Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-26eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1691571
Iuliia Pavlova, Aleksandra Maria Rogowska, Ann T Skinner, Anton Kurapov
{"title":"Editorial: Health and psychological adaptations to life challenges and stressful conditions.","authors":"Iuliia Pavlova, Aleksandra Maria Rogowska, Ann T Skinner, Anton Kurapov","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1691571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1691571","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1691571"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12515079/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279735","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}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-26eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1665765
Callum A O'Malley, David J Harris, Tom Arthur, Hannah Blackford, George Raywood-Burke, Nigel Jones, Samuel J Vine
{"title":"Creativity within a military setting: assessing the utility of an existing military visual aid to facilitate military deception amongst a civilian population.","authors":"Callum A O'Malley, David J Harris, Tom Arthur, Hannah Blackford, George Raywood-Burke, Nigel Jones, Samuel J Vine","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1665765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1665765","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Deception can function as a useful tool for any military figure. Historic examples demonstrate that deception facilitates success by corralling an adversary into failure. Traits such as creativity and imagination are considered of central importance to devising useful and effective deceptive ideas. In lieu of being naturally creative/imaginative, visual aids highlighting core military deception principles could offset these shortcomings. This study assessed whether an existing military deception visual aid improved the number, usefulness, and originality of deceptive ideas amongst a civilian population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An independent samples design comprising 80 participants (44 female) were equally assigned to an experimental (with aid) or control (without aid) group. Participants created as many deceptive stratagems in as much detail as possible, during a 15-minute hypothetical task scenario. The number of stratagems and ratings of the usefulness, originality, and a snapshot score of the participant's self-selected best stratagem were compared between experimental groups.</p><p><strong>Results and discussion: </strong>No significant differences emerged for the number of stratagems (<i>p</i> = 0.061, <i>r</i> = 0.238) or usefulness (<i>p</i> = 0.348, <i>r</i> = 0.116), originality (<i>p</i> = 0.558, <i>r</i> = 0.076), or snapshot scores (<i>p</i> = 0.603, <i>r</i> = 0.068). Results question whether deceptive thinking for a military context can be improved by a visual aid containing prompts about military deception principles. However, some task elements (e.g., same hypothetical scenario/only rating the best stratagem) may have reduced/nullified potential differences between groups. The use of an existing military deception visual aid may be limited to military samples. Future studies could employ mixed-method approaches or gamified designs to investigate the potential to enhance military deception planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1665765"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12510928/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279767","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}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-26eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1632880
Vesko Varbanov, Paul G Overton, Tom Stafford
{"title":"ADHD and ASD traits are differentially associated with orientation sensitivity in a non-clinical adult sample.","authors":"Vesko Varbanov, Paul G Overton, Tom Stafford","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1632880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1632880","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Research indicates that ADHD and ASD are associated with sensory processing difficulties. However, psychophysical testing of this has primarily focused on ASD with no equivalent research on ADHD. The relationship between ADHD, ASD and sensory processing may also be influenced by anxiety. This study investigates whether orientation discrimination performance is differentially related to ADHD and ASD <i>traits</i> in a non-clinical adult sample, and whether anxiety statistically explains these associations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We measure visual orientation discrimination thresholds using a method of constant stimuli in a two-alternative forced choice paradigm with an adaptive, randomly interleaved procedure and a one up three down design. The task results are compared to reported trait expressions of ADHD, ASD and anxiety via correlational analysis. Following on this we conduct a mediation analysis to assess the possible mediating role of anxiety.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The ADHD and ASD trait expressions were associated with similar sensory processing abnormalities. The panic and generalized anxiety traits were only specifically associated with the ADHD-Hyperactive type and respective sensory thresholds. Such effects were not observed for any ASD traits.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings suggest that while both ADHD and ASD traits are linked to reduced orientation sensitivity, only ADHD traits-particularly hyperactivity-show specific associations mediated by anxiety. This points to distinct underlying mechanisms in the sensory processing profiles of ADHD and ASD, with anxiety playing a more prominent role in ADHD-related impairments.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1632880"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12510930/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279780","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}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1672053
Yayi Ou, Kelei Guo, Yueming Cheng
