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{"title":"Bridging foreign language classroom anxiety to Thai students' Chinese language success","authors":"Li Pan ,&nbsp;Huiqin Luo ,&nbsp;Xianyue He ,&nbsp;Yan Ye","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Horwitz's Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) is the most frequently used scale for investigating learners' anxiety in the foreign language classroom. Variations in cultural contexts and divergent analytical methods have resulted in notable differences in the FLCAS constructs and corresponding items across numerous studies. This study primarily sought to re-examine the constructs of the FLCAS in Thai high school Chinese classrooms and, in turn, to develop a model for measuring Thai high school students' Chinese classroom anxiety based on the FLCAS. First, 810 students from six schools around Bangkok were divided into two samples for exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). After that, the researchers re-combined the two samples to analyze how the sub-constructs and HSK scores vary by gender and Chinese learning experience, as well as how each construct correlates with the other sub-constructs and the students' HSK scores. A four-factor model was obtained, retaining only nineteen question items. The results showed that FLCAS sub-constructs did not differ significantly between genders but did differ significantly with Chinese learning experience. HSK scores, however, differed significantly by both gender and Chinese learning experience. Lastly, the four sub-constructs of FLCAS are positively correlated with each other but negatively correlated with HSK scores.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105018"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143824112","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 to enhance student satisfaction in Chinese open education? A serial multiple mediating model based on academic buoyancy and flow experience","authors":"Yulin Lu ,&nbsp;Feng Li ,&nbsp;Chao Gao ,&nbsp;Xiaoli Zhu ,&nbsp;Lijun Lian","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104983","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104983","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the rapid development of information technology and the widespread acceptance of the concept of sharing educational resources, open education has gradually become an important part of China's national education system as a flexible and efficient learning method. It is also playing a significant role in promoting educational equity and lifelong learning. However, how to effectively implement open education and improve the satisfaction of students who receive open education remains a crucial issue that needs to be addressed. This study aims to explore how open education influences student satisfaction in China through academic buoyancy and flow experience, and constructs a serial multiple mediating model based on academic buoyancy and flow experience. The study collected 498 valid samples from 30 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China through a questionnaire survey and analyzed the data using software such as SPSS 26.0, AMOS 23.0, and PROCESS Macro v4.2. The results show that open education significantly affects student satisfaction, with academic buoyancy and flow experience acting as mediating factors and demonstrating a significant serial multiple mediating effect. Specifically, open education enhances flow experience by improving academic buoyancy, which in turn strengthens student satisfaction. Moreover, the study verifies the mediating role of academic buoyancy and flow experience in the relationship between open education and student satisfaction, providing a new perspective for the application of open education in enhancing student satisfaction. This study not only expands the research field of open education and student satisfaction but also offers theoretical support and practical guidance on how to improve student satisfaction through open education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143820341","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":"Who is more inclined to reduce social media addictive tendency behaviors? Explanations based on sex and proactive personality","authors":"Jian Mao ,&nbsp;Pei Chen ,&nbsp;Jiajie He ,&nbsp;Jiarong Chen ,&nbsp;Yangang Nie","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104989","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104989","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines individual differences between the relationship between social media addiction tendencies and the intention to reduce social media use from the perspectives of sex and proactive personality. Data from 365 college students' social media users measured twice (two weeks apart) were empirically examined. The results showed that (1) social media addiction tendencies significantly and positively predicted the intention to reduce social media use; (2) the predictive effect was more significant in male students compared to female students; (3) the positive predictive influence of social media addiction tendencies on the intention to reduce social media use was significantly moderated by proactive personality, manifesting prominently in individuals possessing high levels of proactive personality, yet not in those with low levels of proactive personality. These results can help to increase the motivation of college students to reduce social media addictive tendency behaviors and further promote the improvement of social media addictive tendency behaviors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143820282","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":"Humanoid interfaces in artificial intelligence-based language learning devices: Possible ‘Uncanny Valley’ effects?","authors":"Costanza Scaffidi Abbate ,&nbsp;Luca Taddeo ,&nbsp;Santo Di Nuovo","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104997","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104997","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into educational tools is transforming learning environments by enabling personalized experiences. This study explores the effectiveness of AI-based educational interfaces, comparing humanoid avatar tutors with audio-based tutors in language learning contexts. Using a sample of 200 participants (55 % male; mean age = 25.01, SD = 4.20), the research employed a 2 × 2 between-subjects design to examine the impact of tutor type (avatar vs. audio) and tutor gender (male vs. female) on user perceptions and acceptance. Findings revealed that audio-based tutors were rated more positively in dimensions such as anthropomorphism, animation, and intention to use. Gender congruence between participants and tutors also influenced perceptions, with female participants rating female audio tutors as safer and more anthropomorphic. Regression analyses highlighted that openness to experience and personal innovativeness in