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View article: Clinicians' attitudes to evolutionary and genetic explanations for anxiety: a cluster-randomised study of stigmatisation
Clinicians' attitudes to evolutionary and genetic explanations for anxiety: a cluster-randomised study of stigmatisation Open
Background: Explanatory frameworks for mental disorders have an important effect on stigmatisation and clinical attitudes, with mechanistic biological explanations often yielding mixed or negative effects on prognostic optimism and empathy…
View article: Clinicians' attitudes to evolutionary and genetic explanations for anxiety: a cluster-randomised study of stigmatisation
Clinicians' attitudes to evolutionary and genetic explanations for anxiety: a cluster-randomised study of stigmatisation Open
Background: Explanatory frameworks for mental disorders have an important effect on stigmatisation and clinical attitudes, with mechanistic biological explanations often yielding mixed or negative effects on prognostic optimism and empathy…
View article: Individual Differences in Implicit Bias can be Measured Reliably by Administering the Same Implicit Association Test Multiple Times
Individual Differences in Implicit Bias can be Measured Reliably by Administering the Same Implicit Association Test Multiple Times Open
The use of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) as a measure of individual differences is stymied by insufficient test-retest reliability for assessing trait-level constructs. We assess the degree to which the IAT measures individual differ…
View article: Evolutionary perspectives on substance and behavioural addictions: Distinct and shared pathways to understanding, prediction and prevention
Evolutionary perspectives on substance and behavioural addictions: Distinct and shared pathways to understanding, prediction and prevention Open
Addiction poses significant social, health, and criminal issues. Its moderate heritability and early-life impact, affecting reproductive success, poses an evolutionary paradox: why are humans predisposed to addictive behaviours? This paper…
View article: Power to Detect What? Considerations for Planning and Evaluating Sample Size
Power to Detect What? Considerations for Planning and Evaluating Sample Size Open
In the wake of the replication crisis, social and personality psychologists have increased attention to power analysis and the adequacy of sample sizes. In this paper, we analyze current controversies in this area, including choosing effec…
View article: Shame-Proneness Predicts Social Psychopathology: Considering the Sociometer Theory of Shame
Shame-Proneness Predicts Social Psychopathology: Considering the Sociometer Theory of Shame Open
Introduction: The classic act-person model of shame-proneness defined shame as originating from negative self-appraisals following wrongful actions, conferring broad vulnerability to psychopathology. However, recent developments postulate …
View article: A prospective study of firefighters’ PTSD and depression symptoms: The first 3 years of service.
A prospective study of firefighters’ PTSD and depression symptoms: The first 3 years of service. Open
Objective: Firefighters are an important sample of convenience to study traumatic exposure and symptom development. This study assessed trauma exposure inside and outside of fire service, diagnosed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and …
View article: Writing Like a (Psychological) Scientist: A Student Guide to Scientific Writing
Writing Like a (Psychological) Scientist: A Student Guide to Scientific Writing Open
This tutorial paper reviews the scientific writing style used in psychology, with a focus on undergraduate students taking a Research Methods course. I outline for broad principles of scientific writing: (1) clarity, (2) conciseness, (3) l…
View article: The Development of Addition and Subtraction Problem-Solving Skills
The Development of Addition and Subtraction Problem-Solving Skills Open
A tacit assumption of most school mathematics programs is that addition and subtraction are best introduced through physical or pictorial representations of joining or separating sets of objects. Another common assumption is that verbal pr…
View article: Alcohol use and mental health symptoms in female firefighter recruits
Alcohol use and mental health symptoms in female firefighter recruits Open
Background Limited research suggests that female firefighters report problem drinking at higher rates than the general population. Aims To identify longitudinal drinking patterns in female firefighters, make comparisons to male firefighter…
View article: Optimizing the Scientific Study of Suicide with Open and Transparent Research Practices
Optimizing the Scientific Study of Suicide with Open and Transparent Research Practices Open
Suicide research is vitally important, yet—like psychology research more broadly—faces methodological challenges. In recent years, researchers have raised concerns about standard practices in psychological research, concerns that apply to …
View article: Survey-software implicit association tests: A methodological and empirical analysis
Survey-software implicit association tests: A methodological and empirical analysis Open
View article: Survey-Software Implicit Association Tests: A Methodological and Empirical Analysis
Survey-Software Implicit Association Tests: A Methodological and Empirical Analysis Open
The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is widely used in psychology. Unfortunately, the IAT cannot be run within online surveys, requiring researchers who conduct online surveys to rely on third-party tools. We introduce a novel method for co…
View article: Tobacco and alcohol use among firefighters during their first 3 years of service.
Tobacco and alcohol use among firefighters during their first 3 years of service. Open
Firefighters constitute an understudied occupational group that are exposed to a great deal of occupational stress including potentially traumatic stress. As such, higher prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substan…
View article: Dispositional self-forgiveness, guilt- and shame-proneness, and the roles of motivational tendencies
Dispositional self-forgiveness, guilt- and shame-proneness, and the roles of motivational tendencies Open
We investigated relationships between dispositional guilt-proneness, shame-proneness, and self-forgiveness. Drawing on motivational frameworks, we theorized that shame-proneness should be wholly problematic for self-forgiveness, whereas so…
View article: Project moved! Now at https://osf.io/hgy3z/
Project moved! Now at https://osf.io/hgy3z/ Open
Due to an error with the Open Science Framework, this preprint was unavailable for several months. A new one was created and now exists at OSF: https://osf.io/ntd97/ with a direct link to the preprint at https://psyarxiv.com/hgy3z/.We were…
View article: Supplement for "The Mediating Roles of Guilt and Shame in Predicting Self-Forgiveness"
Supplement for "The Mediating Roles of Guilt and Shame in Predicting Self-Forgiveness" Open
View article: Childhood socioeconomic deprivation, but not current mood, is associated with behavioural disinhibition in adults
Childhood socioeconomic deprivation, but not current mood, is associated with behavioural disinhibition in adults Open
There is evidence to suggest that impulsivity is predicted by socioeconomic background, with people from more deprived backgrounds tending to be more impulsive, and by current mood, with poorer mood associated with greater impulsivity. How…
View article: Peer Review #1 of "Childhood socioeconomic deprivation, but not current mood, is associated with behavioural disinhibition in adults (v0.1)"
Peer Review #1 of "Childhood socioeconomic deprivation, but not current mood, is associated with behavioural disinhibition in adults (v0.1)" Open
There is evidence to suggest that impulsivity is predicted by socioeconomic background, with people from more deprived backgrounds tending to be more impulsive, and by current mood, with poorer mood associated with greater impulsivity.Howe…
View article: Childhood socioeconomic deprivation, but not current mood, is associated with behavioural disinhibition in adults
Childhood socioeconomic deprivation, but not current mood, is associated with behavioural disinhibition in adults Open
There is evidence to suggest that impulsivity is predicted by socioeconomic background, with people from more deprived backgrounds tending to be more impulsive, and by current mood, with poorer mood associated with greater impulsivity. How…
View article: Childhood socioeconomic deprivation, but not current mood, is associated with behavioural disinhibition in adults
Childhood socioeconomic deprivation, but not current mood, is associated with behavioural disinhibition in adults Open
There is evidence to suggest that impulsivity is predicted by socioeconomic background, with people from more deprived backgrounds tending to be more impulsive, and by current mood, with poorer mood associated with greater impulsivity. How…