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{"title":"Metacognition, Desire Thinking, and Problematic Social Media Use: Investigating Effects of Active and Passive Engagement in Facebook and Instagram Users.","authors":"Andrew Allen, Geraldine Sanders-Westerhof, Azin Khodadadi, Lee Kannis-Dymand","doi":"10.1111/sjop.13119","DOIUrl":"10.1111/sjop.13119","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current study aimed to improve the understanding of cognitive and metacognitive processes underlying problematic social media use (PSMU) by comparing active and passive user engagement and contrasting Facebook and Instagram users. The metacognitive model of desire thinking (MCMDT) was utilized to explore these distinctions within a community sample of 337 participants (64% female, M_age = 36.10). Participants completed self-report measures to assess their metacognitive processes, desire thinking patterns, and social media engagement. The MCMDT demonstrated robust fit across all scenarios, with the most optimal fit for Instagram (χ²(3) = 0.850, p = 0.838, CFI = 1.000, RMSEA = 0.000, SRMR = 0.0062, variance explained 59.4%), and the least optimal fit for passive users (χ²(3) = 1.151, p = 0.765, CFI = 1.000, RMSEA = 0.000, SRMR = 0.0206, variance explained 45.9%). The initiation and elaboration stages of the MCMDT were supported, but the pathological amplification stage was not. As expected, active users showed better model fit than passive users, and Facebook users had more pronounced verbal perseveration (VP) activation during the elaboration stage. Contrary to expectations, Instagram did not display more pronounced imaginal prefiguration (IP) activation than Facebook. These results enhance understanding of the cognitive and metacognitive processes driving PSMU, which may contribute to developing targeted interventions. Future research should investigate how VP and IP interact with and influence the later stages of the MCMDT of desire thinking across various populations and contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":"766-778"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12423739/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144051251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Task Design and Heuristics Interaction Through a Knowledge-Free Option Generation Task.","authors":"Yanlin Chen, Yuen-Siang Ang, Cristina Cusin, Maurizio Fava, Diego A Pizzagalli","doi":"10.1111/sjop.13112","DOIUrl":"10.1111/sjop.13112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Past research on option generation, the mental process of creating possible courses of action for goal-directed behaviors, focused extensively on the outcomes of the process, specifically, the quantity and quality of options generated. Accordingly, various effects were introduced to describe and categorize observed trends in option properties, yet these studies utilize differing task designs. This paper focuses on the \"quantity-breeds-quality\", \"less-is-more\", and the concomitant \"Take The First\" (TTF) heuristics. We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a culture-free, education-independent, and quantitative option generation task and compared the results to those predicted by the heuristics to discuss how study characteristics are well-aligned with the heuristics they investigate. To bolster ecological validity and reflect a more diverse range of cognitive experiences beyond the neurotypical population, 44 healthy individuals and 54 patients with Major Depressive Disorder were asked to generate as many different paths as they could between two fixed points on a touchscreen computer in 1.5 min, and the generated options were quantified based on three metrics of interest: fluency, uniqueness, and diversity. For both groups, the mean uniqueness, maximum uniqueness, and diversity of an individual's paths were negatively correlated with an increase in fluency, in line with the less-is-more effect yet conflicting with the results predicted by the quantity-breeds-quality effect. In addition, normalized path uniqueness decreased with the path index, contrary to the results predicted by the TTF heuristic. The results were analyzed with reference to the three heuristics, to discuss possible task characteristics that cause a particular heuristic to apply, and demonstrate the fundamental differences between real-life decision-making scenarios and knowledge-independent tasks.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":"672-682"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143754415","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 Professional Social Media Usage on Procrastination and Work Engagement in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Dicle Berfin Köse, Reetta Oksa, Nina Savela, Rita Latikka, Atte Oksanen","doi":"10.1111/sjop.13111","DOIUrl":"10.1111/sjop.13111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given the interruptions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic for organizational practices globally, professional social media usage (PSMU) has increased, undergoing changes in its use patterns. During enforced remote work practices, work-leisure boundary management and digital communication have become crucial for employee efficiency. This study analyzed how PSMU affected remote workers' work engagement and procrastination from the perspectives of work-leisure boundary conflict and work-related and nonwork-related social media communication. Longitudinal data were collected from the Finnish working population, with the first wave conducted in March-April 2019 (N = 1,817) and the second wave, used in this study, conducted in March-April 2021 (N = 1,018). The data were analyzed via partial least squares path modeling using multi-group and longitudinal data analysis methods. The results showed that for remote workers during the pandemic, (1) nonwork-related social media communication and PSMU lost their significant effect on procrastination, (2) work-leisure boundary conflict had an increased negative effect on work engagement, and (3) nonwork-related social media communication's positive effect on work engagement increased. Our findings entail implications for the strategic use of PSMU in remote work practices. Theoretically, this study contributes by analyzing the longitudinal effects of technological affordances and by analyzing the effects of belongingness theory, work/family boundary theory, and role conflict theory on online mediums and in remote working contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":"654-671"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143754428","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":"Exploring the Role of Basic Psychological Needs in the Relationship Between Overparenting and Adolescent Psychological Outcomes.","authors":"Maria Bacikova-Sleskova, Sabina Kapetanovic","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although