Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-02-10DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113713
Zien Ding , Zongyuan Wang , Xin Chen
In the digital age, maintaining a balance between digital device use and real-life activities is increasingly important for adolescents. While numerous studies have been preoccupied with problematic digital behaviors, fewer have examined the co-occurrence of both positive and negative digital experiences. This study addresses this gap by investigating the mechanisms underlying the relationship between perceived stress and digital well-being, encompassing both benefits and drawbacks obtained from mobile connectivity. Using a 14-day daily diary design with 192 adolescents (2435 daily reports), the study examines the relationship between perceived stress and digital well-being and mediating role of fear of missing out and the moderating role of self-control in this relationship. Multilevel modelling revealed that daily perceived stress was negatively associated with adolescent's daily digital well-being, with daily fear of missing out serving as a mediator in this relationship. Furthermore, trait self-control moderated the relationship between daily fear of missing out and daily digital well-being. These results revealed the underlying mechanisms through which perceived stress impacts digital experiences, offering valuable insights into promoting healthier digital engagement and addressing maladaptive behaviors in the digital era.
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-01-28DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113687
Nasrin Esmaeilian , Ali Khatibi , Mohsen Dehghani , Ali Reza Moradi , Ernst H.W. Koster
Introduction
This study examined facial emotion recognition (FER) in individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) features, with and without a history of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), compared to a control group (CTRL). We assessed seven emotions (anger, disgust, fear, happiness, neutrality, sadness, and pain) and evaluated the effects of social exclusion.
Method
Participants completed a FER task before and after Cyberball; all participants received the exclusion condition. Measures included accuracy, reaction time, and confidence. Participants also completed the PAI-BOR, RSQ, BDI-II, and BAI.
Results
At baseline, individuals in the BPD + NSSI group showed reduced accuracy in recognizing negative emotions (anger, disgust, and pain) and had slower response times than CTRL. Higher rejection sensitivity was linked to slower identification of emotional cues. Unexpectedly, social exclusion did not worsen negative biases. Instead, the BPD + NSSI group showed improved recognition of pain and happy expressions, and the most significant reductions in reaction time. No evidence of a global speed–accuracy trade-off emerged; slower responses in clinical groups appeared to reflect greater processing demands rather than deliberate caution.
Conclusion
Findings suggest emotional sensitivity and processing efficiency in BPD, particularly among those with NSSI. Social exclusion may temporarily enhance perceptual processing in this subgroup. Interventions may benefit from targeting processing efficiency and metacognitive calibration.
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-02-12DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113697
William Hart , Charlotte Kinrade , Braden T. Hall , Danielle E. Wahlers
Men and women differ in their willingness to engage in sexual activity outside of a committed or long-term romantic relationship (“sociosexuality”), though within-sex variance exceeds between-sex variance in sociosexuality. Some evolutionary and socio-cultural principles suggest within-sex variance in sociosexuality may differentially relate to core self-judgments and moral orientations. The present study (N = 295; Mage = 36.63) assessed sociosexuality, self-judgments (e.g., self-esteem, authenticity), moral orientations (e.g., integrity, helping), and immoral orientations (e.g., moral disengagement, lying). For men, sociosexuality was unrelated to self-judgments and moral orientations but weakly positively related to some immoral orientations. For women, sociosexuality related negatively to self-judgments and moral orientations and positively to immoral orientations. Sex differences in correlations were generally significant, and these differences could not be attributed to range restrictions, measurement reliability, or age.
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-01-27DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113681
Huiyong Fan , Shengli Guo , Jianzhong Xu
Critical thinking among mainland Chinese students has drawn widespread scholarly attention. However, how students' critical thinking dispositions evolved over time – and the factors influencing these changes – remains unclear. To address these gaps, we conducted a cross-temporal meta-analysis of 487 studies, comprising 681 independent samples and a total of 145,487 participants. The results revealed that: (a) the total dimension of critical thinking disposition, analyticity, systematicity, self-confidence, inquisitiveness, and maturity dimensions among mainland Chinese students declined significantly from 2000 to 2025; (b) the temporal effects on the truth-seeking and open-mindedness dimensions of critical thinking disposition are not significant; (c) annual college admission rates, time spent on mathematics homework, and time spent on English homework in a given year significantly negatively predicted the variances of critical thinking disposition in the same year. In contrast, the student–teacher ratio in the current year significantly and positively predicted the total score of critical thinking dispositions; (d) The student–teacher ratio and the educational expenditure (proportion of GDP) of five years prior significantly and positively predicted critical thinking dispositions. The theoretical and educational implications are discussed, along with directions for future research.
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113683
Fuschia M. Sirois , Jameson K. Hirsch
Theory and research characterise habitual procrastination as a temporal trait that is associated with difficulties in mood regulation and future-oriented thinking. Yet the reason why trait procrastination is linked to thinking less about the future have not been fully investigated. Guided by the stress orientation hypothesis, the current study aimed to test the role of stress in the link between procrastination and future time orientation (FTO). Across 11 samples (Total N = 4193) we meta-analysed the unadjusted and adjusted (controlling for the contributions of stress) associations between procrastination and FTO, and tested the influence of demographic, methodological, and conceptual moderators. Consistent with theory, trait procrastination was significantly and negatively associated with FTO and stress, and stress was negatively associated with FTO. When the contribution of perceived stress was accounted for, the pooled effect size was reduced from medium-to-large-sized (ravg = −0.373) to small-tomedium-sized (ravg = −0.224), suggesting an explanatory role for stress. Both sets of effects were influenced by the FTO measure and the proportion of females in the sample. These findings provide robust evidence that the stress associated with chronically procrastinating contributes to difficulties with future-oriented thinking, suggesting that stress management may have benefits for FTO.
