Yi Hou, Ying Li, Chenjing Hong, Hui Tan, Dong Yang
{"title":"Comparing Depression and Anxiety Symptom Networks in Chinese Students and Teachers","authors":"Yi Hou, Ying Li, Chenjing Hong, Hui Tan, Dong Yang","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70267","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ijop.70267","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Depression and anxiety often co-occur in schools, but few studies have compared their symptom networks in students and teachers. We analysed the same PHQ-9 and GAD-7 symptoms in 52,093 Chinese secondary-school students and 7222 teachers. Ordinal Gaussian graphical models were estimated from polychoric correlations, and 5000 group-label permutations directly tested group differences. Network structure differed (maximum edge difference = 0.142, <i>p</i> < 0.001), but global strength did not (teachers = 7.736, students = 7.634, <i>p</i> = 0.543). Nine of 120 edges remained significant after Holm correction. Across 16 expected-influence comparisons, sleep problems had a higher value in students; trouble concentrating and psychomotor symptoms had higher values in teachers. Across 16 bridge expected-influence comparisons, worthlessness, excessive worry, trouble relaxing and irritability had higher values in students. The observed network estimates were unchanged at <i>γ</i> values of 0.50, 0.25 and 0, and the same inferential pattern was reproduced in 20 matched-size analyses, each based on 7222 participants per group and the full 5000-permutation procedure. In conclusion, this study revealed selective student–teacher differences in how depressive and anxiety symptoms are interconnected and positioned within symptom networks, underscoring the value of considering population context when examining depression–anxiety symptom organisation across educational groups.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"61 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148907753","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 Influence of Chinese Cultural Symbols on Attitudes Towards Ethnic Integration: The Moderating Role of Ethnic Identity","authors":"Shaoqing Su, Minggang Wan, Baoyan Yang","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70266","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ijop.70266","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Attitudes towards ethnic integration serve as a cornerstone for the interaction, exchange and unity among China's diverse ethnic groups and are essential for strengthening a unified Chinese national identity. Drawing on theories of nation-state building, imagined community and the common ingroup identity model, this study adopted experimental methods to examine the positive influence of Chinese cultural symbols on ethnic integration attitudes and its moderating mechanism at both explicit and implicit levels. In Study 1 with a multi-ethnic sample, experimental priming of Chinese cultural symbols significantly improved explicit attitudes towards ethnic integration. Study 2 targeted ethnic minority participants and adopted both the Ethnic Integration Attitude Scale and the Street Distance Projective Test. The results further verified the positive effect of Chinese cultural symbols on ethnic integration attitudes at explicit and implicit levels and confirmed the moderating role of ethnic identity: stronger ethnic identity amplifies the positive effect of Chinese cultural symbols on ethnic integration attitudes. These findings not only expand the theoretical boundary of the common ingroup identity model but also imply that shared cultural symbols can act as an effective pathway to cultivate positive ethnic integration attitudes.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"61 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148892351","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":"Wanting, Yet Doubting: Moderating Role of Gender on the Relationship Between Ambivalence and Childbearing Desires","authors":"Joanna Leśniak, Monika Mynarska","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70264","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ijop.70264","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Childbearing ambivalence—the coexistence of positive and negative evaluations regarding having children—has become an important focus in fertility research. Prior studies have primarily examined its role in contraceptive use and parenthood postponement, yet little is known about how ambivalence relates to the <i>desire</i> for children, particularly in the early, motivational stages of reproductive decision-making. This study investigates the association between subjective ambivalence towards childbearing and individuals' childbearing desires, with particular attention to gender differences. The analysis covers a sample of 831 childless individuals (520 women and 311 men) aged 20–35, who participated in a nationwide study on childbearing motivations in Poland, in December 2022. Respondents completed measures of subjective ambivalence and childbearing desire. Regression and moderation analyses were applied. Our findings indicate that higher ambivalence was associated with lower childbearing desire among men but with stronger desire among women. Although generally modest, these associations suggest that ambivalence may reflect distinct evaluative processes in women and men. Because the data are cross-sectional, it remains unclear whether ambivalence shapes desire differently by gender, whether stronger desire heightens ambivalence specifically among women, or whether reciprocal processes are involved. Longitudinal research is needed to clarify the direction and mechanisms of these associations.