{"title":"Dynamic Interplay of Stress, Meaning, Social Support, and Autonomy in College Students' Mental Health.","authors":"Qian Chen, Xin-Qiang Wang, Chen Yang, Si-Yang Liu, Yu-Xiao Liu, Zong-Kui Zhou","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2485915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2485915","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Understanding the impact of changes in perceived stress on mental health is critical for advancing targeted interventions; however, the psychological mechanisms underpinning these processes remain largely unexplored. Grounded in the Dual-Factor System of Mental Health (DFM) and Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, this study explores the intra-individual effects of changes in perceived stress on depression and flourishing, focusing on resources such as meaning in life, perceived social support, and individual autonomy. A total of 1,315 college students were surveyed during the COVID-19 college closures (T1) and subsequent reopening (T2). Latent Change Score Models revealed that only changes in perceived social support and individual autonomy served as protective mediators for changes in depression, while all resources contributed to changes in flourishing. Network analysis further supports the protective role of changes in perceived social support on depression and identifies changes in flourishing as central. These findings enhance our understanding of stress coping by capturing the detailed dynamics of both positive and negative dimensions, while providing actionable insights for developing context-specific resource interventions to address challenges in mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144102909","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":"Perceived Parental Warmth and Young Adults' Social-Emotional Skills: Influence Through Social and Psychological Well-Being.","authors":"Xiaotian Zhang, Yi Wang, Feng Geng","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2502728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2502728","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social-emotional skills serve to fortify contemporary students, boosting their capacity to navigate stress and enhance their ability to form and maintain positive social bonds. This study ascertained the influence of parental warmth on the social-emotional competencies of college students, examining potential mediating mechanisms through their social and psychological well-being. Utilizing structural equation modeling (SEM) with data collected from 362 participants, findings demonstrated that both maternal and paternal warmth positively affected students' psychological well-being. Notably, it was observed that paternal warmth played a significant role in predicting students' social well-being, while maternal warmth did not exhibit the same level of significance. Additionally, it was found that both maternal and paternal warmth exerted positive influence on students' social-emotional skills by way of fostering their psychological and social well-being. These results underscored the nuanced roles of parental warmth in shaping the emotional and social development of emerging adults, highlighting the interconnectedness of psychological and social factors in parental impact research.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081413","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":"How Does Communal Strength Influence Work and Family Sacrifices Between Women and Men? The Role of Authenticity and Feeling Appreciated.","authors":"Laura Villanueva-Moya, Francisca Expósito","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2502738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2502738","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research (<i>n</i> = 487) extends prior research on relational sacrifices by analyzing the influence of communal strength on the perceived costs and benefits of making work and family sacrifices. It also analyzes the role of feeling authentic and appreciated by the partner for making these sacrifices in the perception. Regarding work sacrifices, the findings documented that those women (but not men) high in communal strength perceived greater benefits of making them because they felt more authentic and feeling greater partner appreciation. Concerning family sacrifices, the results revealed that communal strength did not predict the benefits of making these sacrifices. Nonetheless, we found that both women and men who felt more authentic after making a family sacrifice perceived more benefits because they experienced greater partner appreciation. In general, this pattern seems to reflect that women value family and work sacrifices, with the last ones triggered by the motivation to satisfy the needs of others (communal strength). In contrast, regardless of the communal strength, men continue to value only family sacrifices without considering work sacrifices.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024687","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}
Gloria Xiaocheng Ma, Marise Ph Born, Paraskevas Petrou, Arnold B Bakker
