{"title":"Focus on Opportunities and Adaptive Performance: The Importance of Distinguishing Between Subjective and Objective Performance Measures.","authors":"Lukasz Stasielowicz","doi":"10.1177/00332941241308517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241308517","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>People who perceive more opportunities in their occupational future often report better well-being and motivation. A positive correlation with performance has also been reported, but until now, only the relationship with two broad performance dimensions, task and contextual performance, has been examined extensively. Furthermore, performance ratings often rely on self-reports, which can be biased. The present study (<i>N</i> = 258) helps close these research gaps. First, it examines the relationship between focus on opportunities and a specific performance facet (i.e., adaptive performance). Second, performance is assessed both subjectively and objectively. The distinction proved critical. After adjusting for education, focus on opportunities was related to self-reported adaption to change, but there was no substantial evidence that focus on opportunities promotes objective adaptive performance. Thus, it cannot yet be recommended to use focus on opportunities in organizational and educational contexts for selecting and training highly adaptable employees or students.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241308517"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142829774","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 Cost of Looking Up: Social Comparison as a Partial Mediator Between Social Anxiety and Vindictive Behavior in a Non-anonymous Ultimatum Game.","authors":"Floricica Mariana Călin, Andreea C Bică","doi":"10.1177/00332941241308500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241308500","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Self-appraisals in relation to internalized standards are fundamental constructs in clinical and evolutionary models of Social Anxiety (SA). Empirical evidence has consistently shown that socially anxious individuals tend to engage in upward social comparisons and aim to adjust their social standing accordingly. However, the consequences of perceiving oneself as inferior to others within social contexts remain under-explored. To this end, a sample of <i>N</i> = 166 college students participated as respondents in an iterated, non-anonymous online Ultimatum Game (UG) against two familiar classmates: a fair allocator and a highly unfair allocator. Participants were informed that their identities would be disclosed to their assigned co-players. In reality, however, all participants played against a computer-simulated opponent. Our findings both replicate and extend previous research by showing that individuals with elevated social anxiety tend to exhibit vindictive behavior in response to unfair monetary UG splits (i.e., costly punishment) compared to their less anxious peers, even without the safeguarding of anonymity. Overall, our data lend empirical support to Social Rank theories of social anxiety and underscore the role of (upward) social comparison as a partial mediator explaining behavioral outcomes (i.e., vindictive behavior) in SA. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241308500"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142819090","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}
A Timur Sevincer, Leonie Tenbrueggen, Marvin Sokolis
{"title":"Students' Beliefs About Trigger Warnings.","authors":"A Timur Sevincer, Leonie Tenbrueggen, Marvin Sokolis","doi":"10.1177/00332941241308788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241308788","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trigger warnings aim to help people emotionally prepare for potentially disturbing material or avoid the material altogether. There has been a lively debate in society and academia whether the widespread use of trigger warnings helps, harms, or has no substantial impact. Recent meta-analytic evidence suggests trigger warnings have no effect on people's emotional reaction, avoidance, and comprehension. They do however heighten a negative anticipatory reaction. We examined students' attitudes toward trigger warnings in a non-English-speaking country - Germany, and whether their beliefs about the effects of trigger warnings on themselves and others match the meta-analytic evidence. Students held relatively positive attitudes toward trigger warnings and advocated their use. Their beliefs about the effects of trigger warnings however did not concur well with the actual effects. Our findings suggest that making students aware of the empirical evidence on trigger warnings would benefit discussions around trigger warnings.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241308788"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142819089","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 Mediating Role of Fear of Happiness in the Relationship Between Rumination and Depression in University Students.","authors":"Ayşe Eliüşük Bülbül, Ahmet Özbay","doi":"10.1177/00332941241308783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241308783","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, the mediating role of fear of happiness in the relationship between depression levels and rumination levels of university students was examined. The dependent variable of this study is depression, the mediating variable is fear of happiness and the independent variable is rumination. The research was conducted using the relational survey method. The sample consisted of university students studying at Selçuk University in the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic year. Of the participants, 83.8% (290) were female and 16.2% (56) were male. In the study, bootstrapping