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Cookie cravings – Examining the impact of sugar content information on Christmas treat preferences via mobile eye-tracking Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jonas Potthoff, Christina Herrmann, Anne Schienle
Diets high in added sugar can promote the development of overweight. Especially during the Holiday season, when high-sugar food is abundant, people overeat and gain more weight than during other times of the year. The present study with mobile eye-tracking glasses () investigated how sugar content information affects food preference (liking/wanting) and visual attention (where and how long one is looking)
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Examining concept development classroom interaction quality and children's developmental progress in state pre-K/head start programs using pre-K CLASS and LAP-3 Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Hatice Zeynep Inan, Melissa Jozwiak, Yavuz Selim Inan, Seda Sarac
Concept Development [CD] in the early years cannot be complete without teachers' support. However, limited research exists. This research aimed to assess CD classroom interactional quality and its relationship with other quality dimensions/domains and children's overall development using the data collected in State Pre-K/Head Start classrooms with Pre-K CLASS and LAP-3. Data collected from 171 classrooms
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Vietnamese consumer's perspective on green beauty care products: Exploring the impact of animal welfare concerns and skepticism toward green advertising Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Bang Nguyen-Viet, Anh Thi Lan Nguyen
Green consumers increasingly consider animal welfare (AW) in their decision-making, demonstrating a growing awareness of ethical considerations beyond conventional environmental concerns. However, with an increase in greenwashing, skepticism has grown among consumers. Regardless of manufacturers' efforts to enhance consumer awareness via green advertising, consumer skepticism toward these advertisements
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Visiting the studies of resilience in language learning: From concepts to themes Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Wenxiu Chu, Yi Yan, Haoyue Wang, Honggang Liu
Resilience, as a positive personal trait, has been a topic of hot debate in the field of general education with the booming perspective of positive psychology. The exploration of learner resilience is conducive to understanding how learners grapple with setbacks, positively adapt, and function well in the presence of challenging situations. To date, some attention is paid to the structure of learner
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Exploring fascial properties in patients with depression and chronic neck pain: An observational study Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Lea Overmann, Robert Schleip, Johannes Michalak
Depressive disorder and chronic pain are prevalent conditions that often co-occur. The myofascial fascial continuum has been hypothesized to contribute to both conditions. However, limited research exists on the specific association between fascial properties and chronic pain and depression. This study aims to investigate the properties of the deep fascia of the and their relationship with depression
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Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory Personality Questionnaire (RST-PQ) Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Alireza Kordbagheri, Rasha Mohamed Abdelrahman, Alaa F. Alsharif, Marei Ahmed
The Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality Questionnaire (RST-PQ) originated from the Revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality. This study was conducted to assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the RST-PQ among a group of Iranian adults. The cross-sectional study was carried out among 600 Iranian adults utilizing a convenient sampling method, following
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Time perception in film viewing: A modulation of scene's duration estimates as a function of film editing Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Lydia Liapi, Elpida Manoudi, Maria Revelou, Katerina Christodoulou, Petros Koutras, Petros Maragos, Argiro Vatakis
Filmmakers and editors have empirically developed techniques to ensure the spatiotemporal continuity of a film's narration. In terms of time, editing techniques (e.g., elliptical, overlapping, or cut minimization) allow for the manipulation of the perceived duration of events as they unfold on screen. More specifically, a scene can be edited to be time compressed, expanded, or real-time in terms of
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Investigating the impact of culture dimensions on Chinese citizens' continuous use of e-government websites: A cultural model-based study Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Yuanyuan Guo
Drawing upon Hofstede's cultural model, this study establishes a framework for examining the factors influencing citizens' continuous use of e-government websites. This paper, employing quantile regression, reveals that collectivism, masculinity, long-term orientation, and constraint culture exhibit varying degrees of influence on different levels of continuous use of China's e-government websites
