{"title":"Cognition and Quantitative Electroencephalogram (QEEG) Relations in Unipolar Depression: A Comprehensive Analysis.","authors":"Elvan Ciftci","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70055","DOIUrl":"10.1111/sjop.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated frontal quantitative electroencephalogram (QEEG) biomarkers of cognitive dysfunction in unipolar depression (UD). Our primary aims were to: (1) find the difference between healthy controls and unipolar depression in NPA, (2) explore age/sex effects, (3) investigate how working memory interacts with other neurocognitive domains, (4) investigate the relationship between verbal fluency and cognitive performance in unipolar depression, and (5) characterize frontal QEEG-cognition relationships. We examined 71 UD patients (median age: 51; range: 38-67) who met DSM-5 criteria for unipolar depression via the Structured Clinical Interview for unipolar depressive disorder diagnoses (SCID-I) and 29 statistically similar sex-age healthy controls (median age: 45; range: 34-69) using neuropsychological assessments (NPA) and QEEG. Results revealed significant differences in almost all of the NPA domains in UD patients compared to healthy controls. Age negatively correlated with simple attention, working memory, and verbal delayed recognition, while positively correlating with verbal memory false recognition errors, suggesting older participants were more susceptible to memory errors. In the group of UD patients, women were older than men, and men had higher levels of education (p < 0.01). The females performed worse in working memory, facial recognition, simple attention, and complex attention (p < 0.05). Working memory was a central impairment, strongly connected to problems in verbal fluency and long-term memory. Frontal QEEG power bands (delta, theta, and beta) were significant biomarkers for domain-specific cognitive deficits in depression. These findings highlighted QEEG's potential for objectively assessing cognitive impairment in UD and personalizing interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":"676-685"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145757475","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 Longitudinal Relationship Between Fear of Missing Out and Adolescent Problematic Mobile Phone Use: The Role of Desire and Craving.","authors":"Lingfeng Gao, Yue Shen, Xiaoru Zhu, Haide Chen","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70062","DOIUrl":"10.1111/sjop.70062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) is one of the risk factors for problematic mobile phone use (PMPU) among adolescents. However, previous findings have been inconsistent and have not comprehensively considered the roles of cognition and emotion. Grounded in the I-PACE model, this study examines the role of desire thinking and craving in the predictive relationship between FoMO and PMPU among adolescents through path analysis, while employing network analysis to identify the most central and influential nodes within this mechanism. This study focused on adolescents and employed the FoMO scale, the Desire Thinking Questionnaire, the Psychological Craving Assessment Scale, and the Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale to conduct a four-wave longitudinal survey of 509 adolescents. The results of the path model showed that desire thinking and craving played a role of chain mediation in this relationship. Network analysis revealed that the \"irresistible longing\" node was the strongest bridge node of the network. Among the associations between nodes of different communities, the strongest association was between the \"difficulty stopping\" node in Desire Thinking and the \"irresistible longing\" node in Craving, followed by the \"stress relief\" node in Craving and the \"mood modification\" node in PMPU. These findings provide empirical evidence for the I-PACE model and underscore the critical roles of desire thinking and craving. They also offer valuable insights for future research and clinical interventions targeting PMPU among adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":"736-746"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145834547","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":"Contribution of Basic Psychological Needs to Students' Well-Being Through Positive and Negative Affect.","authors":"Cécile Kindelberger, Emeline Chauchard, Frédérique Robin, Amélie Bret, Jacques-Henri Guignard","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70067","DOIUrl":"10.1111/sjop.70067","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Students' well-being is a critical concern due to its significant implications for university adjustment and long-term outcomes. Recurrent results of low well-being levels highlight the need for comprehensive research to uncover its psychological mechanisms. This study examines the relationship between basic psychological needs fulfillment and affective states in explaining subjective well-being, grounded in a novel framework: the macro-theory of positive functioning. A sample of 1552 French students (1209 women) aged 18 to 25 completed an online questionnaire assessing well-being, positive and negative affect, and satisfaction/frustration related to the needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Path