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{"title":"Herding behavior, disposition effect, and investment decisions: A multi-mediation analysis of risk perception and dividend policy","authors":"Sarfaraz Ahmed Bhutto ,&nbsp;Nazia Nazeer ,&nbsp;Muhammad Saad ,&nbsp;Kewal Talreja","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104964","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104964","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The traditional perspective of finance believes that volatility in the stock market is due to market efficiency. However, the perspective of modern behavioral finance is more concerned with the emotional and psychological factors associated with an investor. This research aims to identify the multi-mediating mechanism of risk perception and dividend policy in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The cross-sectional quantitative design was used, and the data was collected from 256 individuals for further analysis. The structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to assess the multi-mediation mechanism. The statistical results confirm that there is a significant positive impact of herding behavior and disposition effect on investment decisions. Moreover, this direct relationship is further assessed by inducting risk perception and dividend policy as mediators. The multi-mediation was proved by observing the specific effects. The results confirmed that individuals with an outcome of investment decision intend to behave more positively. Hence, individual investors having herding behavior and disposition effect produce an emphasizing effect on investment decision because it is mitigated with the simultaneous mediating effects of risk perception and dividend policy. The findings imply that investors should be aware of their behavioral factors and policymakers have to make their strategy accordingly.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 104964"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143738510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unrestricted challenging ability turn out to high sports performance through presenteeism: The moderating role of physical activity","authors":"Muhammad Ali Hussain ,&nbsp;Shazia Humayun ,&nbsp;Muhammad Waleed Ayub Ghouri ,&nbsp;Walid Emam ,&nbsp;Yusra Tashkandy","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104940","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104940","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Athletes in China feel more social pressure to compete while injured and are more likely to avoid rest and trivialize pain. The present study contributes a novel lens on this problem by integrating presenteeism into a highly competitive setting. Physical activities can be adopted to establish more target-specific health preventive strategies for athletes. Drawing on the broaden-and-build theory, the current study proposes challenge stressors as a precursor to sports performance. As an intervening variable, presenteeism represents the practice of playing while in pain. Elite athletes frequently use medications and hide their injuries from teammates to play while injured, show commitment to the game, and take this stress as a challenge. Furthermore, the study proposes that physical activity moderates the relationship between challenge stressors and presenteeism. A two-wave questionnaire was conducted with 430 valid responses from basketball players. Our findings show that challenge stressors were positively linked to sports performance and presenteeism. In addition, the study found that presenteeism significantly mediated the relationship between challenge stressors and sports performance. Moreover, the study confirms that high levels of physical activity strengthen the direct effect of challenge stressors on presenteeism and the mediating effect of challenge stressors on sports performance. The findings exhibit positive and significant associations among all variables. Practical implications and future directions are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 104940"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Personality profile analysis, personality-intelligence profile analysis, and the intergenerational transmission of both: Insights from Chinese evidence","authors":"Mingjun Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104957","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104957","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An individual-centered latent personality profile analysis represents a novel approach to personality research. Leveraging the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) dataset, this study utilizes latent profile analysis to examine the Big Five personality traits. By integrating personality traits with cognitive abilities, a joint profile analysis of individual personality-intelligence is conducted. Three personality profiles and two personality-intelligence profiles are identified through latent profile analysis, and further subjected to exploratory factor analysis, revealing significant differences among various demographic groups. Intergenerational matching and testing of the samples reveal the presence of intergenerational transmission of these profiles. This study explores the personality profile landscape of Chinese residents and investigates the feasibility of joint profile analysis of personality-intelligence, offering a new avenue for studying the factors influencing intergenerational social and economic mobility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 104957"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploratory study of the effects of multi-site mindfulness interventions on the multifaceted self as a psychosocial indicator of mental health: A pilot study","authors":"Philippine Chachignon ,&nbsp;Emmanuelle Le Barbenchon ,&nbsp;Lionel Dany ,&nbsp;Sylvia Martin","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104936","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104936","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The multifaceted self refers to how non-clinical individuals perceive themselves as possessing a more sophisticated self-compared to others by accumulating pairs of opposing positive traits. Conversely, depressed individuals are more multifaceted on negative traits, revealing an absence of self-enhancement strategies, which are known to be associated with psychological adjustment. A pre−/post-intervention study was conducted to observe the changes in multifaceted self and mental health following an 8-week