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Association of quality of life with internet use and weight stigma across individuals with obesity and those without obesity: Role of self-perception Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Chung-Ying Lin, Janet D. Latner, Kaitlin N. Rozzell-Voss, Po-Ching Huang, Yu-Cheng Tsai, Amir H. Pakpour, Hui-Ching Weng
Weight status, weight stigma, and internet use are important factors impacting quality of life (QoL). However, little is known regarding how these factors interact in their association with QoL, and it is important to understand how self-perceived obesity and body mass index (BMI)-defined obesity may differentially impact QoL. We aimed to assess the associations between weight status (obesity vs. non-obesity
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Childhood environmental unpredictability and hoarding: Mediating roles of attachment and security Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Hang Ma, Yuhang Wu, Xiaojun Lv, Xiaofan Yang, Ping Hu
Life history theory provides a unified perspective for understanding human behaviors as adaptive strategies to specific environmental conditions. Within this theoretical framework, hoarding emerges as a behavior reflecting an evolved strategy in response to unpredictable environmental challenges, serving as a buffer against resource scarcity and enhancing survival prospects. This study aimed to explore
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Creating A child-friendly social environment for fewer conduct problems and more prosocial behaviors among children: A LASSO regression approach Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Meijie Chu, Zhiwei Fang, Li Mao, Honghao Ma, Chun-Yang Lee, Yi-Chen Chiang
Creating a child-friendly social environment is an important component of promoting child-friendly city development. This study aims to explore the key indicators of friendly family, school and community social environments from the perspective of children's conduct problems and prosocial behaviors. The sample included grade 3–5 students from one public elementary school in the urban areas and another
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Effect of interactive immediacy on online learning satisfaction of international students in Chinese universities: The chain mediating role of learning interest and academic engagement Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Yue Zhang, Xiaoyue Zhang, Zishu Meng
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of interactive immediacy on online learning satisfaction, and the mediating effect of learning interest and academic engagement on the relationship between interactive immediacy and online learning satisfaction. 2221 international students in Chinese universities participated in the questionnaire survey. The coefficient omega () and the confirmatory
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Dedalo Vola project: The effect of choral singing on physiological and psychosocial measures. An Italian pilot study Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Erica Viola, Marco Martorana, Chiara Airoldi, Silvia Caristia, Daniele Ceriotti, Marta De Vito, Riccardo Tucci, Cristina Meini, Giorgio Guiot, Fabrizio Faggiano
Several studies have been conducted that show the crucial role of active participation in music in health promotion (e.g. ; ); however, little research has focused on the biopsychosocial effects of choral singing. The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness, in terms of improving physiological and psychosocial factors, of a choral program for middle-aged and older individuals. We integrated
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Psychometric properties of the Mobile Phone Parenting Practices Questionnaire (MPPPQ) for Chinese separated families with young children Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Ruwen Liang, Karla Van Leeuwen
The current study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the newly developed Mobile Phone Parenting Practices Questionnaire (MPPPQ) in a sample of Chinese migrant parents experiencing long-term parent-child separation. A total of 547 rural-to-urban migrant parents with 3-to-6-year-old children left in rural hometowns were recruited online and completed electronic questionnaires. Exploratory
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Effect of musical expertise on the perception of duration and pitch in language: A cross-linguistic study Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Siqi Lyu, Nele Põldver, Liis Kask, Luming Wang, Kairi Kreegipuu
This study adopts a cross-linguistic perspective and investigates how musical expertise affects the perception of duration and pitch in language. Native speakers of Chinese ( = 44) and Estonian ( = 46), each group subdivided into musicians and non-musicians, participated in a mismatch negativity (MMN) experiment where they passively listened to both Chinese and Estonian stimuli, followed by a behavioral
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The impact of hope levels on treatment adherence in psychiatric patients Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Özge Kısaoğlu, Havva Tel
