Zhansheng Chen, Kai-Tak Poon, Tonglin Jiang, Fei Teng
{"title":"Psychosocial and behavioural consequences of ostracism across contexts","authors":"Zhansheng Chen, Kai-Tak Poon, Tonglin Jiang, Fei Teng","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00393-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44159-024-00393-y","url":null,"abstract":"Ostracism (being ignored and excluded) thwarts basic psychological needs fundamental for human survival. As a painful experience, ostracism has various mental health, cognitive and behavioural consequences. In this Review, we outline the main psychosocial and behavioural consequences of ostracism and consider how these consequences might be unique within specific contexts, including workplace, school and online settings. Using a multiple-process framework, we integrate the existing theoretical models and original evidence to capture the mechanisms involved in the consequences of ostracism. Based on this framework, we elaborate on potential interventions targeting the underlying processes and focusing on individual and contextual moderators to reduce the detrimental effects of ostracism. We summarize challenges in the field and outline recommendations for future research. Ostracism has specific psychosocial and behavioural consequences that might vary according to context. In this Review, Chen and colleagues elaborate on a multiple-processes framework of ostracism and propose intervention targets to reduce its detrimental consequences.","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"4 2","pages":"112-126"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143381106","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}
Stefan Feuerriegel, Abdurahman Maarouf, Dominik Bär, Dominique Geissler, Jonas Schweisthal, Nicolas Pröllochs, Claire E. Robertson, Steve Rathje, Jochen Hartmann, Saif M. Mohammad, Oded Netzer, Alexandra A. Siegel, Barbara Plank, Jay J. Van Bavel
{"title":"Using natural language processing to analyse text data in behavioural science","authors":"Stefan Feuerriegel, Abdurahman Maarouf, Dominik Bär, Dominique Geissler, Jonas Schweisthal, Nicolas Pröllochs, Claire E. Robertson, Steve Rathje, Jochen Hartmann, Saif M. Mohammad, Oded Netzer, Alexandra A. Siegel, Barbara Plank, Jay J. Van Bavel","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00392-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44159-024-00392-z","url":null,"abstract":"Language is a uniquely human trait at the core of human interactions. The language people use often reflects their personality, intentions and state of mind. With the integration of the Internet and social media into everyday life, much of human communication is documented as written text. These online forms of communication (for example, blogs, reviews, social media posts and emails) provide a window into human behaviour and therefore present abundant research opportunities for behavioural science. In this Review, we describe how natural language processing (NLP) can be used to analyse text data in behavioural science. First, we review applications of text data in behavioural science. Second, we describe the NLP pipeline and explain the underlying modelling approaches (for example, dictionary-based approaches and large language models). We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these methods for behavioural science, in particular with respect to the trade-off between interpretability and accuracy. Finally, we provide actionable recommendations for using NLP to ensure rigour and reproducibility. Natural language processing (NLP) methods are growing in popularity as they become cheaper to implement and easier to use. In this Review, Feuerriegel et al. describe NLP methods and provide recommendations for the use of NLP in behavioural science.","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"4 2","pages":"96-111"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143381082","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":"Attachment as a target mechanism in the mental health of child refugees","authors":"Ximena Goldberg","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00401-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44159-024-00401-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"4 1","pages":"5-5"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142963200","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":"Defining transdiagnostic constructs to advance clinical research","authors":"Hilde M. Geurts, Iris L. Rapoport","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00400-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44159-024-00400-2","url":null,"abstract":"Transdiagnostic research is often portrayed as having the potential to revolutionize mental health care, but what is meant by ‘transdiagnostic’ varies across studies. A clear definition of transdiagnostic concepts and consistent, broadly applied evidence thresholds are needed to make sense of existing findings.","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"4 2","pages":"70-71"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143381113","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 the lab to a career in human factors research","authors":"Teresa Schubert","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00397-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44159-024-00397-8","url":null,"abstract":"Nature Reviews Psychology is interviewing individuals with doctoral degrees in psychology who pursued non-academic careers. We spoke with Sheila Krogh-Jespersen about her journey from an assistant professor to a user experience research scientist.","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"4 1","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142963193","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":"Applied research is the path to legitimacy in psychological science","authors":"Judith P. Andersen","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00388-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44159-024-00388-9","url":null,"abstract":"Psychology is founded on studies that claim generalizability despite being conducted in artificial settings with non-representative samples. The failure to test the robustness of scientific findings in applied settings casts doubt on the legitimacy of psychology.","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"4 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142963196","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}
