{"title":"When Self-Disclosure Promotes the Psychological Ownership of Virtual Communities: The Role of Self-Uncertainty.","authors":"Guofang Liu, Qingxuan Meng, Qian Su","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Virtual communities play an important role in the digital economy and individuals' daily lives; therefore, both researchers and managers have endeavored to improve users' psychological ownership of virtual communities. This research aimed to examine the proposal that users' self-disclosure in virtual communities is an important influencing factor in their psychological ownership and that users' self-uncertainty plays a moderating role. Two studies were conducted to examine the proposals. To establish the causal relationship, Study 1 conducted a 2 (self-disclosure: high vs. low) × 2 (self-uncertainty: high vs. low) experimental design in which participants' self-uncertainty and self-disclosure in virtual communities were manipulated. To enhance ecological validity, Study 2 used a daily diary method that surveyed 102 college students for a week. The participants reported their daily experiences with actual virtual platforms, including self-uncertainty, self-disclosure, and psychological ownership. Studies 1 and 2 revealed that the positive relationship between self-disclosure and the psychological ownership of virtual communities was moderated by self-uncertainty. For participants with higher levels of self-uncertainty, their self-disclosure in virtual communities is more likely to increase their psychological ownership. This study revealed the moderating role of self-uncertainty in the relationship between self-disclosure and psychological ownership, which contributes to the literature on virtual communities and psychological ownership and has substantial implications for users and managers of virtual communities.</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":"145016182","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":"Belief in a Just World Promotes Youth Intergenerational Altruism by Increasing Subjective Well-Being: Authenticity Makes a Difference.","authors":"Xinru Shi, Huanhuan Zhao, Tianhao Guo, Heyun Zhang","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Promoting intergenerational altruism among the current youth generation is crucial, and belief in a just world (BJW) may be a protective factor for intergenerational altruism. Inspired by the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotion, our research aims to investigate the relationship between BJW and intergenerational altruism among youths as well as to explore the mediating role of subjective well-being and the moderating role of authenticity in the focal relationship. Three empirical sub-studies with cross-sectional, experimental, and longitudinal designs were performed. Study 1 (N = 3398) employed a set of scales to preliminarily explore the relationships among BJW, subjective well-being, intergenerational altruism, and authenticity. Study 2 (N = 82) used a between-subjects experimental design to further test hypotheses by manipulating BJW. In Study 3 (N = 1365), a three-wave longitudinal survey was conducted to validate the moderated mediation model obtained in Studies 1 and 2. These studies converged to confirm that youths with a high BJW are more inclined to exhibit greater intergenerational altruism due to their enhanced subjective well-being. Notably, this mediation effect-along with the direct effect of subjective well-being on intergenerational altruism-was much stronger among youths with higher levels of authenticity. This work not only corroborates the significance of BJW in facilitating youth intergenerational altruism but also introduces a novel lens through which to enhance such altruistic behaviors by focusing on interventions targeting subjective well-being and authenticity.</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":"145016160","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":"Who Trusts Science?: The Relationship Between Free Will, Determinism, Personality Traits, and Trust in Science.","authors":"Menşure Alkış Küçükaydın, Hakan Çite","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies have examined different variables related to trust in science and associated trust in science with personal or psychological variables. In this study, we assessed the role of personal agency beliefs (free will, scientific determinism, fatalistic determinism, and unpredictability) and personality traits, focusing on the psychological underpinnings of trust in science. The study, which was conducted with 1019 individuals from a Turkish sample, revealed that psychological factors were more strongly predictive of trust in science than demographic factors. The results showed that free will and scientific determinism were associated with trust in science. In addition, individuals with conscientious personality traits were found to have higher confidence in science. By emphasizing the role of psychological factors, our study reveals the importance of supporting the relationship between science and society with more comprehensive research in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145006524","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":"Harmony in the Digital Labyrinth: The Pursuit of Psychological Well-Being for Youth in the Digital Age.","authors":"Khalid Mehmood, Muhammad Mohsin Hakeem, Yaser Iftikhar, Md Rashid, Anand Dwivedi","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social media offers numerous advantages, yet the dark side of it haunts youth. One of the several potential detrimental aspects appears as social media addiction (SmA), which poses risks to the psychological well-being (PW) of youth. Among university students, excessive social media use can lead to SmA and a subsequent decrease in PW. This study scrutinizes the mediating effects of techno-invasion (TI) and techno-overload (TO), instigated by SmA, on students' psychological well-being, a relationship that previous research has not conclusively explored. Our research constructs a model to examine the moderating effects of social capital, specifically through the lenses of social bonding and social bridging, on the nexus between social media-induced challenges and psychological well-being. This investigation examines the associations between SmA, TO and TI through self-esteem among students. Data collected through a three-wave time-lagged design from 991 university students in Abu Dhabi, UAE, were analyzed with the PROCESS macro. The findings reveal that SmA is significantly negatively related to students' self-esteem, which in turn is associated with increased levels of TI and TO, ultimately reducing psychological well-being. Moreover, the study verifies the moderating roles of social bonding and social bridging in the TI-PW and TO-PW relationships. The paper concludes by addressing the broader implications of these findings and suggesting avenues for future research in this domain. This study demonstrates how SmA reduces self-esteem, which in turn increases TO and TI, ultimately leading to a decline in PW. The findings suggest that improving self-esteem and enhancing social capital through stronger connections with family and friends can help alleviate the negative consequences of SmA on students' well-being, offering valuable contributions to the literature on digital stress and mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966879","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}
