PsyCh journalPub Date : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70083
Hacı Arif Doğanülkü, Sıdıka Ece Yılmaz
{"title":"Psychological Flexibility and Proactive Career Behaviors During the University to Work Transition: A Longitudinal Analysis.","authors":"Hacı Arif Doğanülkü, Sıdıka Ece Yılmaz","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70083","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Proactive career behaviors facilitate the transition from student to employee, and understanding the mechanisms behind their development is crucial for informing strategies that promote these behaviors. The literature indicates that the development of proactive career behaviors has been investigated in several studies; however, most of these studies employed a cross-sectional research methodology, thereby limiting the ability to draw robust causal inferences. This study is to investigate the mediating function of students' career adaptability in the relationship between psychological flexibility and proactive career behaviors throughout a longitudinal framework. The research involved 310 Turkish university students using convenience sampling. A two-wave cross-lagged panel model was tested within a structural equation modeling framework to examine cross-lagged effect among the variables over time. The findings indicated that students' career adaptability significantly mediated the longitudinal relationship between proactive career behaviors and psychological flexibility. It shows that interventions designed to enhance psychological flexibility and career adaptation within career counseling services can effectively boost students' proactive career behaviors. When assessed by human resources specialists, graduates with high psychological flexibility and career adaptability may exhibit more proactive and adaptable career behaviors, emphasizing the importance of including these attributes in recruitment processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":"15 2","pages":"e70083"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12959957/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147356499","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 : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70089
Miriam Rustam, Agnes Sianipar, Bagus Takwin
{"title":"An Investigation on Integral Emotions as Parallel Predictors for Risky Financial Behavior.","authors":"Miriam Rustam, Agnes Sianipar, Bagus Takwin","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70089","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study integrates emotion and decision-making theories in consumer finance to examine how integral emotions (emotions induced by the decision-making process) shape risky choices. The purpose of the study is to investigate how integral emotions, specifically anticipatory (felt before deciding) and anticipated (predicted post-outcome) emotions, work in parallel to influence risky behavior. Unlike prior work that isolated a single emotional pathway, this research offers novelty by modeling both emotional pathways as parallel mechanisms induced by anticipated outcomes, and by quantifying their direct and indirect effects within the same model across two financial contexts. A sample of 640 Indonesians (aged 21-35; 61% female) viewed audiovisual vignettes for \"Buy Now Pay Later\" (BNPL) and \"Online Loan,\" then rated perceived future gain/loss (anticipated outcome), the intensity of anticipated and anticipatory emotions, risk perception, intention to use the financial schemes, and completed the risk propensity scale. Path analyses showed that anticipated outcomes robustly elicited both emotion types, and that direct effects of both emotions on risky intention exceeded indirect effects in both contexts. These findings demonstrate that integral emotions influence risky financial intention directly and in parallel, underscore the value of jointly modeling anticipatory and anticipated emotions in risky decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":"15 2","pages":"e70089"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13140629/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147435060","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 : 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70092
Felipe Soto-Pérez, Camila Ruy Castilla, Madalin M Deliu
{"title":"mHealth To Promote Monitoring and Self-Regulation Among Caregivers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Felipe Soto-Pérez, Camila Ruy Castilla, Madalin M Deliu","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70092","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dementia caregiving imposes substantial emotional, physical, and financial burdens, underscoring the urgent need for scalable and accessible support interventions. This systematic review evaluates the role of mobile health (mHealth) applications in enhancing caregivers' self-regulation, with a particular focus on the monitoring component, and their impact on caregivers' burden and wellbeing. Twenty-four studies published between 2019 and 2025 were reviewed, analyzing intervention models, the presence and implementation of monitoring strategies, and overall app efficacy. The findings reveal a variety of mHealth approaches, including psychoeducational tools, social and peer support features, and mindfulness-based therapies. Monitoring mechanisms-such as behavior tracking, emotional self-assessments, reflective prompts, and chatbot-based feedback-emerged as pivotal elements for activating the self-regulation process. These tools supported caregivers in recognizing stressors, evaluating caregiving strategies, and making adaptive changes, thereby enhancing emotional resilience and caregiving efficacy. However, persistent challenges such as declining user engagement and variability in digital literacy highlight the need for more adaptive, user-centered designs. This review emphasizes the transformative potential of mHealth monitoring in dementia caregiving and calls for future research to standardize evaluation metrics, personalize interventions, and promote long-term engagement and accessibility for diverse caregiver populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":"15 2","pages":"e70092"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13052052/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147623577","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 : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-12-10DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70070
Simon Ntumi
