Rajib Ahmed Faisal, Mary C. Jobe, Oli Ahmed, Tanima Sharker
The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected people of all ages across the world both physically and psychologically. Understanding COVID-19’s impact on university students’ mental health status in Bangladesh has been limited, yet is a necessary population to study, since they are particularly vulnera...
Oli Ahmed, Rajib Ahmed Faisal, Tanima Sharker, Sherman A. Lee et al.
The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) is among the first few published screening tools for assessing dysfunctional anxiety induced by the current COVID-19 pandemic. The CAS was translated into the Bangla language following the International Test Commission’s guidelines for this adaptation study and pl...
Oli Ahmed, Kazi Nur Hossain, Rumana Ferdousi Siddique, Mary C. Jobe
COVID-19 has impacted the world on a psychological level. With cases continuing to rise, understanding mental health and vulnerability factors are vital for researchers and mental health professionals to address. This study examines personality factors—using a person-centered approach compared to th...
Oli Ahmed, Md Zahir Ahmed, Sheikh Md. Abu Hena Mostafa Alim, Maqbool Khan et al.
Bangladesh is now experiencing the COVID-19 outbreak; however, there has been minimal focus on mental health over physical health problems during this pandemic in Bangladesh. The present study was conducted using self-rated scales on a sample of 500 Bangladeshi people to address this gap. Results su...
Md. Estiar Rahman, Abdullah Al Zubayer, Md. Rifat Al Mazid Bhuiyan, Mary C. Jobe et al.
BackgroundSuicide, a major public health concern, is a leading cause of injury and death worldwide. The present study aims to assess suicidal behaviors and suicide risk among Bangladeshi people during COVID-19.MethodsA cross-sectional online survey was conducted from July 10 to July 20, 2020, involv...
Aibao Zhou, Xiangli Guan, Md Zahir Ahmed, Oli Ahmed et al.
Predominantly, a school provides pedagogical support to its students, though perceptions about the school’s internal environment can incessantly influence a student’s aggregated learning experience. The present study aims to investigate the impact of the campus environment on students’ study engagem...
Yaqi Zhang, Xiangli Guan, Md Zahir Ahmed, Mary C. Jobe et al.
Enhancing academic engagement in university students can help enrich students’ educational experience. Drawing on the Conservation of Resources Model and the Job Demand-Resources Model, this study aims to explore the links between undergraduates’ achievement goal orientation and academic engagement ...
Rajib Ahmed Faisal, Mary C. Jobe, Oli Ahmed, Tanima Sharker
Efforts and focus regarding the COVID-19 pandemic have largely been centered around physical health. However, mental health is equally as critical-as such, psychological impacts can resonate adversely during and following the pandemic. This study examined a sample of 729 Bangladeshi people and aimed...
Jingjing Wang, Xiangli Guan, Yue Zhang, Yang Li et al.
Individuals’ perceptions, attitudes, and patterns of getting along with family members are important factors influencing Chinese people’s self-evaluation. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of family cohesion on depression and the role of perceived social support and intentional sel...
Abdullah Al Zubayer, Md. Estiar Rahman, Bulbul Islam, Ohidur Zaman et al.
Cross-sectional data were collected from 787 Bangladeshi students ages 18 to 27 years, to assess dysfunctional COVID-19 anxiety using the Coronavirus anxiety Scale or CAS and to identify factors influencing their anxiety. Results indicated that 53% of the respondents attained CAS scores in the clini...
Md Zahir Ahmed, Oli Ahmed, Sang Hanbin, Pei Xie et al.
Objective: The present study aims to assess the mental health of Chinese people during the Omicron variant outbreak in March 2022. This study also explores how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) exposure history, vaccination status, sleep quality, and alcohol dependency symptoms influence mental he...
Xuefeng Li, Keli Yin, Md Zahir Ahmed, Oli Ahmed et al.
Government city management is facing higher requirements with the development of the number of migrant workers. Therefore, improving their subjective well-being is a significant practical problem that the government must consider in public governance. This research discusses the influence of public ...
Md Zahir Ahmed, Oli Ahmed, Lingfeng Gao, Mary C. Jobe et al.
In recent years, speculation of an increase in Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has surfaced with the growing popularity of internet gaming among Chinese children and adolescents. The detrimental impact of IGD on mental health cannot be denied, even though only a small portion of the screen-dependent ...
Aibao Zhou, Pei Xie, Md Zahir Ahmed, Mary C. Jobe et al.
Food attention bias could be used to indicate diet-related diseases in individuals with obesity. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and food attention bias, and the mediating role of body weight dissatisfaction (BWD) on this relationship in women. ...
Md Zahir Ahmed, Oli Ahmed, Mary C. Jobe
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