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{"title":"From status to sustainability: How social influence and sustainability consciousness drive green purchase intentions in luxury restaurants","authors":"Jamid Ul Islam ,&nbsp;George Thomas ,&nbsp;Norah Ali Albishri","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104595","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104595","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In today's marketing landscape, consumer demand for eco-friendly products is on the rise, yet the psychological factors that encourage green purchasing intentions remain unclear. To address this research gap, the current study builds on Social Identity Theory to explore the role of social influence and sustainability consciousness in shaping customers' green purchase intentions. Data were collected through a survey of 406 customers at Saudi Arabian upscale restaurants and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings reveal that social influence positively impacts both sustainability consciousness and green purchase intentions. Besides, the study identifies sustainability consciousness as a critical mediator in this relationship, emphasizing the importance of intrinsic motivations in driving environmentally responsible behavior. Additionally, gender differences were also examined, revealing that women are more responsive to social influences regarding sustainability consciousness and green purchase intentions. This study enriches the literature by providing a robust framework to understand the collective social processes influencing green consumption. Practically, the research offers actionable insights for managers to develop targeted marketing campaigns, leverage social influencers, and utilize technology to enhance transparency and trust in sustainable practices. This study not only bridges literature gaps but also provides a foundation for promoting green consumption patterns essential for addressing global environmental challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"251 ","pages":"Article 104595"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142602547","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":"Skin conductance response and habituation to emotional facial expressions and words","authors":"Liina Juuse ,&nbsp;Diina Tamm ,&nbsp;Kaidi Lõo ,&nbsp;Jüri Allik ,&nbsp;Kairi Kreegipuu","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104573","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104573","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Skin conductance response (SCR) serves as a dependable marker of sympathetic activation used to measure emotional arousal. This study investigates the impact of presentation modality (face or word) on the degree of emotional discrimination elicited by SCR. Facial expressions or words associated with six basic emotions—anger, happiness, disgust, fear, sadness, and surprise—were studied among 102 participants. The amplitude of SCR was accurately predicted by subjective arousal ratings of these stimuli, but not by valence ratings. The habituation process to emotional and neutral stimuli across six successive presentations was characterized by an exponential decay function, capturing the rate at which SCR response diminishes in relation to the preceding trial of the same stimulus. Through the subtraction of the response to neutral stimuli from the emotion-evoked SCR, it was demonstrated that the initial presentation of each emotion elicits a substantial response, particularly attributable to the emotional content. Notably, the initial emotional response to faces expressing happiness, disgust, and sadness surpassed that of words conveying the same emotions. The results indicate that different emotional responses can be quantified using a simple electrical instrument.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"251 ","pages":"Article 104573"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142567193","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":"Prefrontal cortex activation and working memory performance in individuals with non-clinical depression: Insights from fNIRS","authors":"Seungju Lim ,&nbsp;Ji-Hyuk Park","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104571","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104571","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Previous research has extensively explored cognitive and neural deficits in clinically diagnosed depression, but the early stages of depression, where symptoms do not meet clinical thresholds, are less explored. This study investigated neurocognitive markers in individuals with non-clinical depression. The study assessed working memory (WM) performance and hemodynamic responses of prefrontal cortex (PFC) in 30 individuals with non-clinical depression and 41 healthy controls using two-back tasks with four stimulus types: numbers, letters, shapes, and emotional facial expressions. Hemodynamic responses were measured via oxyhemoglobin (HbO) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Results showed that individuals with non-clinical depression have significantly lower WM performance compare to healthy controls, particularly for shape- and emotional facial expression-based tasks. No differences were observed for the number- and letter- based tasks. Additionally, individual with non-clinical depression exhibited elevated HbO levels, indicating increased PFC activation. Specifically, significant HbO differences observed in the bilateral ventrolateral PFC during shape-based tasks, and in the left medial, bilateral orbital, and bilateral ventrolateral PFCs during emotional facial expression-based tasks. In conclusion, individuals with non-clinical depression may experience WM deficits and PFC dysregulation, even without a clinical diagnosis. This study highlights the role of stimulus type in understanding WM performance and PFC activation in depression.