overparenting in adolescence is generally linked to poorer adolescent outcomes, the underlying psychological mechanisms have been less studied. Data from N = 691 Slovak adolescents (M_age = 15.4 SD = 0.71; 51% girls) were used to examine the role of basic psychological needs (BPN) satisfaction and frustration in the link between overparenting and adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms in two separate mother/father SEM models. BPN mediated the association between overparenting and adolescent psychological functioning, with some differences depending on the parent and adolescent gender. Specifically, BPN satisfaction mediated the link between overparenting and externalizing problems, while BPN frustration mediated the link between overparenting and internalizing problems. Understanding how these mechanisms operate differently in relation to internalizing and externalizing problems can inform targeted interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186695","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":"Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation of the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA) in a UK-Based East-Asian Sample.","authors":"Freddie O'Donald, Clara Calia","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and acceptability of the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA) in a sample of UK-based East-Asian adults. Although widely used in cross-cultural research, relatively few studies have assessed the factor structure, validity, and user acceptability of the VIA in non-North American samples. A total of 236 East-Asian participants (mean age = 26.8, 47.06% female) completed the 20-item VIA and demographic questions. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted using AMOS with maximum likelihood estimation and robust standard errors. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using principal axis factoring and varimax rotation was also performed. Internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity, and acceptability were evaluated. CFA showed poor model fit for the original two-factor VIA structure: χ²(169) = 367.12, p < 0.001; CFI = 0.84; RMSEA = 0.089. The Mainstream factor showed weak and mostly nonsignificant loadings, while the Heritage factor demonstrated strong loadings. Internal consistency was high for Heritage (α = 0.91) and acceptable for Mainstream (α = 0.81). EFA supported a refined 17-item two-factor model, excluding three low-loading Mainstream items. Discriminant validity was supported, but convergent validity was only partially established. Acceptability data indicated that while most items were well received, several were perceived as culturally ambiguous. Findings support the VIA's bidimensional structure but suggest that cross-cultural adaptation may be needed to improve measurement accuracy in UK-based East Asian populations. The study highlights the importance of further validation in culturally diverse samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145126028","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":"Parental Phubbing Mediates the Association Between Postpartum Depression Symptoms and the Mother-Infant Bonding Disorder Among Mothers With Infants Under 12 Months.","authors":"Ana-Maria Andrei, Violeta Enea","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mother-infant bonding develops when the mother is emotionally and physically present in her infant's life, offering affection and manifesting nurturing behaviors. However, this process may be disrupted by factors such as postpartum depression symptoms or other dysfunctional parenting behaviors (e.g., emotional unavailability or excessive maternal smartphone use), both of which can reduce maternal availability. While researchers have widely explored mother-infant bonding disorders, there has been little research investigating its associations with parenting behavior, such as phubbing, particularly in the context of postpartum depression symptoms. The current study aimed to (1) explore associations between postpartum depression symptoms, parental phubbing, and mother-infant bonding disorder, and (2) explore the possible mediating role of parental phubbing on the link between postpartum depression symptomatology and maternal-infant bonding disorder. Using a cross-sectional web-based survey, we included 488 adult women (M age = 30 years, SD = 4.76) who had an infant aged between 0 weeks and 12 months of age (M age = 175.98 days, SD = 105.34). They completed self-report questionnaires assessing mother-infant bonding (the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire), parental phubbing (the Distraction in Social Relations and Use of Parent Technology), and postpartum depression symptoms (the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale). Current postpartum depression symptomatology was 56.1%, 12.1% scored above the bonding disorder cut-off, and 4.1% had severe bonding disorder. Higher levels of postpartum depression symptoms were correlated with higher parental phubbing and impaired bonding. Parental phubbing partially mediates the relationship between postpartum depression symptoms and maternal-infant bonding disorder. Our findings provide a new mediation model for the association between postpartum depression symptoms and mother-infant bonding disorder. Considering the growing prevalence of mobile device use and the potential risks underscored in this study, parenting, educational, and behavioral programs may benefit from incorporating specific strategies and information to enhance parental knowledge and interpersonal competency. These preventive intervention strategies may have the potential to be particularly beneficial for mothers at heightened risk for postpartum depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145126043","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":"Sense of Emptiness: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Preoccupied Attachment, Self-Hate, and Burdening Guilt.","authors":"Marianna Santodoro, Eleonora Fiorenza, Camilla Mannocchi, Francesco Gazzillo","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The sense of emptiness is still a poorly defined construct in the literature, yet it is frequently reported in individuals with borderline personality disorder, depressive symptoms, and narcissistic personality disorder. This paper aims to replicate those research studies showing that there are significant correlations between emptiness, insecure attachment styles, maladaptive childhood experiences, shame, impulsivity, depression, and borderline and narcissistic personality features. Additionally, it was hypothesized that a significant correlation would exist between the sense of emptiness and burdening guilt and self-hate, and that self-hate would mediate the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and preoccupied