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{"title":"Elections, trust, and subjective well-being: the moderating role of Internet use","authors":"Zhiying Li","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105000","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105000","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study utilizes data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS 2022) to explore the relationship between electoral participation and the subjective well-being of Chinese citizens aged 18 and above. The findings reveal a significant positive correlation between electoral participation and subjective well-being, moderated by individual characteristics (age) and regional disparities (eastern, central, and western regions). Specifically, the relationship is stronger among individuals under 60 and in western regions. Mechanism analysis suggests that trust in government and self-trust serve as critical mediators in this relationship, while internet use negatively moderates the association between electoral participation and subjective well-being. This study highlights the importance of enhancing transparency and inclusiveness in grassroots elections, improving governmental responsiveness, and regulating online information dissemination to potentially strengthen the positive correlation between electoral participation and citizens' subjective well-being. It contributes novel evidence on the psychological and social effects of grassroots democracy in China, broadening the research perspective on electoral participation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105000"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143843005","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":"How do foreign language learning experiences influence the self-reference effect?","authors":"Xiaonan Dong,&nbsp;Jianshe Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>People tend to display a processing bias towards information that is personally relevant, as opposed to information that is irrelevant to themselves. Such a bias can be influenced by long-term cultural experiences and temporary cultural priming tasks. However, the impact of the latter is transient, and it is unclear if an intermediate influence, more lasting than temporary priming tasks but less enduring than a cultural background, such as language learning, could induce a similar and stable processing bias. Given that language can shape people's mindset, this study aimed to investigate whether language learning experiences could affect participants' self-processing bias during a decision-making task. The findings showed that while behavioral results were not significant, ERP data indicated that advanced learners had more negative late N400 and P600 components for moderately self-relevant stimuli compared to highly self-relevant ones, mainly in the left or medial hemispheres. Beginners exhibited similar trends with marginal effects from fronto-central to parietal regions. Additionally, beginners displayed more negative N100 and early N400 responses and lacked a left-lateralized low-beta burst compared to advanced learners. These results suggest that the self-reference effect is present in both L2 beginners and advanced learners but is more pronounced in advanced learners. Notably, advanced learners with extensive English experience are more influenced by Western independent self-construal than beginners, leading them to focus more on highly self-related information and exhibit a stronger self-reference effect.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105017"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143843007","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":"Cognitive vulnerability factors associated with antenatal depression among Chinese pregnant women: A cross-sectional study","authors":"Min Liang ,&nbsp;Yan Liu ,&nbsp;Yu Chen ,&nbsp;Ribo Xiong","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>It has been recognized that cognitive processes play an important role in the onset and maintenance of depression. However, little research has tested whether this predictive role of the same processes holds in the antenatal period, a time of tremendous, complex change and adjustment for an expectant mother. The aim of this study was to determine the cognitive influencing factors that may increase the risk of developing antenatal depression (AND) at the third trimester of pregnancy. It was a cross-sectional study, in which women completed questionnaire measures at their third trimester of pregnancy between February to May 2023. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2), Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS), Perceived Stress Scale-14 (PSS-14) and Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ) were administered to assess levels of AND, personality traits, rumination, perceived stress and cognitive fusion respectively. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify associations between these measures and AND. The prevalence of AND among women at their third trimester of pregnancy was 35.1 %. A multivariate logistic regression model identified significant influencing factors as: neuroticism, brooding, perceived stress and cognitive fusion. A tendency of extraversion was a protective factor. This study highlighted the predictive role of cognitive process in the development of AND. Early detection of these modifiable influencing factors is fundamental to provide targeted psychological interventions during pregnancy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105026"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143843006","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":"The impact of technology frustration and consumer passion on consumer evaluation shift in case of mobile apps","authors":"Bidyut Hazarika ,&nbsp;Utkarsh Shrivastava ,&nbsp;Timothy McBush Hiele ,&nbsp;Chi Pham","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Online consumer ratings play a crucial role in determining a product's long-term success. This study examines the direct impact of consumer technology frustration and consumer passion on app ratings and evaluations over time. Beyond these direct effects, we propose that consumer passion moderates the relationship between technology frustration and evaluations—specifically, passion amplifies the negative impact of frustration, making a double-edged sword. Using data from the Google Play Store, we tracked the top 20,000 Android apps over three months (September 29, 2023–January 1, 2024), constructing a panel dataset with 11,568 panels and 13,810 observations. Our disaggregated analysis—considering download volume, app age, price, and publisher rating—confirms the hypothesized effects. Remarkably, established apps and publishers are particularly vulnerable to the intensified negative substitution effect. Our findings suggest that new app developers should prioritize a functional, intuitive platform and enhance it over time to foster consumer passion. Meanwhile, established apps must actively minimize technological frustration, as passionate users' negative experiences can significantly impact ratings and future downloads.