Mara Morelli, Chiara Pazzagli, Gaetano Maria Sciabica, Antonio Chirumbolo, Silvia Andreassi
{"title":"The Association Between Pathological Personality Domains and Aggravated and Risky Sexting in a Sample of Emerging Adults.","authors":"Mara Morelli, Chiara Pazzagli, Gaetano Maria Sciabica, Antonio Chirumbolo, Silvia Andreassi","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexting is the exchange of sexually explicit content via smartphone or the Internet. These growing forms of technology-mediated sexual behaviors are common in youth. Recent studies investigated the association between personality traits and different kinds of sexting, from normal to risky and aggressive behavior. Few studies to date have explored the role of pathological personality domains in aggravated and risky sexting in emerging adulthood, particularly within the Italian context. The main aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate in a sample of emerging adults the association between the five personality domains (i.e., negative affectivity, detachment, antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism) measured with the Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Form (PID-5-BF) and aggravated and risky sexting behaviors, controlling for age and sex. The sample included 876 emerging adults (69.1% females) aged 18-29 (M<sub>age</sub> = 23.8; SD<sub>age</sub> = 2.56) recruited through snowball sampling who had completed an online survey. Participants completed the PID-5-BF and the subscales on aggravated and risky sexting from the Sexting Behaviors Questionnaire. The four negative binomial regression analyses showed that the two forms of aggravated sexting (i.e., sharing sexts without permission and sexting under pressure) were positively associated with detachment, antagonism, and disinhibition. Risky sexting during substance use and with strangers was negatively associated with negative affectivity and positively associated with antagonism and disinhibition. Finally, risky sexting for emotion regulation was positively associated with antagonism and disinhibition. These findings provide a broader understanding of the association between personality domains and sexting. Results have implications for further research and for implementing preventive interventions targeting emerging adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966882","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}
Sofie Steinsund, Ilan Kelman, Gianluca Pescaroli, Jarle Eid
{"title":"Crisis Preparedness and Systemic Risk: The Role of Municipal Leaders in Disaster Risk Governance in Norway.","authors":"Sofie Steinsund, Ilan Kelman, Gianluca Pescaroli, Jarle Eid","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores how Norwegian leaders in rural municipalities attend to disaster risk governance and prepare for resilient response to threats from systemic, interconnected, and cascading hazards. Systemic risk management in the Norwegian municipalities will depend on the context and how critical organizational processes are managed by the municipal leaders. Following the COVID-19 pandemic and an increased awareness of climate-related threats, 12 Norwegian municipal leaders (7 men and 5 women) participated in semi-structured interviews on crisis management and disaster risk preparedness in their municipality. The analysis identified three main themes: (a) Facing the unknown: addressing their emotional perception of risk, responsibilities, and the constant struggle to balance their everyday tasks and prioritize crisis preparedness; (b) Procedures are needed but relations are key: pointing to the need for collaboration, the value of trust, and to maintain good interpersonal relations; (c) We need to train: acknowledging the value of training and crisis preparedness in searching for viable ways to prepare for the unexpected. The study underscores the role of municipal leaders and highlights the value of interpersonal relations and trust when faced with decision dilemmas, uncertainty, and training needs in local disaster risk governance.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966871","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":"Learned Helplessness and Meaning in Life in Emerging Adults: The Serial Mediating Role of Free Will and Agency.","authors":"Gökmen Arslan, Kıvanç Uzun","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Meaning in life, particularly among emerging adults, is considered a crucial factor in navigating mental health difficulties, coping with life's challenges, and fostering inner peace, life satisfaction, and overall well-being. This cross-sectional study aimed to explain the mediating roles of free will and agency in the relationship between learned helplessness and meaning in life among Turkish emerging adults. The sample consisted of 349 participants (72.80% female, n = 254; 27.20% male, n = 95), aged between 18 and 26 years (M = 21.92, SD = 2.19). The findings revealed that learned helplessness significantly predicted levels of meaning in life, free will, and agency. Moreover, free will was found to mediate the association between learned helplessness and agency. While free will contributes to the development of agency, it also helps explain the link between learned helplessness and meaning in life. Agency also acted as a mediator in the association between learned helplessness and meaning in life, underscoring its potential significance in understanding how individuals maintain a sense of meaning. Overall, the study offers an explanatory framework for the central roles of free will and agency in the context of meaning-making during emerging adulthood and how these constructs may buffer against the psychological consequences of learned helplessness.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966918","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}