technology were significant predictors of positive evaluations, particularly regarding tutor sympathy and perceived usefulness. These results underscore the challenges associated with humanoid avatars, including the “Uncanny Valley” effect, which may reduce user acceptance and engagement. The study suggests that audio-based AI interfaces may be more effective in promoting positive user experiences, emphasizing the need for tailored design strategies in AI-driven educational tools. Future research should explore long-term impacts and cross-cultural differences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143820343","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":"Emotional influences on user continuous use intention in recommended news apps: A study of algorithm appreciation and fatigue within the cognition-affect-conation framework","authors":"Ke Zhang ,&nbsp;Yuchen Xie ,&nbsp;Yutong He ,&nbsp;Jing Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Based on the Cognition-Affect-Conation Model, this study explores the role of emotions in the relationship between users' perceptions and intention to continue using recommended news apps. TouTiao (recommended news application with the largest number of registered users in China) was chosen as the research object and a total of 1014 valid questionnaires were collected. The results based on mediation and moderation tests show that algorithm appreciation plays a mediating role among the perceived news value, the perceived recommendation personalization, the perceived recommendation explainability and the continuance usage intention. Algorithm fatigue plays a mediating role among users' perceived information narrowing, perceived content low quality, perceived information overload and continuance usage intention. Privacy concerns negatively moderate the positive effect of algorithm appreciation on continuance usage intention, while positively moderating the negative effect of algorithm fatigue on continuance usage intention. To enhance users' continuance usage intention recommended news apps, it is necessary to pay attention to the two emotional elements of algorithm appreciation and algorithm fatigue, thereby improving user experience, and achieving a win-win situation between the platform and users.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 105002"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143821040","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":"Engineering students' perceptions and actual use of AI-based math tools for solving mathematical problems","authors":"Kimberly F. Garcia ,&nbsp;Ardvin Kester S. Ong ,&nbsp;Ma. Janice J. Gumasing ,&nbsp;Cesar Romeo V. Delos Reyes","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The immediate advancement of AI technologies as educational technology revolutionized the learning environment of students; contributing to their academic performance will require an understanding of the factors that influenced the acceptance of AI tools. Insufficient studies were seen from literature review that focused on the integrated factors that influenced the perception of acceptance and actual usage of AI-based math tools among engineering students. The objective of this study was to evaluate the variables that influenced the engineering students' perceptions of adoption and actual academic use of AI-based math tools as academic assistance. This study identified the determinants of behavioral, technology use, and motivation by utilizing the higher-order Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT3), self-determination theory, and the variable trust to examine the behavioral intention influencing adoption of AI tools. A total of 565 valid respondents were analyzed through purposive sampling using structural equation modeling. The results revealed that hedonic motivation, perceived competence, performance expectancy, and habit are the most significant indicators of both students' behavioral intentions and actual use of AI-based math tools. The outcome indicated that students are more inclined to utilize AI tools when they find them engaging and are convinced that they can employ them efficiently and incorporate the tools in their academic routines. From the result, perceived autonomy was deemed insignificant to behavioral intentions, suggesting that students utilize AI tools for functionality and benefits in their academic performance rather than the adaptability of the tools. The outcome of the study may be considered evaluating the behavioral intention and adoption of the students towards innovative AI tools. The results in this study could be extended and applied to the assessment of factors in educational technology studies. Proper ethical use, managerial implications, and theoretical contributions were also discussed after obtaining the output of this study – deeming AI math tools as guide and resource among students and not as a substitute for solutions on mathematical problems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143820340","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":"“I can't get no satisfaction!” The critical role of political skill for workplace status and career satisfaction in grandiose narcissism","authors":"Franziska Böhm,&nbsp;Gerhard Blickle","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104982","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104982","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study extends socioanalytic and self-control theory to grandiose narcissism in the vocational career context with a special focus on attained workplace status and career satisfaction. In a sample of <em>N</em> = 406 target–coworker multisource datasets, and target workers with several decades of vocational experience, grandiose narcissism assessed with the Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory negatively relates to workplace status, and indirectly to career satisfaction via workplace status, when political skill is low. However, good political skill enables individuals on the higher end of the grandiose narcissism scale to control their antagonistic behavioral tendencies and present their agentic ambitions in a more appropriate manner, mitigating the negative (indirect) association with workplace status and career satisfaction. In sum, we hypothesized and found that with low political skill, grandiose narcissism is negatively associated with career satisfaction via reduced workplace status.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143820342","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":"Linking family violence and children's trauma symptoms through attachment and emotional insecurity","authors":"Anna L.C. van Loon-Dikkers ,&nbsp;Bas Tierolf ,&nbsp;Carlo Schuengel ,&nbsp;Majone J. Steketee","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104967","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104967","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Attachment theory and emotional security theory offer distinct but compatible accounts to explain the consequences for children growing up in families with child abuse and neglect (CAN) and intimate partner violence (IPV).