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{"title":"\"Meme-ing\" Across Cultures: Understanding How Non-EU International Students in the UK Use Internet Memes for Cultural Adaptation and Identity.","authors":"Yurou Zhang, Shichao Zhao, Kamarin Merritt","doi":"10.3390/bs15050693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050693","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Non-EU international students encounter considerable challenges in social integration, cultural adaptation, and emotional well-being within UK higher education. Despite this, the role of internet memes as a form of participatory digital media in mediating these experiences has not been extensively studied. This paper examines how non-EU students at a British university utilise memes to manage cross-cultural identity and daily stressors. Employing an Experience-Centred Design (ECD) approach, our qualitative research involved 20 participants through digital cultural probes, semi-structured interviews, and co-design workshop. We discovered that memes serve a dual role: they provide emotional bridges that foster a sense of belonging through shared humour, yet they also risk exclusion due to cultural opacity. We introduce the concept of \"negotiated humour\", which requires cross-cultural explanation and reduces comedic spontaneity but enhances intercultural understanding. Furthermore, we identify a continuum of meme usage that reflects different phases of acculturation, ranging from expressing frustrations to creating hybrid cultural expressions. This study contributes to cross-cultural adaptation theory by highlighting memes as boundary objects in identity negotiation. We suggest design implications for culturally sensitive platforms, such as contextual footnotes, and institutional interventions like meme-based orientation activities to exploit humour's potential for fostering inclusive dialogue. Our research highlights how transient digital humour can provide deep insights into identity, community, and the complex dynamics of cross-cultural adaptation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144156064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does Disinformation Toward Women Politicians Reflect Gender Stereotypes? Exploring the Role of Leaders' Political Orientations.","authors":"Carmela Sportelli, Francesca D'Errico","doi":"10.3390/bs15050695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050695","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The recent literature highlights the importance of implementing ad hoc media literacy initiatives to counter sexist stereotypical representations in social media, particularly within the political field. To this end, the present study focuses on false and misleading contents (information disorders) about female politicians, since they can reflect gender stereotypes, portraying women as unfit for political roles. Thus, our exploratory study aims to analyze the stereotype content of information disorders targeting Italian female politicians, following classic models of stereotype content. Furthermore, it seeks to explore the role played by the type of information disorder and the political orientation of the targeted leaders. A database of 120 information disorders have been collected, codified, and analyzed. The results highlight that information disorders predominantly target the dimension of communion. Focusing on the types of information disorders, fabricated and misleading content appears to be associated with the professional and private life domains, primarily conveying communion-based stereotypical representations of politicians. Satirical and parodic contents, on the other hand, were associated with the esthetic domain, conveying agency-based stereotypical representations, with a particular focus on politicians' physical competence. Regarding political orientation, a \"Stereotyping from my eyes\" effect was observed: communion-based stereotypical content prevails in information disorders targeting conservative leaders, while progressive leaders are stereotyped concerning the agency dimension. This effect may reveal a difference between conservative and progressive audiences in their adherence to traditional gender roles.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144155678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Factors Influencing Children's Helping Behavior: The Roles of Cognition and Empathy Concern.","authors":"Mingyue Liang, Hongfang Mo, Jipeng Duan","doi":"10.3390/bs15050689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050689","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Helping behavior plays an important role in children's social interaction and personality development. This study used a situational test method to investigate the effects of cognition and empathy concern on helping behavior in children aged 6-12. The results revealed that empathy concern had a significant effect on children's helping behavior compared to cognition. By inducing varying levels of empathy concern through prosocial songs, the subjects exhibited significant differences in helping behavior, with children in the high empathy concern group demonstrating significantly higher levels of helping behavior. Therefore, as for the education on children's helping behavior, teachers should pay special attention to the factor of empathy concern, and the educational strategy of activating empathy concern can improve the effectiveness of children's helping behavior education.