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105006"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143843004","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":"“Is ethical eating a matter of belief”: Activating organic food consumption with curvilinear impacts of religious beliefs","authors":"Cong Doanh Duong,&nbsp;Thi Thanh Hoa Phan,&nbsp;Thu Van Bui,&nbsp;Trong Duc Tran,&nbsp;Nhat Minh Tran","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although environmental sustainability has become a growing priority, the role of religious convictions in shaping pro-environmental consumption—particularly in relation to organic food—remains underexplored. This gap is especially evident in non-Western contexts, where cultural and religious values may significantly influence consumer behavior. This research utilized the Norm Activation Model to explore the effect of religious beliefs —karmic beliefs, afterlife beliefs, and beliefs in a just world—on organic food consumption through the activation of personal (moral) norms. Using data collected from a sample of 5326 Vietnamese consumers, the findings indicate that karmic beliefs, afterlife beliefs, and beliefs in a just world individually and collectively enhance personal moral norms, which in turn positively influence organic food purchase intentions and behaviors. Furthermore, ascription of responsibility and awareness of consequences significantly affect purchase intentions and behaviors. The study contributes to a deeper understanding of how moral norms mediate the influence of religious beliefs on sustainable consumer behavior and identifies key psychological drivers that can bridge the intention–behavior gap in organic food consumption. This study offers insights into promoting organic food consumption by incorporating religious and ethical values into consumer engagement strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105031"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143839495","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":"What factors affect student procrastination on mathematics homework: Self-determination theory perspective","authors":"Bohao Gao ,&nbsp;Tommy Tanu Wijaya ,&nbsp;Yahan He ,&nbsp;Huibo Ma ,&nbsp;Libao Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105020","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mathematics homework is a crucial learning activity for students, and procrastination in mathematics homework not only results in a decline in the quality of homework completion but also reduces mathematics achievement. However, there is still a lack of empirical research on what factors cause students to procrastinate on their mathematics homework. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory, this study seeks to explore factors that may be significantly associated with student procrastination in completing mathematics homework. A quantitative research design was adopted, selecting 771 middle school students from different districts of Tianjin, China as research subjects. Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) techniques, the study constructed structural equations to investigate the pathways through which student competence, autonomy, relatedness, and homework emotion influence mathematics homework procrastination. The research indicates that homework emotion has the greatest impact on students' mathematics homework procrastination, especially the negative emotions of anxiety and boredom, which are most evident in causing procrastination. Autonomy follows, showing a significant negative correlation with mathematics homework procrastination. Parental and teacher support for autonomy are factors of relatedness that affect students' mathematics homework procrastination. Parental and teacher autonomy support directly applied to mathematics homework often exacerbates students' procrastination in completing math assignments. This study systematically reveals the factors influencing students' mathematics homework procrastination and provides guidance for students, parents, and teachers to collaboratively reduce it in practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105020"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143839494","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":"The hygiene hypothesis of crime: Examining the link between disgust-related diseases and crime incidence","authors":"Samudera F. Jamaluddin","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Disgust, an evolutionarily adaptive mechanism for pathogen avoidance, plays a critical role in shaping social and moral behaviors. However, its influence on societal outcomes, such as crime, remains underexplored. This study examines the relationship between disgust-related diseases (diarrhea, HIV, and leprosy) and violent crimes (sex-related crimes, assault, and homicide) in Indonesia, a high-pathogen-stress environment. Using publicly available data from 2022 to 2023, we analyzed correlations between disease prevalence and crime incidents, controlling for socioeconomic factors, including population density, the Gini coefficient, the unemployment rate, the Human Development Index (HDI), and a refined divorce ratio in 34 provinces in Indonesia. The findings reveal that disgust-related diseases are consistently associated with elevated crime incidents, even after adjusting for socioeconomic controls. In contrast, vector-related diseases (e.g., malaria, dengue, and filariasis) demonstrate weaker and less consistent associations. Composite measures further indicate that disgust-related diseases are strong predictors of overall crime index. The overall model explain 68.5 % of its variance. These results support the hypothesis that pathogen-related disgust mechanisms uniquely contribute to societal dynamics, extending pathogen avoidance theory to the realm of criminology. This research underscores the intersection of public health and societal stability, highlighting the need for interdisciplinary strategies to address disgust-related diseases and their broader social implications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105013"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143839493","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":"Age- and sex-specific analysis of the impact of bipolar disorder in Iran and its provinces: Prevalence, incidence, and disability-adjusted life years: Global burden of disease 2021","authors":"Sohrab Amiri ,&nbsp;Malihe Sadat Moayed ,&nbsp;Mojtaba Satkin","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study sought to deliver a prevalence, incidence, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) of bipolar disorder in Iran, covering both national and subnational scales. The results were broken down by age group and sex, alongside an analysis of trends in bipolar disorder from 1990 to 2021. The estimates gathered were further compared to global averages to offer deeper insights into the prevalence and impact of bipolar disorder in Iran.