{"title":"Negative Life Events Associated with COVID-19 and Psychological Distress: The Role of Sense of Helplessness and Existential Well-Being","authors":"Murat Balkis, Erdinç Duru","doi":"10.31577/sp.2023.03.876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.03.876","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45798,"journal":{"name":"Studia Psychologica","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135538796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Filip Uhrovič, Peter Halama, Michal Kohút, Marcel Martinkovič
{"title":"The Big Five Offers Only a Weak Prediction of Politics, Regardless of the Approach","authors":"Filip Uhrovič, Peter Halama, Michal Kohút, Marcel Martinkovič","doi":"10.31577/sp.2023.03.875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.03.875","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45798,"journal":{"name":"Studia Psychologica","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135537737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing Self-Presentation","authors":"Vojin Simunović, I. Žeželj","doi":"10.31577/sp.2023.02.869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.02.869","url":null,"abstract":"Socially desirable responding (SDR) is usually treated as a “noise” in psychological research, to be con - trolled for by creating certain conditions for respondents. We tested a range of cues aimed to decrease/ increase SDR to be applied/avoided in selection or recruitment. To decrease it, we developed two novel procedures: one inspired by the bogus pipeline in which the respondents were induced to believe we can objectively record their sincerity (all three studies), and the other, inspired by the Bayesian Truth Serum (BTS) method, in which the respondents were rewarded points for sincerity (Study 3). To increase it, we exposed the respondents to descriptive group norms signaling socially desirable behaviors in their peers (Study 1 and Study 2). We measured SDR via overclaiming (Study 1 and Study 3), L and K scales from the MMPI (Study 1), and attitudes towards vulnerable groups (Study 2). Across all three studies, we decreased the SDR via newly developed procedures, but failed to increase it, indicating a “default” level of positive self-presentation. When we compared the two procedures for decreasing SDR (overclaiming indices), the one inspired by the bogus pipeline was more effective than the BTS-inspired one (Study 3).","PeriodicalId":45798,"journal":{"name":"Studia Psychologica","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80288580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of COVID-19 Fear on Mental Wellbeing: Social Connectedness and Optimism as Multiple Mediators","authors":"Seydi Ahmet Satıcı, Sinan Okur","doi":"10.31577/sp.2023.02.873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.02.873","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research is to investigate the mediating effects of social connectedness and optimism in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and mental wellbeing. The sample consisted of 826 individuals (57.7% females, M age = 23.97, SD = 7.65). The participants completed four scales measuring mental wellbeing, fear of COVID-19, social connectedness, and optimism. The correlation analysis results showed that mental wellbeing, social connectedness, and optimism were negatively related to fear of COVID-19. Additionally, structural equation modeling revealed that social connectedness and optimism mediated the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and mental wellbeing. Findings expanded our understanding of the association among COVID-19 fear, social connectedness, optimism, and mental wellbeing during the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":45798,"journal":{"name":"Studia Psychologica","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74333021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monika Mrázková, A. Furman, Adam Tapal, T. Urbánek
{"title":"Czech Adaptation of Test 13 Visual-Auditory Learning Included in Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities","authors":"Monika Mrázková, A. Furman, Adam Tapal, T. Urbánek","doi":"10.31577/sp.2023.02.870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.02.870","url":null,"abstract":"The main goal of this article is to describe the process of adaptation of Test 13: Visual-Auditory Learning, part of the Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities, to Czech. Specific attention is given to explaining how the authors of the adaptation dealt with the differences of the two languages between which the adaptation occurred. Test 13 is a controlled learning task and consists of Test Stories, in which symbols represent the words. Some of the differences between English and Czech did not allow simple translation of the words, deeper changes were required. The analysis of standardization data set showed an excellent reliability, however, to confirm the validity of the Czech version, further empirical studies are needed. The uniqueness of this article lies on the description of adaptation of the test to the language from the Slavic language group. It can be useful for other researchers from Slavic languages speaking countries.","PeriodicalId":45798,"journal":{"name":"Studia Psychologica","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88477707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conspiracy Beliefs about Groups Benefitting from the COVID-19 Pandemic Moderate the Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Subjective