Pub Date : 2024-06-14DOI: 10.1024/2673-8627/a000055
Dirk Kranz, Nadeshda Arontschik, Evgeny N. Osin
Abstract: Introduction: This study examined the sources and factors of resilience in Russian sexual and gender minorities. We hypothesized that, through their involvement in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community (source of resilience), LGBT people establish friendships that provide them with social support (factor of resilience), which in turn should contribute to their mental health. Method: The study sample consisted of 1,127 young and middle-aged LGBT adults (18 to 50 years) from Russia. We collected the data online and anonymously. Results: Partial mediation could be confirmed. LGBT people who were involved in “their” community reported more social support from friends, which partially mediated the positive association between community involvement and mental health. The mediation remained significant when we controlled for demographics and outness as potential covariates. Additional analyses showed that the present sample reported lower mental health but not less social support than Russian nonminority samples recruited in previous research. Conclusion: Our study underlines the importance of the LGBT community in times of increasing stigmatization of sexual and gender minorities.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-21DOI: 10.1024/2673-8627/a000053
Jan-Erik Lönnqvist, V. Ilmarinen
Abstract: Introduction: A recent article by Kavanagh et al. (2021) in American Political Science Review suggested that health vulnerability predicts voting patterns for the populist far-right. Aim: We sought to distinguish socioculturally conservative from antielite voting, expecting health vulnerability to predict only the former. Methods: We combined data from the European Social Survey (round 7) with the Chapel Hill Expert Survey (2014). We preregistered several other hypotheses regarding associations between health and voting and predetermined the smallest effect size of interest (SESOI: r = .05). Results: Health vulnerability did not predict socioculturally conservative voting, and the results for antielite voting were mixed. To investigate why our result differed from Kavanagh et al.’s, we reran their analysis employing covariate specification curve analyses. The statistical significance and the direction of the association between health vulnerability and voting depended on which covariates were included. Across 1,000 models with randomly drawn covariate specifications, 59.6% showed a positive, 29.8% a zero, and 10.6% a negative association between health vulnerability and voting for far-right populist parties. However, all effect sizes were more consistently smaller than our predetermined SESOI. Conclusions: Our study illustrates the necessity of causally justifying and preregistering all covariates and predetermining an SESOI.
{"title":"Does Health Vulnerability Predict Voting for Right-Wing Populist Parties in Europe?","authors":"Jan-Erik Lönnqvist, V. Ilmarinen","doi":"10.1024/2673-8627/a000053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000053","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Introduction: A recent article by Kavanagh et al. (2021) in American Political Science Review suggested that health vulnerability predicts voting patterns for the populist far-right. Aim: We sought to distinguish socioculturally conservative from antielite voting, expecting health vulnerability to predict only the former. Methods: We combined data from the European Social Survey (round 7) with the Chapel Hill Expert Survey (2014). We preregistered several other hypotheses regarding associations between health and voting and predetermined the smallest effect size of interest (SESOI: r = .05). Results: Health vulnerability did not predict socioculturally conservative voting, and the results for antielite voting were mixed. To investigate why our result differed from Kavanagh et al.’s, we reran their analysis employing covariate specification curve analyses. The statistical significance and the direction of the association between health vulnerability and voting depended on which covariates were included. Across 1,000 models with randomly drawn covariate specifications, 59.6% showed a positive, 29.8% a zero, and 10.6% a negative association between health vulnerability and voting for far-right populist parties. However, all effect sizes were more consistently smaller than our predetermined SESOI. Conclusions: Our study illustrates the necessity of causally justifying and preregistering all covariates and predetermining an SESOI.","PeriodicalId":29838,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Psychology Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140443932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-12DOI: 10.1024/2673-8627/a000051
Anna Yurievna Razvaliaeva, N. Polskaya
Abstract: Background: In clinical psychology, interpersonal sensitivity is defined as a vulnerability to perceived signs of rejection in interpersonal situations; it plays an important role in the development of psychopathology, especially mood disorders. We investigated the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity, emotion-regulation strategies, and emotional reactivity in a group of youths without mental health issues. Method: Participants ( N = 231, 46 men, 185 women, 18–25 years old) were recruited from online groups focusing on education, social activism, and psychological self-help. Measures: Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure, Perth Emotional Reactivity Scale, and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Results: Negative emotional reactivity predicted all dimensions of interpersonal sensitivity. Positive emotional reactivity negatively predicted fear of rejection and dependence on the opinion of others. Only expressive suppression predicted the fear of rejection. Activation and intensity of negative emotions moderated the link between expressive suppression and fear of rejection. The Interpersonal Sensitivity subscales predicted negative emotional reactivity and expressive suppression. Discussion: The present study corroborates and broadens the results of previous studies that utilized rejection sensitivity – a narrower construct than interpersonal sensitivity. Expressive suppression and emotional reactivity emerge as differential predictors of individual dimensions of interpersonal sensitivity.