{"title":"Correction: The relationship between physical exercise and suicidal ideation in college students: chain mediating effect of basic psychological needs satisfaction and sense of meaning in life.","authors":"Yayi Ou, Kelei Guo, Yueming Cheng","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1672053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1672053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1450031.].</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1672053"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12509691/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279814","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 contribution of executive functions and emotion comprehension skills to the development of pragmatic competence in 5-8-year-old children.","authors":"Ekaterina Oshchepkova, Arina Shatskaya, Kristina Tarasova","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1659576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1659576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A child's pragmatic competence reflects both their social and communicative abilities, as well as their understanding of indirect meaning in words, utterances or discourse. This has led to a growing interest in the development of pragmatics in children. While the contribution of cognitive and emotional developmental aspects to pragmatic competence in general has been explored, the role of the emotion comprehension (EC) and executive functions (EF) in different pragmatic skills is still insufficiently studied. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of children's EF, and EC skills, on four core aspects of pragmatic competence (understanding, production, nonverbal means and communication). Participants were children (<i>N</i> = 1,842) aged 59-96 months (<i>M</i> = 73.51, SD = 9.0) and their teachers. Children completed tests assessing their EF (NEPSY-II) and understanding of emotions (Test of Emotion Comprehension), and their teachers completed a questionnaire of the children's pragmatic competence. Through comparison of baseline and extended regression models, it was shown that although EF contribute significantly to all aspects of pragmatic competence, the connections with EC remain at a correlational level. Their contribution to pragmatic competence is not confirmed. These findings can support the development of programs to enhance children's pragmatic competence, targeting educators, parents, and the children themselves.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1659576"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12507778/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279636","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}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1567464
Flavio Muñoz-Troncoso, Enrique H Riquelme
{"title":"Teachers' perceptions of classroom climate and wellbeing: the role of physical classroom conditions in Chile.","authors":"Flavio Muñoz-Troncoso, Enrique H Riquelme","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1567464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1567464","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Classroom climate has gained relevance as concerns have grown about its deterioration and its impact on both academic work and the daily lives of school communities. Different approaches have tried to explain this multivariate problem, yet few have considered the workspace itself as a factor that also explains the phenomenon. This study explores how physical classroom conditions influence perceived classroom climate among Chilean teachers, addressing a gap in research in the context of educational inequalities between public and private schools.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Within the framework of a quantitative, non-experimental and cross-sectional design, 6,038 teachers of different ages and genders participated. Scales from Chile's JUNAEB program were adapted to measure classroom climate and personal well-being, both using a Likert-type response format.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The first-order model showed that the physical conditions of the classroom significantly and positively affect key latent variables, such as personal well-being (coefficient of 0.502) and teacher-student relationships (coefficient of 0.699). The model demonstrated good fit indices (X<sup>2</sup> = 7,972.987, RMSEA = 0.061, CFI = 0.953), which supports the relevance of these relationships.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Key physical aspects such as space, lighting, and temperature were found to directly affect teachers' perceptions of classroom climate, with implications for students' emotional and academic outcomes. The study concludes by examining classroom infrastructure and resources as elements to consider when seeking to improve both personal well-being and classroom climate, ultimately fostering inclusive and effective learning environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1567464"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12507798/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279668","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}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1609012
Luhui Zhu, Changfu Zhang, Bahiyah Omar, Fei Qi, Hongchao Ji
{"title":"Privacy threats versus trust: a behavioral decision approach to social media disclosure intention.","authors":"Luhui Zhu, Changfu Zhang, Bahiyah Omar, Fei Qi, Hongchao Ji","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1609012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1609012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>As social media becomes a central platform for self-expression and communication, users are increasingly faced with the dilemma of disclosing personal information while managing privacy risks. This study explores how privacy-related factors, namely privacy invasion experiences, privacy fatigue, and privacy concerns, are associated with users' intention to disclose on social media, with trust in social media serving as a mediating variable. Integrating behavioral decision theory and trust theory, the study aims to uncover the psychological mechanisms driving social media disclosure intention in a digital context.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quantitative survey was conducted with 787 participants to examine the proposed relationships. PLS-SEM was employed to test the hypothesized paths and mediating effects within the theoretical framework.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results demonstrate that trust in social media is the most important predictor of social media disclosure intention, exceeding the negative impact of privacy-related factors. All three privacy-related variables negatively influence users' intention to disclose, with privacy concerns showing the strongest negative effect. Trust in social media mediates the relationship between privacy invasion experiences and privacy concerns and social media disclosure intention. Furthermore, we found no significant relationship between privacy fatigue and trust in social media.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The study extends existing theory by applying behavioral decision theory to the digital privacy domain and underscores the importance of trust in social media as a psychological bridge between privacy threats and social media disclosure intention.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1609012"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12510261/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279836","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}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571098
