Acta PsychologicaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-08DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105191
Yee-Yann Yap, Siow-Hooi Tan, Booi-Chen Tan, Siow-Kian Tan
{"title":"Smart tourism technologies and tourist satisfaction: A systematic literature review and research agenda.","authors":"Yee-Yann Yap, Siow-Hooi Tan, Booi-Chen Tan, Siow-Kian Tan","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105191","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105191","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The adoption of smart tourism technologies (STTs) has been extensive and continues to grow, with increasing attention on their role in enhancing traveler satisfaction within the tourism sector. Despite the expanding body of research on STT satisfaction, a systematic literature review (SLR) synthesizing these findings remains lacking. This study presents a comprehensive SLR of satisfaction in the context of STTs in tourism. It systematically examines 88 relevant articles, classifying and analyzing them based on the types of STTs, methodologies, and theories employed. The review identifies six groups of antecedents influencing satisfaction-technological, social, psychological, behavioral, economic, and destination-related-as well as mediation and moderation relationships, perspectives, and consequences of satisfaction. Drawing from the SLR, the study proposes a conceptual framework and research agenda, emphasizing future exploration of emerging technological features, deeper investigations into antecedents, the development of innovative measurement scales, and the multidimensional nature of satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"258 ","pages":"105191"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144599089","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}
Acta PsychologicaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105274
Emma Gendre, Andrea Soubelet, Stacey Callahan
{"title":"\"What doesn't kill me makes me stronger\": Constructive or illusory posttraumatic growth?","authors":"Emma Gendre, Andrea Soubelet, Stacey Callahan","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105274","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105274","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of the concept of posttraumatic growth (PTG) and its measurement, the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, has highlighted the possibility of positive psychological changes after psychotrauma. The actual nature of perceived PTG is, however, debated in the literature. This article aims to summarize the conceptual, methodological, and empirical elements questioning the concept of PTG and to present theoretical perspectives integrating two forms of perceived PTG, real and illusory. The authors performed a review using the PubMed, PsycInfo, and Google Scholar databases. The concept of PTG has been criticized for its confusing and limited definition (particularly as regards the nature of change and its dimensions) and for its complex retrospective self-assessment associated with numerous biases (e.g., self-improvement bias, positive attention bias, downward comparison bias, memory bias). There are further reservations about the character of PTG based on empirical data, such as both the absence of a relationship between perceived and actual changes, and the lack of consensus regarding the adaptive value of PTG (variable associations between PTG and distress and coping types). As for theoretical perspectives, the Janus-Face model was the first to describe constructive PTG and illusory PTG, linked differently to distress and coping. More recent models have also examined these two faces in light of other concepts such as dissociation, and identified PTG trajectories on the basis of person-centered longitudinal analyses, suggesting heterogeneity in PTG. This review underlines the importance of developing further research into patterns of PTG, potentially by improving PTG assessment and considering possible heterogeneity of responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"258 ","pages":"105274"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144615783","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}
Acta PsychologicaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105263
Seong-Eun Jeon, Seunghyong Ryu, Ju-Yeon Lee, Jae-Min Kim, Sung-Wan Kim, Young-Shin Kang
{"title":"Classification and influencing factors of depression and anxiety progression during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Seong-Eun Jeon, Seunghyong Ryu, Ju-Yeon Lee, Jae-Min Kim, Sung-Wan Kim, Young-Shin Kang","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105263","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105263","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to classify latent profiles based on the temporal progression of depression and anxiety during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and explored factors influencing these trajectories. An online survey was conducted with 497 South Korean individuals aged 19 to 69 years in three rounds: the first half of 2020 (Round 1), the second half of 2020 (Round 2), and the first half of 2023 (Round 3). A growth mixture model categorized latent profiles based on the progression of depression and anxiety and examined influencing factors. Results revealed three depression progression categories: low-level increasing, high-level decreasing, and low-level maintenance. Similarly, anxiety progression categories included high-level decreasing, low-level increasing, and low-level maintenance. Gender, age, perceived stress, and gratitude significantly impacted the classification of depression and anxiety profiles, while fear of COVID-19 infection specifically influenced anxiety profiles. These findings demonstrate that individual demographic and psychological factors have a lasting impact on long-term mental health changes. This highlights the importance of tailored mental health interventions that consider individual characteristics to alleviate perceived stress and foster gratitude.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"258 ","pages":"105263"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144615787","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}
Acta PsychologicaPub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105368
Guofu Kuang , Zhishuang Liu , Zi Zhi