multi-site Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) targeting depression and anxiety disorders. Among the 24 participants, changes occurred across all outcome measures (i.e., trait mindfulness, anxiety, depression and self-compassion). Participants displayed reduced self-negativity, a more positive view of others, and although they still maintained a more negative self-view compared to their view of others, this improved with the MBIs. Mindfulness and social comparison processes are discussed. The multifaceted self serves as a relevant methodological approach to assess mental health adjustment in MBIs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 104936"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neural signatures of STEM learning and interest in youth","authors":"Milton O. Candela-Leal ,&nbsp;Myriam Alanis-Espinosa ,&nbsp;Jorge Murrieta-González ,&nbsp;Jorge de-J. Lozoya-Santos ,&nbsp;Mauricio A. Ramírez-Moreno","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104949","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104949","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding the neural mechanisms underlying interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and learning is crucial for fostering creativity and problem-solving skills, key drivers of technological and educational growth. Traditional methods of assessing STEM interest are often limited by cultural and human biases, highlighting the need for more objective approaches. This study utilizes Electroencephalography (EEG) to identify neural markers linked to STEM interest and course-specific cognitive demands in young learners enrolled in a specialized private STEM program, including courses such as 3D Design, Programming, and Robotics. Specifically, Power Spectral Density (PSD) and Functional Connectivity (FC) were analyzed within theta, alpha, and beta frequency bands, which are associated with performance monitoring, creativity, and executive functioning. The findings reveal a significant negative correlation between STEM interest and brain activity in the frontal (F3, F4) and prefrontal regions (FP1, FP2) in the theta (<em>r</em> = −0.44, <em>p</em> = 0.2732; <em>r</em> = −0.77, <em>p</em> = 0.0268; <em>r</em> = −0.84, <em>p</em> = 0.0096; <em>r</em> = −0.62, <em>p</em> = 0.0990) and beta bands (<em>r</em> = 0.43, <em>p</em> = 0.2843; <em>r</em> = −0.56, <em>p</em> = 0.1524; <em>r</em> = −0.83, <em>p</em> = 0.0110; <em>r</em> = −0.75, <em>p</em> = 0.0328), indicating engagement in working memory and executive processing. Additionally, course-specific brain activity patterns reveal that Robotics is characterized by denser long-range FC networks, associated with problem-solving, while 3D Design exhibits more sparse yet efficient networks, indicative of creative ideation. A consistent beta band FC pattern between central and left-frontal areas reflects cognitive synchronicity and lateralization. These findings contribute to understanding the neurocognitive markers involved in STEM interest and learning, offering a framework for assessing and fostering engagement in STEM education through objective, neuroscience-based approaches.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 104949"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143738508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Early intervention and educational needs among school-aged children born preterm","authors":"Laura Lacalle,&nbsp;Sandra Melero,&nbsp;Yolanda Sánchez-Sandoval","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104941","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104941","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Preterm birth increases the risk of developmental difficulties and neurological impairment. The main aim of this work was to know the prevalence of specific educational needs, chronic diseases and disorders, and describe early intervention attendance in children born preterm, as well as the relationship of these variables with individual and socio-family factors. A retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out with 144 children born preterm (&lt;32 weeks of gestation and/or birth weight ≤ 1500 g). The participants were psychologically evaluated at the age of 8 years (M = 8.6; SD = 0.9). The results showed that the studied circumstances were significantly more frequent among the children born preterm compared to the general population. The intelligence quotient (WISC-V) and quality of life at 8 years of age were in the medium range. The cluster analysis of the history of educational and intervention needs revealed differences with respect to the results at 8 years of age. The results of this study highlight the importance of early intervention for children born preterm, as it might improve their developmental outcomes. Moreover, these findings lay the groundwork for future research and the enhancement of early intervention programmes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 104941"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143738509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using the new positive aspect of digital leadership to improve organizational sustainability: Testing moderated mediation model","authors":"Zian Cheng ,&nbsp;Xiu Jin ,&nbsp;Won Jun Kwak","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104963","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104963","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the era of digital transformation, the role of digital leadership in companies is continuously demanded and its importance is increasingly emphasized. In relation to such research background, this study focuses on digital leadership, a new form of leadership rather than traditional leadership as suggested in previous studies, as a way to promote organizational sustainability and provide the moderated mediation model for organizational sustainability in a rapidly changing innovative business environment in the digital age. The main contribution of this study is to fill the gap in previous research and expand the research field on leadership types and organizational sustainability. To achieve our research goals, we conduct empirical study and the questionnaire was distributed to 552 organizational members from Chinese small and medium-sized information technology enterprises. The results presented that digital leadership had positive influence on digital organizational culture, digital capability, and Organizational sustainability. In addition, digital organizational culture and digital capability significantly mediated the relationship between