Psychology in Russia-State of the Art最新文献

{"title":"Loneliness, Emotional Fatigue, Social Dysfunction, and Suicide Risk in Ecuadorian University Students: A Mediation Analysis.","authors":"Rodrigo Moreta-Herrera, Paulina Gordón-Villalba, Jose A Rodas, Evelyn Cuesta-Andaluz, Priscila Revelo-Sánchez","doi":"10.11621/pir.2026.0205","DOIUrl":"10.11621/pir.2026.0205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Suicidal risk in university students does not require analysis solely from clinical parameters; it is also necessary to understand it from the perspective of psychosocial factors and the everyday life situations to which the students are mostly exposed. Furthermore, it is a phenomenon with multiple causes, so studying it by integrating the complexity of various actors can help us understand not only direct dynamics but also indirect, multifaceted ones.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To estimate a sequential and latent multiple mediation model of emotional fatigue and social dysfunction in the relationship between loneliness and suicidal risk in Ecuadorian university students.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A descriptive, cross-sectional, multiple mediation study using structural equation modelling (SEM). The sample comprised 943 undergraduate students (64.4% women, 35.6% men) from six universities (61.1% public) in four Ecuadorian cities, aged between 18 and 47 years (<i>M</i> = 21.62, <i>SD</i> = 3.81).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Loneliness, emotional fatigue, and social dysfunction are latent predictors of suicidal risk, explaining 60% of its variance. Loneliness exerts both a direct effect on suicide risk and an indirect effect through the sequential multiple mediation of emotional fatigue and social dysfunction.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Academic risk factors such as loneliness, emotional fatigue, and social dysfunction are key attributes to consider for preventing suicidal behavior in university students. These predictors can dynamically interact to generate both direct and indirect effects, allowing for a better understanding of the complexity of this phenomenon.</p>","PeriodicalId":44621,"journal":{"name":"Psychology in Russia-State of the Art","volume":"19 2","pages":"74-91"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13465534/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148725713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Birth Order and Screen Time as Predictors of Emotion Comprehension Development in 5- to 7-Year-Old Boys and Girls.","authors":"Elena A Chichinina, Olga V Almazova","doi":"10.11621/pir.2026.0204","DOIUrl":"10.11621/pir.2026.0204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Early childhood is a sensitive period for the development of emotion comprehension. Although family factors are known to influence emotion comprehension, the specific role of birth order remains understudied. In the modern context, research on predictors of emotion comprehension should control for screen time.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigates whether birth order predicts emotion comprehension development in 5-6-year-old children over a one-year period, controlling for screen time.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>The sample consisted of 84 boys and 83 girls recruited from two-child families with age gap between siblings not more than 5 years. During the study's first stage (T1), the children were in the penultimate year of kindergarten. The study's second stage was one year later. The Test of Emotion Comprehension (TEC) was used to evaluate emotion comprehension. Data on birth order, age difference between siblings, and screen time were collected via a questionnaire for caregivers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Birth order was not a significant predictor of the emotion comprehension development in boys and girls. However, in the exploratory model for girls, higher active screen time at T1 was associated with smaller gains in emotion comprehension over one year.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings are exploratory and require further testing; future research should formally test whether sex moderates the association between active screen time and emotion comprehension development. The absence of birth order effects may reflect insufficient statistical power rather than a true null relationship. Subsequent studies with larger samples should examine why active screen time affects emotion comprehension development in girls.</p>","PeriodicalId":44621,"journal":{"name":"Psychology in Russia-State of the Art","volume":"19 2","pages":"57-73"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13465536/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148722438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Relationship of Micro and Macro Worries on the Acceptability of Corruption: The Role of Basic Human Values.","authors":"Ekaterina V Maklasova, Alexander N Tatarko, Klaus Boehnke","doi":"10.11621/pir.2026.0202","DOIUrl":"10.11621/pir.2026.0202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Corruption severely threatens societal stability and well-being, with various factors contributing to its prevalence. This study, relying on theory and empirical research on the relationship between suffering and fraud, offers a new explanation, that worries may be an essential factor in the acceptability of corruption. People's worries are the consequences of suffering they experience throughout their lives.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the role of basic human values in the relationship between micro/macro worries and the acceptance of corruption.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>In the cross-sectional online research, 1,380 Russians participated. The socio-psychological survey includes the revised Portrait Values Questionnaire, a modified version of Kubiak's method for assessing the acceptability of corruption, and a modified version of Boehnke's method for assessing worries.