{"title":"Self‐esteem and social anxiety among college students majoring in music in China: The mediating role of fear of evaluation","authors":"Yue Mi, Chuanxing Jiang","doi":"10.2224/sbp.13408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.13408","url":null,"abstract":"In the field of educational psychology, it is crucial to explore the mental health of students within specific disciplines. In this research we targeted 469 college students majoring in music, delving into the interplay between their self‐esteem and social anxiety, and particularly\u0000 analyzing whether fear of evaluation acts as a bridge between these two factors. The findings revealed a clear trend: lower self‐esteem was associated with higher levels of social anxiety, with fear of evaluation playing a key mediating role in this dynamic. This insight provides a\u0000 perspective on how self‐esteem affects social anxiety among music students through the pathway of fear of evaluation. Educators and mental health professionals dedicated to student welfare should adopt a range of targeted intervention strategies aimed at boosting students’ self‐esteem\u0000 as an effective means to alleviate their social anxiety.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"43 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141837838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Catastrophic effects of bullying on school belonging","authors":"Georgios Sideridis, Mohammed Alghamdi","doi":"10.2224/sbp.13160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.13160","url":null,"abstract":"Our aim was to understand students’ sense of school belonging as a function of their engagement with academics and their experiences of bullying. Due to the complex pattern of relationships, we applied linear and nonlinear models. Participants were 4,778 fourth graders from Saudi\u0000 Arabia from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2021 cohort. Data were analyzed using linear modeling as well as the cusp catastrophe. The results fully supported the premises of the cusp catastrophe model, in that level of bullying, in principle, had a negative impact on\u0000 the development of school belonging, but once the level of bullying crossed a critical threshold, students’ sense of belonging became unpredictable and chaotic. Previous empirical studies found that the cusp model has significant predictive validity. We can conclude that bullying may\u0000 act as a moderating factor that distorts relationships such as that between student engagement and school belonging.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"35 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141837905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editors’ Newsroom: Why our integrity as researchers matters","authors":"Keren Segal, Alexandra Cheyne","doi":"10.2224/sbp.13838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.13838","url":null,"abstract":"In this edition of Editors’ Newsroom, Dr. Keren Segal joins Managing Editor, Alexandra Cheyne, to discuss research integrity: why it matters and how to protect it.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"19 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141837931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Job demands and employees’ unethical pro-organizational behaviors: Emotional exhaustion as a mediator","authors":"Feng-Hua Yang, Yu-Jui Lin","doi":"10.2224/sbp.13083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.13083","url":null,"abstract":"We examined employeesâ–™ unethical pro-organizational behaviors (UPBs) during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objectives were to determine the effects of job demands on UPBs and emotional exhaustion. We conducted a survey in three rounds with a sample of 339\u0000 employees in the financial industry in Taiwan, who were selected because they were in positions where they were unable to work from home during the pandemic. The results revealed that job demands and emotional exhaustion were associated with UPBs. This study sheds light on the challenges faced\u0000 by frontline workers with specialized knowledge who were unable to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, and expands understanding of the antecedents of UPBs. Implications, limitations, and future research directions based on the findings are discussed.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"3 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141837954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Charismatic leadership influences employees’ improvisation ability: Harmonious passion as a mediator and job insecurity as a moderator","authors":"Qiong Jia, Shan Wang, Guanlin Wang","doi":"10.2224/sbp.13213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.13213","url":null,"abstract":"Improvisation ability has become an important competency for employees to adapt to dynamic, volatile work environments. However, the effect of charismatic leadership style on the improvisation ability of employees is yet to be revealed. We used self‐determination theory and conservation\u0000 of resources theory to explore the effect of charismatic leadership on employees’ improvisation ability, with job insecurity as a moderator and harmonious passion as a mediator. Our goal was to enrich research on leadership styles shaping employee behavior and employee competencies.\u0000 We collected 267 valid questionnaires through the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform, and conducted model testing using SPSS 25.0. Results of empirical analysis showed that charismatic leadership positively affected employees’ improvisation ability. Employees’ harmonious work passion\u0000 mediated the effect of charismatic leadership on employees’ improvisation abilities, and job insecurity played a moderating role in enhancing the positive effect of charismatic leadership on employees’ improvisation ability. We discuss the practical implications for how organizations\u0000 can improve employees’ improvisation ability in a dynamic and changing internal and external environment.