{"title":"Prejudice as a Concurrent Stimulus for Violence: A Case of an Asian Community","authors":"Albert Fenteng","doi":"10.4236/psych.2023.142008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2023.142008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89844,"journal":{"name":"Psychology (Irvine, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70786926","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}
Manuel Deaño, Sonia Alfonso, A. Diniz, Valentín Iglesias-Sarmiento, J. P. Das
{"title":"Math Modules Training Improves Math Achievement & Associated Cognitive Processing","authors":"Manuel Deaño, Sonia Alfonso, A. Diniz, Valentín Iglesias-Sarmiento, J. P. Das","doi":"10.4236/psych.2023.146057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2023.146057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89844,"journal":{"name":"Psychology (Irvine, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70788822","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":"Academic Procrastination and Perceptions of Academic Success in Israeli High-School Students","authors":"O. Dan, Yonatan Benovich","doi":"10.4236/psych.2023.148080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2023.148080","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89844,"journal":{"name":"Psychology (Irvine, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70789379","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}
Sara Ingrid Cruz Keuffer, Carlos Barbosa Alves de Souza
{"title":"Peer-Mediated Intervention to Teach Social Interaction to People with Autism: A Systematic Review","authors":"Sara Ingrid Cruz Keuffer, Carlos Barbosa Alves de Souza","doi":"10.4236/psych.2023.148075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2023.148075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89844,"journal":{"name":"Psychology (Irvine, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70789577","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 Role of Emotion in the Translation Process from the Perspective of Embodied Cognition","authors":"Jiayi Han","doi":"10.4236/psych.2023.148079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2023.148079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89844,"journal":{"name":"Psychology (Irvine, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70789803","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}
Elizabeth Flanagan Balawajder, Bruce G Taylor, Phoebe A Lamuda, Kai MacLean, Harold A Pollack, John A Schneider
{"title":"Predictors of Mental Health among the General Population of U.S. Adults Eight Months into the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Elizabeth Flanagan Balawajder, Bruce G Taylor, Phoebe A Lamuda, Kai MacLean, Harold A Pollack, John A Schneider","doi":"10.4236/psych.2022.133029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2022.133029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on mental health. We examined whether mental health differed based on sociodemographic and background characteristics, political party affiliation, and concerns about COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional, national sample of 1095 U.S. adults were surveyed October 22-26, 2020. The survey collected information on demographics, risk and protective behaviors for COVID-19, and mental health using the Mental Health Inventory-5 (MHI-5) scale. Independent samples t-tests, one-way Analysis of Variance tests, and a multivariable linear regression model were conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Regression results showed respondents with criminal justice (B = -6.56, 95% CI = -10.05, -3.06) or opioid misuse (B = -9.98, 95% CI = -14.74, -5.23) histories reported poorer mental health than those without. Those who took protective behaviors (e.g., wearing masks) reported poorer mental health compared to those who indicated protective behaviors were unnecessary (B = 7.00, 95% CI = 1.61, 12.38) while those who took at least one risk behavior (e.g., eating in a restaurant) reported better mental health than those who did not.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study shows that certain groups have experienced poorer mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that mental health should continue to be monitored so that public health interventions and messaging help prevent the spread of COVID-19 without increasing poor mental health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":89844,"journal":{"name":"Psychology (Irvine, Calif.)","volume":"13 3","pages":"427-442"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9306300/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40533123","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":"Parents’ Attitudes Predict Adolescent Gender Expression","authors":"Michael Lan, Nora M. Isacoff","doi":"10.4236/psych.2022.132018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2022.132018","url":null,"abstract":"Parental attitudes and behaviors can influence gender expression in adolescence. In particular, previous work surveying parents of pre-adolescents has suggested that parental attitudes toward gender nonconformity in children correlate with adolescents’ subsequent gender-nonconforming