{"title":"Bridging me to we: Awe is a conduit to cohesive collectives","authors":"Paul K. Piff , Ishita Singhal , Yang Bai","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101979","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101979","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Experiences of awe, frequently elicited by the natural world (but also by art, music, human virtue, among other things), are profound and transformative. We argue that beyond its individual benefits, awe serves a vital social function: It expands an individual's perspective from narrow self-interest to others' needs and collective concerns. We review recent empirical evidence showcasing how awe shifts focus away from the self toward the larger entities one belongs to. These reductions in self-focus are, in turn, associated with systematic shifts in social-cognitive processes key to cohesive collective life: attentiveness to others, prosociality, conformity, and social connectedness. Given its socially-binding functions, awe may help inform solutions to pressing global challenges, including economic inequality, political polarization, and climate change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101979"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karlyn A. Edwards , Michele J. Buonora , Jessica S. Merlin , Jane M. Liebschutz
{"title":"Recent advances in the treatment of chronic pain and substance use disorders","authors":"Karlyn A. Edwards , Michele J. Buonora , Jessica S. Merlin , Jane M. Liebschutz","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101977","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101977","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Among people with substance use disorders (SUDs), chronic pain is among the most common comorbid chronic health conditions. Chronic pain increases risk for poor SUD treatment outcomes, including risk for overdose. Given rising overdose rates across North America, a renewed research focus has emerged to better understand the contribution and treatment of chronic pain in the context of an SUD. A significant portion of this research has focused on behavioral interventions given their safety and efficacy in treating both conditions separately. Therefore, this article will describe the recent advances in the treatment of chronic pain and SUD, including promising care delivery models and behavioral treatments. Areas for further study will also be reviewed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101977"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social norms and the expression of prejudice: How the norm changes","authors":"Amalia Álvarez-Benjumea","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101974","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101974","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Social norms influence how opinions are expressed. The norm against prejudice discourages individuals from expressing certain opinions to avoid being perceived as prejudiced. This article examines recent empirical advances investigating the mechanisms of how this norm changes: how it is established and how it erodes. Recent research suggests that trigger events, such as elections, can abruptly change the norm. Factors such as group identification and a person's individual level of prejudice influence the impact of these events. At the individual level, exposure to violations of norms in the form of prejudiced comments or exposure to social sanctions can, respectively, weaken or strengthen the norm.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101974"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why social norms may fail us when we need them most","authors":"Eva Vriens , Giulia Andrighetto","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101975","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101975","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Where social norms are the ‘glue’ guiding behavior, people hardly think of their behavior as an act of norm compliance. They do consciously look for social norms in situations of environmental or social uncertainty, because i) norms provide behavioral cues that reduce uncertainty and ii) the uncertainty is partially induced by the lack or instability of social norms themselves—creating the (flawed) perception that social norms often fail us when we need them most. We discuss several state-of-the-art conceptualizations of social norms—abstract and specific norms, the social norms life cycle, and social norms in changing contexts—to highlight where and how uncertainty comes into play within each of these approaches, and consequently where the success of social norms might be hindered.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101975"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sara Laureen Bartels , Angeliki Pelika , Afra S. Taygar , Rikard K. Wicksell
{"title":"Digital approaches to chronic pain: A brief meta-review of eHealth interventions - Current evidence and future directions","authors":"Sara Laureen Bartels , Angeliki Pelika , Afra S. Taygar , Rikard K. Wicksell","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101976","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101976","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Digital approaches to chronic pain are emerging worldwide and rapidly gaining increased empirical support. This brief meta-review aims at providing a comprehensive overview of evidence and recommendations reported in recent reviews (2023–2024) on eHealth interventions for chronic pain promoting self-management. A systematic search provided 2041 records, of which 225 reviews were screened and 20 were synthesized. Existing reviews show that eHealth interventions for chronic pain are beneficial for patients, healthcare professionals, and society at large. However, long-term effects, change mechanisms, cost-effectiveness, and real-world utility are understudied. Moreover, quality, safety, relevance, and sustainable use are key targets for future research. Future researchers should utilize existing implementation frameworks and make explicit efforts to include diverse patient populations to advance digital approaches to chronic pain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101976"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142874521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obstacles for marginalized group members in obtaining leadership positions: Threats and opportunities","authors":"Astrid C. Homan, Yasmin Abbaszadeh","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101971","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101971","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rising to higher hierarchical positions is a struggle for those who do not fit the stereotypical leadership mold. Implicit Leadership Theories (ILTs) associate leadership with dominant groups (e.g., white, male), which limits opportunities of non-prototypical individuals (e.g., women, ethnic minorities) to claim or be granted leadership roles. We first review evidence of the barriers members of non-prototypical groups encounter in leadership advancement, and subsequently explore theoretical mechanisms explaining why these barriers persist. Finally, we advocate for a shift from bias awareness and affirmative action as potential solutions to an opportunity-threat approach that speaks directly to the cognitive nature of leadership categorization. We propose that by fostering an opportunity mindset—one that promotes open and flexible thinking—rather than a threat mindset—defined by rigidity and narrowmindedness—the traditional ‘leader’ profile can be broadened and made more inclusive and as such will stimulate leadership claiming by and granting to non-prototypical individuals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101971"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142823256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The self in pain","authors":"Lin Yu , Lance M. McCracken","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101972","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101972","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Chronic pain can be highly distressing, disabling and complex. The experience of living with chronic pain often leads to a fundamental struggle with one's sense of self and identity. In this article, we briefly review the wide range of conceptualisations of self in pain research. We then introduce a contextual behavioural conceptualisation of self, a more recent approach to self, and discuss its application and relevant evidence in chronic pain. We recommend that it is time to organize and integrate perspectives on self in relation to chronic pain so that research can proceed with less potential confusion or contradiction, and the contextual behaviour science approach can potentially provide a basis for this.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101972"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142823260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The MINDSPACE Expanded Framework (MINDSPACE X): Behavioral insights to improve adherence to psychiatric medications","authors":"Nathan Hodson , Georgi Kirilov , Ivo Vlaev","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101973","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101973","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The MINDSPACE framework has made it easier to incorporate insights from behavioral science into policy, including health policy, but lacks granularity. Difficult policy problems such as adherence to psychiatric medication can benefit from judicious selection of nudges. We present a MINDSPACE Expanded Framework including 34 insights from behavioral science in the 9 MINDSPACE principles to support a more detailed integration of behavioral science into policy. We illustrate the framework with examples relating to adherence to psychiatric mediation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101973"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142823292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing psychological assessment and treatment of chronic pain: A research agenda for personalized and process-based approaches","authors":"Saskia Scholten, Julia Anna Glombiewski","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101958","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101958","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The heterogeneity of chronic pain and stagnating improvements in treatment effectiveness have prompted calls for a shift toward personalized and process-based approaches to the assessment and treatment of chronic pain. As this opens a new line of research, several fundamental questions arise. We begin by defining key terms and reviewing attempts to personalize treatment to date. Despite progress in personalization, long-term effects remain unclear. Existing studies are limited by group-based approaches that overlook individual variability. Future research should use idiographic methods and process-based therapy to tailor interventions to individual needs. A person- and process-oriented research agenda is needed that combines ambulatory assessment, network modeling, and single-case designs to advance personalized treatments for chronic pain and improve clinical decision-making.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101958"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A stigma perspective on neurodiversity research: Lessons from autistic workers","authors":"Tiffany D. Johnson , Aparna Joshi","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101959","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101959","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 101959"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}