{"title":"Environments “develop”: Infant motor development can inform the study of physical space","authors":"Joshua L. Schneider","doi":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101125","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101125","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Infant development is tied to the physical environment. Indeed, all infant behavior—movement, exploration, object play, social interaction—occurs in the context of a physical space. Nonetheless, researchers know surprisingly little about how the environments that infants inhabit come to be. Researchers in other fields of study (e.g., architectural design, urban planning, classroom curation, playground construction) have focused on space as a construct of interest and gleaned important information about interactions between the composition of spaces and the behaviors of those who occupy them. In particular, the organization of a space (its contents and layout) can both create and constrain opportunities for a host of behaviors for infants and children. This review presents an integrated synthesis of multiple literatures regarding the physical environment and its interactions with human behavior. I argue for a developmental approach for the study of <em>how spaces develop</em>; that is, how the spaces occupied by infants are changed over time by adult caregivers. Using several existing theoretical perspectives, I suggest a conceptual framework anchored to infant motor development—the process by which infants acquire new motor skills over time—as a model system for the study of infants’ developing spaces. Collectively, this review highlights the importance of considering space as part and parcel of infant development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51556,"journal":{"name":"New Ideas in Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142418161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vibhav Chitale , Julie D. Henry , Hai-Ning Liang , Ben Matthews , Nilufar Baghaei
{"title":"Virtual reality analytics map (VRAM): A conceptual framework for detecting mental disorders using virtual reality data","authors":"Vibhav Chitale , Julie D. Henry , Hai-Ning Liang , Ben Matthews , Nilufar Baghaei","doi":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101127","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging tool in mental health care yet its potential in diagnostic assessments remains underexplored. Recognizing the growing need of technological advancements that support traditional methods for mental health assessment, this paper introduces the Virtual Reality Analytics Map (VRAM), a novel conceptual framework designed to leverage <span>VR</span> analytics for the detection of symptoms of mental disorders. The VRAM framework integrates psychological constructs with VR technology, systematically mapping and quantifying behavioral domains through specific VR tasks. This approach potentially allows for the precise capture and identification of nuanced behavioral, cognitive, and affective digital biomarkers associated with symptoms of mental disorders. The benefits of the VRAM framework are demonstrated with its example application across various mental disorders ensuring the utility and versatility of the framework. By bridging the gap between psychology and technology, the VRAM framework aims to contribute to the early detection and assessment of mental disorders.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51556,"journal":{"name":"New Ideas in Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142418248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minimization, denial, moralization, and exaggeration: A taxonomy of backlash to transgender recognition and rights","authors":"Joseph A. Vandello","doi":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101126","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101126","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transgender people's efforts for recognition, rights, and equality face backlash, particularly as they gain societal visibility. However, backlash must appear justified (rather than merely prejudiced) to be legitimate and persuasive. I present a taxonomy of 17 backlash strategies people use against transgender groups, organized into four major themes: minimization, denial, moralization, and exaggeration. These strategies range from covert to overt and from seemingly benign to hostile. A model is proposed linking backlash strategies to behavioral tendencies via emotional responses. When targets are perceived as low in power and nonthreatening, people are more likely to favor minimization and denial; As targets are perceived as more threatening, people are more likely to favor moralization and exaggeration. Minimization and denial produce amusement and contempt or reduce or circumvent negative self-focused emotions (guilt or pity). This leads to the weakening of compassion and the suppression of prosocial behaviors. Moralization and exaggeration produce disgust, fear, and anger which can lead to avoidance, punishment, and aggression. By labeling and organizing the many ways that people push back against transgender groups, people may be better able to recognize and respond to backlash. I end by proposing several counter-backlash strategies suggested by the taxonomic structure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51556,"journal":{"name":"New Ideas in Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142357043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fatma Yerlikaya-Özkurt , Mehmet Furkan Özbey , Cihan Turhan