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144156142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effects of Imagery Practice on Athletes' Performance: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis with Systematic Review.","authors":"Yiran Liu, Shiao Zhao, Xuda Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Taihe Liang, Ziheng Ning","doi":"10.3390/bs15050685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050685","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Imagery, a classic technique in psychological training, is gaining momentum in competitive sports. Despite the increasing use of imagery, its effectiveness remains debated. Robust, data-driven conclusions are still lacking. This study seeks to investigate the effects of imagery practice on enhancing athletic performance and determine the ideal dosage of such practice through a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis. A comprehensive search across seven databases, including SportDiscus, PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, MEDLINE, MEDLINE Complete, and CINAHL, yielded 23,027 studies. These were initially reviewed for title and abstract using ASReview, followed by full-text screening with Covidence. A total of 86 studies with 3593 athletes (2104 males and 1110 females) were included in this meta-analysis. Our findings indicate that imagery practice enhances athletic performance, encompassing agility, muscle strength, tennis and soccer performance, and is applicable to both tennis and soccer athletes. The efficacy of integrating imagery practice with one or two additional psychological skills trainings (PSTs) surpasses that of imagery practice in isolation. Moderation analysis revealed that engaging in imagery practice for approximately ten minutes, three times weekly over a span of one hundred days, produces the strongest performance gains. This review offers recommendations for athletes regarding the implementation of imagery practice in routine training or prior to competitions, thereby providing empirical evidence to optimize psychological training programs in competitive settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144156135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations in the Relationship Between Peer Context and Academic Engagement: A Social Cognitive Theory Perspective.","authors":"Getachew Tassew Woreta, Girum Tareke Zewude, Krisztián Józsa","doi":"10.3390/bs15050681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050681","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Student engagement in learning has well-recognized positive effects on both academic and non-academic aspects of development. However, there has been limited research on the factors that shape it. This study examined the influence of peers' academic norms, educational aspirations, and effort socialization on students' academic engagement, placing self-efficacy and outcome expectations as mediators. Grounded in Bandura's social cognitive theory, data were collected cross-sectionally from 596 high school students (male = 315) in Ethiopia. The results of the path analysis demonstrated a good model-data fit. Peers' academic norms, educational aspirations, and effort socialization positively predicted academic engagement. Bootstrap analysis with 5000 samples revealed that academic self-efficacy (β = 0.022, BC 95% CI = [0.008, 0.041], <i>p</i> < 0.01) and outcome expectations (β = 0.053, BC 95% CI = [0.028, 0.086], <i>p</i> < 0.001) partially mediated the relationship between peer educational aspirations and students' academic engagement. The partial mediated effects of peers' academic norms on academic engagement via self-efficacy (β = 0.030, BC 95% CI = [0.014, 0.054], <i>p</i> < 0.001) and outcome expectations (β = 0.037, BC 95% CI = [0.014, 0.062], <i>p</i> < 0.01) were also significant. Additionally, peer effort socialization showed significant positive indirect effects on academic engagement, mediated by academic self-efficacy (β = 0.024, BC 95% CI = [0.009, 0.044], <i>p</i> < 0.01) and outcome expectations (β = 0.078, BC 95% CI = [0.050, 0.112], <i>p</i> < 0.001). Overall, the mediation analysis revealed that outcome expectations and self-efficacy partially mediated the link between academic engagement and the peer context, highlighting the importance of these mediators in enhancing student engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144156191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: Kong et al. (2024). Observed Shyness-Related Behavioral Responses to a Self-Presentation Speech Task: A Study Comparing Chinese and Canadian Children. <i>Behavioral Sciences</i>, <i>14</i>(12), 1147.","authors":"Xiaoxue Kong, Taigan L MacGowan, Shumin Wang, Yan Li, Louis A Schmidt","doi":"10.3390/bs15050680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050680","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the original publication (Kong et al [...].</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144156233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of Positive and Threatening Awe on Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Mediating Role of Connection to Nature.","authors":"Jia Liu, Yongquan Huo, Jing Wang, Yangyu Du, Xiangyu Li","doi":"10.3390/bs15050686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050686","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to verify the effect of positive awe and explore the effect of threatening awe on promoting pro-environmental behavior, as well as examine the role of connection to nature in this relationship. An online experiment (Experiment 1) and a laboratory experiment (Experiment 2) were conducted in two different samples to replicate the results. The results of Experiment 1 demonstrated that both positive and threatening awe promoted participants' willingness to pay a premium for ecotourism, and the connection to nature played mediating roles in these processes. The results of Experiment 2 demonstrated that positive awe improved participants' intention to conduct a series of pro-environmental behaviors, and the connection to nature played a mediating role, while threatening awe did not have this effect. These findings suggest that positive awe can encourage people to conduct more pro-environmental behaviors, while threatening awe can encourage pro-environmental behaviors in the form of financial support, and the feeling of connection to nature is one of the psychological mechanisms in these processes. The results of the present research not only enrich the literature related to both awe and pro-environmental behavior, but also provide managerial implications for policy makers and ecotourism operators.