PsyCh journalPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70005
Rui Li, Ling-Xiang Xia
{"title":"The Serial Effects of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Gray Matter Density in the Right Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex on Social Desirability.","authors":"Rui Li, Ling-Xiang Xia","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70005","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social desirability affects several aspects of human life. However, the neuropsychological mechanisms underlying individual differences in social desirability remain unclear. This study explored the neuroanatomical basis of individual differences in social desirability using regional gray matter density (rGMD) as a brain indicator in a sample of 158 Chinese college students (79 males; M<sub>age</sub> = 21.42, SD = 1.96). Next, we tested the serial effects of callous-unemotional traits (a personality inhibitor of social desirability) and the uncovered brain structural correlation on individual differences in social desirability. Our results indicated that rGMD in the right dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) is associated with individual differences in social desirability. Additionally, callous-unemotional traits were negatively associated with individual differences in social desirability through lower rGMD in the right dmPFC. This study provides the serial effects of personality inhibitor and neural correlate on individual differences in social desirability, which facilitates a more complete understanding of social desirability from the perspective of inhibition, and suggests a neuropsychological mechanism underlying lower-order personality traits.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"377-384"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12133236/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143537648","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}
PsyCh journalPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-10DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70007
Yue Chu, Hui Xu, Weihai Tang, Xiping Liu
{"title":"Interactive Influence of Item Competitive Strength and Inhibition Ability on Retrieval-Induced Forgetting.","authors":"Yue Chu, Hui Xu, Weihai Tang, Xiping Liu","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70007","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) occurs when selective retrieval of certain information leads to the forgetting of other related information. Previous studies have shown that individuals with varying inhibition abilities can exhibit similar RIF magnitudes, a finding not entirely consistent with existing theories. This study aimed to investigate the interaction between item competitive strength and inhibition ability in modulating RIF. Items were categorized into high-, medium-, and low-competitive strength groups based on taxonomic frequency ratings. Participants' inhibition abilities were assessed using the Stroop task, and RIF was examined across these groups. The results revealed that at high-item competitive strength, only high-inhibition participants showed RIF. At medium item competitive strength, both groups demonstrated RIF, with no difference in magnitude. At low-item competitive strength, neither group exhibited RIF. These findings suggest that both item competitive strength and inhibition ability modulate RIF, supporting the inhibition theory of RIF.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"385-394"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12133235/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143597845","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}
PsyCh journalPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70011
Yunfei Cao, Jianxiao Wu, Gege Liu, Fen Sun, Fuhong Li
{"title":"Task-Specific Modulation of Cognitive Control: Electrophysiological Evidence From Bivalency Effect in Task Switching.","authors":"Yunfei Cao, Jianxiao Wu, Gege Liu, Fen Sun, Fuhong Li","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70011","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An occasional presence of bivalent stimuli in a block of univalent trials can elicit a slowing of the response on all subsequent univalent trials. This type of modulation of cognitive control is termed the bivalency effect. To explore whether this modulation is task specific, this study used a triplet task switching paradigm, with three following tasks that were presented concussively: a shape color judgment (red vs. blue), a number parity judgment (odd vs. even), and a letter case judgment (lowercase vs. uppercase). The event-related potential (ERP) results showed that (1) the bivalency effect was reflected by the decreased amplitude of N2 and P3a over the frontal region for both the color and letter tasks; (2) the bivalency effect occurred earlier for the color task compared with that for the letter task; (3) for the number parity task, the bivalency effect was observed in the increased N1 and the decreased P2p over the parietal region. These findings indicate that the modulation of cognitive control is task-specific after the presentation of bivalent stimuli in task switching.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"417-427"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12133238/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143710871","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}
PsyCh journalPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-01-08DOI: 10.1002/pchj.825
Jing Han, Ziyi Zhao, Zhihong Ren
