Pub Date : 2026-01-19DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113669
Liting Xia , Xueyuan Yu , Jiamin Song , Lingling Wang , Xiaochi Zhang , Jürgen Margraf , Dan Cai
Social focus values (SFV) and personal focus values (PFC) are closely linked to mental health. Navigating the challenging transitions characteristic of emerging adulthood proves psychologically demanding. This nine-year longitudinal study (2013−2021) tracked positive and negative mental health among 431 Chinese emerging adults (76.1% female; Mage = 19.24 ± 0.85), examining the influence of baseline SFV and PFV on mental health changes across five waves. Results showed stable positive mental health alongside significant longitudinal reductions in negative mental health. SFV predicted higher baseline positive mental health and lower baseline negative mental health. Crucially, SFV demonstrated stronger predictive effects on longitudinal declines in negative mental health compared PFV. This highlights the effects of SFV on mental health in Chinese emerging adults. It should be noted, however, that the study experienced a relatively high attrition rate, and thus the findings should be interpreted with caution.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-19DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113642
Ann Pearman , MacKenzie L. Hughes , Emily L. Smith , Shevaun D. Neupert
The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election occurred during a period of historic uncertainty, shaped by a global pandemic and intensified social justice movements. This study used that unique context to examine mental time travel through the lens of perceived control and daily threat appraisals. A diverse sample of 214 adults (Mage = 49.13, SDage = 14.79, range 21–78) completed a 21-day online daily diary study spanning the pre- and post-election period, with the day the election was declared serving as the inflection point from uncertainty to certainty. Each day, participants rated their sense of control and perceived threats across multiple domains, including the election, social justice issues, and pandemic-related stressors. Results from multilevel models revealed clear age-related patterns. Older adults showed consistently lower threat appraisals on days when control beliefs were high, both before and after the election was called. In contrast, younger adults derived less benefit from control beliefs in the post-election period, particularly regarding election and social justice threats. Older adults also reported reduced COVID-19-related threat, though this was not directly linked to control. These findings highlight how age and mental time travel shape daily experiences of uncertainty and emphasize the enduring value of control beliefs across key life stages.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-19DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113673
Jing Huang , Tik-Sze Carrey Siu , Him Cheung
To examine how gender and SES predict teacher-student closeness and moderate its direct and mediated relations with reading, we analyzed data from 17,349 students (49% females; Mage = 73.45, SD = 4.48) with different ethnic backgrounds from The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010–11 (ECLS-K: 2011). Latent growth curve modelling showed that male and lower-SES students had lower teacher-student closeness with faster decline from kindergarten to Grade 2 than their female and higher-SES peers. The direct relation between early closeness and Grade 4 reading was stronger for the female than male students; decline in closeness negatively predicted later reading only for the female students. While Grade 3 cognitive flexibility mediated between early closeness and later reading in both genders, Grade 3 reading motivation mediated the relation only for the male students. SES moderated neither the direct nor the mediated association between closeness and reading. Hence, gender is more important than SES in the consideration of early teacher-student closeness in relation to later reading, although both demographic factors predict early closeness and its change over time.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-17DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113661
Jérémy Brunel , Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse , Julie Delage , Karim Jerbi , Pierre Rainville , David Ogez , Mathieu Landry
Direct verbal suggestibility (DVS) is the strongest predictor of cognitive and perceptual modulations induced by verbal suggestions. However, the nature of this trait remains debated—particularly whether DVS reflects a dimensional continuum or a set of distinct subtypes. This study aimed to refine the conceptualization of DVS by testing the hypothesis that it integrates both dimensional and typological components. Using a cross-validation design, we analysed two independent datasets (N = 680; N = 591) in which participants completed the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility: Form A. We estimated multidimensional latent class IRT models, which allowed disentangling dimensional and discrete components within a unified framework. Our results showed that DVS was best captured by a hybrid bi-factor model, consisting of a general (G)-factor divided into three classes, and a second factor, divided into two classes. The G-factor distinguished individuals by their overall responsiveness to suggestions, while the second factor revealed qualitative differences in their responsiveness to challenge suggestions. These findings indicate that DVS, as measured by the HGSHS:A, reflects a hybrid structure from which distinct profiles emerge, offering a more nuanced understanding of the construct and informing future research on the cognitive and experiential mechanisms underlying verbally induced changes in consciousness.