In this study, aimed to determine the status of hope and treatment adherence in psychiatric patients and the relationship between the two. The sample of the study consisted of participants (n = 103) in a university hospital psychiatric clinic. Research data were collected using personal information form, Morisky treatment adherence scale and Herth Hope Index (HHI). Statistical analysis of the data
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COVID-stressed schools struggled to teach mathematics Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Christiane Lange-Küttner
The COVID-19 pandemic led to temporary closures of schools in Germany that were unpredictable, either short-term or sustained over many weeks depending on local COVID-19 incidence rates which varied in different regions over time. The COVID-19 pandemic created new stressors in schools to deliver the curriculum with reduced lessons and online teaching. COVID-19 also had a marked effect on research in
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Psychosocial factors, psychological well-being and safety incidents among long-distance bus drivers in Ghana: A cross-sectional survey Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Mustapha Amoadu, Edward Wilson Ansah, Jacob Owusu Sarfo
Commercial bus drivers account for most road traffic crashes and related mortality. The psychosocial working conditions of these drivers have been found precarious. However, road safety initiatives in Ghana still focus on correcting risky driving behaviours, ignoring the conditions under which these drivers operate. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine whether psychosocial work factors can
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Effects of hunger and calorie content on visual awareness of food stimuli Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Tommaso Ciorli, Myrto Dimakopoulou, Leonardo Trombetti, Federica Gini, Lorenzo Pia
Calorie content and hunger are two fundamental cues acting upon the processing of visually presented food items. However, whether and to which extent they affect visual awareness is still an open question. Here, high- and low-calorie food images administered to hungry or satiated participants were confronted in a breaking-Continuous Flash Suppression paradigm (Experiment 1), measuring the time required
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Impostor leader and knowledge hiding: Attachment avoidance as underlying mechanism Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Laibin Wang, Muhammad Waseem Bari, Sadia Shaheen, Kaiyang Zhong
Impostorism and knowledge-hiding behaviors negatively impact employees and organizational performance. This study examines the association between impostor leaders and knowledge hiding (evasive hiding, playing dumb, and rationalized hiding). Attachment avoidance is discussed as a mediator between impostor leaders and knowledge-hiding. For quantitative analyses, this study collected the data from 429
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Separating binding and retrieval of event files in older adults Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Nicolas D. Münster, Philip Schmalbrock, Tobias Bäumer, Bernhard Hommel, Christian Beste, Alexander Münchau, Christian Frings
In the literature on human action control, it is assumed that features of stimuli (S) and responses (R) are integrated into internal representations (so-called event files) that are involved in the execution of an action. Experimentally, the impact of this integration on action control is typically analyzed via S-R binding effects. Recent theorizing in the BRAC framework () suggests to disentangle
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Release from response interference in color-word contingency learning Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Brady R.T. Roberts, Noah D. Forrin, David McLean, Colin M. MacLeod
In identifying the print colors of words when some combinations of color and word occur more frequently than others, people quickly show evidence of learning these associations. This is evident in faster and more accurate responses to high-contingency combinations than to low-contingency combinations. Across four experiments, we systematically varied the number of response-irrelevant word stimuli connected
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EFL teacher-student interaction, teacher immediacy, and Students' academic engagement in the Chinese higher learning context Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Lingjie Yuan
The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the role of mediators of teacher-student rapport in the relationship between the teachers' immediacy and academic engagement in EFL contexts. The participants of this correlational study were 285 students of Xinxiang which is an important central city in northern Henan province, China. They (195 females and 90 males) were selected as a convenient
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Sensory brand experience and brand loyalty: Mediators and gender differences Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Fang Gao, Zhongyuan Shen
Sensory brand experience is a fundamental and central brand experience. Its influencing mechanism on brand outcome variables still needs to be clarified. This study proposed a new SEM model to explore the influencing mechanism from sensory brand experience to brand loyalty and tested it using SmartPLS 4 software. Data were gathered through a web-based questionnaire survey of 304 Chinese consumers.
