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{"title":"AI-driven talent management and organizational psychology: A structural model of talent pool effectiveness.","authors":"Gugus Wijonarko, Alexander Wirapraja, Gaurav Joshi, Safira Hutama, Mudayat","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107851","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This cross-sectional study examines associations among HR technology adoption (HRTA), an AI-supportive organizational psychological climate (OPF), employees' AI-driven psychological adoption (AIPA), and perceived talent pool management effectiveness (TPME). The archived analysis used covariance-based structural equation modeling with 184 respondents. To address conceptual ambiguity in the prior version, AIPA is defined consistently as employees' psychological acceptance of AI-enabled HR systems, reflected in trust, perceived fairness, and willingness to use such systems; OPF is treated as a provisionally reflective organizational-climate construct rather than as a collection of separate psychological theories. The available output shows positive unstandardized paths from HRTA to AIPA (B = 0.426, SE = 0.030, CR = 14.113, p < .001), from OPF to AIPA (B = 0.567, SE = 0.020, CR = 28.215, p < .001), and from AIPA to TPME (B = 2.504, SE = 0.347, CR = 7.211, p < .001). Conditional direct paths from HRTA and OPF to TPME were negative (B = -0.570 and -0.849, respectively). Because the supplied analysis does not report global model-fit statistics, standardized effects, a validated four-factor measurement model, or bootstrapped indirect effects, the revised manuscript does not claim that the SEM is well fitting or that mediation has been established. The findings are therefore interpreted as cross-sectional associations that require confirmatory reanalysis before publication.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"270 ","pages":"107851"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102859","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 effect of mortality salience on fertility intentions from the perspective of terror management theory.","authors":"Cui Xia Zhao, Ya Zhou Li, Xin Yi Qiu","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107948","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research on Terror Management Theory (TMT) suggests that mortality salience (MS) motivates individuals to pursue symbolic and biological immortality, with offspring serving as a potential buffer against death anxiety. However, it remains unclear whether and how MS influences fertility intentions. Based on TMT, this study aims to investigate whether MS enhances individuals' fertility intentions and to examine one proposed mechanism by which reproductive cognition may buffer death anxiety. Three experimental studies were conducted, combining behavioral experiments, questionnaire surveys, and priming paradigms. Participants included general adults and individuals with chronic illnesses. Measurement tools included image response time, fertility intention scales, death-thought accessibility tasks, and cultural worldview defense assessments. Studies 1a and 1b showed that MS (vs. control) led to longer response times to parent-child images, more favorable evaluations of fertility policies, and increased fertility intentions. Study 2 revealed that child priming attenuated the MS-induced increase in death-related thoughts, suggesting that fertility-related cognitions serve as a distal defense against existential anxiety. Study 3 found that among chronically ill individuals, MS led to higher death-thought accessibility and stronger fertility intentions, indicating that the MS effect is amplified in health-vulnerable populations. Together, these findings provide converging evidence consistent with the proposal that fertility-related cognition serves as a distal defense, although the full mediational pathway from MS to DTA to fertility intentions was not directly tested. The results offer a novel framework for understanding low fertility rates, and provide insights for population policy and life education interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"270 ","pages":"107948"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102616","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":"From recognition to follow-up: A mixed-methods study of care coordination for students at elevated mental health risk in Chinese junior secondary schools.","authors":"Shan Sishi, Lin Xuan, Li Ruyang, Xiaoyan Niu, Zhi Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107919","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescent mental health needs are increasing, yet schools vary in how effectively they translate early concerns into coordinated support for students at elevated risk. This qualitative-dominant sequential exploratory mixed-methods study examined higher-tier school mental health support in Chinese junior secondary schools. Interviews with 40 adult stakeholders from six schools in Zhejiang Province, supplemented by 27 school documents and 24 reconstructed support pathways, informed a follow-up survey of 198 respondents across ten schools. Adult stakeholder accounts indicated that variation in ecological support capacity was accompanied by differences in information sharing, role coordination, referral processes, and continuity of support. Two fragile transitions were especially evident: from family contact to referral decision-making and from external referral to school follow-up. Survey data were treated as secondary descriptive evidence rather than as a basis for defining or statistically confirming qualitative school profiles. The study reframes higher-tier support as a cross-boundary implementation pathway involving recognition, family engagement, referral, and follow-up, and identifies continuity of support as a distinct implementation outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"270 ","pages":"107919"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102637","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":"Media literacy education and the awareness-verification gap: A theory of planned behavior perspective on Chinese adolescents' responses to online misinformation.","authors":"Tong Lin, Haoting Wang, Jahirul Mullick","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107952","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines how Chinese high school students perceive and respond to online misinformation and how their responses are shaped by school, family, and wider social contexts. Four focus group discussions were conducted with 24 students aged 15-17 from two public high schools in a southeastern coastal city. Thematic analysis