Psychological ReportsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2023-05-21DOI: 10.1177/00332941231177243
Alexandra S Kirby, Rebecca Jenks, Francesca Walsh, Michael Duncan
{"title":"Attentional Biases Towards Body-Related Stimuli in Healthy Males: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Alexandra S Kirby, Rebecca Jenks, Francesca Walsh, Michael Duncan","doi":"10.1177/00332941231177243","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00332941231177243","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent literature has discussed the role of attentional biases towards body-related stimuli. Specific foci have been on those with high levels of body image concerns and female samples. Unfortunately, there has been limited focus on male samples within existing literature. The aim of the current study was to provide a critical synthesis of the findings of existing studies exploring attentional biases in adult males towards body-related stimuli. Critical synthesis of the findings of 20 studies explored four key methodologies: eye-tracking, dot-probe, visual search, and other methodologies (e.g. ARDPEI task). The current review provides evidence of specific attentional biases towards body-related stimuli in adult males experiencing body image concerns. Similar patterns of attentional biases are also demonstrated in males with body image pathologies. However, there appears to be distinct patterns of attentional biases for male and female participants. It is recommended that future research considers these findings and utilises measures developed specifically for male samples. Furthermore, additional variables require further attention, i.e. reasons for engaging in social comparison and/or engaging in physical activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"1391-1428"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11977827/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9491130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christina G McDonnell, Robert A Kaya, Theresa Andrzejewski, Saily Gomez Batista
{"title":"Autistic Adults Experience Higher PTSD Symptoms Relating to Motor Vehicle Accidents than Non-Autistic Adults.","authors":"Christina G McDonnell, Robert A Kaya, Theresa Andrzejewski, Saily Gomez Batista","doi":"10.1007/s10803-024-06687-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10803-024-06687-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Autistic adults experience high rates of traumatic events and PTSD. However, little work has evaluated motor vehicle accident (MVA) related trauma symptoms. The goal of this brief report was to provide pilot data characterizing MVA-related peritraumatic reactions, trauma symptoms, and rates of PTSD diagnosis and mental health service use among Autistic compared to non-autistic adults.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were 637 adults in the United States (276 Autistic, 361 non-autistic) who completed an online survey assessing MVA experiences. Participants provided information about peritraumatic reactions to the accident, and whether they were diagnosed with PTSD or sought mental health services relating to the MVA. Participants also completed the Posttraumatic Symptom Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) in relation to the worst MVA experienced.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>48.7% of Autistic adults had experienced an MVA relative to 64.5% of non-autistic adults. Of those who experienced an MVA, Autistic adults reported higher peritraumatic dissociative reactions, and higher MVA-related total, negative mood/cognition, and hypervigilance PTSD symptoms than non-autistic adults, when adjusting for covariates. Autistic adults were significantly more likely to have sought mental health treatment relating to the MVA (11.9% compared to 0.9% of non-autistic adults), and to have received a PTSD diagnosis relating to the MVA (5.9% compared to 0.4% of non-autistic adults).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Autistic adults reported higher levels of trauma-related sequalae in response to MVAs than non-autistic adults. Future research should examine MVA-related trauma in more diverse samples, and develop assessment and support strategies to better identify, prevent, and reduce trauma-related symptoms post MVAs for Autistic people.</p>","PeriodicalId":15148,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"2173-2178"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142894601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AssessmentPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-05DOI: 10.1177/10731911241256430
Miranda R Chilver, Richard A Burns, Ferdi Botha, Peter Butterworth
