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":"10.1111/bjop.12778","url":null,"abstract":"<p>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, <i>N</i> = 71) and adults (Exp.2, <i>N</i> = 52). In both experiments, the Self condition elicited significantly higher spans than the other conditions (Exp 1: <i>p</i> < .001, <i>η</i><sub><i>p</i></sub><sup>2</sup> = .32; Exp 2: <i>p</i> < .001, <i>η</i><sub><i>p</i></sub><sup>2</sup> = .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.</p>","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":"116 3","pages":"575-593"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjop.12778","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":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mardatunnisa Isnaini, Muhammad Rizal, Ni Kadek Juliarini, Zulhijrah, Ni Luh De Siska Sari Dewi
{"title":"Quantitative psychology: The 88th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society By Marie Wiberg, Jee-Seon Kim, Heungsun Hwang, Hao Wu, Tracy Sweet (eds.), Springer proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 2024, 452nd volume; ISBN: 978-3-031-55547-3 (Print), 978-3-031-55548-0 (eBook)","authors":"Mardatunnisa Isnaini, Muhammad Rizal, Ni Kadek Juliarini, Zulhijrah, Ni Luh De Siska Sari Dewi","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12779","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":"116 3","pages":"729-731"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144615415","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}
{"title":"The alone team: How an alone mindset affects group processes","authors":"Liad Uziel, Martina Seemann","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12777","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjop.12777","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Being alone is a basic and prevalent human experience, yet little is known about its effects on social identity. When alone, social identity may weaken because individuals feel their groups are less valuable or less salient. Conversely, it may strengthen because craving for bonding increases in-group perceived value. We tested these ideas with five experiments (<i>N</i> = 1312). Study 1, using existing groups, and Study 2, using minimal groups, showed that aloneness (vs. being with others) reduced in-group identity through its effect on in-group esteem. In Study 3, this effect was equivalent to the effect observed following social exclusion. Study 4 showed that individuals alone were indifferent in allocating money between in-group and out-group members. Last, Study 5 indicated that these effects do not stem from reduced salience of in-group members when alone. In conclusion, an alone mindset affects social identity by decreasing in-group esteem, signalling broad social implications for this basic social condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":"116 3","pages":"553-574"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjop.12777","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143078572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"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":"<p><p>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.</p>","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}
Nur Amaliya Tuanaya, Dwi Nurkarimah, Ratu Bulkis, Zamrah Mutmainah, Wahyuni
{"title":"Research and evaluation in education and psychology: Integrating diversity with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodsby Donna M. Mertens, SAGE Publications. 2024. 6th edition, 528 pp. ISBN: 978-1-0718-5380-1","authors":"Nur Amaliya Tuanaya, Dwi Nurkarimah, Ratu Bulkis, Zamrah Mutmainah, Wahyuni","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12775","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":"116 3","pages":"722-725"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144615467","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}
{"title":"Mathematical psychology: The world of thoughts as a quantum space-time with a gravitational core By Norbert Schwarzer, Jenny Stanford Publishing. 2024. 511 pp. ISBN: 9789815129274 (Hardcover), 9781003582038 (eBook)","authors":"Azizul Jabbar Mansyur, Nurul Hidayah, Dwi Arisma Wahyudi, Muhammad Sazali, Sugeng Sungkono","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12776","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":"116 3","pages":"726-728"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144615468","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}
{"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":"10.1111/bjop.12772","url":null,"abstract":"<p>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; M<sub>age</sub> = 28.15 years), while the second included 2306 individuals (67.5% female, 30.2% male and 2.3% in other categories; M<sub>age</sub> = 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.</p>","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":"116 3","pages":"525-552"},"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}
{"title":"Importance of transgender nuances in research and advocacy: Reply to Morgenroth (2025) and Tate (2025)","authors":"Emma F. Jackson, Kay Bussey","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12770","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjop.12770","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In their responses to our paper ‘Conceptualizing transgender experiences in psychology: Do we have a “true” gender?’ (<i>The British Journal of Psychology</i>, 2024, <b>115</b>, 723), Tate (2025) and Morgenroth (2025) provide reflections on the importance of nuance when researching gender and in transgender advocacy. In this reply, I note where this paper is situated in the literature and engage in a discussion of the role of definitions in transgender advocacy. Over-reliance on an individual's true gender when evaluating transgender people's legitimacy may exclude individuals whose gender is not understandable as ‘true’ to a cisgender majority. I suggest that a broad definition of transgender can allow legitimization to arise from transgender identification and gender self-categorization alongside broader experiences of body and gender.</p>","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":"116 2","pages":"503-505"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjop.12770","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143000544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Language about gender/sex should be used intentionally and flexibly","authors":"Thekla Morgenroth","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12769","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjop.12769","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In their paper, ‘Conceptualizing transgender experiences in psychology: Do we have a ‘true’ gender?’ Jackson and Bussey (<i>British Journal of Psychology</i>, <i>115</i>, 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 <i>and</i> when discussing cisgender identities and experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":"116 2","pages":"499-502"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjop.12769","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":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the screen: Dissecting the nexus of victimization and cyberhate among adolescents through excessive internet use, online interactions with strangers and parental restrictions","authors":"Liliia Korol, Catherine Blaya","doi":"10.1111/bjop.12766","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bjop.12766","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Prior research has established that being a target of offline and online victimization might function as a significant risk factor that increases the likelihood of adolescents' involvement in cyberhate. Yet, relatively little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relationship. To fill this important gap in knowledge, the present study aims to examine (1) whether excessive Internet use and contact with unknown people online act as sequential mediators in the relationship between overall victimization and youth's involvement in cyberhate; and (2) whether restrictive parental mediation has any role to play in moderating this relationship. The findings suggest that adolescents who experience victimization are more likely to turn to using the Internet excessively, and consequently interact with strangers online, which in turn makes them more prone to becoming victim to cyberhate or spreading hateful content online themselves. Moreover, restrictive parental mediation was shown to exacerbate the link between excessive Internet use and adolescents' contacts with unknown people online, thereby putting them at higher risk of cyberhate involvement. The current study emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to parental mediation – one that fosters open communication, trust and the development of digital literacy skills.</p>","PeriodicalId":9300,"journal":{"name":"British journal of psychology","volume":"116 2","pages":"432-459"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142926539","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}