Barbara Nevicka, Sarah M van den Hee, Mariëlle van Loenen, Eddie Brummelman
{"title":"The symbiosis of narcissistic leaders and low-self-esteem followers: Dominance complementarity in childhood.","authors":"Barbara Nevicka, Sarah M van den Hee, Mariëlle van Loenen, Eddie Brummelman","doi":"10.1037/amp0001518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001518","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Narcissistic leaders are on the rise globally. Although research has documented the harmful consequences of narcissistic leadership, little is known about the interplay between narcissistic leaders and their followers. Building on the dominance-complementarity theory, we theorized that the dominance and confidence of narcissistic leaders would match well with the submissiveness and insecurity of followers with low self-esteem. We conducted an observational-experimental study (<i>N</i> = 332; 46% boys; 96% born in the Netherlands) in childhood (ages 7-14), a period that is considered critical for the formation of leader-follower relationships. Children completed a collaborative decision-making task in three-person groups. Within each group, one child was randomly assigned as leader; others were followers. We combined self-reports, informant reports, and observer-coded behaviors to provide a rigorous test of our hypotheses. Consistent with dominance-complementarity theory, in groups with a more narcissistic leader, followers with lower self-esteem perceived their leader as more effective, endorsed the leader more strongly for future leadership roles, experienced more inclusion and less bullying from the leader, felt better about themselves, perceived greater group cohesion, and showed less antagonistic behavior. This complementarity effect generalized to observer-coded leader behavior: In groups with lower self-esteem followers, more narcissistic leaders showed less aggression and less social exclusion toward their followers. Overall, findings were more pronounced in younger children and did not depend on the sex composition of groups. Our research reveals childhood manifestations of leader-follower dynamics, underlines the importance of leader-follower complementarity, and uncovers conditions under which narcissistic leadership can benefit versus harm the group. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What is awe? On an uncontested definition, conceptual ambiguities, and cultural limitations.","authors":"Tini L C Katz, David J Franz","doi":"10.1037/amp0001520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001520","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the last 20 years, there has been an enormous amount of research on awe and its associations with other phenomena. In this article, we draw on <i>N</i> = 168 publications to argue that it is very difficult to integrate this research into a coherent theory of awe because current awe research lacks a reasonably clear understanding of the phenomenon. In detail, we show that the majority of publications on awe are based on Keltner and Haidt's (2003) approach to awe without putting it to the test. Furthermore, we illustrate how researchers' heavy reliance on the term \"awe\" in evocation and assessment makes it oftentimes difficult to say what collected data represent. In addition, we identify inconsistencies between researchers' theoretical approach to awe and their empirical methods in some studies. Finally, we outline that there is only very little scientific knowledge about differences in awe across various languages, cultures, and time periods. Based on these claims, we draw conclusions for existing research on awe's associations with other phenomena and for debates about the classification of awe. As a final step, we propose various solutions to solve the problems we identified. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sam T Hunter, Brett H Neely, Carter Welch, Amanda N Moeller
{"title":"Reconciling Jekyll and Hyde: The future of masculinity research within the domestic violent extremism context.","authors":"Sam T Hunter, Brett H Neely, Carter Welch, Amanda N Moeller","doi":"10.1037/amp0001525","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Violence among young men in the United States has escalated in recent years, leading to two contrasting perspectives of young men-either as (a) agentic aggressors or (b) by-products of societal shifts that have caused disadvantage. The first perspective characterizes men as entitled and reactionary, prone to aggression when their societal expectations are unmet. This view aligns with the frustration-aggression hypothesis where unmet desires lead to hostile behaviors, particularly among individuals who perceive a loss of status and significance. Conversely, the second perspective views men as victims of rapid societal changes, such as job displacement, educational disparities, and shifting gender roles. This lens sees men as isolated and struggling to adapt to a new social landscape, leading to feelings of alienation and increased susceptibility to extremist ideologies. Social disconnection models, particularly those focused on ostracism, provide a framework for understanding these dynamics, highlighting the emotional and psychological toll of isolation. This article attempts to reconcile these contrasting views, providing an integrated perspective that can help clarify the phenomenon more fully and guide ongoing attempts to alleviate it. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cumulative social advantage across the lifespan: Examining the convergent and predictive validity of a multidimensional hierarchical construct for health and longevity.","authors":"Anthony D Ong, Frank D Mann","doi":"10.1037/amp0001513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001513","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study introduces the concept of cumulative social advantage as a hierarchical construct encompassing multiple aspects of social connection, including religious, psychosocial, familial, and emotional dimensions. Using data from the Midlife Development in the United States-II (<i>n</i> = 4,028) and Refresher (<i>n</i> = 2,586) cohorts, we assessed the dimensionality, replicability, measurement invariance, and validity of a hierarchical model. Results support measurement invariance across demographic groups and demonstrate the model's convergent and predictive validity. Cumulative social advantage was associated with lower multimorbidity (β = -.17 [-.22, -.13], <i>p</i> < .001), reduced adiposity (β = -.12 [-.16, -.08], <i>p</i> < .001), fewer difficulties with moderate (β = -.18 [-.22, -.14], <i>p</i> < .001) and basic activities of daily living (β = -.20 [-.24, -.16], <i>p</i> < .001), and a decreased hazard rate for all-cause mortality (adjusted hazard ratio = 0.67 [0.47, 0.95], <i>p</i> < .001), with a standard deviation increase in cumulative social advantage predicting a 33% reduction in the hazard rate. The ameliorative influence of cumulative social advantage was consistent across sex, race, and education. These findings highlight the complex relationship between social connections and critical health outcomes, emphasizing the importance of considering cumulative social advantage as a potential explanation for understanding individual differences in health across the lifespan. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethical practice in the majority world: A framework for psychotherapists trained in the minority world.","authors":"Yiheng Zhou","doi":"10.1037/amp0001511","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001511","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Therapists trained in the minority world with Western psychological models often face significant ethical dilemmas when returning to practice in the majority world contexts, where cultural norms and systemic conditions may differ significantly from their training environments. Without a critical lens and intentional decolonization efforts, well-intentioned practices can inadvertently reimpose colonial power dynamics in mental health care. This article critiques the implicit universality of Western ethical standards and proposes a culturally responsive ethical framework tailored to majority world contexts. Key principles include cultural contextualization, relational ethics, social justice advocacy, integration of Indigenous practices, and reflective practice. Through a detailed case study adapted from a real-life event, the article illustrates the application of this framework for therapists in navigating complex dilemmas that arise at the intersection of cultural dissonance, systemic inequities, and global power dynamics. Recommendations for training programs are provided, emphasizing the integration of international competence, decolonial approaches, and community-based learning to better prepare therapists for culturally attuned and ethically sound practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143543849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024).","authors":"Dinesh Sharma, John Munder Ross","doi":"10.1037/amp0001498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sudhir Kakar, the father of Indian psychoanalysis, died on April 22, 2024, at the age of 85 years. Born in Nainital in 1938, he grew up in Sargodha (now in Pakistan), Rohtak, and Delhi. Kakar belonged to an upper caste Hindu family, well connected to the industrialist elites in India. Kakar became a psychoanalyst after meeting his guru Erik Erikson. After Girindrasekhar Bose, Kakar was one of the most creative psychoanalysts of modern India. He wrote and edited 25 books of nonfiction and seven novels. He is survived by his son, daughter, and his partner. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144045996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024).","authors":"Dinesh Sharma, John Munder Ross","doi":"10.1037/amp0001498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sudhir Kakar, the father of Indian psychoanalysis, died on April 22, 2024, at the age of 85 years. Born in Nainital in 1938, he grew up in Sargodha (now in Pakistan), Rohtak, and Delhi. Kakar belonged to an upper caste Hindu family, well connected to the industrialist elites in India. Kakar became a psychoanalyst after meeting his guru Erik Erikson. After Girindrasekhar Bose, Kakar was one of the most creative psychoanalysts of modern India. He wrote and edited 25 books of nonfiction and seven novels. He is survived by his son, daughter, and his partner. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American PsychologistPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-05-06DOI: 10.1037/amp0001351
Jeremy D W Clifton
