{"title":"The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Interaction Frequency with AI on College Students: The Moderating Role of Peer Support.","authors":"Wenyan Sun, Zhanfeng Jiang, Shenyang Hai","doi":"10.3390/bs15091267","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs15091267","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable resource in contemporary higher education, providing substantial benefits to both students and institutions. As its adoption accelerates, it is important to balance these advantages against potential risks that may arise from students' varying levels of interaction with AI. Whereas most prior studies have focused on the favorable outcomes of AI for college students, the present research investigates its \"double-edged sword\" effects. Guided by social affiliation theory, a new model has been developed and empirically tested to clarify how and under what conditions the frequency of student-AI interaction influences social needs and behaviors. Longitudinal data obtained from 388 undergraduates showed that AI interaction frequency can shape prosocial behavior and problematic mobile phone use through a dual pathway involving the need for affiliation and feelings of loneliness. Furthermore, peer support moderates the indirect effect of AI interaction frequency on college students' prosocial behavior via their need for affiliation. The results showed that peer support did not significantly moderate the indirect relationship between AI interaction frequency and problematic mobile phone use through loneliness. Overall, our study extends the framework of the social affiliation theory and provides practical insights that guide the appropriate use of AI by college students, thereby supporting the development of healthy social skills and technology engagement in the age of AI.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12466879/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172557","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":"Adolescent Athlete Engagement and Team Cohesion in Football: A Moderated Mediation Model with Gender-Based Insights.","authors":"Bingzhi Wan, Huarui Huang, Xiaoqi Sha, Chen Zhong, Yizhou Shui","doi":"10.3390/bs15091264","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs15091264","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescents often face interpersonal and adjustment challenges when transitioning from a family-centered to a school-based environment, especially without a supportive group climate. To address these challenges, this study used football, the world's most widely played team sport, as a platform to examine the impact of athlete engagement on team cohesion and its underlying mechanisms. A total of 1692 Chinese adolescents who regularly participated in football training and demonstrated a strong passion for the sport were recruited. Data were collected using the Athlete Engagement Questionnaire (AEQ), the Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire (ICQ), the Perceived Workplace Social Support Scale (PWSSS), and the Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ), all of which demonstrated good reliability and validity in this study. The results revealed that (1) athlete engagement was positively associated with team cohesion team cohesion; (2) interpersonal competence partially mediated the relationship between athlete engagement and team cohesion; (3) social support moderated both the direct relationship between athlete engagement and team cohesion and the indirect relationship between athlete engagement and interpersonal competence; and (4) social support moderated the relationship between athlete engagement and team cohesion with significant gender differences, whereas no gender differences were observed in the relationship between athlete engagement and interpersonal competence. This moderated mediation model not only enriches the conceptual model of group cohesion but also addresses gaps in the current literature. Furthermore, it provides theoretical support for physical educators to design targeted team sports interventions tailored to the characteristics of different gender groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12467869/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172741","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":"Difficulty in Emotion Regulation and Self-Concealment as Mediators of the Link Between Psychological Distress and Disordered Eating Behavior in Emerging Adult Women.","authors":"Duckhyun Jo, Mary L Hill, Akihiko Masuda","doi":"10.3390/bs15091259","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs15091259","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Emerging adulthood often involves a greater degree of disordered eating behaviors, especially among women. In this psychosocial context, extant evidence suggests that psychological distress is a major contributing factor to disordered eating behaviors. The present cross-sectional study examined whether psychological distress was positively associated with disordered eating behavior in a sample of emerging adult women, and whether difficulty in emotion regulation, self-concealment, or both together, at least partially explained this association.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were 723 emerging adult women aged 18 to 25 years old (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 19.5, <i>SD</i><sub>age</sub> = 1.6) who were recruited from a four-year public university in Hawaii, USA. Upon the completion of the informed consent procedure, they voluntarily completed an online survey package that included the self-report measures assessing disordered eating behavior, psychological distress, difficulties in emotion regulation, and self-concealment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that psychological distress was positively associated with disordered eating behaviors. We also found that both difficulty in emotion regulation and self-concealment partially accounted for the positive association between psychological distress and disordered eating behavior.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Future research should examine the conceptual and applied implications of these findings further.