identified a gap between students' awareness of misinformation and their verification-related responses. Although participants generally approached online content with caution, verification was selective and more likely when information was perceived as personally relevant or consequential. Their judgments were also shaped by cognitive shortcuts and trust in familiar others. Schools were regarded as credible sources of guidance, but existing provision was described as fragmented and largely confined to anti-fraud education. Within families, adolescents both received guidance and helped parents assess questionable content, revealing reciprocal patterns of intergenerational influence. Participants further linked their perceived capacity to respond to the availability of platform tools and institutional support. Interpreted through the theory of planned behavior, the findings illustrate how attitudes toward verification, social influence, and perceived behavioral control are embedded in adolescents' everyday information environments. Media literacy initiatives may be more effective when critical awareness is paired with repeated opportunities to evaluate, verify, and respond to questionable content.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"270 ","pages":"107952"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102650","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":"Adaptive regulation over adversity: Noradrenergic scaling and psychological resources differentiate attentional performance.","authors":"Catalina Fabar, Tomás Bosch, Mattia I Gerin, Francisca Cholakis, Ximena Carrasco, Rodrigo Aguirre, Francisco Aboitiz, Tomás Ossandón","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107939","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Childhood adversity has been consistently associated with cognitive difficulties; however, marked heterogeneity in outcomes challenges deterministic models of risk. Emerging evidence suggests that current adaptive regulation may better explain cognitive and physiological functioning than adversity exposure alone.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine whether psychological risk-characterized by perceived stress, resilience, and protective factors-better predicts attentional performance and noradrenergic responsivity than childhood adversity exposure in individuals with high cumulative adversity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were recruited from a community population characterized by elevated psychosocial adversity, with 62% reporting four or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Five psychological measures (ACEs, perceived stress, resilience, protective factors, and emotional dysregulation) were integrated using Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) to derive a latent psychological profile dimension (LD1). Participants completed a visuospatial attentional task with increasing cognitive load while pupil diameter was recorded as an index of arousal-linked neuromodulatory engagement.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Despite comparable ACE exposure across groups (p > .05), LD1 significantly differentiated participants according to current psychological adaptation. Individuals in the high-resource group-characterized by lower perceived stress and higher resilience-showed significantly higher attentional performance under high cognitive load (p = .009, d = 0.89, 95% CI [0.25, 1.52]) and greater phasic pupil responses (p = .049, nonparametric permutation test, 10,000 permutations) than low-resource individuals. In contrast, ACE exposure alone did not significantly predict behavioral or physiological outcomes (d = 0.54, p = .109). These findings indicate that psychological adaptation accounted for substantially greater variance in attentional and physiological responses than adversity exposure itself.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Current adaptive psychological and physiological regulation, rather than childhood adversity exposure alone, appears to be a predominant factor of attentional functioning following adversity. Resilience-related processes may buffer vulnerability by preserving adaptive arousal responsivity under high cognitive demand.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"270 ","pages":"107939"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102880","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":"Corrigendum to \"Self-regulated learning interventions in Latin America: A systematic review of experimental and quasi-experimental studies (2020-2025)\" [Acta Psychologica, 269 (2026), 107583].","authors":"Laura Isabel Rambal-Rivaldo, Hwaguk Esteban Rodríguez Mayorga, Angélica Garzón Umerenkova, Jesús de la Fuente Arias","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107935","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":" ","pages":"107935"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102809","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":"\"It follows me like a shadow.\" A phenomenological study of fear of disease progression in patients on maintenance hemodialysis.","authors":"Que Kong, Qianyun Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107949","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>While quantitative studies have documented the prevalence and correlates of fear of disease progression (FoP) among patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), little is known about how these patients subjectively experience, cognitively process, and emotionally respond to the threat of disease progression in their daily lives. This phenomenological study aims to explore the multidimensional psychological experiences of FoP in MHD patients, thereby providing a basis for developing targeted nursing interventions.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>This study employed a phenomenological qualitative research approach. From February to October 2025, purposeful sampling was conducted at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University. Among 18 eligible patients screened (scoring ≥34 on the Fear of Progression scale), data saturation was achieved after interviewing 14 maintenance hemodialysis patients, who were included in the final analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and the interview data were analyzed using Colaizzi's seven-step analytical method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four themes and 14 subthemes were identified: (1) Personal Factors: demographic characteristics, health literacy level, past health history, self-efficacy; (2) Disease and Treatment Factors: dialysis-related indicators and complications, burden of dialysis treatment, cognitive biases regarding the disease; (3) Psychological and Social Adaptation Factors: negative emotional states, coping style types, social role adaptation difficulties, traumatic medical experiences; and (4) Family and Social Support Factors: family support, social support networks, communication effectiveness within the healthcare team.