attachment and sense of emptiness. The sample consisted of 128 Italian participants recruited online, who completed a battery of self-report questionnaires designed to measure the psychopathological features described above. The sense of emptiness was strongly correlated with depression (rho 0.81, p < 0.001), borderline personality traits (rho 0.59, p < 0.01), and narcissistic vulnerability (rho 0.39 p < 0.01). Additionally, it was correlated with adverse childhood experiences (rho 0.39, p < 0.01), interpersonal problems (rho 0.41, p < 0.01), shame (rho 0.54, p < 0.01), and interpersonal guilt. Burdening guilt and self-hate mediated the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and preoccupied attachment on one side and the sense of emptiness on the other. The study confirms the correlation between the sense of emptiness and psychopathology, particularly with personality disorders and depression. Additionally, the study identifies interpersonal guilt, particularly self-hate and burdening guilt, as factors correlated with the sense of emptiness and mediating the relationships between adverse childhood experiences and preoccupied attachment with the sense of emptiness.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145126032","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":"Construct Validity of the Perceived Stress Scale 4 in a Norwegian Adult ADHD Community Population.","authors":"Henrik Pedersen, Tatiana Skliarova, Stian Lydersen, Hege Hafstad, Audun Havnen, Mariela Loreto Lara-Cabrera","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stress is a potential risk factor for other serious health concerns. Studies show an association between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and stress due to impairments in emotional regulation and executive functioning that are typical of the disorder. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is among the most widely used measures of perceived stress, and its four-item version (PSS-4) lacks validation in Norwegian contexts. This study aims to evaluate the construct validity of the PSS-4 in an adult ADHD sample, to facilitate effective and valid measurements of perceived stress in this population. A total of 423 adults with ADHD were recruited through a Norwegian user involvement organization. Confirmatory factor analysis with a two- and a one-factor model was applied. Gradually, more restricted models were evaluated in terms of model fit and compared with each other to test measurement invariance across sexes. Pearson correlations were calculated for the association with related constructs. Our results favored the two-factor model, which demonstrated a good fit, over the one-factor model. Our results indicated that the PSS-4 posits measurement invariance across sexes at the configural, metric, and scalar levels. All correlations aligned with expected directions and strengths. These results indicate that the Norwegian PSS-4 posits good construct and structural validity, and measurement invariance across sexes in this population. In sum, our results support the use of the PSS-4 as a short and valid measure of perceived stress among adults with ADHD.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145076166","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":"Safety Threats of Seasonal and Non-Seasonal Natural Disasters Increase Disaster Anxiety and Disaster Risk Perception.","authors":"Ásta Guðrún Birgisdóttir, Lada Zelinski, Ragnar P Ólafsson, Yvonne Höller","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Living under the threat of natural disasters affects mental health. Natural disasters that are more likely to occur in a specific season represent a special case that is becoming more frequent with the consequences of climate change. Therefore, they deserve special attention regarding their potentially seasonal mental health implications. We investigated seasonal and non-seasonal natural disasters and levels of exposure in terms of threatened safety in an online survey in Iceland. Among a total of 335 participants, there were 252 participants who had experienced natural disasters in the past or who lived under the threat of natural disasters to happen in their area of residency. We found that all participants who were exposed to natural disasters or their threat to happen had a higher risk perception for natural disasters than the control group, but disaster-related anxiety was increased only among individuals who had their safety threatened because of a natural disaster (p < 0.001). Individuals who lived under the threat of seasonal disasters or who had their safety threatened by seasonal disasters had a lower risk perception for non-seasonal disasters as compared to controls (p < 0.001). There was also an association between the experience of depression-specific seasonal symptoms and disaster anxiety (p < 0.001). The research shows the critical impacts of compromised safety due to natural disasters on risk perception and mental health, but more specifically disaster anxiety, which in turn is related to an increased vulnerability to experience seasonal symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016118","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":"Illegitimate Tasks and Work Motivation: Examining the Full Continuum of Self-Determination.","authors":"Petri Karkkola","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Illegitimate tasks are tasks that are perceived as unnecessary or unreasonable. They act as stressors and are expected to induce various strains on employees, including motivational strains. In previous studies, only the association between illegitimate tasks and intrinsic motivation was examined. In the present three-wave longitudinal study, the examination was expanded to include the full motivational continuum described in self-determination theory. Structural equation modeling was used to examine both cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between illegitimate tasks and behavioral regulations among Finnish working adults. In addition to intrinsic motivation, illegitimate tasks were observed to also be strongly associated with amotivation and more moderately associated with external regulation, introjected regulation, and identified regulation in the expected directions. In longitudinal analyses, illegitimate tasks were observed to predict an increase in amotivation and a decrease in autonomous motivation; introjected regulation was observed to predict an increase in illegitimate tasks; and autonomous motivation was observed to predict a decrease in illegitimate tasks. Illegitimate tasks and motivation described in self-determination theory may have reciprocal associations over time. Examining other behavioral regulatory styles in addition to intrinsic motivation is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145024121","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}