{"title":"Research on the impact of digital anxiety management tools on athletes' well-being","authors":"Guofu Kuang , Zhishuang Liu , Zi Zhi","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105368","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105368","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The purpose of the study was to investigate the efficacy of the WorryTree: Anxiety CBT Therapy application in reducing anxiety and enhancing athletes' mental well-being, as well as its impact on academic performance. The experiment involved 60 respondents aged between 23 and 35 years. The study employed a design involving two groups: an experimental group utilizing the specially designed mobile application WorryTree for managing anxiety and a control group that received no digital interventions. The app's core features included interactive meditation sessions and breathing exercises, an emotional journal and mood tracker, a library of stress and anxiety management resources, a personalized support plan, and educational articles on mental health. The findings demonstrated that participants in the experimental group exhibited significantly lower levels of anxiety and improved mental health compared to those in the control group. Specifically, the average anxiety level decreased from 28.5 to 15.7, and mental health indicators improved from 52.3 to 39.2. Moreover, the academic performance of the experimental group also improved, confirming the efficacy of utilizing digital tools in sports education. The practical relevance of this study lies in incorporating digital technologies into athlete training programs, thereby contributing to enhanced mental well-being and academic achievement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"259 ","pages":"Article 105368"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144749013","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":"Phonological awareness and phonological working memory in Persian-speaking preschool children with a history of late-talking: A 3-year follow up.","authors":"Mozhgan Asadi, Farhad Sakhai, Seyed Abolfazl Tohidast, Reyhaneh Jokar, Nasim Masoumi","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105292","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Late-talkers (LTs), defined as toddlers around 2 years of age with limited expressive vocabulary (<50 words) or absence of two-word combinations, are at risk for persistent language disorder.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The aim of this study was investigating phonological awareness (PA) and phonological working memory (PWM) in Persian-speaking children with a history of late-talking (LT) and typically-developing (TD) children aged 5.5 years, and to predict their phonological processing skills using early lexical and morphosyntactic skills at the age of 2.5 years.</p><p><strong>Methods and procedures: </strong>In this longitudinal study, 24 children with a history of LT and 24 TD children, matched for socioeconomic status and age, were assessed using the auditory test of phonological awareness skills (ASHA-5) and the syllable repetition task (SRT).</p><p><strong>Outcomes and results: </strong>Children with a history of LT performed significantly lower than TD peers at 5.5 years on measures of syllable awareness, rhyme awareness, and SRT. Stepwise linear regression analysis showed that early lexical abilities-particularly receptive and expressive vocabulary-were the most important predictors of phonological processing skills at 5.5 years.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and implications: </strong>Children with a history of LT show ongoing challenges in PWM, and possibly subtle vulnerabilities in PA, even in cases where early expressive delays appear to resolve. Given the foundational role of these skills in reading and writing, early identification and targeted preventive interventions are recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"258 ","pages":"105292"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144641479","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}
Acta PsychologicaPub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105364
Jing Qian
{"title":"The relationship between parental investment and high school students' academic achievement: The mediating role of academic emotions and the moderating role of learning motivation","authors":"Jing Qian","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105364","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105364","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aimed to clarify how parental investment influences academic achievement through positive academic emotions and whether learning motivation enhances this process. Unlike previous studies that primarily treated learning motivation as a mediator, this study explores its role as a moderator, assessing whether higher learning motivation strengthens the positive effects of emotional experiences on academic achievement. Data were collected from 698 high school students across five schools in Anhui Province, China, using standardized questionnaires and midterm exam scores. Mediation and moderation analyses revealed that positive academic emotions served as a partial mediator in the relationship between parental investment and academic achievement. Additionally, learning motivation significantly moderated the interaction between parental investment and positive academic emotions, while also affecting the indirect impact of these emotions on academic achievement. These findings suggest that enhancing learning motivation can amplify the beneficial impact of parental investment on academic achievement through emotional pathways, providing a more comprehensive understanding of how emotional and motivational processes interact.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"259 ","pages":"Article 105364"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144749014","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}
Acta PsychologicaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-06-24DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105193
Jodie M Plumert, Elizabeth E O'Neal, Lana B Karasik
{"title":"Editorial special issue: Interacting with the physical world around us: Understanding the perception of risk.","authors":"Jodie M Plumert, Elizabeth E O'Neal, Lana B Karasik","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105193","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105193","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":" ","pages":"105193"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144493386","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}