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144156225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Personality Traits and Empathy in Relation to Attitudes About Communication Between Medical Students and Patients.","authors":"Lorena Mihaela Grebenisan, Andreea Sima-Comaniciu, Emese Erika Lukacs, Aurel Nireștean, Gabriela Elena Strete, Horia Marchean, Bianca Larisa Abalasei, Andrei Cotruș, Alex-Claudiu Boacă, Ileana Marinescu, Adriana Mihai","doi":"10.3390/bs15050683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050683","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The medical profession requires continuous knowledge acquisition, effective communication skills, an appropriate level of empathy, and a personality profile that can support high-quality patient care. (1) The purpose of this study was to research whether there are associations or correlations between personality dimensions, empathy, and the attitudes of medical students regarding the learning of communication skills. (2) We conducted a pilot study with 267 first- and sixth-year medical students from the George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences, and Technology of Targu Mures as the subjects. The students were evaluated using the DECAS personality inventory, the Romanian communication skills ability scale, and Toronto empathy scale. (3) Our results showed that regarding the level of empathy (<i>p</i> = 0.09) and positive attitudes related to communication skills (<i>p</i> = 0.52), there were no statistically significant differences between first- and sixth-year medical students. On the other hand, in the case of negative attitudes, it was observed that there was a statistical significance (<i>p</i> = 0.0003). It was also observed that there was a positive association between agreeableness and empathy (OR = 6.12, <i>p</i> < 0.0001) and a negative association between emotional stability and empathy (OR = 0.45, <i>p</i> = 0.01). Correlations were also found between positive attitudes related to communication skills with patients and the personality dimensions of conscientiousness (r = 0.21, <i>p</i> = 0.0004) and agreeableness (r = 0.15, <i>p</i> = 0.01), as well as between negative attitudes related to communication skills with patients and the agreeableness dimension (r = -0.23, <i>p</i> = 0.0001) and emotional stability dimension (r = -0.13, <i>p</i> = 0.02). Furthermore, the two proposed models confirmed the influence that personality and empathy have on attitudes towards learning communication skills. (4) The findings of this study show that both the personality structure and the empathy of a student are linked to their attitudes about communication.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144155978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On the Prospective Application of Behavioral Momentum Theory and Resurgence as Choice in the Treatment of Problem Behavior: A Brief Review.","authors":"Michael P Kranak, John Michael Falligant, Chloe Jones, Meredith Stephens, Megan Wessel","doi":"10.3390/bs15050688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050688","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Behavioral Momentum Theory (BMT) and Resurgence as Choice (RaC) are two theoretical and quantitative models of behavior that, when applied prospectively, might improve behavioral treatments and increase the likelihood of long-term success. Despite the plausible benefit of using BMT and RaC to guide clinical decision-making, it is unclear how frequently these models are prospectively used in practice. We briefly review contemporary research on BMT and RaC as related to the treatment of problem behavior. We discuss potential barriers and solutions to their prospective application, as well as areas for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144155836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does Intolerance of Uncertainty Influence Social Anxiety Through Rumination? A Mediation Model in Emerging Adults.","authors":"Kıvanç Uzun, Süleyman Ünlü, Gökmen Arslan","doi":"10.3390/bs15050687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15050687","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order to support the psychological well-being of individuals in emerging adulthood, it is important to understand the cognitive mechanisms that may contribute to social anxiety. In particular, intolerance of uncertainty is considered an important factor associated with anxiety levels among emerging adults. Accordingly, this cross-sectional study investigated whether intolerance of uncertainty is associated with social anxiety through ruminative thoughts. The study group consisted of 405 individuals living in Türkiye and in emerging adulthood, 70.60% (<i>n</i> = 286) of whom were female and 29.40% (<i>n</i> = 119) of whom were male. The ages of the participants selected by convenience sampling method ranged between 18 and 25 years, with a mean age of 21.73 years (<i>SD</i> = 1.87). In this study, data were collected using a demographic information form and three different self-report scales. The findings revealed that intolerance of uncertainty was significantly associated with higher levels of social anxiety (<i>β</i> = 0.22, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Moreover, rumination emerged as a significant cognitive mediator in this relationship (<i>β</i> = 0.23, <i>p</i> < 0.001). The indirect effect was statistically significant, indicating that individuals who experience high intolerance of uncertainty may be more prone to social anxiety when they also engage in ruminative thinking. Together, intolerance of uncertainty and rumination explained 26% of the variance in social anxiety (<i>R</i>² = 0.26). These results emphasize the importance of targeting both intolerance of uncertainty and rumination in interventions aimed at reducing social anxiety among emerging adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144155630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}