Hongju Pae
{"title":"Reflective analysis on empirical theories in consciousness.","authors":"Hongju Pae","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1571098","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Contemporary theories of consciousness offer a range of explanatory perspectives. Global Workspace Theory emphasizes cognitive access, Higher-Order Theories focus on metacognitive representation, Integrated Information Theory centers on intrinsic experience, and Predictive Coding Theory models cognitive processes as probabilistic inference. While each theory provides valuable insights, they often remain in conflict due to differing assumptions about the nature of consciousness. This paper proposes a phenomenologically informed framework that clarifies the explanatory scope of each theory in relation to key features of lived experience. Rather than seeking to reduce consciousness to a single principle, I argue for a pluralistic approach that respects the distinctive contributions of each model. Through comparative analysis guided by phenomenological reflection and supported by recent interdisciplinary proposals, I show how these theories can be seen as addressing complementary dimensions of consciousness. The aim is not to construct a single unified theory, but to demonstrate how integration, grounded in reflective phenomenological analysis, can serve as a starting point toward a more adequate science of consciousness.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1571098"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12507897/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279839","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}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1646746
María Del Mar Simón Márquez, Silvia Fernández Gea, María Del Mar Molero Jurado, Pablo Molina Moreno, María Del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes
{"title":"Addictions and risk behaviors in adolescence: a systematic review and qualitative analysis.","authors":"María Del Mar Simón Márquez, Silvia Fernández Gea, María Del Mar Molero Jurado, Pablo Molina Moreno, María Del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1646746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1646746","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Substance abuse and behavioral addictions among adolescents represent a growing public health concern, with significant implications for their physical, mental, and social development. This systematic review aimed to identify the most commonly used substances and prevalent addictive behaviors in this population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A comprehensive search was conducted across multiple scientific databases to select studies published between 2018 and 2023. Documents were analyzed qualitatively using the ATLAS.ti Web tool to identify patterns in the use of substances (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine) and behavioral addictions (problematic use of the internet, video games, gambling, smartphones, and social media).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After the systematic and manual selection process, a total of 41 research studies were obtained. Findings indicate that alcohol and tobacco are the most commonly used substances among European adolescents, with early onset linked to a higher risk of addiction. Excessive use of the internet and social media was also identified as a major concern, negatively impacting mental and social health. Video game and gambling addictions showed high prevalence rates, influenced by socioeconomic and family-related factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings highlight that addictive behaviors in adolescents are multifaceted and influenced by biological, social, and environmental factors. There is a clear need for comprehensive prevention strategies that address both substance use and behavioral addictions to mitigate their impact on adolescent health.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1646746"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12507553/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279664","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}
Frontiers in PsychologyPub Date : 2025-09-25eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1680581
Linjia Song, Kai Yao, Lingyu Li
{"title":"Trusted but isolated: how perceived trust from leaders leads to workplace exclusion through being the target of envy.","authors":"Linjia Song, Kai Yao, Lingyu Li","doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1680581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1680581","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores the unintended interpersonal consequences of perceived trust from leaders-a core element of inclusive leadership-within multicultural team settings. While leader trust is typically associated with positive outcomes, our research reveals its paradoxical role in fostering workplace exclusion. Drawing on social comparison theory and using a two-study design (a contextual experiment and a multi-source field survey), we examine how perceived trust from leaders can lead to being the target of envy among coworkers and trigger workplace exclusion behaviors. Furthermore, the perceived competitive climate amplifies these effects, highlighting the boundary conditions under which inclusive leadership practices may unintentionally harm team dynamics. The findings provide novel insights into the \"dark side\" of inclusive leadership, offering practical guidance for managing trust and team competitiveness in culturally diverse organizations. Robustness checks addressing stable individual differences yielded the same pattern of results.</p>","PeriodicalId":12525,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Psychology","volume":"16 ","pages":"1680581"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12507757/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145279791","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}