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Dataset for: "Autistic-like traits in members of the general population and mate retention tactics: The mediation of attachment styles and reproductive strategies."
No full textAutistic-like traits (ALTs) have been the subject of a substantial body of research, including studies exploring romantic relationships. However, few scholars have approached ALTs from an evolutionary perspective. We tested a model of relations between ALTs and mate retention tactics taking into consideration mediators central to evolutionary life history theory: reproductive strategies and attachment styles. Structural equation modeling (SEM) involving results from 796 individuals (52% females) showed that individuals with higher ALTs do not use tactics inflicting costs on their mates, but they do not engage in benefit provisioning, either. In romantic relationships, ALTs are not so much associated with evolutionary strategies as with attachment styles – both fearful and avoidant. The results indicate also that there are no mediation effects of attachments between Alt's and mate retention tactics. We found only a positive direct effect anxious attachment on benefit-provisioning and cost-inflicting domain and a negative direct effect avoidant attachment on benefit domain. The sex of the participants was not found to be a moderator in the tested model.unknow
R code for analyzing resources availability vs. usage and their effects on scientific work, achievement and achievement emotions in Ph.D. students (study 2)
No full textThe code includes all analyses run in the article (submitted), analyzing whether differences in resources' availability and usage are measurable and to which degree those facets predict different work, achivement and emotional outcomes (relative weight analyses).Code for: Harder, B. (2025). Differential effects of resource availability and usage on learning, achievement, and subjective well-being. Cogent Education, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2501440unknownunknow
Effects of AI-Generated Conflict Videos on Conflict-Related Attitudes, Willingness, and Behavior
No full textInterpersonal conflicts are unavoidable, necessitating effective conflict management through skilled handling. In efforts to enhance this handling and promote resource-efficient science communication, we designed an intervention study utilizing AI-generated videos imparting insights from conflict psychology. This study aims to evaluate the psychological impact of these videos on the conflict-related attitudes, willingness, and behavior of the recipients. For this purpose, we will employ a quantitative longitudinal design with a single experimental group (N = 4000, 18-69 years) measured at five survey intervals.notReviewedothe
Examining Associations Between Distress Tolerance and Anxiety Sensitivity and Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Using Multimodal Assessments
No full textTrauma is common, and associated with PTSD and AUD, which co-occur. One explanation for this co-occurrence is that shared risk factors, such as anxiety sensitivity (AS), the cognitive appraisal of anxiety symptoms as harmful, and distress tolerance (DT), the perceived ability to withstand negative emotional states, may drive both conditions. The goal of this study was to test whether multimodal measures of AS (i.e., CO2 breathing task) and DT (i.e., computer-based tasks), are associated with PTSD and AUD symptoms and whether the AS measures in particular were associated with group membership (AUD-PTSD, AUD, PTSD, or trauma-exposed controls) in multivariate path models. Participants were recruited from a longitudinal study of college students and were eligible if they reported lifetime trauma and alcohol use, and if they lived in proximity of the lab. After completing an initial survey, participants who met criteria for one of the four groups included in the lab study (n=90), involving collection of subjective (e.g., self-report of psychophysiological symptoms) and physiological (i.e., heart rate, skin conductance) measures during the breathing task. Individuals with AUD-PTSD reported higher self-report ratings of psychophysiological symptoms during the recovery phase, compared to PTSD, AUD, and control groups. It may be that individuals with comorbid AUD-PTSD perceive that they have difficulty physiologically recovering from a stressor.Support was provided by NIH: P20AA017828, R37AA011408, K02AA018755, P50AA022537, K01AA024152, K01AA028058, and R34DA061267. Support also provided by National Center for Research Resources and National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research:UL1RR031990. Support also provided by the Center for the Study of Tobacco Products at VCU. REDCap support provided by CTSA award UM1TR004360 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.notReviewedothe
Love Anxiously or Avoidantly: The link between childhood trauma, personality characteristics, and intimate relationships in adulthood
No full textBackground: Exposure to childhood maltreatment may have a lasting negative footprint on trust in others, and subsequently on adult attachment and intimate relationships. Whether this leads to anxious or avoidant attachment may depend on one’s personality, which can be shaped by experiences of childhood abuse and neglect. Objective: The current study investigated the association between childhood maltreatment, adult attachment styles, and the quality of intimate relationships in adulthood. Additionally, the study examined whether personality characteristics mediated this association. Methods: The study included 1,948 adults aged 18-65 (n=383 individuals without current/lifetime psychopathology and 1565 with current/lifetime psychopathology). A mediation model was constructed to investigate whether personality characteristics (repeated assessments of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory) and (in)secure attachment styles (Experience of Close Relationships questionnaire-short) mediated the association between childhood maltreatment (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire) and the quality of intimate relationships in adulthood (Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale). Results: Severity of childhood maltreatment was associated with insecure attachment styles and a lower quality of intimate relationships. In addition, the path model indicated that the association of childhood maltreatment and quality of intimate relationship was fully mediated by increased levels of neuroticism, reduced extraversion and agreeableness, and increased insecure attachment styles in individuals with current/lifetime psychopathology (β = -0.03, 95% CI = -0.07, 0.02) and individuals without (β = -0.03, 95% CI = -0.15, 0.07). Conclusion: A history of childhood maltreatment may have a negative impact on the quality of intimate relationships in adulthood by its enduring effects on personality characteristics and insecure attachment styles.notReviewedothe
Measuring psychological ownership and identity in a Finnish blood donor context
No full textHaving a donor self-identity is crucial for sustained blood donation. When new donors give blood, they develop a role-identity ("I am a blood donor"). As they continue to donate, this role-identity is validated, becoming part of their self-identity ("Being a blood donor is an important part of who I am"). Despite the link between donor self-identity and retention, there are no interventions that foster this identity without relying on repeat donations. Interventions enhancing psychological ownership over donations could impact donor retention.
