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Construction and validation of a scale for assessing critical social justice attitudes Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Oskari Lahtinen
Two large studies (combined n = 5,878) set out to construct and validate a scale for assessing critical social justice attitudes. Studies assessed the reliability, factor structure, model fit, and both convergent and divergent validity of the scale. Studies also examined the prevalence of critical social justice attitudes in different populations and the scale's correlations with other variables of
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Nurses' organizational climate of perceived organizational support and its relationships with psychosocial working conditions and psychological contracts: A longitudinal questionnaire study Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Pernilla Larsman, Anders Pousette, Marianne Törner
ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to investigate the longitudinal relationships between nurses' organizational climate of perceived organizational support (POS‐climate) and their psychosocial working conditions and psychological contracts.MethodsA two‐wave longitudinal cohort questionnaire study was carried out among registered nurses employed within six hospitals in two regions in Sweden (n
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Comparing psychopathological symptoms, life satisfaction, and personality traits between the WHO and APA frameworks of gaming disorder symptoms: A psychometric investigation Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Christian Bäcklund, Daniel Eriksson Sörman, Hanna M. Gavelin, Orsolya Király, Zsolt Demetrovics, Jessica K. Ljungberg
IntroductionThe inclusion of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM‐5) by the American Psychiatric Association and Gaming Disorder in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD‐11) by the World Health Organization requires consistent psychological measures for reliable estimates. The current
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Metacognitive strategies mediate the association between metacognitive beliefs and perceived quality of life Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Audun Havnen, Frederick Anyan, Henrik Nordahl
Quality of life may be understood as a multidimensional evaluation of life circumstances in relation to values, expectations, and perceived well‐being. Quality of life is thus dependent on the subjective perception of the current life situation, not only objective circumstances. According to metacognitive theory, metacognition guides the appraisal of inner experiences (i.e., thoughts and feelings)
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Salutogenic health measures: Psychometric properties of the Danish versions of the Flourish Index and the Secure Flourish Index Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Tobias Anker Stripp, Richard G. Cowden, Sonja Wehberg, Linda Juel Ahrenfeldt, Niels Christian Hvidt, Matthew T. Lee
Measurement of human flourishing represents a salutogenic approach to epidemiological and behavioral research emphasizing factors contributing to “good lives” rather than pathology. The objective of this study was to translate and psychometrically test the 10‐item Flourish Index (FI) and 12‐item Secure Flourish Index (SFI) in a convenience sample of Danish adults. A total of 325 participants completed
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Effects of portraying an innocent versus non‐innocent identified victim on intentions to donate organs post‐mortem Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Samantha Sinclair, Ida Blomberg, Samuel Ling
The need for more people to register as organ donors is a pressing concern. This preregistered experiment examined whether portraying a patient in need of an organ transplant as leading a healthy lifestyle (an “innocent victim”) can serve to increase people's intentions to register as post‐mortem organ donors. Participants not previously registered as organ donors (N = 348) were randomly assigned to
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The Swedish version of the Alabama parenting questionnaire: Psychometric evaluation and norm data Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Sumeyye Basaran, Sandra Q. Jernkrok, Ronald van den Berg, Jens Högström
The Alabama parenting questionnaire (APQ) is a commonly used instrument for assessing parenting practices and evaluating treatment outcomes of parent‐training interventions targeting child conduct problems. In the present study we translated and developed a Swedish version of the APQ parent version and tested it on a community sample of 799 parents of children between 6 and 15 years with diverse socioeconomic
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Enduring education and employment: Examining motivation and mechanisms of psychological resilience Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Laura Seidel, Elizabeth Irene Cawley, Céline Blanchard
Resilience, the ability to bounce back from difficult events, is critical for an individual to negotiate stressors and adversity. Despite being widely studied, little is known about the processes involved in the development of resilience. The goal of the studies are to investigate the relationship between motivation orientation, emotional intelligence, cognitive appraisals, and psychological resilience
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Breaking self-focused orientation in people who perceive economic scarcity: The influence of transcendent motivation to promote an abstract mindset and prosocial behavioral intentions Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Bronwyn Laforet, Pilar Carrera, Amparo Caballero
Previous research shows that being in a situation of economic scarcity promotes a more concrete mindset that motivates behavioral decisions based on action difficulty and their short-term outcomes, which frequently entails negative consequences. However, a concrete mindset can be counteracted by inducing an abstract mindset to help people focus on final broad goals. We explored how focusing on transcendent
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Personality and burnout complaints: The mediating role of proactive burnout prevention behaviors at work Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Karolien Hendrikx, Joris Van Ruysseveldt, Madelon Otto
The aim of this study is to gain insight into how and why certain personality traits are related to experiencing burnout complaints. Drawing on insights from a stimulus-organism-response (SOR) model of personality and affect and conservation of resources (COR) theory, we specifically focus on the role of five proactive behaviors to prevent burnout (PBPBs) at work. Two research questions are addressed:
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Retraction: Employees' personality traits and needs' frustration predicts stress overload during the COVID-19 pandemic Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-01-31
Dirzyte, A., Patapas, A. and Zidoniene, D. (2022), Employees' personality traits and needs' frustration predicts stress overload during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scand J Psychol, 63: 513–521. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12825.