{"title":"The Effects of Employee Dark Triad Traits and Leadership Styles on Work-Related Outcomes in China: An Agency-Communion Perspective.","authors":"Gloria Xiaocheng Ma, Marise Ph Born, Paraskevas Petrou, Arnold B Bakker","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2485907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2485907","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the effects of employees' dark triad traits and leadership styles on employees' work outcomes among Chinese employees (<i>N</i> = 332). Four leadership scenarios were designed, based on a combination of leadership agency and communion, in order to capture goal-oriented and people-oriented leadership behaviors. Participants were randomly assigned to a leadership scenario and filled out a work-related questionnaire after reading it. We used hierarchical regression models to conduct the analyses. Next to significant direct effects of employees' dark triad traits and leadership styles on work outcomes, there were significant interaction effects between employees' Machiavellianism and leadership styles on their work outcomes. More specifically, compared to other leadership styles, high agency-low communion leadership was more likely to activate counterproductive work behavior (CWB) and emotional exhaustion among Machiavellians. No interaction effects occurred for narcissism and psychopathy.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144057684","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":"Social Support and Life Satisfaction Among Female College Students: Serial Mediation of Grit and Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction.","authors":"Jiadian Xu, Yubing Yin, Kai Cheng","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2488865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2488865","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social support plays an important role in helping female college students in particular to achieve and feel well in the face of changing social circumstances. The present study aims to delve into the specific mechanisms through which social support contributes to enhancing life satisfaction among female college students. Therefore, a serial mediation model was tested to examine the relationship between social support, grit, basic psychological needs satisfaction, and life satisfaction among female college students. 588 female college students residing in China, with an average age of 19 years (SD = 1.29), participated in this study. The instruments used included the Social Support Scale, the Grit Scale, the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale, and the Life Satisfaction Scale. Correlation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM) were employed to examine the relationships among the variables. The study findings reveal a positive association between higher levels of social support and increased grit, as well as satisfaction of basic psychological needs among female college students. The structural equation modeling confirms the validity of the serial mediation model. This model suggests that social support is a significant predictor of holistic well-being, with its influence on life satisfaction being partially mediated by grit and basic psychological needs satisfaction. The findings underscore the importance of social support as a potential pathway to enhancing life satisfaction through the cultivation of grit and the satisfaction of psychological needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144057683","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":"Relationships Between Familial Factors, Learning Motivation, Learning Approaches, and Cognitive Flexibility Among Vocational Education and Training Students.","authors":"Sokhom Chan, Sorakrich Maneewan, Vitsanu Nittayathammakul, Sirimonpak Suwannakhun","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2456801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2456801","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the relationships between familial factors in terms of parental autonomy support and parental support and Vocational Education and Training (VET) students' learning motivation, learning approaches, and cognitive flexibility. In this cross-sectional study, a convenient sample of 557 VET students (males = 56.7% and females = 43.35; mean age = 18.41 and SD = 0.85) from ten vocational schools in Bangkok areas, Thailand, responded to a questionnaire of adapted scales on familial factors (i.e., parental autonomy support and parental support), learning motivation (i.e., intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and utility value), learning approaches (i.e., deep learning approaches and surface learning approaches), and cognitive flexibility (i.e., alternatives). Structural equation analyses revealed that parental autonomy support had indirect relationship with alternatives <i>via</i> learning motivation and deep learning approaches, whereas parental support had both direct and indirect association with alternatives through learning motivation and deep learning approaches. Surface learning approaches were not found to significantly predict alternatives. These findings suggest that a familial context that stresses autonomy support and helpful support from parents can motivate VET students to learn and adopt deep approaches to learning, which in turn encourages the development of their cognitive flexibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784593","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}
Martina Smorti, Cansu Alsancak-Akbulut, Francesca Pozza, Carmen Berrocal Montiel