Psychological ownership ("this is mine") is the sense of ownership over both material (e.g., blood collection agency) and abstract (e.g., blood donation behavior) possessions. This ownership is linked to sustained volunteering behavior and is associated with identity. In an Australia study, psychological ownership towards a blood collection agency increased with past donation experience and was positively associated with donor self-identity. Interviews showed that Australian donors primarily express ownership over the donation process, not the agency.
This study aims to replicate these findings in Finland by collecting similar questionnaire data from Finnish Red Cross Blood Service donors and modeling it with a structural equation model. The study includes pre-registered R analysis code for direct repetition.unknownothe
Behavioral and psychological predictors of multiple-perpetrator rape proclivity: A community sample study of men [Author Accepted Manuscript]
No full textMost of the sexual violence research focuses on incidents involving a single offender, yet onefourth to one-third of rapes involved multiple offenders (Horvath & Kelly, 2009). The present study aimed to build upon the multiple-perpetrator rape (MPR) literature by investigating potential correlates associated with a proclivity for MPR and reconfirming prior findings. Community men completed a series of questionnaires that included the Multiple-Perpetrator Rape Interest Scale, the UCLA Loneliness Scale: Short-Form, the Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire: Short Form, the Sexual Fantasy Questionnaire, the Anger Rumination Scale, the Measure for Assessing Subtle Rape Myths, and the Self-Report Psychopathy-III: Short Form. The strongest relationship for M-PRIS was SFQ Sado-Masochistic (r = .79, p < .001). In a multiple linear regression, results showed a significant model, F(6, 108) = 28.6, p < .05, which explained 61.4% of the variance in a proclivity for MPR. Specifically, BPAQ Total, SFQ Total, and ARS Total were significant (sr 2 = .0543, 0.0499, 0.0488, respectively). One implication is for clinicians to target various types of aggression, deviant sexual fantasies, and anger rumination in therapy among those with an interest to commit MPR to potentially reduce the urge to commit the action. Educational and preventive initiatives aimed at addressing sexual violence behaviors may also gain insights into individuals prone to engaging in such behaviors, where these programs seek to diminish the likelihood of MPR occurrences.reviewedacceptedVersio
Supplementary materials to “Social and ecological dominance orientations, climate change denial, and pro-environmental behaviour”
No full textSupplementary materials [other]. The related article is Kıral Uçar, G., Kaynak Malatyalı, M., & Kaynak, B. D. (2025). Social and ecological dominance orientations, climate change denial, and pro-environmental behaviour. Global Environmental Psychology, 3, Article gep11651. https://doi.org/10.5964/gep.11651The supplementary material includes factor loadings, descriptions of scale items results, and regressions.unknownunknow
Supplementary materials for: “The world is ending and we have to do something about it, but we still have to go to math.” Responsibilization and delegitimization of young people's climate action in traditional and digital media messages
No full textExcerpts from the digital media referenced in the essay.unknownunknow
The Role of Contextual Epistemic Beliefs in a Multiple Source Use Task
No full textMuch remains to be uncovered about students’ a priori stance toward engaging with a complex, multiple source use task. The present study uncovered that students often selected topics that they were already familiar with, and that their relational reasoning ability was positively predictive of subsequent demonstrated critical-analytic thinking on an argumentative essay. Further, although meaningfully distinct contextual epistemic beliefs profiles were uncovered, those were not predictive of performance. Yet, beliefs about knowledge and justification are suggested to be greatly important to students’ knowledge construction and justification behaviors, and the non-significance was surprising. Future studies and planned analyses as part of the current study will further explore the relation between contextual epistemic beliefs and decision making exhibited during an MSU task.peerReviewedothe