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Effects of patient gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status on psychiatric assessments: A vignette-based experimental study Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Martin Wolgast, Sima Nurali Wolgast, Henrik Levinsson
To investigate whether information about the gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status of the patient affects psychiatric assessments in a sample of practicing clinicians in Swedish adult psychiatry.
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No evidence that belief in conspiracy theories is negatively related to attitudes toward transhumanism Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Anthony Lantian, Michael Rose
Transhumanism is a movement that emphasizes the improvement of the human condition by developing technologies and making them widely available. Conspiracy theories regularly refer to the allegedly transhumanist agenda of elites. We hypothesized that belief in conspiracy theories would be related to more unfavorable attitudes toward the transhumanist movement. We examined this association through two
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Exploring fear of happiness among university students: The role of perfectionism, academic burnout, loneliness, and hopelessness Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Bianka Dobos, David Mellor, Bettina F. Piko
Due to its impact on mental health and well-being, fear of happiness is beginning to receive more attention in research. This study, conducted in Hungary, explored the relationship between fear of happiness, perfectionism, loneliness, hopelessness, and academic burnout. Participants aged between 18 and 35 years (N = 1,148, M = 22 years, SD = 4.5) completed an online questionnaire that included self-report
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Daily uncertainty may overshadow the role of perceived manager effectiveness on daily performance via experienced daily positive affect: A multilevel study Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Ana Junça-Silva, António Caetano
In this study, we expand on the existing work on daily performance by focusing on (1) within-person fluctuation in perceived manager effectiveness in relation to daily positive affective experiences and daily performance and (2) between-person fluctuations in uncertainty as a relevant boundary condition of these relationships.
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Parents’ use of digital technology for social connection during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Rebecca Nowland, Lara McNally, Peggy Gregory
The COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021) resulted in isolation due to social distancing rules and lockdowns, during which technology was used to enable families and friends to maintain contact. Despite loneliness being high in parents, little is known about which parents are more likely to experience loneliness and strategies to support them.
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From childhood bullying victimization to resilience in emerging adulthood Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Johan Lidberg, Sofia Berne, Ann Frisén
The aim of this study was to explore how resilience is manifested in the experiences of emerging adults who were subjected to bullying victimization in school and have high levels of psychological functioning in emerging adulthood.
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Differences between prescriptive and proscriptive gender stereotypes and gendered self-evaluations in Sweden Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Emma A. Renström
This study investigates prescriptive (how women and men should be) and proscriptive (how women and men should not be) gender stereotypes in Sweden and how these stereotypes relate to self-ascribed gendered traits. In an online survey with students at three major universities (N = 679) it was found that participants believed that the societal view was that women should be more communal than men, but
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You don't know why you (don't) exercise: The relationship between automatic processes and physical activity (or sedentary behavior): A meta-analysis Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Yu-Bu Wang, Zhonghao Zhang, Zhi-Xiong Mao
This meta-analysis aimed to examine the relationship between automatic processes and behavior as well as their moderators.