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This study analyzed data from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 framework to assess various health metrics. Key indicators such as prevalence, incidence, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) were examined using all-age count estimates and age-standardized rates per 100,000 individuals. The analysis spanned the years 1990 to 2021, with results categorized by sex, age group, and geographic location. Furthermore, percentage changes over this period were calculated. To enhance the reliability of the findings, all reported estimates included a 95 % uncertainty interval.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In 1990, the age-standardized prevalence rate of bipolar disorder in Iran was 770.09 per 100,000 individuals [95 % UI: 657 to 902], and by 2021, it slightly increased to 780 per 100,000 [95 % UI: 667 to 915]. The percentage change over the period from 1990 to 2021 was 0.01 %. In 2021, the total number of bipolar disorder cases in Iran was reported at 724,891, with a 95 % uncertainty interval ranging from 614,626 to 848,263. Among these cases, 376,813 were observed in females and 348,077 in males. Notably, individuals aged 10 to 24 accounted for 127,388 of the overall cases, making this age group the most affected. The age-standardized incidence rate (per 100,000) of bipolar disorder was estimated to be 52 [95 % UI: 44 to 61] in 1990 and 53 [95 % UI: 45 to 62] in 2021, reflecting a minimal change of 0.01 % over this period. Similarly, the age-standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) rate (per 100,000) for bipolar disorder was recorded at 164 [95 % UI: 107 to 240] in 1990 and 166 [95 % UI: 109 to 241] in 2021, with an equivalent negligible change of 0.01 % from 1990 to 2021.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>In Iran, the burden of bipolar disorder has been found to exceed global averages, and due to demographic changes, young population, regional stressors this burden has grown significantly over the past three decades. Therefore, it remains crucial to focus increasing access to mental health care by increasing mental health care infrastructure in the country, especially in densely populated areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105023"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143834962","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":"Would you hire Liam over Kirk? Name sound symbolism and hiring","authors":"David M. Sidhu ,&nbsp;Timothy G. Wingate ,&nbsp;Joshua S. Bourdage ,&nbsp;Penny M. Pexman","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104978","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104978","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sound symbolism is the phenomenon by which certain language sounds evoke particular associations. Previous work has demonstrated that names evoke personality associations based on the sounds they contain, with names containing sonorant consonants evoking different associations than those containing voiceless stops. Here we examined whether these associations would impact a mock hiring task. We created job ads that described an ideal candidate as being high in one of the six factors of the HEXACO framework of personality. Participants were given a pair of candidates, one whose name contained sonorants (e.g., “Molly”) and one whose name contained voiceless stops (e.g., “Katie”). Whether job ads contained three personality adjectives (Experiment 1), a single adjective (Experiment 2), or a single adjective and a picture (Experiment 3) participants were more likely to choose the candidate with the sonorant name for certain personality factors. In Experiment 4 participants saw videotaped mock interviews of candidates presented with a sonorant or voiceless stop name. Names were less influential in the presence of audiovisual information than perceived name fit. These results demonstrate the impact of name sound symbolism in a more material scenario. They also help establish boundary conditions and moderators for name sound symbolism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 104978"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835066","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":"Does foreign language learning influence EFL learners' cultural intelligence (CQ)? A mixed-methods approach to exploring EFL learning as a contributor to CQ","authors":"Zheng Wang 王峥,&nbsp;Sheng Yu 余胜","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104991","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104991","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present mixed-method study focuses on exploring the correlation between foreign language learning and cultural intelligence (CQ) among 291 English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in China. Statistical analyses revealed that English-major EFL learners had higher CQ than their non-English-major counterparts, especially in the cognitive dimension. The qualitative analysis of the semi-structured interview data revealed five key factors that contribute to the enhancement of intercultural awareness through language learning. These include “cultural knowledge” and four psychological factors: “awareness and understanding of cultural differences”, “an open and tolerant mindset towards other cultures”, “cognitive recognition of cultural diversity”, and “interest and motivation in intercultural engagement”.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 104991"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835065","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}