{"title":"Exploring the Links Between Parental Bonding and Life Satisfaction: Anxiety and Anger as Underlying Mechanisms.","authors":"Martina Smorti, Cansu Alsancak-Akbulut, Francesca Pozza, Carmen Berrocal Montiel","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2473735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2473735","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Past research has shown that parental bonding contributes to the psychological well-being of emerging adults; however, the mechanisms of this effect are unclear. Therefore, this study examined the mediator roles of anger expression, anger control, and anxiety in the association between parental bonding (care and overprotection) and life satisfaction. 369 Italian young adults (<i>n<sub>female</sub></i> = 242, <i>n<sub>male</sub></i> = 127) completed self-report measures including the Parental Bonding Instrument, State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The results revealed that anxiety was a mediator between parental overprotection and life satisfaction. Anger control mediated the relationship between parental care and life satisfaction. Negative expressions of anger mediated the relationship between maternal overprotection and life satisfaction. Also, negative expressions of anger mediated the link between paternal low care and life satisfaction. These findings demonstrated that maternal and paternal bonding might play a role in the life satisfaction of young adults through different underlying psycho-emotional mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143597855","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":"Only the Perceived Differences in Empathy May Lead to Depression When You Carry Zero-Sum Beliefs.","authors":"Mei-Ru Wang, Peng-Xing Ying, Xi-Chao Zhang","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2473723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2473723","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When it comes to the problem of whether empathy is essential in interpersonal interactions, the answer is undoubtedly affirmative. However, it is important to acknowledge that empathy doesn't always lead to favorable outcomes. When examining the exchange of emotional support between individuals within the framework of empathy, concerns arise regarding its effects on the recipient's psychological health when they perceive their partner's empathy as unjust or unequal. We focus on two key aspects in the family environment: the perceived differences in empathy between 'partner toward others' and 'partner toward me' (DIF1), and similarly, between 'me toward the partner' and 'partner toward me' (DIF2). This study aims to shed light on the relationship between the perceived differences in empathy and depression, and its underlying mechanisms from the perspective of empathy recipients. Drawing on survey data from 745 participants, we found that: DIF1, as well as DIF2, could positively predict depression. Personal relative deprivation mediates the relationship between perceived differences in cognitive empathy and individual depression, and high levels of zero-sum beliefs exacerbate the predictive role of relative deprivation on depression. However, no significant predictive role was found in the aspect of affective empathy.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143576029","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}
Theresia Ell, Débora B Maehler, Lydia Repke, Fakhri Momeni
{"title":"Loneliness: A Scoping Review of Reviews From 2001 to 2023.","authors":"Theresia Ell, Débora B Maehler, Lydia Repke, Fakhri Momeni","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2462632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2462632","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The growing number of primary studies and reviews on loneliness, and the multidisciplinary efforts to comprehend this complex phenomenon from various perspectives, underscore the heightened recognition of its impact on individual and societal well-being and health. To comprehensively assess the size and scope of this research field, we conducted a scoping review of 35 English-language reviews of primary studies on loneliness, published between 2001 and 2023. Focusing specifically on psychological research, these reviews covered a total of <i>N</i> = 1,089 studies, which were conducted between 1986 and 2022. In addition to providing a broad overview of the structure of the field, the present scoping review aimed to explore the methodological landscape of loneliness research, including data collection, sample demographics, and measures, and to present key topics and evidence in the field. By deepening the understanding of loneliness and identifying data gaps and methodological challenges, our analyses provide critical insights for future research endeavors, thereby fostering advances in the field.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-29"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143504447","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":"Behavioral but Not Psychological Control Predicts Self-Regulation, Adjustment Problems and Academic Self-Efficacy Among Early Adolescents.","authors":"Mehmet Harma, Büşra Aktaş, Nebi Sümer","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2465478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2465478","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prior work has documented that parental psychological and behavioral control have varying impacts on self-regulation skills and social-academic outcomes in early adolescence, with effects differing across cultures. The present study explores the role of psychological and behavioral control in predicting adjustment difficulties and academic self-confidence through self-regulatory skills among early adolescents in Turkiye using data from mothers and their children (<i>N</i> = 295, N<sub>girls</sub>=145, M<sub>age</sub>=12.14 years). The results yielded that parental behavioral control, but not psychological control, predicts self-regulation of adolescents, which, in turn, predicts adjustment and academic self-efficacy. Our results underscore the pivotal role of parental knowledge and monitoring, mainly through behavioral control strategies, in fostering psychological adjustment and academic self-efficacy in the Turkish cultural context. The discussion delves into the potential culture-specific effects of psychological control and the universal influence of behavioral control during early adolescence.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143504523","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}