{"title":"Modeling the mood state on thermal sensation with a data mining algorithm and testing the accuracy of mood state correction factor","authors":"Fatma Yerlikaya-Özkurt , Mehmet Furkan Özbey , Cihan Turhan","doi":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101124","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101124","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Psychology is proven as an influencing factor on thermal sensation. On the other hand, mood state is one of the significant parameters in psychology field. To this aim, in the literature, mood state correction factor on thermal sensation (Turhan and Özbey coefficients) is derived utilizing with data-driven black-box model. However, novel models which present analytical form of the mood state correction factor should be derived based on the several descriptive variables on thermal sensation. Moreover, the result of this factor should also be checked with analytical model results. Therefore, this study investigates the modelling of mood state correction factor with a data mining algorithm, called Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS). Additionally, the mood state is also taken as a thermal sensation parameter besides environmental parameters in this algorithm. The same data, which are collected from a university study hall in a temperate climate zone, are used and the model results are compared with the thermal sensation results based on mood state correction factor which is driven via black-box model. The results show that coefficient of correlation “r” between the MARS and black-box model is found as 0.9426 and 0.9420 for training and testing. Hence, the mood state is also modelled via a data mining algorithm with a high accuracy, besides the black-box model.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51556,"journal":{"name":"New Ideas in Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142320165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Me and my brand(s): Exploring the psychological resource exchange in consumer-brand relationships","authors":"Wiktor Razmus","doi":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101123","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101123","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Researchers have shown a growing interest in the effects of consumer brand engagement—a psychological construct that describes the type of relationship between the consumer and the brands. Although it is widely acknowledged that consumer brand engagement plays a significant role in shaping company and brand outcomes, the existing literature lacks overarching theoretical underpinnings to explain the psychological outcomes of brand engagement for consumers. The following questions arise: What personal benefits do consumers derive from such engagement, and how does this process unfold? This paper presents a model of consumer brand engagement as a resource. The new model offers a framework that integrates the theoretical foundations of consumer-brand relationships and the concept of resource exchange, providing novel and relevant insights into elucidating the psychological consumer-based consequences of brand engagement. Finally, a research agenda is provided, outlining directions for future studies that will contribute to advancing understanding of the psychological relationship between the consumer and brands.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51556,"journal":{"name":"New Ideas in Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142319442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can autoethnography enhance research in health psychology?","authors":"David Chun Yin Li","doi":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101122","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101122","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While autoethnography can offer unique insights into subjective experiences, some researchers view it as lacking generalizability and scientific rigor. This essay argues that autoethnography is an epistemologically defensible method from a theoretical standpoint. Ontologically, it is valuable and capable of enriching health psychological research by providing accounts of palliative and curative treatments and illness experiences for patients, carers, and practitioners that may not be fully accessible by other means.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51556,"journal":{"name":"New Ideas in Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142312792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ronald A. Beghetto , Wendy Ross , Maciej Karwowski , Vlad P. Glăveanu
{"title":"Partnering with AI for instrument development: Possibilities and pitfalls","authors":"Ronald A. Beghetto , Wendy Ross , Maciej Karwowski , Vlad P. Glăveanu","doi":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101121","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101121","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI), specifically large language models (LLMs), provide new possibilities for researchers to partner with AI when developing and refining psychological instruments. In this paper we demonstrate how LLMs, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT 4 model, might be used to support the development of new psychometric scales. Partnering with AI for the purpose of developing and refining instruments, however, comes with its share of potential pitfalls. We thereby discuss throughout the paper that instrument development and refinement start and end with human judgment and expertise. We open with two use-cases that describe how we used LLMs in the development and refinement of two new psychological instruments. Next, we discuss possibilities for where and how researchers can use LLMs in the process of instrument development more broadly, including considerations for maximizing the benefits of LLMs and addressing the potential hazards when working with LLMs. Finally, we close by offering initial suggestions for psychology researchers interested in partnering with LLMs in this