{"title":"Testing the Impact of Variations in Administration on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10).","authors":"Miranda R Chilver, Richard A Burns, Ferdi Botha, Peter Butterworth","doi":"10.1177/10731911241256430","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10731911241256430","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Self-report measures are useful in psychological research and practice, but scores may be impacted by administration methods. This study investigated whether changing the recall period (from 30 to 7 days) and response option order (from ascending to descending) alters the score distribution of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Participants were presented with the K10 with either different recall periods or different response option orders. There was weak evidence of lower mean K10 scores when using a 7-day recall period than when using the 30-day recall period (B = 1.96, 95% CI [0.04-3.90]) but no evidence of a change in the estimated prevalence of very high psychological distress. Presenting the response options in ascending order did not affect mean scores, but there was weak evidence of reduced prevalence of very high distress relative to the descending order (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 0.60, 95% CI [0.36-0.98]). These findings suggest that varying the administration method may result in minor differences in population estimates of very high psychological distress when using the K10.</p>","PeriodicalId":8577,"journal":{"name":"Assessment","volume":" ","pages":"622-630"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12009444/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141261287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Behavioural PharmacologyPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-12-16DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000809
Ronan Depoortère, Mariusz Papp, Piotr Gruca, Ewa Litwa, Magdalena Lason, Dominika Biała, Adrian Newman-Tancredi
{"title":"The antidepressant-like activity of ketamine in the rat chronic mild stress model requires activation of cortical 5-HT 1A receptors.","authors":"Ronan Depoortère, Mariusz Papp, Piotr Gruca, Ewa Litwa, Magdalena Lason, Dominika Biała, Adrian Newman-Tancredi","doi":"10.1097/FBP.0000000000000809","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FBP.0000000000000809","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ketamine displays efficacious rapid-acting antidepressant (RAAD) activity in the rat chronic mild stress (CMS) model. It rapidly reverses anhedonia (CMS-induced sucrose consumption deficit) and attenuates working memory deficit (novel object recognition: NOR) following both systemic (intraperitoneal, i.p.) administration or local administration in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). However, the receptor mechanisms underlying these effects remain to be clarified and may involve activation of serotonin 5-HT 1A receptors, as previously found in experiments using the forced swim test. The present study explored the contribution of PFC 5-HT 1A receptors in ketamine's RAAD activity in the CMS model. Ketamine (10 mg/kg i.p.) reversed CMS-induced sucrose consumption and working memory (NOR test) deficits. Notably, unilateral PFC microinjections of a 5-HT 1A receptor antagonist, WAY-100635 (2 µg), prevented the antidepressant-like and pro-cognitive activity of systemic ketamine on sucrose consumption and working memory deficits. These data indicate that the RAAD activity of ketamine in the rat CMS model requires activation of PFC 5-HT 1A receptors. They also reinforce the notion that drugs that directly activate PFC 5-HT 1A receptors could constitute an alternative to ketamine as a promising strategy to achieve RAAD effects, with additional benefits against cognitive deficits in depressed patients, but without ketamine's troublesome side-effects and requirements for in-patient supervision.</p>","PeriodicalId":8832,"journal":{"name":"Behavioural Pharmacology","volume":" ","pages":"182-188"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142881072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychological ReportsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2023-04-29DOI: 10.1177/00332941231169670
Guang Xu, Dou Huang, Shan Liu, Xue Zhang
{"title":"The Effects of Feeling Envied on Employees' Psychological Safety and Work Engagement: The Role of Workplace Friendship.","authors":"Guang Xu, Dou Huang, Shan Liu, Xue Zhang","doi":"10.1177/00332941231169670","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00332941231169670","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the increasing interest of feeling envied in recent studies, understanding of its outcome is still limited. Based on the theory of social information processing, this study aims to examine how feeling envied affects work engagement through psychological safety, and how the effect of feeling envied is moderated by workplace friendship. Two rounds of surveys were conducted, and a sample of 340 participants was collected in China. The results show that feeling envied reduces employees' psychological safety, which in turn impacts their work engagement. Further, the negative effect of feeling envied is mitigated under a higher level of workplace friendship. This study contributes to the literature by further explaining the theoretical mechanism regarding the outcomes of feeling envied. The results can provide managers helpful suggestions to alleviate the negative outcomes of feeling envied.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"2115-2137"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9365735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychological ReportsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2023-05-01DOI: 10.1177/00332941231169665
