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The Relationship Between Dispositional Affectivity, Perceived Income Adequacy, and Financial Strain: An Analysis of Financial Stress Perceptions Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Baylor A. Graham, Robert R. Sinclair, Alec Munc
Despite financial concerns representing of the most substantial sources of stress, the intersection between individual differences and financial stress has received sparce attention. Emphasizing the cognitive-appraisal process, our study reveals financial stress perceptions partly reflect a dispositional tendency to interpret financial information either more positively or negatively. Across two studies
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Contamination-Focussed Vignettes as an Analogue of Infectious Pandemics: An Experimental Validation using the State Disgust and Anxiety Responses in OCD Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Ben Harkin, Lucy E. Davies, Alan Yates
Despite infectious pandemics proving particularly detrimental to those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the investigation of analogous experimental paradigms is lacking. To address this gap, we conducted two studies employing vignettes that depicted contamination-related situations commonly experienced during a pandemic (e.g., Coughing into hands and failing to use hand sanitizer). We manipulated
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Mediating Effects of Guilt and Shame on the Helping Behavior of People who Have Witnessed Ostracism Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Kenta Tsumura
Social connections are fundamental to human well-being, yet ostracism can lead to mental and physical maladjustment. Ostracized individuals often attempt to reconnect, but their efforts can be hindered by feelings of helplessness and depression. This study examines factors that facilitate helping behavior toward ostracized individuals by third parties who witness the ostracism, that is, the mediating
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Should We Really Be Afraid of “Weakness”? Applying the Insights of Attribution Theory Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Adam Abdulla
It is widely assumed that the term “weakness” has negative psychological effects and should be replaced by “area for improvement.” The present study is the first to examine the matter experimentally. It was hypothesised that effects of “weakness” (vs. “area for improvement”) are most pronounced in those with low perceived self-efficacy in the relevant domain. Two experiments were conducted in the domain
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Coworkers Behaving Badly: How the Dark Triad Influences Responses to Witnessing Workplace Misconduct Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Braden T. Hall, Joshua T. Lambert, Danielle Wahlers, William Hart
The “bad-begets-bad” phenomenon describes how witnessed or perceived misconduct in an organization promotes mental states and behavior that encourage further misconduct. Based in two perspectives on how the Dark Triad (DT) constructs (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy) differentiate, we proposed their roles in contributing to the bad-begets-bad phenomenon. A convenience sample of college students
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Fertility Fails to Predict Voter Preference for the 2020 Election: A Pre-Registered Replication of Navarrete et al. (2010) Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Jessica L. Engelbrecht, Matthew Duell, John E. Edlund
As part of the Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) program, the present study reassesses the claim made in Navarrete et al. (2010) Study 1, that women’s voter preference for male candidates who demonstrate cues of strong genetic fitness increases across the reproductive cycle as a function of conception risk. We report an attempt to conceptually replicate these findings,
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Antecedents of Workaholism and Work Engagement: A Motivational Perspective in Research on Heavy Work Involvement Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Diana Kusik, Aleksandra Tokarz, Joanna Kłosowska
In this perspective article, we propose encompassing the motivational perspective to enrich future studies on two forms of heavy work involvement (HWI): workaholism and work engagement. Based on the holistic definition of motivation, we build a theoretical instrumentation that includes four motivational categories that are presented and characterized by relevant key terms: I. Activation and energy
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Influence of Mindfulness on Game Addiction-Mediating Role of Emotional Control Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Anurekha K. Tharumiya, Riniprabha P, Karthika Sakthivel, Janani K, Manikandan M. K. Manicka
In the past few decades, online games have become immensely popular among the younger generation thus leading to online game addiction. Previous researches acknowledge that mindfulness or present-focused awareness may reduce addiction. Moreover, addiction is found to have an impact on the propensity to respond to the situations in the environment in a way that is acceptable to all the people (emotional
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University Students’ Mindset and Effort Regulation Across the Domains of Nursing and English Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Donald Glen Patterson, Mariya A. Yukhymenko-Lescroart
