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{"title":"Envisioning a Hopeful Future Despite Schizophrenia: The Role of Self-Concept Clarity and Narrative Identity.","authors":"Majse Lind, Ragnhild Svendsen, Kristina Flesjø, Kristine Kahr Nilsson","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70113","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Schizophrenia (SZ) has been linked with a pessimistic future outlook but the specific factors influencing such outlook are still to be mapped out. SZ is often referred to as a self-disorder and sense of self has been suggested to be a crucial factor influencing future view. Using a mixed-measurement approach, the present study examined two aspects of temporal sense of self in SZ-self-concept clarity and narrative identity-and tested whether each uniquely contributed to predicting future outlook (i.e., levels of future hope and the perceived influence of diagnosis on one's future). A total of 130 adults with SZ participated in the study (M_age = 34.58, SD = 10.22). Self-concept clarity was assessed through self-report and narrative identity through open-ended elaborations on the future that were content coded following gold-standard procedures. Hope for the future was assessed using self-report and perceived influence of diagnosis in the future was assessed through content coded, open-ended elaborations. Both self-concept clarity and narrative identity contributed independently to a more hopeful future outlook while self-concept clarity alone impacted whether diagnosis was expected to influence the future. Distinct dimensions of the temporal sense of self were associated with future outlook in schizophrenia, and their potential role in the recovery process was discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147857084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychometric Properties of the Norwegian 200-Item Version of the HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised.","authors":"Farangis Sharifibastan, Ståle Pallesen, Katharina Teresa Enehaug Morken, Eilin Kristine Erevik","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70098","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Norwegian 200-item version of the HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised (HEXACO-PI-R). The sample consisted of 460 adults (51.3% women) aged 18-75 years (M = 41.5, SD = 15.3) who completed the instrument online. The average internal consistency was α = 0.89 for domains (range: 0.88-0.92) and α = 0.79 for facets (range: 0.60-0.87). Women had higher Emotionality (d = 1.08) and Honesty-Humility (d = 0.39) scores than men. Honesty-Humility scores increased with age. One month test-retest correlations ranged from 0.90 to 0.95 for domains. Exploratory structural equation modeling provided superior fit compared to confirmatory factor analysis (CFI = 0.928 vs. 0.647). Configural and metric invariance were supported across gender and age, with partial scalar invariance. Convergent validity with the Mini-International Personality Item Pool (Mini-IPIP) was strong for Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and Openness (r = 0.69-0.79). Honesty-Humility showed weak to modest associations attesting to the discriminative validity for this dimension. The Norwegian HEXACO-200 had strong psychometric properties demonstrating its suitability for personality assessment in Norwegian populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147857072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of Flexibility in the Formation and Maintenance of Extreme Beliefs: A Narrative Scoping Review.","authors":"Sebastian Deverson, Paul Delfabbro, Ryan Balzan","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is growing interest in the role of cognitive flexibility in the development of politically motivated violence and a willingness to self-sacrifice. However, the construct of flexibility has been applied in multiple ways across disciplines, resulting in conceptual ambiguity and methodological challenges. This narrative scoping review re-evaluated the theoretical mechanisms linking distinct flexibility constructs to extreme beliefs, with the aim of clarifying their conceptual boundaries to direct future research. A narrative synthesis was conducted to identify and integrate theoretical accounts of flexibility relevant to extreme belief formation and maintenance. Four flexibility variants were identified as relevant: cognitive, affective, psychological, and belief flexibility. Each was conceptualized as facilitating updating and switching within cold, decontextualized cognitive tasks or hot, contextualized affective tasks to enable goal-directed problem solving. These abilities were not found to promote a single problem-solving strategy. Rather, they enabled a range of adaptive responses, including evidence integration, critical thinking, emotion regulation, and tolerance of uncertainty. Their use was associated with effective navigation of conflicting evidence, openness to new ideas and perspectives, and reflective awareness of emotional responses and cognitive biases. The findings indicate that flexibility operates across both affectively charged and emotionally neutral cognitive processes, the activation of which depends on the emotional valence of the context. In this way, cognitive and affective flexibility appear to function as complementary protective factors against the development of extreme beliefs. Future research should examine how these forms of flexibility interact across time in belief formation and maintenance.