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{"title":"Emotional impact of watching bullfighting shows in Spanish and Portuguese children: Affect, coping and aggressive behavior","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104408","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104408","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Being exposed to bullfighting during childhood generates a growing social debate, that stirs up both opposing and supporting arguments that confront cultural transmission with the protection of childhood. This study seeks to analyze how viewing bullfighting shows affects the emotional well-being of Spanish and Portuguese children. Children who had watched bullfighting shows were compared to others who had never watched them. For the accomplishment of this study, 128 children took part, of which 84 were Portuguese and 44 were Spanish. Overall, 86 children had watched bullfighting shows and 42 had not. The scores related to problem-focused coping, positive affect, active resolution, and seeking information and guidance were significantly higher in those children who had watched bullfighting shows. No significant differences were found related to nationality. The cognitive interpretation of this real and/or audiovisual content and the need to continue studying this practice is under discussion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824002853/pdfft?md5=d45032577c5456e2101cf11d1fd1b9de&pid=1-s2.0-S0001691824002853-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141728693","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":"Understanding how the presence of music in advertisements influences consumer behaviour","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104333","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104333","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigated how consumer behaviour is influenced by music's emotional valence (sad vs. happy) in advertisements. Female participants (<em>N</em> = 134) watched the same four advertisements with either happy or sad background music. The advertisements were split into two advertising breaks which were embedded in a television programme. Participants were tested on their recognition and recall of the advertised material, as well as their intentions to buy the advertised products. As predicted, the results revealed that brand recognition was higher with sad background music in the advertisements, while buying intention was higher when the advertisements were paired with happy background music. Although overall advertisement free recall was found to be better for sad than happy music, musical valence was not found to affect product recall. The findings are discussed in terms of the power of emotions and the possible effects of brand attitudes and music congruity. Limitations and suggestions for future research are presented.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824002105/pdfft?md5=fe09bc61f4eac4dd9ff958ecd80495a3&pid=1-s2.0-S0001691824002105-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141728691","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":"Characterization of dyadic interaction features between fathers and mothers playing with their autistic children","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104411","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104411","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Socio-communicative difficulties are a core symptom of autism that deeply impact interaction with others. Despite that, research on bidirectional caregiver-child interaction variables has been notably scant and predominantly focused on autistic children's interactive differences and the consequences on parenting behaviors.</p></div><div><h3>Aim</h3><p>The study aimed to assess parent-child interaction in the context of autism through observational validated instruments that consider qualitative and structural features in a complementary way to obtain a comprehensive characterization of the exchange within the dyad.</p></div><div><h3>Methods and procedures</h3><p>This study involved 56 paired parent-child dyads of 28 autistic children (mean age = 38.60 months, sd = 9.50) playing with their mothers and their fathers for 10 min. The video-recorded sessions were coded through the Emotional Availability Scales (EAS) and the Interpersonal Synchrony (IS) coding system.</p></div><div><h3>Outcomes and results</h3><p>Fathers and mothers do not show significant differences in ISexcept for mother widenings, which are more frequent and successful, and in Emotional Availability. Further, dyads present moderate levels of Emotional Availability, indicating that parents may struggle with structuring, sensitivity, and interactive abilities with their autistic children, which in turn present low levels of responsiveness and involvement. Further, we explored an association between IS and EA characteristics.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion and implications</h3><p>This study suggests the need for interventions to target interaction considering both caregivers, ultimately targeting both interaction structure and affect features. Research that includes fathers fosters strategies for individualization and treatment optimization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824002889/pdfft?md5=0fef610fa87d88816e11dc3816f51931&pid=1-s2.0-S0001691824002889-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141728690","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":"Perceived CSR impact on purchase intention: The roles of perceived effectiveness, altruistic attribution, and CSR-CA belief","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104414","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the rapid development of market economy, consumers gradually begin to take corporate social responsibility (CSR) as one of the factors that determine their purchase intention when purchasing products. Based on the attribution theory, this paper develops a moderated mediation model to investigate its internal mechanism, and empirically tests the conceptual model through a questionnaire survey. The results indicate that Perceived CSR has a direct and positive impact on consumers' purchase intention and has an indirect and positive impact on consumers' purchase intention through altruistic attribution. Consumers' perceived effectiveness positively moderates the impact of Perceived CSR on altruistic attribution, while different beliefs about corporate social responsibility-corporate ability (CSR-CA) moderate the relationship between altruistic attributions and consumer purchase intentions. Finally, some recommendations are put forward for the results of the survey, for reference by the academia and industry.