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"56 42","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141838023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of temporal landmarks on consumers’ preference for attribute alignability: The mediating role of creative self-efficacy","authors":"Jingran Sun, Yuting Duan, Zheng Zhao, Wenbei Chen","doi":"10.2224/sbp.13303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.13303","url":null,"abstract":"In the face of a rapidly changing consumer market, companies strive to innovate their products by either adopting a strategy of enhancement of attributes or focusing on uniqueness. Using the structural alignment model, we conducted two studies to investigate the influence of temporal\u0000 landmarks on consumers’ diagnosticity of product attributes and the mediating role of creative self-efficacy in this link. Results indicated that consumers relied more on nonalignable (vs. alignable) attributes to evaluate a product when a start (vs. end) temporal landmark was activated.\u0000 These findings have implications for marketing theory and companies’ product-communication strategies.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"42 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141837840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of brand image on the brand experience of consumers in China: Brand loyalty as a mediator","authors":"Qingqing Nie, Qiang Zeng","doi":"10.2224/sbp.13179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.13179","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated the impact of brand image on brand loyalty, and assessed the mediating role of brand experience in this relationship. The sample comprised 439 consumers in China. The results showed there was a significant positive correlation between brand image and brand loyalty. Additionally,\u0000 brand experience played a mediating role in this relationship. Our research findings contribute to better understanding of the relationships between brand image, brand loyalty, and brand experience among consumers in China. These discoveries also offer practical insights for business operators\u0000 seeking to enhance consumer brand loyalty. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"4 s10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141837857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Korean adolescents’ sports apparel consumption: Quality attributes, purchase intention, and online word of mouth","authors":"Kwan-Bae Kwon, Taerin Chung","doi":"10.2224/sbp.12820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.12820","url":null,"abstract":"A significant challenge in the sports apparel market of South Korea is comprehending adolescents, who exhibit distinct consumption behavior, as a major consumer demographic. Thus, we systematically analyzed the pathways connecting adolescents’ perception of the quality attributes\u0000 of sports apparel, purchase intention, and online word of mouth. We conducted a survey involving 254 students from three schools in South Korea. The findings showed that among the perceived attributes of sports apparel brands, quality demonstrated a positive impact on adolescents’ purchase\u0000 intention. Further, purchase intention exerted a favorable influence on online word of mouth. Our findings offer insight into the consumer behavior of adolescents in the sports apparel realm.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"36 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141837903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Childhood trauma and nonsuicidal self‐injury in vocational students: A moderated mediation model","authors":"Ling Yang, Chenzhe Sun, Hua Cao, Yanjun Li, Yuna Cui, Yongyong Wu, Qianqia Li","doi":"10.2224/sbp.13174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.13174","url":null,"abstract":"It is a matter of public concern that the risk of nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI) is high among vocational college students. The benefits and barriers model of NSSI considers childhood trauma an important vulnerability factor that influences NSSI through negative self‐schema.\u0000 Therefore, exploration of possible protective factors is necessary to inform NSSI interventions. We investigated the potential protective function of Chinese cultural beliefs about adversity and whether negative self‐schema mediates the connection between childhood trauma and NSSI.\u0000 Questionnaires were completed by 898 vocational college students aged 18â–“23 years. The results indicated that childhood trauma directly predicted NSSI and also indirectly predicted NSSI via negative self‐schema. Additionally, Chinese cultural beliefs about adversity,\u0000 as a vulnerability protective factor, moderated the relationship between childhood trauma and NSSI (i.e., the first half of the mediation effect). Thus, a self‐schema and adversity belief-based intervention can help to prevent NSSI behavior among vocational college students.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141837861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychometric properties of the Range and Differentiation of Emotional Experience Scale among Chinese teachers","authors":"Ying Cao, Yong Xu, Leiye Zhu, Haibin Wang","doi":"10.2224/sbp.13256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.13256","url":null,"abstract":"The Range and Differentiation of Emotional Experience Scale (RDEES) is a useful assessment of individual differences in emotional complexity. We recruited 721 Chinese primary and middle school teachers to examine the psychometric properties of the RDEES for use with this population.\u0000 The results supported a two-factor model, comprising the range of emotional experience and the differentiation of emotional experience. The Chinese version of the RDEES showed a significant correlation with the Chinese version of the Emotional Intelligence Scale. Internal consistency coefficients\u0000 ranged from .58–86 and test‐retest reliability ranged from .59â–“.66. Therefore, the Chinese version of the RDEES can be used for measuring emotional complexity in Chinese primary and middle school teachers.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"12 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141837940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}