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"251 ","pages":"Article 104571"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142563711","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":"Classroom anxiety, learning motivation, and English achievement of Chinese college students: The mediating role of self-efficacy","authors":"Yang Shang,&nbsp;Lingling Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104550","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104550","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background/purpose</h3><div>In the context of deepening globalization, English, as the primary language for international communication, has become an indispensable component of personal academic, professional, and social capabilities. For college students, English proficiency is not only a key factor for academic success but also a crucial source of competitiveness in the future job market. By identifying key psychological factors such as classroom anxiety, learning motivation, and self-efficacy, this study aims to elucidate how these factors influence college students' English achievement, thereby filling the research gap in the current literature and proposing targeted educational strategies to improve students' English learning outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This study adopts Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as its theoretical framework, constructing a model to explore the relationships among classroom anxiety, learning motivation, self-efficacy, and English achievement. Data were collected from 1000 randomly selected college students using the classroom anxiety scale, English learning motivation Scale, self-efficacy scale, and self-perceived English proficiency scale to analyze the impact of these psychological factors on English achievement.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The results indicate that classroom anxiety significantly negatively affects English achievement (β = −0.296; <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001) and self-efficacy (β = −0.242; <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001), while learning motivation (β = 0.145; <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001) and self-efficacy (β = 0.328; p &lt; 0.001) both significantly positively affect English Achievement. Further analysis reveals that self-efficacy plays a partial mediating role between classroom anxiety and English achievement, as well as between learning motivation and English achievement.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Classroom anxiety and learning motivation are important predictors of English achievement, with self-efficacy playing a critical mediating role. This finding highlights the importance of assessing and intervening in these psychological factors to improve English learning outcomes in the Chinese educational context. The results of this study not only provide new insights into the existing literature but also offer practical recommendations for educators and policymakers to better support students in their English learning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"251 ","pages":"Article 104550"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142563706","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":"Your lies don't leave me cold: Assessing direct, indirect and physiological measures of lie detection","authors":"Rima-Maria Rahal ,&nbsp;Teun Siebers ,&nbsp;Willem W.A. Sleegers ,&nbsp;Ilja van Beest","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104548","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104548","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>People tend to be bad at detecting lies: When explicitly asked to infer whether others tell a lie or the truth, people often do not perform better than chance. However, increasing evidence suggests that implicit lie detection measures and potentially physiological measures may mirror observers' telling apart lies from truths after all. Implicit and physiological responses are argued to respond to lies as a threatening stimulus associated with a threat response. Subsequently, people who tell a lie should thus be liked and trusted less than those who tell the truth (indirect lie detection measures). In terms of physiology, a threat response should be associated with narrowing blood vessels (vasoconstriction), which should reduce peripheral skin blood flow. Consequently, we expected lower finger temperatures when confronted with a lie compared to the truth. We test lie detection using explicit and indirect measures, as well as using infrared thermal imaging as a physiological measure of lie detection. Participants (<em>N</em> = 95) observed videos of people telling lies or the truth about their social relationships, during which participants' fingertip temperature was recorded. Results suggested that the accuracy of explicit categorizations remained at chance level. Judgments of story-tellers' likability and trustworthiness (indirect measures of lie detection) showed no evidence that observers could tell apart liars and truthtellers: Those believed to be truthtellers were liked and trusted significantly more than those believed to be liars, even when this belief was mistaken. Physiological lie detection measured using thermal imaging also failed: Observers' fingertip temperatures did not significantly differ between lies and true stories. If at all, the temperature effects pointed in the opposite direction of the lies-as-threat expectations: Fingertip temperatures increased somewhat while confronted with lies compared to true stories. Results support the impression that people are bad at detecting lies, and cast doubt on whether fingertip temperature responses could be used as lie detection mechanisms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"251 ","pages":"Article 104548"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674884","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":"Impact of Hofstede's cultural dimensions on sustainable