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Close encounters: Interpersonal proximity amplifies social appraisals.

IF 3.2 2区心理学

British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12781

Kristina Veranic, Andrew P Bayliss, Mintao Zhao, Ian D Stephen, Louise Ewing

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Why moral judgements change across variations of trolley-like problems.

IF 3.2 2区心理学

British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12782

Dale J Cohen, Philip T Quinlan

{"title":"Why moral judgements change across variations of trolley-like problems.","authors":"Dale J Cohen, Philip T Quinlan","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12782","url":null,"abstract":"In the standard 'trolley problem', respondents must decide whether to save a condemned group of individuals by sacrificing a safe bystander. Although respondents often are willing to sacrifice the bystander in some circumstances (e.g., by pulling a lever), they are loath to sacrifice the bystander in others (e.g., by pushing the bystander off a footbridge). This difference in responding has been explained via a Dual Process theory of moral judgements (DPT). DPT, however, is a classic boxes-and-arrows model that only makes directional predictions. Meehl (1967, Philosophy of Science, 34, 103) cautioned against theories that only make directional predictions, explaining that they are notoriously difficult to falsify. Meehl (1967, Philosophy of Science, 34, 103) argued that researchers should follow the lead of Physics and develop computational models that make functional and point predictions. Here, we use a value-based, computational cognitive model of decision-making (Psychological Value Theory) to predict precisely both the speed and kind of response in trolley-like problems in three experiments. We show that this model accounts for the changes in choices across variations of the trolley problem with a response bias parameter.","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143448083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Working memory capacity and self-cues: Consistent benefits in children and adults.

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British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12778

Zahra Ahmed, Janet F McLean, Kevin Allan, Sheila J Cunningham

{"title":"Working memory capacity and self-cues: Consistent benefits in children and adults.","authors":"Zahra Ahmed, Janet F McLean, Kevin Allan, Sheila J Cunningham","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12778","url":null,"abstract":"From attentional prioritization to enhanced memory, self-cues trigger a variety of effects within human cognition. Recent work suggests that self-reference may also enhance working memory, possibly via attentional prioritization. However, there is no direct evidence that self-cues enhance working memory capacity, or that such boosts covary with individuals' attentional function. Here, we provide the first direct evidence of enhanced working memory capacity for self-referential cues, independent of attentional processing. We adapted a verbal working memory complex span to create a 'Self' condition (featuring the participant's own name), 'Other' condition (featuring a non-self-name), and Control condition (with no name), in 7-9-year-old children (Exp.1, N = 71) and adults (Exp.2, N = 52). In both experiments, the Self condition elicited significantly higher spans than the other conditions (Exp 1: p < .001, ηp 2 = .32; Exp 2: p < .001, ηp 2 = .25), but this increase in capacity was unrelated to measures of attentional processing or backward digit span. Moreover, equivalent boosts were observed in children and adults, despite adults' significantly higher underlying capacity. We propose a chunking interpretation based on enhanced binding of self-associated items, directly benefiting individual's working memory capacity regardless of their current attentional competence or 'baseline' capacity.","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143413439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The alone team: How an alone mindset affects group processes.

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British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12777

Liad Uziel, Martina Seemann

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Keep bright in the dark: Multimodal emotional effects on donation-based crowdfunding performance and their empathic mechanisms.

IF 3.2 2区心理学

British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12774

Rui Guo, Guolong Wang, Ding Wu, Zhen Wu

{"title":"Keep bright in the dark: Multimodal emotional effects on donation-based crowdfunding performance and their empathic mechanisms.","authors":"Rui Guo, Guolong Wang, Ding Wu, Zhen Wu","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12774","url":null,"abstract":"How to raise donations effectively, especially in the E-era, has puzzled fundraisers and scientists across various disciplines. Our research focuses on donation-based crowdfunding projects and investigates how the emotional valence expressed verbally (in textual descriptions) and visually (in facial images) in project descriptions affects project performance. Study 1 uses field data (N = 3817), grabs project information and descriptions from a top donation-based crowdfunding platform, computes visual and verbal emotional valence using a deep-learning-based affective computing method and analyses how multimodal emotional valence influences donation outcomes. Study 2 conducts experiments in GPT-4 (Study 2a, N = 400) and humans (Study 2b, N = 240), manipulates the project's visual and verbal emotional valence through AI-generated stimuli and then assesses donation decisions (both GPT-4 and humans) and corresponding state empathy (humans). The results indicate a multimodal positivity superiority effect: both visual and verbal emotional valence promote initial whether-to-donate decisions, whereas only verbal emotional valence further promotes the how-much-to-donate decisions. Notably, such multimodal emotional effects can be explained through different mediating paths of empathic concern and empathic hopefulness. The current study theoretically facilitates our understanding of the emotional motivations underlying human prosociality and provides insights into crafting impactful advertisements for online donations.","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143051786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Predictors of online and offline activism in hybrid regime society - Serbian study.