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results demonstrate that micro worries lead to acceptance of corruption, while macro worries induce rejection of corruption. The interaction of values and worries affects the acceptability of corruption and shows that increasing micro worries, against the backdrop of the values Conservation and Self-Transcendence, can lead to high risk of everyday corruption. We observe the opposite situation when macro worries, against the backdrop of the clearly expressed value Openness to Change, lead to decreased corruption risks.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This research contributes theoretically by explaining how negative social phenomena like corruption can be understood through the relationship between suffering and dishonest behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":44621,"journal":{"name":"Psychology in Russia-State of the Art","volume":"19 2","pages":"17-35"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13465548/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148726100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Formative Parental Competencies and Parenting Stress as Predictors of Children's Self-Esteem.","authors":"Claudia Pablos Cruz, Blanca Silvia Fraijo-Sing, César Octavio Tapia-Fonllem, Rosalba Valenzuela-Peñuñuri, Natalia Nieblas-Soto","doi":"10.11621/pir.2026.0203","DOIUrl":"10.11621/pir.2026.0203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nurturing and responsive parenting, along with parental competencies that foster child development, are the foundation for healthy emotional and psychological growth, as they provide children and adolescents with a secure environment in which they feel valued, understood, and capable of coping with everyday challenges. From this perspective, the quality of family interactions plays a central role in the development of children's self-esteem.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze the relationship among formative parental competencies, parental stress, and children's self-esteem.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>The sample of 332 participants comprised 166 children aged 8 to 12 years and their caregivers. The E2P v.2 scale, the PSI-SF, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were administered, after obtaining consent from the parents and/or caregivers and assent from the children.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At a correlational level, formative parental competencies were negatively associated with parental stress, and positively associated with children's self-esteem, while parental stress was negatively associated with that self-esteem. When examining the relationships using structural equation modeling, formative parental competencies were associated with less stress and higher self-esteem in children, without showing a direct effect of stress on the children's self-esteem.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that the quality of parenting practices is associated with lower levels of parental stress and higher levels of children's self-esteem, highlighting its potential role as a protective factor. This pattern of associations may inform the design of interventions aimed at strengthening parental competencies aligned with positive parenting, without implying causal effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":44621,"journal":{"name":"Psychology in Russia-State of the Art","volume":"19 2","pages":"36-56"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13465531/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148723165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Altered System-Level Integration Between Working Memory and Gaze Dynamics in Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Tumors.","authors":"Sofia A Mironets, Victoria I Ismatullina, Timofey V Adamovich, Sergey B Malykh","doi":"10.11621/pir.2026.0105","DOIUrl":"10.11621/pir.2026.0105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In recent years, experimental studies concerning the role of the cerebellum in cognitive functions and a variety of language deficits have been conducted.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the impact of posterior fossa tumors (PFT) on spatial working memory and eye-movement behavior during reading in children and to compare the system-level organization of working memory and gaze-related parameters between patients and typically developing peers.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This retrospective cohort study applied advanced analytical methods, including Drift Diffusion Modeling (DDM) and Recurrence Quantification Analysis (RQA), to capture the temporal dynamics of cognitive processing and oculomotor control. The study included 119 children aged 8 to 17 years: 59 survivors of posterior fossa tumors and 60 healthy controls. Working memory was assessed using the Spatial Span task from the CANTAB battery, modeled using DDM parameters, while eye movements during reading were recorded with eye tracking and analyzed using RQA. Network analysis was conducted to characterize cross-domain integration between working memory dynamics and gaze behavior.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our findings indicate that cerebellar disruption due to tumor and treatment affects not only isolated aspects of reading or eye-movement behavior, but also the functional coordination between working memory and oculomotor control. Stronger working memory capacity was associated with more organized and predictable gaze dynamics in controls, whereas patients showed reduced flexibility and altered connectivity patterns. RQA parameters captured a unified dynamical system, linking cognitive control and motor implementation during reading.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings highlight the importance of considering subtle, system-level disruptions in posterior fossa tumor patients and underscore the relevance of using multimodal, temporally sensitive approaches when designing rehabilitation protocols.</p>","PeriodicalId":44621,"journal":{"name":"Psychology in Russia-State of the Art","volume":"19 1","pages":"70-95"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13196897/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148018008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation of Patients with Impaired Monitoring as a Component of Executive Functions.","authors":"Ivan A Larin, Alina Yu Komarova, Yulia A Sandalova, Maria S Kovyazina, Nataliya A Varako, Jill Winegardner, Vadim D Daminov","doi":"10.11621/pir.2026.0107","DOIUrl":"10.11621/pir.2026.0107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is a high prevalence of impairments in executive functions in various neurological diseases (stroke, traumatic brain injury, neurodegenerative disorders), which severely limits patients' independence and quality of life. The study integrates the theory of the systematic, step-by-step formation of mental actions and concepts by Galperin, Luria's approach to neuropsychology, and modern foreign rehabilitation techniques (<i>e.g.