Social PsychologyPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000501
Stefanie Hechler, Clarissa Wendel, D. Schneider
{"title":"Dealing With the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Stefanie Hechler, Clarissa Wendel, D. Schneider","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000501","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The COVID-19 pandemic with its substantial changes to social life affects social cognitions, which are important for solidarity during a global crisis. We investigated how distal defense strategies for dealing with threat, perceived threat, and contact experiences relate to people’s empathic reactions during lockdowns in two countries. In three studies ( N = 1,332), we found that more experienced threat is associated with higher personal distress. In Germany, but not in the United Kingdom, people who applied social defenses reported more empathic concern. Additionally, general positive contact experiences related positively to empathic concern and perspective taking. These other-directed empathic reactions correlated highly with solidarity with others across all studies. The findings indicate that people’s empathy changes with their social experiences during this global crisis.","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85427256","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}
Social PsychologyPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000482
Martina De Lillo, Andrew Martin, Heather Ferguson
{"title":"Exploring the Relationship Between Loneliness and Social Cognition in Older Age","authors":"Martina De Lillo, Andrew Martin, Heather Ferguson","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000482","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Understanding others is a key component of successful social interactions, and declines in social abilities during later life can lead to social isolation and loneliness. We investigated the relationship between different subcomponents of social cognition and loneliness in a large sample of older adults. We tested perspective-taking and mentalizing skills, alongside self-reported loneliness and social functioning. The results revealed that both loneliness and age correlated significantly with older adults' ability to resist egocentric interference when taking others' perspectives. However, mediation models showed that the effect of loneliness on egocentric tendencies was eliminated when age was accounted for. Therefore, loneliness relates to egocentrism only because egocentric tendencies increase with age, and people experience increasing levels of loneliness and feelings of social isolation with increasing age. Mentalizing and interference from others' perspectives were not influenced by loneliness or age.","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135182615","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}
Social PsychologyPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000485
Claire Hughes, Luca Ronchi, Jean Heng, Chiara Basile, Paola Del Sette, Serena Lecce
{"title":"What Mediates the Effect of Family Disruption in the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children’s Prosocial Behavior","authors":"Claire Hughes, Luca Ronchi, Jean Heng, Chiara Basile, Paola Del Sette, Serena Lecce","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000485","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, unprecedented social distancing rules (including mass school closures) dramatically constrained children’s social lives, jeopardizing human connections that foster prosocial development. This study of 2,516 families of 3–8-year-olds from six countries (China, Sweden, Australia, Italy, the USA, and the United Kingdom) examined whether children’s understanding or feelings about COVID-19 regulations mediated the expected association between COVID-19-related family disruption and children’s prosocial behavior, as indexed by parental ratings. For all six sites, family disruption indirectly predicted reduced prosocial behavior. Negative feelings about COVID-19 regulations mediated this association in all sites except China. Contrariwise, understanding of COVID-19 regulations was not implicated in the link between family disruption and reduced prosocial behavior.","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84894921","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}
Social PsychologyPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000476
Jordan L Mullins, Elayne Zhou, K. Michalska
{"title":"How Parental Support Affects Latina Girls During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Jordan L Mullins, Elayne Zhou, K. Michalska","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000476","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The current study focuses on a sample of low- to middle-income school-age Latina girls and their parents and examines how children’s distress proneness interacts with parental empathic accuracy and posttraumatic growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to predict children’s empathy and prosocial behavior toward unknown others. Approximately 2–3 months into state-mandated stay-at-home orders, 55 parent–daughter dyads were recruited to participate in this four-session longitudinal study. To assess distress proneness, daughters (ages 8–13 years, 100% Latina) identified their degree of distress in response to pandemic-related stressors. Concurrently, their parents reported how they thought their children would respond to these same pandemic-related stressors, which assessed parental empathic accuracy. Parents also completed an adapted version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, which assessed perceived positive outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon study completion, a behavioral measure of children’s empathic and prosocial behaviors was collected. Parental empathic accuracy interacted with children’s distress proneness to positively predict children’s affective empathy, such that children’s distress proneness predicted affective empathy at high and mean, but not low, levels of parental empathic accuracy. In a separate analysis, parental posttraumatic growth interacted with children’s distress proneness to positively predict children’s altruistic sharing behavior, such that children’s distress proneness predicted altruistic sharing behavior only at high, but not mean or low, levels of parental posttraumatic growth. The results of this study highlight how positive parental socialization and understanding of children’s tendencies toward distress are associated with children’s empathic and prosocial behaviors, particularly during major global crises.","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84062032","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}
Social PsychologyPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000515
D. Schneider, P. Burgmer, T. Erle, H. Ferguson
