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{"title":"Retributive justice beliefs in Cyprus: The role of apology effectiveness and honor value endorsement","authors":"Shenel Husnu ,&nbsp;Charis Psaltis ,&nbsp;Alexander Kirchner-Häusler ,&nbsp;Ayse Uskul","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100224","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100224","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Core social psychological processes including morality, punishment, and reciprocity can be significantly shaped by differences in cultural logics. Although the literature on the function of honor (as a cultural logic) in interpersonal relationships is expanding, little is known about how it may play a role in intergroup processes other than negative consequences, such as intergroup hostility. Examining the function of honor value endorsement in transitional justice is a promising direction. The current study investigates these dynamics while considering the role of apology effectiveness in Cyprus, a post-conflict society where honor beliefs are expected to shape interpersonal and intergroup processes. Apologies, while often considered an important prerequisite for forgiveness and reconciliation may also evoke complex reactions tied to revenge-seeking, or honor restoration. These factors complicate their effectiveness in transitional justice settings. This study aims to clarify how honor value endorsement shapes justice preferences and apology perceptions. We found evidence that the relationship between honor value endorsement and retributive justice beliefs was mediated by beliefs in the effectiveness of apologies (while controlling for trust and amount of positive contact), specifically in the Turkish Cypriot community. Results are discussed in light of the unique dynamics within the Cypriot context and underscore the importance of addressing cultural variations to achieve reconciliation and sustainable peace.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100224"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Searching for Ithaca: The geography and psychological benefits of nostalgic places","authors":"Ioana E. Militaru ,&nbsp;Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg ,&nbsp;Constantine Sedikides ,&nbsp;Tim Wildschut ,&nbsp;Peter J. Rentfrow","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100223","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100223","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>What are the places for which people are most nostalgic? We explored the physical and psychological characteristics of places that evoke nostalgia. In Study 1 (<em>N</em> = 200 U.K. residents), we used self-reports and dictionary methods to capture the diversity of such places. Blue landscapes, located near sea, ocean, rivers, or lakes, emerged as the most frequent nostalgic places. In Studies 2 (<em>N</em> = 398 U.S. residents) and 3 (<em>N</em> = 400 U.S. residents), we experimentally contrasted nostalgic places against ordinary ones. Self-reports, language, and geolocation data painted the portrait of typical nostalgic places: Set in a blue landscape, they vary in size between a building and a town, and are less grey and more green than ordinary places. Nostalgic places are further away from one’s current location, yet they appear psychologically closer than ordinary ones. Place nostalgia (vs. control) furthermore increases social connectedness, meaning in life, self-continuity, self-esteem, and authenticity. Future research could examine place nostalgia across different geographies, cultures, or countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainability-oriented intrinsic motivation for sustainable entrepreneurial venturing: The curvilinear effects of basic psychological needs","authors":"Cong Doanh Duong","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100217","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100217","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainability-oriented entrepreneurship plays a crucial role in addressing environmental and social challenges. However, limited research has explored how intrinsic motivation for sustainable entrepreneurship is developed. This study builds on self-determination theory by examining how psychological competence, psychological autonomy, and psychological relatedness influence sustainability-oriented intrinsic motivation and sustainability-oriented entrepreneurial intention. Using data collected from 385 higher education students in Vietnam through a stratified sampling approach, the findings reveal that psychological competence, psychological autonomy, and psychological relatedness independently and positively impact sustainability-oriented intrinsic motivation, which mediates their effects on sustainability-oriented entrepreneurial intention. Negative interactions between psychological competence and psychological autonomy, and between psychological autonomy and psychological relatedness, suggest that fulfilling one need can compensate for the lower fulfillment of the other. However, the interaction between psychological competence and psychological relatedness is non-significant. Additionally, greater alignment between psychological needs enhances intrinsic motivation, while significant imbalances, particularly between psychological autonomy and psychological relatedness or psychological competence and psychological relatedness, reduce it. These findings provide practical insights for fostering sustainability-oriented entrepreneurial behaviors by addressing the balanced satisfaction of psychological needs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143610750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Honor endorsement predicts both negative beliefs about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and support for potentially harmful ASD treatment behaviors","authors":"Stephen Foster ,&nbsp;Amy Bishay ,&nbsp;Jarrod E. Bock","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100216","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100216","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience particularly high rates of abuse and maltreatment, although research on cultural predictors is currently lacking. The current research sought to explore whether culture of honor norms may be linked with greater support of potentially harmful parenting practices (e.g., forceful stopping of ASD behaviors) as a reputation maintenance strategy.