Jacquelyn Cranney, Susan A. Nolan, Remo Job, Sonja Goedeke, Michael A. Machin, Judith Gullifer, Susanne Narciss, Luciana Karine de Souza, Fanli Jia, Lori Foster, Julie A. Hulme, Dragos Iliescu, Xing-Da Ju, Haruyuki Kojima, Aneesh Kumar, Therese M. S. Tchombe, Waikaremoana Waitoki, Marc Eric S. Reyes, Verónica Boeta Madera
{"title":"Collaborative Processes in the Development of the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP) Model","authors":"Jacquelyn Cranney, Susan A. Nolan, Remo Job, Sonja Goedeke, Michael A. Machin, Judith Gullifer, Susanne Narciss, Luciana Karine de Souza, Fanli Jia, Lori Foster, Julie A. Hulme, Dragos Iliescu, Xing-Da Ju, Haruyuki Kojima, Aneesh Kumar, Therese M. S. Tchombe, Waikaremoana Waitoki, Marc Eric S. Reyes, Verónica Boeta Madera","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Across all nations, undergraduate psychology programmes aim to promote the acquisition of foundational psychology competences. Yet, until recently, a universally recognised model outlining essential competences did not exist. The International Collaboration on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes (ICUPO) addressed this gap by developing the <i>International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP)</i> Model. The aim of this article is to provide guidance about how other groups might successfully approach similar efforts to delineate discipline-specific key competences. We describe the processes that led to the development of the <i>ICUP</i> Model, framed by group development theory (Preparing, Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing Stages), with additional consideration of individual ICUPO Committee member psychological needs for <i>competence</i>, <i>relatedness</i>, and <i>autonomy</i>. Each group development Stage section (a) describes project activities relevant to the characteristics of that Stage, and (b) lists key strategies employed and lessons learned, as well as commentary on psychological needs. To further enhance the value of this endeavour, the Discussion includes (a) commentary on the strengths and limitations of these theories for understanding and enhancing the effectiveness of such project processes, and (b) actionable insights for educational leaders undertaking similar projects.</p>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"60 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ijop.70061","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144244776","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}
Duy T. H. Le, Raymond C. K. Chan, Jichun Hao, Ross B. Wilkinson
{"title":"The Mental Health of Australian, Chinese and Vietnamese University Students: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the DASS-21","authors":"Duy T. H. Le, Raymond C. K. Chan, Jichun Hao, Ross B. Wilkinson","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70057","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The DASS-21 has been widely used in university student mental health research. However, studies on its cross-cultural reliability and validity, particularly among Eastern student populations, remain limited. This study examined the DASS-21's psychometric properties and measurement invariance across Australian, Chinese and Vietnamese students. Data were drawn from multiple surveys conducted between 2017 and 2021, comprising 2420 university students from Australia (<i>n</i> = 1093), China (<i>n</i> = 626) and Vietnam (<i>n</i> = 701). Single-group confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) supported the three-factor model of the DASS-21 with acceptable fit for each cultural group, requiring minor modifications for Chinese and Vietnamese data. Multiple-group CFAs resulted in an 18-item version (DASS-18) that achieved cross-group measurement invariance and acceptable internal consistency. Non-parametric tests revealed the lowest scores for all the DASS-18 results among Australian students, while Chinese students reported the highest level of anxiety and Vietnamese students reported the highest level of depression. The two Asian samples exhibited similar levels of stress and overall distress. In general, this study supports the measurement invariance of the DASS, with caution regarding culturally sensitive items. Implications for the DASS-21's universality and recommendations for future research and multicultural psychological assessment are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"60 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ijop.70057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144213869","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}
Emerson Bartholomew, Joris C. Verster, Matti Cervin, Rebecca A. Chalmers, Moana Billot, Peter Adu, Mohsen M. Alyami, Danielle L. Oyler, Steven D. Pratscher, Anna Sutton, Naved Iqbal, B. Ann Bettencourt, Vincent M. Reid, Christian U. Krägeloh, Nirbhay N. Singh, Oleg N. Medvedev
{"title":"Establishing the Cross-Cultural Validity of the Immune Status Questionnaire Using Rasch Analysis","authors":"Emerson Bartholomew, Joris C. Verster, Matti Cervin, Rebecca A. Chalmers, Moana Billot, Peter Adu, Mohsen M. Alyami, Danielle L. Oyler, Steven D. Pratscher, Anna Sutton, Naved Iqbal, B. Ann Bettencourt, Vincent M. Reid, Christian U. Krägeloh, Nirbhay N. Singh, Oleg N. Medvedev","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70051","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Reliable assessment of self-reported immune function is essential for identifying at-risk populations, monitoring public health interventions and informing global health strategies. Yet, current instruments are imprecise and lack cross-cultural validity. This study aimed to assess the cross-cultural validity of the 7-item Immune Status Questionnaire (ISQ). The Partial Credit Rasch model was applied to analyse responses to the ISQ (<i>N</i> = 1250) from five nations, including India (<i>n</i> = 250), the Netherlands (<i>n</i> = 250), New Zealand (<i>n</i> = 250), Saudi Arabia (<i>n</i> = 250) and the United States (<i>n</i> = 250). Initial analysis revealed a poor fit to the Rasch model. Using sub-test methodology, ISQ items were combined into sub-tests, resulting in an acceptable fit to the Rasch model, evidence of strict unidimensionality and measurement invariance across nations. Acceptable fit permitted the production of an ordinal-to-interval conversion table included here. While physiological assessments of immune functioning provide accurate and objective evaluations of immune functioning, self-report measures remain a practical method for their ease of administration and lower cost. Findings support the reliability and cross-cultural validity of the ISQ. By applying interval conversion, physicians and researchers can improve the measurement accuracy of self-reported immune status and conduct valid comparisons across nations and to interval-level data.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"60 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206527","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}