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"61 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148892366","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":"Work Role Overload and Employee Time Theft: A Daily Diary Examination of JD-R Pathways via Fatigue and Intrinsic Motivation","authors":"Richa Goyal, Chandra Sekhar","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70265","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ijop.70265","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Drawing on Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) theory, this study examines how daily work role overload (WRO) contributes to ETT via two mechanisms: energy depletion (fatigue) and motivational erosion (intrinsic motivation). Using the daily diary method, data were collected from 107 employees over 5 consecutive days, yielding 460 usable daily observations across the education, healthcare, information technology and trade sectors. Path analyses showed that daily WRO was positively associated with ETT. Consistent with the energy depletion mechanism, WRO increased fatigue, predicting higher ETT. Meanwhile, in line with the motivational erosion mechanism, our findings indicate that WRO undermines intrinsic motivation, which was negatively associated with ETT. Both fatigue and intrinsic motivation mediated the daily association between WRO and ETT. These findings extend JD-R theory to CWB, demonstrating how excessive demands simultaneously deplete resources and erode motivation, thereby fostering ETT. Practically, the results highlight the importance of workload management and motivation-enhancing strategies in mitigating the hidden costs of ETT.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"61 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148867346","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":"Social Crowding Promotes Self-Interested Unethical Decisions","authors":"Zibei Gu, Xuyun Tan, Yuechan Chen, Yue Cui","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70259","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ijop.70259","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Self-interested unethical decisions are prevalent in crowded environments. Although previous research has examined cultural and socioeconomic predictors of such decisions, there is a lack of research on how an individual's perceived ecological environment influences these behaviours. Based on the behavioural ecological perspective and prior research, the present research examined the effect of social crowding on self-interested unethical decisions across four studies. An analysis of secondary data (<i>N</i> = 22,372; preliminary study) revealed that objective social crowding was associated with an increase in self-interested unethical decisions. A field experiment (<i>N</i> = 202, Study 1) and two laboratory experiments (<i>N</i> = 505, Studies 2 and 3) demonstrated that perceived crowding led individuals to make more self-interested unethical decisions and exhibit more unethical behaviours. Furthermore, this effect was mediated by reduced state self-control (Studies 2 and 3). These findings highlight the ethical and psychological costs of social crowding and offer practical implications for combating self-interested unethical decisions in socially crowded environments.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"61 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148809210","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 Connection Between Personality and the Perception of Social Norms in the Adaptation to the Principles of Sustainable Development","authors":"Karakat Nagymzhanova, Aigerim Amantayeva, Zhantikeyev Serik, Gulsumzhan Zhumakasova, Gulshat Arystankyzy","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70260","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The purpose of the study was to identify the relationship between personality traits of student youth and the perception of social norms regulating adaptation to sustainable development principles. An empirical survey was conducted among 150 third- and fourth-year students of social and humanities specialities at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. The results showed that conscientiousness (M = 4.05; SD = 0.58), openness to experience (M = 3.95; SD = 0.63), and agreeableness (M = 3.87; SD = 0.65) were most strongly associated with the perception of sustainable development norms. Extraversion was moderate (M = 3.42; SD = 0.71), while negative emotionality was low (M = 2.76; SD = 0.74), indicating students' relative emotional stability. The highest support was observed for environmental responsibility (M = 4.12), reflecting students' participation in ecological initiatives and university programmes. Ethical consumption norms were also positively perceived (M = 3.88), although their practical implementation was limited by economic factors. The overall integral level of perception of social norms was M = 3.93 (SD = 0.57), indicating positive but incomplete assimilation of sustainable development values. The proposed model demonstrated the interaction between five-factor personality traits and cognitive, emotional-motivational, behavioural, and social-regulatory mechanisms. The findings may be used by university teachers and psychologists to develop programmes promoting sustainable development values and students' sociocultural competence.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"61 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148784666","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":"Perceived Support, Job Stressors and Insecurity: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Study of Emotional Distress Among Manufacturing Workers","authors":"Yan Xu, Shang Gao, Wenhao Qi, Xihe Yu","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70263","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aimed to examine the effects of job stressors and social support on the mental health of frontline manufacturing workers in China, an understudied population facing high workloads, performance pressure and job insecurity. The dynamic relationships between emotional outcomes and support mechanisms were explored using the job demands–resources (JD–R) model and conservation of resources (COR) theory. Two waves of surveys were conducted between November 2024 and April 2025 among 1270 manufacturing workers in Jilin Province, China. A cross-lagged panel network model was applied to analyse the temporal and structural relationships among stressors, perceived support and emotional states. Anxiety significantly predicted subsequent depression. Perceived supervisor support negatively predicted subsequent anxiety, depression, hindrance stressors and pay and promotion insecurity and showed the highest bridge centrality in the network. Perceived coworker support negatively predicted subsequent challenge stressors. Hindrance stressors and pay and promotion insecurity showed small positive associations with anxiety and depression. The study extended the JD–R model and COR theory to a Chinese industrial context, emphasising supervisor support as a central protective factor. The findings offer theoretical and practical insights for mental health interventions in manufacturing workplaces.