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113694
Wang Zheng , Yinqiu Zhao , Xiaohui Deng , Xiaoyu Li , Zhiyu Liu
A central challenge in psychology is to understand why some people feel deeply connected to others, whereas others struggle with social inclusion. This study investigated how narcissistic admiration and rivalry shape social belonging across cultures, drawing on the two-dimensional model of grandiose narcissism. Data came from 51,070 participants in 57 societies from the International Collaboration on the Social and Moral Psychology (ICSMPS) project. Multilevel analyses revealed that admiration consistently predicted stronger belonging, whereas rivalry predicted weaker belonging. Importantly, cultural values moderated these effects: rivalry's negative association with belonging was intensified in individualistic societies but reduced in collectivistic ones, while admiration's positive link remained stable across contexts. Relative weight analysis showed that admiration accounted for more variance than rivalry. These findings highlight that narcissism's social consequences depend not only on trait expression but also on cultural context, offering new insights into how personality and culture jointly shape a fundamental human need.
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-01-28DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113682
Marija V. Čolić , Janko Međedović
We investigated the association between the Militant Extremist Mindset (MEM)—a measure of radicalisation consisting of Proviolence (advocating ideological violence), Vile World (pessimistic worldview) and Divine Power (excusing violence on divine grounds)—and dark traits as (a)moral personal dispositions and moral foundations as a moral reasoning framework. In Study 1 (N = 309), low individualising foundations (care, fairness) predicted Proviolence and Divine Power. High binding foundations (loyalty, authority, purity) predicted Divine Power and the Vile World. In Study 2 (N = 540), binding foundations positively predicted all MEM components. Individualising foundations negatively predicted Proviolence and Divine Power, but positively predicted the Vile World. Dark traits predicted MEM directly and via moral foundations. Sadism was the most important for understanding Proviolence and Divine Power (via low individualising foundations), while Machiavellianism predicted the Vile World (via high binding foundations). Our study confirms the importance of dark traits in understanding radicalisation and highlights that endorsing and excusing ideological violence is linked to a disregard for individual wellbeing (associated with sadistic tendencies), and to an endorsement of group-level morality (associated with a tendency for strategic manipulation). The heterogeneity of the Vile World in terms of moral thinking frameworks should be explored in further studies.
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-02-14DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113678
Michael Zakharin, Timothy C. Bates
The last decade has seen major progress in understanding moral judgment, driven in part by advances in Moral Foundations Theory (MFT). Given these developments and their implications for psychology, sociology, and public policy, a review of recent progress is timely. We synthesize developments in four key areas: 1) measurement, 2) genetic underpinnings, 3) neural mechanisms and 4) real-world tests of MFT. Measurement advances include the release of the new MFQ-2 instrument with improved reliability and predictive validity and the division of the fairness foundation into distinct equality and proportionality foundations. Behavioral genetic studies indicate that variation in moral foundations reflects both genetic and environmental influences. Alongside this, neuroimaging studies have revealed dissociable neural areas linked to moral foundations. Finally, global events - especially the COVID-19 pandemic – enabled the evaluation of MFT predictions in real-world contexts, showing both a substantive role for moral foundations in predicting public health behaviour and yielding new insights into MFT.
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113698
Ray Garza , Farid Pazhoohi
Fathers represent one of the earliest opposite-sex relationships for daughters, and it has been suggested that fathers may shape their daughters' developmental trajectory. Fathers are often stricter with their daughters compared to sons in monitoring and correcting behaviors, most notably in the avenue of social and sexual monitoring. Nonetheless, there are no valid measurement tools for capturing the different factors associated with daughter-guarding by fathers. The current study proposed an instrument for addressing daughter-guarding as reported by fathers. In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis showed that 3-underlying factors were present in daughter-guarding, such as social monitoring of friends, guarding decisions, and opposite-sex monitoring. In Study 2, a confirmatory factor analysis showed that a 3-factor model was a good fit, and each of the 3-subscales were reliable. This work provides a good avenue for future studies seeking to address paternal behaviors and their influence on daughters' development.
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Pub Date : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-01-13DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113652
Kian Yeik Koay , Mei Xuan Liew
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services are a new form of financing option that has become popular among Gen Z consumers. However, there is a very limited understanding of the associations among Dark Triad personality traits, materialism, and BNPL usage intentions. Hence, this study aims to examine whether Dark Triad personality traits and materialism are associated with BNPL usage intentions. Gen Z consumers were surveyed to confirm the proposed relationships. The results demonstrate that, of the three Dark Triad traits, only narcissism has a significant association with materialism. However, psychopathy and Machiavellianism do not have a significant association with materialism. Materialism was found to have a significant association with BNPL usage intentions. This study is the first to investigate factors influencing Gen Z consumers' BNPL usage intentions from a personality perspective using the Dark Triad framework.
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