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Negative affect related to door-in-the-face strategy Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Marie-Amélie Martinie, Benjamin Bordas, Sandrine Gil
A full 46 years after the first study of the door-in-the-face strategy (DITF), there is still a debate about the processes behind its effect. One relatively unexplored interpretation is the presence of negative affect related to large request refusal. We explored negative affect after large request refusal both explicitly (Experiment 1) and implicitly (Experiments 1 and 2). Participants were in a negative
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The psychometric properties of the Burnout Assessment Tool in Norway: A thorough investigation into construct-relevant multidimensionality Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Leon T. De Beer, Marit Christensen, Torhild A. Sørengaard, Siw T. Innstrand, Wilmar B. Schaufeli
The World Health Organization recognizes burnout as an occupational issue. Nevertheless, accurately identifying employee burnout remains a challenging task. To complicate matters, current measures of burnout have demonstrated limitations, prompting the development of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT). Given these circumstances, conducting an in-depth examination of the BAT's construct-relevant multidimensionality
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How tyrannical leadership relates to workplace bullying and turnover intention over time: The role of coworker support Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Sarah-Geneviève Trépanier, Clayton Peterson, Claude Fernet, Stéphanie Austin
In light of the deleterious consequences associated with workplace bullying, it is important to identify the work-related factors that can contribute to the presence of bullying behaviors over time. Up to now, most research on the topic has investigated job characteristics (presence of job demands, absence of job resources) as contributing factors of workplace bullying. Given the key role leadership
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Are different countries equally green with envy? A comparison of the everyday concept of envy in the United States, Spain, and Germany Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Inge Schweiger Gallo, Lucia A. Görke, Miguel A. Alonso, Reyes Herrero López, Peter M. Gollwitzer
Using a prototype approach to emotion concepts, we mapped the internal structure and content of the everyday concept of envy (as used in the United States) and its translation equivalents of envidia in Spanish and Neid in German. In Study 1 (total N = 415), the features of the concept of envy, envidia, and Neid were generated via an open-ended questionnaire. In Study 2 (total N = 404), participants
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The effect of emotion recognition and mindfulness on depression symptoms: A case–control study Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Orkun Aydın, Selma Tvrtkovic, Elif Çakıroğlu, Pınar Ünal-Aydın, Ayşen Esen-Danacı
Abnormalities in emotion recognition (ER) are frequently reported in depression, with lower recognition accuracy in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) when compared to healthy individuals. Mindfulness was found to directly impact the severity of depressive symptoms, by recognizing negative cognitions and dysfunctional reactions. The aims of this study were to compare ER and mindfulness levels
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Fourteen-item perceived stress scale assessment using item response theory among pregnant women Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Kedie Pintro, Sixto E. Sanchez, Marta B. Rondon, Bizu Gelaye
The current study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Spanish language version of the 14-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-S) in a population of pregnant women who speak Spanish in Peru using item response theory (IRT). Our study consisted of 5,435 pregnant women who participated in the Pregnancy Outcomes Maternal and Infant Study (PrOMIS) cohort in Peru. Exploratory and confirmatory
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Coworker support amplifies strain in the COVID-19 pandemic for working parents Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Kimberly E. O'Brien, Agnieszka K. Shepard, Lilah I. Donnelly
The COVID-19 pandemic directly threatened our health and safety, while contradictory scientific and media reports generated uncertainty. Social information processing theory suggests that employees may have relied on their coworkers, via coworker support, to make sense of the confusion. Because previous research shows that coworker support can counterintuitively increase strain, we investigated the
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Explaining work addiction through perceived behaviors of significant others in a family and organization: Gender differences Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Modesta Morkevičiūtė, Auksė Endriulaitienė
The objective of the study was to investigate the association between employees' work addiction and perceived work addiction of their immediate managers and parents, separate in samples of men and women. A total of 964 Lithuanian employees took part in the study. The levels of work addiction were assessed using the Bergen Work Addiction Scale (Andreassen, Griffiths, Hetland & Pallesen, 2012). We used
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The desirability bias in personality-related syllogistic reasoning Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Nina Hadžiahmetović, Goran Opačić, Predrag Teovanović, Jadranka Kolenović-Đapo
The belief-bias effect is a tendency to evaluate syllogistic statements based on believability rather than on formal logic validity. Following this rationale, the study examines desirability bias as the tendency to evaluate syllogistic conclusions based on their desirability when reasoning is conducted on personality-relevant categorical syllogisms.
