Journal of PsychologyPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-10-14DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2025.2572704
Yujie Bao, Bixun Tong, Shuhui Zhao, Tianyun Chen
{"title":"Mobile Phone Addiction and Alexithymia Among College Students: Effects of Social Anxiety and Core Self-Evaluation.","authors":"Yujie Bao, Bixun Tong, Shuhui Zhao, Tianyun Chen","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2572704","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2572704","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explored possible mechanisms underlying the relationship between alexithymia and mobile phone addiction. The participants comprised 2,500 university students who were asked to complete the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, the Interaction Anxiousness Scale, the Core Self-evaluations Scale, and the Mobile Phone Addiction Index. The research found that social anxiety and core self-evaluation partially mediated the effect of alexithymia on mobile phone addiction, accounting for 22.5% and 42.4% of the total variance, respectively. When working sequentially, the relationship between alexithymia and mobile phone addiction was mediated by social anxiety and mobile phone addiction. The implications of the findings for preventing mobile phone addiction among college students are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"332-346"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145294048","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 : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-12-22DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2025.2603473
Hadi Fazelirad, Mehrane Pirzade, Jafar Hasani, Bahman Bouruki Milan, Robabeh Noury Ghasem Abadi, Mark D Griffiths
{"title":"Celebrity Worship, Narcissism, and Problematic Instagram Use: The Mediating Role of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Fear of Missing Out.","authors":"Hadi Fazelirad, Mehrane Pirzade, Jafar Hasani, Bahman Bouruki Milan, Robabeh Noury Ghasem Abadi, Mark D Griffiths","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2603473","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2603473","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Instagram's popularity as a social network platform has generated concerns about its underlying mechanisms and potential negative consequences. Through examining structural relationships, the present study sought to explore the relationship between narcissism, celebrity worship, fear of missing out (FoMO), difficulty in emotion regulation, and problematic Instagram use. The sample comprised 450 students (78.9% female) from six universities in Iran. The scales used in the study assessed problematic Instagram use, narcissism, celebrity worship, difficulties in emotion regulation, and FoMO. The results indicated that there was a positive association between narcissism, celebrity worship, and problematic Instagram use. Also, difficulties in emotion regulation and FoMO were partial mediators of the association between the predictor variables (i.e., narcissism and celebrity worship) and problematic Instagram use. The findings emphasize the need for additional research on difficulty in emotion regulation, FoMO, and other underlying mechanisms contributing to problematic Instagram use.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"591-613"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145811623","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 : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-11-13DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2025.2586633
Shiyin Wang, Xingchao Wang
{"title":"Longitudinal Relation Between Parental Phubbing and Prosocial Behaviors: Mediated by Loneliness and Moderated by Neuroticism.","authors":"Shiyin Wang, Xingchao Wang","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2586633","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2586633","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parental phubbing refers to the extent to which parents reduce interaction with their children or ignore them when parents are distracted by their smartphones. Parental phubbing has been shown to negatively affect adolescents' psychological and behavioral outcomes, including prosocial behaviors. However, few studies have employed a longitudinal design to examine the relation, leaving the underlying mediating and moderating mechanisms largely unexplored. Guided by attachment theory and the risky families model, the current study aimed to investigate the relation between parental phubbing and prosocial behaviors, and explore the mediating role of loneliness and the moderating role of neuroticism. A total of 2,407 Chinese adolescents (50.23% girl, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 12.75, <i>SD</i> = .58 at baseline) from seven schools was assessed at three time points: T1, T2 (12 months after T1) and T3 (12 months after T2). Using a longitudinal moderated mediation model and controlling for age, sex, family socioeconomic status, and baseline prosocial behaviors, higher parental phubbing at T1 predicted lower prosocial behaviors at T3. Loneliness at T2 played a mediating role between parental phubbing at T1 and prosocial behaviors at T3. Moreover, neuroticism at T1 moderated the relation between parental phubbing and prosocial behaviors, as well as loneliness and prosocial behaviors. Specifically, for adolescents high in neuroticism, higher parental phubbing was associated with lower prosocial behaviors while this association was nonsignificant for adolescents low in neuroticism. For adolescents low in neuroticism, higher loneliness was associated with lower prosocial behaviors while this association was nonsignificant for adolescents high in neuroticism.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"438-454"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145514474","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 : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-02-21DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2026.2630170