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Three studies were conducted (total N = 1,002) assessing relationships between levels of honor endorsement (the extent to which individuals endorse norms found in cultures of honor) and various manifestations of harmful parenting practices for children with ASD.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Results show that honor endorsement is linked with support for potentially harmful parenting practices, ASD stigma, and perceived damage to parental identity if a (hypothetical) child were diagnosed with ASD (Study 1). Furthermore, these relationships appear to be similar across diagnostic and social contexts (Study 2), and individuals who grew up in a U.S. honor culture report experiencing maltreatment at higher rates than their non-honor state counterparts (Study 3).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Findings suggest that honor endorsement may be an important variable to consider when seeking to understand the predictors of parenting behaviors and treatment decisions which are known to be harmful for children with ASD.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143610751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Significance loss as the rhetoric of extreme ideologies: Evidence from the political and the terroristic context","authors":"Gabriele Di Cicco ,&nbsp;Federico Contu ,&nbsp;Laura Prislei ,&nbsp;Michele J. Gelfand ,&nbsp;Arie W. Kruglanski ,&nbsp;Erica Molinario","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100225","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100225","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drawing on the Significance Quest Theory (<span><span>Kruglanski et al., 2022</span></span>), we used the Honor Dictionary (Gelfand et al., 2015) in a word frequency textual analysis (Pennebaker et al., 2007) to investigate extreme rhetoric. We thus conducted two studies. The first, investigating the political context, compared speeches of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini (1918–1945, <em>N</em> = 284) with those of democratic Presidents of the Italian Republic (1949–2006, <em>N</em> = 901). The second, focused on lone-actors terrorists, examined texts from the Extremist Manifesto Database (EMD, Grigoryan et al., 2023) and compared writings by terrorists driven by political ideologies (left &amp; right-wing, ethno-nationalists, and anti-government, <em>N</em> = 65) with those of terrorists motivated by religious ideologies (<em>N</em> = 23). Notably, we hypothesized and found that, compared to democratic rhetoric, fascist rhetoric contained (a) more words expressing feelings of lost honor and (b) fewer words reflecting gaining honor. Moreover, as expected, we found that lone-actor religious terrorists' rhetoric, compared to lone-actor political terrorists, contained more words expressing feelings of lost honor and fewer words expressing honor gain. Notably, this is the first research to use the Honor Dictionary to linguistically measure the activation of the need for significance, demonstrating a strong correlation with the endorsement of extreme ideologies. Further, our research supports the hypothesis that extreme rhetoric reflects–and aims to induce–significance loss feelings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144185763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consequences of group-based misperceptions of climate concern for efficacy and action","authors":"Z. Leviston, Tanvi Nangrani, Samantha K. Stanley, Iain Walker","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100189","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"88 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139820972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From interdependence to pro-environmental behavior: Development and validation of the Preference for Explanations in Terms of Interdependence (PETI) scale for children","authors":"Fantine Lisa Surret ,&nbsp;Sofia Besomi ,&nbsp;Margaux Chehab ,&nbsp;Wojciech Świątkowski ,&nbsp;Céline Buchs ,&nbsp;Emilio Paolo Visintin ,&nbsp;Fabrizio Butera","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100207","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100207","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Interdependence, a mutual dependence between entities, is a key concept to understand interactions occurring in social and natural environments. We argue that understanding social and natural phenomena in terms of interdependence could predict children's pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). The existing literature reveals a lack of studies promoting PEBs among children. We first reviewed the literature on interdependence to demonstrate why it is a theoretically viable construct to foster PEBs in children. Second, we identified a lack of instruments to measure children's preference for explanations in terms of interdependence. Thus, in study 1, we developed and administered a 9-item vignette-based scale combining pictures and everyday situations with various explanations, the Preference for Explanations in Terms of Interdependence scale—PETI to 351 Swiss pupils (10-12 years old). Exploratory factor analysis revealed a one-dimensional structure. Analyses showed satisfying nomological and predictive validity (on self-reported behaviors). Study 2 (<em>N</em> = 96) was conducted at recreational areas and aimed at extending the predictive validity of the PETI scale to actual behaviors. Contrary to our expectations, results revealed no direct effect of the PETI score, but a significant main effect of age, and a significant interaction effect between PETI and age showing that PETI was more positively associated to PEBs for older (10-13 years old) than for younger (6-9 years old) children. Reliability analyses suggested that the PETI scale is better suited for children aged 10 and over. We discuss the utility of the PETI scale in studying the relationship between children's understanding of interdependence and the endorsement of PEBs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142326448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Humanizing animals does not reduce blatant