{"title":"The Relationship Between Interpersonal Sensitivity and Emotion Regulation in Youths","authors":"Anna Yurievna Razvaliaeva, N. Polskaya","doi":"10.1024/2673-8627/a000051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000051","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Background: In clinical psychology, interpersonal sensitivity is defined as a vulnerability to perceived signs of rejection in interpersonal situations; it plays an important role in the development of psychopathology, especially mood disorders. We investigated the relationship between interpersonal sensitivity, emotion-regulation strategies, and emotional reactivity in a group of youths without mental health issues. Method: Participants ( N = 231, 46 men, 185 women, 18–25 years old) were recruited from online groups focusing on education, social activism, and psychological self-help. Measures: Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure, Perth Emotional Reactivity Scale, and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Results: Negative emotional reactivity predicted all dimensions of interpersonal sensitivity. Positive emotional reactivity negatively predicted fear of rejection and dependence on the opinion of others. Only expressive suppression predicted the fear of rejection. Activation and intensity of negative emotions moderated the link between expressive suppression and fear of rejection. The Interpersonal Sensitivity subscales predicted negative emotional reactivity and expressive suppression. Discussion: The present study corroborates and broadens the results of previous studies that utilized rejection sensitivity – a narrower construct than interpersonal sensitivity. Expressive suppression and emotional reactivity emerge as differential predictors of individual dimensions of interpersonal sensitivity.","PeriodicalId":29838,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Psychology Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139009573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-07DOI: 10.1024/2673-8627/a000046
Renato Pisanti, Paolo Soraci
Abstract: Introduction: The present study adapted the Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (VCBS ) developed by Shapiro and colleagues (2016) in the specific context of COVID-19 and examined the psychometric properties of an Italian version of the scale (VCBS-COVID19/Ita). Methods: We modified the 7 items of the VCBS to address conspiracy beliefs specifically regarding COVID-19 vaccines and translated them into Italian. We collected the data from a group of 1,179 subjects (73% female). We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine the dimensional structure of the VCBS-COVID19/Ita and multigroup CFA (MG CFA) to evaluate the measurement invariance across gender. Results: We found support for a one-factor solution for the VCBS-COVID19/Ita. The one-factor model was factorially invariant across gender. Additionally, we determined the VCBS-COVID19/Ita scores to be associated with COVID-VAX dimensions, providing support for the convergent and divergent validity of the Italian version of the VCBS-COVID19. Discussion: Our results provide evidence that the Italian version of the VCBS-COVID19 is reliable, valid, and, thus, potentially useful for research on COVID-19. Study limitations and future research directions are discussed.
{"title":"Psychometric Evaluation of the Italian Version of the COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale","authors":"Renato Pisanti, Paolo Soraci","doi":"10.1024/2673-8627/a000046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000046","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Introduction: The present study adapted the Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (VCBS ) developed by Shapiro and colleagues (2016) in the specific context of COVID-19 and examined the psychometric properties of an Italian version of the scale (VCBS-COVID19/Ita). Methods: We modified the 7 items of the VCBS to address conspiracy beliefs specifically regarding COVID-19 vaccines and translated them into Italian. We collected the data from a group of 1,179 subjects (73% female). We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine the dimensional structure of the VCBS-COVID19/Ita and multigroup CFA (MG CFA) to evaluate the measurement invariance across gender. Results: We found support for a one-factor solution for the VCBS-COVID19/Ita. The one-factor model was factorially invariant across gender. Additionally, we determined the VCBS-COVID19/Ita scores to be associated with COVID-VAX dimensions, providing support for the convergent and divergent validity of the Italian version of the VCBS-COVID19. Discussion: Our results provide evidence that the Italian version of the VCBS-COVID19 is reliable, valid, and, thus, potentially useful for research on COVID-19. Study limitations and future research directions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":29838,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Psychology Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135480303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-26DOI: 10.1024/2673-8627/a000048
Joseph Medzo-M’engone, Marc-Éric Bobillier Chaumon, Marie Préau, Florent Lheureux
Abstract: Introduction: Using the job demands control support (JDCS) model, we examined the impact of introducing information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the working conditions of civil servants in a major public institution in Gabon. We hypothesized that perceived ICT usability moderates the temporal beneficial/detrimental (dis)continuity of job demands and job control before and after their introduction. For exploratory and complementary purposes, we also investigated changes in social support. Methods: To this end, we conducted a quantitative two-wave longitudinal study of 162 civil servants, with measures before and after the introduction of ICTs for one subsample, and compared them to another subsample for which ICTs had not already been introduced (control group). Results: At baseline (T1), the two subsamples were similar regarding JDCS variables; at follow-up (T2), civil servants without ICTs reported, on average, a slight increase in job demand and a strong decrease in job control, whereas civil servants with newly introduced ICTs reported unchanged levels of job demand and job control. Similar observations, albeit of a lesser magnitude, occurred for social support. The analyses revealed that perceived usability marginally moderated the temporal stability of job control, whereas high job control at T1 favored similarly high job control at T2 only when ICTs were perceived as very highly usable. Discussion and Conclusion: The discussion addresses the possible existence of a downward social comparison effect for civil servants without ICTs, suggests the likely role of coping strategies to explain the mixed results, examines the study contributions and limitations, and delineates practical implications.
