Ronald R Holden, Madeleine T D'Agata, Erika L Peter
{"title":"Measuring Suicide Risk Without Asking About Suicide? Psychache Scale Score Validation and Cut Score Development in a Military Sample.","authors":"Ronald R Holden, Madeleine T D'Agata, Erika L Peter","doi":"10.1177/00332941241308498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241308498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluated the ability of scores on the self-report Psychache Scale (PAS) to subtly screen pre-existing suicide risk factors in a military population. For 525 Canadian military personnel, PAS normative data were established, and scores demonstrated high internal consistency reliability. Based on associations with a rationally constructed measure of suicidality, PAS scores possessed large effect sizes, convergent validity. The PAS also had significant diagnostic accuracy for identifying previous multiple suicide intent communications and previous multiple suicide attempts, behavioral risk factors for subsequent suicide. Preliminary cut scores for identifying at risk military personnel are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241308498"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837764","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":"Coping Profiles and Mental Health Outcomes in American University Students: A Latent Profile Analysis.","authors":"Christopher L Thomas, Meera Nair, Jamey K Ganske","doi":"10.1177/00332941241308501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241308501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research shows that person-centered statistics are useful for identifying coping profiles in adolescents and adults, including college students, where such studies are limited. This study aimed to discern coping profiles among American college students and examine associations with mental health outcomes. Participants completed the Brief COPE inventory, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress scale - 21 items (DASS-21), and a demographics form. Using latent profile analysis, we identified three latent profiles including: disengaged/low, approach, and avoidant copers. Participants assigned to the approach and disengaged/low coper profiles reported lower levels of stress, anxiety, and depression than members of the avoidant coper profile. Interestingly, approach and low copers reported similar levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. The results provide insight into the contribution of coping categories (e.g., problem-focused, avoidant, etc.) to mental health concerns and have the potential to support institutional efforts to improve university students' ability to cope with academic stressors.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241308501"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142847694","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":"Relationships Between Coping With Interpersonal Stress in the Workplace and Depressive Symptoms Among Care Workers.","authors":"Tsukasa Kato","doi":"10.1177/00332941241308785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241308785","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the relationships between coping with interpersonal stress and depressive symptoms that care workers encounter in the workplace. Care workers frequently encounter interpersonal stress; however, to date, no study has measured specific coping strategies for dealing with interpersonal stress. In 2017, 138 care workers completed questionnaires on their perceptions of interpersonal stress in the workplace, coping with interpersonal stress, and depressive symptoms. Multiple regression analysis of the survey data revealed that coping strategies for interpersonal stress predicted depressive symptoms, even after controlling for the effects of gender, years of experience as a care worker, and perceived stress. A high level of coping, which involves not acting prematurely when handling a stressful relationship, was associated with reduced depressive symptoms (beta = -.29, <i>p</i> < .001). In contrast, higher scores for the coping type that attempt to actively damage, disrupt, and dissolve a stressful relationship were associated with increased depressive symptoms (beta = .46, <i>p</i> < .001). These results are consistent with those of previous studies involving full-time workers and hospital nurses. Based on our findings, we provide suggestions to improve the mental health of healthcare workers, such as creating a work environment that considers human relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241308785"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837972","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 Six-Factor Cognitive Domino Model of Anxiety.","authors":"Yonglong Tang, Nina Gan, Hongmian Yang","doi":"10.1177/00332941241309062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241309062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although humans have been exploring the mysteries of anxiety, relatively few specific cognitive pathways for generation of anxiety have been explored. We integrated many existing theories and experiences in clinical counseling to propose a new anxiety cognitive domino model of anxiety. The model suggests that there are six ordered cognitive factors that affect anxiety, which act like a domino effect, leading to the development and circulation of anxiety. On the one hand, this model provides a more comprehensive framework for understanding anxiety from the perspective of assessing abilities at different psychological stages. On the other hand, this model explores methods for pre managing anxiety before stressful events occur, which has practical significance for both individuals and organizations.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241309062"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142838400","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}
Nadine P Hutchison, Emma F Thomas, Melanie K T Takarangi
{"title":"The Nature of Shared Traumatic Experiences: When, How, and How Often Do We Share Trauma With Others?","authors":"Nadine P Hutchison, Emma F Thomas, Melanie K T Takarangi","doi":"10.1177/00332941241301357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241301357","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Across two studies, we investigated when, how, and how often people share traumatic events (<i>N</i> = 1008). In Study 1, most participants (78.5%) perceived their most stressful/traumatic event as shared primarily due to knowing others were present during the event (physical sharing), knowing/believing others had experienced or could experience a similar event (relational sharing), discussing the event with others (verbal sharing), or having the same emotions about the event as others (emotional sharing). In Study 2, we assessed the frequency and characteristics of these forms of sharing along with attitudinal sharing (same attitudes/beliefs/opinions about the event) and perpetrator sharing (perpetrator involved in the event). Nearly all participants (98.6%-99.4%) shared their most stressful/traumatic event with others in some way. Our findings demonstrate that people <i>commonly</i> share a <i>range of</i> traumatic events in various <i>unique</i> ways. This framework can inform and guide research addressing the impacts of these diverging forms of sharing.</p>","PeriodicalId":21149,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Reports","volume":" ","pages":"332941241301357"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142829776","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":"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}