Weiting Ng
{"title":"National Affluence Strengthens the Positive Association Between Perceived Social Mobility and Subjective-Well-Being.","authors":"Weiting Ng","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2026.2630170","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2026.2630170","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous research has demonstrated that perceived social mobility increases, whereas income inequality decreases, subjective well-being (SWB). Using the World Values Survey (Wave 7) data, this study examined whether national affluence moderated the effects of perceived social mobility and attitude toward income equality on individual SWB (life satisfaction and global happiness). Hierarchical linear modeling found that people who perceived greater social mobility, and those who valued incentivizing individual effort (over income equality), reported higher SWB. Moreover, national affluence moderated the effects of perceived mobility. The positive impact of perceived mobility on SWB was amplified in richer than poorer countries. The findings suggest that policies seeking to enhance well-being should focus not only on objective economic conditions but also people's perceptions of inequality and social status. For instance, policies that bolster perceptions of social mobility (e.g., providing low-cost quality education or housing for all) could enhance SWB, but more so in wealthier countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"864-881"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146776554","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 : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2026.2638012
{"title":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2026.2638012","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2026.2638012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1024"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147322470","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 : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-08-03DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2025.2538176
William Hart, Joshua T Lambert, Braden T Hall
{"title":"Phishing in the Dark: Dark Personality is Associated with Phishing Susceptibility Due to Decreased Social Awareness.","authors":"William Hart, Joshua T Lambert, Braden T Hall","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2538176","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2538176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Phishing attacks account for a sizable number of data breaches and are costly to individuals and organizations. A burgeoning literature is developing on how individual differences predict people's susceptibility to phishing attacks. Within this literature, an intriguing idea has been proffered: People higher (vs. lower) in the Dark Triad (DT) constructs (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) - best known for victimizing others - may be more susceptible to phishing attacks. Nonetheless, the relationship between DT constructs and phishing susceptibility is rarely studied and remains poorly understood. We proposed that the relationship between DT constructs and phishing susceptibility could be due to these constructs being associated with deficiencies in the social awareness aspect of social-cognitive intelligence. College participants (<i>N</i> = 461) completed multi-faceted measures of DT constructs and measures of their social awareness, cognitive reflectiveness, and social information processing ability. Participants were exposed to various phishing emails, and we measured their susceptibility to respond to them. Generally, each DT facet related to greater susceptibility to phishing due to the facet's association with lower social awareness (controlling for cognitive reflectiveness and social information processing); only an agentic aspect of narcissism related to enhanced phishing susceptibility apart from its association with social awareness, cognitive reflectiveness, and social information processing. Broadly, the findings offer initial insight into how the DT may relate to phishing susceptibility and may help inform efforts to better understand who is vulnerable to phishing scams.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"199-216"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144769199","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 : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-12-22DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2025.2594534
Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Zohar Spivak-Lavi, Shane W Kraus, Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, Léna Nagy, Sophie Bergeron, Mónika Koós, Zsolt Demetrovics, Marc N Potenza, Beáta Bőthe
{"title":"A Network Analysis of Embodied Trauma: Self-Destructive Behaviors Among Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent/Adult Sexual Assault.","authors":"Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Zohar Spivak-Lavi, Shane W Kraus, Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, Léna Nagy, Sophie Bergeron, Mónika Koós, Zsolt Demetrovics, Marc N Potenza, Beáta Bőthe","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2594534","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2025.2594534","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study capitalized on a network analysis to examine the interrelations between childhood sexual abuse (CSA), adolescent/adult sexual assault (AASA), and self-destructive behaviors (i.e., binge eating, self-harm, and substance use) within a network framework, guided by the principles of embodiment theory. It further aimed to explore how these patterns vary across gender identities by estimating and comparing three distinct networks for men, women, and gender-diverse individuals. Data were drawn from the International Sex Survey (<i>N</i> = 82,243; M_age = 32.39, SD = 12.52) conducted across 