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147820056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"When Self-Reference Diminishes in Competition: The Enduring Impact of Emotional Valence and Color.","authors":"Aiqing Nie, Shuo Sun, Xin Zhang, Jin Wang","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70109","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior research has established that individuals tend to preferentially remember self-relevant information-a phenomenon known as the self-reference effect. This effect is often modulated by the emotional valence of stimuli, typically manifesting as a self-positivity bias. Despite the focus on collaboration, competitive contexts remain a critical yet overlooked avenue for investigation. This study examined how self-referential memory processes operate in ongoing and post-competitive social environments. Participants encoded personality trait adjectives-displayed in different colors and with varying emotional valences-using either self-referential or other-referential encoding strategies. They subsequently performed recall tasks individually or under competitive conditions, followed by a final individual recall phase. The data revealed a self-reference effect in item memory (but not source memory) under nominal conditions, which was moderated by word color: the effect emerged for words presented in red but was reversed for those in green. Moreover, the self-positivity bias was contingent upon both color and recall session. Notably, these effects diminished during social competition and its aftermath, a finding that diverges sharply from previous reports in collaborative settings. This suggests that collaboration and competition engage fundamentally distinct cognitive and motivational mechanisms, and that the self/other-reference effect is not merely a function of social interaction per se. These findings challenge existing assumptions about the universality of self-referential memory advantages and highlight the need for context-sensitive models of memory.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceived Social Isolation and Conspiracy Mentality: Exploring Pathways to Anti-LGBTQ+ Conspiracy Beliefs.","authors":"Sara Panerati, Barbara Barcaccia, Muslumogullari Yunus Emre, Marco Salvati","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Conspiracy beliefs have long been a recurring feature of human society; however, when they target disadvantaged groups, such as the LGBTQ+ people, they represent a particularly harmful phenomenon with detrimental consequences. Despite the increasing interest in the phenomenon, research to date has often overlooked the influence of an individual social environment. Indeed, recent evidence highlighted that individuals who experience limited social integration might be more vulnerable to adopting a conspiratorial mentality. In this regard, social isolation may represent a possible trigger, fuelling epistemic uncertainty and existential anxiety, and enhancing susceptibility to anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy beliefs. Hence, the current study (N = 820) investigated whether individuals who experience heightened levels of perceived social isolation are more likely to report high levels of anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy beliefs endorsement via an enhanced conspiratorial mentality. Results were in line with our expectations, pointing out positive associations between perceived social isolation and conspiracy beliefs, both directly and indirectly, as a function of greater levels of conspiracy mentality. Therefore, an individual's social isolation may represent a promising approach to highlighting the factors that produce fertile ground for the endorsement of anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy beliefs and may represent a promising aspect for identifying potential pathways for intervention and prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"All Is Relative-A Call for Considering \"Physiologically Informed\" Control Conditions to Improve the Mechanistic Understanding of the Effects of Physical Exercise on Cognition.","authors":"Fabian Herold, Benjamin Tari, Sylwester Kujach, Olivier Dupuy, C Shawn Green, Thomas Gronwald, Matthew Heath","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a growing interest in elucidating the mechanisms that drive the benefits of physical exercise on cognitive performance. A key element for a better understanding of a particular phenomenon (e.g., the mediators of the exercise-cognition interaction) is the selection of an appropriate control condition/group as the basis for causal inference. In contemporary practice, control conditions/groups used in exercise-cognition research can be broadly categorized as related to (i) study design, (ii) level of energy expenditure, and (iii) level of cognitive engagement. Although such control conditions are valuable for reducing the effects of specific sources of bias (e.g., time or placebo effects), their potential to advance our mechanistic understanding is limited. To address this research gap, the present article proposes and discusses the application of \"physiologically informed\" control conditions by narratively summarizing the current evidence concerning \"physiologically informed\" control conditions in acute exercise-cognition studies, wherein specific physical exercise-induced physiological responses (e.g., increases in cerebral blood flow or peripheral blood lactate concentration) are mimicked by nonexercise experimental manipulations (e.g., through inhaling hypercapnic gas mixture or infusion of lactate at rest). Based on our narrative evidence synthesis, we discuss how \"physiologically informed\" control conditions can serve as a valuable approach to strengthen causal interferences by allowing for a better isolation of cognitive benefits that can be \"solely\" attributed to specific physical exercise-induced physiological changes. As applying \"physiologically informed\" control conditions can advance knowledge generation on the physiological mechanisms that drive the positive effects of physical exercise on cognition, we advocate for a more widespread use of these control conditions in future research practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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 Leader's Humor and Subordinate Perceptions of Leader Warmth and Competence: The Role of Relationship Harmony.","authors":"Chih-Chieh Chu, Shu-Cheng Steve Chi, Hsi-Fang Lai, Inju Yang, Raymond A Friedman","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We proposed that in a Chinese context, rather than in the U.S. context, subordinates' experience of relationship harmony is a culturally grounded mediating mechanism, beyond leader-member exchange, linking leader's humor to subordinates' perceptions of leadership warmth and competence. We collected a two-wave sample in Taiwan (n = 166) and in the U.S. (n = 202) through internet platforms. Structural equation modeling and bootstrapping were employed to test both direct and indirect effects, and measurement invariance was assessed to ensure sample comparability. We found that the mediating effects of relationship harmony at work only exist in the Taiwan data, not in the U.S. data. Our results of the Taiwan data showed that acts of humor are associated with perceptions of leadership warmth and competence via an elevated level of harmony. Our results suggest that both cultural-free construct (e.g., LMX) and cultural-specific construct (e.g., relationship harmony) could operate simultaneously within a given cultural context (in our case, in Chinese contexts).