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British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-23 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12772

Ivana Pedović, Marija Pejičić, Stefan Đorić

{"title":"Predictors of online and offline activism in hybrid regime society - Serbian study.","authors":"Ivana Pedović, Marija Pejičić, Stefan Đorić","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12772","url":null,"abstract":"In Serbia, categorized as a hybrid or semi-authoritarian system by Freedom House, exploring activism is crucial. Two cross-sectional studies were conducted to examine predictors of online and offline civic activism in a society favouring punitive measures and limiting open dialogue. The first study involved 1107 participants (65.1% female, 33.2% male and 1.6% in other categories; Mage = 28.15 years), while the second included 2306 individuals (67.5% female, 30.2% male and 2.3% in other categories; Mage = 28.1 years). We modelled the relationship between predictor variables and a dependent variable at different quantiles of the distribution (25th, 50th, 75th and quantile marked with theoretical middle points of online and activism scales) using quantile regression. Results highlighted perceived policy control, social generativity and conscientiousness as key predictors across different levels of both online and offline activism. Personality traits like extroversion, neuroticism and honesty have different effects on online versus offline activism, suggesting different motivations. Additionally, future-oriented people participate more offline. The quantile regression, analysing coefficients at different points in the distribution, offered valuable insights into manifestations of activism. These findings are discussed highlighting the complex dynamic of different factors in shaping civic engagement in Serbia's challenging sociopolitical landscape.","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143032295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Importance of transgender nuances in research and advocacy: Reply to Morgenroth (2025) and Tate (2025). 跨性别细微差别在研究和倡导中的重要性：回复摩根罗斯（2025）和泰特（2025）。

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British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12770

Emma F Jackson, Kay Bussey

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The global prevalence of emotional eating in overweight and obese populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 情绪性饮食在超重和肥胖人群中的全球流行：一项系统回顾和荟萃分析。

IF 3.2 2区心理学

British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12768

Han Shi Jocelyn Chew, Rou Yi Soong, Wei How Darryl Ang, Jia Wen Ngooi, Jiyoung Park, Jenna Qing Yun Ow Yong, Yong Shian Shawn Goh

{"title":"The global prevalence of emotional eating in overweight and obese populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Han Shi Jocelyn Chew, Rou Yi Soong, Wei How Darryl Ang, Jia Wen Ngooi, Jiyoung Park, Jenna Qing Yun Ow Yong, Yong Shian Shawn Goh","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12768","url":null,"abstract":"This systematic review aims to investigate the current prevalence of emotional eating and its associated factors in overweight and obese populations. We included studies that (1) reported prevalence of emotional eating; (2) were in the context of weight gain or overweight and obesity; (3) used a validated psychometric tool to assess emotional eating; (4) were published as an internationally referred journal article and (5) were reported in the English language. Articles were searched on eight electronic databases (CINAHL, EMBASE, PsychINFO, ProQuest, PubMed, Scopus, The Cochrane Library and Web of Science) from the journals' inception to 11 April 2024. A total of 18 studies, representing a total of 21,237 people, were included in the review. Our study suggested that emotional eating is significantly prevalent at 44.9%. High heterogeneity observed (I2: 98.7%) can be attributed to differences in measurement tools for emotional eating, but not differences in geographical regions. By providing insight to the current prevalence of emotional eating and its relevant factors, this study outlines the steps to take in future research and practice to tackle emotional eating and related health issues like obesity. There is a need to develop standardized measurement tools for emotional eating, and further investigate sociodemographic factors.","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143000546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Language about gender/sex should be used intentionally and flexibly. 关于性别/性的语言应该有意而灵活地使用。

IF 3.2 2区心理学

British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12769

Thekla Morgenroth

{"title":"Language about gender/sex should be used intentionally and flexibly.","authors":"Thekla Morgenroth","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12769","url":null,"abstract":"In their paper, 'Conceptualizing transgender experiences in psychology: Do we have a 'true' gender?' Jackson and Bussey (British Journal of Psychology, 115, 723) critique the idea of having a 'true' gender and propose that the term 'transgender experience' may be more appropriate than 'transgender identity'. In this commentary, I reflect on the usefulness of the terms transgender identity and transgender experience and argue that both hold value and can contribute to a more nuanced discussion of gender/sex. I use the discussion of these two terms as a springboard to make a broader point: As researchers, we should use language about gender/sex flexibly and intentionally. As psychologists, we are trained to use clear operationalizations for the constructs we study, yet it is often unclear whether authors refer to biological sex, gender identity, social perception, or socialization when they speak of 'women' and 'men'. I encourage researchers to be more mindful in their language use and to engage with the nuanced terms that gender scholars (including Jackson and Bussey) have put forward when discussing gender/sex - both in the context of transgender identities and experiences and when discussing cisgender identities and experiences.","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143000545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Nuance and specificity always matter-Especially for all the meanings of 'gender': A reply to Jackson and Bussey (2024). 细微差别和特殊性总是很重要——尤其是对于“性别”的所有含义：对杰克逊和布西（2024）的回应。

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British journal of psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-14 DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12771

Charlotte Chucky Tate

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