{"title":"Validating the Enright Forgiveness Inventory in Ecuador.","authors":"Francisca Fariña, Xiang Zhao, Mercedes Novo, Gabriela Acurio","doi":"10.1002/pchj.740","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.740","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research on forgiveness is limited in Ecuador. This study validated the Enright Forgiveness Inventory-30 (EFI-30) among 960 participants in Ecuador, resulting in robust reliability and validity values. Our findings provide avenues for future research and practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"692-694"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11317186/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139741865","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 : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-02-16DOI: 10.1002/pchj.739
Xiaolu Zhou, Fen Ren, Simon S Y Lui, Raymond C K Chan
{"title":"Interoception, somatic symptoms, and somatization tendency in Chinese individuals with subsyndromal depression: A follow-up study.","authors":"Xiaolu Zhou, Fen Ren, Simon S Y Lui, Raymond C K Chan","doi":"10.1002/pchj.739","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.739","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interoception refers to the sensation and perception of internal bodily sensations, and may be related to depressive symptoms. Schemata concerning the body vary across different cultures and may influence interoception and symptom presentations of depression. This study explored the relationship between interoception, depressive symptoms, and schema of somatic focus in Chinese people with subsyndromal depression. Thirty-nine individuals with subsyndromal depression (SD) and 40 healthy controls (HCs) were assessed at baseline and after 3 months. Participants completed the self-report questionnaires for assessing interoceptive sensibility, somatic and psychological symptoms of depression, and somatization tendency. They also completed the heartbeat perception behavioral task for estimating interoceptive accuracy. The results showed that both the SD and the HC groups showed similar interoceptive accuracy, although the SD group showed heightened interoceptive sensibility. The discrepancy between interoceptive sensibility and interoceptive accuracy is termed the interoceptive trait prediction error (ITPE). The ITPE was positive in SD participants but was negative in HCs. In the entire sample, interoceptive sensibility and the ITPE were correlated with somatic symptoms rather than with psychological symptoms of depression. Interoceptive sensibility partially mediated the relationship between somatization tendency and somatic symptoms, after controlling for psychological symptoms of depression. These results remained stable after 3 months. The shortcomings of the present study were a lack of clinical interview to ascertain diagnosis and a short follow-up duration. In conclusion, our study suggests that altered interoception occurs in subsyndromal depression. Interoception is related to somatic symptoms of depression. The schema of body was related to depressive symptoms, partially through interoception, in Chinese people with subsyndromal depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"616-624"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11317194/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139747304","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 : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1002/pchj.728
Soon Li Lee, Cai Lian Tam
{"title":"Confounding analysis with gaming aspects in predicting psychological distress of esports players.","authors":"Soon Li Lee, Cai Lian Tam","doi":"10.1002/pchj.728","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.728","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research aimed to explore the interplay between the central and peripheral aspects of gaming and their correlation with internet gaming disorder (IGD) in predicting indicators of psychological distress. The study proposed that the core and peripheral characteristics of gaming serve as confounding variables affecting the direct relationship between IGD and psychological distress. Employing a longitudinal design spanning two distinct timeframes, the research involved 100 esports players from Malaysia, all of whom had participated in at least one official tournament. The outcomes revealed that both the core and peripheral attributes of gaming significantly predicted stress, anxiety, and depression. However, IGD exhibited a significant predictive association only with stress. Notably, the study also detected the confounding effects of core and peripheral characteristics in the direct link between IGD and stress. These results imply that core and peripheral gaming traits should be interpreted as individual differences that amplify susceptibility to IGD and its associated psychological distress indicators. Moreover, the findings suggested that IGD might not be a prominent concern for esports players, potentially due to their training in performance management as athletes. The paper explores further implications stemming from these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"541-551"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11317182/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139651556","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 : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1002/pchj.754
Yiyi Wang, Yuqi Chen, Chenxuan Lu, Angela T H Kwan, Roger S McIntyre, Fahui Yang, Bing Cao
