{"title":"Suppression of Positive and Negative Emotions and Loneliness among Emerging Adults: A Moderated-Mediation Model of Romantic Relationship Satisfaction and Gender.","authors":"Ali Karababa","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2466100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2466100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Loneliness is prevalent in emerging adults, and there is a great need to understand its antecedents to combat loneliness. This study aimed to examine whether romantic relationship satisfaction mediated the relationship between the suppression of positive and negative emotions and loneliness and whether gender moderated the relationship between the suppression of positive and negative emotions and romantic relationship satisfaction in Turkish emerging adults. The study sample consisted of 452 (248 females and 204 males) emerging adults involved in a romantic relationship and attending university, 18-25 years old. The participants completed the measures of the suppression sub-dimension of emotion regulation, romantic relationship satisfaction, and loneliness, as well as a demographic survey. Firstly, the findings demonstrated that romantic relationship satisfaction mediated the relationship between the suppression of both positive and negative emotions and loneliness, regardless of gender. Secondly, the findings reported that gender moderated the mediating role of romantic relationship satisfaction in the relationship between suppression of negative emotions and loneliness. More specifically, suppression of negative emotions significantly put female emerging adults at increased risk of poor romantic relationship satisfaction and, consequently, loneliness in comparison with males.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469537","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}
Alexander M McWilliam, Stuart Beattie, Nichola Callow
{"title":"Review and Analysis of Successful PSA Interventions: An Applied Perspective.","authors":"Alexander M McWilliam, Stuart Beattie, Nichola Callow","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2459662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2459662","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Public speaking can be a fear-inducing and anxiety-provoking experience for individuals, potentially resulting in poor performance and missed educational, social, and professional opportunities. In order to provide applied practitioners with effective methodologies for the reduction of public speaking anxiety (PSA), this paper aims to systematically review and meta-analyse theoretically driven interventions that successfully reduce PSA or maintain/increased public speaking performance. Following the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a systematic review and meta-analysis examined articles from 1 January 2000 to 1 June 2023. Of the 1293 articles identified, 26 studies with 2253 participants met the inclusion criteria. Research was of a moderate to high methodological standard, with interventions varying in type, duration, and focus (e.g., symptom vs. source). Intervention types included exposure, cognitive modification, combined, and other strategies. Although, the overall effect of psychological interventions for PSA across 42 interventions was <i>g</i> = 1.17 (95% CI = 0.88-1.45), with high heterogeneity, individual effect sizes varied greatly. While this review provides support for the efficacy of psychological interventions in reducing anxiety related to public speaking, rigorous research is warranted to examine long-term efficacy, real-world implications, self-efficacy development, and individual differences in treatment assignment. Finally, this review provides practitioners with a quick and easy guide to implementing successful interventions that reduce PSA or maintain/increase performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-39"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143460129","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":"Is Emotion the Engine? Positive Affect as the Mediator Between Employee Mindset and Performance in a Three-Wave Study.","authors":"Zselyke Pap, Delia Vîrgă, Alina Daniela Ștefan, Sergio Lopez Bohle, Felipe Muñoz Medina","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2460646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2460646","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research in the educational and organizational fields theoretically suggests that individuals' implicit beliefs are deeply connected with their performance. This study provides insight into the emotional mechanism that connects employees' mindsets regarding growth (growth vs. fixed mindset) and stress (stress-is-enhancing vs. stress-is-debilitating mindset) to job performance. We hypothesized that employees with a stress-as-enhancing and a growth-oriented mindset (T1) would experience more positive affect (T2), increasing their job performance (T3). We tested these hypotheses using three-wave survey data from a sample of employees in various occupations. Our results showed that employees with a growth mindset and those who viewed stress as an experience that enhances learning, vitality, and productivity experienced more positive emotions one month later. The data also showed that performance was significantly predicted by growth mindset both directly and indirectly, while stress mindset was linked only to positive affect.