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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Kaifeng Liu, Da Tao
Summary: This study investigated the roles of trust and three AI-specific characteristics in public acceptance of smart healthcare services based on an extended Technology Acceptance Model, with results showing the importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and AI-specific characteristics in shaping public acceptance. The study also demonstrated the critical roles of personalization, loss of privacy, and anthropomorphism in shaping public trust and acceptance of smart healthcare services, offering important theoretical and practical implications for the design and implementation of such services.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Eric Francelino Andrade, Luciano Jose Pereira, Ana Paula Luiz de Oliveira, Debora Ribeiro Orlando, Debora Almeida Galdino Alves, Janina de Sales Guilarducci, Paula Midori Castelo
Summary: This study investigated the fear of COVID-19 infection and translated and culturally adapted the Fear of COVID-19 Scale to Brazilian Portuguese. The results showed that women and younger individuals had higher fear of COVID-19 infection scores, while males with occupational risk of contamination had lower fear scores.
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Stefan Pfattheicher, Yngwie Asbjorn Nielsen, Isabel Thielmann
Summary: Researchers in the field of prosociality have different opinions on defining and understanding prosocial behavior. In order to improve research, clear definitions, matching operationalizations, and acknowledgement of the diversity of prosocial behavior are needed.
CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Washington Allysson Dantas Silva, Tatila Rayane de Sampaio Brito, Cicero Roberto Pereira
Summary: The present research aimed to develop and validate the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale (CAS). Through three studies, we demonstrated that CAS is a reliable and appropriate tool for assessing COVID-19 related anxiety.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Psychology
Gerben A. van Kleef, Stephane Cote
Summary: The review explores the social effects of emotions, showing that emotional expressions have an impact on observers' affect, cognition, and behavior. The effects are mediated by affective reactions and inferential processes, and are consistent across different domains and expressive modalities.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jay A. Olson, Dasha A. Sandra, Elissa S. Colucci, Alain Al Bikaii, Denis Chmoulevitch, Johnny Nahas, Amir Raz, Samuel P. L. Veissiere
Summary: The study found that problematic smartphone use is increasing globally among adolescents and young adults, with China, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia showing the highest levels of addiction, while Germany and France demonstrated lower levels. The authors suggest that current clinical interpretations of these scores need to be updated to reflect the changing global trends.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Cecilia Heyes, Caroline Catmur
Summary: Research on mirror neurons has advanced significantly in the past decade, with studies showing their role in low-level processing of observed actions but not in high-level action interpretation. While the specific causal role of mirror neurons in speech perception remains unclear, there is evidence of motor system involvement in speech discrimination. Additionally, studies have confirmed the importance of visual-motor associative learning in the acquisition of mirror neurons.
PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jian-Bin Li, Ying-Shuang Wang, Yao Sun, Yue Liang, Kai Dou
Summary: Adaptation is an important issue for freshmen in the beginning of college life. This study explores how academic, social, and personal-emotional adaptation changes throughout the first year of college for Chinese freshmen. The study found that self-control is a crucial factor in facilitating better college adaptation.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Zeynep Turhan, Hacer Yalniz Dilcen, Ilknur Dolu
Summary: Health literacy played a mediating role between health care system distrust and vaccine hesitancy in this study. Participants with low health literacy and high levels of health care system distrust were more likely to experience vaccine hesitancy. It is crucial for health authorities to address these dynamic and complex factors to reduce vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Irena Pavela Banai, Benjamin Banai, Igor Miklousic
Summary: It has been found that belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories can lead to non-compliance with preventive measures, posing a risk to public health. Trust in government officials plays a mediating role in influencing adherence to official guidelines.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Sarah E. O. Schwartz, Laelia Benoit, Susan Clayton, McKenna F. Parnes, Lance Swenson, Sarah R. Lowe