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12467827/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172653","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":"Recent Reminders with Word-Image Information Can Improve Children's Prospective Memory Performance.","authors":"Yan Yang, Yunfei Guo, Mingyuan Wang","doi":"10.3390/bs15091258","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs15091258","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children's prospective memory is not yet mature, and setting reminders is an effective method to improve their prospective memory. This study aimed to explore how reminders, placed at different distances from prospective memory cues, affect children's prospective memory under different attention load conditions. A total of 170 primary school students aged 7-12 (<i>M</i> = 9.54, <i>SD</i> = 1.68) took part in the experiment in a laboratory environment. The experimental program was presented using E-prime 2.0 on one desktop computer. This study used a 3 (reminder conditions: recent reminder, distant reminder, control condition) × 2 (attention loads: low, high) between-subjects design. The results showed that in both low and high attention load conditions, the accuracy of prospective memory in the recent reminder condition was much higher than that in both the distant reminder and control conditions. The accuracy of ongoing tasks under the recent reminder condition was also significantly higher than that under the distant reminder and control conditions. The results showed that recent reminders can improve children's prospective memory performance while reducing attentional expenditure, and the promoting effect of recent reminders on children's prospective memory was not affected by attentional loads.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12466827/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145173036","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}
Paula Jhoana Escobedo-Aedo, Alejandro Porras-Segovia, Maria Luisa Barrigón, Philippe Courtet, Jorge López-Castroman, Enrique Baca-Garcia
{"title":"Association Between Trauma, Impulsivity, and Functioning in Suicide Attempters.","authors":"Paula Jhoana Escobedo-Aedo, Alejandro Porras-Segovia, Maria Luisa Barrigón, Philippe Courtet, Jorge López-Castroman, Enrique Baca-Garcia","doi":"10.3390/bs15091262","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs15091262","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suicide is a significant public health concern associated with multiple risk factors. Among these factors, a history of trauma and impulsivity has recently received particular attention. Nevertheless, the relationship between trauma, impulsivity, and functional impairment in individuals who attempt suicide remains to be fully elucidated. This study aimed to examine the association between trauma, impulsivity, and functioning in a clinical sample with previous suicide attempts. A total of 293 patients were included in the study, with a mean age of 41.42 years (SD 14.37 years). The participants had consulted hospitals due to suicide attempts or severe suicidal ideation. The patients were recruited from three hospitals across Spain. Participants completed assessments designed to measure childhood trauma, impulsivity, and functioning. Pearson's correlations and logistic regression analyses were used to explore associations between trauma, impulsivity, and their impact on functioning. The findings of the present study indicated a modest yet statistically significant correlation between trauma and impulsivity and between impulsivity and functioning. The findings of the logistic regression analysis indicated that physical and sexual abuse, in conjunction with impulsivity, were significant predictors of diminished functioning. The present study found no evidence of a moderating effect of gender or age in the observed relationships. After controlling for all significant variables, impulsivity was the only factor that retained its statistical significance. The present findings underscore the significance of incorporating a focus on impulsivity within clinical interventions targeting individuals who have attempted suicide, with the objective of enhancing their overall functionality.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12466635/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172526","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 Role of Leadership Communication in Building Crisis Readiness and Resilient Leadership in Times of Disruption: An Exploratory Study.","authors":"Ralph A Gigliotti, Sonia Alvarez-Robinson","doi":"10.3390/bs15091260","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs15091260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In today's dynamic organizational landscape, workplace communication has become an essential competency for leaders at all levels. With a focus on the narratives used during and after organizational crises-specifically, public examples of workplace communication employed by leaders in a higher education context-this study examines how leaders can cultivate crisis readiness and resilience through strategic communication practices that build trust, convey stability, and strengthen institutional cohesion in times of disruption. Drawing on recent scholarship and public leadership examples, the study introduces a rubric for evaluating resilience narratives that aim to strengthen collective preparedness and adaptability. Framed by the concepts of crisis readiness, resilience, and resilient leadership, this exploratory research highlights how the use of resilience narratives as a form of workplace communication used by leaders can help to bolster collective crisis readiness.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12467728/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172744","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}
Yunshan Jiang, Jianwei Zhang, Wenfeng Zheng, Guangxia Guo, Wenya Yang
{"title":"Reflecting Emotional Intelligence: How Mindsets Navigate Academic Engagement and Burnout Among College Students.","authors":"Yunshan Jiang, Jianwei Zhang, Wenfeng Zheng, Guangxia Guo, Wenya Yang","doi":"10.3390/bs15091261","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs15091261","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the growing recognition of emotional intelligence (EI) and its significant associations with academic outcomes, less is known about the underlying mechanisms through which EI mindsets affect academic engagement and burnout. Drawing on regulatory focus theory and social comparison theory, this study aims to reveal how different types of EI mindsets influence college students' academic engagement and burnout through regulatory focus (i.e., promotion and prevention focus) and further examines the moderating role of performance-prove goal orientation-defined as the motivation to demonstrate competence and outperform others-in these pathways. To test these associations, we conducted two studies. A scenario experiment (Study 1) indicates that a growth mindset of EI (GMOE) has the potential to enhance academic engagement while reducing academic burnout, whereas a fixed mindset of EI (FMOE) exhibits the opposite pattern. Study 2, based on three-wave data, demonstrates that GMOE is positively associated with academic engagement and negatively associated with academic burnout via promotion focus, whereas FMOE is positively associated with academic burnout and negatively associated with academic engagement through prevention focus. Of note, performance-prove goal orientation moderates these pathways: Individuals with higher levels of performance-prove goal orientation exhibit a weakened indirect effect of GMOE on academic engagement via promotion focus, whereas those with lower levels of performance-prove goal orientation display a strengthened version of this pathway. Conversely, the indirect effect of FMOE on academic burnout through prevention focus is stronger when performance-prove goal orientation is high and weaker when it is low. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12466746/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172975","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}