42 countries. Network analyses were conducted separately for men, women, and gender-diverse individuals using EBIC Graphical Lasso. Differences in network structure, edge weights, and centrality metrics were tested using network comparison tests, with false-discovery-rate corrections applied. Among women, CSA emerged as the most central node in the network, showing strong connections to AASA, binge eating, self-harm, and substance use, suggesting an integrated pattern of embodied coping. In contrast, the network for gender-diverse individuals revealed two partially distinct sub-networks: one linking CSA, AASA, and substance use, and another connecting binge eating and self-harm - suggesting different coping mechanisms. The network estimated for men was more fragmented, with weaker and fewer connections among trauma and measures of self-destructive behaviors. Findings suggest the importance of gender-sensitive, trauma-informed care. CSA emerged as a central driver of interconnected self-destructive behaviors in women, while gender-diverse individuals showed distinct patterns, suggesting embodiment and minority stress as potential risk factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"516-543"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145805893","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: 2024-10-16DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2409921
Sarah Gerges, Clara Rahme, Souheil Hallit, Marwan Akel, Sahar Obeid
{"title":"Exploring the Associations Between Early Maladaptive Schemas and Interpersonal Attraction: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Lebanese Female University Students.","authors":"Sarah Gerges, Clara Rahme, Souheil Hallit, Marwan Akel, Sahar Obeid","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2409921","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2409921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interpersonal functioning is impacted by various schemas; early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) can negatively impact interpersonal relationships in adults, yet no prior research has explored the link between EMSs and interpersonal attraction. To address this gap, we conducted a cross-sectional study among Lebanese female university students using an online questionnaire. We also controlled for common mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Our study, implemented across ten university campuses and with a sample of 662 cisgender and heterosexual female students, revealed significant associations between EMSs and different forms of interpersonal attraction. Specifically, punitiveness was found to increase the likelihood of high task attraction, while enmeshment was associated with higher social attraction. In contrast, none of the early maladaptive schemas were significantly associated with physical attraction. Our findings emphasize the critical role of EMSs in shaping women's interpersonal attraction and highlight the potential utility of schema therapy in promoting healthy human interactions. This study fills an important gap in the literature and sheds light on a previously unexplored aspect of human behavior that has implications for promoting women's well-being in diverse settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"374-387"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142477936","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: 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2414287
Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Paula da Costa Ferreira, Jose A Casas, Ana Margarida Veiga Simão, Rosario Del Rey
{"title":"Cyberbullying Experiences: Whether and How Do the Need for Popularity and Emotional Intelligence Dimensions Affect Them?","authors":"Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Paula da Costa Ferreira, Jose A Casas, Ana Margarida Veiga Simão, Rosario Del Rey","doi":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2414287","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223980.2024.2414287","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The need for popularity and emotional intelligence (EI) have been shown to be relevant factors in relation to aggressive behavior, including cyberbullying. However, the need for popularity and EI have not yet been explored together in relation to cyberbullying victimization and perpetration in adolescence. This research attempts to examine whether the need for popularity was a relevant mediating variable in the link between EI dimensions and both cybervictimization and cyberbullying perpetration, and to identify possible gender differences. A total of 6,186 students aged 12 to 17 years (50.2% female, <i>M<sub>age</sub></i> =13.23, <i>SD</i> = 1.05) completed self-reported instruments. Structural equation analyses revealed that EI dimensions were directly associated with cyberbullying perpetration and cybervictimization, as well as indirectly <i>via</i> the need for popularity. However, self-emotion appraisal did not show links with cybervictimization. Gender differences were also found. For boys, self-emotion appraisal, other-emotion appraisal, and use of emotions were more strongly related to the need for popularity in comparison to girls. For girls, emotion regulation showed greater effects on both cyberbullying perpetration and cybervictimization. These findings highlight the mediating role of the need for popularity in the relationship between EI and cyberbullying, especially among boys. Overall, this research provides preliminary evidence that comprehensive prevention efforts to effectively combat cyberbullying should not only target EI skills directly and include a gender-tailored perspective, but also address the underlying motivations and influences related to popularity among adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":48218,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"419-444"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142548344","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}