{"title":"The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Job Demands and Job Control","authors":"Joseph Medzo-M’engone, Marc-Éric Bobillier Chaumon, Marie Préau, Florent Lheureux","doi":"10.1024/2673-8627/a000048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000048","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Introduction: Using the job demands control support (JDCS) model, we examined the impact of introducing information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the working conditions of civil servants in a major public institution in Gabon. We hypothesized that perceived ICT usability moderates the temporal beneficial/detrimental (dis)continuity of job demands and job control before and after their introduction. For exploratory and complementary purposes, we also investigated changes in social support. Methods: To this end, we conducted a quantitative two-wave longitudinal study of 162 civil servants, with measures before and after the introduction of ICTs for one subsample, and compared them to another subsample for which ICTs had not already been introduced (control group). Results: At baseline (T1), the two subsamples were similar regarding JDCS variables; at follow-up (T2), civil servants without ICTs reported, on average, a slight increase in job demand and a strong decrease in job control, whereas civil servants with newly introduced ICTs reported unchanged levels of job demand and job control. Similar observations, albeit of a lesser magnitude, occurred for social support. The analyses revealed that perceived usability marginally moderated the temporal stability of job control, whereas high job control at T1 favored similarly high job control at T2 only when ICTs were perceived as very highly usable. Discussion and Conclusion: The discussion addresses the possible existence of a downward social comparison effect for civil servants without ICTs, suggests the likely role of coping strategies to explain the mixed results, examines the study contributions and limitations, and delineates practical implications.","PeriodicalId":29838,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Psychology Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136376943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-19DOI: 10.1024/2673-8627/a000047
Jeongwon Lee, Hae-Deok Song, YeonKyoung Kim
Abstract: Introduction: This study explored the relationship among various variables from an expectation-confirmation perspective to identify ways to increase learners’ continuance intention to use MOOCs. Using the expectation-confirmation model (ECM), we established the structural relationship among MOOC quality factors (system quality, service quality, information quality), perceived usefulness, expectation-confirmation, satisfaction, and continuance intention to use in the context of MOOCs. Methods: We surveyed learners who took the K-MOOC (Korean MOOC), an open online service that provides free courses to anyone. We collected a total of 352 datasets from K-MOOC courses opened at a 4-year university in Seoul and analyzed 349 surveys after preprocessing the data. We then employed structural equation modeling to analyze the data. Results: The quality of service and information positively affected expectation confirmation. Expectation confirmation significantly affected perceived usefulness and satisfaction, and perceived usefulness significantly affected satisfaction and continued intention to use MOOCs. Expectation confirmation had a mediating effect between information quality and continuance intention to use as well as between service quality and continuance intention to use. Conclusion: This study is a meaningful contribution that proposes a practical suggestion to ultimately increase the intention to continue using MOOCs by meeting users’ expectations regarding quality.
{"title":"Quality Factors That Influence the Continuance Intention to Use MOOCs","authors":"Jeongwon Lee, Hae-Deok Song, YeonKyoung Kim","doi":"10.1024/2673-8627/a000047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000047","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Introduction: This study explored the relationship among various variables from an expectation-confirmation perspective to identify ways to increase learners’ continuance intention to use MOOCs. Using the expectation-confirmation model (ECM), we established the structural relationship among MOOC quality factors (system quality, service quality, information quality), perceived usefulness, expectation-confirmation, satisfaction, and continuance intention to use in the context of MOOCs. Methods: We surveyed learners who took the K-MOOC (Korean MOOC), an open online service that provides free courses to anyone. We collected a total of 352 datasets from K-MOOC courses opened at a 4-year university in Seoul and analyzed 349 surveys after preprocessing the data. We then employed structural equation modeling to analyze the data. Results: The quality of service and information positively affected expectation confirmation. Expectation confirmation significantly affected perceived usefulness and satisfaction, and perceived usefulness significantly affected satisfaction and continued intention to use MOOCs. Expectation confirmation had a mediating effect between information quality and continuance intention to use as well as between service quality and continuance intention to use. Conclusion: This study is a meaningful contribution that proposes a practical suggestion to ultimately increase the intention to continue using MOOCs by meeting users’ expectations regarding quality.","PeriodicalId":29838,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Psychology Open","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135729825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-10DOI: 10.1024/2673-8627/a000042
Lina Butkutė, D. Mortelmans, J. Sondaitė
Abstract: Introduction: Previous research findings painted a mixed picture regarding conflictual divorce. A lack of empirical clarity hinders professionals from intervening with this population effectively. Methods: Based on two-wave interview data with 21 divorcing individuals from Lithuania, we explored an array of conflicts that could be related to enduring divorce lasting from 6 months up to 4 years. Results: The results show conflictual divorce as a multifaceted, evolving phenomenon intertwined between many disputes on five interconnected levels. The most prominent ones are with a former spouse and related to self-concept changes. Over time, these conflicts partially transform into disagreements with involved institutions and the country’s legal system. In the end, divorcees become involved in enduring uncertainty and embracing inner resources to continue their journey. Conclusion: Positioning enduring divorce within multiple conflict levels identifies several points associated professionals can use in their work with divorcees and the fundamental need for collaboration among stakeholders for effective interventions.
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