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COVID-19 anxiety and its relation to anxiety-related disorder symptoms and mechanisms Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Layton J. Byam, Alexander M. Penney
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the mental health of individuals, particularly in the area of anxiety-related disorders. Anxiety regarding COVID-19 has been associated with health anxiety, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms. Additionally, COVID-19 anxiety has been associated with anxiety sensitivity, disgust, maladaptive metacognitions, and intolerance of uncertainty
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The language of blame: Exploring the effects of non-native accents on post-accident blame attributions Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Felipe A. Guzman, Antonella Tempesta Fernández
This peer commentary investigates how individuals assign blame to non-native supervisors after an accident where an employee suffers a workplace accident in a multilingual organization. Extending research presented in the focal article by Obenauer and Kalsher's (2023), the authors propose that supervisors with non-native accents are likely to be blamed after an accident they tried to prevent due to
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Early childhood teachers' feedback in natural mathematical learning situations: Development and validation of a detailed category system Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Lena Aumann, Hedwig Gasteiger, Rosa M. Puca
In many countries, early mathematical learning takes place in informal and play-based situations. To support children's mathematical learning, the interactions that occur in the daily contact between the early childhood (EC) teacher and the child in kindergarten play an important role. In these interactions, the feedback provided by the EC teacher is considered to have effects on learning. However
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Regional differences in field dependent-independent cognitive styles in Saudi Arabia Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Albandri Sultan Alotaibi
The primary aim of this study was two-fold: to assess the reliability of the Leuven Embedded Figure Test (L-EFT) in Saudi Arabia (Study 1), and to explore regional differences in independent-interdependent cognitive styles among adults in various regions of Saudi Arabia (Study 2). Both Study-1 and Study-2 were structured cross-sectionally. Study 1 involved 360 participants (97 % female) with a median
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Theories of motivation: A comprehensive analysis of human behavior drivers Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Din Bandhu, M. Murali Mohan, Noel Anurag Prashanth Nittala, Pravin Jadhav, Alok Bhadauria, Kuldeep K. Saxena
This paper explores theories of motivation, including instinct theory, arousal theory, incentive theory, intrinsic theory, extrinsic theory, the ARCS model, self-determination theory, expectancy-value theory, and goal-orientation theory. Each theory is described in detail, along with its key concepts, assumptions, and implications for behavior. Intrinsic theory suggests that individuals are motivated
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The emotional impact of baseless discrediting of knowledge: An empirical investigation of epistemic injustice Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Laura Niemi, Natalia Washington, Cliff Workman, Migdalia Arcila-Valenzuela, Felipe De Brigard
According to theoretical work on epistemic injustice, baseless discrediting of the knowledge of people with marginalized social identities is a central driver of prejudice and discrimination. Discrediting of knowledge may sometimes be subtle, but it is pernicious, inducing chronic stress and coping strategies such as emotional avoidance. In this research, we sought to deepen the understanding of epistemic
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Long-term consequences of childhood emotional abuse in mothers on parental load and child mental health Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Katharina Rost, Emily Gossmann, Jörg M. Fegert, Ute Ziegenhain, Franziska Köhler-Dauner
Childhood emotional maltreatment can be associated with long-term consequences on mental health. In addition, transgenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences to the next generation can occur and thus have an impact on the mental health of one's own children. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of stress on the association between childhood emotional maltreatment and parental
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The association between political identity centrality and cancelling proclivity Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Rhiannon M. Mesler, Katharine Howie, Jennifer Chernishenko, Mingnan Nancy Shen, Jessica Vredenburg
Augmented by the rise of social media, contemporary culture has increasingly witnessed the phenomenon of “cancellation” – that is, a brand's swift and public fall from grace, catalyzed through digital platforms like Twitter and, in turn, traditional media. We are the first to examine individual difference predictors of cancelling proclivity. We explore the relationship between a novel individual difference
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Predicting frontline employees' emotional labor after suffering customer incivility: A job passion perspective Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Pengfei Cheng, Zhuangzi Liu
The phenomenon of customer incivility poses significant challenges for frontline employees whose expression of emotion determines the service experience. Few studies have explored the mediating mechanisms linking customer incivility to frontline employees' emotional labor. Drawing on the dualistic model of job passion theory, we proposed job passion as a feasible mediator of the links from customer