competitive advantage: The mediating role of entrepreneurial innovativeness among Malaysian ethnic entrepreneurs","authors":"Petra Poulova ,&nbsp;Huan Wang ,&nbsp;Song Lin ,&nbsp;Xiujun Wu ,&nbsp;Shehnaz Tehseen ,&nbsp;Xiao Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104538","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104538","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the impact of Hofstede cultural dimensions on sustainable competitive advantage with the mediating role of entrepreneurial innovativeness among Malays, Malaysian Chinese, and Malaysian Indian entrepreneurs in the retail industry. This study involved a quantitative approach with standardized questionnaires distributed among target respondents through non-probability sampling techniques, including snowball sampling, quota sampling, and convenience sampling. The data were collected in a cross-sectional setting from Malaysian retail ethnic entrepreneurs. AMOS-SEM and SPSS were used to analyze the data. The findings of this study revealed a positive and significant influence of indulgence, long-term orientation, masculinity, and low power distance on sustainable competitive advantage among Chinese, Malay, and Indian entrepreneurs. Furthermore, the direct effect of entrepreneurial innovativeness was also positive and significant in terms of sustainable competitive advantage among Chinese, Malay, and Indian entrepreneurs. Finally, the indirect effects of collectivism, indulgence, low uncertainty avoidance, low power distance, masculinity, and long-term orientation on sustainable competitive advantage through mediator entrepreneurial innovativeness were positive and significant among Malaysian Chinese. However, in Malay (indulgence) and India (collectivism, low uncertainty avoidance, and low power distance), these were not significant. Our results suggest that academics and businesses should consider how cultural norms of masculinity, long-term orientation, and uncertainty avoidance impact sustainable competitive advantage activities. Rewards encouraging sustainable competitive advantage in one subculture may not promote it in another. Subcultural norms influence entrepreneurs' decisions, expectations, and incentives in a culturally diverse community.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"251 ","pages":"Article 104538"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142695134","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":"Teaching design students machine learning to enhance motivation for learning computational thinking skills.","authors":"Hung-Hsiang Wang, Chun-Han Ariel Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104619","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104619","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The integration of computational thinking (CT) to enhance creativity in design students has often been underexplored in design education. While design thinking has traditionally been the cornerstone of university design pedagogy and remains essential, the increasing role of digital tools and artificial intelligence in modern design practices presents new opportunities for innovation. By introducing CT alongside design thinking, students can expand their creative toolkit and engage with emerging technologies more effectively. Although many design students may have limited experience with programming, incorporating accessible, no-code tools can help them confidently embrace computational methods, unlocking new pathways for creative exploration and innovation. This study proposes an alternative approach to improve the motivation of design students by introducing machine learning tools into product design processes. We developed an experimental pedagogy in which 56 industrial design university students learned how to use Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis (Weka), a machine learning tool, for three hours of design work a week, for a total of eight weeks. Our covariate analysis of data collected in the pretest and posttest shows that the general learning motivations in the group using Weka are significantly higher than those in the group without Weka. However, no significant differences were found between the two groups in terms of learning strategies, collaboration, or critical thinking. Students using Weka spent more time focusing on model training and tended to improve their algorithmic thinking, and the introduction of Weka appeared to enhance their motivation to learn. On the other hand, these students might have been focusing on working individually at their computers, potentially neglecting communication and collaboration. The findings suggest that teaching machine learning applications without requiring coding has the potential to boost design students' motivation to engage with CT skills, though care must be taken to maintain collaborative practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"251 ","pages":"104619"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142765431","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}

{"title":"A demonstration of superior judgement? Exploring league of legends players' performance in risky and ambiguous decision-making tasks.","authors":"Shichang Deng, Jinhua Li, Xinyu Liu, Haihui Lu, Xiang Liao, Xiangqian Li","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104630","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104630","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In three studies, we investigated how League of Legends (LOL) game experience and game skill relate to players' performance in the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), and Probability Discounting Task (PDT). Additionally, the present study examined the relationship between players' in-game risk preferences and their performance in three types of decision-making tasks. To achieve this, we utilized a self-developed League of Legends Risk Propensity Scale (LRPS) to characterize LOL players' in-game risk preferences. The