Assessment of the Efficacy of Preventive Measures","authors":"Iwona Nowakowska, Anna Zarazińska","doi":"10.31577/sp.2023.02.874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.02.874","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on the protective motivation theory and parallel response model, in this cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study ( N = 212) carried out on a sample of the general public (age 18-65), we aimed to test the potential interaction effects of fear of COVID-19 and conspiracy beliefs about groups benefitting from the COVID-19 pandemic in predicting subjective assessment of the efficacy of three COVID-19 preventive measures. The results have shown that fear of COVID-19 was positively related to a positive assessment of the efficacy of frequent disinfection of hands and surfaces, but only in people who had COVID-19 con-spiracy beliefs on an average or high level. However, on all levels of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, fear of COVID-19 related positively to a positive assessment of mask wearing and social distancing efficacy, however, to a different extent. We discuss the results in light of the protective motivation theory and the affiliation function of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and conforming to the prevention guidelines.","PeriodicalId":45798,"journal":{"name":"Studia Psychologica","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83969573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Psychological Preparation Information on Retirement Planning Intention and Retirement Conceptualization","authors":"V. Bačová, Michal Kohút, P. Halama","doi":"10.31577/sp.2023.02.871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.02.871","url":null,"abstract":"The research aim was to find out whether providing information on psychological preparation would pro - duce changes in pre-retirees retirement planning intentions and advance retirement concepts. In the ex - periment, we divided the pre-retirees ( N = 567, mean age of 54.91, SD = 3.55 years, working full-time) into four groups (with and without pre-test, with and without the information provided). There were no differences between the pre-test and post-test conditions. However, the results showed that participants acknowledged the need to prepare for retirement even before the intervention. The participants also rated themselves as psychologically prepared for retirement. The results also indicated which pre-retirees could benefit from psychological preparation: those who believe they would have a disadvantageous and unfavorable retirement","PeriodicalId":45798,"journal":{"name":"Studia Psychologica","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77190071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Details Matter","authors":"Patrik Havan, Michal Kohút","doi":"10.31577/sp.2023.02.872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.02.872","url":null,"abstract":"Social desirability is a tendency to respond to items in a socially acceptable way. It can bias results and is a threat to the validity of the measure. The current study focused on exploring the effect of different instructions on personality traits. The sample consists of 363 Slovak adults, 260 women, and 103 men. The participants were between 18 and 62 years old ( M = 25.6; SD = 6.76). The Big Five Inventory-2 was used for measuring personality traits and social desirability. The participants were split into two groups depending on which instruction was administered first – honest setting or social desirability inducing setting (imagining the selection situation). All participants responded to both scenarios. We hypothesized that extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness are socially desirable traits, and so they will be higher using selection simulating instruction compared to honest instruction. The opposite was hypothesized for negative emotionality. The social desirability of open-mindedness was explored. The results confirmed all our hypotheses and showed that open-mindedness is a socially desirable trait as well. Importantly, we found an effect of the order of administrating different instructions – the effect of induced social desirability was present in the honest instruction setting.","PeriodicalId":45798,"journal":{"name":"Studia Psychologica","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75247689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Mestvirishvili, Mariam Kvitsiani, Mariam Odilavadze, Natia Mestvirishvili
{"title":"Moral Competence and Self-Control: The Moderating Role of Personality Traits","authors":"M. Mestvirishvili, Mariam Kvitsiani, Mariam Odilavadze, Natia Mestvirishvili","doi":"10.31577/sp.2023.01.863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.01.863","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45798,"journal":{"name":"Studia Psychologica","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84509232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Trait Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Caring for Bliss in Life Satisfaction: Controlling for Perceived Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Zeynep Aydın Sünbül, Ferah çekici","doi":"10.31577/sp.2023.01.867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.01.867","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45798,"journal":{"name":"Studia Psychologica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78992402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}