Acta PsychologicaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105250
M Leonhardt, A Farugie, D Jagoda, A Kaeding, S Rohrmann
{"title":"Beyond gender - the impostor phenomenon and the role of gender typing, social comparison orientation, and perceived minority status.","authors":"M Leonhardt, A Farugie, D Jagoda, A Kaeding, S Rohrmann","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105250","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105250","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In previous studies, the impostor phenomenon has been related to low positive masculinity and high negative femininity (mediated by social comparison orientation), as well as to the feeling of belonging to a minority group. To date, research on gender typing, social comparison, and the impostor phenomenon has predominantly relied on student samples, thereby limiting the external validity of its findings. The present study seeks to address this limitation by investigating the extent to which these findings generalize beyond academic populations, utilizing a sample of N = 666 German university students and employed professionals. This study revealed a negative association between positive masculinity and impostor feelings, as well as a strong positive association between negative femininity and impostor feelings. In addition, a weak positive association was found between positive femininity and the impostor phenomenon. Both facets of femininity showed small but significant indirect effects via social comparison orientation. Based on previous research, we further assumed that participants who feel that their assigned gender is underrepresented in their particular environment show greater feelings of impostorism. The correlative analyses indicated that, despite minor variance, perceived minority status at work in terms of gender was associated with the impostor phenomenon. However, perceived minority affiliation had no impact on the association between social comparison orientation and impostorism. Based on these findings, interventions are discussed that affected individuals as well as employers and can apply to reduce mental distress regarding the organizational context and the work environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"258 ","pages":"105250"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144615785","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}
Acta PsychologicaPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2025-07-16DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105255
Nonoka Nakamura, Akihiko Gobara, Hiroshi Nittono
{"title":"Postural responses to cute animal pictures: The effect of image size.","authors":"Nonoka Nakamura, Akihiko Gobara, Hiroshi Nittono","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105255","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105255","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Affective stimuli are known to induce not only physiological but also postural changes. However, previous studies have reported inconsistent results regarding forward leaning responses to pleasant stimuli, possibly due to confounding variables. This study addressed this issue using cute animal pictures, positive stimuli associated with approach motivation. Forty-one university students were asked to stand on a force plate while viewing animal pictures presented in large or small size, with instructions to imagine interacting with the animals. The results showed that pleasant pictures were rated cuter than neutral or unpleasant pictures. Participants' center of pressure (COP) shifted forward for pleasant pictures and backward for unpleasant pictures. Larger pictures produced more posterior shift in the COP than small pictures for unpleasant and neutral images, while pleasant pictures showed no difference by size. This study demonstrates that forward leaning responses to positive visual stimuli occur when the stimuli have motivational values and that picture valence and size interactively influence postural changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"258 ","pages":"105255"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144648252","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}
Acta PsychologicaPub Date : 2025-07-31DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105355
Kevin S. Kertechian , Hadi El-Farr
{"title":"Body image in the workplace: Assessing the impact on self-esteem and employee engagement","authors":"Kevin S. Kertechian , Hadi El-Farr","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105355","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105355","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the relationship between body image and employee vigor in work engagement, with a focus on self-esteem as a mediating factor. Drawing on social comparison theory, we analyze survey data from 860 U.S. employees using structural equation modeling to assess the impact of positive and negative body image on employee vigor. The findings reveal that positive body image enhances employee vigor, while negative body image directly undermines it. Crucially, self-esteem mediates the negative body image-vigor link, underscoring its role in mitigating harmful effects. By introducing body image into management studies, this research bridges an important interdisciplinary gap, demonstrating its significance in workplace well-being and engagement. The study highlights the need for organizational interventions that foster positive body image and strengthen employee self-esteem to enhance employees' organizational outcomes. While our findings provide actionable insights, the research is limited to U.S. employees, and further exploration is warranted across diverse cultural contexts. Additionally, despite preventive measures, the cross-sectional design poses challenges in establishing causal relationships. Nonetheless, this study contributes to understanding how body image influences work engagement, urging organizations to address this often-overlooked factor in employee well-being strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"259 ","pages":"Article 105355"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144749149","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}