Individuals' confidence in their ability to effectively use digital technologies, termed Digital Self-Efficacy (DSE), has become essential in today's workplace, especially with the rise of remote work and increasing reliance on technology. However, the relationships among DSE, job stressors, and Psychological Detachment (PD) are still not fully understood. This study examines the moderating role of DSE in the relationship between Work Intensification (WI), Role Ambiguity (RA), Organizational Support (OS), and PD. Using PLS-SEM, we analyzed data from 653 workers in Ecuador. The findings confirmed the expected negative impact of WI and the positive influence of OS on PD. Interestingly, a positive relationship between RA and PD was observed, contrary to initial expectations. The study also revealed differences between workers who underwent Self-directed versus Directed digital competence training. These results contribute to a deeper understanding of the role digital skills play in managing job stress and fostering recovery in modern work environments.
{"title":"The stress-busting power of Digital Self-Efficacy: Does training format matter for workers?","authors":"Milton Paredes-Aguirre , Olivia Hernandez-Pozas , Yarid Ayala , Ronald Campoverde Aguirre","doi":"10.1016/j.crbeha.2024.100161","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crbeha.2024.100161","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Individuals' confidence in their ability to effectively use digital technologies, termed Digital Self-Efficacy (DSE), has become essential in today's workplace, especially with the rise of remote work and increasing reliance on technology. However, the relationships among DSE, job stressors, and Psychological Detachment (PD) are still not fully understood. This study examines the moderating role of DSE in the relationship between Work Intensification (WI), Role Ambiguity (RA), Organizational Support (OS), and PD. Using PLS-SEM, we analyzed data from 653 workers in Ecuador. The findings confirmed the expected negative impact of WI and the positive influence of OS on PD. Interestingly, a positive relationship between RA and PD was observed, contrary to initial expectations. The study also revealed differences between workers who underwent Self-directed versus Directed digital competence training. These results contribute to a deeper understanding of the role digital skills play in managing job stress and fostering recovery in modern work environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72746,"journal":{"name":"Current research in behavioral sciences","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143173129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100175
Charlotte Bielenberg, Fabio Ibrahim, Philipp Yorck Herzberg
Characterized by feelings of self-doubt and a fear of exposure despite objective success, the impostor phenomenon (IP) affects a significant portion of high achievers, yet its manifestation in early career starters outside academia and healthcare remains under-researched. This study investigated the effect of external work predictors including performance pressure, specific business areas, and gender on IP by focusing on this unique and under-researched population. A sample of 353 professional career starters with academic degrees participated in this online study. The results indicated that performance pressure had a positive effect on IP, particularly on key dimensions such as Competence Doubt, Alienation and Other–Self Divergence, whereas specific business areas did not have a significant impact on the experience of IP. Additionally, gender was identified as a relevant predictor for IP in general and a significant moderator in the relationship between performance pressure and impostor levels, revealing that women exhibited more impostor feelings. This study addresses a notable gap in the literature by concentrating on the experiences of early career starters within non-academic work environments and external predictors caused by the workforce.
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Previous research has focused on demography, social factors, and school achievement as determinants of school dropout. The present study looks deeper into the subjective experiences of students, with a particular interest in the roles of loneliness and interpersonal relationships in school dropout. A questionnaire was completed by undergraduate university students (255 men, 246 women, 1 other), containing a measure of loneliness, as well as questions concerning friendship, social interaction, and thoughts of dropping out of high school and first year university. Results showed that loneliness was a strong predictor for the dropping out of high school and university questions, increasing the odds by two and a half times. In addition, thinking about dropping out of high school significantly predicted thoughts about dropping out of university. Although this study examined thoughts about leaving school and not actually dropping out, the results do demonstrate how loneliness is negatively impacting students.
