Psychological ReportsPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2023-09-22DOI: 10.1177/00332941231203561
Alican Kaya, Gamze Mukba, Halil İbrahim Özok
{"title":"A Person-Centered Approach to Emotional Security: Latent Profile Analysis of the Dark Triad and Psychological Symptoms.","authors":"Alican Kaya, Gamze Mukba, Halil İbrahim Özok","doi":"10.1177/00332941231203561","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00332941231203561","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Few studies have examined emotional security utilizing a person-centered approach. Therefore, in the present study, we conceptualized a multidimensional construct that includes psychological symptoms (i.e., depression, anxiety, and stress) and the dark triad traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy). Applying latent profile analysis (LPA) allows the exploration of the interaction of emotional security with the dark triad traits and psychological symptoms in the sample at the level of sub-classes. Depression, stress, anxiety, Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy were determined as profile indicators. Moreover, satisfaction with life and the psychological well-being of the sub-classes were predicted. Data were gathered from 558 participants (418 females, %74.9) with an average age of 22.44 years). LPA indicated four distinct profiles: 'High emotional security and low psychological symptoms, and dark triad traits' (22%), 'Low emotional security and high psychological symptoms, dark triad traits' (5%), 'Low emotional security and moderate dark triad traits' (28%), 'Moderate emotional security, psychological symptoms, and dark triad traits' (45%). Mixture modeling approach-based research provides a complementary view of the previous psychopathology literature. The findings could help practitioners target at-risk university students with low emotional security, low psychological well-being, and low life satisfaction and design programs to aid them in alleviating the psychological symptoms and the dark triad traits.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"3212-3243"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41169816","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 : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2023-10-14DOI: 10.1177/00332941231206354
Yuan-Ling Chen, Hsiow-Ling Hsieh
{"title":"Do Resources Help or Hurt? The Critical Roles of Me, Others, and Organization in Mitigating Workplace Demands.","authors":"Yuan-Ling Chen, Hsiow-Ling Hsieh","doi":"10.1177/00332941231206354","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00332941231206354","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Today's job demands-resources (JD-R) literature emphasizes the interactions between job demands and resources. However, the dynamism of JD-R processes in which individuals manage to counteract the detrimental effects of job demands on employees by flexibly adjusting resources calls this relationship into question. Hence, in this study, we depict JD-R dynamics in the workplace by developing a cross-level moderated-mediation model that unveils the different roles played by job and personal resources when they are woven together with job demands. We examine how and when the relationships among three types of resources-organizationally assigned high-performance work systems (HPWSs), psychological capital (PsyCap), and social support climate (SSC)-help employees deal with excessive workload and unhealthy emotional demands. Using a two-wave research design, we measured and tested the causal relationships of the proposed variables. We found that (1) HPWSs had a negative effect on workload, (2) workload provoked employee emotional demands, (3) the interaction between HPWSs and PsyCap increased workload, and (4) SSC mitigated the positive effect of workload on employee emotional demands. This study contributes to the JD-R theory and literature by unlocking the potential roles of various resources. Theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and future research avenues are also presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"3725-3758"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41211021","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 : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2023-08-25DOI: 10.1177/00332941231198054
Shilei Zhang, Rui Shi, Gaoxiang Ma, Jiaxi Peng, Zhenhong Wang
{"title":"The Interaction Between Measurement and Individual Difference in Ego Depletion: Task Type, Trait Self-Control and Action Orientation.","authors":"Shilei Zhang, Rui Shi, Gaoxiang Ma, Jiaxi Peng, Zhenhong Wang","doi":"10.1177/00332941231198054","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00332941231198054","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research found that performing an initial self-control task impairs subsequent self-control performance, which is referred to as ego depletion. However, recent meta-analyses and replication studies have led to controversies over whether the ego depletion effect is as reliable as previously assumed. The present study aimed to shed more light on these controversies by combining depletion measurement task type and personality as moderators. Study 1 investigated trait self-control and action orientation's moderation role for depletion effects on stop-signal task (inhibitory control). Study 2 examined the trait self-control and action orientation's moderation role for depletion effects on a majority congruent Stroop task (goal maintenance). Results showed that trait self-control moderated the ego depletion effect on stop-signal reaction time (SSRT). High trait self-control people were less vulnerable to the ego depletion effect on the reactive inhibitory control task, whereas the moderating role of trait self-control for ego depletion was not found in the goal maintenance task. More particularly, high action-oriented people were less susceptible to the ego depletion effect on the goal maintenance task, but there was no moderation effect of action orientation for ego depletion in the stop-signal task. We discuss types of task for depletion measurement and individual differences in ego depletion, and we suggest possible avenues for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"3796-3824"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10072783","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 : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2023-08-22DOI: 10.1177/00332941231197155
Kimberly A Lawler-Sagarin, Brad J Sagarin, Andrew Pederson
