This study examined the mediating role of need-related experiences in the relation between need supportive and need thwarting parenting, positive and negative affect and grades among 304 high school students (M age = 14.91; SD age = 0.91; 53% female) from a Peruvian private school. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and considering latest empirical findings, a dual...
Having a self-compassionate attitude is linked to positive psychological functioning, making it important to identify experiences that promote self-compassion. Several self-transcendent experiences and emotions (e.g., mindfulness), have been shown to predict self-compassion. As awe is considered a self-transcendent emotion, we examined awe as a potential elicitor of self...
With the onset of the COVID- 19 pandemic era, university students have been confronted with heightened mental health challenges. In response, educational institutions have attempted to support students by offering online counseling services, aimed to promote their well-being. The present study examines the extent to which a psychological counseling intervention conducted during...
With migration movements, inclusiveness and diversity issues have been intensively addressed in healthcare institutions, as in many institutions. This study explored the mediating role of diversity climate, quantity of social contact and quality of social contact in the relationship between inclusive leadership and xenophobia for healthcare professionals and employees. Data was...
Moral elevation is the emotional response resulting from witnessing acts of moral goodness. This moral emotion has been described in adults as a multi-component experience that includes cognitions (e.g., an optimistic view towards humanity), feelings (e.g., being moved and inspired), physical sensations (e.g., lump in the throat), and action tendencies (e.g., social connectedness...
To thoroughly understand concerns and anxieties of women in the perinatal stage, which is a vulnerable time in and of itself, and even more so in the face of stressful periods such as the COVID- 19 pandemic. Focusing on the transition to motherhood during the first year of the pandemic in Israel, we present a clinical case-study of therapeutic sessions with a pregnant patient...
This study applied affective events theory to conceptualize micro-aggressions as affective micro-events and tested (1) the mediating role of negative affect in the relationship between micro-aggressions and (a) emotional exhaustion and (b) work engagement, and (2) the moderating role of emotional contagion in these indirect relationships. A daily diary design was employed with a...
Individuals who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) faced multiple challenges in the COVID- 19 pandemic. One of these challenges was navigating the significant increase of communication barriers that masking and social distancing brought. This study explored how masking and metacognition affected the mental health of DHH. A web-based cross-sectional survey was used. Of the 190...
Drawing from diversity science principles (Miller et al., Journal of Social Issues, 75, 1240–1261, 2019), this study examined how social support, acculturative stress and perceived stress influence generalized anxiety in a diverse sample of international students. Using an intersectional lens, the present study also tried to test Berry’s (Applied Psychology: An International...
Job boredom is one of the most prevalent aversive states experienced in the workplace. Although researchers have examined the impact of job boredom on important workplace outcomes, the day-to-day experience of job boredom and individual strategies to reduce its negative influence remain largely unexplored. Therefore, we examined the within-person relationships of job boredom with...
Grief is the natural, adaptive response that follows a significant loss, such as the death of a loved one. In some cases, this process can become complicated, leading to an intensification of grief that causes discomfort and interferes with day-to-day functioning, which may result in prolonged grief symptoms (PGS). The aim of this study was to identify the main predictors of PGS...
Psychopathology, diagnosis, and classification of mental disorders have traditionally been based on a biomedical perspective. With the aim of defining and classifying mental disorders, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) developed two systems that are widely used in the mental health field: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of...
The stress generation hypothesis suggests that certain maladaptive personality traits significantly contribute to the generation of negative life events (NLEs) in people’s lives through inherent maladaptive mechanisms. Previous research indicated that the impact of stress generating risk factors might be augmented or weakened by other transdiagnostic risk factors such as the...
The aims of this article are to explore the links between maternal parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes, as well as to investigate maternal warmth as a potential moderator of the relationship between mother-reported child maltreatment and child problematic behavioural outcomes specifically. Cross-sectional data were obtained from a representative sample of 328...
The financial industry, particularly banking, has witnessed a transformation in business practices and employee expectations due to globalization and increased competition. This situation may create work-related depression, which has some adverse effects on life satisfaction and well-being. The relationship between depression and life satisfaction in healthy individuals and bank...
Excessive usage of mobile phones in organizations can negatively affect the quality of interpersonal relationships between users and their peers. In the present study, we focused on the possible consequences of a specific form of excessive emerging mobile phone use in organizations called supervisor phubbing. Supervisor phubbing refers to the phenomenon in which a supervisor pays...
This study delves into the impact of traditional media and social media on acquiring environmental information and its influence on pro-environmental behaviors in rural tourism. The research employs traditional media and social media as independent variables and identifies pro-environmental contextual forces as mediating variables between media use and pro-environmental behaviors...
Childhood and early adolescence play a crucial role in shaping individuals’ attitudes and behaviours through the cultivation of self-esteem. While this dynamic may differ among various age groups, self-esteem is anticipated to serve as a protective factor against peer bullying and aggression, particularly within the school setting. The present study aimed to explore the...
This study examines the intergenerational collective action processes within the Kurdish diaspora, which emerged as a result of Kurdish migration to Switzerland for political reasons over the past 40 years. Forty individuals aged 18 to 72 were interviewed, and the data underwent qualitative analysis. The wide age range of participants allowed for insights into how the collective...
The impact of variables such as ideological profile or type of abortion on the acceptance of voluntary termination of pregnancy (VTP) has been extensively studied and supported. In contrast, the influence of the woman’s circumstances has received less attention. The aim of this study is analyze, in a community sample of Chilean adults, the effect of the ideological configuration...
The Short Dark Tetrad (SD4; Paulhus et al., European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 37(3), 208–222, 2021) is a self-report measure of antagonistic or ‘dark’ traits. It assesses Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism. The present study investigated the psychometric properties of the Romanian version of the SD4 in two undergraduate samples from a Romanian...
Teachers’ emotional support is an important positive psychological force in students’ growth, requiring no cost but exerting remarkable power. Early childhood is a key period for emotional education, making it crucial to enhance kindergarten teachers’ ability to provide positive emotional support. However, to date, no studies have been encountered that directly addressed this...
The primary purpose of this study was to test the main claims of terror management theory through an alternative cultural worldview by focusing on Sufism, in which death is seen as a desired state for meeting God (Vuslat). Sufism is a mystical and spiritual dimension of Islam, emphasizing the inner search for a direct experience of the Divine through practices such as meditation...
The prevalence of autism, especially in children, calls for professionals to develop more effective therapies for treatment. Music therapy has been used for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) since 1940s, although its treatment effect remains to be discussed. The current review aims to investigate the techniques used by literatures in this domain and to determine...
Inhibition is a fundamental component of self-regulation which can be defined as the ability to suppress an automatic response to execute an appropriate one. Given its impact on adaptation, wellbeing, and life satisfaction, the construct of inhibition has been extensively investigated in literature from manifold perspectives. Theoretical models of inhibition have highlighted its...