Pub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2024.101043
Vincent Roberge , Jean-Sébastien Boudrias
Introduction
Goal blockage is at the heart of explanations for the adoption of destructive behaviors by leaders towards their employees (Krasikova et al., 2013). Indeed, when a leader fails to achieve their goals, they may use destructive behaviors towards the source of this frustration. Despite the popularity of this explanation in the literature of destructive leadership, the construct of goal blockage has, to our knowledge, never been defined or even distinguished from similar constructs (e.g., frustration).
Objective
This study aims (1) to conduct a conceptual validation of the goal blockage construct (e.g., literature review, definition, differentiation from other constructs, and verification of suitability with its operationalization), and (2) to perform a psychometric validation of its measure (reliability, discriminant and criterion validity).
Method
We followed Locke's (2012) methodology to assess conceptual validity and we tested the psychometric properties of a goal blockage measure through series of correlational and confirmatory factor analyses. This research was conducted with French questionnaires.
Results
Goal blockage now has a clear and precise definition and its measure has been thoroughly validated and can be used for research purposes.
Conclusion
The ball is now in the researchers’ court in order to empirically assess the implication of goal blockage in various phenomena of interest, including leaders’ reactions and employees’ exposure to destructive forms of leadership.
目标阻碍是解释领导者对员工采取破坏性行为的核心(Krasikova et al., 2013)。事实上,当领导者未能实现他们的目标时,他们可能会对这种挫折的根源使用破坏性行为。尽管这种解释在破坏性领导的文献中很受欢迎,但据我们所知,目标阻碍的结构从未被定义过,甚至从未与类似的结构(例如挫折)区分开来。目的:本研究旨在(1)对目标阻塞构念进行概念验证(如文献综述、定义、与其他构念的区别以及验证其可操作性);(2)对其测量进行心理测量验证(信度、判别效度和标准效度)。方法我们遵循Locke(2012)的方法来评估概念效度,并通过一系列相关和验证性因素分析来测试目标阻塞测量的心理测量特性。本研究采用法语问卷进行。结果目标阻塞有了明确、准确的定义,其测量方法也得到了充分的验证,可用于研究目的。现在轮到研究人员来实证评估目标阻塞在各种感兴趣的现象中的含义,包括领导者的反应和员工对破坏性领导形式的暴露。
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Pub Date : 2025-08-28DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2025.101110
Florent Michelot , Sébastien Béland , Bruno Poellhuber
Introduction
Despite the importance of critical thinking in discourses or skills frameworks, this concept remains challenging to identify. Although the theoretical foundations are solid, the phenomenon is not easily quantified.
Objective
This article aims to contribute to developing French versions of critical thinking measurement tools by testing translated skills (HCTA; Halpern, 2010) and dispositions (CriTT; Stupple et al., 2017) tests in three French-speaking nations in Europe and America.
Methodology
The validity study of instruments scores was done in two steps, in a preliminary collection (n = 102) with principal component analyses, and in a main collection in Wallonia, France and Quebec (n = 245) with confirmatory factorial analyses.
Results
The proposed scales have positive metric qualities, particularly in terms of score reliability (respectively ωt = .78, α = .66 and ωt = .92, α = .92).
Conclusion
It allows us to apprehend them as solid alternatives to existing scales. We conclude this article by discussing their respective limitations.
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Pub Date : 2025-08-26DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2024.101014
Anthony Clain, Pierre De Oliveira, Brigitte Minondo-Kaghad, Edith Salès-Wuillemin
Introduction
Job search is strongly associated with uncertainty and the mobilization of psychological resources. Existing evidence suggests that the nature of support provided by counsellors holds the potential to effectively manage this uncertainty. However, the literature presents seemingly contradictory viewpoints. In the face of uncertainty, should one lean towards directive support, or is the promotion of autonomy through participative support a more viable approach.
Objective
This study aims to investigate whether the perceived type of support influences factors conducive to return to work and whether this association is mediated by the capacity of participative support to regulate uncertainty among jobseekers.
Method
The study involved 94 jobseekers who completed a questionnaire that included measures of leadership (directive/participative), uncertainty (role ambiguity), and factors conducive to return to work (e.g., motivation to work, self-efficacy, job search behaviours).
Results
The results confirm the hypotheses: only perceived participative support is associated with greater motivation to work and self-efficacy among jobseekers. Additionally, the impact of participative support on the expression of autonomous motivation is found to be mediated by the reduction of uncertainty.
Conclusion
The results are discussed within the framework of leadership approaches in uncertain situations and the context of organizational change. The implications shed light on the dynamics of support types in the job-seeking process.
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Pub Date : 2025-08-22DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2025.101111
Xiaotian Wang , Mengjia Ma , Jinyun Duan , Yujie Cai
Introduction
Turnover intention is widely examined as a predictor of employee exit, but its impact on the behavior of those who remain in the organization is rarely examined. Understanding how remaining employees behave when they consider leaving is crucial for maintaining organizational functioning.