LRPS demonstrated appropriate reliability and validity in this study. Overall, our results indicated that the differences between LOL players' and non-players' decision-making performance were significant only in the PDT. Moreover, among LOL players, the relationship between game skill and decision-making performance was significant in the IGT (especially in the last sixty trials) and the PDT, but not in the BART. Furthermore, LRPS scores could predict performance in the PDT, but not in the IGT or BART. Our results suggest that experience and game skill in LOL are primarily linked to players' performance in risky decision-making tasks. Similarly, participants' in-game risk preferences in LOL are only related to their performance in the risky decision-making process, not in the ambiguous decision-making process. We propose that LOL players' in-game ambiguous decision-making processes may exhibit domain-specific characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"251 ","pages":"104630"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142790883","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}

{"title":"Compulsive ChatGPT usage, anxiety, burnout, and sleep disturbance: A serial mediation model based on stimulus-organism-response perspective.","authors":"Cong Doanh Duong, Thanh Tung Dao, Trong Nghia Vu, Thi Viet Nga Ngo, Quang Yen Tran","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104622","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104622","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The limited understanding of the detrimental repercussions stemming from the adoption of artificial intelligence, exemplified by ChatGPT, on users' mental health issues underscores the urgency of our current research endeavor. In response to this knowledge gap, our study employs the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) framework and implements a serial mediation model to probe into the impacts of compulsive ChatGPT usage on users' mental health outcomes. This model serves as a powerful analytical lens, allowing us to unravel the relationships between the stimulus (compulsive ChatGPT usage), organism (anxiety and burnout), and response (sleep disturbance). Using a cross-sectional survey design, we collected data from 2602 ChatGPT users in Vietnam via purposive sampling and utilized structural equation modeling to assess the hypothesis model. The findings confirm that compulsive ChatGPT usage directly correlates with heightened anxiety, burnout, and sleep disturbance. Moreover, compulsive usage indirectly contributes to sleep disturbance through anxiety and burnout, demonstrating a significant serial mediation effect. This expanded understanding, derived from a sizable and diverse user base, positions our research at the forefront of unraveling the intricate dynamics between AI adoption and mental well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"251 ","pages":"104622"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142794255","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}

{"title":"Modeling the relationships between EFL learners' construct-relevant and -irrelevant strategies in listening test performance.","authors":"Nick Zhiwei Bi, Yue Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104623","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104623","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The strategic processes that contribute to construct-relevant variations in test results (such as metacognitive and cognitive strategies) and construct-irrelevant variances (such as test-wiseness strategies) have been identified in both practice and theories in Language Testing (LT). Few studies, however, have attempted to incorporate construct-relevant and -irrelevant strategic processes into a more comprehensive conceptual model. This study probed into the complicated relationships between construct-relevant strategies (i.e., metacognitive and cognitive strategies), construct-irrelevant strategies (i.e., test-wiseness strategies), and IELTS (International English Language Testing System) listening performance from a micro perspective. A total of 473 Chinese EFL undergraduates from various majors were recruited to take an IELTS listening test and complete the metacognitive and cognitive strategy questionnaire for English listening (MCSQEL) and test-wiseness strategy questionnaire for English listening (TWSQEL). This study identified three metacognitive strategies (planning, monitoring and evaluating) and four cognitive strategies (memory, inferencing and elaboration, retrieval and comprehending) as construct-relevant processes. In contrast, test-wiseness strategies, as a unitary factor, encompassed three dimensions (deductive reasoning, test format and cue-using). The micro-level analyses show that (1) planning strategies directly regulated memory, comprehending and test-wiseness strategies, and monitoring strategies had an executive function over retrieval strategies, whereas evaluating strategies did not directly regulate any types of strategies; (2) only comprehending strategies had a direct impact on listening performance, and the other three cognitive strategies (memory, inferencing and elaboration and retrieval strategies) assisted test-takers' listening performance via comprehending strategies; (3) all metacognitive strategies were not found to directly influence the listening score; (4) test-wiseness strategies had a negative but insignificant effect on the listening test performance. The findings corroborate that the IELTS listening test has high cognitive validity. The study also provides further evidence suggesting that L2 instruction programs should place less emphasis on teaching test-wiseness strategies and more on construct-relevant strategic processes and language knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"251 ","pages":"104623"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142794336","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}