Summary: Climate change anxiety (CCA), negative responses associated with concerns about climate change, has been a focus of research. This study explores the association between CCA, psychiatric symptoms, and engagement in individual and collective action. Results showed that CCA was associated with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), but collective action attenuated the relationship between CCA and MDD symptoms.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Agota Kun, Peter Gadanecz
Summary: This study aimed to explore how teachers' psychological resources impact their workplace well-being and happiness. Through qualitative and quantitative methods, the study found that teachers' workplace happiness is mainly influenced by goal realization, feedback, finding meaning in work, and social relationships. The study also indicated that inner psychological resources, particularly hope and optimism, are correlated with workplace well-being and happiness.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
David S. Yeager, Jamie M. Carroll, Jenny Buontempo, Andrei Cimpian, Spencer Woody, Robert Crosnoe, Chandra Muller, Jared Murray, Pratik Mhatre, Nicole Kersting, Christopher Hulleman, Molly Kudym, Mary Murphy, Angela Lee Duckworth, Gregory M. Walton, Carol S. Dweck
Summary: The study found that supporting students' growth mindset may require a supportive environment from teachers rather than students independently achieving it. Teachers' growth mindset plays a crucial role in students' growth mindset.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Pere J. Ferrando, Urbano Lorenzo-Seva, Ana Hernandez-Dorado, Jose Muniz
Summary: This study aims to provide ten recommendations for conducting factor analysis of test items, including aspects like data adequacy, statistical methods, model selection, and more. Following these recommendations can optimize test quality and decision-making based on test scores.
Review
Psychology
Lilach Sagiv, Shalom H. Schwartz
Summary: This article discusses the importance of values in politics, religion, education, and family life. It introduces the theory of basic personal values and reviews evidence of value conflicts and compatibilities across different cultures. The article also explores the assumptions underlying measurement tools for values, as well as the origins and stability/change of value priorities. Additionally, it presents evidence of how personal values relate to personality traits and subjective well-being, and discusses the implications of value differences in various domains such as religiosity, prejudice, behavior, and creativity, concluding with a discussion on the mechanisms linking values and behavior.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Huang Xiang, Ka Yin Chau, Wasim Iqbal, Muhammad Irfan, Vishal Dagar
Summary: The use of social networking websites has grown explosively since the early 2000s, leading to increased revenue for businesses with a social commerce strategy. However, some consumers are still hesitant to use social commerce. This study examines the factors influencing social commerce adoption in a sample of 721 Chinese We Chat users. The findings show that social capital and information overloading mediate the positive effects of social commerce adoption and perceived ease of use on techno-stress and online impulse purchasing.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Abdulkadir Haktanir, Nesime Can, Tolga Seki, M. Furkan Kurnaz, Bulent Dilmac
Summary: Research shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic, 34.40% of individuals have decreased their precautionary measures, leading to the phenomenon of pandemic fatigue. Factors such as fear, intolerance of uncertainty, and apathy play a role in individuals' self-care practices during pandemic fatigue.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Qiang Liu, Xiaoli Qu, Dake Wang, Jaffar Abbas, Riaqa Mubeen
Summary: This study investigates the impact of product market competition on firm performance in Chinese markets and finds that market competition has a positive and significant effect on firm performance.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Eunsoo Choi, Jihoon Lee, Sherman A. Lee
Summary: The present study validated the Obsession with COVID-19 scale (OCS) and the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) in a sample of Korean adults, demonstrating good psychometric properties and construct validity. Developing such valid screening tools across different cultures is crucial for health practitioners and scholars during global infectious disease outbreaks.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mireia Orgiles, Silvia Melero, Ivan Fernandez-Martinez, Jose Pedro Espada, Alexandra Morales
Summary: Anxiety disorders have negative impacts on emotional, social, family, and academic aspects of children's lives. Evaluating childhood anxiety has often focused on symptoms, with limited measures available for assessing anxiety life interference in children. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Child Anxiety Life Interference Scale - parent version (CALIS-P) in children aged 6-8 years. The results supported the good fit, reliability, convergent validity, and divergent validity of the Spanish CALIS-P, suggesting its usefulness for both research and clinical practice.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
