{"title":"The Client Network Audit: Assessing Shared Knowledge of a Client's Social Network Among Juvenile Probation Officers.","authors":"Jacob T N Young","doi":"10.3390/bs16040614","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs16040614","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article presents findings from a pilot that tested a novel \"client network audit\" approach, designed to enhance supervision by mapping social networks through structured input from frontline practitioners. Adapting the group audit methodology for collecting network information that is used extensively in gang violence interventions, this project measured cognitive network data from two probation officers and a community-based partner to examine areas of consensus and divergence in perceptions of influential relationships in a client's life. A focus group conducted with participants after the study revealed several themes, including the utility of identifying hidden risks and opportunities for intervention and enhancing multi-agency coordination. This exploratory study finds that, while there are key areas of overlap in these perceptions, there are substantial gaps, indicating that individuals possess unique information about social relationships that is unknown to other respondents. As jurisdictions seek innovative strategies to improve interventions for youth entrenched in high-harm networks, this model offers a potentially promising pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13113309/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147810139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Paradox in AI Influencer Engagement: A Dual Path to Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration.","authors":"Ha Eun Park","doi":"10.3390/bs16040610","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs16040610","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As AI-generated influencers increasingly dominate social media landscapes, their psychological impact on human users necessitates rigorous empirical investigation. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, this study examines how AI influencers influence the satisfaction and frustration of users' basic psychological needs-autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Utilizing a netnographic approach, the research identifies three pivotal psychological mechanisms. The findings reveal a fundamental paradox characterized by a dual-path process; while AI influencers can meaningfully fulfill psychological needs through consistent presence and customizable narratives, they simultaneously risk undermining these needs when perceived as instruments of algorithmic surveillance, commercial orchestration, or emotional inauthenticity. This duality underscores the complexity of AI-mediated engagement, where the same technological affordances can lead to either psychological flourishing or digital alienation. These insights emphasize the urgency for responsible AI design that prioritizes user well-being over mere commercial conversion, offering critical implications for developers, marketers, and policymakers in the evolving era of AI-driven social interaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13113687/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147810265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Misconceptions and Lack of Knowledge of Self-Regulation of Learning Hinder Students' Use of Self-Regulation Strategies and Their Achievement: How This Can Be Changed by a Model-Based Instructional Video.","authors":"Antonia Fischer, Charlotte Christine Dignath","doi":"10.3390/bs16040612","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs16040612","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many students rarely use self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies, and little is known about what drives this variation. This study investigates which facets of SRL competence predict students' reported strategy use and performance, and whether these facets can be enhanced through video-based modeling. Based on conceptual change theory, we hypothesize that learners' initial SRL competence influences their ability to acquire SRL strategies. A total of 157 university students participated in a quasi-experimental lab study using a pre-, post-, and follow-up design. Participants watched one of three SRL modeling videos (mastery, coping, control) and completed questionnaires and reflection tasks assessing SRL beliefs, knowledge, and strategy use. Inconsistent beliefs and the interaction between self-efficacy and utility beliefs negatively predicted reported SRL use, while performance was positively associated with SRL knowledge, self-efficacy, and reported strategy use. Participants in the intervention condition showed significantly greater increases in SRL knowledge and reduced inconsistent beliefs. Most notably, learners with an initially low to average SRL strategy use showed the largest improvements following the intervention. These findings underscore the potential importance of addressing both cognitive and belief-related components of SRL. The findings suggest that modeling videos may support conceptual change and the development of SRL competence, particularly among less experienced learners.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13113156/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147810179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Edoardo Mocini, Olivia Di Vincenzo, Clarissa D'angelo, Carlo Baldari, Silvia Migliaccio, Andrea Zagaria