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Predictors of prejudice towards childfree individuals in Poland Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Paweł Ciesielski
Individuals who choose to be childfree often face misunderstanding and a lack of acceptance from others. In many cases, this results in negative attitudes, followed by discrimination and prejudice. There have been few studies that would allow us to determine which features are responsible for treating childfree individuals with prejudice. This study aimed to explore the effect of five possible features
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A multilevel conceptual framework on green practices: Transforming policies into actionable leadership and employee behavior Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Fawad Ahmed, Deborah Callaghan, Ahmad Arslan
As organizations have recognized their cause/solution relationship with the environment, increasing attention is being given to the role of employees make in achieving green organizational objectives. Even though, business sustainability initiatives are often led by leaders; employee green behavior (EGB) plays a vital role in success of such initiatives. The current paper focuses on relatively less
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Emerging costs in a “hidden” workforce: The longitudinal psychosocial effects of caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic among Norwegian adults Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Thomas Hansen, Kamila Hynek, Anne McMunn, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Vegard Skirbekk, Margarethe E. Vollrath, Fredrik Methi
During COVID-19 many informal caregivers experienced increased caregiving load while access to formal and informal support systems and coping resources decreased. Little is known about the psychosocial costs of these challenges for an essential yet vulnerable and “hidden” frontline workforce. This study explores and compares changes in psychosocial well-being (psychological well-being, psychological
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Emotional competencies and psychological distress: Is loneliness a mediating factor? Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Ada Ghiggia, Lorys Castelli, Mauro Adenzato, Marialaura Di Tella
Emotional competencies, such as emotion regulation and empathy, are essential for social interaction. Impairment of these skills has been associated with increased rates of anxiety/depressive symptoms and loneliness, which has been defined as the discrepancy between the desired and actual quality and quantity of social relationships a person maintains. The aim of the present study was to shed light
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Intergenerational relations in childhood anxiety: A network approach Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Jeanine M. D. Baartmans, Bonny F. J. A. van Steensel, Jolanda J. Kossakowski, Anke M. Klein, Susan M. Bögels
Family factors are assumed to play a central role in the development of childhood anxiety disorders. How child and parental anxiety symptoms are intertwined on a symptom and family level has not yet been examined. Such knowledge may lead to a more detailed understanding of the intergenerational relation in anxiety problems. The current study investigated the relation between anxiety in children and
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Does encouraging mastery goals benefit performance in a scoring exercise? It may depend on chronic self-adopted achievement goals Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-11-11 Jim Winkens, Melvyn R. W. Hamstra
Mastery goals (aims to learn or attain skill) have traditionally been portrayed in achievement-motivation literature as the optimal goal for ensuring objective performance and well-being outcomes (relative to performance goals – aims to outperform others). This portrayal often yielded the recommendation that those in applied settings, such as coaches, managers, and teachers, should encourage those
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Dark Triad personality traits and realistic and symbolic COVID-19 threat: The role of conspiracy mentality Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 David De Coninck, Maria Duque, Seth J. Schwartz
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly altered global social dynamics through extensive containment measures. Understanding how individuals perceive the virus, distinguishing between realistic and symbolic threats, and considering the influence of personality traits is essential for effective public health messaging and interventions. This study explores the linkage between personality traits and perceived
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I'm with you, baby: Using parental embodied mentalizing in a pilot study to capture change following the circle of security parenting intervention Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Dana Shai, Neil Boris, Ida Brandtzæg, Stig Torsteinson, Rose Spencer, Karin Haugaard, Johanne Smith-Nielsen