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The influence mechanism of self-transcendence on green consumption: The chain-mediating effect of construction of meaning in life and connectedness Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Chao Lian, Xiao-Xia Chen
A transition to a more sustainable society is occurring worldwide and necessitates a change in people's ways of consuming. Self-transcendence (ST) is recognized as a key predictor of green consumption. Thus, a multiple intermediary model was developed to clarify the psychological mechanisms underlying ST and its influence on consumption. The model was tested using data from a nationally representative
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Personality functioning, positive outlook for the future, and simple and complex post-traumatic stress disorder Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Flávia Ulhôa Pimentel, Sérgio Eduardo Silva de Oliveira
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its complex form (C-PTSD) are psychopathological conditions that are related to several personality traits. In particular, the current study aims to investigate the associations of impairment of personality functioning (IPF) and positive outlook for the future (POF) with PTSD and C-PTSD. A sample of 304 Brazilian adults responded to an online survey. IPF was
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Colored valence in a lexical decision task Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Alessandro Bortolotti, Caterina Padulo, Nadia Conte, Beth Fairfield, Riccardo Palumbo
Color influences behavior, from the simplest to the most complex, through controlled and more automatic information elaboration processes. Nonetheless, little is known about how and when these highly interconnected processes interact. This study investigates the interaction between controlled and automatic processes during the processing of color information in a lexical decision task. Participants
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The impact of childhood trauma on borderline personality organization in a community sample of Greek emerging adults Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Aikaterini Malafanti, Vasiliki Yotsidi, Georgios Sideridis, Eleni Giannouli, Evangelia P. Galanaki, Ioannis Malogiannis
There is limited research on the role of childhood trauma in personality pathology according to Kernberg's psychodynamic model of internalized object relations. Because childhood trauma reflects the disruptions of these relations, it is expected to predict borderline personality organization, especially at the threshold of adulthood. Therefore, the main aim of this retrospective study was to examine
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Effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy for Tension-Type Headache (TTH): A randomized controlled trial of effects on emotion regulation, anger, anxiety, and TTH symptom severity Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Zahra Ahmadvand Shahverdi, Mahmood Dehghani, Ahmad Ashouri, Mehdi Manouchehri, Nafiseh Mohebi
Research has demonstrated the potential efficacy of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) in addressing medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). However, the specific application of ISTDP for tension-type headache (TTH), a prevalent and common MUS, has not been extensively studied. In light of this gap in the literature, the current study investigated the effectiveness of intensive short-term
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What does metaphoric language say about aggression? The relationships between metaphoric language, impulsivity, and aggression Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Rotem Leshem, Nira Mashal
Aggressive behavior among adolescents has been identified as a serious worldwide problem, especially when combined with trait impulsivity. This study investigates the impact of an overlooked aspect of language, namely, metaphor comprehension, on impulsivity and aggression in adolescents. A total of 204 adolescents completed self-reported questionnaires assessing impulsivity and aggression and underwent
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Contextual modulation of the red-attractiveness effect: Differences in affiliation and competitive settings Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Xiaobin Hong, Yuxiu Xiang, Zhonghuan Wang, Jinkun Li, Rong Zou, Ping Gao
Color is not just about aesthetics but also communicates specific information and has important implications for psychological functioning. It has been shown that the color red enhances perceived attractiveness when evaluating the opposite sex, which we call the red-attractiveness effect. However, few studies have attached importance to the social context in which attractiveness ratings are made, which
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Live streaming E-commerce platform characteristics: Influencing consumer value co-creation and co-destruction behavior Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Lei Wang, Ru-Shui Zhang, Cheng-Xin Zhang
Live streaming with goods is developing rapidly as an emerging platform economic model. Consumers can interact with the e-commerce platform in real-time and get a good shopping experience. This in turn generates value co-creation behaviors such as word-of-mouth communication. However, due to the lack of effective audit mechanisms on some platforms, the phenomenon of value co-destruction among them
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Ethical mediation: The influence of mathematics teachers cooperation on readiness for the industrial revolution era in Indonesia and Malaysia Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Hutkemri Zulnaidi, Nofouz Mafarja, Suzieleez Syrene Abdul Rahim, Umi Kalsum Mohd Salleh