Objectives
This study explores how turnover intention influences employee voice behavior, focusing on the underlying emotional mechanisms and their nonlinear effects.
Method
A three-wave, multi-source survey was conducted with 271 employees and 95 direct supervisors in Chinese enterprises. Turnover intention was measured at Time 1, emotional responses (guilt and apathy) at Time 2, and supervisor-rated voice behavior at Time 3. Structural equation modeling was used to test the dual-path, curvilinear mediation model.
Results
Results reveal that turnover intention affects voice behavior through two distinct curvilinear paths. At low-to-moderate levels, turnover intention increases guilt, which promotes voice. At moderate-to-high levels, it increases apathy, which suppresses voice. The mediation effects of guilt and apathy were both supported.
Conclusion
This study highlights the complex, nonlinear impact of turnover intention on voice behavior through distinct emotional pathways. These findings emphasize the importance of recognizing and managing emotional reactions in employees with varying levels of turnover intention. Organizations should not automatically assume silence or voice reflects disengagement or commitment, respectively; instead, they should provide emotional support and meaningful communication channels to guide employees through their intention to leave while sustaining their capacity for constructive contributions.
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Social and emotional competencies and teacher-student relationships quality are intertwined and are increasingly targeted by programs and interventions delivered in the school context. Thus, researchers and practitioners need assessment tools validated in their own language to evaluate the impact of these programs on children's skills and relationships with teachers. Validated scales are currently lacking in French. This study examined the factor structure, internal consistency, convergent and predictive validity of the French version of two scales: the Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales - Social Skills (PKBS-SS) assessing children social and emotional competencies, and the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale - Short Form (STRS-S) evaluating teacher-child relationship quality.
Methods
A sample of 982 3-to-6-years-old children were rated by their teacher using teacher-rated questionnaires, and standardized observations were also collected.
Results
The PKBS-SS and the STRS-S displayed adequate to excellent internal consistency and adequate construct validity. Factor structure was confirmed for the STRS-S but not for the PKBS-SS: results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses did not confirm the original three-factor structure and a five-factor solution best fitted with data.
Conclusion
French validation of these scales is an important step to assess social and emotional competencies and teacher-child relationships among French children. These scales will be relevant both for program evaluation and to identify pupils needing additional support to develop social and emotional competencies.
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This study aimed to validate the translated French version of Theory of Mind Inventory 2 (ToMI2-vf), initially developed by Hutchins et al. (2016), which assesses adults’ perception of children's Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in daily life.
Method
Belgian parents of 478 children, from 2 to 12 years old, completed three questionnaires: ToMI2-vf and French versions of the Griffith Empathy Measure (GEM-vf) and the Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC-vf). The children performed the Theory of Mind task Battery.
Results
The results for ToMI2-vf showed very good internal consistency and a two-factor structure corresponding to ‘Early ToM’ and ‘First- and second-order ToM’. Positive links with age and significant differences between age groups were identified from the ToM2-vf scores. Convergent validity was confirmed by positive significant correlations between the ToMI2-vf scores and children's performances in ToM task Battery, as well as between the ToMI2-vf scores and those in the empathy and emotion regulation measures. A negative correlation was emphasized between the scores in ToMI2-vf and in emotion dysregulation.
Conclusion
The ToMI2-vf presents good psychometric qualities and could be useful for assessment of typically and atypically developing children in future research and in clinical practice.
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Pub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2025.101114
Gabrielle Tessier , Valérie Simard
Introduction
Secure attachment to caregivers is largely recognized as a facilitator of child development. Studies among adults suggest that they may form a full-blown attachment to their pet dog, including the four key features of an attachment relationship (seeking proximity, safe haven, separation distress, secure base).
Objective
This study aimed to validate the Attachment to Dog Questionnaire for Children (ADQC), which measures these core dimensions of child-to-dog attachment.
Methods
Parents (n = 433; 94.5% mothers) of four- to seven-year-olds completed online the ADQC, along with questionnaires assessing the child's socio-emotional development, and parental reflective functioning.
Results
Exploratory factor analyses revealed that the ADQC taps two factors (proximity seeking/separation distress, secure base), each showing good internal consistency. The ADQC scores had large correlations with the Short Attachment to Pet Scale, suggesting good convergent validity. Associations were also observed between the ADQC and the child's empathy, theory of mind and emotion regulation, most of which remained significant when controlling for parental reflective functioning.
Conclusion
A strong attachment of the child to his/her pet dog could contribute to socioemotional development, beyond the parent's ability to foster such development (e.g., through adequate mentalization of the child).
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Child Protection Services (CPS) are designed to ensure the safety and well-being of children, protecting them from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and other forms of harm. Research indicates that children who have experienced such violence are more likely to develop behavioral or mental health issues and face a higher risk of disorganized attachment compared to the general population (Dozier et al., 2001; Pears & Fisher, 2005). In response, attachment-based interventions implemented within the home environment have emerged as a promising approach to address the complex needs of children and families involved in the child protection system, including biological parents, extended families, or foster families.