</i>, strategies from the \"Goal Management Training\" program).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the impact of a specialized neuropsychological training program on monitoring process indicators in patients with brain damage of various etiology.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>The study involved 48 patients with brain damage of various etiology, aged from 23 to 74 years (<i>M</i> _age = 57.6; <i>SD =</i> 11.13; 17 women and 31 men). The patients were divided into an experimental group and a control group.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A specialized training program aimed at improving monitoring process indicators in patients with impaired executive functions was developed, as well as a neuropsychological diagnostic protocol for assessing monitoring. We did not observe a training effect when comparing the monitoring index values before and after the training within the experimental group. However, we found significant differences between the experimental and control groups when analyzing the indices based on the results of the post-test assessment (U = 170, <i>p =</i> .008, <i>p</i> _bonferroni = .032), along with significant improvements in five monitoring indicators and the total Frontal Assessment Battery score in the patients of the experimental group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The training effect, when comparing the experimental and control groups at the post-test, may be interpreted within the framework of intra-systemic semantic reorganization and the initial formation of a new mental action of selection and implementation of a solution in which monitoring actively participates. This interpretation is preliminary and requires further empirical validation. In future research, we plan to focus the training on the formation of the mental action of control.</p>","PeriodicalId":44621,"journal":{"name":"Psychology in Russia-State of the Art","volume":"19 1","pages":"109-125"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13196900/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148018040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Protective Role of Vigor in Volunteering Against Somatic and Psychological Symptoms in EMDR Therapists.","authors":"Alena A Zolotareva, Julia S Vitko, Elena V Kazennaya","doi":"10.11621/pir.2026.0106","DOIUrl":"10.11621/pir.2026.0106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Empirical evidence highlights that psychotherapists and applied psychologists experience stress, anxiety, depression, emotional exhaustion, secondary traumatic stress, and other symptoms of somatic and psychological distress. Although studies suggest that volunteering can protect somatic and psychological well-being in the general population, these relationships have not been investigated in mental health professionals.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to examine the role of volunteering and work-related characteristics in symptoms of somatic and psychological distress among psychotherapists and applied psychologists.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>The study had a cross-sectional design. The participants were psychotherapists and applied psychologists who provided volunteer Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy sessions. One hundred and twenty volunteer EMDR therapists filled out the forms measuring somatic, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, job satisfaction, meaningfulness of work, and engagement in volunteering.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Correlation analyses showed that symptoms of somatic and psychological distress were negatively associated with job satisfaction, vigor in volunteering, and dedication in volunteering. Regression analyses revealed that vigor in volunteering was the only significant negative predictor of somatic (β = -.247, p = .049), anxiety (β = -.263, p = .004), and depressive symptoms (β = -.263, p = .034).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study contributes to our knowledge of the benefits of volunteering for the somatic and psychological well-being of EMDR therapists. From a practical standpoint, these findings suggest that psychotherapists and applied psychologists might be encouraged to frame pro bono work as a form of emotional and professional self-regulation. Furthermore, training programs could integrate pro bono activities into their curricula.</p>","PeriodicalId":44621,"journal":{"name":"Psychology in Russia-State of the Art","volume":"19 1","pages":"96-108"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13196902/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148018053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Experimental Testing of the Affective Consequences of Nostalgia.","authors":"Elina S Tsigeman, Andrei Y Sivov, Larisa V Mararitsa, Maxim V Likhanov, Ksenia V Bartseva, Evgenia A Alenina, Elena L Soldatova","doi":"10.11621/pir.2026.0103","DOIUrl":"10.11621/pir.2026.0103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The inconsistent evidence regarding nostalgia's affective outcomes suggests that its effects may not be uniform, but contingent on individual characteristics, a possibility that has received limited empirical attention.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine how induced nostalgia influences positive and negative affect, while accounting for age, gender, and overall well-being.