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{"title":"A distant perspective on how the \"past\" affects the \"present\": the impact of early environmental unpredictability on impulsive consumption.","authors":"Shijin Sun, Zhengyang Hou, Jiahui Guo, Qian Tian","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1578234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1578234","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>With the growing convenience of shopping and the rise of consumerism, impulsive buying has become increasingly prevalent, sometimes leading to harmful consequences. Unlike traditional research focusing on proximal product-related factors, this study investigates the distal influence of early environmental unpredictability on impulsive buying behavior, grounded in life history theory. Additionally, the moderating role of resource scarcity is examined from a broader societal perspective.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A 2×2 between-subjects factorial experimental design was employed, involving 161 participants. The independent variables were early environmental unpredictability (low vs. high) and perceived resource scarcity (scarcity vs. normal). Participants were randomly assigned to one of the four experimental conditions to explore the relationship between early environmental factors and impulsive consumption tendencies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings revealed that: (1) early environmental unpredictability significantly and positively predicts impulsive buying behavior; and (2) this predictive effect is amplified under conditions of perceived resource scarcity.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These results highlight the lasting impact of early life environments on consumer behavior and suggest that resource scarcity can exacerbate impulsive consumption. The study offers practical insights for reducing impulsive buying in modern society and contributes to interdisciplinary understanding in psychology and behavioral economics.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1578234"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12174098/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144325108","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}

{"title":"The Dark Triad traits in the South African workplace: moderators of career interests and success.","authors":"Denise Oldewage, Petronella Jonck","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1588364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1588364","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Numerous studies have been conducted on the nexus between the Dark Triad personality traits and the influence thereof within the context of work. However, a paucity of studies underscores the interaction between these traits with career interests and success, particularly within the South African context. This study aimed to investigate the direct and indirect effect of the Dark Triad traits on career interest and career success.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quantitative approach utilizing a cross-sectional design collected 406 responses from economically active participants using convenience sampling. The structured self- reported survey included the South African Career Interest Inventory (SACII-Short), The Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD) and the Subjective Career Success Inventory (SCSI). Structural equation modeling (SEM) and moderation analysis were performed to examine the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Psychopathy had a statistically significant negative effect on both career interests and career success. Contrarily, narcissism did not have a statistically significant impact on either career interest or career success. Machiavellianism had a detrimental effect on career success but not career interest. The moderation analysis supported the hypothesis that psychopathy moderates the relationship between investigative career interest and career success negatively, underscoring the disruptive nature of this trait on career outcomes.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Organizations should practice caution when hiring or promoting individuals with Dark Triad traits, particularly in positions requiring collaboration, trust and long-term success. This could be achieved by integrating personality assessments such as the DTDD into leadership development, talent development and HR policies interventions to reduce the negative consequences of the mentioned attributes to career success.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1588364"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12174127/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144325140","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}

{"title":"Exploring individual and organizational factors influencing cooperation in commons: a scoping review.","authors":"Sabina Pedrazzini, Lilla M Gurtner, Vincent Aggrey, Stephanie Moser","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1465057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1465057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Today, humanity faces multiple social and environmental crises that have arguably been caused by mainstream modes of economic organization. Against this background, commons represent a promising, viable alternative that enables people to self-organize to satisfy their needs in a more sustainable way. However, for commons to be successful, their members must cooperate. Despite the importance of cooperation for commoning processes, few studies in the scientific field of the commons have investigated cooperation using an individual-centered approach. To fill this knowledge gap, we conducted a scoping review to gather existing research about individual cooperation. We sought to identify factors that can impact cooperation in commons. We used a keyword search in three online databases to identify papers of interest. For inclusion, papers had to measure cooperation as an outcome variable, assess the impact of one or more factors on cooperation, use adult participants, and be written in English. The application of these criteria led to the inclusion of 135 papers. The included papers enabled us to identify nine factors influencing cooperation that could be divided into two categories. The first category includes individual factors, which depend on individuals' characteristics. These factors are: gender, social status, group identification, values and personality traits, and trust. The second category includes organizational factors, which concern the way individuals are organized as a group. These are: incentives, communication, social norms, and anonymity. We discuss these results vis-à-vis previous commons literature, showing that an individual perspective could significantly improve our understanding of how commons work. Moreover, we highlight the implications of the current review for future field research in commons.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1465057"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170531/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316517","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}

