that volunteering can protect somatic and psychological well-being in the general population, these relationships have not been investigated in mental health professionals.
Objective. This study aimed to examine the ...
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Adu P., Grigoryev D., Holm Adzovie R. et al., Mental Health and Prevention 2025 Vol. 37 Article 200406
Objective: Mental health literacy evidence on promoting mental health prevention at the population level in Ghana is limited. We explored factors, including, sociodemographic variables, prejudice, sexist attitudes, and previous experience of mental disorders, related to the endorsement of prevention strategies for social anxiety in Ghana.
Methods: A total of 601 individuals participated in an online vignette-based ...
Added: January 30, 2025
Zolotareva A., Социальная и клиническая психиатрия 2024 Т. 34 № 2 С. 36–42
In order to examine the association between shame of a skin disorder and psychopathology, 190 persons with skin disorders (dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema, urticaria and neurodermatitis) have been interviewed. Results showed that 39.5% of respondents had anxiety symptoms, 43.7% had depressive symptoms, 65.8% had somatic symptoms, 54.2% had excessively intense thoughts, feelings or behavioral reactions associated ...
Added: August 5, 2024
Zolotareva A., Хегай А. С., Сибирский психологический журнал 2024 № 91 С. 174–188
The orphanhood is one of the key social problems of modern Russia, while Russian experts note the lack of psychosomatic research of orphans and children without parental care. The aim of this study was to examine somatic, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in orphans and children without parental care. The participants were 165 children brought up ...
Added: March 26, 2024
Zolotareva A., Здоровье населения и среда обитания 2024 Т. 32 № 2 С. 26–31
Introduction: People of many countries have become more susceptible to health risk behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Modern experts have studied psychological, but not psychosomatic outcomes of this susceptibility. Objective: To examine somatic symptoms and health risk behavior, their prevalence and associations among Russian youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods: In 2021–2022, 1,050 ...
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