</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>We examined the unique contributions of attachment security and emotional insecurity in explaining associations between CAN and IPV, on the one hand, and children's post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), on the other. We examined to what extent attachment security and emotional insecurity mediate the relationship between CAN and IPV and PTSS.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Participants were 718 Dutch parents reporting about their children (3–12 years) and 186 children (8–18 years) self-reporting. They were contacted through child protection services.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Participants completed questionnaires about CAN, IPV, attachment security, emotional insecurity, and PTSS. Using structural equation modelling, four mediation analyses were conducted: attachment security measured from fathers' (1) and mothers' (2) perspectives, and children's perspectives on fathers (3) and mothers (4).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The indirect effects of CAN and IPV on PTSS through emotional insecurity and attachment security from father's (<em>B</em> <em>=</em> <em>0</em>.22, <em>p</em> &lt; .05 and <em>B</em> <em>=</em> <em>0</em>.04, <em>p</em> &lt; .05, respectively) and mother's (<em>B</em> <em>=</em> <em>0</em>.03, <em>p</em> &lt; .01 and <em>B</em> <em>=</em> <em>0</em>.15, <em>p</em> &lt; .05, respectively) perspectives were significant. Indirect effects from children's perspectives on fathers and mothers were significant only for IPV (both <em>B</em> = 0.09, <em>p</em> &lt; .01). Emotional insecurity clearly was a more consistent mediator.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings emphasize a family-level rather than a dyadic perspective on the relationship dynamics in families with CAN and IPV. Emotional security theory may be particularly relevant for understanding the psychological needs of children in these families.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 104967"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143815302","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":"Prolonged grief, social contact, community belongingness: A representative study of loneliness among bereaved UK adults","authors":"James Cunningham,&nbsp;Eoin McElroy,&nbsp;Mark Shevlin","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104998","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104998","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Loneliness is a common experience among bereaved individuals, yet the extent to which prolonged grief, personal social contact, and community belongingness independently explain loneliness is not fully understood.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analyzed cross-sectional data from a nationwide, representative sample of 2520 adults in the UK who had lost a loved one. Hierarchical regressions were conducted in three steps, adding demographic and loss-related variables first, followed by personal contact and community belongingness, and then prolonged grief severity with loneliness as the outcome variable.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Bivariate correlations showed loneliness was significantly negatively associated with personal contact and community belongingness and positively associated with Prolonged Grief Disorder severity. In the final model, younger age, female gender, and lower income significantly predicted higher loneliness. Notably, community belongingness emerged as the strongest protective factor (β = −0.262), significantly outweighing the effect of personal social contact (β = −0.054). Higher prolonged grief also uniquely contributed to loneliness, with a non-linear relationship indicating a tipping point at severe grief levels that markedly exacerbated social isolation. Altogether, the final model explained approximately 24 % of the variance in loneliness.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>These findings underscore that individuals who exhibit intense prolonged grief and possess weaker connections to their broader community are especially vulnerable to loneliness. While more frequent personal contact can provide emotional intimacy, fostering a sense of community appears to confer broader, more sustainable social benefits. Interventions that integrate psychological support for severe grief and opportunities for community engagement may be particularly effective in reducing bereavement-related loneliness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 104998"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143815303","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":"Hofstede's cultural dimensions and proactive behavior as the antecedents of entrepreneurial innovativeness","authors":"Fei Zheng ,&nbsp;Chenguang Zhao ,&nbsp;Fakhra Yasmin ,&nbsp;Marcela Sokolova","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104948","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104948","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although existing studies have acknowledged the impacts of Hofstede's cultural dimensions on the proactive behaviors of employees or innovations in various contexts, they have not examined the mediating role of proactive behavior between Hofstede's cultural dimensions and entrepreneurial innovativeness. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the mediating impact of proactive behavior between six of Hofstede's cultural dimensions and entrepreneurial innovativeness. Data were collected through standardized surveys from 150 retail entrepreneurs running businesses in China. SPSS and Wrap PLS SEM were used to analyze the data. The findings revealed a positive and significant impact of all six of Hofstede's cultural dimensions, including low power distance, low uncertainty avoidance, long-term orientation, indulgence, collectivism, and masculinity, on proactive behavior among entrepreneurs. Additionally, the mediating influence of proactive behavior was positive and significant for all studied Hofstede cultural dimensions and entrepreneurial innovativeness among entrepreneurs. This study provides important implications for entrepreneurs by emphasizing the importance of proactive behaviors for entrepreneurial innovativeness. Consequently, this study contributes to the existing literature by providing empirical evidence regarding the mediating role of proactive behavior among cultural dimensions and entrepreneurial innovativeness. It suggests that entrepreneurs should exhibit proactive behaviors to implement various innovative practices within their firms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"256 ","pages":"Article 104948"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143815298","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}