{"title":"Enhanced Community Through Augmented Reality: Social Benefits of Pokémon Go.","authors":"Kimberly A Lawler-Sagarin, Brad J Sagarin, Andrew Pederson","doi":"10.1177/00332941231197155","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00332941231197155","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pokémon Go is an augmented reality game in which players travel through the real world catching fictitious creatures using a smartphone. Based on the game's rewards for social interaction and visiting historical sites, we hypothesized that Pokémon Go would enhance players' sense of belonging to their community. We recruited players to participate in a brief, anonymous survey at Pokémon Go events and via social media. The survey measured personal demographics, game-related demographics, sense of belonging to the community where participants play Pokémon Go, and questions regarding whether participants have met someone, visited a new location, or patronized a new business through playing Pokémon Go. 449 respondents completed the survey. 88% reported meeting someone through playing Pokémon Go, 78% reported visiting a new location, and 35% reported patronizing a new business. Pokémon Go level significantly predicted sense of belonging to the community in which participants play Pokémon Go as well as the odds of meeting someone, visiting a new location, and patronizing a new business. Results suggest that Pokémon Go strengthens players' sense of belonging and engagement with their community.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"3428-3440"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10096863","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}
Amanda Simundic, Julia Petrovic, Bassam Khoury, Marie-Claude Geoffroy, Nancy Heath
{"title":"Evaluating a Mindfulness Induction for Coping with Social Exclusion in Emerging Adults who Engage in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury.","authors":"Amanda Simundic, Julia Petrovic, Bassam Khoury, Marie-Claude Geoffroy, Nancy Heath","doi":"10.1177/00332941251383508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251383508","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research suggests that individuals who engage in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) experience heightened sensitivity to social stressors such as exclusion. Mindfulness practice may buffer social stress among the general population, but whether it functions differently among those who engage in NSSI remains unclear. This experimental study sought to investigate the effects of a mindfulness induction relative to a control task as a buffer against social exclusion among emerging adults with and without a past-year history of NSSI, in terms of state stress and negative and positive affect, over time (baseline, reactivity, recovery). Participants included 172 emerging adults: 82 who reported past-year engagement in NSSI (<i>M</i><sub><i>age</i></sub> = 22.51, <i>SD</i> = 2.74; 78% women) and 90 who have never engaged in NSSI (<i>M</i><sub><i>age</i></sub> = 22.57, <i>SD</i> = 2.61; 80% women). All participants completed baseline measures of state stress and affect and were randomly assigned to either a mindfulness induction or active control task. Following completion of these activities, they underwent a social exclusion task (i.e., Cyberball), followed by reactivity measures of state stress and affect. Following a brief delay, participants finally completed recovery measures of state stress and affect. Three 3-way ANCOVAs (Time X Group X Condition) revealed no significant effects of the mindfulness induction on any outcomes at either follow-up time point (<i>p</i>'s > .05), although exploratory supplemental analyses revealed significant decreases in state stress and both positive and negative affect from baseline to reactivity (<i>p</i>'s < .001). Thus, while the mindfulness induction did not differ from a control task in terms of buffering stress and affect in response to social exclusion, participants did report a decrease on outcomes from baseline to post-social exclusion. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941251383508"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145177899","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}
Daniel Cortés-Denia, Manuel Pulido-Martos, Noah Palacios-Pedrero, Esther Lopez-Zafra
{"title":"Self-Undermining, Work-Family Conflict and Fatigue: Family Health Climate Towards Physical Activity as Key to Stopping the \"Cycle of Losses\".","authors":"Daniel Cortés-Denia, Manuel Pulido-Martos, Noah Palacios-Pedrero, Esther Lopez-Zafra","doi":"10.1177/00332941251383507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251383507","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research about factors affecting workers' physical and mental fatigue has mainly focused on job characteristics. However, as the extended demands-resources model acknowledges, the family, work, and organizational domains are interconnected. In this study, we analyze whether self-undermining behaviors can induce work-family conflict, leading to fatigue. Moreover, we examine the moderating role of a physically active, healthy climate within the family on the above relationships. Two hundred sixteen workers from different industry sectors completed self-reported measures at two-time points. At Time 1 (T1), self-undermining and family health climate regarding physical activity; and at Time 2 (T2), work-family conflict and fatigue were measured. SPSS's PROCESS macro was used to conduct moderated mediation analyses. Albeit self-undermining (T1) did not have a direct effect on fatigue (T2), it had an indirect effect through work-family conflict (T2), moderated by the family climate (T1). Specifically, an increase on physical activity behaviors at the family level buffered the effect of self-undermining on work-family conflict. This study highlights the interconnection between work and family, discovering strategies at the family level to buffer the impact of self-undermining behaviors on work-family conflict, thereby reducing fatigue. As stressors on one domain can hurt another, positive effects may also influence each other.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941251383507"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145177935","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}
Min Hae Song, Jaeseo Lim, Hwimin Kim, Jooyong Park