Qiujun Fan, Xuezhen Wang, Yanan Liu
{"title":"Can Machiavellianism Not be Prosocial? Roles of Empathy and Death Anxiety.","authors":"Qiujun Fan, Xuezhen Wang, Yanan Liu","doi":"10.1177/00332941231169665","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00332941231169665","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Machiavellianism has always been notorious, as it is egotistical and manipulative. This study aims to explore whether Machiavellian individuals would increase prosocial behavior to buffer death anxiety, based on Terror Management Theory. A total of 420 Chinese volunteers completed a survey regarding Machiavellianism, empathy (cognitive empathy, affective empathy), death anxiety, and prosocial behavior tendencies. The results indicated that affective empathy mediated the relationship between Machiavellianism and some types of prosocial behavior (total, altruistic, anonymous, compliant, dire and emotional), and the mediating effect was moderated by death anxiety. This finding revealed that although individuals with high levels of Machiavellianism were supposed to be callous, when suffering from death anxiety, they became more affective-empathetic, and thus more prosocial. Our study enriches the relationship between Machiavellianism and kindness.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"1839-1860"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9451020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intimate Partner Violence Predicts Child Marriage and Pregnancy Among Adolescents in Malawi.","authors":"Sonal Swain, Rachel Kidman, Etienne Breton, Rachel Chihana, Hans-Peter Kohler","doi":"10.1177/08862605241270074","DOIUrl":"10.1177/08862605241270074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A sizeable literature has shown that child marriage is associated with an increased risk for intimate partner violence (IPV). However, this research has been cross-sectional, and the temporality of the association has not been investigated. Specifically, no study has yet examined whether IPV is a predictor of child marriage and adolescent pregnancy. This study uses prospective longitudinal data on a cohort of adolescent girls from the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health to evaluate whether IPV victimization predicts child marriage or adolescent pregnancy. Using survival models, we find that adolescent girls who experienced physical IPV (measured at survey baseline, in 2017-2018) are more likely to enter child marriages (measured at survey follow-up, in 2021) (hazard ratio [HR] = 2.7 [1.44, 5.08]). Experiencing sexual IPV is also significantly associated with adolescent pregnancy (HR = 1.97 [1.16, 3.33]). These findings indicate the need for greater intervention to ensure healthy adolescent relationships, as well as further research to understand how abusive relationships shape early transitions to adulthood.</p>","PeriodicalId":16289,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Interpersonal Violence","volume":" ","pages":"2494-2517"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11894794/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142119998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human FactorsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1177/00187208241293720
Rahul K Pabla, Jeffrey D Graham, Michael W B Watterworth, Nicholas J La Delfa
{"title":"Examining the Independent and Interactive Carryover Effects of Cognitive and Physical Exertions on Physical Performance.","authors":"Rahul K Pabla, Jeffrey D Graham, Michael W B Watterworth, Nicholas J La Delfa","doi":"10.1177/00187208241293720","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00187208241293720","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ObjectiveThis study compared the effects of prior cognitive, physical, and concurrent exertion on physical performance.BackgroundFatiguing cognitive and physical exertions have been shown to negatively affect subsequent task performance. However, it is not clearly understood if concurrent physical and cognitive effort may exaggerate the negative carryover effects on physical task performance when compared to cognitive or physical exertion alone.MethodTwenty-five participants completed four isometric handgrip endurance trials on different days. The endurance trials were preceded by four, 15-minute experimental manipulations (cognitive, physical, concurrent, control). Electromyography (EMG) and force tracing performance were monitored, with handgrip strength measured pre and post. Subjective ratings of mental and physical fatigue, as well as affect, motivation, and task self-efficacy, were also assessed.ResultsHandgrip strength decreased following both physical (-14.4% MVC) and concurrent (-12.3% MVC) exertion manipulations, with no changes being observed for the cognitive and control conditions. No differences were observed across conditions for endurance time, EMG, nor tracing performance. When compared to the control conditions, perceptions of mental and physical fatigue were higher following the experimental manipulation. Endurance trial self-efficacy was lower for the mental, physical and concurrent conditions compared to control.ConclusionThe concurrent condition resulted in similar decreases in strength as the physical fatigue condition, but otherwise resulted in similar carryover effects on endurance performance across all conditions. Further study is required at higher exposure levels, or for longer exposure durations, to further probe the influence of concurrent physical and cognitive effort on task performance.ApplicationConcurrent cognitive and physical effort resulted in similar physical performance decrements to physical effort alone.