dehumanization by children or adults","authors":"Wen Zhou ,&nbsp;Aleah Bowie ,&nbsp;Jingzhi Tan ,&nbsp;Brian Hare","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100194","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Blatantly likening humans to animals is associated with discrimination and hostility. The power of dehumanizing animal metaphors is thought to lie in the belief that animals are inferior to humans and do not deserve full moral concern. Previous work suggests that perceiving a narrower divide between humans and animals encourages the expansion of moral concern and reduces subtle dehumanization. Here we described animals as possessing human-like mental states, and tested if this manipulation would extend to the reduction of blatant dehumanization of an outgroup. Results demonstrate both children (5–12 years of age) and adults perceived animals as more similar to humans when animals were attributed feelings, intentions and beliefs. However, this manipulation did not reduce blatant dehumanization in either age group. These results suggest that subtle and blatant dehumanization may require distinct intervention strategies, and imply potential differences in their psychological mechanisms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100194"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622724000157/pdfft?md5=973ecffdf36797964672c7b1cf425750&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622724000157-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140187758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cultural modes of conflict resolution, roommate satisfaction, and school belonging: The role of socioeconomic status in university peer relations","authors":"Rocio Burgos-Calvillo ,&nbsp;Yolanda Vasquez-Salgado ,&nbsp;Patricia M. Greenfield","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100192","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100192","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It is often assumed that ethnic differences are the source of cross-cultural conflict and misunderstandings in the United States. However, research indicates that socioeconomic differences, i.e., family ecologies, play an important role in producing cross-cultural value conflict between student peers in a university setting. Our prior research revealed two resolution styles: (1) a collectivistic strategy – maintaining interpersonal harmony by avoidance or implicit communication, or (2) an individualistic strategy – advocating for and expressing one's personal feelings via explicit communication. In a small qualitative study of first-generation university students from Latin American immigrant families, improved roommate relations resulted from use of the more individualistic strategy. The purpose of the present study was to extend this work by examining whether the positive role of explicit conflict resolution with dormitory roommates generalizes to a large diverse sample of university students in the United States and to examine the role of socioeconomic status, a key aspect of the ecological surround. By means of a survey of 347 first-year UCLA students, we explored the interrelations of socioeconomic status, conflict resolution style, roommate relations, sense of belonging in the university environment, and psychological distress. Socioeconomic status consisted of parent education and income, which were closely related. Being a first-generation university student (i.e., neither parent had a postsecondary degree) was, as predicted, associated with harmony-maintaining modes of resolving roommate conflicts. In accord with our earlier qualitative findings, these modes of conflict resolution were less effective than an explicit mode in producing satisfying roommate relations. Less satisfying roommate relations led, in turn, to a lower sense of belonging in the university environment and more psychological distress. This causal chain from first-generation university status to less satisfying roommate relations, a lower sense of belonging, and more psychological distress may help explain the prevalence of \"imposter\" syndrome among first-generation university students.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622724000133/pdfft?md5=12198d7496fde47caf745645e07ba4b6&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622724000133-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140468049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A family-resemblances framework for dehumanization research","authors":"Alexander P. Landry ,&nbsp;Paul Seli","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Dehumanization has figured prominently in intergroup discrimination and violence, which has inspired sustained social-psychological inquiry. Over two decades, researchers have brought an abundance of theories and methods to bear on the empirical study of dehumanization. Collectively, this work has painted an expansive portrait of the many ways we can overlook or deny the humanity of others. At the same time, these diverse conceptual and measurement approaches have progressed in relative isolation, which has created confusion about what, precisely, is meant by “dehumanization” and cast uncertainty on fundamental conclusions drawn from this research. To stimulate theoretical development and more-productive exchanges across the field, we offer a <em>Family-Resemblances perspective</em> on dehumanization research. Specifically, we conceptualize dehumanization as a multifaceted construct that encompasses a family of related processes with both overlapping and unique features. Thus, the diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to studying dehumanization are complementary means of capturing a fundamentally heterogeneous phenomenon. Further, we argue that this perspective can catalyze a more nuanced and precise understanding of dehumanization's many facets: by specifying the different varieties of dehumanization under investigation, the field can more precisely map them onto specific targets, causes, consequences, and intervention strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622724000066/pdfft?md5=f2c5cd6aa31412c31171a353bb7d0113&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622724000066-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139674273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}