{"title":"Teachers’ coping and burnout: Exploring the psychometric properties of the French version of the Coping Scale by Dewe","authors":"Marjorie Valls, Eric Tardif","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101065","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101065","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Presently, the majority of instruments assessing coping processes are not specific to teachers.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aims to explore psychometric properties of a coping scale specifically designed for teachers, as well as its associations with burnout.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A sample of 237 teachers (63% primary/secondary vs. 37% post-compulsory) completed French versions of the Coping Scale by Dewe and Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Results of confirmatory factor analyses show the satisfactory psychometric properties of a shortened version of the coping scale, which is invariant across gender and levels of education. Multiple regression analysis suggests that the use of various coping processes may reduce the risk of burnout.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Results highlight the need to further explore the stressors associated with teaching and inclusive education, in order to define specific coping processes and thus substantially improve this scale.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 1","pages":"Article 101065"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143487156","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}
Hélène Jalin , Camille Chandès , Abdel-Halim Boudoukha , Anne Jacob , Rollon Poinsot , Anne Congard
{"title":"Better understanding eco-anxiety: Creation and validation of EMEA scale","authors":"Hélène Jalin , Camille Chandès , Abdel-Halim Boudoukha , Anne Jacob , Rollon Poinsot , Anne Congard","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Climate change represents an unprecedented threat to humanity. In addition to the palpable consequences in terms of climate, it can generate psychological effects, such as eco-anxiety.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of the present study was to validate a French-language scale (EMEA) measuring eco-anxiety, in order to contribute to the latter's understanding and characterization. To fully reflect the diversity of its manifestations, the construction of the items was based on a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews with 18 eco-anxious people. This study also analyzed the relationships between eco-anxiety, intolerance to uncertainty, and perception of climate risk.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A total of 691 individuals participated in the two phases of this research: 262 in Phase 1 (selection of scale items) and 429 in Phase 2 (psychometric validation). In addition to the items contained in the EMEA, Phase 2 included a climate anxiety scale, a climate risk perception scale, and a scale measuring intolerance to uncertainty. The research was conducted online after being approved by a research ethics board.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Results reveal a hierarchical model with one main factor and three subfactors (anxiety-depressive manifestations, relational disturbances, and obsession with ecology). There were positive correlations between eco-anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, and climate risk perception, and negative correlations between obsession with ecology (third EMEA subdimension) and intolerance of uncertainty.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The EMEA's psychometric qualities will allow it to be used for further research, but also as an assessment and care decision aid for health professionals to help patients with severe or paralyzing eco-anxiety. It will also be useful for studying the efficiency of psychotherapeutic interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"75 1","pages":"Article 101010"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143350821","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 foundational role of attachment in shaping individuals' psychological well-being across relationships","authors":"Chantal Cyr","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101067","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2025.101067","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"74 6","pages":"Article 101067"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143181281","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}
Geneviève Bouchard, Sabrina Filice, Geneviève Richard, Andréanne Charbonneau, Jean Saint-Aubin
{"title":"Relationship status-mental health concerns association: An examination of attachment and attention","authors":"Geneviève Bouchard, Sabrina Filice, Geneviève Richard, Andréanne Charbonneau, Jean Saint-Aubin","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101045","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Past studies have revealed an advantage of marriage over singlehood, but the role of relationship status in mental health concerns needs further investigation.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This paper examined the connection between relationship status and mental health concerns and explored the cognitive and affective mechanisms explaining it, using a multi-method approach.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Study 1 was an online study with equal groups of married (<em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->125) or single individuals (<em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->125), whereas Study 2 was a probabilistic laboratory study with two natural groups of individuals that were either single (<em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->21) or in a relationship (<em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->89).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Path analyses showed that attachment avoidance and attentional control could act as mediators explaining the role of relationship status in mental health concerns.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>We showed that being in a relationship or being married was associated with better mental health and that the benefits of marriage and couple life on mental health were explained by attachment and attention.