Current research in ecological and social psychology最新文献

{"title":"Neural dynamics of development of nature empathy in children: An EEG/ERP study","authors":"Pooja S Sahni ,&nbsp;Chirag Rajyaguru ,&nbsp;Karan Narain ,&nbsp;Kimberly L. Miedenbauer ,&nbsp;Jyoti Kumar ,&nbsp;Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100210","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100210","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper investigates spatiotemporal correlates of empathic concern for nature using the EEG/ERP method. The assessment of empathic concern for nature is of much utility as it could give us greater insights into conservation behaviors. Research studies investigating the development of empathy in young children inform us about the interplay of affective and cognitive aspects while perceiving other people in distress and its relationship with prosocial behaviors. However, it is not clear how the brain responds while perceiving nature in distress. Nor are the developmental dynamics of empathic concern for nature concretely known. In this study, eighty-three healthy children, 5–12 years (Mean age = 7.65 years and SD = 2.50 years, 35 girls) participated. Analysis of the differences in neural processing when perceiving images of nature in distress and no distress showed a significant main effect of stimulus type. There was a significant difference in the mean amplitudes of early and late ERP components for distress vs no distress, with distress eliciting a pronounced neural response. There were also significant interaction effects of laterality and age with stimulus type. Correlation analysis of differences in early and late components with age suggests shifting dynamics of empathy for nature from affective arousal to cognitive appraisal. In its novel attempt, this study provides neurophysiological support for the development of empathy for nature during childhood.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142706535","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":"Living conditions during confinement moderate the relationship between trait anxiety and negative repetitive thinking","authors":"Thierry Atzeni,&nbsp;Sonia Pellissier,&nbsp;Morgane Metral,&nbsp;Céline Baeyens","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100193","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Confinement and isolation have negative mental health consequences. It is however unknown how the characteristics of these singular situations interact with psychological vulnerability factors in the development of psychological disorders.</p><p>The present study was designed to test the extent to which trait anxiety is a predictor of the level of repetitive negative thinking in individuals and how this relationship may be moderated by the environmental characteristics in which individuals experience confinement. An internet survey was conducted on a sample of 435 participants aged 18 to 85, including 82 % women and mainly students (65 %). The results showed that the level of repetitive negative thinking was significantly higher for participants who exhibited a high level of trait anxiety and this was even more the case for participants who had the most detrimental environmental characteristics during confinement.</p><p>Future studies should replicate these results in other contexts, and also test the mediating role of repetitive negative thinking in the relationship between psychological vulnerability factors and psychological disorders, and whether such mediation is moderated by environmental characteristics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622724000145/pdfft?md5=25c128cc53f97167bac0f3a957d30922&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622724000145-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140113877","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":"The migration decisions of Syrian and Ukrainian refugees as perceived by their receiving communities","authors":"Katarzyna Jasko ,&nbsp;David Webber ,&nbsp;Erica Molinario ,&nbsp;Arie Kruglanski ,&nbsp;Paulina Górska ,&nbsp;Michele Gelfand ,&nbsp;Birga Schumpe","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100206","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100206","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Discussions about refugee status often center around two assumed characteristics of their circumstances. One, that, because they fled their countries to seek safety, their migration decisions lacked choice. And two, that their migration will be temporary, as they may wish to return to their home country after things stabilize. However, it is unclear how these perceptions are related to refugee inclusion. To address this gap, we conducted two studies with members of communities that host refugees from the recent wars in Syria and Ukraine. Participants were surveyed in Lebanon, Jordan, Germany, the Netherlands (Study 1, <em>N</em> = 762), and Poland (Study 2, <em>N =</em> 798). We found that the more residents of receiving communities perceived refugees as deprived of choice over their migration and willing to return to their home country as soon as possible, the more they supported more accommodating policies toward refugees. We also surveyed Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Germany, and the Netherlands (<em>N</em> = 910) about their control over migration and future migration intentions. Their responses suggest that members of host communities may underestimate the sense of control experienced by refugees.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100206"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622724000273/pdfft?md5=7e7a5e6d42c084e4ca541456c2d0d819&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622724000273-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142040033","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":"Hot at the top: The influence of self-rated attractiveness on self-perceived status","authors":"Lynn K.L. Tan ,&nbsp;Michał Folwarczny ,&nbsp;Tobias Otterbring ,&nbsp;Norman P. Li","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100205","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100205","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Beautism</em> reflects the phenomenon of a widespread positivity bias that physically attractive people enjoy. This bias results in more attractive people receiving more positive social judgments, interactions, and economic outcomes. However, the literature has largely focused on third-party judgments of physical attractiveness, neglecting examinations of how self-rated attractiveness may predict self-evaluations. We sought to address this gap by examining how self-rated attractiveness predicts self-inferred social status, which is related to a myriad of psychosocial