method was used to test the significance of the indirect effect. It was observed that fear of happiness had a partial mediating role between depression and rumination levels in university students. From this point of view, it can be said that rumination and fear of happiness will increase depression in university students. At the same time, it can be said that rumination affects depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241308783"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142819091","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":"Using Network Analysis of Adolescent Self-Ratings of ADHD Symptoms to Identify Central Symptoms and Their Associations With Each Other and Global Functioning.","authors":"Rapson Gomez, Stephen Houghton","doi":"10.1177/00332941241308800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241308800","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research examined the network properties (network graph, centrality, and edge weights) of the 18 ADHD symptoms, based on the self-ratings of 300 adolescents. The findings indicated the three symptoms with the highest centrality values were \"inattention\", \"wait\", and \"interrupt\". For edge weights, there were positive large effect size associations for \"lose\" with \"forgetful\", \"fidget with \"run\", \"blurt\" with \"wait\", and \"wait\" with \"interrupt\"; and positive moderate effect size associations for \"careless\" with \"instruction\", and \"avoid\" with \"listen\". Five IA symptoms (\"careless\", \"instruction\", \"avoid\", \"distracted\", and \"forgetful\") and one HI symptom (\"quiet\") were associated negatively and significantly with global functioning. Overall, these associations and relations should be prioritized when planning treatment for ADHD. This is the first study to examine the network properties of ADHD symptoms for adolescent self-ratings. The implications of the findings for theory include a better understanding of the relationships and interrelations between ADHD symptoms, especially in terms of the clustering of IA and HI symptoms and their associations with global functioning. In practice, the findings indicate there are different symptoms that could be the focus for assessment and treatment according to the ADHD presentation type.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241308800"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142813483","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}
Kean Mun Lee, Jasmine Yin Yee Mun, E-Luan Choong, Steve M J Janssen
{"title":"Associations Between Big-Five Personality Traits and Attitudes and Perception Towards Health Behaviours.","authors":"Kean Mun Lee, Jasmine Yin Yee Mun, E-Luan Choong, Steve M J Janssen","doi":"10.1177/00332941241302805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241302805","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite efforts to promote exercise and healthy diets, global prevalence of obesity continues to rise. This pervasiveness of obesity is alarming as it is a key contributing factor of ischemic heart disease, a leading cause of death worldwide. The issue of obesity is exacerbated in Malaysia, where 50.1% of all adults were considered obese in 2020. Given the severity of the issue, the identification of alternative factors to promote exercise becomes necessary. The current study examined how personality traits are related to perceptions and behaviours towards health. A total of 401 Malaysian university students completed questionnaires which assessed their demographics, health perceptions, and health behaviours. Additionally, the Big-Five Inventory was administered to examine personality traits. Regarding personality traits and their associations to behaviours: Conscientiousness was positively associated with Exercise Adherence and Healthy Diet but negatively with Fears Related to Exercise; Neuroticism had a positive relation with Perceived Lack of Resources and Fears Related to Exercise but a negative relationship with Adherence to Exercise; Extraversion only had a negative association with Healthy Diet; Agreeableness was negatively associated with Substance Use; and lastly, Openness had a positive relationship with Adherence to Exercise but a negative association with Perceived Lack of Resources. Further exploration on the impacts of attitudes and perspectives towards exercise and healthy diets would be beneficial in identifying alternative and potentially more effective approaches in promoting healthy behaviours.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241302805"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807905","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}
Alessandro Ocera, Sofia Colombo, Sonia de Paz-Cantos, Antonella Frisiello, Silvia Gilotta, Silvia Grazioli, Giovanni Michelini, Antonella Roella, Regina Gregori Grgič
{"title":"The Mediating Role of Trait Mindfulness in Academic Stress: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Italian University Students.","authors":"Alessandro Ocera, Sofia Colombo, Sonia de Paz-Cantos, Antonella Frisiello, Silvia Gilotta, Silvia Grazioli, Giovanni Michelini, Antonella Roella, Regina Gregori Grgič","doi":"10.1177/00332941241306657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241306657","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Stress is a significant factor influencing the mental well-being of students, and mindfulness strategies have been associated with reduced academic stress. Nevertheless, there is a limited body of research investigating stress and trait mindfulness in a sample of Italian university students. This study aims to explore the relationship between academic stress, effort-reward imbalance, and trait mindfulness.