Supported by a large body of work demonstrating the impact of infant attachment representations on subsequent development, numerous therapeutic programs have been developed to promote secure attachment, with increasing focus on parental mentalizing. Nonetheless, empirical evidence supporting their effectiveness has yet to be fully established. The current pilot study (N = 24) was designed to evaluate
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Clinically representative therapy for Nordic adult outpatients with common mental health problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Martin Brattmyr, Martin Schevik Lindberg, Jakob Lundqvist, Lars-Göran Öst, Stian Solem, Odin Hjemdal, Audun Havnen
There is a knowledge gap regarding clinically representative therapy given in routine settings, that is treatment as usual (TAU), for patients with common mental health problems (CMHP). This review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate what characterizes clinically representative therapy in Nordic routine clinics and meta-analyze the outcome of such treatment. Databases (PubMed, EMBASE, PsychINFO
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Too different to be equal: Lack of public respect is associated with reduced self-respect for stigmatized individuals Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Sarah E. Martiny, Jonas Josten, Daniela Renger
Individuals with physical and mental disabilities can be stigmatized and perceived in terms of their disabilities in the public domain. This is less pervasive in the private domain, because of the presence of individuating information. We argue that disabilities decrease individuals' everyday opportunities to receive basic equality-based respect experiences in the public domain and thus makes it difficult
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Satisfaction of basic psychological needs and European entrepreneurs' well-being and health: The association with job satisfaction and entrepreneurial motivation Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Laura Padilla-Angulo, Ana M. Lucia-Casademunt, Diego Gómez-Baya
We examine an integrative model associating entrepreneurial motivation and job satisfaction with basic psychological needs satisfaction and the psychological well-being (PWB) and health problems of European entrepreneurs. In contrast with previous literature that focuses mainly on hedonic well-being, this study examines well-being by using a eudaimonic perspective and the link between entrepreneurial
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Strategies for meeting prospective mates: An explorative analysis in the Greek cultural context Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Menelaos Apostolou, Andri Prodromou
Most people strive toward establishing long-term romantic relationships, and the majority eventually succeed in doing so, which raises the question of how people meet prospective mates. In the current research, we used in-depth interviews and open-ended questionnaires in a sample of 218 Greek-speaking participants, and we identified 44 acts that people perform in order to meet prospective mates, and
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Appearance-based rejection sensitivity mediates the relationship between Instagram addiction and dysmorphic concerns in young adult women Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-10-22 Ioana Bianca Pitiruţ, Viren Swami, Tania Poamă-Neagră, Violeta Enea
Dysmorphic concerns refer to excessive preoccupations with one's physical characteristics. There is a need to better understand the factors associated with these experiences, especially in young adult women. Given emergent research suggesting a link between the use of Instagram, dysmorphic concerns, and appearance pressures, we tested a mediation model in which appearance-based rejection sensitivity
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Developing digital interventions for a post-Covid world: A smartphone-based approach-avoidance training to reduce alcohol craving Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Nele Peerenboom, Natalie V. Guzman, Timo Kvamme, Valentin Ritou, Violeta Casero, Valerie Voon
Harmful alcohol use is a major public health issue. In-person treatment has been hindered by the restrictions necessary during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study examined the effects of an at-home smartphone-based cognitive bias modification training in heavy drinkers. Experiment 1 tested the effect of a short 20–30-min smartphone-based approach-avoidance training (AAT) on image-induced craving at a
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Tension and disordered eating behaviors in the daily lives of adolescents and young adults from the general population: Associations and moderating role of trait emotion regulation Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Stephanie K. V. Peschel, Sophia Fürtjes, Christine Sigrist, Catharina Voss, Johanna Berwanger, Theresa M. Ollmann, Hanna Kische, Frank Rückert, Julian Koenig, Lars Pieper, Katja Beesdo-Baum