{"title":"The relationship between loneliness and school dropout","authors":"Ifeoluwa Adenuga, Betul Tuncer, Kristi Baerg MacDonald, Julie Aitken Schermer","doi":"10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100183","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Previous research has focused on demography, social factors, and school achievement as determinants of school dropout. The present study looks deeper into the subjective experiences of students, with a particular interest in the roles of loneliness and interpersonal relationships in school dropout. A questionnaire was completed by undergraduate university students (255 men, 246 women, 1 other), containing a measure of loneliness, as well as questions concerning friendship, social interaction, and thoughts of dropping out of high school and first year university. Results showed that loneliness was a strong predictor for the dropping out of high school and university questions, increasing the odds by two and a half times. In addition, thinking about dropping out of high school significantly predicted thoughts about dropping out of university. Although this study examined thoughts about leaving school and not actually dropping out, the results do demonstrate how loneliness is negatively impacting students.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72746,"journal":{"name":"Current research in behavioral sciences","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100183"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144830833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100184
Nadav Goldschmied , Megan Rasich , Rebekah A. Wanic , Mike Raphaeli
Social influence is a potent force in small groups’ decision-making. Asch conducted his foundational lines study demonstrating conformity in such a setting and the difficulty in being a minority of one. His work has been used to assess conformity outside of the lab but may lack applicability to real-world situations. The current study replicates and extends earlier work by analyzing US Supreme Court (SC) jurisprudence (1945 – 2023) and includes Canadian SC voting trends (1953–2023) to investigate conformity cross-culturally. Consistent with past work, we identified unanimous outcomes (9–0) were most prevalent and a lone dissenter (8–1) least in both samples. However, unanimous outcomes were considerably more likely in Canada than in the US. The results are explained based on situational and psychological factors and used to develop a model to examine lone dissenters in small group decision-making. We highlight how the Asch paradigm is not a suitable prism to study SC adjudications and use the new model to suggest future directions for a more robust exploration of social influence in small group decision-making processes.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100192
Angela F. Lukowski, Sarah C. Orsborn, Dmitry Tsukerman
The normative development of temperament may be modified by stressful life events. However, researchers have not yet examined variability in undergraduate student temperament in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic or in association with aspects of individual functioning, such as academic success. The present online questionnaire study was conducted with 964 undergraduate students to (1) cross-sectionally examine stability and change in undergraduate student temperament and academic achievement pre- (n = 207), mid- (n = 308), and post-COVID-19 pandemic (n = 449), and (2) examine associations among temperament and academic achievement over the same time periods. The results revealed evidence of stability and change in temperament factor scores pre- to mid- to post-pandemic, with cross-sectional changes by sample documented for extraversion and negative affect but not for effortful control or orienting sensitivity. Findings also indicated that undergraduate student grade point average (GPA) remained elevated after the COVID-19 pandemic relative to pre- and mid-pandemic values. In addition, distinct yet overlapping combinations of temperament factor scores predicted academic achievement pre-, mid-, and post-pandemic. These findings, along with results indicating that undergraduate student GPAs have yet to return to their pre-pandemic baseline, highlight the importance of accounting for contextual factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic when considering variability among time, temperament, and undergraduate student academic achievement.
{"title":"Undergraduate student temperament and academic achievement: Cross-sectional evidence of stability and change pre- to post-COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Angela F. Lukowski, Sarah C. Orsborn, Dmitry Tsukerman","doi":"10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100192","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100192","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The normative development of temperament may be modified by stressful life events. However, researchers have not yet examined variability in undergraduate student temperament in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic or in association with aspects of individual functioning, such as academic success. The present online questionnaire study was conducted with 964 undergraduate students to (1) cross-sectionally examine stability and change in undergraduate student temperament and academic achievement pre- (<em>n</em> = 207), mid- (<em>n</em> = 308), and post-COVID-19 pandemic (<em>n</em> = 449), and (2) examine associations among temperament and academic achievement over the same time periods. The results revealed evidence of stability and change in temperament factor scores pre- to mid- to post-pandemic, with cross-sectional changes by sample documented for extraversion and negative affect but not for effortful control or orienting sensitivity. Findings also indicated that undergraduate student grade point average (GPA) remained elevated after the COVID-19 pandemic relative to pre- and mid-pandemic values. In addition, distinct yet overlapping combinations of temperament factor scores predicted academic achievement pre-, mid-, and post-pandemic. These findings, along with results indicating that undergraduate student GPAs have yet to return to their pre-pandemic baseline, highlight the importance of accounting for contextual factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic when considering variability among time, temperament, and undergraduate student academic achievement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":72746,"journal":{"name":"Current research in behavioral sciences","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100192"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145361968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.crbeha.2024.100164
Marine Granjon , Nicolas Pillaud , Maria Popa-Roch , Benoite Aubé , Odile Rohmer
Invisible disabilities account for 70–80 % of all disabilities yet are often overlooked in social psychology research. Despite their prevalence, these conditions are frequently misunderstood and less recognized, leading to potential biases and negative perceptions. This research aims to address a critical knowledge gap by investigating attitudes toward invisible disability. We hypothesize that attitudes toward invisible disabilities are more negative than toward visible disabilities. Using an immersive behavioral tendency paradigm, the VAAST (Visual Approach/Avoidance by the Self Task), we were able to observe participants' approach/avoidance reactions in a simulated environment. Three studies (Ntotal = 444) were conducted. Studies 1 and 2 compared approach-avoidance tendencies towards visible and invisible disabilities, the former in the general population and the latter within a population of teachers. Study 3 used a variation of this paradigm, the Incidental-VAAST, to address control bias. Results, supported by multi-level frequentist and Bayesian statistics, as well as a mini meta-analysis, indicated consistently stronger negative attitudes towards invisible disabilities. By showing that individuals with invisible disabilities face greater prejudice than those with visible disabilities, this research advances our understanding of how visibility impacts social bias, adding depth to theories of prejudice.