outcomes. Across one pilot test, one cross-sectional study, and a between-subjects experiment, we find converging evidence for the notion that self-rated physical attractiveness positively predicts higher self-inferred status. We discuss how this finding may have implications for status-navigating strategies in light of the malleability of self-rated attractiveness in a variety of social and occupational contexts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622724000261/pdfft?md5=0bfcc5087ad4a9e3b09f728d3a856647&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622724000261-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141622662","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":"Male-biased sex ratios increase the support for a strong leader: An evolutionary threat management perspective","authors":"Xiaotian Sheng,&nbsp;Wendy Andrews,&nbsp;Mark van Vugt","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100175","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An evolutionary threat management approach to leadership assumes that humans have an adaptive followership psychology that responds to specific ecological threats by selecting appropriate leaders to mitigate any risks. We hypothesize that having an imbalanced sex ratio in society (with either an abundance of adult men or women) increases the support for a strong leader, because people find such imbalances threatening to themselves and to society. We tested our hypothesis with five preregistered experimental studies and one archival study. In the five online scenario studies (total <em>N</em>=2249), we manipulated the operational sex ratios within a fictitious country and measured both explicit leader preferences (ideal leader traits) and implicit preferences (facial cues of leaders). The results showed that a male-biased sex ratio (abundance of men) robustly increased the preference for a strong leader across all studies, but the effects of a female-biased sex ratio (abundance of women) were smaller and not consistent. Furthermore, a male-biased sex ratio in society activated the impression that society is a competitive, dangerous place. Overall, the studies enhance our understanding of the impact of an ecological factor, the sex ratio in society, on the support for political leadership.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622723000886/pdfft?md5=a290879a1c16e4cf195b03f1efef5713&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622723000886-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138570672","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":"The role of environmental mental imagery in impact beliefs about climate change mitigation and pro-environmental intentions","authors":"Hulda Karlsson ,&nbsp;Arvid Erlandsson ,&nbsp;Erkin Asutay ,&nbsp;Daniel Västfjäll","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100181","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>People are aware that climate change is happening, yet many do not act on this information. Increasing the awareness that some pro-environmental behaviors have a larger impact than others has the potential to be a piece of the puzzle needed to increase climate action. The current study aims to create an intervention, by combining feedback about the efficacy of pro-environmental behaviors and a novel mental imagery task, intended to help people update their impact beliefs and increase their intention to engage in pro-environmental behavior. The participants (<em>N</em> = 1012) were recruited online and randomized to one of three conditions: 1) Environmentally themed mental imagery in combination with efficacy feedback; 2) Efficacy feedback only; 3) Control. As predicted, we found that efficacy feedback affected the intention to act pro-environmentally, however, the intention to act increased more when the feedback was combined with a mental imagery task. In addition, we found that combining the two interventions increased the perceived impact of pro-environmental behaviors to a higher degree than efficacy feedback alone. Mediation analyses indicated that the change of impact beliefs mediated the change in pro-environmental intention in the combination condition, but not in the other conditions. These results suggest the potential aggregated effect of using mental imagery with efficacy feedback in behavioral interventions aimed at mitigating climate change.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100181"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622724000029/pdfft?md5=c7c9c906cf75f24cf80a7edfddc59b3a&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622724000029-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139503672","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":"Nonverbal facial cues signaling sexually transmitted infections cause dehumanization and discrimination","authors":"Laura Tian ,&nbsp;Jason C. Deska ,&nbsp;Nicholas O. Rule","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100178","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100178","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Dehumanization often underlies the social ostracism, exclusion, and discrimination experienced by stigmatized group members. Given findings that people can detect sexually transmitted infection (STI) status from nonverbal facial cues, we tested whether people would dehumanize and discriminate against STI-positive individuals from detecting their stigmatized status. Specifically, we hypothesized that nonverbal stigma cues would stimulate dehumanizing reactions that lead to biases against hiring STI-positive individuals. Results showed that people dehumanize STI-positive individuals based on their nonverbal stigma cues (i.e., negative affect; Study 1), except when STI status is explicitly disclosed (Study 2), which leads to potential hiring biases (Study 3). Dehumanization and discrimination against STI-positive individuals may therefore depend on the stigma's legibility from nonverbal cues but may be tempered by explicit information about STI status.