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Perceived stress, effort-reward imbalance, and trait mindfulness in 442 Italian university students (mean age = 23.37 ± 4.33) were assessed through the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Effort-Reward Imbalance - Student Questionnaire (ERI-SQ) and Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Pearson correlation analysis showed that PSS negatively correlates with FFMQ and it positively correlates with ERI-SQ, while FFMQ negatively correlates with ERI-SQ. Furthermore, mediation analysis revealed that FFMQ partially mediates the effect of ERI-SQ on PSS.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study provides the first examination of the relationships between perceived stress, effort-reward imbalance, and trait mindfulness among Italian students. The findings suggest that trait mindfulness is associated with lower levels of perceived stress and could potentially mediate the relationship between effort-reward imbalance and stress. These insights may inform future research and interventions aimed at reducing academic stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241306657"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142801700","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":"Were You Joking? Interpreting and Responding to Hostile Messages Among Spanish Adolescents.","authors":"Guillermo Tasero, María Laura Quintanilla Cobián","doi":"10.1177/00332941241306662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241306662","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to investigate whether the socio-emotional contextualization of envy influences the interpretation of and reaction to hostile messages on WhatsApp among Spanish adolescents. A total of 190 high school students participated. Participants read two stories containing a hostile message. In one condition, the hostile message preceded by a situation of envy, in the other it was not. We asked participants to attribute emotions and rate whether the message was offensive or funny, the intention of the message, and the relative status of the characters. The results showed that participants identified shame and sadness in the victim, but girls were better than boys at identifying envy in the aggressor. In addition, more girls disapproved of the hostile message than boys in the envy condition. On the other hand, girls perceived the hostile message as more offensive and understood it as teasing, whereas boys interpreted it as funnier and understood it as a joke. Finally, participants understood that the aggressor felt more inferior to his victim in the envy situation than in the non-envy situation. The discussion addresses the implications of these findings for the socio-emotional contextualization of cyber aggression and highlights the importance of evaluating hostile messages, presumably more prevalent during adolescence than other types of cyber aggression.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241306662"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802140","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":"Exploring the Relationship Between Fear of Positive Evaluation and Social Anxiety: Mediating Role of Self-Focus.","authors":"Koray Akkuş","doi":"10.1177/00332941241305550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241305550","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent studies have shown that fear of positive evaluation (FPE) is closely associated with social anxiety. However, studies examining the unique role of FPE and investigating the nature of the relationship between FPE and social anxiety are limited. This article presents two studies to address this gap. The first study (<i>N</i> = 314) examines the individual role of FPE on social anxiety while controlling for fear of negative evaluation (FNE) and maladaptive cognitions. The second study (<i>N</i> = 342) investigates the mediating role of self-focused attention in the relationship between FPE and social anxiety. Results of Study 1 demonstrated that FPE explains additional variances in social anxiety above and beyond FNE and maladaptive cognitions. Study 2 found that self-focus mediates the relationship between FPE and social anxiety when FNE is controlled. The current findings highlight the critical role of FPE on social anxiety and provide valuable information on how FPE contributes to social anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241305550"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142801592","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}
Psychological ReportsPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2023-01-20DOI: 10.1177/00332941231153327
Milica Schraggeová, Lucia Petríková
{"title":"An Assessment of Personality Traits Based on Photos on Instagram.","authors":"Milica Schraggeová, Lucia Petríková","doi":"10.1177/00332941231153327","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00332941231153327","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study analyses the accuracy assessment of personality traits based on photos on the Instagram social network. The theoretical starting point is the Realistic Accuracy Model based on the correct detection and interpretation of information about individuals. The research sample consisted of a group of participants who provided their Instagram profiles for assessment (<i>N</i> = 4) aged <i>M</i> = 23.0, <i>SD</i> = 1.63 and a group of independent assessors (<i>N</i> = 342; 258 women). The accuracy of the assessment was based on the assessors' consensus and the degree of agreement between assessors and the accuracy criterion. The highest assessor consensus was for extraversion, and the most accurately assessed traits were neuroticism and agreeableness - with women being more accurate in their assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"2999-3022"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9116043","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}