In this study, we examined and compared the beliefs of undergraduate nursing students at a healthcare-focused university in central Japan regarding their abilities to learn English and nursing and sustain effort in their studies. Specifically, the purposes of this research were to learn how Japanese nursing students’ mindsets and effort regulation differed across the domains of English and nursing
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How Multicultural Experiences Influence Malevolent Creativity Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Bo Yang, Heng Li
A wealth of studies have revealed that foreign experiences affect various cognitive abilities. One well-established finding is that living abroad can increase creative thinking skills. However, there has been little research on the dark side of creativity. Here, we hypothesized that exposure to foreign experiences can also foster malevolent creativity, which refers to the deliberate application of
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Pandemic Grief and Suicidal Ideation in Latin American Countries: A Network Analysis Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Jonatan Baños-Chaparro, José Ventura-León, Sherman A. Lee, Lindsey W. Vilca, Carlos Carbajal-León, Daniel E. Yupanqui-Lorenzo, Pablo D. Valencia, Mario Reyes-Bossio, Nicol Oré-Kovacs, Claudio Rojas-Jara, Miguel Gallegos, Roberto Polanco-Carrasco, Mauricio Cervigni, Pablo Martino, Marlon Elías Lobos-Rivera, Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera, Diego Alejandro Palacios Segura, Antonio Samaniego-Pinho
This study aimed to characterize the network structure of pandemic grief symptoms and suicidal ideation in 2174 people from eight Latin American countries. Pandemic grief and suicidal ideation were measured using the Pandemic Grief Scale and a single item, respectively. Network analysis provides an in-depth characterization of symptom-symptom interactions within mental disorders. The results indicated
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Exploring the Moderating Roles of Emotions, Attitudes, Environment, and Teachers in the Impact of Motivation on Learning Behaviours in Students’ English Learning Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Xu Wang, Honggang Liu
For several decades, extensive research has been conducted on motivation in language learning. However, how motivation impacts learning behaviours with the moderation of factors related to emotions, attitude, environment, and teachers has not been reported. This study aims to examine the moderating effects of these four motivational factors to explain the inconsistent effects of motivation on English
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Meta-Analysis of Social Presence Effects on Stroop Task Performance Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Teresa Garcia-Marques, Alexandre C. Fernandes
In this paper, we conducted a meta-analytic review to examine the impact of social presence on individuals’ performance on the Stroop task, shedding light on the cognitive processes underlying social facilitation. We followed PRISMA guidelines to identify and include 33 relevant studies in a multivariate random-effects meta-analysis. Our results show that social presence reliably modulates Stroop interference
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The Only way is up? How Different Facets of Employee and Supervisor Perfectionism Help or Hinder Career Development Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Kathleen Otto, Martin Baluku, Amelie Schaible, Cemre Oflu, Emily Kleszewski
Although the double-edged nature of perfectionism is widely acknowledged, little is known about how it shapes employee career development. By combining two field studies, we provide a multiperspective insight into the relevance of both employee and supervisor perfectionism for employee career development. While we expected self-oriented perfectionism (SOP) to have an ambivalent role for career development
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Confirming Eight-Factor Structure of the Substance Use Motives Measure in a Sample of US College Students Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Stephanie J. Strong, Nora E. Charles, Margaret R. Bullerjahn, Cassidy Tennity, Chloe O’Dell, Emily Cordova
The 2020 National Survey on Drug Use indicates nearly three quarters of individuals ages 18-25 have used substances in the past year. Research suggests individuals who use substances to cope with negative mood states are typically more substance-involved, report more psychological distress, and have a more extensive treatment history. Additionally, the high rate of polysubstance use among substance
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Relationships of Transformational and Paternalistic Leadership Styles With Follower Needs, Multidimensional Work Motivations and Organizational Commitment: A Mediated Model Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Selinay Çivit, Aslı Göncü-Köse
Paternalistic Leadership (PL) style is suggested to be an emic manifestation of Transformational Leadership (TL) in cultural contexts characterized by high power distance and collectivism. The present study investigated the effects of TL and PL behaviors on employees’ multidimensional work motivation and organizational commitment and the mediating effects of satisfaction of psychological needs (needs
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Self-Compassion, Anxiety and Depression Symptoms; the Mediation of Shame and Guilt Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Paria Etemadi Shamsababdi, Gholam Reza Dehshiri
Self-compassion is related to psychological well-being and can improve mental health problems. The present study aimed to examine the relationship of self-compassion with anxiety and depression symptoms considering the mediating effects of shame and guilt. Two hundred forty-three participants in Iran completed the measures of Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS), self-compassion Scale-Short Form