{"title":"The psychological factors mediating/moderating the association between body-image disturbance and depression: A systematic review.","authors":"Yiyi Wang, Yuqi Chen, Chenxuan Lu, Angela T H Kwan, Roger S McIntyre, Fahui Yang, Bing Cao","doi":"10.1002/pchj.754","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.754","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Available evidence demonstrates that individuals with body-image disturbance (BID) are prone to suffer from depression. This systematic review provides, to our knowledge, the first synthesis of the psychological mechanism of the association between BID and depression. We conducted a thorough search of online databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, and PsycINFO, for articles published up until February 2024. The final analysis comprised a total of 23 studies that focused on the mediating or moderating effects of psychological factors between depression and BID. This review identifies self-esteem and social support as both mediators and moderators of the relationship between BID and depression, while perceived stress acted only as a mediator. High self-esteem and strong social support as well as low levels of perceived stress may help individuals experience lower levels of BID, thereby contributing to a decreased likelihood of depression. Interventions aimed at increasing self-esteem, developing strong support, and decreasing perceived stress may hold promise to reduce the risk of depression in those with BID.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"527-540"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11317192/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140899427","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 : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1002/pchj.727
Bei-Lin Le, Yi-Hang Huang, Ling-Ling Wang, Hui-Xin Hu, Xuan Wang, Yi Wang, Ya Wang, Jia Huang, Simon S Y Lui, Raymond C K Chan
{"title":"Individuals with high levels of autistic traits exhibit impaired cognitive but not affective theory of mind and empathy.","authors":"Bei-Lin Le, Yi-Hang Huang, Ling-Ling Wang, Hui-Xin Hu, Xuan Wang, Yi Wang, Ya Wang, Jia Huang, Simon S Y Lui, Raymond C K Chan","doi":"10.1002/pchj.727","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.727","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Theory of mind (ToM) and empathy are considered key components of social cognition that are often impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, it remains unclear whether individuals with high levels of autistic traits exhibit similar impairments in these two functions. This study examined the affective and cognitive domains of ToM and empathy in individuals with high levels of autistic traits. We recruited 84 participants with high levels and 78 participants with low levels of autistic traits to complete a set of self-reported checklists and performance-based tasks capturing affective and cognitive components of ToM and empathy. The results showed that participants with high levels of autistic traits exhibited significant impairments in cognitive but not in affective ToM and empathy compared with their counterparts with low levels of autistic traits. We also found that empathy impairments in people with high levels of autistic traits were confounded by alexithymia and depressive traits.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"486-493"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11169754/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139651559","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":"Mathematical problem solving is modulated by word priming.","authors":"Chuanlin Zhu, Zhao Zhang, Xiaoli Lyu, Yun Wang, Dianzhi Liu, Wenbo Luo","doi":"10.1002/pchj.732","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.732","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to explore the influence of word priming on mathematical problem solving. In two experiments, participants were required to finish multiplication estimation tasks with a specified estimation strategy under different word priming conditions (Experiment 1: concrete words vs. Experiment 2: abstract words). The results showed that: (1) under the concrete word priming condition, in comparison to neutral, positive word priming improved accuracies (ACCs) when using a down-up strategy (e.g., doing 40 × 80 = 3200 for 43 × 78), while both positive and negative word priming reduced reaction time (RT); (2) under the abstract word priming condition, both positive and negative (vs. neutral) abstract word priming reduced RTs, while individuals' ACCs of completing the estimation task were not influenced by valence. The present study showed that whether concrete words or abstract words were adopted as experimental stimuli, participants' performance of completing mathematical problems was modulated by the valence of the priming word, which led us to develop a better understanding of how arithmetic performance is influenced by word processing.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"465-476"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11169762/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139651560","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 : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1002/pchj.736
Mingfan Liu, Chen Cheng, Yating Xu, Lirong Zeng
{"title":"The effect of working memory load on selective attention to emotional faces for social anxiety individuals.","authors":"Mingfan Liu, Chen Cheng, Yating Xu, Lirong Zeng","doi":"10.1002/pchj.736","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.736","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research has confirmed that individuals with social anxiety (SA) show an attentional bias towards threat-related stimuli. However, the extent to which this attentional bias depends on top-down cognitive control processes remains controversial. The present study investigated the effect of working memory (WM) load on selective attention to emotional faces in both high social anxiety (HSA) and low social anxiety (LSA) groups by manipulating WM load through the inclusion of forward counting in multiples of two (low load) or backward counting in multiples of seven (high load) within a modified flanker task. In the flanker task, emotional faces (angry, happy, or neutral faces) were used as targets and distractors. A total of 70 participants (34 HSA participants; 36 LSA participants) completed the flanker task in the laboratory. The results showed that the HSA individuals performed worse when responding to angry targets. Relative to LSA individuals, HSA individuals showed interference from angry distractors in the flanker task, resulting in significantly lower accuracy in identifying angry targets compared to happy targets. These results were unaffected by the manipulation of WM load. The findings imply HSA individuals have impaired attentional control, and that their threat-related attentional bias relies more on the bottom-up automatic attentional process.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"477-485"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11169755/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139651582","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 : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-03-07DOI: 10.1002/pchj.738