{"title":"From Resilience to Self-Efficacy: Cross-Cultural Mediation Effects of Emotion Regulation and Perceived Social Support in Adolescents.","authors":"Simon Ntumi","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70070","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescents academic success is shaped by resilience, emotion regulation, and social support, yet cross-cultural differences in these processes remain underexplored. This study investigated the latent mediating effect among psychological resilience, emotion regulation, academic self-efficacy, and perceived social support in Chinese and Ghanaian adolescents. Using multigroup structural equation modeling (MSEM) with a sample of 2000 participants, the study tested hypotheses on measurement invariance, structural associations, mediation, and moderated mediation. Results from measurement invariance tests confirmed that the constructs were comparable across groups, with good fit indices (CFI ≥ 0.90, RMSEA ≤ 0.07) supporting configural, metric, and scalar invariance. Structural path analyses revealed significant positive associations among all constructs, with effects generally stronger among Chinese adolescents. It was found that the relationship between resilience and emotion regulation was higher in China than in Ghana. Mediation analyses further indicated that emotion regulation and social support transmitted the influence of resilience on academic self-efficacy, with single mediators explaining 20%-28% of the variance and the total indirect effect accounting for 48%. Emotion regulation emerged as the strongest mediator. Moderated mediation analyses showed that these pathways were more pronounced in China (total indirect effect: B = 0.37 vs. 0.20; index = 0.17, 95% CI = [0.07, 0.29], p < 0.01), reflecting cultural emphases on emotional control, academic diligence, and structured social networks. Findings highlight the importance of considering cultural context in adolescent development research. Contextually relevant psychological and educational interventions are recommended to strengthen resilience, emotion regulation, and support systems in both China and Ghana.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"e70070"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12856229/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145725759","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 : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70072
Cairang Guanque, Chenle Xu, Chuhan Ji, Xingbang Ren, Xue Lei, Chengyang Han
{"title":"From Physique to Feelings: Deciphering the Body-Jealousy Connection in Women's Responses to Feminine Vocal Cues.","authors":"Cairang Guanque, Chenle Xu, Chuhan Ji, Xingbang Ren, Xue Lei, Chengyang Han","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70072","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70072","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Jealousy typically emerges when individuals sense that their romantic relationships may be threatened by others who display characteristics indicative of high mate quality. Previous research has found that in contexts of intrasexual competition, feminine female voices indicate high mate value and elicit stronger jealousy responses from other women. However, studies on individual differences in jealousy sensitivity are limited. Body size is an important factor that influences women's mating behavior. In the current study, we investigated the effect of women's height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) on their jealousy sensitivity to other women's vocal femininity. Results showed that women perceived more feminine voices as more jealousy-inducing, and this effect was modulated by body size. Taller women demonstrated heightened sensitivity to vocal changes in pitch and formants, while slimmer women and those with a lower BMI showed increased sensitivity to pitch variations in competitive scenarios. These findings indicate that body size significantly shapes individual differences in jealousy sensitivity during intrasexual competition. Our study supports the mate quality-jealousy hypothesis, highlighting how traits perceived as indicators of higher mate quality amplify jealousy responses. The current research extends the literature on vocal cues and attractiveness by demonstrating how these factors influence emotional reactions such as jealousy.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"e70072"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12897551/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145900929","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 : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-15DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70065
Takanori Sano, Hideaki Kawabata
{"title":"Cultural and Gender Influences on Facial Attractiveness: A Comparative Study of Japanese and American Raters Using Geometric Morphometrics.","authors":"Takanori Sano, Hideaki Kawabata","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70065","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Facial attractiveness is a critical factor in forming interpersonal impressions. Evaluations of facial attractiveness were previously considered universal. However, it has recently been pointed out that individuals and cultures can diversify their evaluations. This study conducted Web experiments using the facial images of Japanese and American participants to examine the effects of raters' gender, age, and culture on facial attractiveness. Experiment 1 examined the impact of gender and age on Japanese raters. Experiment 2 explored the effects of culture on Japanese and American raters. Statistical and morphometric analyses were conducted on the obtained data. The results showed significant positive correlations between attractiveness ratings across gender, age, and culture. However, the results of the geometric morphometrics revealed that several differences in preferences regarding facial contours were observed among participants by gender. Additionally, Japanese raters were more likely than American raters to emphasize raised eyebrows for faces in attractive male images, and smaller mouths for faces in attractive female images. These results suggest that the facial features driving attractiveness evaluations differ depending on gender and culture, offering detailed insights into the culturally diverse standards of facial attractiveness. This study adds to the growing understanding of how cultural and individual factors shape aesthetic preferences, questioning the notion of universal beauty, and offering a clearer framework for future cross-cultural research on facial attractiveness.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"e70065"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12856234/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145524293","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 : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-10-22DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70061
Yan Ye, Zuo-Jun Wang