digital leadership and organizational sustainability. Absorptive capacity significantly moderated the mediating effect of digital capability between digital leadership and organizational sustainability. Finally, innovation atmosphere significantly moderated the impact of digital organizational culture on organizational sustainability. The result indicates that digital leadership significantly enhances organizational sustainability both directly and indirectly through digital capabilities and digital organizational culture. Furthermore, absorptive capacity and innovation atmosphere positively moderate these relationships, with high levels of absorptive capacity and innovation atmosphere amplifying the impact of digital leadership on sustainability. This study contributes to the literature by providing a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms through which digital leadership drives organizational sustainability, offering practical insights for SMEs undergoing digital transformation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 104963"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143738979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing pre-service teachers' noticing skills in mathematics PBL contexts: Effects of a video-based teacher education course","authors":"Sha Li,&nbsp;Chunxia Qi,&nbsp;Ruisi Li,&nbsp;Ying Jin,&nbsp;Liuchang Cheng,&nbsp;Guanxiong Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104962","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104962","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study highlights the importance of developing teacher noticing skills in the context of mathematics project-based learning (PBL), an area critical for improving instructional quality. The research aims to explore how and the extent to which pre-service teachers (PSTs) develop noticing skills through a video-based teacher education course. Drawing on frameworks of teacher noticing (attending, reasoning, and decision-making) and PBL's six A's (e.g., authenticity and academic rigor), the study employed longitudinal analysis pre-post designs to evaluate changes in PSTs' noticing skills. The findings reveal significant improvements in reasoning skills, with PSTs increasingly adopting interpretive stances and integrating specific mathematical knowledge. Decision-making direction diversified, with a notable rise in proposing next instructional steps. However, PSTs prioritized teacher-centered strategies and struggled to accurately apply PBL principles. Developmental paths varied, with 40 % of PSTs expanding their noticing vision to integrate student thinking and PBL elements, while others retained narrow perspectives. These results underscore the value of structured video-based course in enhancing noticing skills but highlight the need for further research to optimize such programs for better instructional practices. This study contributes to the field by addressing the intersection of teacher noticing and PBL, offering insights into effective teacher preparation strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 104962"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143738507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Keep calm and move on: ‘Good-enough’ processing of clausal constructions in Korean","authors":"Gyu-Ho Shin ,&nbsp;Chanyoung Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104726","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104726","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The good-enough processing account maintains that the human parser favours cognitively less effortful parsing (a heuristic stream) over deep and costly parsing (an algorithmic stream) in real-time processing. This study investigates how the two parsing routes work for sentence comprehension in Korean, an understudied language for this topic, through two self-paced reading experiments. In Experiment 1, focusing on the suffixal passive, native Korean speakers show no significant difference in reading times at the verb region between the verb-initial and verb-final conditions. However, we find a significant by-condition difference in the spill-over region, with longer reading times for the verb-initial condition compared to the verb-final condition. Experiment 2, examining the morphological causative, we find constant reading times across both word-order conditions including at the spill-over region. These findings suggest an interplay between the two parsing routes, with heuristics taking precedence over algorithms when disequilibrium arises. This study's findings also shed light on how the operations of these two parsing streams are modulated by language-specific properties (e.g., word order, case-marking, verbal morphology) during sentence comprehension.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 104726"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143734574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corpus-based critical discourse analysis of China's image in news discourse on carbon peak and carbon neutrality in China daily","authors":"Zhuoran Li,&nbsp;Ronghui Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104945","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104945","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Based on the corpus of news reports on carbon peak and carbon neutrality in <em>China Daily</em>, this study examines the national image constructed in news reports of the mainstream newspaper on China's “dual carbon” goals by investigating the use of the high-frequency lexical words, the co-occurrence network of words and collocation features from the perspectives of critical discourse analysis. The corpus analysis tool AntConc 3.5.9 is used to conduct concordance analysis, and KH Coder 3 is used to draw the co-occurrence network of words. It is found that, in the context of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, the image of China is characteristic of strong determination to achieve the “dual carbon” goals, high sense of environmental governance responsibility, and active pursuit of technology innovations and international cooperation. The findings of this study can provide insights into the construction of the “dual carbon” discourse with Chinese characteristics and the global dissemination of the positive national image of China in building a community with a shared future for mankind.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"255 ","pages":"Article 104945"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143725477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}