Experiences of tension and difficulties in emotion regulation have been linked to eating pathology in clinical samples and are targeted in respective treatment approaches. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of tension on engagement in disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) and potential moderating effects of trait emotion regulation in young people from the general population. A subsample
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Impacts of Post Critical Incident Seminar on emergency service personnel: The critical incident–related experiences and psychological state Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Sanna Korpela, Hilla Nordquist
Post Critical Incident Seminar (PCIS) is an intervention originally developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for supporting law enforcement officers who have faced critical incidents (CIs) at work. In Finland, police forces have arranged modified PCIS regularly since 2012, but the first PCIS for emergency service personnel was organized in 2020. PCIS consists of psychoeducation, peer
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The effect of age on emotion regulation patterns in daily life: Findings from an experience sampling study Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Mai Bjørnskov Mikkelsen, Mia Skytte O'Toole, Emma Elkjær, Mimi Mehlsen
The present experience sampling study investigated the effect of age on emotion regulation patterns (i.e., emotion regulation strategy effectiveness, variability, and differentiation) in daily life. The study further explored the implications of potential age differences in emotion regulation patterns for well-being. A sample of 406 adults (age range: 18–81, 62.8% female) were prompted five times a
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Examining the relationship between metacognitive trust in thinking styles and supernatural beliefs Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Valerie van Mulukom, Adam Baimel, Everton Maraldi, Miguel Farias
Conflicting findings have emerged from research on the relationship between thinking styles and supernatural beliefs. In two studies, we examined this relationship through meta-cognitive trust and developed a new: (1) experimental manipulation, a short scientific article describing the benefits of thinking styles: (2) trust in thinking styles measure, the Ambiguous Decisions task; and (3) supernatural
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Hardiness, leadership style and gender as predictors of leader performance in military academy cadets Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Paul T. Bartone
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is widely considered the premier leader development institution in the United States. Since first admitting women in 1976, few studies have examined factors that may influence female cadets to perform as leaders in this environment. The present study analyzed archival data collected during a unique longitudinal study of leader development conducted at West Point
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Metacognition and polyregulation in daily self-control conflicts Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Sebastian Bürgler, Marie Hennecke
Metacognition is important for self-regulated learning, and it has recently been argued that it may play an important role in self-control more generally. We studied multiple aspects of metacognition in self-control, namely metacognitive knowledge including a person's repertoire (“toolbox”) of different self-regulatory strategies, metacognitive regulation (planning, monitoring, and evaluation), and
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Spillover and spillback: Linking daily job insecurity to next-day counterproductive work behavior Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Chaoyue Zhao, Yao Zhu, Jin-Ying Zhuang
Spillover effect theory posits that work stressors can have spillover effects into workers' home lives. Although job insecurity spillover into the home domain has been explored extensively, potential spillback effects into the work domain have not. We posit that daily job insecurity represents a negative subjective perception that can spillover into the home domain and lead to insomnia, which will
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Demographically adjusted Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure Test norms in a Swedish and Norwegian cohort aged 49–77 years and comparison with North American norms Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Fredrik Öhman, Marie Eckerström, Erik Hessen, Jacob Espenes, Ingvild V. Eliassen, Ingrid M. Lorentzen, Jacob Stålhammar, Petronella Kettunen, Michael Schöll, Tormod Fladby, Anders Wallin, Bjørn-Eivind Kirsebom
The Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (RCFT) is one of the most commonly used neuropsychological tests in Sweden and Norway. However, no publications provide normative data for this population. The objective of this study was to present demographically adjusted norms for a Swedish and Norwegian population and to evaluate these in an independent comparison group.