analyses supported the theoretical hypotheses: satisfaction of the three basic psychological needs positively predicted well-being via positive affect, while their frustration did so through negative affect. Only satisfaction and frustration of autonomy exhibited direct paths to well-being. Gender comparisons revealed that these pathways differed between men and women, a finding reinforced by strict measurement invariance. The discussion explores the integration of positive functioning and self-determination theory, emphasizing their interconnectedness and outlines practical implications for enhancing students' well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":"757-770"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145857571","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 Association of (In)Congruence Between Aging Self-Stereotypes and Aging Stereotypes With Positive Psychological Traits in Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Hope.","authors":"Mengze Wang, Jiayi Wu, Qiao Zhang, Baoshan Zhang","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70080","DOIUrl":"10.1111/sjop.70080","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined how congruence and incongruence between aging self-stereotypes and aging stereotypes relate to positive psychological traits (subjective well-being, self-esteem, and sense of coherence) in older adults, and whether hope serves as a mediating mechanism. Data from 1204 older adults were analyzed using polynomial regression and response surface analysis, and the mediating role of hope was tested using the block variable approach. The results revealed distinct patterns in the joint effects of aging self-stereotypes and aging stereotypes on the three positive psychological traits. Along the line of congruence, subjective well-being and sense of coherence showed inverted i-shaped patterns, with the highest levels observed at moderate congruence and lower levels observed at extreme congruence, either high or low. In contrast, self-esteem declined linearly as both stereotypes increased congruently. Along the line of incongruence, subjective well-being and sense of coherence were higher when aging self-stereotypes were less negative than aging stereotypes, but lower when the reverse pattern occurred. Self-esteem, however, was higher when discrepancies were greater in either direction. In addition, hope partially mediated the effects of congruence and incongruence between aging self-stereotypes and aging stereotypes on all three positive psychological traits. These findings challenge the assumption that alignment between aging self-stereotypes and aging stereotypes is always beneficial. Instead, our results suggest that moderate congruence and certain patterns of incongruence-particularly when aging stereotypes are more negative than aging self-stereotypes-are associated with better psychological well-being, with hope playing an important mediating role.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":"909-922"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146087030","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}
Yifan Huang, Ivo E Dalmaijer-Denning, Joris A Dalmaijer-Denning, Thomas Armstrong, Edwin S Dalmaijer
{"title":"Parents Develop Long-Term Disgust Habituation, but Only After Beginning to Wean Their Children.","authors":"Yifan Huang, Ivo E Dalmaijer-Denning, Joris A Dalmaijer-Denning, Thomas Armstrong, Edwin S Dalmaijer","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70069","DOIUrl":"10.1111/sjop.70069","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Disgust helps humans avoid potentially pathogenic substances such as bodily effluvia. This reduces illness risks and is difficult to overcome with cognitive strategies or through short-term habituation (minutes to hours). Whether long-term habituation (months to years) exists is an unsolved question. While regular professional exposure to disgust elicitors is associated with lower disgust sensitivity and avoidance, this could reflect selection and survivorship bias. We use the natural quasi-experiment of parenthood: it greatly increases exposure to bodily effluvia, but disgust does not usually inspire individuals to start or stop being a parent. Parents (N = 99) and controls (N = 50) completed self-report and behavioral avoidance measures. We used parent-specific items in disgust-sensitivity questionnaires, and child-related stimuli (soiled diapers) in a preferential-looking task. These included diapers with pre-weaning (yellow and runny) or post-weaning feces (adult-like). While the control group showed the expected behavioral avoidance, parents of weaning or weaned children showed almost no avoidance of stimuli depicting child-related or general bodily effluvia. These results suggest that parents habituated to disgust induced by feces in diapers, and that this had generalized to other bodily effluvia. Contrary to our expectations, parents of pre-weaning children showed similar disgust avoidance to the control group, even if they had older children. This could point to an adaptive response to reduce the risk of illness in young infants. After the sensitive milk-feeding stage, continuous exposure to their children's bodily effluvia inoculates parents to disgust.