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824002919/pdfft?md5=2ebcf51b732960d5c7afcd33cf7314e4&pid=1-s2.0-S0001691824002919-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141639234","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":"Psychometric properties of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale: A cross-cultural study in the Arab Maghreb countries","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104397","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104397","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The Benign and Malicious Envy Scale (BeMaS) is designed to assess the trait of envy and evaluate individual differences in people's tendency to experience benign or malicious envy towards superior comparison standards.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the BeMaS in Arab culture through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and to ensure the measurement equivalence of the benign and malicious envy scale across three countries in the Arab Maghreb region (Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The study was conducted on a sample of 1047 students from various universities across three countries, Algeria (<em>n</em> = 401), Tunisia (<em>n</em> = 289), and Morocco (<em>n</em> = 357), and implemented a cross-sectional study design. The study involved individuals aged 18–64 (M = 22.00, SD = 4.79). Most were females (64.4 %, <em>n</em> = 674), with substantial male representation (35.6 %, <em>n</em> = 373). All participants completed the Arabic BeMaS.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that the Arabic BeMaS has a two-factor structure for the total sample and each subsample. However, some modifications were necessary in the Tunisian sample. The overall results suggest that the two-factor structure of the BeMaS is valid and reliable in the Arab context. At the same time, differences between the three groups suggest cultural differences despite similarities in language, geographic proximity, and shared customs and traditions. Additionally, the results highlight the need for further research into envy, particularly within Arabic culture. Religious and cultural traditions may significantly influence how envy is experienced and perceived, making such cultural differences important to investigate.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>In summary, this study contributes to our measurement of Envy in the Arab context by validating BeMaS and highlighting the importance of cultural factors in measuring and explaining envy. However, further research is needed to deepen our understanding of this complex emotion in different cultural and social contexts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824002749/pdfft?md5=34f773236b50c8eb1eea48a5a4d40b95&pid=1-s2.0-S0001691824002749-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141639233","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":"The effect of approach and avoidance motivation on self-perception","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104391","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104391","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work addresses the link between motivation and self-perception by systematically studying visual self-representations. We propose that the way individuals perceive themselves may be associated with dispositional and situationally induced approach and avoidance motivation. First, we investigate how <em>dispositional</em> differences in approach/avoidance motivation and self-esteem relate to self-perception. Second, we investigate how <em>state</em> differences in approach/avoidance motivation relate to self-perception. Based on motivation literature, we predicted that self-perception would reflect psychological equanimity at the dispositional level (seeing the self in a favorable light), and motivational flexibility at the situational level (situational avoidance motivation results in a more realistic view of one's qualities). We use up-to-date face modeling methods to measure individuals' self-perceptions in a systematic, nuanced, and implicit way: Participants are repeatedly asked to indicate which of two portrait versions better represents themselves. Then we relate distortions in self-perceptions to agency and communion dimensions. We demonstrate that (1) participants low in self-esteem show more communion enhancement than participants high in self-esteem; (2) participants in an avoidance state show less agency enhancement (i.e., more realistic self-perceptions) than participants in an approach state. This research is first to demonstrate <em>regularities in visual self-perception that are linked to approach and avoidance motivation</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824002683/pdfft?md5=dc0f569bc528f58660f53af1106d05d3&pid=1-s2.0-S0001691824002683-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141639235","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":"It is not a vacation of leisure: The effect of maternity-leave stigma on fertility intentions in China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104413","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104413","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In response to the public's puzzle about why maternity leave has unexpectedly failed to improve fertility problem in the Chinese context of a widespread extension of maternity leave, our study concentrates on a prevailing stigmatization phenomenon of maternity leave in the workplace, proposes the construct “maternity-leave stigma”, operationalizes it, and examines its probable detrimental effect on working individuals' fertility intentions drawing on conservation of resources theory, self-verification theory, and research on stigma and psychological contract violation. Conceptually, maternity-leave stigma is a kind of workplace stigma that primarily depicts the extent to which working individuals in the reproductive period view maternity leave or the event of taking maternity leave in a biased way. It mainly consists of four subdimensions called cognitive stigma, emotional stigma, moral stigma, and consequence stigma. Based on multiple analyses of the three-stage questionnaire survey data from working individuals of childbearing age in China, Study 1 (N₁ = 296, N₂ = 340) acquires a 12-item maternity-leave stigma scale with good reliability and validity and Study 2 (N₂ = 340) substantiates that, working individuals' maternity-leave stigma tends to directly and indirectly inhibit their fertility intentions and their anticipatory psychological contract violation from organization is the crucial mediator. Moreover, working women are inclined to display a much stronger inhibiting effect of maternity-leave stigma on fertility intentions compared to working men. Our findings therefore resolve the public's puzzle, enrich workplace stigma, deepen the implementation effectiveness research of maternity leave policy, and are of practical implications for building a fertility-friendly society.