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Weight stigma from romantic partners: Its relations with maladaptive and adaptive coping and depressive symptoms Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Hannah X. Wu, Tiffany T. Chen, Boby H.-H. Ching, Xiang Y. Li, Yuan H. Li
Social devaluation of being overweight is common in daily life, but little is known about the weight stigma in romantic relationships. The present study investigated the roles of maladaptive and adaptive coping strategies in the relation between the experience of weight stigma in romantic relationships and depressive symptoms in men and women, respectively. Analyses of gender differences and structural
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Experimental manipulation of uncanny feeling does not increase adherence to conspiracy theories Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Florent Varet, Jaïs Adam-Troian, Eric Bonetto, Alexis Akinyemi, Anthony Lantian, Dimitri Voisin, Sylvain Delouvée
Research over the past decade has shown that endorsement of conspiracy theories (CTs) is shaped by motivated cognition processes. Accordingly, CTs are theorized to stem from compensatory processes, as individuals attempt to cope with existential threats (i.e., uncertainty, loss of control). Based on the meaning maintenance model, we investigated whether this compensatory effect could follow from epistemic
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Preliminary evidence for neck musculature in shaping functional stereotypes of men's relationship motives Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Mitch Brown, Ryan E. Tracy
Neck musculature is reliably diagnostic of men's formidability and central to several inferences of their physical prowess. These inferences facilitate stereotypes of men's social value from which perceivers estimate their abilities to satisfy reproductive goals related to mate acquisition and parental care. Participants evaluated men's interest in various mating and parenting strategies, wherein men
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A validity study of a work sample test of leadership behavior using supervisor and subordinate ratings as criteria Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Anders Sjöberg, Martin Grill
Work sample tests gather information about behavior that is consistent with the behavior being predicted. This criterion-related validity study examines whether a work sample test can predict behaviors more than 6 months later among managers (N = 127) in a large municipal organization. Ratings from both the subordinates (SOR) and supervisors (SVR) of the managers were used as criteria for the leadership
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Sleep and childhood maltreatment: A matched-control study of sleep characteristics in Norwegian 16–19-year-olds Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Viktor Schønning, Mari Hysing, Anders Dovran, Sondre A. Nilsen, Gertrud S. Hafstad, Øystein Vedaa, Børge Sivertsen
Sleep problems are an important but understudied health problem in adolescents exposed to childhood maltreatment. The current study aimed to examine sleep characteristics and insomnia in a population with maltreatment history and compare them to a general population sample of adolescents. Data from a sample of Norwegian 16–19-year-old adolescents with childhood maltreatment experiences (n = 62) were
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Where is an emotion? Using an emotional spatial cueing task to test for emotional localization following targeted visceroception Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Steven Davey, Jamin Halberstadt, Elliot Bell
The relationship between emotion and attention is vital for adaptation. Trained attention to bodily sensations can heighten emotional awareness, including during “visceroception” (sensing the viscera, principally the heart, lungs and gut), which has been linked to emotion intensity and regulation. However, it is not always clear when bodily attention is adaptive, and useful to maintain, or maladaptive
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Gender differences in perceiving the portion size of meat when being observed Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Qirui Tian, Cengceng Qin
Previous research has shown that being observed can influence people's behaviors, including their eating habits. In this study, we predicted that men and women would exhibit different reactions to the perception of portion size of meat when being observed. By utilizing a camera to create a sense of being observed during the act of eating meat, we revealed that men in the observed condition reported
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The triggers and consequences of the Queen Bee phenomenon: A systematic literature review and integrative framework Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Rebeca da Rocha Grangeiro, Manoel Bastos Gomes Neto, Lucas Emanuel Nascimento Silva, Catherine Esnard
Staines, Tavris and Jayaratne (1974) first introduced the Queen Bee Phenomenon (QBP). The term has been extensively employed to explain specific behaviors driven by organizational inequalities where women engaged in leadership positions actively restrain the opportunities of upper mobility for junior women. While the literature constantly addresses the causes and behaviors of this phenomenon, the current
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Examining generational differences as a moderator of extreme-context perception and its impact on work alienation organizational outcomes: Implications for the workplace and remote work transformation Scand. J. Psychol. (IF 2.312) Pub Date : 2023-08-19 Ali B. Mahmoud, Alexander Berman, William Reisel, Leonora Fuxman, Dieu Hack-Polay
There is no doubt that extreme contexts (e.g., war zones and pandemics) represent substantial disruptions that force many companies to rethink the way they do business. With so much of the workforce now working remotely and concerns about resulting work alienation, we must ask this question: How can this be translated into the generational divide in workplaces based in extreme contexts? Using COVID-19