Objective
This systematic review aims to explore and synthesize the existing literature on home attachment-based interventions within the context of Child Protection Services.
Participants and setting
Twelve studies describing four home-based interventions were identified. These studies involved samples of caregivers and children ranging in age from birth to 9 years old.
Methods
A search of PsycINFO, Web of Science, and PubMed was conducted for studies published between 2014 and 2023. Studies were included if they detailed home-based interventions and reported on outcomes related to attachment or sensitivity. The studies varied in terms of intervention modalities, sample sizes, age groups, and outcomes.
Results
The findings suggest that home attachment-based interventions in Child Protection Services show potential for improving caregiver-child relationships and addressing attachment-related issues.
Conclusions
By intervening within the familiar context of the home and utilizing the principles of attachment theory, these interventions hold significant promise for fostering secure, nurturing relationships between caregivers and children.
儿童保护服务(CPS)旨在确保儿童的安全和福祉,保护他们免受虐待、忽视、剥削和其他形式的伤害。研究表明,与一般人群相比,经历过这种暴力的儿童更有可能出现行为或心理健康问题,并面临更高的无组织依恋风险(Dozier et al., 2001; Pears & Fisher, 2005)。作为回应,在家庭环境中实施的基于依恋的干预措施已经成为一种有希望的方法,可以解决儿童和涉及儿童保护系统的家庭的复杂需求,包括亲生父母、大家庭或寄养家庭。目的对儿童保护服务背景下家庭依恋干预的文献进行梳理和综合。共有12项研究描述了4种基于家庭的干预措施。这些研究涉及从出生到9岁的照顾者和儿童的样本。方法检索2014 - 2023年间发表的PsycINFO、Web of Science、PubMed等文献。如果研究详细说明了以家庭为基础的干预措施,并报告了与依恋或敏感性相关的结果,则将其纳入研究。这些研究在干预方式、样本量、年龄组和结果方面各不相同。结果在儿童保护服务中,基于家庭依恋的干预显示出改善照顾者与儿童关系和解决依恋相关问题的潜力。结论:通过在熟悉的家庭环境中进行干预,并利用依恋理论的原则,这些干预措施对培养照顾者和儿童之间安全、养育的关系有着重要的希望。
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Several intellectually gifted children present vulnerabilities for which their parents are called upon to offer daily support, in communities where the complexity of giftedness often remains unknown.
Objective
This qualitative study describes difficulties experienced by gifted children's parents toward their community.
Method
A total 180 gifted children's parents described their experience via a secured online questionnaire. A thematic analysis was carried out on the data thus collected.
Results
Results describe, on one hand, parents’ own experience towards community and, on the other hand, the reactions pertaining to giftedness that they perceive in their community as leading to some of their difficulties.
Conclusion
The importance of social awareness and of training programs about giftedness are discussed.
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The aim of this study was to validate the French translation and adaptation of two tools measuring metacognitive processes in preschoolers. Although the conceptualization and assessment of metacognition is a growing topic in developmental psychology, it tends to be underestimated in early childhood because few ecologically-valid tools exist that accurately assess the dynamic and multidimensional nature of metacognitive processes in childhood. Furthermore, the few existing tools are written in English, limiting the understanding and application of the development, functioning, and associations between the components of metacognition.
Method
The current study addresses this limitation by translating and validating into French two tools named F-CHILD 3-5, an observational teacher rating of metacognitive skills measures (Checklist of Independent Learning Development for 3-5; Whitebread et al., 2009); and F-McKI-j a Metacognitive Knowledge Interview measures (McKI; Marulis et al., 2016). Specifically, these tools were translated and adapted in 106 French preschoolers 4-5-years old.
Results
Results included satisfactory psychometric properties for both tools – stronger for the F-CHILD 3-5 – and metacognitive levels similar to those found using the original English versions.
Conclusion
These new tools, the first of their kind validated in French and adapted to French, should facilitate cultural comparisons, promote a more comprehensive and international understanding of metacognitive processes in early childhood.
目的验证两种测量学前儿童元认知过程的工具在法语翻译和适应中的作用。虽然元认知的概念化和评估在发展心理学中是一个日益增长的话题,但它在儿童早期往往被低估,因为很少有生态有效的工具能够准确评估儿童时期元认知过程的动态性和多维性。此外,现有的少数工具是用英语编写的,这限制了对元认知组件之间的发展、功能和关联的理解和应用。目前的研究通过翻译和验证两种名为F-CHILD 3-5的工具来解决这一局限性,F-CHILD 3-5是一种观察性教师评价元认知技能的工具(3-5独立学习发展清单;Whitebread et al., 2009);和F-McKI-j元认知知识访谈测量(McKI; Marulis et al., 2016)。具体来说,这些工具在106名4-5岁的法国学龄前儿童中进行了翻译和改编。结果包括两种工具令人满意的心理测量特性- F-CHILD 3-5更强-以及与使用原始英语版本相似的元认知水平。这些新工具首次在法语中得到验证并适用于法语,有助于文化比较,促进对幼儿元认知过程的更全面和国际化的理解。
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