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"74 6","pages":"Article 101045"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142657775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the severity of attachment injury-related stress symptoms via the reasons for forgiveness and unforgiveness identified by injured romantic partners","authors":"Leah M. Clement , Marie-France Lafontaine , Michelle Lonergan , Alexia Gignac , Katherine Péloquin","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2023.100907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2023.100907","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Failure to provide comfort and care to a romantic partner in a moment of need for support can result in feelings of betrayal and abandonment, and impact trust. This type of relationship trauma is referred to as an attachment injury, which can have negative psychological consequences for the injured partner and for some, it is more difficult to adjust. It appears that forgiveness favors reconciliation in couples who have experienced an attachment injury, whereas unforgiveness can prevent its resolution. But, are the reasons for forgiving or not forgiving a partner associated with adjustment to an attachment injury in injured partners?</p></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>This mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) study aimed to (1) identify the reasons for forgiving and not forgiving an attachment injury and to organize these reasons into themes, and (2) examine the associations between the forgiveness and unforgiveness themes and the severity of injury-related stress symptoms.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>A total of 84 participants who forgave and 50 who did not forgive their partner provided reasons for their decision and completed a measure of injury-related stress symptoms. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis and multiple regressions.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Seven themes of reasons for forgiveness and eleven themes of reasons for unforgiveness were identified. The forgiveness theme <em>Strong partner commitment to repairing the injury on the part of the injuring partner</em> was associated with lower injury-related stress symptoms, whereas the forgiveness theme <em>I understand my partner and/or the context in which the injury occurred</em> was associated with higher injury-related stress symptoms. The themes of reasons for unforgiveness were not significantly associated with injury-related stress symptoms.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>This study provides a foundation for the development of a psychosocial model of forgiveness and unforgiveness among partners who experienced an attachment injury in their romantic relationship.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"74 6","pages":"Article 100907"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140551280","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":"Binge eating, social media disorder and attachment in adolescence: Gender differences in the mediating role of alexithymia","authors":"Cecilia Serena Pace, Stefania Muzi, Guyonne Rogier","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2023.100936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2023.100936","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>There is a need for research investigating factors accounting for binge eating (BE) and social media disorder (SMD) in adolescence.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Despite studies suggesting the role of both attachment and alexithymia in these disorders, there has been no investigation into the mediating role of alexithymia in the pathways linking the different types of attachment relationships to both BE and SMD.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A total of 423 Italian adolescents (32.2% males, <em>M</em><sub><em>age</em></sub> <!-->=<!--> <!-->16.88) completed self-report questionnaires investigating attachment, alexithymia, binge eating, and social media disorder levels. Hypotheses were tested with Structural Equation Modelling including multigroup analyses.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Almost all the variables showed relationships with each other. BE was explained by attachment to the mother and peers in both genders, but the mediating effect of alexithymia was significant only among girls. SMD was explained only by attachment to peers among boys but by attachment to the parents among girls. Moreover, among girls, the role of attachment to the father in SMD was fully mediated by alexithymia levels.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Attachment and alexithymia are two explaining variables associated with BE and SMD in adolescence. However, differentiating between attachment relationships appears crucial to reaching a nuanced understanding of the dynamics underlying both BE and SMD.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"74 6","pages":"Article 100936"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1162908823000695/pdfft?md5=648e6742004ad75752f5252b1f28257f&pid=1-s2.0-S1162908823000695-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140543987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Nadeau, O. Laverdière, V. Simard, T. Beaulieu-Tremblay
{"title":"Attachment, defense mechanisms and early maladaptive schemas in dreams","authors":"L. Nadeau, O. Laverdière, V. Simard, T. Beaulieu-Tremblay","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.100986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2024.100986","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Dream activity has been associated with individuals’ characteristics, such as attachment and emotional processing (<span>Levin & Nielsen, 2009</span>; McNamara et al., 2014). Relational schemas are frequent in dreams and could express early maladaptive schemas (EMS; <span>Young et al., 2003</span>). Sparse empirical studies suggest that attachment insecurity may be associated to dreams’ content, but none links attachment to EMS nor explore defense mechanisms as an index of affect regulation.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The goal of this study was to contrast profiles of early maladaptive schemas (EMS) in different dream types (recent, recurring, and disturbing) and to explore their associations to attachment and primitive defenses.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>An online questionnaire was completed by 217 participants in which dream narratives were collected. Participants also completed questionnaires to assess attachment insecurity and defenses maturity. Two judges coded narratives by using the Schema-Related Dream Coding System.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Profile analyses revealed more frequent EMS in recurring and disturbing dreams, independently of attachment insecurities. Multiple regression analyses indicated that insecure attachment and primitive defenses are both associated with vulnerable representations in disturbing dreams.