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The Effectiveness of Adolescent-Focused Therapy and Family-Based Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Marni P. Stewart, Oliver Baumann
Anorexia Nervosa is the most deadly mental illness due to the high mortality and relapse rates after reaching remission. The systematic review investigated the effectiveness of two empirically validated interventions (Family-Based Therapy [FBT] and Adolescent-Focused Therapy [AFT]) for an adolescent or young adult living with Anorexia Nervosa to reach partial or full remission and expected weight ratios
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Introducing a Neuroscience-Based Assessment Instrument: Development and Psychometric Study of the Neural Networks Symptomatology Inventory Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Bruno Faustino, Isabel Fonseca
Background: Neuroscience research methods contribute to the understanding of the underlying neural impairments associated with psychopathology. Previous research suggested that impairments in Default Mode Network, Fronto-Parietal Executive Network, Amygdaloid-Hippocampal Memory Network, and Attentional Salience Network are present in different psychopathological symptoms. However, a self-report measure
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Gun Owners Views on Gun Control in the United States: A Qualitative Study Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Ted Peterson
Guns and gun violence have become a widely discussed and hotly debated concern across the United States. With gun violence on the rise and mass shootings provoking powerful emotional outrage, the question often rests with what can or should be done to rectify these societal issues. This paper examines the attitudes of guns expressed through two qualitative interviews of gun owners in the United States
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Fun in a Box? Loneliness and Adolescents’ Problematic Smartphone Use: A Moderated Mediation Analysis of the Underlying Mechanisms Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Alexandra Maftei, Ioan-Alex Merlici, Cristian Opariuc-Dan
Addictive smartphone use is one of the most concerning behaviors among adolescents. The present study investigated the indirect effects of self-esteem and boredom proneness and the moderating role of the need to belong on the link between loneliness and addictive smartphone use (ASU). Our sample included 357 adolescents aged 12 to 19 ( Mage = 15.56, SD = 1.01, 57.42% males) from ten public schools
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The Effect of Alexithymia, Attention, and Pain Characteristics on Mentalizing Abilities Among Adults With Chronic Pain Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Laura Šalčiūnaitė-Nikonovė, Linas Leonas, Laura Sapranavičiūtė-Zabazlajeva
Introduction: Impaired mentalizing abilities are found among persons with chronic pain, yet it is still unknown why. The current study focuses on mentalizing abilities and how these could be affected by different pain factors, alexithymia traits, and other aspects of psychological functioning (depression, anxiety, attention) in persons experiencing chronic pain.Methods: 71 participants (80.3% female;
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State Resident Handedness, Ideology, and Political Party Preference: U.S. Presidential Election Outcomes Over the Past 60 Years Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Stewart J. H. McCann
Pearson correlation, partial correlation, and multiple regression strategies determined the degree to which estimates of the level of left-handedness in each of the 48 contiguous American states related to citizen political ideology and to Democratic-Republican presidential popular vote over the past 60 years. Higher state levels of left-handedness were associated significantly with liberal ideology
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The Influence of Group Favoritism on Moral Judgment -- Evidence From Event-Related Potential Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Yang Bo, Zhang Lihua
When judging the morality of an action, individuals may exhibit a bias stemming from group favoritism. It leads to the expression of different moral evaluations of the same behaviors performed by different social groups. The current study used event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate the influence of in-group favoritism (in-group vs. homogeneous out-group) and out-group favoritism (in-group vs
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Roles: Evidence From Parents and Children in Single-Parent Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Liling Wang, I-Jun Chen, Mengping Yang, Ying Shi, Yunping Song
Given the current increases in the divorce rate and the number of single-parent families, the development of gender roles among children from single-parent families has received more and more attention. This study investigated how single parents influenced the formation of their children’s gender roles and family-related factors that benefited the development of gender roles in single-parent children
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Sex Stereotypes and Child Physical Abuse: Mediating Effects of Attitudes on Beliefs about Consequences for Abusive Parents Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Christopher Leone, LouAnne Hawkins, Mary Geary, Valentina Bolanos