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"560-577"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12049582/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142482054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychological ReportsPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2023-04-27DOI: 10.1177/00332941231171034
Phil Reed, Will Haas
{"title":"Social Media Use as an Impulsive 'Escape From Freedom'.","authors":"Phil Reed, Will Haas","doi":"10.1177/00332941231171034","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00332941231171034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It has been suggested that avoiding choice represents an anxiety-avoidance strategy, which has not been investigated in the context of social media. To this end, the current study explored the relationship between social media dependency and a preference for 'forced' choice, along with its association with anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, and experiential avoidance. The sample comprised 151 volunteer participants (18-32 years) who completed a psychometric test battery, including: the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale; Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory; Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale; and Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire. They also undertook a behavioural assessment based on a paradigm developed for pigeons, in which they selected either a situation with a free choice of alternatives, and one with a forced choice. Intolerance of uncertainty mediated the relationship between social media dependency and anxiety. In addition, those with lower social media dependency preferred being able to choose the contingency they worked on, while those with higher scores exhibited no such preference. This partly confirmed that social media dependency is associated with a reduced preference for freedom, but does not suggest social media dependency actively produced a preference for a lack of freedom. The speed of decision making was also faster in those with high social media dependency scores, in line with previous findings that they show higher levels of impulsive behaviours. The results suggest that anxiety and social media dependency are related, and fear of uncertainty and is linked with digital experiential avoidance.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"1824-1838"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11977806/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9352506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ralf Bergner-Koether, Lasse Peschka, Alexander Pastukhov, Claus-Christian Carbon, Sabine Steins-Loeber, Göran Hajak, Martin Rettenberger
{"title":"The Relevance of Hypersexuality and Impulsivity in Different Groups of Treatment-Seekers With and Without (Exclusive) Pedophilia.","authors":"Ralf Bergner-Koether, Lasse Peschka, Alexander Pastukhov, Claus-Christian Carbon, Sabine Steins-Loeber, Göran Hajak, Martin Rettenberger","doi":"10.1177/10790632241271204","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632241271204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hypersexuality and impulsivity are regarded as risk factors for sexual offending against children. Studies exploring these factors in undetected men who offended or are at risk of offending are rare. This study aims to investigate hypersexuality and impulsivity in treatment-seeking men with and without a diagnosis of (exclusive) pedophilia who committed child sexual abuse (CSA), consumed child sexual abuse images (CSAI), or feel at risk of offending sexually. Data were obtained from three child abuse prevention projects in Bamberg, Germany. We employed self-report (BIS-11, HBI), objective measures (TSO), and risk assessment tools (STABLE-2007). We computed Bayesian ordinal logit and binomial generalized linear models to explore differences between groups and to predict lifetime CSA and CSAI. Hypersexuality scores were particularly pronounced in patients with exclusive and non-exclusive pedophilia. Patients without pedophilia scored similarly to nonclinical samples. Impulsivity measures did not consistently differ between groups. We could not predict lifetime CSA and CSAI using impulsivity and hypersexuality measures. Sexual rather than general impulsivity seems to be an issue in men with pedophilia. The motivation to offend in patients without pedophilia is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"371-398"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11997290/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141894355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}