This study contributes to the existing body of research by examining the mediating effect of ethics in the relationship between mathematics teacher cooperation and readiness. It fills a gap in the literature by investigating the ethical dimensions of collaboration and their impact on readiness for the industrial revolution. This study aims to determine the mediator effect of ethics between the relationship
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Influence of yogic breathing in increasing social connectedness among Indian adults Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Divya Kanchibhotla, Prateek Harsora, Saumya Subramanian
Loneliness is quickly becoming an enormous problem among individuals of all age groups. The onset of Covid-19 has worsened this situation. Therefore, there is urgent need for a practical intervention, which may improve the social well-being of an individual addressing the root cause of loneliness. In this study we examine the benefits of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY), a yogic breathing practice to enhance
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A study of early multilingualism in Iran: The effects of mother tongue literacy, socio-economic status and foreground TV exposure Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Mohamad Reza Farangi, Amir Naami
This study investigated interactions among linguistics, social and political factors in a linguistically rich environment. For this purpose, two-hundred Iranian preschoolers (aged 5 to 6 years old) from four ethnic/linguistic groups (Arab, Kurd, Turk and Fars) were selected using multi-stage stratified sampling. All participants took part in an Elementary English language course and their exposure
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The influence of recommendation algorithm's information flow on targeted advertising audience's coping behavior Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Lijun Chen, Rui Sun, Yuan Yuan, Xuemei Zhan
Targeted advertising equipped with a recommendation algorithm can achieve accurate matching between users and recommended content, but overly precise recommendations may exacerbate negative audience reactions or behaviors. Improving the transparency of algorithm recommendation is one of the ways to address audience concerns or skepticism, and transparency guarantees the audience's right to know and
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Positive childhood experiences as predictors of anxiety and depression in a large sample from Turkey Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Mehmet Emin Şanli, İlhan Çiçek, Murat Yıldırım, Veysi Çeri
Positive childhood experiences positively influence one's adult life, while the absence of such positive experiences can potentially yield mental health problems throughout the lifespan. This study aimed to investigate the role of positive childhood experiences on depression and anxiety levels. 3090 (2059 women) young adults participated in this research. They ranged in age between 18 and 68 years
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Social media use in the workplace: The role of social comparison in negative behaviors Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Linmin Chen, Yan Xu, Yuan He
The pervasive use of social media in professional environments has become a focal point of contemporary research. Particularly, the routine engagement of employees with platforms like Facebook and WeChat during work hours exposes them to peers' achievements, potentially triggering upward social comparisons. This study investigates the often-overlooked psychological and behavioral consequences of such
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The role of presentation-based activities in enhancing speaking proficiency among Saudi EFL students: A quasi-experimental study Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Mohammad H. Al-khresheh
In the world of English as a Foreign Language pedagogy, the efficacy of interactive instructional methods, particularly presentation-based activities, has garnered increasing attention. This study aimed to elucidate the potency of such activities in boosting the speaking prowess of Saudi English students. Employing a purposive sampling technique, 16 male students were methodically selected and partitioned
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On the indirect link between virus anthropomorphism and health behavior: Evidence from the pandemic Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Roberta Rosa Valtorta, Noemi Orabona, Maria Paola Paladino
Experts and laypeople often describe pathogens and diseases by attributing to these nonhuman entities human-related qualities, mind states, intentions, and emotions (i.e., anthropomorphism). By taking advantage of the last pandemic, the present research was intended to investigate the implications of thinking about a virus in human-like terms for individuals' health-related behaviors. A severity pathway
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The relationship between parental adverse childhood experiences and parenting behaviors Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Kewalin Wattanatchariya, Assawin Narkpongphun, Suttipong Kawilapat
Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are strongly related to the development of various health problems. Several previous studies have revealed the link between ACEs, parental mental health, and child psychopathology. However, the direct association between ACEs and parenting behaviors is still understudied. Objectives To examine the relationship between parental ACEs and parenting, the