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824002907/pdfft?md5=6b9917579008c49ae233c29c817b005d&pid=1-s2.0-S0001691824002907-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141639232","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":"Parental care and overprotection predict worry and anxiety symptoms in emerging adult students","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104398","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104398","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Anxiety disorders represent a prevalent mental health concern, with escalating rates, especially among emerging adults. University students, in particular, face a myriad of academic and life stressors that can amplify feelings of worry and anxiety. While early parental bonding seem to predict anxiety disorders later in life, the applicability to emerging adult students and its applicability to predict sub-clinical and transdiagnostic anxiety features remain unclear. This study aims to examine <em>i)</em> the relationship between demographic variables and key features of anxiety disorders (i.e., worry and anxiety symptoms); and <em>ii)</em> the predictive association between early parental bonding and anxiety-related features. A sample of 370 university students in Italy (<em>n</em> = 279 females; <em>M age</em> = 20.84 years, <em>SD age</em> = 1.81 years) completed the Parental Bonding Instrument, the Penn State Worry Questionnaire, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Females reported higher levels of worry and anxiety compared to males. Significantly higher worry and anxiety symptoms were reported by individuals who experienced <em>affectionless control</em> (low care and high overprotection) as compared to those exposed to <em>optimal parenting</em> (high care and low overprotection). Predictive models indicated that scores of parental care (i.e., the principal component between maternal and paternal care scores) and parental overprotection (i.e., the principal component between maternal and paternal overprotection scores) are robust predictors of worry and anxiety symptoms. However, this relationship showed a gender-specific pattern: lower parental care was more significant in predicting anxiety features in males, while high overprotection was more significant in females. The findings contribute to the comprehension of the risk factors influencing the susceptibility of emerging adult students to anxiety disorders.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824002750/pdfft?md5=d60b2331e9db3e12434a32901617e0e8&pid=1-s2.0-S0001691824002750-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141639217","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":"Catalysts of digital excellence: Unraveling the threads of connectivity, embedment, and visibility in enterprise social media for enhanced task and innovative performances","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104396","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104396","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In an era characterized by rapid digital transformation, this research delves into the intricate dynamics of enterprise social media (ESM) ubiquitous connectivity, drawing on the influential framework of social cognitive theory (SCT), we unravel the complex relationships among compatibility, presenteeism, ESM-enabled embeddedness, and the visibility of digital interactions, shedding light on how these factors collectively shape task performance and innovative contributions in the contemporary hybrid work landscape. By incorporating SCT into our research model, we not only enhance the theoretical underpinning but also respond to the imperative of understanding how individual cognition and observational learning impact behaviors in digital work environments. Data is collected from 467 participants from China. Results indicated that ESM-enabled embeddedness mediates the connection between presenteeism and both digital-enabled task performance, digital-enabled innovative performance. Findings conformed that ESM-enabled embeddedness mediates the connection between compatibility and both digital-enabled task performance, digital-enabled innovative performance. ESM visibility strengthens the connection between ubiquitous connectivity (presenteeism, compatibility) and ESM-enabled embeddedness. In addition, results also indicated that ESM visibility moderates the mediation effect of ESM-enabled embeddedness between the dimensions of ESM ubiquitous connectivity (presenteeism) and both digital-enabled task performance, digital-enabled innovative performance. In contrast, ESM visibility did not moderates the mediation effect of ESM-enabled embeddedness between the dimensions of ESM ubiquitous connectivity (compatibility) and both digital-enabled task performance, digital-enabled innovative performance. This study not only contributes depth to ESM literature but also lays the groundwork for future research endeavors, encouraging exploration of diverse contexts and additional moderating factors to comprehensively grasp the intricate dynamics within modern digital workspaces.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824002737/pdfft?md5=6af4d9d680bdeb93ab1009e787cbec94&pid=1-s2.0-S0001691824002737-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141639230","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":"No more than “half prevention”: A qualitative study on psychosocial determinants of Covid-19 vaccination acceptance","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104406","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104406","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Vaccine hesitancy represents a major barrier to achieving Covid-19 vaccination coverage, including in Italy, where the vaccination rates suggest that Covid-19 vaccination has not been fully integrated into people's routine immunization schedules. While quantitative studies have generated ample data on factors influencing vaccination decisions, rarely was an overall picture of people's actual views and experiences with Covid-19 vaccines provided. To address this gap, this qualitative study aimed to explore, from a psychosocial perspective, the relationships between perceptions of Covid-19 vaccines, traditional vaccines, and general approaches to prevention. Following a Grounded Theory approach, we interviewed 25 Italian adults from different socioeconomic and working backgrounds. Findings revealed that, despite a generally positive attitude towards Covid-19 vaccines, they were often regarded as providing only partial protection—a “half prevention”—against the disease rather than a definitive preventive measure. In this sense, a <em>gap</em> emerged between the overall notion of prevention and the specific representations associated with Covid-19 vaccines. Therefore, to increase vaccination acceptance, interventions should prioritize the reduction of such a gap by promoting the idea that vaccination against Covid is, <em>in all respects,</em> a safe and effective preventive tool. This requires fostering a credible knowledge system and building trustful relationships among community members and stakeholders involved in the vaccination campaign, including general practitioners, healthcare professionals, and political authorities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000169182400283X/pdfft?md5=20c54c91495bef8f3e1541b6f54da4f1&pid=1-s2.0-S000169182400283X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141639231","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}