Yunfei Guo, Jiaqun Gan, Zhen Wang, Yongxin Li
{"title":"The promotional effect of prosocial motivation on time-based prospective memory.","authors":"Yunfei Guo, Jiaqun Gan, Zhen Wang, Yongxin Li","doi":"10.1002/pchj.738","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.738","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Time-based prospective memory (TBPM) is the ability to remember to do a planned task at the right time. In social interactions, people are often motivated to do things for others, which reflects an important factor that influences prospective memory, namely prosocial motivation. According to the motivational cognitive model, prosocial motivation promotes TBPM by paying more attention or adopting more effective strategies. This study explored the effect of prosocial motivation on TBPM under different time-monitoring conditions within the motivational cognitive model framework. One hundred and thirty-one university students participated in this experiment that adopted a 2 (groups: control, prosocial motivation) × 2 (viewing time conditions: limited, unlimited) between-subjects design. The results revealed that the prosocial motivation group had better TBPM performance than the control group under both limited and unlimited viewing time conditions. At the same time, compared with the control group, the prosocial motivation group consumed more internal attention and utilized more strategies under both viewing time conditions, and their external attention was more effective. In addition, the external attention of the prosocial motivation group was higher only when time-monitoring was unlimited. The results of this study further extend knowledge of the motivational cognitive model and expand its scope of application, which has theoretical significance.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"421-428"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11169751/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140050262","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 : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-03-26DOI: 10.1002/pchj.744
Weiwen Wu, Yu Tian
{"title":"The role of attention in the effect of facial attractiveness on time perception.","authors":"Weiwen Wu, Yu Tian","doi":"10.1002/pchj.744","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.744","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research has indicated that attractive faces often cause a dilation of our time perception thus affecting physical and mental health, and speculates that this could be relevant to the fact that attractive faces capture people's attention. Nevertheless, there was no direct experimental data to support this speculation. The present work was designed to illustrate how attention affects time perception of facial attractiveness. It utilized two experiments to investigate this phenomenon. In Experiment 1, perception of timing and attention bias were assessed using a temporal reproduction task and a dot-probe task. Increased attention bias was found to mediate the time dilation effect of facial attractiveness. Experiment 2 adopted dual-task paradigm, combining a temporal reproduction task and attractiveness rating task, to manipulate attention allocation. The findings suggested that allocating more attention to the task requiring timing enhanced the time dilation effect caused by the faces. Results of Experiments 1 and 2 converge to show that attention plays an essential role in the effects of facial attractiveness on time perception.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"387-397"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11169759/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140294356","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 : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1002/pchj.766
Lina Jia, Bingjie Shao, Lili Wang, Xiaocheng Wang, Zhuanghua Shi
{"title":"Impact of babyface schema on time perception: Insights from neutral and crying facial expressions.","authors":"Lina Jia, Bingjie Shao, Lili Wang, Xiaocheng Wang, Zhuanghua Shi","doi":"10.1002/pchj.766","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pchj.766","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Facial expressions in infants have been noted to create a spatial attention bias when compared with adult faces. Yet, there is limited understanding of how adults perceive the timing of infant facial expressions. To investigate this, we used both infant and adult facial expressions in a temporal bisection task. In Experiment 1, we compared duration judgments of neutral infant and adult faces. The results revealed that participants felt that neutral infant faces lasted for a shorter time than neutral adult faces, independent of participant sex. Experiment 2 employed sad (crying) facial expressions. Here, the female participants perceived that the infants' faces were displayed for a longer duration than the adults' faces, whereas this distinction was not evident among the male participants. These findings highlight the influence of the babyface schema on time perception, nuanced by emotional context and sex-based individual variances.</p>","PeriodicalId":20804,"journal":{"name":"PsyCh journal","volume":" ","pages":"398-406"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11169756/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141237081","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}