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis commonly experience psychological fear of disease progression, which was described as relating to multiple interacting factors and manifests in diverse coping strategies. This underscores the need for healthcare providers to dynamically assess patients' psychosocial status and implement systematic, individualized intervention support, including cognitive-behavioral strategies and peer support groups tailored to patients' problem-focused versus emotion-focused coping styles.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"270 ","pages":"107949"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102829","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":"Corrigendum to 'Multidimensional thermal anomalies and suicide mortality: Acute risks, delayed effects, and the operational utility of early warning systems' [Acta Psychologica 269 (2026) 107579].","authors":"Ambreen Shafqat, Eunsik Park","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107951","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":" ","pages":"107951"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102728","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":"Thriving at work, decent work, and motivation as pathways to employee well-being and work fulfilment: Study among healthcare workers.","authors":"Endang Parahyanti, Kristiana Dewayani, Alice Salendu, Billah Ahsanul Karima, Aliyah Salsabila, Bernadete Irene","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107926","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Healthcare workers play a critical role in sustaining the quality, accessibility, and continuity of healthcare services, yet their own well-being and work fulfilment remain important concerns. This study examined the associations between thriving at work and decent work with employee well-being and work fulfilment, and tested motivational orientations as potential explanatory mechanisms among healthcare workers in Indonesia. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 330 healthcare workers, using validated measures of decent work, thriving at work, motivation strategy, employee well-being, and work fulfilment, analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis and mediation analysis. In Model 1, decent work was significantly and positively associated with employee well-being, while thriving at work did not demonstrate a significant direct association. Indirect associations through instrumental motivation were non-significant for both predictors. In Model 2, thriving at work was significantly and positively associated with work fulfilment, while decent work did not produce a significant direct association. Internal self-concept motivation showed a significant positive indirect association between thriving at work and work fulfilment, while external self-concept motivation showed a significant negative indirect association between decent work and work fulfilment. Instrumental motivation did not show significant indirect associations in either model. These findings suggest that employee well-being and work fulfilment are distinct outcomes shaped by different combinations of structural and psychological factors. Healthcare organizations should prioritize structural decency as the foundation for workforce well-being, while cultivating conditions that foster thriving and autonomous motivation as the pathway to work fulfilment.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"270 ","pages":"107926"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102684","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":"Spatiotemporal heterogeneity and drivers of health anxiety in China: Evidence from provincial big data search trends.","authors":"Yan Zhu, Xinyu Pan, Tianchi Song, Kai Yang, Jieting Chen, Xiangwei Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107872","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>From the perspective of integrating health geography with cognitive behavior theory, this study explores the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of Chinese residents' health anxiety and its driving mechanisms, aiming to inform spatially targeted interventions for the \"Healthy China\" strategy and global health equity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A residents' health anxiety index model was constructed based on 151 Baidu search keywords. The entropy method was applied to evaluate health anxiety levels across 31 provincial-level administrative units in China from 2011 to 2023. The standard deviation ellipse method was used to characterize the evolutionary trends of spatial distribution. The Markov chain was employed to identify path dependence in regional state transitions, and the geographically and temporally weighted regression (GTWR) model was applied to reveal the spatial non-stationarity of the driving factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Health anxiety exhibited a pronounced east-west gradient, with high-value areas concentrated in Guangdong (0.260), Zhejiang (0.240), and Beijing (0.228), all located on the southeastern side of the Hu Huanyong Line. From 2011 to 2023, the spatial extent of anxiety expanded by 2.24%, and the spatial centroid shifted southwestward (111°28'E → 111°04'E; 37°58'N → 37°02'N). Driving factors, including unemployment rate, income disparity, environmental pollution, and public health events, exhibited significant spatial heterogeneity: a risk-amplification effect in eastern high-density areas (β > 3.0, p < 0.001) and an inhibitory effect in western low-sensitivity areas (β < -1.3, p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The spatial differentiation and path dependence of Chinese residents' health anxiety underscore the geographical imprint of regional developmental imbalances. Accordingly, a spatially hierarchical intervention framework is proposed, comprising eastern digital-ecological governance, western accessibility-oriented service supply, and community-based psychological hubs in central regions, which offers empirical evidence from China to inform the governance of global geographical health disparities.</p>","PeriodicalId":7141,"journal":{"name":"Acta Psychologica","volume":"270 ","pages":"107872"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149102700","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}