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View article: Navigating Friendship Formation in the Digital Era: The Role of Values-Similarity in Emerging Adulthood
Navigating Friendship Formation in the Digital Era: The Role of Values-Similarity in Emerging Adulthood Open
Forming novel friendships is an important aspect of emerging adulthood, yet little is known about how emerging adults identify potential friends in contexts where behavioral information is limited. We propose that emerging adults use value…
View article: Using invariance testing to study religiosity: A within culture comparison of the bases of religiosity
Using invariance testing to study religiosity: A within culture comparison of the bases of religiosity Open
View article: Navigating Friendship Formation in the Digital Era: The Role of Values-Similarity in Emerging Adulthood
Navigating Friendship Formation in the Digital Era: The Role of Values-Similarity in Emerging Adulthood Open
Forming novel friendships is an important aspect of emerging adulthood, yet little is known about how emerging adults identify potential friends in contexts where behavioral information is limited. We propose that emerging adults use value…
View article: Measurement Invariance of Human Values Across Time and Countries—An Analysis Using 11 Rounds of the European Social Survey
Measurement Invariance of Human Values Across Time and Countries—An Analysis Using 11 Rounds of the European Social Survey Open
Values have become central to the study of social and psychological processes across cultures and across time. To date, there has been no conclusive analysis of the cross‐cultural and cross‐temporal comparability of values in Europe. We co…
View article: Revisiting the Unusual: Investigating the Prevalence and Validity of Nonordinary Experiences as a Window into Consciousness
Revisiting the Unusual: Investigating the Prevalence and Validity of Nonordinary Experiences as a Window into Consciousness Open
Consciousness research has largely overlooked systematic examination of nonordinary experiences (NOEs) in the general population. Such experiences are subjectively marked as unusual or special compared to mundane ones, are challenging to q…
View article: Making sense of the extraordinary – An exploration of the content and prevalence of appraisals of nonordinary experiences
Making sense of the extraordinary – An exploration of the content and prevalence of appraisals of nonordinary experiences Open
Individuals around the world report nonordinary experiences that stand out to them compared to their day-to-day or ordinary experiences. Yet, they can be appraised in very different ways, resulting in wellbeing and personal growth or in ma…
View article: Measurement invariance of human values across time and countries – an analysis using 11 rounds of the European social survey
Measurement invariance of human values across time and countries – an analysis using 11 rounds of the European social survey Open
Values have become central to the study of social and psychological processes across cultures and across time. To date, there has been no conclusive analysis of the cross-cultural and cross-temporal comparability of values in Europe. We co…
View article: The Phenomenology of Non-Ordinary Experiences during Spiritualist Séances
The Phenomenology of Non-Ordinary Experiences during Spiritualist Séances Open
Non-Ordinary experiences (NOEs), such as feelings of unity with God, hearing voices, and sensing the presence of deceased persons, are prevalent in the general population. They may be life-transforming but are also associated with patholog…
View article: Investigating mediumship/possession-relevant experiences: contributions from a feature-based, subject-dependent approach to definition and measurement
Investigating mediumship/possession-relevant experiences: contributions from a feature-based, subject-dependent approach to definition and measurement Open
Non-ordinary experiences such as hearing voices or losing control over one’s body, are observed across cultures. However, there is ongoing debate about whether medically oriented terms like "dissociative" or "psychotic" adequately capture …
View article: Effects of synchronous chanting and identity fusion on perceived ingroup formidability, outgroup threat, and parochial altruism among soccer fans
Effects of synchronous chanting and identity fusion on perceived ingroup formidability, outgroup threat, and parochial altruism among soccer fans Open
Previous research indicates that social synchrony simultaneously increases ingroup bonding and prosociality, whilst also having the potential to make groups appear more formidable or threatening. However, many such studies have been carrie…
View article: Using invariance testing to study religiosity: A within culture comparison of the bases of religiosity
Using invariance testing to study religiosity: A within culture comparison of the bases of religiosity Open
View article: Contação de histórias para crianças hospitalizadas: efeitos sobre a dor, a linguagem e os biomarcadores fisiológicos
Contação de histórias para crianças hospitalizadas: efeitos sobre a dor, a linguagem e os biomarcadores fisiológicos Open
Resumo Este estudo examinou os efeitos da contação de histórias em crianças hospitalizadas, avaliando ocitocina, cortisol, dor e associações psicolinguísticas. Participaram 81 crianças internadas na UTI do Hospital da Criança da Rede D’Or …
View article: How Close in Item Valence are Personality and Wellbeing Scales? Quantifying Item Valence with an Nlp Approach
How Close in Item Valence are Personality and Wellbeing Scales? Quantifying Item Valence with an Nlp Approach Open
View article: Measurement invariance of human values across time and countries – an analysis using 11 rounds of the European social survey
Measurement invariance of human values across time and countries – an analysis using 11 rounds of the European social survey Open
Values have become central to the study of social and psychological processes across cultures and across time. To date, there has been no conclusive analysis of the cross-cultural and cross-temporal comparability of values in Europe. We co…
View article: Measurement invariance of human values across time and countries – an analysis using 11 rounds of the European social survey
Measurement invariance of human values across time and countries – an analysis using 11 rounds of the European social survey Open
Values have become central to the study of social and psychological processes across cultures and across time. To date, there has been no conclusive analysis of the cross-cultural and cross-temporal comparability of values in Europe. We co…
View article: Between Can’t and Won’t: The Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness, Stoic Ideology, and Alexithymia in Norway and New Zealand
Between Can’t and Won’t: The Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness, Stoic Ideology, and Alexithymia in Norway and New Zealand Open