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"61 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148783835","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":"Perceived Parental Comparison, Authenticity and School Adjustment in Adolescence: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis","authors":"Wei Wu, Yanshu Zhu, Yan Wang","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70261","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In increasingly competitive educational contexts, parents often evaluate and compare their children's performance, which may shape adolescents' self-related experiences and adjustment. Little is known about how different forms of perceived parental comparison are dynamically associated with adolescents' psychological functioning and school adjustment. Using a cross-lagged panel network approach, this study examined the dynamic associations among perceived parental comparison, authenticity and school adjustment. Four hundred forty-nine adolescents in China (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 15.81 ± 0.61; 51.9% female) participated at two time points. Results showed that parental upward social comparison emerged as the most structurally influential node, exhibiting the highest out-expected and bridge expected influence. Self-alienation, parental temporal comparison of decline and peer relationship problems also occupied prominent structural positions, whereas parental downward comparison showed the highest in-expected influence. In addition, upward and downward social comparisons were linked to peer relationship problems in opposite directions, and school adjustment was associated with subsequent changes in decline-focused parental comparisons. Progress-focused comparison was associated with lower self-alienation, and authenticity showed modest but meaningful links with school adjustment. Overall, the findings suggest that parental comparison, authenticity and school adjustment are embedded within a dynamic and reciprocal system during adolescence, with distinct comparison forms playing differentiated structural roles.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"61 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148783836","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}
Hodar Lam, Zhaoyang Xie, Tong Xu, Emmanuel Affum-Osei, Sharon G. Goto, Rong Wang, June Chun Yeung, Darius K-S. Chan
{"title":"Power and Loneliness: The Role of Cultural Values","authors":"Hodar Lam, Zhaoyang Xie, Tong Xu, Emmanuel Affum-Osei, Sharon G. Goto, Rong Wang, June Chun Yeung, Darius K-S. Chan","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70262","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Loneliness–the subjective, unpleasant state of social disconnectedness–has long been recognised as a public health concern and is estimated to affect 16% of the global population. There is some evidence for the social benefits of power in protecting one from loneliness, but theories and evidence remain inconsistent. We argued and hypothesised that cultural values would moderate the negative power-loneliness relationship. With a four-culture (China, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and the United States) dataset from 733 university students, we found that subjective power, collectivism and horizontalism had negative associations with loneliness. Further, amongst participants who identified strongly with horizontal-individualistic cultural values (i.e., emphasising freedom and equality), the negative power-loneliness relationship was weakened. We discuss the conceptual and practical implications of the interrelationships of power, culture and loneliness.</p>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"61 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ijop.70262","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148784048","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}
Suzette Kelly-Williams, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Ambika Krishnakumar, Dickson M. M. Ong'ayi
{"title":"Associations Among Interparental Violence, Maternal Depression and Behavioural Difficulties in Preschool-Aged Children in Jamaica","authors":"Suzette Kelly-Williams, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Ambika Krishnakumar, Dickson M. M. Ong'ayi","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70258","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ijop.70258","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To spotlight women's and children's mental health needs and human rights issues around interparental violence in Caribbean families, this study examined the mediating function of maternal depressive symptoms on associations between interparental violence and children's anxiety/depression, antisocial behaviours, and peer problems. Participants included 152 mothers and their preschool-aged children residing in the Kingston area of Jamaica. Interparental violence had direct associations with children's antisocial behaviours and peer problems. Maternal depressive symptoms partially mediated the association between interparental violence and child anxiety/depression. Findings point to the importance of considering both interparental violence and maternal depression together in addressing children's mental health difficulties in the broader Caribbean region.</p>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"61 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ijop.70258","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148714282","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}