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143460205","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 Relationship Between Parental Childhood Maltreatment and Children's Sleep Quality: An Intergenerational Perspective.","authors":"Yuhan Zhou, Yanhui Xiang","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2421359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2024.2421359","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on the hyperarousal theory and self-control theory, this study investigated the link between parental childhood maltreatment and children's sleep quality by examining the mediation effect of parental self-control and children's perceived parental support from an intergenerational transmission perspective. A total of 334 Chinese primary school students in grades 4-6 (50% girls, <i>M<sub>age</sub></i> = 10.49, <i>SD</i> = 0.97) reported on perceived parental support and sleep quality. In addition, childhood maltreatment and self-control were reported by their parents (<i>M<sub>father's age </sub></i>= 40.48, <i>M<sub>mother's age</sub></i> = 38.18). The results showed that the father's childhood maltreatment was directly associated with children's sleep quality, while the mother's childhood maltreatment was indirectly linked to children's sleep quality. Furthermore, children's perceived parental support acted as mediators in the effect of mother's childhood maltreatment on children's sleep quality, and mother's childhood maltreatment also affected children's perceived parental support <i>via</i> mother's self-control, thus affecting children's sleep quality indirectly. These results have important practical implications for family-based interventions in children's sleep quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142956677","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}
Journal of PsychologyPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-16DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2372578
Sanjay Kumar, Charlie A Davidson, Reena Saini, Ranjeeta Jain
{"title":"The Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Religiousness in Schizotypal Personality and Life Satisfaction: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Sanjay Kumar, Charlie A Davidson, Reena Saini, Ranjeeta Jain","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2372578","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2372578","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intolerance of uncertainty is an important trans-diagnostic determinant of mental disorders. It is related to psychotic symptoms and religiousness. Religiousness is related to schizotypal personality and wellbeing. Therefore, in a cross-sectional study, we studied the effects of intolerance of uncertainty and religiousness on schizotypal personality and the schizotypal personality-mediated effects of intolerance of uncertainty and religiousness on life satisfaction. On a sample of 734 college students (age, <i>M</i> = 20.3, <i>SD</i> = 3.48), intolerance of uncertainty, religiousness, life satisfaction, and schizotypal personality were measured through paper-pencil questionnaires. The results showed that intolerance of uncertainty had positive (direct) relationships with all schizotypal personality dimensions. However, intolerance of uncertainty had positive (mediated by ideas of reference and magical thinking) and negative (mediated by eccentric behavior) indirect effects on life satisfaction. Religiousness had direct as well as indirect (mediated by eccentric behavior) positive effects on life satisfaction. However, the behaving (mediated by ideas of reference) and belonging (mediated by magical thinking) sub-dimensions of religiousness had some indirect negative effects on life satisfaction. Thus, the present study shows that intolerance of uncertainty is an important contributor to psychotic proneness. Religiousness is largely health-enhancing. Moreover, there is a nuanced pattern of interactional relationship between intolerance of uncertainty, religiousness, schizotypal personality, and life satisfaction. We have discussed the theoretical and applied implications of the findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"92-110"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141628099","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}
Journal of PsychologyPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-16DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2378418
Kory Floyd, Colin Hesse, Colter D Ray, Alan C Mikkelson
{"title":"Interpersonal Loneliness Predicts the Frequency and Intensity of Nightmares: An Examination of Theoretic Mechanisms.","authors":"Kory Floyd, Colin Hesse, Colter D Ray, Alan C Mikkelson","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2378418","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2378418","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The evolutionary theory of loneliness (ETL) argues that human belongingness is essential to survival and failing to meet belongingness needs constitutes a threat to viability. In two separate studies (total <i>N</i> = 1,609), links between loneliness and nightmares were examined as a test of ETL postulates. As hypothesized, loneliness predicted nightmare frequency (both studies) and nightmare intensity (Study Two only). Although stress mediated the relationship between loneliness and nightmare frequency in Study One, stress was not a significant mediator of this relationship in Study Two. As predicted, in Study Two both hyperarousal and rumination mediated the relationships between loneliness and nightmare frequency and between loneliness and nightmare intensity. Theoretical implications include support for both the aversive signaling and implicit vigilance postulates of ETL.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"111-131"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141628098","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}
Journal of PsychologyPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-30DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2382243
Muhammad Jahangir, S Mudasser Shah, Jian-Song Zhou, Bing Lang, Xiao-Ping Wang
{"title":"Machiavellianism: Psychological, Clinical, and Neural Correlations.","authors":"Muhammad Jahangir, S Mudasser Shah, Jian-Song Zhou, Bing Lang, Xiao-Ping Wang","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2382243","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2382243","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Machiavellianism is a personality trait that denotes cunning, manipulative ability, and a desire to gain power by any possible means. Machiavellianism is a subclinical form of psychopathy that has an impact on individual health, professional settings and social order. Machiavellians are more at risk of developing anxiety and depression; however, the underpinning mechanism has not been studied clearly. To avoid major mental health illnesses, it is critical to understand the psychological reasons, brain areas involved, and biochemical substrates for the development of Machiavellianism. This review will address the psychological, clinical and neural correlations of Machiavellianism, its impact on society, and highlight loopholes in comprehending the development of Machiavellianism.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"155-168"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142113472","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}