{"title":"Pets, protected animals and farm animals: three perceptual spaces of animal abuse.","authors":"Andrea Vera, Ana M Martín, Stephany Hess-Medler, Bernardo Hernández","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571336","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Increased public and political attention to animal abuse has led to changes in legislation that recognize animals as sentient beings. Abusing animals is legally classified in Spain as an environmental crime against flora, fauna and protected areas. Consequently, research into human-animal relationships and animal abuse has also increased. Stereotypes about animals influence how humans treat them. The aim of this study is to analyze the similarities and differences of the perceptual spaces that people spontaneously construct when considering the abuse of protected animals, pets and farm animals, and then to compare them with the space of a prototypical environmental crime such as illegal dumping. Participants were 528 men and women aged between 18 and 88 years old, mostly resident in a highly environmentally protected territory. They completed an online questionnaire containing scenarios, based on press releases, of the four categories of environmental crime. Each participant was randomly asked to rate the scenarios from one of these categories in terms of severity, justification, indignation, intentionality, punishment, likelihood of personal intervention and calling the police. The questionnaire also included questions on socio-demographic data and a social desirability scale. Data were analyzed using multidimensional scaling and the results showed that a three-dimension solution was the best for the four perceptual spaces. However, the content, label and order in which each dimension emerged in the shaping of each space varied. Most pet abuse scenarios were perceived as highly reprehensible and deliberate, with the abuse of dogs and cats being more unjustified and deserving personal intervention than of other companion animals. Scenarios involving the abuse of protected and farm animals elicited less consistent reactions, influenced by the perception of their instrumentality for humans, such as for food or profit. The comparison with illegal dumping suggests that animal abuse is an environmental crime, but with specific characteristics. In contrast with other environmental crimes, its victims are sentient beings and the harm they suffer is both observable and immediate. Future research should explore, in diverse samples and territories, the key variables for effective interventions to prevent and control the social problem of animal abuse.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1571336"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170516/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316479","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}

{"title":"The experiences, perspectives and needs of families raising neurodivergent twins: a multi-informant photo-elicitation exploratory study.","authors":"Vicky Foley, Myrofora Kakoulidou, Vassilis Sideropoulos, Camilla Phelps, Georgia Pavlopoulou","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite research suggesting the importance of secure sibling relationships and the uniqueness of twin siblings' connections, little is known about the experiences of twin siblings who have a neurodivergent twin. This study sought the voices of the twin/triplet siblings about their first-hand experiences of living with a neurodivergent co-twin/triplet. Research questions were co-designed with four mothers of neurodivergent twins/triplets, after consulting with 38 families of neurodiverse twins about their top research priorities. Fifteen photo-elicitation semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore both the neurotypical twins' experiences and perceived needs and the mothers' perceptions of the neurotypical twins' experiences and perceived needs. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyse the interview data. Themes across the neurotypical twins and their mothers included: (i) perception of the relationship between twins, (ii) perception of neurotypical twins as experts of their sibling's neurodivergence, (iii) perception of the neurotypical twin's struggles and needs. This study illustrates the everyday experiences of neurotypical twins with a neurodivergent co-twin from multiple perspectives. The themes demonstrate the closeness of their twin bond but also depicts the struggles sharing attention and time. A key difference in their perspectives was that mothers were more worried about their twins' differences and conflicts, while twins felt mutual understanding and normalised these differences despite their conflicts. Future research should further explore twins' life experiences and needs across the lifespan and include the perspectives of all family members, including those of neurodivergent twins as well as dyads and triads where all twins are neurodivergent.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1571108"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12175008/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144325141","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}

{"title":"A mixed methods exploration of the interrelationships among self-compassion, stress management, psychological capital, and life satisfaction in Chinese university students.","authors":"Ping Huang, Zhenxing Lin, BingRu Wang, Zhou Du","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1510987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1510987","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study explored the interrelationships between self-compassion, stress management, psychological capital (PsyCap), and life satisfaction among Chinese university students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mixed-methods approach was employed. The quantitative phase involved 478 students from six universities, with data analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to test hypothesized direct and indirect relationships among the variables. The qualitative phase included semi-structured interviews with a subsample of 30 participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SEM results indicated that self-compassion and stress management positively influenced life satisfaction, both directly and indirectly, with PsyCap (comprising resilience, optimism, and self-efficacy) acting as a key mediator. PsyCap was strongly associated with higher life satisfaction. Multi-group SEM analyses showed no significant gender differences in the relationships among the variables. Qualitative findings offered deeper insights into students' experiences, highlighting challenges in balancing self-compassion with cultural and academic pressures, and confirmed PsyCap's role as a protective factor.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The findings emphasize the importance of promoting self-compassion, adaptive stress management strategies, and psychological capital to enhance the well-being of university students, particularly in high-stress academic environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1510987"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170633/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316511","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}