{"title":"Effect and Mechanism of an ACT-Based Psychological Resilience Intervention Targeting Students Failing in Postgraduate Entrance Examinations in China: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Jing Han, Ziyi Zhao, Zhihong Ren","doi":"10.1002/pchj.825","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.825","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The postgraduate entrance examination frenzy is a widespread and intense phenomenon in China. As the number of students who failed the examination surged, the ensuing mental health problems became prominent. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an online ACT-based group resilience course, which incorporated the six core components of ACT and integrated elements of Chinese culture, in alleviating psychological distress among students who failed the examination. It also explored the mechanism by which the intervention affected changes in psychological distress. A total of 61 participants were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n = 31) and the control group (n = 30). They attended an 8-day group course, with 2-h sessions each day. The study outcomes were psychological distress, resilience, psychological flexibility (PF), and psychological inflexibility (PI). These outcomes were measured at baseline, post-intervention, and 1-month follow-up. Linear mixed models (LMMs) showed significant group × time interactions for all outcome variables, except for stress, which showed a marginally significant interaction. Post hoc analyses revealed significant improvements in depression, resilience, and PF at both post-intervention and at the 1-month follow-up. Additionally, significant reductions in anxiety and a marginally significant reduction in stress were observed at the 1-month follow-up. However, no significant reduction was found in PI. The multiple mediation model showed that the intervention improved psychological distress by increasing resilience and PF. These findings suggest that online resilience group intervention is generally effective in enhancing resilience and alleviating psychological distress and is acceptable to students who have failed the postgraduate entrance examination, as evidenced by high participant engagement and satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"344-356"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12133240/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142953988","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}
PsyCh journalPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-10DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70008
Xiaohan Wang, Li Luo, Jiajin Yuan
{"title":"Dispositional Awe Predicts Mental Health Through Interpretation Bias During COVID-19 Transmission: A Longitudinal Study.","authors":"Xiaohan Wang, Li Luo, Jiajin Yuan","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70008","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During a public health emergency, such as the widespread transmission of COVID-19 following loosened COVID-19 policies in China, people's mental health is impacted along with their physical well-being. In order to investigate ways to mitigate these negative effects, this study examined how dispositional awe can predict mental health outcomes during such emergencies using a three-wave longitudinal design. Five hundred twenty seven participants (mean age = 21.18, SD = 3.39; 368 males) took part in the study within the first 2 months after the implementation of loosened COVID-19 policies, with one-month intervals between waves. Cross-lagged analysis revealed that dispositional awe in Wave 1 significantly predicted higher positive and lower negative interpretation bias in Wave 2, which in turn promoted positive mental functioning in Wave 3. Furthermore, negative interpretation bias in Wave 2 acted as a mediator for the predictive role of dispositional awe in Wave 1 on psychosomatic symptoms in Wave 3. These findings suggest that dispositional awe can act as a protective factor for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic by influencing people's interpretation orientation.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"395-406"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12133239/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143597825","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}
PsyCh journalPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70013
Junchen Shang, Kaiyin Zhong, Rui Shi
{"title":"Effect of Voice Attractiveness and Group Identity in an Ultimatum Game.","authors":"Junchen Shang, Kaiyin Zhong, Rui Shi","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70013","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined how voice attractiveness and group identity influence ultimatum decisions. Attractive voices only increased acceptance of 8:2 offers, suggesting a weak beauty premium effect. In-group proposers' unfair offers also had elevated acceptance, supporting Social Identity Theory.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"460-462"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12133227/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143700879","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}
PsyCh journalPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-04DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70002
Stefan Duschek, Antonio J Sutil, Paulina Piwkowski, Thomas Rainer, Ulrich Ettinger
{"title":"Affective Modulation of Preparatory Cognitive Activity.","authors":"Stefan Duschek, Antonio J Sutil, Paulina Piwkowski, Thomas Rainer, Ulrich Ettinger","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70002","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This EEG and eye-tracking study investigated affective influences on cognitive preparation using a precued pro-/antisaccade task with emotional faces as cues. Negative information interfered with preparatory processes with high but not low executive function load.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"463-465"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12133230/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143557841","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}