behavior, although this relationship differs based on the sex of the child. However, previous work has not directly measured children’s experiences of their parents’ attitudes and behaviors, nor parents’ current attitudes and behaviors. To address these gaps, the present study surveyed 28 parent-adolescent dyads. In particular, the study assessed parents on four measures: their views on gender roles generally, their own gender conformity, their views on their adolescents’ gender expression, and their responses to their adolescents’ gender nonconformity, as well as assessing adolescents’ experiences and gender expression. In addition to replicating previous findings, the results of this study suggest that adolescent experiences of parental attitudes predict adolescents’ gender expression, with parental responses to gender nonconformity being the strongest predictor. Explanations for these findings as well as future directions for expanding this work across more diverse populations are discussed.","PeriodicalId":89844,"journal":{"name":"Psychology (Irvine, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70783943","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}
E. O. Akinnawo, B. Akpunne, Steven Ikechukwu Akpunne, I. B. Bello, Deborah F. Onisile, Elizabeth Nkechi Akpunne
{"title":"Psychometric Properties of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) on Young Nigerian People","authors":"E. O. Akinnawo, B. Akpunne, Steven Ikechukwu Akpunne, I. B. Bello, Deborah F. Onisile, Elizabeth Nkechi Akpunne","doi":"10.4236/psych.2022.133023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2022.133023","url":null,"abstract":"A cross-sectional survey design was adopted to validate the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) on Nigerian university undergraduates. A multistage sampling technique was used to purposively select 1338 (mean age ± SD 19.86 ± 2.95) participants made up of 512 (38.3%) male, and 826 (61.7%) were female. Participants were drawn from four selected universities in Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. Participants responded to the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and the Structured Interview for Disorders of Extreme Stress (SIDES) Affect Dysregulation Scale. Observed internal consistency of DERS showed a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of .90, a Spear-man-Brown coefficient of .80 and Guttman Split-Half coefficient of .80. The items that measure awareness of emotion had a weak corrected item-total correlation and did not discriminate well. A significant positive correlation was observed between DERS and SIDES, revealing a correlation coefficient validity score of (r = .622, p = .000). The DERS has acceptable psychometric properties for the Nigerian population. Observed gender-based norms were ≥113.15 and ≥114.07 for male and female respectively. DERS is found to be gender-sensitive. A re-work or expunging of the items measuring awareness to fit with the construct of emotional regulation was recommended.","PeriodicalId":89844,"journal":{"name":"Psychology (Irvine, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70784014","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":"An Empirical Examination of Herzberg’s Theory in the 21<up>st</up> Century Workplace. Organizational Psychology Re-Examined","authors":"Michael Mitsakis, M. Galanakis","doi":"10.4236/psych.2022.132015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2022.132015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89844,"journal":{"name":"Psychology (Irvine, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70784339","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":"Gratitude Diary: The Impact on Depression Symptoms","authors":"Yuxia Chen, Z. Ishak","doi":"10.4236/psych.2022.133030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2022.133030","url":null,"abstract":"In order to explore the effect of gratitude diary intervention on depression, 156 female college students participated in a one-month intervention of gratitude diary experiment. Using Beck Depression Rating Scale and Gratitude Questionnaire to assess the degree of gratitude tendency and deceptive emotion. The results showed that keeping a gratitude diary can significantly improve students’ gratitude level (t (305) = -3.94, p < 0.001, d = 0.45) and reduce their depression (t (305) = 2.06, p < 0.05, d = 0.24). Further Chi-square tests showed that gratitude diary significantly reduced the number of subjects with mild depression (χ 2 (1) = 3.97, p < 0.05, w = 0.14), but not moderate to severe depression (χ 2 (1) = 2.36, p > 0.05). At the same time, one week after the pos-intervention, there was no significant difference in the level of gratitude (t (297) = 0.24, p > 0.05) and depression (t (297) = 1.23, p > 0.05), indi-cating that the intervention effect of gratitude diary can be sustained. There-fore, it can prevent depression and maintain students’ mental health by guid-ing students to keep a gratitude diary or recall grateful things.","PeriodicalId":89844,"journal":{"name":"Psychology (Irvine, Calif.)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70784732","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}