{"title":"Psychometric Properties of the Italian Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ) for the Assessment of Intrusive Food-Related Thoughts.","authors":"Edoardo Mocini, Olivia Di Vincenzo, Clarissa D'angelo, Carlo Baldari, Silvia Migliaccio, Andrea Zagaria","doi":"10.3390/bs16040609","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs16040609","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Food noise refers to persistent and intrusive thoughts about food that may interfere with daily functioning, emotional well-being, and eating behaviors. Although the construct has gained increasing attention in clinical and research contexts, no psychometrically sound tools are currently available in Italian to assess food noise. Therefore, the present study aimed to translate, adapt, and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ). A total of 1087 participants (mean age 37.45 ± 10.35 years; 50.6% female) were enrolled in the investigation. Participants completed the Italian version of the FNQ, along with a convergent measure of food-related preoccupation and self-report measures of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and perceived stress. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a unidimensional factor structure for the FNQ, with salient standardized factor loadings (range = 0.803-0.919) and strong internal-consistency reliability (categorical ω = 0.917). Evidence of convergent validity was provided by strong associations with food-related preoccupation (<i>r</i> = 0.831, <i>p</i> < 0.001), whereas discriminant validity was supported by smaller, yet significant, correlations with anxiety, depression, and perceived stress (<i>r</i> range = 0.350 to 0.417, <i>p</i> < 0.001). In addition, configural, metric, and scalar invariance across gender was established within a multi-group framework. These findings provide evidence for the FNQ as a reliable and valid measure of food noise in the Italian adult population, demonstrating robust psychometric properties and gender-invariant measurement.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13113971/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147810193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuan Zhang, Shanhong Luo, Linda C Halgunseth, Erin A Moeser-Whittle, Anthony Hubert, Mary A Balogun, Hao Wu
{"title":"Examining the Roles of Parent-Child Gender Dyads in the Association Between Parental Psychological Control and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Families.","authors":"Yuan Zhang, Shanhong Luo, Linda C Halgunseth, Erin A Moeser-Whittle, Anthony Hubert, Mary A Balogun, Hao Wu","doi":"10.3390/bs16040605","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs16040605","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although Chinese parents' use of psychological control has been linked with adolescent mental health, no studies to our knowledge have considered how the association may differ across gender dyads of parents and adolescents and minimal research has examined the joint influences of Chinese mothers' and fathers' use of psychological control on adolescent depressive symptoms. Participants included 3069 Chinese adolescents who rated their depressive symptoms as well as their mothers' and fathers' use of psychological control. Regression results revealed that the positive association between fathers' psychological control and depressive symptoms was significant at low but not at high levels of mothers' psychological control. Moreover, the positive association between fathers' psychological control and depressive symptoms was significant for daughters but not for sons. Mothers' psychological control was consistently positively associated with adolescent depressive symptoms. Findings from this study provide a more nuanced understanding of how gender dyads within Chinese families may influence the link between parental psychological control and adolescent depressive symptoms and highlight the importance for mental health programs to include fathers in their treatment plans when working with Chinese adolescents and their families.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13113819/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147810002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leadership Experiences Amongst Elite Female Rugby Players: A Different Approach to Team Leadership.","authors":"Stewart Cotterill, Richard Cheetham","doi":"10.3390/bs16040606","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs16040606","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leadership, and athlete leadership in particular, has been reported to be an important factor impacting upon team performance. However, while there is significant evidence supporting the importance of athlete leadership for teams, there is very little research exploring the leadership experiences and needs of female sports teams. As a result, the aim of this study was to explore the leadership experiences of the captains of professional women's rugby teams. Participants included eight professional women's rugby captains, recruited through personal contact. Data were analyzed adopting an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach, resulting in the emergence of 10 superordinate themes including: factors influencing success, challenges, amateur level, leader characteristics, role models, aspects of the role, types of captains, leading by example, selection, and women's game. Data suggests that empathy, empowerment, collaboration and shared/devolved leadership are crucial components of leadership for elite women's rugby teams.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13113648/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147810212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniela E Aguilar Ramirez, Zitong Wu, Catalina Basualto San Martin, Robbin Gibb, Claudia L R Gonzalez
{"title":"Game-Based Assessment of Spatial Cognition Across a Wide Age Range.","authors":"Daniela E Aguilar Ramirez, Zitong Wu, Catalina Basualto San Martin, Robbin Gibb, Claudia L R Gonzalez","doi":"10.3390/bs16040607","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs16040607","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Challenges remain in developing a comprehensive understanding of spatial cognition, including gender and developmental differences, partly due to limitations of well-established spatial measures. Many traditional tasks face accessibility constraints and are not well suited for use across broad age ranges, populations, or ability levels. The present study introduced two game-based tasks, Q-bitz<sup>®</sup> and Spot it!<sup>®</sup>, designed to assess mental rotation and object location memory, respectively. We examined whether these game-based measures meaningfully complement established spatial tests, the Mental Rotation Test (MRT) and the Object Location Memory (OLM) task, across a wide age range (7-79 years, <i>N</i> = 114). Results indicated that MRT scores were strongly related to Q-bitz performance, whereas OLM scores were strongly related to Spot it! performance, supporting the convergent validity of the game-based tasks. Notably, gender-specific patterns emerged in the relationships among spatial measures, suggesting differences in spatial function. Age was associated with performance on speeded tasks (Q-bitz and Spot it!) but not with accuracy-based MRT or OLM performance. Together, these findings demonstrate that game-based assessments capture meaningful spatial constructs and reveal gender-specific patterns across the lifespan, providing a practical and ecologically valid approach for advancing research on spatial cognition.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13113327/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147810069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonia Salvo-Garrido, Karina Polanco-Levicán, Pilar Cisternas-Salcedo, Ana Moraga-Pumarino