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How negative factors influence youth hostel stay aftermath COVID-19 pandemic Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Yue Gong, Qian Gong, Jongsik Yu, Philip Pong Weng Wong, Lei Wang
The bookings and revenues of youth hostels have significantly decreased because of the multiple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is necessary to investigate young consumers' perceptions of visiting youth hostels aftermath this pandemic. The current study examines the relationship between multi-dimensions of perceived risk, three types of images, willingness to pay and visit intention. A convenience
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People's attitudes toward others' positive self-presentations and demotivation self-presentations on SNS Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Jing Bai, Xiaoqing Song, Jingjing Song
People tend to make positive self-presentations on social networking sites (SNS). We aim to compare people's attitudes toward others' positive self-presentations on SNS and its mechanism. The sample in Experimental 1 included 71 Chinese college students. We measured participants' attitudes to others' positive self-presentation, life details self-presentation, and demotivation self-presentation on SNS
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The relationship between life satisfaction and nostalgia: Perceived social support and meaning in life chain mediation Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Jianhong Zhang, Tinghu Kang, Kun Zhao, Min Wei, Longtian Liu
Much of the previous research has used experimental studies to explore the positive predictive effect of nostalgia on life satisfaction. However, the possible mediating effects involved remain unclear. To analyze the chain mediating mechanism between perceived social support and meaning in life in the relationship between nostalgia and life satisfaction and to improve the positive application of nostalgia
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“Never mind the fine print”: The interaction of semantics with attitude strength beliefs on corporate cover-ups Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Jan Ketil Arnulf, Adrian Furnham
This study examined the interaction between attitude strength and the cognitive constraints imposed by the semantic properties of measurement items. It made use of digital algorithms and built on the semantic theory of survey response (STSR), examining how people who hold strong beliefs about contemporary issues violate cognitive constraints in expressing strong attitudes. We examined the beliefs people
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Self-consciousness mediated the role of the insula in self-disclosure: Evidence from rs-fMRI data Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Siqi Cheng, Xueting Li, Jia Liu
Introduction Self-disclosure is integral to forming intimate connections within interpersonal exchanges. While its advantages are widely acknowledged, the cerebral basis of self-disclosure is not thoroughly understood. Insight into its neural underpinnings is crucial for refining therapeutic approaches, especially for challenges associated with self-disclosure. Methods Our study probed the association
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Chinese clients' experiences throughout family therapy for school-refusing adolescents: A multiperspectival interpretative phenomenological analysis Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Yanbo Wang, Hong Gu, Xudong Zhao, Liang Liu
Objective This study aimed to explore Chinese clients' experiences with family dynamic change throughout family therapy for school refusal and the interventions adolescents and their parents identified as useful during family therapy. Methods A multiperspective interpretative phenomenology analysis (IPA) was adopted. Thirty-two participants from 11 Chinese families with school-refusing adolescents
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Association of depressive symptoms and dementia among middle-aged and elderly community-dwelling adults: Results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Yang Yang, Da Long Hou
Background There has been a long-standing debate on whether depressive symptoms are associated with dementia. The aim of this study was to examine whether depressive symptoms were associated with a high risk for dementia in Chinese adults. Methods A total of 13,426 Chinese adults (≥45 years old) from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) baseline were selected for analysis. Depressive
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Unveiling Chinese senior high school EFL students' burnout and engagement: Profiles and antecedents Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Hanwei Wu, Yonghong Zeng, Zhiguang Fan
Burnout impairs English as a foreign language (EFL) learning, while engagement enhances it. However, most relevant studies have focused on college students, neglecting senior high school students. To address this gap, this mixed-methods study used two scales to assess the levels of burnout and engagement among 1234 Chinese senior high school EFL students. We also applied a person-centered approach
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Can the processing of task-irrelevant threatening stimuli be inhibited? – The role of shape and valence in the saliency of threatening objects Acta Psychol. (IF 1.984) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Diána T. Pakai-Stecina, Michael C. Hout, Cintia Bali, Andras N. Zsido
Numerous studies have demonstrated that attention is quickly oriented towards threatening stimuli, and that this attentional bias is difficult to inhibit. The root cause(s) of this bias may be attributable to the affective (e.g., valence) or visual features (e.g., shape) of threats. In two experiments (behavioral, eye-tracking), we tested which features play a bigger role in the salience of threats