{"title":"Grounding mathematics in an integrated conceptual structure, part I: experimental evidence that grounded rules support transfer that formal rules do not.","authors":"Kevin W Mickey, James L McClelland","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1507670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1507670","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mathematics relies on formal systems of rules that can be treated in isolation or grounded in a conceptual system that provides meaning for the relationships the rules express. Here, we show how the conceptual system provided by the unit circle, a visuospatial structure that provides a meaning for formal expressions in the domain of trigonometry, supports a generalizable understanding of trigonometric relationships, allowing for transfer beyond relationships explicitly taught. We examined the utility of the unit circle in our first study, in which we presented trigonometric identity problems to undergraduates (<i>N</i> = 50) who had prior coursework in pre-calculus trigonometry. Students reported using the unit circle to solve these problems more often than other approaches, and those who reported using the circle solved more problems correctly. Using other students from the same population, we then manipulated the systems they used by presenting a refresher lesson, using either formal rules or rules grounded in relationships on the unit circle (<i>N</i> = 35 in each group). Students in both conditions improved on taught problems, but only students in the grounded condition showed improvement on held-out transfer problems. Using findings from a third study further exploring the grounded condition (<i>N</i> = 64 participants), we found evidence that the circle supported transfer in two ways: by providing a procedure that could be used to solve both taught and transfer problems without rules and by allowing students to appreciate rules as capturing relationships between meaningful quantities, facilitating their application and extension. This project served as the starting place for the development of a curriculum that supports reliance on the unit circle and led to robust learning and retention of trigonometric relationships for most students with sufficient relevant prior knowledge, as described in Part II of this article.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1507670"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170660/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316476","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}

{"title":"Ancient Indian perspectives and practices of mental well-being.","authors":"Ruchi Bhati, Mitu Mandal, Tripti Singh","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1616802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1616802","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In today's fast-paced world, mental health issues are rising due to lifestyle changes, social media use, workplace burnout, and geopolitical events. Despite the urgent need to address the concern, mental health remains stigmatized, inaccessible, and undertreated. Contemporary mental health focuses more on symptoms rather than overall mental well-being. The holistic nature of ancient Indian mental health concepts and paradigms includes elements that contemporary mental health literature has overlooked. Indian texts like the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Ayurveda make significant mention of mental health and provide applications of the psychological remedies to real-world circumstances. This study aims to explore and streamline the diverse practices and techniques buried in ancient Indian texts to offer evidence-based, real-world self-help techniques for overall mental well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1616802"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170618/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316513","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}

{"title":"Mental health literacy as a moderator: association between psychological vulnerability and adolescent anxiety.","authors":"Qianying Hu, Yingyan Zhong, Jianhua Chen, Rumeng Chen, Enzhao Cong, Yifeng Xu","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1521224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1521224","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adolescent anxiety's underlying mechanisms remain unclear, which undermines adolescents' social functioning. This study examined the moderating role of mental health literacy in the relationship between adolescent anxiety and psychological vulnerability.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,591 middle and high school students through online questionnaires in January 2023 in Guizhou Province, China. The Psychological Vulnerability Scale, Mental Health Literacy Scale, and Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders were used to measure psychological vulnerability, mental health literacy, anxiety, and its five dimensions, including panic/somatic, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social phobia, and school phobia in adolescents, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Psychological vulnerability was significantly correlated with adolescent anxiety and its dimensions (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The moderating role of mental health literacy on the relationship between psychological vulnerability and adolescent anxiety was left marginally significant (<i>p</i> = 0.07). Furthermore, mental health literacy significantly weakened the relationship between psychological vulnerability and social phobia (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The upward trend of anxiety as psychological vulnerability increases among the high mental health literacy group was significantly slower than the low mental health literacy group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Those findings suggest educators should develop curriculum resources to strengthen the cultivation of mental health literacy among adolescents to promote adolescent mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1521224"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170652/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316477","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}

{"title":"Corrigendum: Injecting competition into online programming and Chinese- English translation classrooms.","authors":"Yinjia Wan, Jian Lian, Yanan Zhou","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1561929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1561929","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1268734.].</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1561929"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171740/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144316514","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}