{"title":"Educational Trajectories and Academic Achievement from Primary to Secondary Education: A Systematic Review of Individual, Family, School, and Contextual Factors.","authors":"Sonia Salvo-Garrido, Karina Polanco-Levicán, Pilar Cisternas-Salcedo, Ana Moraga-Pumarino","doi":"10.3390/bs16040608","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs16040608","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Educational trajectories developed by students throughout their schooling are shaped by experiences across multiple domains, where learning opportunities coexist with factors that may hinder academic achievement and the development of successful trajectories. The aim of this study was to analyze the personal, family, school, and contextual factors associated with educational trajectories and academic achievement among primary and secondary school students. A systematic review of the literature was conducted based on quantitative longitudinal studies published between 2022 and 2025 and identified through the Web of Science, Scopus, and Education Resources Information Center databases. The results indicate that educational trajectories linked to academic achievement tend to begin in primary education and show relative stability throughout secondary education, with variations over time associated with the interaction of individual, family, school, and contextual factors. These findings have practical implications for behaviorally informed interventions aimed at strengthening self-regulation, teacher support, socioemotional competencies, and family engagement to promote more equitable academic pathways. Overall, the evidence underscores the need to implement comprehensive and differentiated educational interventions articulated across multiple levels to reduce inequalities and foster sustainable academic development.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13113718/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147809857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing Military Professionals' Endorsement of Decision-Making Assumptions: An Exploratory Factor Analysis.","authors":"Jostein Mattingsdal","doi":"10.3390/bs16040604","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs16040604","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines how military professionals interpret claims about decision making in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments. A survey of active-duty personnel (N = 225) from the Norwegian Armed Forces (2024-2025) was used to assess whether endorsement of Klein's 11 decision-making claims reflects a unified construct or several distinct decision-making beliefs. After removing two items with insufficient communalities, exploratory factor analysis (principal axis factoring with Oblimin rotation) was conducted on the remaining nine items. Sampling properties were adequate (KMO = 0.741; Bartlett's χ<sup>2</sup> (36) = 282.86, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Comparative model testing indicated that a two-factor structure provided a better fit than a unidimensional model, accounting for 29.24% cumulative variance. The resulting dimensions-Planning/Structure (e.g., \"Identify and mitigate risks,\" loading 0.618) and Analytic/Evidence-based practices (e.g., \"Prefer logic over intuition,\" loading 0.556)-showed acceptable internal reliability (α = 0.65 and α ≈ 0.71). These findings suggest that military professionals' endorsement of Klein's framework is not unidimensional but instead reflects two complementary attitudes about effective decision making. This bifactorial structure offers a theoretically grounded basis for advancing research on adaptive decision making in the military and other high-stakes operational contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13113691/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147810109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual Pathways of Online Social Support on Sleep Quality in University Freshmen: The Suppression Effect of Psychological Resilience and the Moderating Role of Digital Literacy.","authors":"Xiangying Meng, Shuidong Feng","doi":"10.3390/bs16040603","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs16040603","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to examine the impact of online social support on sleep quality and the potential roles of psychological resilience and digital literacy in this relationship. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 606 university freshmen from a college in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, China, using cluster random sampling. Data were collected using the Online Social Support Questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI; note that higher PSQI scores indicate poorer sleep quality), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and Domestic College Student Digital Literacy Assessment Scale. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 27.0, with mediation effects tested via the PROCESS macro. The analytical results demonstrated that online social support showed a significant negative predictive effect on the sleep quality of university freshmen (β = -0.11, <i>p</i> < 0.01); psychological resilience exhibited a suppression effect (i.e., opposing direct and indirect effects) between online social support and sleep quality; and digital literacy moderated the first half of the mediation pathway (β = 0.18, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Collectively, this study shows that online social support directly harms sleep quality but indirectly benefits it by enhancing psychological resilience. Digital literacy serves as a key moderator that amplifies this beneficial indirect effect. These findings provide significant theoretical and practical insights for developing campus health promotion initiatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"16 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13113658/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147809872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}