隐性残疾占所有残疾的70 - 80%，但在社会心理学研究中往往被忽视。尽管这些疾病普遍存在，但人们经常误解和认识不足，从而导致潜在的偏见和负面看法。本研究旨在通过调查对无形残疾的态度来解决一个关键的知识差距。我们假设对无形残疾的态度比对有形残疾的态度更消极。采用一种沉浸式行为倾向范式，即VAAST (Visual Approach/Avoidance by the Self Task)，我们能够在模拟环境中观察参与者的接近/回避反应。共进行了3项研究（Ntotal = 444）。研究1和研究2比较了有形残疾和无形残疾的回避倾向，前者在一般人群中，后者在教师人群中。研究3使用了该范式的一种变体，即偶然- vaast，来解决控制偏差。基于多层次频率统计和贝叶斯统计以及一项小型荟萃分析的结果表明，对隐性残疾的负面态度持续增强。这项研究表明，隐性残疾的个体比显性残疾的个体面临更大的偏见，促进了我们对可见性如何影响社会偏见的理解，增加了偏见理论的深度。
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.crbeha.2024.100166
Yue Yang Sun, Tianyuan Li
Extensive research has revealed that older adults’ views on aging are influential to their well-being, but fewer studies have examined the effects of young adults’ views on aging. Individuals’ views on aging form as early as childhood. Reflecting a positive outlook about one's own future, we expect young adults’ positive views on aging to contribute to their resilience level, with sense of control mediating the effect. Two studies were conducted with two different samples of Chinese young adults. Study 1 assessed attitudes toward older adults as the indicator of views on aging and found that more positive attitudes toward older adults were related to a higher level of resilience, and the effect was mediated by a stronger sense of control. Study 2 assessed four different indicators of views on aging (attitudes toward older adults, aging anxiety, hostile ageism, and benevolent ageism). Except for benevolent ageism, young adults’ more positive attitudes toward older adults, less aging anxiety, and lower levels of hostile ageism were all related to higher levels of resilience, and the effects were all mediated by sense of control. The results were similar regardless of whether the four indicators were tested in separate models or simultaneously in the same model. The findings highlight the importance of positive views on aging for young adults’ psychological adjustment. Positive views on aging can serve as a valuable personal resource for young adults to ensure control in life and keep their heads high even facing adversities.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100168
Nicola Milano, Maria Luongo, Michela Ponticorvo, Davide Marocco
In this article, we explore the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) for predicting factor loadings in personality tests through the semantic analysis of test items. By leveraging text embeddings generated from LLMs, we evaluate the semantic similarity of test items and their alignment with hypothesized factorial structures without depending on human response data. Our methodology involves using embeddings from four different personality test to examine correlations between item semantics and their grouping in principal factors. Our results indicate that LLM-derived embeddings can effectively capture semantic similarities among test items, showing moderate to high correlation with the factorial structure produced by humans respondents in all tests, potentially serving as a valid measure of content validity for initial survey design and refinement. This approach offers valuable insights into the robustness of embedding techniques in psychological evaluations, showing a significant correlation with traditional test structures and providing a novel perspective on test item analysis.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100174
Katharina A. Schwarz
We can choose between various options in a multitude of situations every day. General consensus states that the ability to choose between different alternatives enhances our sense of agency, i.e., our perceived control and perceived causality over our environment. As sense of agency is thought to be a rewarding experience, abundant choice options might be preferable to fewer choice options. However, too much choice could also lead to increased cognitive effort and an overburdening of individuals, e.g., when engaging in consumer behaviour. The present experiments elucidate the interplay of sense of agency, pleasantness of choice, and perceived effort dependent on the available number of choice options. Results indicate that, surprisingly, sense of agency and pleasantness of choice peak around four choice options, with further choice options decreasing pleasantness and increasing perceived effort of the selection process. Moreover, perceived control and pleasantness of choice were strongly associated, further supporting the notion of sense of agency as a rewarding experience.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.crbeha.2025.100187
Fang Guan , Yan Zhang , Congyu Wang , Kaiping Peng
Self-compassion, a well-established emotion regulation strategy and intrinsic psychological resource, robustly predicts enhanced well-being across developmental and cultural contexts. However, prior research has predominantly conceptualized self-compassion as a trait variable, examining its unidirectional impact on life satisfaction. Few studies have explored its bidirectional relationship and potential differences between trait- and state-based pathways. Using longitudinal and daily diary designs, we investigated temporal predictive relationships between self-compassion (both trait and state) and life satisfaction. Study 1 (N = 511, two waves over eight months) revealed bidirectional predictive relationship between trait self-compassion and life satisfaction. In contrast, Study 2 (N = 137, 7-day diary) demonstrated day-to-day increases in state self-compassion predicted subsequent increases in daily life satisfaction, but not vice versa. These findings suggest an asymmetric, unidirectional relationship at the state level, distinct from the reciprocal association observed at the trait level. This dual-process perspective advances theoretical frameworks and informs well-being interventions.
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