</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Thinking Through Parenthood: The Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Personality.","authors":"Anna Torstensson, Verona Algeroth von Thiele, Philip Millroth","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An overwhelming majority of the human population end up parenting a child, and the concept of family is arguably one of the most shared across societies. Thus, most people will at some point engage in thought processes about the prospect of becoming a parent, a prospect coupled with uncertainties (e.g., \"Should I? Do I want to? Can I?\"). The psychological processes underlying how individuals think about this decision-and what dispositional factors shape this deliberation-remain poorly understood. We addressed this gap by measuring thought engagement (how much individuals report thinking about parenthood and related factors) in a sample of 192 Swedish adults (58 parents, 134 non-parents), and systematically comparing the predictive value of demographic variables, personality traits (e.g., extraversion), and dispositions toward risk and uncertainty using Bayesian multimodel inference. Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) emerged as a robust predictor of general thought engagement. Moreover, an interaction between age and occupation revealed divergent patterns: students showed increasing thought engagement with age, whereas employed individuals showed decreasing engagement. For domain-specific thought engagement (e.g., economic concerns, parenting ability), demographic factors predominated, though personality traits also contributed, suggesting that dispositions shape what people think about rather than how much they think overall. These findings carry clinical implications: IU is a transdiagnostic vulnerability factor for anxiety disorders, and the inherently uncertain nature of the parenthood decision may be particularly distressing for some individuals. Our study provides empirical groundwork for future theoretical developments focusing on the psychological dimensions of fertility-related decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship Between Affective Valence of Mind Wandering and Mood: The Role of Resting-State Functional Connectivity.","authors":"Hong He, Jinghong Shi, Xinyue Zhang, Binqian Leng, Xuemin Zhang","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mind wandering frequently entails affective content, and the affective valence of such thoughts is closely related to individuals' mood. However, the neural mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. Using an individual differences approach, the present study examined whether the affective valence of mind wandering is associated with resting-state functional connectivity among brain regions commonly implicated in mind wandering, and whether it mediates the relationship between such connectivity and mood. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data were acquired from 92 participants, who subsequently completed an experience-sampling film-viewing task to assess mind wandering, its affective valence, and mood. Behavioral results showed that more positively valenced mind wandering was strongly associated with more positive mood. Neuroimaging analyses revealed that the affective valence of mind wandering was positively associated with functional connectivity between the right rostromedial prefrontal cortex (rmPFC) and the left inferior parietal lobule (IPL). Mediation analyses demonstrated that the affective valence of mind wandering mediated the association between this functional connectivity and mood. These findings may support the content regulation hypothesis and the dynamic framework of spontaneous thought.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147717906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of Relevance on Children's Multiple Text Reading: Evidence From Eye Movements.","authors":"Tuomo Häikiö, Oksana Kanerva, Norbert Erdmann, Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann, Johanna K Kaakinen","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70099","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined how Finnish children read and integrate information across multiple expository texts when given an inquiry task. We were interested in how task-relevance of text information affects readers' eye movements and whether the eye movements are connected to the quality of an essay written after reading. We were also interested in differentiating between the effects of technical reading skill and reading comprehension in respect to these processes. In total, 24 5th and 6th grade Finnish native-speakers completed the experiment. Prior to testing, the participants were told that at the end of the testing session, they would have to complete an inquiry task (e.g., \"What's the difference between human and dog hearing?\"). During an eye tracking experiment, the participants read two science texts on the topic of the inquiry task. The texts contained both task-relevant and task-irrelevant text segments. After the reading task, the children wrote an essay to complete the inquiry task. Furthermore, participants' technical reading skill and reading comprehension were measured with an independent classroom test. It was shown that the task-relevant segments were read longer than the task-irrelevant segments during first-pass reading. Moreover, reading skills modulated the effect of relevance, as weaker comprehenders were less likely to regress within an irrelevant segment. Furthermore, the relevance effect was more pronounced for the better technical readers with respect to look-backs. No reliable effects were found for the essay-writing task. The results imply that the participants were able to detect which parts of the text were relevant and adjusted their reading accordingly, based on their reading skills. However, they did not seem to form a coherent memory representation of the relevant text contents in order to perform well in the essay writing task.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147692007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}