I-Jun Chen, Wenshu Luo, Jiamin Ge, Mengping Yang, Lu Hao
{"title":"The Intergenerational Transmission of Social Adjustment in Single-Parent Families With Different Sex Compositions: The Mediating Role of Parental Child-Rearing Gender-Role Attitudes","authors":"I-Jun Chen, Wenshu Luo, Jiamin Ge, Mengping Yang, Lu Hao","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite evidence of intergenerational transmission of behaviours and attitudes between parents and children, and differences in interactions between single parents and same- or opposite-sex children, the role of parent–child sex composition in the transmission of social adjustment in single-parent families remains unclear. This study surveyed 532 parent-adolescent dyads from single-parent families, with adolescents aged 12–18 years (<i>M</i> = 14.81, <i>SD</i> = 1.62). The families comprised father-son (24.8%), father-daughter (13.5%), mother-son (43.0%) and mother-daughter (18.6%) types, to explore whether adolescents' perceptions of parental child-rearing gender-role attitudes (PCGA) mediate the relationship between parents' and adolescents' social adjustment across different sex compositions. The transmission of PCGA from grandparents to parents was also explored. Results showed that single mothers' social adjustment was not only higher than their children's but also generally exceeded that of single fathers. Single parents in father-son and mother-daughter families had higher PCGA scores than those in father-daughter families. Grandparents' PCGA was positively associated with parents' PCGA. Moreover, parents' social adjustment was positively associated with children's social adjustment through PCGA, and this mediation effect remained consistent across four family types. These findings highlight the need for interventions to enhance single parents' social adjustment and PCGA for better support.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"60 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144197368","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}
Silvana D'Ottone, Giovanni A. Travaglino, Pascal Burgmer, Isabella Giammusso, Hirotaka Imada, Yanhui Mao, Alberto Mirisola, Chanki Moon, Kengo Nawata, Miki Ozeki
{"title":"When Confidence in Institutions Backfires: Power-Distance Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Institutional Trust and Civic Honesty Across Eight Countries","authors":"Silvana D'Ottone, Giovanni A. Travaglino, Pascal Burgmer, Isabella Giammusso, Hirotaka Imada, Yanhui Mao, Alberto Mirisola, Chanki Moon, Kengo Nawata, Miki Ozeki","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70059","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Confidence in institutions is a key predictor of civic honesty, yet evidence shows that this relationship varies across contexts and individuals. This study examined whether power-distance orientation (PDO)—the extent to which individuals accept hierarchical power relations—moderates this association. High-PDO individuals tend to view institutional authorities as entitled to privilege, inclined to engage in patronage relationships and potentially corrupt. We hypothesised that for individuals high in PDO, confidence in institutions could backfire and be linked to the rejection of civic honesty. Using data from 2088 participants across eight countries, we found support for this hypothesis. Specifically, the positive link between institutional confidence and civic honesty was reversed among those who strongly endorse PDO. These findings suggest that individual-level variation in the link between confidence in institutions and civic honesty partly reflects broader beliefs about authorities. We discuss implications of this interaction and outline directions for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"60 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ijop.70059","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171289","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}
Min Cui, Mingpeng Huang, Guangdi Tian, Xinyue Li, Jialin Liu
{"title":"An Actor-Centric Perspective on the Dark Side of High Performance: Employee Job Performance, Psychological Entitlement and Unethical Behaviour","authors":"Min Cui, Mingpeng Huang, Guangdi Tian, Xinyue Li, Jialin Liu","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The existing literature on job performance has largely neglected its effects on focal employees' behaviours. Taking an actor-centric perspective and drawing upon self-perception theory, this study explores whether, how, and when employee performance relates to unethical behaviour. Across two studies—a scenario-based experiment (Study 1) and a multi-wave field study (Study 2)—we test hypotheses (Study 2) and establish causality (Study 1). Specifically, the results reveal that employee job performance is positively related to psychological entitlement, which in turn triggers unethical behaviour. Furthermore, the relationship is stronger when employee agreeableness is low rather than high. Our findings offer important theoretical and practical implications.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"60 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171716","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}
Peter K. Jonason, Ömer Erdoğan, Aaron Hoegn, S. Brian Hood