直接言语暗示（DVS）是言语暗示诱导的认知和知觉调节的最强预测因子。然而，这一特征的性质仍然存在争议，特别是DVS是否反映了一个维度连续体或一组不同的亚型。本研究旨在通过测试分布式交换机整合维度和类型成分的假设来完善分布式交换机的概念化。使用交叉验证设计，我们分析了两个独立的数据集（N = 680; N = 591），其中参与者完成了哈佛催眠易感性组量表：表格a。我们估计了多维潜在类别IRT模型，它允许在统一框架内解开维度和离散成分。我们的研究结果表明，混合双因子模型最能捕获DVS，该模型由分为三类的一般因子(G)和分为两类的第二因子组成。g因素通过对建议的整体反应来区分个体，而第二个因素则揭示了他们对挑战建议的反应的质的差异。这些发现表明，正如HGSHS:A所测量的那样，DVS反映了一种混合结构，从中出现了不同的轮廓，提供了对该结构的更细致的理解，并为未来关于语言诱导意识变化的认知和经验机制的研究提供了信息。
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Pub Date : 2026-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113659
Ana Isabela de Queiroz Gomes , Phillip Dyamond Gomes da Silva , Valdiney Veloso Gouveia , Bruna da Silva Nascimento
The present study examined the contribution of Dark Triad personality traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) to antisocial behaviors, considering the mediating roles of risk (low self-control, aggression, and excitement value) and protective (religiosity, maternal responsiveness, and normative value) factors. Participants were 401 Brazilian undergraduate students who completed measures of antisocial behaviors, personality traits, self-control, human values, and maternal responsiveness, in addition to demographic questions. Results revealed that antisocial behaviors were positively associated with all Dark Triad traits and risk factors, and negatively associated with protective factors. The best correlates of antisocial behaviors were low self-control, aggression, excitement value, and normative value. The mediation model indicated indirect associations between Dark Triad traits and antisocial behaviors through risk and protective factors, in a pattern consistent with a mediation framework rather than implying causality. The present findings suggest that antisocial behaviors have a multifactorial nature, best understood through the interaction between dispositional traits and contextual factors. We discuss these findings and their implications for future interventions.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113641
Yifan Zhang , Xiaolin Guo , Liang Luo
Parental educational anxiety, which may negatively affect parenting and child development, has become increasingly prevalent. However, its heterogeneity and stability remain unclear. This study explored distinct patterns of parental educational anxiety and their changes during children's transition from middle to high school, a period of heightened academic pressure. Based on two-wave data from 1333 fathers and 1590 mothers, four profiles—Low, Moderate-low, Moderate-high, and High Educational Anxiety—were identified for both fathers and mothers at each time point, with substantial transitions across profiles during this period. Moreover, compared to fathers, mothers reported significantly higher educational anxiety at both time points, had higher frequency in profiles with higher educational anxiety, and showed lower stability in profile transitions. Additionally, during this period, parents with constant-low or decreasing educational anxiety reported less psychological control, and parents with constant-low educational anxiety reported more autonomy support than those with other transition patterns. Notably, fathers with low or decreasing educational anxiety reported higher behavioral control, whereas mothers in these groups reported lower behavioral control. These findings provide a nuanced understanding of the heterogeneous and dynamic nature of parental educational anxiety, highlighting its relevance for parenting practices and offering implications for targeted interventions.
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Pub Date : 2026-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113657
Dorota Szczygieł , Gao-Xian Lin
Emotional competence (EC) encompasses a range of skills used to manage one's own emotions (intrapersonal EC) and to understand and respond to others' emotions (interpersonal EC). How do these theoretically distinct dimensions of EC relate to adaptive functioning? The present research reports three large-scale studies (N total = 2508 adults) using both cross-sectional and longitudinal designs. Our findings largely replicate previous research while extending it across a large community sample and multiple analytic approaches, suggesting that the distinction between intrapersonal and interpersonal EC remains a plausible and statistically supported framework for conceptualizing EC. Intrapersonal EC was consistently associated with indicators of personal adaptive functioning (e.g., emotion regulation, life satisfaction, subjective health, happiness, fewer depressive symptoms), whereas interpersonal EC showed more selective associations, particularly with relational outcomes such as satisfaction with relationship status. Loneliness was concurrently associated with both dimensions. Longitudinally, intrapersonal EC was prospectively associated with subsequent emotion regulation strategies and happiness. Overall, the findings suggest that intra- and interpersonal EC represent distinct yet complementary emotional resources that are differentially associated with personal and relational adaptation, refining theoretical models of EC and informing interventions to promote well-being and relational adjustment.
{"title":"Two faces of emotional competence: Unique roles of intrapersonal and interpersonal skills in adaptive functioning","authors":"Dorota Szczygieł , Gao-Xian Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.paid.2026.113657","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.paid.2026.113657","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emotional competence (EC) encompasses a range of skills used to manage one's own emotions (intrapersonal EC) and to understand and respond to others' emotions (interpersonal EC). How do these theoretically distinct dimensions of EC relate to adaptive functioning? The present research reports three large-scale studies (<em>N</em> total = 2508 adults) using both cross-sectional and longitudinal designs. Our findings largely replicate previous research while extending it across a large community sample and multiple analytic approaches, suggesting that the distinction between intrapersonal and interpersonal EC remains a plausible and statistically supported framework for conceptualizing EC. Intrapersonal EC was consistently associated with indicators of personal adaptive functioning (e.g., emotion regulation, life satisfaction, subjective health, happiness, fewer depressive symptoms), whereas interpersonal EC showed more selective associations, particularly with relational outcomes such as satisfaction with relationship status. Loneliness was concurrently associated with both dimensions. Longitudinally, intrapersonal EC was prospectively associated with subsequent emotion regulation strategies and happiness. Overall, the findings suggest that intra- and interpersonal EC represent distinct yet complementary emotional resources that are differentially associated with personal and relational adaptation, refining theoretical models of EC and informing interventions to promote well-being and relational adjustment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48467,"journal":{"name":"Personality and Individual Differences","volume":"254 ","pages":"Article 113657"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145981439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-15DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2026.113648
Curtis S. Dunkel , Dimitri van der Linden , Satoshi Kanazawa
A significant positive correlation between physical attractiveness and the general factor of personality (GFP) has been found. This association was replicated in the current study with longitudinal analyses revealing that physical attractiveness in both childhood and adolescence is predictive of the GFP in adulthood. It is posited that the results are due to mediated pleiotropy with attractive individuals responding positively to preferential treatment. The results may extend our understanding of the development of individual differences in the GFP. However, future research in which both attractiveness and personality are measured at several points is needed to disentangle the dynamics effects between the two variables.
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