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622723000916/pdfft?md5=06f8b168044e12aa841ae19190626c7d&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622723000916-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139020805","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":"The proximal distant: How does remote acculturation affect wellbeing in the multicultural context of Lebanon?","authors":"Noura Soubra ,&nbsp;Lucy Tavitian-Elmadjian ,&nbsp;Byron Adams","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100183","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As a multicultural context, Lebanon has been subjected to complex cultural influences across history and has no clear cultural delineations. Lebanese currently choose to maintain or abandon a combination of four local cultural identities (sectarian, religious, national, and supranational). They may also choose to adopt postcolonial French culture and/or remotely acculturate to American culture. In this unique Middle Eastern context, we specifically examined Americanization in relation to well-being. Using a cross-sectional design, we analyzed data from 741 participants aged 18–40. We identified several cultural clusters from measures of identity and behavioral orientations towards one's self-ascribed sectarian, Arab, religious, national, postcolonial French, and American cultural indicators. Cluster analysis indicated the existence of three clusters within the sample: a national multicultural Americanized cluster (23%), a religious multicultural Americanized cluster (40%), and a religious multicultural traditional cluster (37%). The clusters’ composition and characteristics potentially reflect historical and current events related to the political and social fabric of the country and the region (e.g., the Arab Nationalist Movement, the recent national uprising). In addition, we compared psychological well-being across clusters; the analyses demonstrated significant differences. Universally, our results highlight the importance of maintaining a positive attitude towards one's local culture(s) to protect one's well-being and indicate that Americanization extends beyond adolescence and the emerging adulthood periods into adulthood. At the societal level, the emergence of a cluster prioritizing national identity encourages efforts to promote a superordinate national identity and could be indicative of a significant shift within the Lebanese social and political fabric.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622724000042/pdfft?md5=9c633156d9e81e8821e5d9d1aa197543&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622724000042-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139392913","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":"Adolescents’ daily social media use and mood during the COVID-19 lockdown period","authors":"Melissa J. Dreier ,&nbsp;Simone Imani Boyd ,&nbsp;Saskia L. Jorgensen ,&nbsp;Ritika Merai ,&nbsp;Jennifer Fedor ,&nbsp;Krina C. Durica ,&nbsp;Carissa A. Low ,&nbsp;Jessica L. Hamilton","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100196","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100196","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Adolescents’ relationship to social media (SM) use shifted significantly during the COVID-19 lockdown. However, less is known about how adolescents’ social media use behaviors and mood were associated during this time. This study examined objective (passively sensed) SM use—including ‘screen time’ (duration of use) and checking (frequency of opening apps), retrospective daily reports of positive and negative affect during SM use, and general negative mood among adolescents during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Participants included 19 adolescents (Mean age = 15.8; 37 % female). Bayesian multilevel models examined whether within person-changes in SM ‘screen time’ and checking were associated with 1) retrospectively reported positive and negative affect while using SM and daily duration of SM use, 2) daily reports of overall negative mood. These relationships were examined both within the same day and prospectively (one day's SM behaviors predicting next-day mood and vise versa). On the same day, stronger positive or negative mood during SM use were associated with more SM ‘screen time’ (duration) and checking. Prospectively (next-day models), checking SM more frequently than usual was uniquely associated with within-person increases in adolescents’ positive mood when using SM the next day (<em>p</em> &lt; .05), but <em>not</em> negative mood when using SM the next day. However, neither ‘screen time’ nor checking were associated with general negative mood on the same day or next day. These findings support the notion that SM is rewarding by highlighting that higher-than-usual SM checking is associated with within-person increases in positive mood during use. These findings also add to growing evidence that social media may not be directly tied to adolescents’ general mood state.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622724000170/pdfft?md5=86983b516a3ab039c3075785d4934d15&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622724000170-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140761354","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":"Consequences of group-based misperceptions of climate concern for efficacy and action","authors":"Zoe Leviston ,&nbsp;Tanvi Nangrani ,&nbsp;Samantha K. Stanley ,&nbsp;Iain Walker","doi":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100189","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cresp.2024.100189","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>People tend to underestimate others’ environmental values, including when judging the values of minority-status groups. Using a large national sample (<em>N</em> = 5110), we test whether these misperceptions extend to concern about climate change in Australia, and differ depending on immigrant status, ethnicity, and where one is located (i.e., in or outside capital cities). We also examine the consequences of misperceptions for self-efficacy and pro-environmental behaviour. We find personal climate concern is high, but perceptions of others’ concern is lower. Immigrants and Australian-born participants have similarly high concern, but both groups underestimate how concerned immigrants are. Southern-Central-Asian identifiers are the most concerned; Australian identifiers relatively less so. All ethnic categories appeared to underestimate the concern of their own ethnicity. City-dwellers had slightly higher concern than those in regional or rural areas, but city-dwellers' concern was underestimated by people regardless of their location. Those who underestimated others’ concern had lower pro-environmental behavioural engagement compared to those who overestimated concern, and this was mediated by lower self-efficacy. We suggest that strategies to promote climate engagement and efficacy go beyond attempting to correct misperceptions, and encompass approaches that promote environmentally-relevant social interaction across different groups.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72748,"journal":{"name":"Current research in ecological and social psychology","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100189"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622724000108/pdfft?md5=c005a19194ce9ed9752cfe361f673fb4&pid=1-s2.0-S2666622724000108-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139880701","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}