We hypothesized that (a) sex stereotypes would influence individuals’ attitudes toward and beliefs about physically abusive parents and (b) these attitudes would mediate the connection between sex stereotypes and beliefs. Participants read one of four scenarios in which (a) sex of parents and sex of children were systematically varied while (b) holding constant the actions of parents and children as
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Metacognition as a Mediator for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Following Childhood Stressful Life Events: An Examination of the Construct Validity of the Metacognitions Questionnaire-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Benjamin C. Darnell, Sarah R. Lee, Andrea M. Despotes, Dominoe A. Jones, David P. Valentiner
Both cognitive and metacognitive theories implicate posttraumatic metacognition as an important factor in the maintenance of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) following stressful life events (SLEs). The Metacognitions Questionnaire-posttraumatic stress disorder (MCQ-PTSD; Wells, 2009) was previously developed to assess for metacognitions specific to SLEs and resulting PTSS. This study aimed to examine
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The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem in the Relationship Between Perceived Ethnic Discrimination and Continuance Commitment of Migrant Workers Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 İlhami Yücel, Daniel Roque Gomes, Neuza Ribeiro, Kasım Kağan Özlok
This study aims to examine the relationship between perceived ethnic discrimination by migrant workers (applicants for international protection) and continuance commitment, and to analyze whether this relationship is mediated by self-esteem. In addition, it aims to contribute to the literature on the organizational outcomes of perceived ethnic discrimination. This research was conducted through a questionnaire
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Experiential Avoidance, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, and Academic Impairment Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Benjamin Laman-Maharg, David P. Valentiner, Sebastian Szöllös, Nina S. Mounts
The ways in which Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms lead to impairments in functioning, including academic performance, are not well understood. The present study sought to examine the role of a common maladaptive coping strategy, experiential avoidance, as a moderator of the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and academic achievement. Participants ( N = 326) were
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Attachment Anxiety and Nomophobia: A Moderated Parallel Mediation Model Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Yuan Liang
Nomophobia is the state of being anxious or disturbed when feeling disconnected from the digital world and can have a significant impact on individuals’ health and well-being. Drawing upon attachment theory and the previous literature on nomophobia, this study aims to understand how attachment anxiety influences nomophobia and whether this relationship differs between males and females. In the Human
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Role of Pubertal Timing and Perceived Parental Attachment in Internalizing Problem Behaviours Among Adolescents Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Palak Kanwar
Adolescents need supportive social institutions to help them deal effectively with the demands of pubertal changes accompanied by new social roles, reducing their susceptibility to problem behaviors. Considering this, it will be investigated how internalizing problem behaviors in teenagers is affected by the interaction between pubertal timing and perceived parental attachment. For this, cross-sectional
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Mental Illness, Gun Access and Carrying: A Test of Competing Hypotheses Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Miranda L. Baumann
Access to firearms among individuals with mental health problems has been a source of protracted debate among policymakers, the media, and the public, writ large. At the center of this controversy are questions about the nature and consequences of gun access in the context of mental illness. The lack of substantial empirical evidence, due in part to limited access to quality data, plays a significant
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Dominance Analysis of Bright and Dark Dispositional Predictors of Socially Desirable Responding Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Brian K. Miller, Eric G. Kirby, Kaitlynn Brianna Stevens
Although the role of so-called dark traits in the prediction of maladaptive behavior has seen a large increase in interest by researchers, the Big Five still maintain their ubiquity in the prediction of most behaviors. This study uses measures of the Dark Tetrad and the Big Five personality traits to predict a very specific form of maladaptive behavior: the impression management form of socially desirable
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Accuracy and Response Time for Modus Ponens Syllogisms Vary by Controversial Topic and Categorical Emotion. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Leslie J Kelley,Anissia Espinoza,Drew A Curtis,Adam Randell,Adam K Abuharthieh
Researchers have documented differential effects of emotion on cognitive processes, debating whether emotion may increase or decrease the response time and accuracy of logical thinking. The current study proposed that differences may be due to variability occurring across topic and categorical emotions, such that assessment of several basic emotional responses in the context of performing logical reasoning