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":"787-800"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13159516/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145912868","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":"Utilitarian or Deontological? The Effect of Solving Distant Analogies on Moral Judgments.","authors":"Lina Sun, Shifeng Li, Jiansheng Li","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70118","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Analogical reasoning involves mapping relational structure from a source domain to a target domain. Distant analogies, compared with near analogies, require reasoners to go beyond surface similarity and extract deeper relational structure. Because utilitarian judgments in sacrificial moral dilemmas also involve evaluating structural trade-offs between costs and benefits, the present study examined whether solving distant analogies increases approval of utilitarian actions. In Experiment 1, 175 Chinese university students were randomly assigned to solve either 40 distant or 40 near verbal analogies and then rated their approval of utilitarian actions across eight sacrificial moral dilemmas. In Experiment 2, 161 students completed the same procedure, except that the dilemmas were rewritten from a second-person to a third-person perspective. Across both experiments, participants in the distant-analogy condition reported significantly higher approval of utilitarian actions than those in the near-analogy condition. This effect remained significant after controlling for analogy accuracy in linear mixed-effects models, and the Condition × Accuracy interactions were not significant in either experiment. These findings suggest that solving distant analogies can increase subsequent utilitarian approval in sacrificial moral dilemmas, possibly by promoting a relational, structure-focused processing orientation.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148043529","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":"Personal Values, Health Beliefs, and the Use of Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine in Finland.","authors":"Salla Ahola, Maija Pyykkönen, Pauliina Aarva","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the relationships of personal values and health beliefs with past and intended use of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine (CAIM) in Finland. It also investigates the extent to which CAIM users and non-users endorse holistic versus reductionistic health beliefs and whether experiencing benefits or harms from CAIM use is related to users' intention to continue using CAIM. Data were drawn from the survey responses of 3244 Finns who were randomly selected from a commercial, probability-based online panel. The results of logistic regression analyses indicated that scoring low on conservation (vs. openness to change) values, high on holistic health beliefs, and low on reductionistic health beliefs were associated with a higher likelihood of having used CAIM. High levels of holistic health beliefs and low levels of reductionistic health beliefs were associated with a higher likelihood of intending to use CAIM in the future or to continue CAIM use. Individuals who had used CAIM were more likely to intend to use it in the future than those who had not. CAIM users who had experienced benefits or had not experienced harms from CAIM use were more likely to intend to continue use. Both CAIM users and non-users scored higher on holistic than on reductionistic health beliefs. The results highlight the role of health beliefs in past and intended future CAIM use and the relevance of experienced everyday effectiveness of CAIM for use intentions. This study demonstrates that a holistic conception of health and illness treatment is widely shared and not only a feature of CAIM users.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148006534","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":"\"I Can't Fully Explain It, but Something Just Feels Off\": A Qualitative Study of Danish Students' Bystander Perceptions of Sexual Violence Risk.","authors":"Terese Hartmann, Sarah van Mastrigt","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores how Danish upper secondary students, when positioned as bystanders, evaluate risk in situations involving or potentially escalating into sexual harassment or violence. Drawing on psychological risk perception literature, we focus on the cognitive, emotional, and contextual factors that shape young bystanders' recognition and interpretations of risk. Three semi-structured and mixed-gender focus group interviews (N = 15) were conducted with students in their first to third years of high school. A participatory card-based activity was used to elicit discussion of various scenarios involving sexually risky behaviors. