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The editorial explores innovative approaches to addressing burnout in medical workers, focusing on the benefits of Well-Being Therapy (WBT) for those experiencing overwhelming stress, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. WBT targets allostatic load and psychological well-being, offering personalized treatment to reduce burnout. The text underscores the importance of individualized interventions and comprehensive assessments to differentiate between primary and secondary occupational challenges, suggesting that WBT may enhance work performance and alleviate demoralization in medical professionals. Additionally, the editorial discusses various studies on depression treatment, benzodiazepine use in elderly patients, and challenges in medication management in mental health care, aiming to provide insights into effective treatment strategies and potential risks associated with medication use in diverse patient populations. [Extracted from the article]

This study aimed to explore how dark personality traits influence the interplay between embitterment and jealousy. We first assessed the appropriateness of the scales used to assess jealousy, personality, and embitterment for our study population, examining their performance across different relationship statuses and ensuring their reliability. Then, through correlation, regression, and moderation analyses, we investigated the relationships among these measures. Our results revealed that Machiavellianism and narcissism act as moderators in the embitterment–jealousy relationship. Specifically, Machiavellianism moderated associations between overall embitterment and its psychological state and behavioral jealousy, while narcissism moderated connections between total embitterment and its psychological state, behavioral jealousy, cognitive jealousy, and overall jealousy. Furthermore, the combined influence of a longer relationship duration and higher levels of embitterment and Machiavellianism contributed to total jealousy scores. These findings deepen our comprehension of jealousy’s intricacies and the underlying factors at play.

This study examined the moderated mediation effect of heightened vigilance and Korean culture acceptance attitude on the relationship between microaggressions and embitterment in multicultural young adults aged 25 to 34 in South Korea. A total of 329 multicultural young adults aged 25 to 34 living in South Korea were surveyed. All participants had acquired Korean nationality, even if one of their parents was a non-Korean. First, a significant correlation was found between microaggressions and heightened vigilance, embitterment, and Korean culture acceptance attitude. Second, heightened vigilance partially mediated the relationship between microaggressions and embitterment. Third, Korean culture acceptance attitude moderated the relationship between heightened vigilance and embitterment. Fourth, heightened vigilance and Korean culture acceptance attitude had a moderated mediation effect on the relationship between microaggressions and embitterment. The present study is meaningful in that it examined the mechanisms of discrimination and psychological maladjustment among multicultural young adults and explored the factors that can be overcome in the context of the increasing immigrant population in Korea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discontent is an important feature of 'left-behind places', often reflected by a high percentage of voting for populist parties. Drawing on insights from psychology, we extend previous analyses by focusing on collective embitterment as the central underlying emotional state in a region. Arguing that such negative emotions do not arise 'out of the blue', we develop a four-phase model of regional embitterment that accounts for the emotional characterisation of and the level of embitterment among the population, as well as the role of policy interventions. Based on a case study in East Thuringia, we conclude that emotions should be given more attention in future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: "Disorders specifically associated with stress" are receiving increasing attention in clinical practice, research, and modern classification systems of mental disorders. This includes not only reactions to "extremely threatening or horrific events" as it is characteristic for "post-traumatic stress disorders" but also a variety of day-to-day experiences. Examples are experiences of injustice, humiliation, or breach of trust which can have dire psychological consequences such as feelings of embitterment, a strong and crippling emotion. This study investigated the frequency of feelings of injustice and concomitant embitterment across different areas of daily life of psychosomatic patients. Methods: In an observational archival study, 200 inpatients of a department of behavioral medicine filled in the "Differential Life Burden Scale, DLB-Scale" and the "Post-Traumatic Embitterment Scale, PTED-Scale" which asks for experiences of injustice and embitterment. Results: More than half of all patients (58.5%) reported about very or extremely unjust and unfair life events and 51.5% additionally about feelings of embitterment. This was primarily associated with complaints about problems in the family and the workplace and was accompanied by an impairment of well-being. Conclusions: The findings indicate that experiences of injustice and embitterment are frequently seen in psychosomatic inpatients and should get special attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To explore the mediating role of embitterment in the association of mental toughness and psychosocial reactions in COVID-19 sufferers. Methodology: The cross-sectional study was conducted at three government and private universities of Islamabad Pakistan chosen through random selection and comprised a purposive sample of 202 young adults of BS degree, between ages limit 18-25. The overall mean age was 20.4 years with a standard deviation of 1.47. Boys constituted 49% and girls constituted 51% of the total sample. Study sample included 17% participants that had been infected with COVID-19, 52% whose family member had been infected and 15% had experienced the death of a family member due to COVID-19, 12% fell into 2 of the categories while 4% experienced all three circumstances. Results: Results show that male participants scored higher on psycho-social reactions as compared to females. Findings revealed a significant positive relationship of embitterment with psychosocial reactions (β = .49, SE=.06, p < .001). Embitterment also has a negative relationship with mental toughness (β = - .42, SE= .06, p <.001). Conclusion: COVID-19 sufferers faced psychological challenges along with health issues which led to extreme psychosocial reactions and feelings of embitterment, whereas mental toughness functioned as a protective factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]