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Online Moral Disengagement: An Examination of the Relationships Between Electronic Communication, Cognitive Empathy, and Antisocial Behavior on the Internet. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Madison Corkum,N Will Shead
A consequence of the proliferation of online communication is the concerning presence of antisocial behavior observed in virtual spaces. Research suggests the cognitive component of empathy is hindered by features of electronic communication which facilitates antisocial behaviors online. Investigations into how features of online communication inhibit cognitive empathy are lacking, and findings on
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Finding Silver Linings in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A 2-Wave Study in the UK. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Alison M Bacon,Jaysan Charlesford,Michael Hyland,Tilla Puskas,Poppy Hughes
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in widespread anxiety, fear and depression, yet focussing only on these negative issues may obscure the opportunity to promote positivity and resilience. Traumatic events can often result in positive life changes (adversarial growth) though there is little evidence in the context of pandemics, and no previous studies in Covid-19 with the general public. The present
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Being Virtual in Real Interpersonal Interaction: What Makes People Prone to Phubbing? Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Selma Kılıç,Eyüp Çelik
This study examines the relationship between phubbing, body image, and general self-efficacy. The study group consists of 282 adults over the age of 18. Phubbing Scale, Body Image Scale, and General Self-Efficacy Scale were used to collect data in the study. The collected data were analyzed by independent sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and regression analysis. As a result of the research
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The Smartphone Addiction Measure (SAM): Subscales, Validity, and Reliability. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Taylor Bradish,Lawrence Locker,Rebecca G Ryan,Janie H Wilson
Dependence on smartphones continues to grow, with young adults showing the highest usage. In fact, reliance on smartphones may indicate a behavioral addiction, a concept gaining interest in both research and clinical practice. However, valid and reliable assessments of smartphone addiction are needed. To this end, we developed the Smartphone Addiction Measure (SAM) with an initial sample (113 participants;
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Personality Pathology and Suicide Risk: Examining the Relationship Between DSM-5 Alternative Model Traits and Suicidal Ideation and Behavior in College-Aged Individuals. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Mohammad A Aboul-Ata,Faten T Qonsua,Ibrahim A A Saadi
BACKGROUND This study examines the link between personality pathology and suicide risk regarding the DSM-5 alternative model of personality disorders. METHOD The study investigates the facets, domains, internalizing, and externalizing of personality pathology and their correlation and predictive significance for suicidal ideation and behavior. This study examined a diverse and balanced sample of 1
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Predictors of Intention to Vaccinate or Continue to Vaccinate Children Against SARS-CoV-2 During the Fifth Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Christine L Lackner,Charles H Wang
The Centre for Disease Control recommends vaccination of children against SARS-CoV-2 to reduce the severity of COVID-19 disease and reduce the likelihood of associated complications. Vaccination of children requires the consent of parents or guardians, and levels of consent may ebb and flow over the course of the pandemic. This exploratory study examines predictors of parental intentions to vaccinate
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The Interplay of Strength and Content of Women's Gender Identity, Ambivalent Sexism Targeted at Men, and Attitudes Toward Gender Role Subtypes. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Adrianna Kaczuba,Karolina Koszałkowska
In this on-line study of adult women (N = 145), we performed a series of moderation analyses, including women's self-reported gender in-group identification as moderator, their traditional/progressive identity contents as predictors, ambivalent sexism targeted at men and attitudes toward male and female conforming and non-conforming gender roles as outcome variables. We found that both traditional
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A Reliability Generalization Meta-Analysis of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Raziye Yüksel Doğan,Emin Demir,Sena Öz,Haktan Demircioğlu
We carried out the present meta-analysis study to secure the reliability generalization of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Scale (CAMM) based on its reliability findings in different studies. The study only considered full-text papers in English that were indexed in Web of Science, PubMed, ProQuest, and Scopus and presented a Cronbach's alpha value of the measurements with the CAMM (209 alpha
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Changes in State Mindfulness are the Key to Success in Mindfulness Interventions: Ecological Momentary Assessments of Predictors, Mediators, and Outcomes in a Four-Week Koru Mindfulness Intervention. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Grazia Mirabito,Paul Verhaeghen