Lukas Kirchner, Tobias Kube, Max Berg, Anna-Lena Eckert, Benjamin Straube, Dominik Endres, Winfried Rief
{"title":"Social expectations in depression","authors":"Lukas Kirchner, Tobias Kube, Max Berg, Anna-Lena Eckert, Benjamin Straube, Dominik Endres, Winfried Rief","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00386-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44159-024-00386-x","url":null,"abstract":"Individuals with depression often exhibit distortions in interpersonal perception and behaviour that are tied to negative expectations about social outcomes or interpersonal self-efficacy. These negative social expectations connect cognitive and interpersonal facets of depression and are linked to the development and maintenance of depressive symptoms. In this Review, we summarize how social expectations form and change in individuals with depression and how they shape the onset, course and severity of depressive symptoms by influencing interpersonal perception and behaviour. In particular, we address the question of why dysfunctional social expectations tend to persist despite contradictory evidence. Drawing from contemporary research on belief updating, extinction learning and prospection, we integrate several recommendations for preparing, implementing and following up on interventions that target the revision of dysfunctional social expectations in individuals with depression. We discuss whether differences in social expectations can explain the variability of interpersonal symptoms and symptom trajectories in individuals with depression, and suggest future research directions focused on exploring dynamic changes in response to the social environment. Expectations of negative social interactions or low interpersonal self-efficacy are common among people with depression. In this Review, Kirchner et al. integrate the cognitive, social and clinical aspects of expectation formation and describe how they inform the trajectory of depressive symptoms and can boost psychological treatment.","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"4 1","pages":"20-34"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142963203","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":"Vulnerability factors shed light on stress generation in depression","authors":"Thomas J. Harrison","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00394-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44159-024-00394-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"4 2","pages":"72-72"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143381116","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":"The sensory valuation account of aesthetic experience","authors":"Marcos Nadal, Martin Skov","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00385-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44159-024-00385-y","url":null,"abstract":"Aesthetic experience has traditionally been considered to be uniquely human, characterized by distinctive features, and to occur when people engage with sensory objects with a specific attitude. However, contemporary research demonstrates that aesthetic experiences are rooted in neurobiological mechanisms common to hedonic evaluations of objects and are shared by other animals. These results require a reconceptualization of the traditional view of aesthetic experience. In this Perspective, we first synthesize relevant findings from psychological aesthetics and neuroaesthetics. On this basis, we then propose a different conceptualization of aesthetic experience. Sensory valuation is the transfer of sensory information to the reward system, which prompts the anticipation and production of positive or negative hedonic values and motivational dispositions. This process is modulated by executive, semantic and physiological regulation systems. Consequently, evaluative outcomes are not solely determined by stimulus properties, but are substantially shaped by the agent’s learned experience, physiological state and ongoing behavioural circumstances. Aesthetic experience has traditionally been considered a unique kind of experience that occurs when people view specific objects such as artwork. In this Perspective, Nadal and Skov posit an account of aesthetic experience that emphasizes its similarities to other types of experience.","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"4 1","pages":"49-63"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142963197","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":"Neurocognitive sensitivity reinforces perceptions of low control over eating","authors":"Ximena Goldberg","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00391-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44159-024-00391-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"3 12","pages":"786-786"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142778638","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}