{"title":"Cultural Individualism-Collectivism and Third-Party Punishment and Compensation.","authors":"Yan Ye, Zuo-Jun Wang","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70061","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined how culture shapes third-party punishment and compensation in the harm domain using realistic judicial scenarios. Chinese participants showed greater engagement in both forms than American participants, with individualism-collectivism values mediating these societal differences.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"e70061"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12897574/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145346822","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}
{"title":"Which Symptoms of Nomophobia, Social Networking Site Addiction, and Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) Directly Affect Mental Health? A Symptom Network and Flow Analysis Study.","authors":"Xiaofan Zhang, Jiashuo Zhang, Feihu Yao, Peipei Cao, Sipu Guo, Shengzhi Liu","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70068","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nomophobia, social networking site (SNS) addiction, and fear of missing out (FoMO) are increasingly recognized as interrelated digital-age phenomena that pose risks to young people's mental health. However, limited research has examined how specific symptoms across these domains interact and contribute to anxiety and depression. This study aims to make a novel contribution by applying network and flow analysis to uncover the symptom-level interconnections among nomophobia, SNS addiction, FoMO, and their links to mental health outcomes. A total of 3108 college students completed validated scales measuring SNS addiction, FoMO, nomophobia, anxiety, and depression. Gaussian graphical models and centrality indices were used to estimate symptom networks. Flow networks were constructed to identify pathways connecting symptoms to mental health outcomes. Strong intranetwork associations were found within all three domains. \"FoMO on information\" emerged as the most central and influential bridge symptom, connecting nomophobia and SNS addiction. Flow network analysis revealed that \"FoMO on information\" was also the strongest individual predictor of both anxiety and depression. Other symptoms, such as \"fear of losing internet connection\" and \"SNS-related insomnia,\" also showed notable associations with mental health outcomes. These findings highlight the potential of network and flow analysis to identify transdiagnostic mechanisms across digital behavioral addictions. \"FoMO on information\" appears to be a key symptom linking nomophobia and SNS addiction and may represent a promising target for interventions aimed at reducing comorbid anxiety and depression among adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"e70068"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12856220/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145638000","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 : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70084
Jie Pu, Qian Ren, Yi-Hang Huang, Xuan Wang, Ling-Ling Wang, Hui-Xin Hu, Yi-Jing Zhang, Yun-Ru Wang, Yi Wang, Jia Huang, Ya Wang, Simon S Y Lui, Raymond C K Chan
{"title":"The Effects of Online Working Memory Training on Enhancing Hedonic Processing in People With Social Anhedonia and Subsyndromal Depression: An Exploratory Study.","authors":"Jie Pu, Qian Ren, Yi-Hang Huang, Xuan Wang, Ling-Ling Wang, Hui-Xin Hu, Yi-Jing Zhang, Yun-Ru Wang, Yi Wang, Jia Huang, Ya Wang, Simon S Y Lui, Raymond C K Chan","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70084","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70084","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Working memory (WM) training is considered a promising cognitive remediation for psychopathological disorders. Given the shared neural circuits in WM and hedonic processing, as well as the positive findings in schizophrenia patients with anhedonia, we hypothesized that WM training might improve hedonic processing in subclinical individuals. This study investigated the transfer effect of a 10-session WM training on (1) people with social anhedonia and (2) people with subsyndromal depression, relative to the control groups. We evaluated the impact on different dimensions of anhedonia. A total of 152 Chinese university students were enrolled, and the study examined the general improvement of the hedonic training across trait and control groups. Findings showed that WM training improved the engagement of difficult tasks in participants with social anhedonia and the pleasure after paying effort in participants who had WM growth during the training sessions. The transfer effects on reward processing and cost-benefit computations indicated the benefits of WM training effects. Results were limited to subclinical samples within a short-term intervention and might not generalize to clinical samples. In conclusion, our findings suggest that WM training could be a prospective cognitive remediation for alleviating anhedonia, warranting further exploration.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"e70084"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12885620/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146150559","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 : 2026-02-01DOI: 10.1002/pchj.70060
Hanran Li, Yihui Wang, Lei Chang, Li Yi, Lai Na Siu, Juan Zhang
{"title":"Specific Brain Activity During Theory of Mind Tasks in Autistic Individuals: A Meta-Analysis of fMRI Studies.","authors":"Hanran Li, Yihui Wang, Lei Chang, Li Yi, Lai Na Siu, Juan Zhang","doi":"10.1002/pchj.70060","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autistic individuals exhibit differences in Theory of Mind (ToM) compared to neurotypical (NT) individuals. The aim of this study was to meta-analyse the neural correlates that contributed to the manifestation of the expression differences in ToM between autistic individuals and the NT population. A total of 328 autistic participants and 314 NT participants from 18 studies were included. We adopted Activation Network Mapping, which is a novel neuroimaging meta-analysis method based on activation seeds and functional connectivity to identify brain networks, to investigate how the ToM network of the autistic group differed from that of the NT group. The thalamus and precuneus robustly participated in the ToM network of the autistic group. Moreover, the temporoparietal junction and the right hemisphere of the limbic system, especially the thalamus, caudate, and cingulum, were less involved in the autistic group's ToM network, compared to the NT group. Our findings provide the first quantitative evidence supportive of the distinct patterns in the ToM brain network in the autistic population. The current findings indicate that the primary difference in ToM task performance in autistic individuals may stem from altered information processing mechanisms rather than deficits in core ToM abilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"e70060"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12781288/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145918296","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}