{"title":"The Impact of Hybrid Collaboration Methods on Idea Quantity, Quality, and Collaborative Interactions.","authors":"Min Hae Song, Jaeseo Lim, Hwimin Kim, Jooyong Park","doi":"10.1177/00332941251383513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251383513","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The hybrid collaboration method, which combines individual and collaborative idea generation sequentially, can help generate more creative ideas compared to collaborating from the beginning, by encouraging active participation during collaboration. While the effectiveness of hybrid collaboration methods varies depending on the combination order of individual and collaborative idea generation, there is ongoing debate regarding the optimal order. To examine the optimal order, this study investigated the effects of the hybrid collaboration method based on the combination order, on the quantity and quality of generated ideas, as well as collaborative interactions. An experiment with 87 participants showed that participants using a hybrid collaboration method generated significantly more ideas than those who collaborated from the beginning. Although no significant differences were found in the quality of all generated ideas across conditions, participants who generated ideas individually before collaborating produced higher-quality top three ideas. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in the amount of collaborative interaction, even with reduced collaboration time in the hybrid collaboration methods. Notably, participants who generated ideas individually before collaborating focused more on ideation during their interactions. These findings highlight the potential of hybrid collaboration methods, particularly individual ideation before collaboration, as an effective strategy for enhancing creativity.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941251383513"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145150673","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":"Honor Norms Predict Lower Support for Opioid Harm Reduction Policies in the U.S.","authors":"Stephen Foster, Katy Jones, Jarrod Bock","doi":"10.1177/00332941251383505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251383505","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Harm reduction services are empirically based strategies aimed at counteracting drug overdoses and other drug-related harms. Despite the various harms associated with heroin use as well as other drug use, the accessibility of these services varies across the United States. In this study, we explored the role honor norms might contribute to reduced support for harm reduction programs in the United States. We conducted a web-based survey of a sample of adults living in the United States (<i>N</i> = 376) that assessed honor norms, controllability beliefs about heroin use disorder, and support for harm reduction programs. Overall, we found higher levels of honor endorsement to be linked with lower support for harm reduction programs. Additionally, controllability beliefs explained the honor-support link for most of the harm reduction programs. Our findings suggest that acquiring public support and enacting policies for these types of services may be difficult in regions of the United States permeated with honor culture.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941251383505"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145138510","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}
Ferhan Şahin, Ezgi Doğan, Muhammet Recep Okur, Yusuf Levent Şahin
{"title":"Understanding Problematic Social Media Use: Insights Into Telepressure, FMO, Engagement, and Motives.","authors":"Ferhan Şahin, Ezgi Doğan, Muhammet Recep Okur, Yusuf Levent Şahin","doi":"10.1177/00332941251383495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251383495","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this investigation is to assess the impact of telepressure, fear of missing out, social media engagement, and social media use motives on problematic social media use through the examination of a proposed model, while also scrutinizing the moderating effects of individual differences on the interrelations between these constructs. Utilizing online data collection methods, responses were gathered from a sample comprising 14,153 social media users. Analysis was conducted employing the partial least squares structural equation modeling technique alongside multi-group analysis. Findings indicate that the model accounts for 73.2% of problematic social media use variance. Notably, fear of missing out, telepressure, and the motive of image presentation emerged as the most influential constructs pertaining to problematic social media use. Furthermore, nearly all hypotheses related to social media use motives garnered support. In terms of moderators, gender demonstrated significant moderation effects in eight relationships, while age and usage exhibited moderation effects in six and three relationships, respectively. These outcomes underscore the potential pivotal role of social media motives and individual differences. This study contributes valuable knowledge to the growing body of literature and informs interventions targeting problematic social media use.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941251383495"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145150645","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}
Daphne Castro Lingl, Alexandra Garr-Schultz, Jacqueline M Chen
{"title":"Mapping Borderland Identity Experiences: Integrating the Asexual, Bisexual, Multiracial, and Non-Binary Literatures.","authors":"Daphne Castro Lingl, Alexandra Garr-Schultz, Jacqueline M Chen","doi":"10.1177/00332941251381751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251381751","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Borderland identities</i> transcend conventional conceptualizations of their identity category and challenge prevalent social theories underlying a given identity domain. The experiences of people with borderland identities differ from the experiences of people with conventional dominant or marginalized identities. Since Anzaldúa advanced her original 1980s theory of borderland identities focusing on the Chicano experience in the U.S., humanities and social sciences scholars have applied borderland theory to understanding experiences of gender, race, and sexuality. However, to date, no review has been conducted to integrate findings across the field of social psychology and highlight potential areas of growth. This paper aims to do so by mapping the literature on four borderland identities: asexual, bisexual, gender non-binary, and Multiracial. We discuss previous findings around three common themes: categorization, discrimination, and identity development. Common findings, remaining questions, and future directions are highlighted. Finally, we consider both theoretical and practical implications of a borderland identity perspective for the field of social psychology.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941251381751"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145138548","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}