Journal of PsychologyPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-10DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2397690
Yang Li, Luming Liu, Xinchun Wu, Wenchao Wang
{"title":"Dual Effects of Self-Compassion on Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Posttraumatic Growth: The Roles of Trauma-Related Shame and Guilt.","authors":"Yang Li, Luming Liu, Xinchun Wu, Wenchao Wang","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2397690","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2397690","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies have shown that self-compassion can alleviate posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and promote posttraumatic growth (PTG). However, only a few studies explored the dual effects of its positive and negative components on PTSS and PTG. Also, the emotional mechanisms between self-compassion and PTSS/PTG remain unclear. Thus, with the three-wave longitudinal design, we examined the mediating role of trauma-related shame and guilt between self-compassion and PTSS/PTG among traumatized Chinese college students. 782 Chinese college students (467 females; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 18.98, <i>SD</i> = 1.37) who had experienced traumatic events within the previous six months of the initial assessment were included in the study. In the direct effect model, compassionate self-responding (CSR) negatively predicted PTSS and positively predicted PTG. In contrast, uncompassionate self-responding (USR) positively predicted both PTSS and PTG. In the indirect model, CSR negatively predicted PTSS through trauma-related shame and guilt, but also negatively predicted PTG through trauma-related guilt. USR positively predicted PTSS through trauma-related shame and guilt and positively predicted PTG through trauma-related guilt. Thus, CSR can benefit posttraumatic college students by alleviating PTSS and promoting PTG, and USR may also have an adaptive side. Still, we should focus on the maladaptive and adaptive sides of trauma-related emotions in the intervention of posttraumatic college students.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"227-244"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142298879","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}
Journal of PsychologyPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2354439
Yongzhan Li, Dehui Wu
{"title":"Creativity and Well-Being Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life.","authors":"Yongzhan Li, Dehui Wu","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2354439","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2354439","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of creativity on well-being have been supported by many studies, but the mechanisms involved have not been fully studied. This study used the Creative Conceptual Behavioral Scale, the Well-Being Scale, and the Meaning of Life Questionnaire to survey 1124 college students, in order to explore the mechanism of creativity's influence on well-being from the perspective of meaning in life. The results showed that: (1) There was a bipartite positive correlation between creativity, well-being and meaning of life; and (2) meaning in life played a partial mediating role between creativity and well-being, that is to say, creativity not only directedly influenced well-being but also indirectedly influenced well-being through meaning in life. This study reveals the effect of creativity on well-being and its mechanism theoretically, which has certain practical reference value for the education of meaning in life for college students.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162297","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}
Journal of PsychologyPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-30DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2380867
Bara Y Asfour, Malakeh Z Malak, John Lipinski, Kenneth Bohl
{"title":"A Relationship between Management Commitment, Psychological Empowerment, and Job Performance among Employees in Higher Educational Institutions in Palestine: Multi-Wave Survey.","authors":"Bara Y Asfour, Malakeh Z Malak, John Lipinski, Kenneth Bohl","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2380867","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2380867","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to assess the relationship between management commitment, psychological empowerment, and job performance among Palestinian academic employees in higher education institutions. A multi-wave survey was utilized and 665 academics were recruited from several public and private universities in West Bank, in which the stratified sampling method was adopted to select universities. Findings demonstrated that participants reported moderate levels of management commitment and job performance and agreeable levels of psychological empowerment. Management commitment and psychological empowerment positively correlated with job performance (<i>p</i> < 0.01). However, management commitment had a direct influence on job performance and management commitment had a relationship with psychological empowerment (<i>p</i> < 0.01). Thus, strategies should be carried out to enhance management commitment and psychological empowerment to improve job performance among academic staff.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"132-154"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141793805","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}