capacity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51556,"journal":{"name":"New Ideas in Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142243448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Person-environment fit and social camouflaging in autism","authors":"Jessica Klein, Sarah J. Macoun","doi":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101112","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101112","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Social camouflaging is a set of behaviours used by autistic people to conceal social differences. This paper provides an analysis of social camouflaging within the developmental context of autistic persons. We suggest that autistic people achieve person-environment fit with their social environment by using social camouflaging as an inauthentic form of trait expression whereby autistic traits are masked and neurotypical traits are displayed. The resulting consequences for autistic individuals may be interpersonally beneficial, but conversely intrapersonally detrimental, when considering existing theories or models of person-environment fit throughout development. The current paper explores this dichotomy and suggests implications for future social camouflaging research in autism, such as considering a broader developmental context through which to study the consequences of camouflaging. Clinical implications include an increased focus on reciprocity between autistic individuals and their social environment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51556,"journal":{"name":"New Ideas in Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732118X24000400/pdfft?md5=2c10976839460cb2174a16c84ff76db9&pid=1-s2.0-S0732118X24000400-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142157740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Growth Mindset Scale: Aspects of reliability and validity of a new 8-item scale assessing growth mindset","authors":"Hermundur Sigmundsson , Monika Haga","doi":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article, the psychometric properties of a new scale aimed at quantifying Growth Mindset are explored. Growth Mindset Scale is a quantitative measure which is context independent and simple to administer.</p><p>Growth Mindset Scale was tested on 723 participants between 16 and 85 years of age (mean age = 28.56, SD = 12.14), which allowed for the exploration of feasibility, internal consistency, and construct validity.</p><p>The results indicate that the growth mindset scale is applicable for the age studied (16–85). All individual item scores showed a positive correlation with the total score and ranged between 0.45 and 0.63. The Cronbach's alpha value was 0.83 for the standardized items. Pearson's correlation coefficient between the total score of the Growth Mindset Scale and the total score of Theories of intelligence scale was <em>r</em> = 0.168 (<em>p</em> < 0.001).</p><p>These encouraging results assure additional improvement of the growth mindset scale, involving normalization based on a larger, representative sample.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51556,"journal":{"name":"New Ideas in Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732118X24000394/pdfft?md5=915ddde2c88d3401d661e231c58313ee&pid=1-s2.0-S0732118X24000394-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142041011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nancy Tandler , Stanley Schilling-Friedemann , Leslie D. Frazier , Rebekka Sendatzki , René T. Proyer
{"title":"New insights into the contributions of playfulness to dealing with stress at work: Correlates of self- and peer-rated playfulness and coping strategies","authors":"Nancy Tandler , Stanley Schilling-Friedemann , Leslie D. Frazier , Rebekka Sendatzki , René T. Proyer","doi":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101109","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101109","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Playfulness is an individual difference variable that enables people to experience and (re)frame situations of everyday life as interesting, entertaining, and/or stimulating. This definition is consistent with a structural model that includes four different playfulness facets: other-directed, lighthearted, intellectual, and whimsical playfulness. In the work context, playfulness has been shown to be related with various outcomes such as innovative behavior or intrinsic goals. We tested adult playfulness' associations with coping strategies employed at work and whether these coping strategies help to transfer the expected association between playfulness and employees' life satisfaction. Study 1 (<em>N</em> = 185; nursery school trainees) provides support for our hypothesis that playfulness is associated with more positive and less negative coping strategies when being confronted with general and work-specific stress. Study 2 (<em>N</em> = 355; employees from various working fields) confirms our results from study 1 by demonstrating that playfulness is related to adaptively coping with work stress. Further, study 2 shows that some playfulness facets were positively related to life satisfaction and that these associations were transferred by coping less negatively with work stress and, to some degree, also by utilizing positive control strategies. Overall, our findings indicate that adults' playfulness is of importance for coping with stress at work and to further explain employees’ life-satisfaction. Directions for future research on playfulness in the work place are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51556,"journal":{"name":"New Ideas in Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732118X24000370/pdfft?md5=7b39049c766e51f8ec9f2a274a3925dc&pid=1-s2.0-S0732118X24000370-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141998479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}