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Relational representations differ according to dream types. Moreover, those EMS are associated with core dimensions of psychological functioning. This study suggests ways to understand vulnerability representations expressed in dreams of individuals presenting relational and emotional difficulties.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"74 6","pages":"Article 100986"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140543988","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":"Attachment insecurity, bullying victimisation in the workplace, and the experience of burnout","authors":"Antigonos Sochos , Louise Rossiter","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101046","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Although burnout is perhaps the most frequently reported work-related correlate of attachment insecurity, the role of mitigating variables in that link is less well researched.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The paper investigates the mediational role of workplace bullying and perceived social support in the link between attachment insecurity and burnout. It was hypothesised that insecurely attached employees would develop burnout via three pathways: (a) by becoming the victims of workplace bullying, (b) by perceiving relatively low support from managers and colleagues due to their attachment insecurity, and (c) by perceiving lower support from managers and colleagues due to them having been bullied.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Two hundred and twenty-two employees from various completed the following questionnaires: Experiences in Close Relationships Questionnaire – Revised, Revised Negative Acts Questionnaire, Social Support Scale, Maslach Burnout Inventory – General Survey.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>SEM analysis suggested that the two models tested had a good fit, indicating different pathways from bullying to burnout depending on type of attachment insecurity.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Findings could inform interventions empowering victims of bullying and help organisations deal with this serious problem.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"74 6","pages":"Article 101046"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142706533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of the psychometric properties of the French version of the Caregiving System Scale","authors":"Valérie Simard , Marina Moënner , Andrea Rajotte , Claude-Marie Nolet , Camille Gilbert-Geoffrion , Camille Savoie , Claud Bisaillon","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101049","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2024.101049","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>While attachment theory has driven decades of empirical research, few studies have focused on the reciprocal behavioral, caregiving, system, defined as the innate motivational system that guides adult responses to people in distress or in need of help. The Caregiving System Scale (CSS) is one of the few tools for measuring sub-optimal caregiving strategies, i.e. hyperactivation and deactivation.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of this study was to study the psychometric properties of the French version of the CSS and confirm its factor structure. Method: Adult women (N = 201) completed the French version of the CSS online, along with questionnaires to test convergent validity (attachment, empathy, emotion regulation).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Confirmatory factor analyses replicated Colledani et al.'s (2021) three-factor solution: deactivation, anxious hyperactivation, intrusive hyperactivation. Deactivation correlated with avoidant attachment and lower self-reported empathy, while hyperactivation correlated with abandonment anxiety (attachment), regulation difficulties and empathic concern and distress, suggesting good convergent validity. Anxious, but not intrusive, hyperactivation was associated with being a mother and having a helping profession.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This study proposes a 17-item French version of the CSS, organized into three factors that appear to have good fidelity and validity. It also contributes to the conceptualization of the caregiving system by supporting a recent model distinguishing two dimensions of hyperactivation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"74 6","pages":"Article 101049"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142706534","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}
Hsien-Chun Chen , Chin Tung Stewart Ng , I-Heng Chen , Cyong-Ru Liu
{"title":"Guilt-proneness and self-management behaviour: The moderating role of sense of belonging","authors":"Hsien-Chun Chen , Chin Tung Stewart Ng , I-Heng Chen , Cyong-Ru Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.erap.2023.100909","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.erap.2023.100909","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>To explore the link between the personality predisposition of guilt and self-management behaviours, and from a contingent perspective, the boundary condition for the above relationship is also examined.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This article examines the relation of guilt-proneness to self-management behaviours and the moderating effects of a sense of belonging on the relationships between guilt-proneness and self-management behaviour.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Data are collected from 368 employees from different organizations in Taiwan.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The results of this study show that guilt-proneness is positively correlated with self-management behaviour. Furthermore, regression analyses indicate that sense of belonging plays a significant moderating role in the relationships between guilt-proneness and self-management behaviour.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Finally, based on the results, the implications and limitations of this study and the directions for future research are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46883,"journal":{"name":"European Review of Applied Psychology-Revue Europeenne De Psychologie Appliquee","volume":"74 5","pages":"Article 100909"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142229032","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}