PsyCh journalPub Date : 2025-05-13DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70017
Aiche Sabah, Ahmed Alduais, Musheer A Aljaberi, Mahshid Manouchehri
{"title":"Online and Offline Social Sensitivity as Mediator Between Online Vigilance and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Algerian Female Students.","authors":"Aiche Sabah, Ahmed Alduais, Musheer A Aljaberi, Mahshid Manouchehri","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pchj.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of online and offline social sensitivity in the association between online vigilance and mental health outcomes-specifically depression, anxiety, and stress-among Algerian female university students. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 438 Algerian female university students. Validated scales were utilized to measure online vigilance, social sensitivity (both online and offline), and psychological distress. Data was analyzed using correlation and mediation analyses to explore the relationships among these variables and to assess the mediating effect of social sensitivity. The findings indicate a significant positive relationship between online vigilance, social sensitivity, and mental health problems. Online and offline social sensitivity fully mediated the influence of online vigilance on stress, anxiety, and depression. This suggests that higher engagement in online vigilance increases social sensitivity, which in turn heightens vulnerability to psychological distress. This study contributes to the understanding of the complex interplay between digital behaviors, social perceptions, and mental health among Algerian female university students. By highlighting the mediating role of social sensitivity, the research underscores the necessity for interventions that address online habits and enhance social coping skills to improve mental well-being in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144042163","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":"The Mental Health Implications of People-Pleasing: Psychometric Properties and Latent Profiles of the Chinese People-Pleasing Questionnaire.","authors":"Xiaoxue Kuang, Hui Li, Weiliang Luo, Jinxin Zhu, Fen Ren","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pchj.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores the mental health implications of people-pleasing behaviors by validating the 24-item Chinese People-Pleasing (CPP) questionnaire with a sample of 2203 Chinese university students. A three-factor structure-comprising thought, behavior, and feeling dimensions-was confirmed after the removal of 11 items. The revised 13-item CPP demonstrated good model fit, strong internal consistency, and satisfactory construct validity. Measurement invariance analysis revealed consistent results across gender, academic disciplines, and birthplace, as well as strong longitudinal invariance. These findings provide support for the validity and reliability of the 13-item CPP as an assessment tool within the Chinese cultural context. Furthermore, latent profile analysis revealed four distinct profiles of people-pleasing tendencies, which varied from mild to severe. Notably, higher people-pleasing tendencies were significantly associated with lower levels of mental well-being, highlighting its potential impact on students' psychological health. These insights emphasize the potential clinical utility of CPP in addressing mental health concerns associated with people-pleasing behaviors, particularly in the Chinese cultural context.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143981002","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}
PsyCh journalPub Date : 2025-04-29DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70015
Jie Meng, Xueping Meng
{"title":"Psychological Distress Among Chinese Manufacturing Employees: Prevalence and a Symptom Network Analysis.","authors":"Jie Meng, Xueping Meng","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pchj.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The psychological distress among manufacturing workers is an increasingly important issue and has attracted extensive attention. However, the mental health of this subgroup of the Chinese population is underexplored. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of psychological distress in Chinese manufacturing employees and identify central symptoms, important bridge symptoms, and associations between symptoms using network analysis. The participants were 4934 employees recruited from a Chinese manufacturing company. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), and the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) were used to assess job burnout, anxiety, depression, compulsive symptom, somatization, psychoticism, paranoid, phobic, hostility, and interpersonal sensitivity, respectively. In total, 29.77%, 21.14%, and 26.53% of all participants experienced burnout, anxiety, and depression, respectively. Compared to normative data of the Chinese population, the seven symptoms of the SCL-90 among participants were significantly higher. The network analysis revealed that interpersonal sensitivity had the greatest strength and somatization had the greatest betweenness and closeness. Anxiety had the highest bridge expected influence. These results demonstrate that the mental health of Chinese manufacturing employees is a cause for concern. Interpersonal sensitivity and somatization emerged as the core symptoms, and anxiety was an important bridge symptom. Interventions aimed at these conditions may promote and enhance the overall mental health of Chinese manufacturing employees.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144050768","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}