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis, guided by a hybrid approach combining deductive and inductive coding. The analysis identified three deductively derived themes: (1) Reading the room: interpreting risk through observable cues; (2) Emotions as signals to risk; and (3) Navigating risk between knowing and assuming. In addition, Alcohol as a cross-cutting influence was identified as an overarching inductive theme. Participants struggled to recognize sexual violence risk in the absence of clear contextual cues, often relying on heuristics, cultural norms, or emotional discomfort as interpretive tools. Ambiguous and alcohol-fueled settings further complicated risk appraisal. Overall, bystander risk perception appeared as a dynamic and situated process shaped by overlapping cognitive, emotional, and contextual dimensions. Supporting young people's bystander intervention in situations involving sexual violence risk may therefore require more than skills training alone, including fostering critical reflection on social norms, emotional cues, and intuitive judgments. Psychological risk perception frameworks may provide a useful lens for further understanding early-stage bystander decision-making in sexual violence prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148006556","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}
Peter Karlsson, Torbjörn Josefsson, Sara Svensson, Linus Andersson
{"title":"Latent Profile Analysis of Generic Conspiracy Beliefs- Differences in Science Acceptance, Analytical and Intuitive Thinking.","authors":"Peter Karlsson, Torbjörn Josefsson, Sara Svensson, Linus Andersson","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aims of the present study were to (i) identify profiles of belief in conspiracy theories, and to (ii) test whether the obtained profiles differed in analytical (rational ability, rational engagement, Cognitive Reflection Test) and intuitive thinking (experiential ability, experiential engagement), and science denial (vaccine, climate science). In total, 451 participants (Mean age = 30.80, SD = 16.59, 61% female) were recruited from high-schools and social media groups. The participants completed questionnaires and performance tests of the study variables. The Latent Profile Analysis identified four distinct profiles that showed consistent and distinct response patterns over all five subscales of the Generic Conspiracy Belief Scale, with no overlap between the profiles, ranging from low (Profile 1) to strong conspiracy beliefs (Profile 4). Profile 1 was the largest class (38.14%), whilst Profile 4 was the smallest class (8.61%). The analyses further revealed that no differences were found between profiles in analytical thinking, measured by the performance-based cognitive reflection test. However, profile differences were found for self-reported analytical thinking, intuitive thinking, and science denial. Overall, less conspiracy beliefs were accompanied by less intuitive thinking and higher acceptance of climate and vaccine science. Somewhat unexpectedly, participants who held the strongest conspiracy beliefs (Profile 4) as well as those who had the lowest beliefs in conspiracy theories (Profile 1) reported higher levels of analytical thinking, compared with the other two profiles, suggesting that people who most strongly endorse conspiracy theories report high use of both analytical and intuitive thinking styles. A potential explanation may be that conspiracy beliefs initially originate through intuitive thinking, while analytical thinking can be used to maintain and justify these beliefs through, for instance, motivated reasoning.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147988379","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}
Chloe Lau, Francesca Chiesi, Francesco Bruno, Donald H Saklofske, Lena C Quilty
{"title":"Who Laughs, and Who Doesn't? Predicting Humor Skills From Personality, Social Anxiety, and Laughter Dispositions of Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia, and Katagelasticism.","authors":"Chloe Lau, Francesca Chiesi, Francesco Bruno, Donald H Saklofske, Lena C Quilty","doi":"10.1111/sjop.70116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70116","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Laughter-related dispositions, including gelotophobia (fear of being laughed at), gelotophilia (enjoyment of being laughed with), and katagelasticism (enjoyment of laughing at others), may explain patterns of humor use beyond broad personality traits and social anxiety. However, their incremental predictive value across distinct humor domains remains insufficiently examined. A sample of 788 Canadian university students completed self-report measures of laughter-related dispositions, HEXACO personality traits, social anxiety, and six humor domains. Hierarchical regression models assessed incremental validity beyond personality and social anxiety. Gradient boosting machine learning models were conducted to examine nonlinear effects and relative predictor importance. Gelotophilia consistently predicted greater humor use across domains. Gelotophobia predicted lower everyday humor, reduced laughing at oneself, and diminished humor under stress, even after controlling for personality and social anxiety. Katagelasticism showed minimal associations with adaptive humor domains. Machine learning analyses converged with regression findings, underscoring the robustness of these effects. Laughter-related dispositions demonstrate distinct and incremental contributions to humor use beyond personality and social anxiety. Gelotophilia and gelotophobia, in particular, represent meaningful predictors of adaptive humor engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":21435,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147982512","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}