Objectives The aim of the present study was to provide cross-cultural insight into the relationship between mindfulness, alexithymia, and stoic ideology. Method Using samples from New Zealand ( n = 330) and Norway ( n = 326), we estimated …
View article: Engagement challenges in digital mental health programs: hybrid approaches and user retention of an online self-knowledge journey in Brazil
Engagement challenges in digital mental health programs: hybrid approaches and user retention of an online self-knowledge journey in Brazil Open
Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) have surged in popularity over the last few years. However, adherence to self-guided interventions remains a major hurdle to overcome. The current study utilized a phased implementation design, i…
View article: High economic inequality is linked to greater moralization
High economic inequality is linked to greater moralization Open
Throughout the 21st century, economic inequality is predicted to increase as we face new challenges, from changes in the technological landscape to the growing climate crisis. It is crucial we understand how these changes in inequality may…
View article: 240 Years of Public Discourse on Moral Courage in The London Times
240 Years of Public Discourse on Moral Courage in The London Times Open
Rising right-wing influences and hate crime threaten the livelihoods of significant segments of multicultural societies. Moral courage and its variations (e.g., in German Zivilcourage) can contribute to stopping such developments and keep …
View article: Moral Courage in Foreign Affairs: Analysing 100 Years of Political Thought and Debate
Moral Courage in Foreign Affairs: Analysing 100 Years of Political Thought and Debate Open
With increasing polarization of societies and threats to democracy, tools to maintain and strengthen democracy become more important. Moral courage might be one such tool, as it has been defined as the courage of citizens to stand up to de…
View article: Moral Courage and Civil Courage: The same side of two coins? – A Bibliometric Review
Moral Courage and Civil Courage: The same side of two coins? – A Bibliometric Review Open
In German Zivilcourage describes the courage to help others while sacrificing one’s own safety. Into English it is translated as moral courage or civil courage. However, the research field on moral courage appears to encompass a much wider…
View article: Dance for the dead: The role of top-down beliefs for social cohesion and anxiety management in naturally occurring collective rituals
Dance for the dead: The role of top-down beliefs for social cohesion and anxiety management in naturally occurring collective rituals Open
Collective rituals, particularly those characterized by synchrony and pain, have been shown to yield positive social and emotional outcomes. The question arises as to whether these findings extend to low-arousal, family-centered rituals an…
View article: Wellbeing dynamics across cultures during the pandemic: A five country exploration
Wellbeing dynamics across cultures during the pandemic: A five country exploration Open
Wellbeing levels have been a global concern during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is a lack of attention to invariance questions that allow a robust examination of wellbeing dynamics across cultures. Questions of temporal stability that …
View article: Cultural challenges for adapting behavioral intervention frameworks: A critical examination from a cultural psychology perspective
Cultural challenges for adapting behavioral intervention frameworks: A critical examination from a cultural psychology perspective Open
We introduce the bias and equivalence framework to highlight how concepts, methods, and tools from cultural psychology can contribute to successful cultural adaptation and implementation of behavioral interventions. To situate our contribu…
View article: The extended neural architecture of human attachment: An fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis of affiliative studies
The extended neural architecture of human attachment: An fMRI coordinate-based meta-analysis of affiliative studies Open
Functional imaging studies and clinical evidence indicate that cortical areas relevant to social cognition are closely integrated with evolutionarily conserved basal forebrain structures and neighboring regions, enabling human attachment a…
View article: Making it Short: Shortening the Comprehensive Inventory of Mindfulness Experiences Using Ant Colony Optimization
Making it Short: Shortening the Comprehensive Inventory of Mindfulness Experiences Using Ant Colony Optimization Open
Objectives The Comprehensive Inventory of Mindfulness Experiences (CHIME) comprises 37 items over eight domains and was validated in German and English languages using Rasch methodology. However, the length of the scale might limit its app…
View article: Adaptation of a Cultural Measure in Brazil – Developing a Short Version of the Individualism–Collectivism Vertical–Horizontal Scale
Adaptation of a Cultural Measure in Brazil – Developing a Short Version of the Individualism–Collectivism Vertical–Horizontal Scale Open
We report psychometric analyses of an adapted version of the measure of individualism–collectivism (IC) and its horizontal–vertical (HV) manifestations ( Singelis et al., 1995 ) for Brazilian samples. We used a large sample ( N = 1,669) sp…
View article: Implementação de uma jornada online de autoconhecimento e promoção de saúde mental para população brasileira: oportunidades e desafios
Implementação de uma jornada online de autoconhecimento e promoção de saúde mental para população brasileira: oportunidades e desafios Open
O estudo visou investigar oportunidades e desafios na implementação de uma jornada online de autoconhecimento voltada para a população brasileira. A jornada desenvolvida oferece autoavaliações psicológicas gratuitas e materiais psicoeducat…
View article: Why we need to rethink measurement invariance: The role of measurement invariance for psychological science
Why we need to rethink measurement invariance: The role of measurement invariance for psychological science Open
Claims about human behavior have been hampered by limited availability of comparable data across cultures. Invariance testing has been proposed to address questions about the comparability of data, yet statistical methods have been challen…
View article: The role of emotional and linguistic features in Big Five taxonomies: A case study in Brazilian Portuguese
The role of emotional and linguistic features in Big Five taxonomies: A case study in Brazilian Portuguese Open
We explore whether linguistic features of person-descriptive adjectives influence the assignment of adjectives to Big-Five personality factors. In study 1, 11 subject matter experts classified a previously published list of 938 personality…