Vanja Pejic, Kristin Russo, Rhode Milord-LeBlanc, Kayla Mehjabin Parr, Sara Whitcomb, Robyn S Hess
{"title":"Bridging Disciplines: Integrating Mental Health and Education to Promote Immigrant Student Wellbeing.","authors":"Vanja Pejic, Kristin Russo, Rhode Milord-LeBlanc, Kayla Mehjabin Parr, Sara Whitcomb, Robyn S Hess","doi":"10.3390/bs15091254","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs15091254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>More than 5 million students in U.S. public schools are immigrants or the children of immigrants, highlighting the urgent need for educational practices that honor their lived experiences and promote both emotional and academic growth. This article details a collaborative effort between a school-based psychologist and two high school English teachers to co-design a 12th grade English Language Arts curriculum responsive to the unique strengths and challenges of immigrant youth. Grounded in transformative social and emotional learning, trauma informed principles and culturally sustaining pedagogy, the curriculum weaves together themes of hope, identity, social determinants of health, and agency. The co-development process involved aligning clinical and educational expertise, adapting trauma-informed principles for the classroom, and centering student experience throughout design and implementation. Students reported high satisfaction with the curriculum. Teachers observed stronger student engagement and deeper, more meaningful relationships, attributing these outcomes to the curriculum's relevance to students' cultural and community contexts. This case study illustrates the promise of cross-sector partnerships and provides recommendations for creating learning environments where immigrant students can reflect, heal, and thrive through both academic content and emotional connection.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12466567/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172588","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":"Working Differently, Performing Similarly: Systems Intelligence and Job Crafting as Predictors of Job Performance in a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study.","authors":"Sidra Liaquat, Jordi Escartín, Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro","doi":"10.3390/bs15091255","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs15091255","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In light of a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world, the need for employee adaptability is a critical capacity to navigate challenges and facilitate employees thriving in organizations. One important capacity, systems intelligence, captures employees' ability to think, adapt and act effectively in interactions with systems. In a three-wave longitudinal study, we examine the relationship between systems intelligence (SI), job crafting (JC), and job performance (JP) over time. We employ the job demands-resources model to demonstrate that SI increases JP, hypothesizing that job resources, as manifested in JC, act as mediator between personal resources (SI) and JP. Data were collected from employees in Pakistan working across the banking, telecommunications, information technology, and engineering sectors. In the first wave, 303 participants completed the survey using validated self-report measures, followed by 212 in the second wave, and 99 in the third wave, each two months apart. Our findings show that systems intelligence at Time 1 was positively related to job performance at Time 3 but not Time 2. We found no significant association of SI at Time 1 with JC at Time 2 or Time 3. JC at Time 2 did not mediate the effects of SI at Time 1 on JP at Time 3. However, JC (T1 & T2) had a significant positive effect on JP (T2 & T3). Overall, our findings suggest that the pathways from systems intelligence and job crafting to job performance are independent. This dual pathway to performance has important theoretical implications as well as practical implications for organizations. Organizations can improve team and individual productivity by fostering systems intelligence and promoting job crafting behaviours. This research directs the attention of leaders and HR functions to the value of tailored interventions in developing these abilities and achieving long-term success and adaptive performance in the workforce.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12467773/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172865","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}
Jan S Pellowski, Christian Wiessner, Claudia Buntrock, Hanna Christiansen
{"title":"Further Validation Study of the Gender-Specific Binary Depression Screening Version (GIDS-15) and Investigation of Intervention Effects.","authors":"Jan S Pellowski, Christian Wiessner, Claudia Buntrock, Hanna Christiansen","doi":"10.3390/bs15091253","DOIUrl":"10.3390/bs15091253","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Men and women differ in the manifestation of depression. At the same time, there is a lack of gender-sensitive depression questionnaires in Germany. This study investigated the Gender-specific binary depression screening version (GIDS-15) in a further validation step. In a two-armed, pragmatic single-blind randomised controlled clinical trial, we first investigated the psychometric properties and the sensitivity to change in the GIDS-15 in a sample with subclinical depression (<i>N</i> = 203). In addition, we then analysed sex differences between the intervention and waiting control group over time. We were able to demonstrate adequate to acceptable internal consistency as well as convergent construct validity of the GIDS-15. Additionally, we were able to demonstrate the sensitivity to change in the GIDS-15. Using a linear mixed model, we calculated a three-way interaction between intervention group, sex, and time (<i>p</i> = 0.017). We found an increase in the intervention effect for men over time. Conclusions: The GIDS-15 proves to be a solid and practical screening tool for the gender-sensitive assessment of depression in Germany. It can be used for progression and intervention diagnostics, although the intervention effect that was found can only be interpreted to a limited extent due to significant sample size differences between men and women. Limitations of our study and practical implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8742,"journal":{"name":"Behavioral Sciences","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12466554/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145172488","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}