{"title":"Psychologists return to the first question of Western philosophy.","authors":"Jeremy D W Clifton","doi":"10.1037/amp0001351","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001351","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When ancient humans gained the ability to investigate abstract questions, what first question did they pose? This article offers a novel, sweeping, historical analysis with important implications for psychological theory. The story begins with identifying the first question in Ancient Greek philosophy as \"Where am I?\" with particular interest in the world's overarching basic traits. For example, Pythagoras proposed the world was defined by beauty and Heraclitus suggested change. Though this discourse has traditionally puzzled historians, recent psychological research suggests it might have been largely a debate over primal world beliefs, an emerging research topic that this article introduces and situates historically. Recently, the latent structure of primal world beliefs was mapped statistically, revealing 26 dimensions. Most of these beliefs were new to psychologists, yet already posed by ancient philosophers-including Pythagoras' <i>Beautiful</i> world belief and Heraclitus' <i>Changing</i> world belief. Identifying first questions in early history may have value for psychological theorizing because it hints at something that social psychologists have long suspected: that humans are creatures fundamentally driven to understand their situation and what it calls for. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":"232-246"},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140868298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American PsychologistPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-12DOI: 10.1037/amp0001428
Brian P Marx, Denise M Sloan, Terence M Keane, Stacey Pollack, Paula P Schnurr
{"title":"Veterans health administration leads the way in population mental health science: Commentary on Dodge et al. (2024).","authors":"Brian P Marx, Denise M Sloan, Terence M Keane, Stacey Pollack, Paula P Schnurr","doi":"10.1037/amp0001428","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001428","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently, Dodge et al. (2024) published an article in <i>American Psychologist</i> offering recommendations to the mental health field for changing from an individual-level to a population-level focus. These recommendations included scaling up evidence-based programs, innovating and evaluating population-level interventions, and creating a primary system of care to promote mental health and well-being. For the past 2 decades, the Veterans Health Administration has been successfully engaged in these activities. In this commentary, we describe some of these ongoing efforts to demonstrate that Dodge et al.'s (2024) recommendations are indeed feasible with the proper infrastructure and resources and that the Veterans Health Administration's efforts can serve as a model for the field. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":"279-281"},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142819381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American PsychologistPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-01-25DOI: 10.1037/amp0001300
Fabian Hutmacher, David J Franz
{"title":"Approaching psychology's current crises by exploring the vagueness of psychological concepts: Recommendations for advancing the discipline.","authors":"Fabian Hutmacher, David J Franz","doi":"10.1037/amp0001300","DOIUrl":"10.1037/amp0001300","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychology is currently facing a multilayered crisis stemming from the fact that the results of many psychological studies cannot be replicated (replication crisis), that psychological research has neglected cross-cultural and cross-temporal variation (universality crisis), and that many psychological theories are ill-developed and underspecified (theory crisis). In the present article, we use ideas derived from debates in theoretical and philosophical psychology as a basis for responding to all three crises. In short, we claim that psychological concepts are inherently vague in the sense that their meanings and the rules for their application are indeterminate. This does not imply that psychological concepts are ineffable or lack meaning. It implies, however, that hoping to arrive at a finite set of necessary and sufficient criteria that define psychological concepts once and for all is an illusion. From this, we deduce four recommendations for responding to psychology's crises. First, we argue that the replication crisis could be approached by paying more attention to the context conditions under which psychological realities and knowledge about these realities are being created. Second, we claim that the universality crisis can be alleviated by putting more effort into exploring variability across times and cultures. Third, we contend that acknowledging the language dependence of psychological research could be a fruitful way of addressing the theory crisis. Last, we show that embracing theoretical and methodological pluralism would be an antidote against psychology's crises in general. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48468,"journal":{"name":"American Psychologist","volume":" ","pages":"220-231"},"PeriodicalIF":12.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139565128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}