It is often assumed that changes in state mindfulness coupled with a decrease in intrusive thinking (e.g., rumination or worry) are the crucial ingredients in mindfulness interventions. We investigate this claim by examining within-person day-to-day changes and causal relationships among these changes in state measures of mindfulness, cognitive interference (a measure of intrusive thinking), depression
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Relative Impact of Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Psychological Resilience on Mental Health Outcomes in Racially Minoritized Adults. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Akeesha Simmons,Marissa Ferry,Michael Christopher
Racially minoritized adults lack equal representation in research and experience disparities in healthcare. Little is known about which trait-level factors may help mitigate negative and promote positive psychological health among adults from these communities. The aim of this study was to assess the differential impact of dispositional mindfulness, self-compassion, and resilience in predicting depression
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The Mediating Roles of Affect Lability and Experiential Avoidance Between Distress Tolerance and Suicidal Ideation Among College Students. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Shelby N Baker,Emily K Burr,Ardhys N De Leon,Angelina V Leary,David C Rozek,Robert D Dvorak
Objective: Suicidal ideation (SI) is highly prevalent among college students. Research has shown that college students are also more likely to experience low distress tolerance, affect lability, and experiential avoidance, which have been linked to SI. There is a critical need to examine the mechanisms that increase the risk of SI among college students. It is hypothesized that distress tolerance will
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Transforming Passive Employee Engagement Into Active Engagement: Supervisor Development Feedback Valences on Feedback-Seeking Behavior. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Shuwei Liu,Jiyong Wang,Rui Wang
Employees' feedback-seeking behavior is an important way to develop and maintain self-awareness and interpersonal acuity, reduce uncertainty, boost creativity and improve innovative behavior and performance. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home has become the new normal, supervisor feedback and employees feedback-seeking has an increasingly important impact on team creativity
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A Meta-analysis of the Relations Between Socioeconomic Status and Parenting Practices. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Mona Ayoub,Maya Bachir
The question of why parents parent the way they do is central in parenting studies. Research about the predictors of parenting has been guided by Belsky's classical model of parenting determinants. In this model, socioeconomic status was not explicitly considered as a determinant of parenting. However, there is ample research that came later that found relations between socioeconomic status and parenting
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Is Deceitful Autobiographical Memory Really Forgotten? Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Rakesh Sengupta,P Venkata Ramana Rao,Anjana Prusty,B Micheal Jackson,P V Raja Shekar
Autobiographical memory for deceitful events is said to be forgotten over time to reduce guilt and stress. People who engage in deceitful behavior continue to do so because they are able to stretch their memories to match their moral outlook. In this study, the authors wanted to see if participants who engage in deceitful behavior will change their behavior if they are reminded of their previous misdeeds
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Differences in the Preferred Trustworthiness Between High-level and Low-Level Leaders. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Shimei Yan,Lizhe Chen,Gang Zhang
Drawing upon implicit leadership theories (ILTs), this research argues that the trustworthiness factors of leaders perceived by subordinates may vary with hierarchical levels of leaders. Based on this argument, a scenario simulation study (220 participants), an experimental study (562 participants), and an empirical survey (193 samples) were conducted. The findings show that subordinates are more concerned
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Symptom Network Analysis Tools for Applied Researchers With Cross-Sectional and Panel Data - A Brief Overview and Multiverse Analysis. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 René Freichel
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in utilizing symptom-network models to study psychopathology and relevant risk factors, such as cognitive and physical health. Various methodological approaches can be employed by researchers analyzing cross-sectional and panel data (i.e., several time points over an extended period). This paper provides an overview of some commonly used analytical
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Perceptions of the Personalities of Namesaked Children as a Function of Their Sex and Birth Order. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Francis T McAndrew,Zeina Sbai
One-hundred-seventeen participants rated hypothetical individuals on the "Big Five" personality traits, narcissism, intelligence, and creativity. Hypothetical individuals differed according to namesake status (named after a parent/relative or not), sex, and birth order. Namesaking interacted with both sex and birth order on ratings of many personality traits, but sex and birth order were stronger predictors
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The Association of Autistic Traits on Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in a Non-clinical Sample. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Kai Nagase