{"title":"“Understanding Others in Moments of Crisis” A Special Issue of Social Psychology","authors":"D. Schneider, P. Burgmer, T. Erle, H. Ferguson","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000515","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83433253","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}
Social PsychologyPub Date : 2022-12-22DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000502
Daniela A. Espinoza Oyarce, R. Burns, P. Butterworth, N. Cherbuin
{"title":"A New Measure of the Revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory","authors":"Daniela A. Espinoza Oyarce, R. Burns, P. Butterworth, N. Cherbuin","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000502","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST) proposes that neurobiological systems mediate behavior and their functioning can be associated with personality. The functions and associations of RST systems were revised into fight–flight–freeze system (FFFS), behavioral approach/activation system (rBAS), and behavioral inhibition system (rBIS); however, there is limited study of the revised systems due to lack of validated measures. We investigated scale structure, sex invariance, and psychometric properties of the revised RST questionnaire (rRST-Q). The rRST-Q showed good fit as a 5-factor structure with free interfactor correlations and was sex invariant, and associations with personality and mental health measures were consistent with theory and literature. The rRST-Q is a reliable measure, and its use will help understand the link between brain, personality, and behavior.","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82034944","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}
Social PsychologyPub Date : 2022-11-01DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000505
Helen Landmann, Anette Rohmann, R. Gaschler, Stephan Weissinger, A. Mazziotta
{"title":"Context Matters – Social Context Moderates the Association Between Indirect Intergroup Contact and Attitudes Toward Refugees","authors":"Helen Landmann, Anette Rohmann, R. Gaschler, Stephan Weissinger, A. Mazziotta","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000505","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Based on an integration of socioecological systems and intergroup contact theory, we hypothesized that the context in which intergroup contact takes place moderates its association with attitudes toward refugees. To test this prediction, majority members in Germany reported in three studies ( Ntotal = 695) how often they have had positive and negative direct and indirect contact with refugees in different contexts and their attitudes toward refugees. While the association between direct contact and intergroup attitudes was relatively context-independent, the association between indirect contact and attitudes toward refugees strongly depended on context. Indirect contact was more strongly associated with attitudes toward refugees in contexts with close relationships (family and friends) than in contexts with distanced relationships (newspaper and TV).","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74987802","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}
Social PsychologyPub Date : 2022-11-01DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000507
Muhaned Tamim, Xiaosong Gai, Guoxia Wang, Yuanchun Ma
{"title":"The Relationship Between Predominant Promotion Focus and Spontaneous Mental Contrasting","authors":"Muhaned Tamim, Xiaosong Gai, Guoxia Wang, Yuanchun Ma","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000507","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Previous research found mental contrasting to be an effective self-regulatory strategy. This study explored whether motivational features such as regulatory focus, as promotion focus and prevention focus, could affect people’s spontaneous use of a mental contrasting strategy. The present study hypothesized that promotion focus positively predicts spontaneous mental contrasting. Across the correlational (Study 1) and experimental (Study 2) designs, predominantly promotion-focused university students spontaneously employed more mental contrasting strategies. The implications and suggestions for future research have been discussed.","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80584816","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}
Social PsychologyPub Date : 2022-11-01DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000506
Michał Główczewski, A. Wójcik, A. Cichocka, A. Cislak
{"title":"“‘Cause We Are the Champions of the World”","authors":"Michał Główczewski, A. Wójcik, A. Cichocka, A. Cislak","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000506","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. National narcissism is a defensive form of group identity that is contingent on external validation and involves unrealistic belief in the nation’s greatness. Those high in national narcissism are susceptible to ingroup-enhancing narratives. In two pre-registered studies, conducted in Poland ( N = 1,134) and the United Kingdom ( N = 501), we hypothesized and found that national narcissism predicts support for historical policies that emphasize the great achievements and past dominance of one’s own group. Furthermore, we found that the relationship between national narcissism and support for ingroup-enhancing historical policies can be accounted for by the perceived contribution of one’s own country to the world’s history. We discuss implications for research on collective narcissism and historical policies.","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78169603","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}
Social PsychologyPub Date : 2022-10-27DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000490
Ena Uzelac, Ivan Kapović, Margareta Jelić, D. C. Biruški
{"title":"One Size Does Not Fit All","authors":"Ena Uzelac, Ivan Kapović, Margareta Jelić, D. C. Biruški","doi":"10.1027/1864-9335/a000490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000490","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. This study compared attitudes toward multiculturalism and assimilationism among three ethnic groups (Serbs, Croats, and Hungarians) in two neighboring countries (Croatia and Serbia). Additionally, this study examined the predictive role of ethnic identity on aforementioned attitudes directly and indirectly via symbolic threat. The results showed that Croats and Serbs had less positive multicultural and more positive assimilationist attitudes when in a majority position than when in a minority position. Hungarians, a minority in both countries, did not differ between countries. Additionally, symbolic threat mediated the relationship between ethnic identification and both assimilation and multiculturalism only in Croatia. The group status moderated these effects. Our findings confirm the importance of group's status and national context in understanding the majority–minority intergroup dynamic.","PeriodicalId":47278,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87713941","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}