{"title":"Political Attitudes and Moral Decisions, Not Personality, Predict 2020 US Presidential Choice","authors":"Peter K. Jonason, Ömer Erdoğan, Aaron Hoegn, S. Brian Hood","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>When personality psychologists examine political behaviour, including voting, they usually focus on a narrow range of variables, thereby undermining the breadth of our knowledge. We asked 280 participants who they voted for (or would have) in the 2020 US presidential election and inquired as to their ‘dark’ personality (i.e., psychopathy, sadism, narcissism, and Machiavellianism) and ‘light’ (i.e., Kantianism, humanism, and faith in humanity) personality traits, political attitudes (i.e., social dominance orientation, right-wing authoritarianism, and left-wing authoritarianism), and how many times people chose each of the six moral foundations (i.e., care, fairness, loyalty, purity, liberty, and hierarchy). We found that personality traits (as distal systems) were negligibly important in presidential choice, moral choices (as parallel-yet-related choices) had some utility especially in relation to voting for a third-party candidate, and political attitudes (as proximal predictors) had the broadest and strongest associations. In addition, we found that third-party voters showed stronger concerns for purity than Biden supporters, and greater concerns for fairness than Trump supporters. Our results focus on how dispositional measures can add to standard sociodemographic predictors used by pollsters, politicians, and pundits.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"60 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144100772","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":"Correction to ‘Using the K-Means Node Clustering Method and ROC Curve Analysis to Define Cut-Off Scores for the Caregiving System Scale’","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70054","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Colledani, D., M. Mikulincer, P. R. Shaver, and A. M. Meneghini. 2025. “Using the K-Means Node Clustering Method and ROC Curve Analysis to Define Cut-Off Scores for the Caregiving System Scale.” <i>International Journal of Psychology</i> 60: e70038. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70038.</p><p>The funding statement for this article was missing. The funding statement has been added to the Acknowledgements section of the article:</p>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"60 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ijop.70054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143944698","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}
{"title":"Do the Relative Importance and Pattern of Correlates of Suicidal Ideation Vary by Age and Gender? Network Analyses","authors":"Hyeju Ha, Eun-Jung Shim","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examined age- and gender-related differences in correlates of suicidal ideation (SI) and their interrelationships. We used data from a nationally representative sample of adults aged 19 years or older who participated in the 2021 Korea Welfare Panel Study (<i>N</i> = 10,364). We examined six networks of SI and its sociodemographic, physical health, and psychological correlates by age (young, 19–39 years; middle-aged, 40–64 years; and old, over 65 years old) and by gender. Depression, subjective well-being (SWB), and self-esteem were the key SI correlates across all groups. Depression had the strongest direct associations with SI in all groups (edge weights: 0.23 in old women to 1.00 in middle-aged men). SWB was directly associated with SI in middle-aged men (−0.26), middle-aged women (0.27), and old women (−0.37). Self-esteem was indirectly related to SI through depression and SWB. Age- and gender-specific correlates included chronic illness for young women, job satisfaction and subjective physical health for middle-aged women, and family relationship satisfaction for older men and women, each showing stronger associations with SI than other correlates within their respective groups. Suicide prevention efforts may benefit from addressing both common and age- and gender-specific correlates of SI.</p>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"60 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ijop.70049","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143925877","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}
Yuriy Nesterko, Freya Specht, Nadine Stammel, Laura Nohr, Maria Böttche
{"title":"Mental Health and Experiences of Anti-Semitism in 2nd and 3rd Offspring Generation of Holocaust Survivors From Israel, Germany, and the USA","authors":"Yuriy Nesterko, Freya Specht, Nadine Stammel, Laura Nohr, Maria Böttche","doi":"10.1002/ijop.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The existing and rising anti-Semitism is a risk factor for the mental health of Jewish people worldwide. This study examines possible associations between anti-Semitism and mental health in offspring/children (OHS) and grandchildren (GHS) of Holocaust survivors through cross-country comparisons. A total of <i>n =</i> 248 OHS and <i>n =</i> 240 GHS from Israel, Germany, and the US completed a cross-sectional online survey on experiences of anti-Semitism, psychological distress, and posttraumatic stress symptoms, offered in English, German, and Hebrew. Psychological distress was significantly higher among participants from Germany vs. Israel and the US. Significant differences in experiences of anti-Semitism were found between the generations, with higher rates in GHS. Experiences of anti-Semitism were found to be associated with a higher risk for psychological distress and probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study emphasises the severe psychological stress being associated with experiences of anti-Semitism among OHS and GHS across different countries of origin. Given the rise in anti-Semitism since October 7, 2023 onwards, the findings are a warning and a clear impetus for political authorities as well as civil society to strengthen efforts for better healthcare and protecting Jewish life worldwide.</p>","PeriodicalId":48146,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychology","volume":"60 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ijop.70053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143925902","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}