Individuals with high autistic traits have difficulty in regulating their negative emotions. However, few studies clarify the relationship between autistic traits and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. This study examined the association between adaptive and maladaptive strategies in cognitive emotion regulation and autistic traits using a non-clinical sample. Two hundred and thirty-four participants
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An Examination of the Association between Emotion Regulation and Emetophobia Symptoms. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Jennifer A Petell,Sarah A Bilsky
BACKGROUND Specific phobia of vomiting, referred to as emetophobia, is a specific phobia characterized by persistent and severe fear of vomit. Individuals with emetophobia engage in a variety of emotional and behavioral avoidance strategies to distance themselves from perceived vomit-related threat. As such, individuals may struggle to effectively use emotion regulation (ER) skills; however, to date
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Can Peripheral Group Members Not Represent the In-Group? The Effect of Member Prototypicality on Intergroup Conflict. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Xinwei Hong,Peng Liu,Zhuan Zhu,Haiyan Lv,Shen Liu,Lin Zhang
Group member prototypicality is a factor in intergroup conflict-not all group members fight for group interests. This study focuses on the role of peripheral group members and the factors that influence their participation. We conducted two studies to examine the effects of group acceptance and self-uncertainty on the relationship between prototypicality and intergroup conflict. Results indicate that
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The Influence of Probe Frequency on Self-Reported Mind Wandering During Tasks With Different Cognitive Loads. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Hong He,Hong Li
The use of thought-probe methodologies during tasks with varying loads has become commonplace. The current study aimed to investigate whether there exists an interaction between probe frequency and task load on responses of mind wandering episodes, using within-subject designs. In Experiment 1, We performed 0-back, 1-back, and 3-back tasks, in which low-frequency and high-frequency thought probes were
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Detecting Change in Needs-Supplies Fit Through Reliable Change Methodology. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Kleinjan Redelinghuys
Studying change is a critical part of psychology and science in general. Studies often treat fit as static and use between-person designs to assess change. Accordingly, potentially insightful within-person information is frequently overlooked. The current study aimed to establish the utility of reliable change methodology within the domain of organizational psychology, using needs-supplies fit as a
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Intergenerational Transmission of Psychological Flexibility: The Mediating Role of Parenting Style and the Moderating Role of Teacher Support. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Dandan An,Xiaoyong Zhang
In this study, parents' psychological flexibility scale, children's psychological flexibility scale, parenting style scale and teacher support scale were used to explore the intergenerational transmission mechanism of psychological flexibility. The results showed that: (1) parents' psychological flexibility significantly predicted children's psychological flexibility; (2) authoritative parenting style
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Differing Perceptions of Criminal Justice and Views of Law Enforcement: A Cluster-Analytic Approach to Racial-Ethnic Identities. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Richard Rogers,Kamar Y Tazi,Minqi Pan,Shannon R Williamson-Butler
Race and ethnicity within psycholegal research have often been treated as nominal variables which ignores their rich within-cultural diversity and can sometimes lead to sweeping pejorative conclusions (e.g., higher prevalence of arrests). The development of several salient measures of racial-ethnic attitudes-such as the CERIS-A and MEIM-has sparked a refocusing on dimensional perspectives of race and
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Enhancing Self-Reported Assessment of Working Conditions in Policing: Revisiting the Psychometric Properties and Applications of the Police Stress Questionnaire. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Lillis Rabbing,Bjørn Lau,Knut Inge Fostervold,John Blenkinsopp,Brita Bjørkelo
OBJECTIVES Policing is recognized as a highly stressful occupation, encompassing stressors not commonly encountered in other fields. In response, police-specific stress scales have been developed and used when studying police work. Despite changes in the composition of police personnel, most studies examining police working conditions focus on sworn police officers (SPO), excluding employees without
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Effects of Episodic Memory Recall on Reinforcing Value of Physical Activity. Psychol. Rep. (IF 1.789) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Mathew J Biondolillo,Katelyn A Carr,Kathleen Wojcik,Damante C Curry,Leonard H Epstein
OBJECTIVE Many people prefer a sedentary versus an active lifestyle and have difficulty completing sufficient physical activity to improve health. While exercise can be a powerful reinforcer for some people, many prefer to be sedentary. The relative reinforcing value of physical activity (RRVPA) is influenced by a person's learning history with positive experiences strengthening the motivation to be