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A sample of 122 participants (balanced by gender and across three age groups: 20-35, 36-50, and 51-65 years) completed an Event Reflection Task to elicit either nostalgic memories or recollections of daily life events. Positive and negative affect were measured before and after the nostalgia induction and general well-being was measured after the intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Negative and ambivalent affect decreased after both experimental and control interventions. Gender and age did not moderate the effect of nostalgia induction on affect. Well-being moderated affective outcomes of nostalgia induction, with individuals higher in well-being experiencing greater increases in positive affect and greater decreases in negative and ambivalent affect (co-activation of positive and negative affect) after nostalgia induction.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The emotional impact of nostalgia appears to be independent of age or gender, but affected by individual differences in well-being. These findings help to clarify previous inconsistencies in the literature and suggest that nostalgia may be most emotionally beneficial for those already in a stable emotional state.</p>","PeriodicalId":44621,"journal":{"name":"Psychology in Russia-State of the Art","volume":"19 1","pages":"32-55"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13196901/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148018021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parent-Child Relationships and Locus of Control in Two-Child Families.","authors":"Irina E Rzhanova, Olga S Alekseeva","doi":"10.11621/pir.2026.0104","DOIUrl":"10.11621/pir.2026.0104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In a rapidly changing society, locus of control becomes an important psychological indicator reflecting an individual's readiness to actively manage their own life. Research shows that an internal locus of control is associated with higher levels of psychological well-being, academic achievement, and social responsibility. The relevance of studying the factors that influence the development of locus of control in childhood and adolescence is determined by its high plasticity during this period and the possibility of targeted influence through the family environment.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The present study focuses on the relationship between parental and child locus of control in the context of parent-child relationships in intact two-child families. Particular attention is given to the analysis of both direct and indirect influences (through parental attitudes) of parental locus of control on children's locus of control.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>The sample consisted of 278 families (N = 1,112 individuals). The Questionnaire of Locus Control and the \"Parent-Child Interaction\" questionnaire were used for assessment. Data analysis was conducted using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Parents with a more internal locus of control demonstrated more positive attitudes toward their children, which in turn was positively associated with the development of an internal locus of control in siblings. Maternal locus of control was found to play a particularly important role, exerting both direct and indirect influences on children's locus of control. Within the parental dyad, maternal influence was expressed not only as actor effects but also as partner effects, through its impact on paternal attitudes toward the children. It was also shown that children's subjective perception of a parental positive attitude is a particularly significant mediator between parental and child locus of control.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The obtained data emphasize the significance of the family environment, specifically positive parental attitude, in the formation of locus of control in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":44621,"journal":{"name":"Psychology in Russia-State of the Art","volume":"19 1","pages":"56-69"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13196899/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148018000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate Change Worry in Italian Young Adults: Psychosocial Predictors and Differences by Level of Environmental Activism Engagement.","authors":"Daniela Acquadro Maran, Matteo Innocenti, Tatiana Begotti","doi":"10.11621/pir.2026.0101","DOIUrl":"10.11621/pir.2026.0101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Climate change worry is an increasingly relevant emotional response among young adults. However, less is known about the psychosocial predictors of climate change worry and whether these associations differ by level of environmental activism engagement.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examined psychosocial predictors of climate change worry in Italian young adults, focusing on mental health, personality traits, perceived individual and social norms, and individual and collective climate self-efficacy. A secondary aim compared more engaged versus less engaged participants.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using convenience and snowball sampling via social media and word of mouth, 302 Italian young adults aged 18-35 years (<i>M</i> = 24.20, <i>SD</i> = 3.73; 62% female) completed an online survey. Group differences were tested using one-way ANOVAs. Multiple regression analyses were conducted separately in the more engaged (EA_MORE) and less engaged (EA_LESS) groups to identify predictors of climate change worry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>EA_MORE reported significantly higher climate change worry than EA-_LESS. In EA_MORE, climate change worry was predicted by mental health, collective self-efficacy, and perceived individual and social norms. In EA_LESS, climate change worry was predicted by mental health and perceived individual and social norms, whereas collective self-efficacy was not significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Climate change worry appears to reflect a combination of well-being and normative/efficacy-related processes, with different patterns depending upon the level of activism engagement. Supporting effective coping strategies may help reduce the emotional burden associated with sustained engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":44621,"journal":{"name":"Psychology in Russia-State of the Art","volume":"19 1","pages":"3-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13196898/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148018014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}