Hang Yang, Weixi Wan, Fangqing Zhang, Ning Yang, Qi Wu
{"title":"Disease Prevention Measures Affect the Ideal Mate Standards by Altering the Activation of Behavioral Immune System.","authors":"Hang Yang, Weixi Wan, Fangqing Zhang, Ning Yang, Qi Wu","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human mate selection is a critical precursor to reproduction and involves three key dimensions: physical attractiveness, resources, and good parenting. The behavioral immune system influences these mate standards, with pathogen threats increasing emphasis on physical attractiveness as health indicators. This study investigated whether modern disease prevention measures, such as sterile medical gloves, can affect individuals' ideal mate standards by altering behavioral immune system activation. Sixty-six Chinese undergraduate students were randomly assigned to wear sterile medical gloves (gloved condition) or not (ungloved condition) while reading a contaminated newspaper to simulate pathogen threat exposure. Participants then completed measures of disgust, mood, anxiety, and ideal mate standards across the three dimensions: physical attractiveness, resources, and good parenting. Following pathogen threat exposure, participants using sterile medical gloves showed significantly reduced disgust responses (indicating lowered behavioral immune system activation) and enhanced mood compared to ungloved participants. Crucially, gloved participants demonstrated decreased emphasis on physical attractiveness while simultaneously increasing their requirements for partners' resource acquisition abilities and parenting potential. Mediation analyses identified reduced disgust as the key mediator for the decreased focus on physical attractiveness. Enhanced mood provided an additional mediating pathway, reducing both physical attractiveness and resource requirements. Beyond these emotional mediators, sterile medical glove use exhibited significant direct effects on resource and parenting standards. These results suggest that disease prevention measures can systematically alter ideal mate standards following pathogen threat exposure by altering behavioral immune system activation. This study provides the first empirical evidence that modern disease prevention technologies can influence fundamental aspects of human mate selection through effects on evolved pathogen avoidance mechanisms, highlighting the adaptability of mate standards to modern disease prevention practices in contemporary societies.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966889","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":"Masculine Norms and Their Associations With Social Anxiety and Body Appreciation Among College Men in the United States.","authors":"Xiaoyin Liu, Thomas P Le, M V Pease","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research has identified the link between conformity to masculine norms and negative mental health outcomes. The present study thus examined how conformity to eight distinct masculine norms is associated with social anxiety and body appreciation among a sample of 271 college men living in the United States. College men living in the United States filled out an online questionnaire that assessed the variables of interest. Our main study variables-Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory, Social Phobia Inventory, and Body Appreciation Scale-2-were analyzed cross-sectionally using linear hierarchical regression models via SPSS. Regression analyses showed that self-reliance was positively associated with social anxiety, whereas violence and risk-taking were negatively associated with social anxiety. Furthermore, heterosexual self-presentation and risk-taking were positively associated with body appreciation, whereas self-reliance was negatively associated with body appreciation. Winning, playboy, emotional control, and power over women were neither significantly associated with social anxiety nor body appreciation. The results of our study highlight the importance of examining how different masculine norms are differentially associated with college men's health outcomes, highlighting how conformity to masculine norms is multidimensional and not unilaterally positive or negative. Implications pertaining to addressing college men's conformity to masculine norms in relation to their social anxiety and body appreciation are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966904","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}
Jonas Potthoff, Ragnar Pétur Ólafsson, Lada Zelinski, Yvonne Höller
{"title":"Can Self-Reported Seasonality Predict Prospectively Assessed Seasonal Changes of Self-Reported Mood, Food Cravings, Body Weight, Insomnia, and Physical Activity?","authors":"Jonas Potthoff, Ragnar Pétur Ólafsson, Lada Zelinski, Yvonne Höller","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Controversy about seasonal affective disorder lies in the poor match between its definition and the available screening methods, as well as little knowledge about the predictive value of specific seasonal symptoms assessed by those methods. We examined whether the overall score as well as sub-domains of the seasonal pattern assessment questionnaire can predict seasonal changes in mood, sleep, appetite, weight, and physical activity in a one-year prospective study. In a sample of 336 Icelandic residents, we administered an online questionnaire once in each season, including the seasonal pattern assessment questionnaire, the depression, anxiety, and stress scale, the Questionnaire on Cravings for Sweet or Rich Foods, the Bergen Insomnia scale, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, and surveyed body height and weight. We compared participants with at least moderate seasonal changes to a control group of participants without seasonal changes. Only food cravings and physical activity showed seasonal fluctuations. In none of the domains were the seasonal fluctuations predictable by summer-time self-reported seasonal symptoms, neither in terms of general seasonal changes nor in the specific domain. While the overall low rate of seasonal changes limits conclusions, this study adds to the literature that raises doubts about the concept of the predictability of seasonal changes by self-reports.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144966907","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}