I checked 15 psychology journals on Tuesday, June 16, 2026 using the Crossref API. For the period June 09 to June 15, I found 25 new paper(s) in 10 journal(s).

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

Throwing Out the Bathwater but Keeping the Baby: Extending Campbell-Fiske’s Multitrait-Multimethod Framework
Herbert W. Marsh, Jiesi Guo, Oliver LĂŒdtke, Reinhard Pekrun
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The 65th anniversary of Campbell and Fiske’s multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) framework provides a timely opportunity to revisit and modernize this foundational model for construct validation. Although structural-equation-modeling-based MTMM approaches have enhanced the field, their widespread application remains constrained by convergence problems, ambiguous trait-method distinctions, and a lack of consensus regarding optimal model specifications. We propose an extended Campbell-Fiske framework that resolves these limitations while preserving the original guidelines’ conceptual strengths. Our key innovation is to apply the MTMM logic to a fully latent multitrait-multidomain correlation matrix derived from a rigorously tested multiple-indicator measurement model. Our approach treats traits and methods (i.e., domains, occasions, informants, contexts, or another method facet) as fully symmetrical, substantive facets, eliminates reliance on manifest correlations, corrects for measurement error, and introduces formal asymptotic parameter comparisons to test each validity criterion. This framework provides a formatively heuristic structure that retains the original appeal of the MTMM logic for applied research while meeting current psychometric standards for transparency, reproducibility, and inferential rigor expected by leading academic journals. We illustrate the method using a large, multidimensional data set ( N = 18,047), but the framework generalizes across domains of psychological science. The extended framework offers applied researchers a flexible, powerful tool for evaluating convergent and discriminant validity, diagnosing trait-domain interactions, and clarifying measurement quality. By “keeping the baby” while refreshing the empirical implementation, our approach affirms the enduring value of the Campbell-Fiske logic while aligning it with the demands of modern research practice.

Behavior Research Methods

Self-reported expressibility predicts communicative success: Open dataset, validation, and simulation
Aleksandra Ćwiek, Susanne Fuchs, Wim Pouw, Ơárka Kadavá
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Referential communication experiments, in which participants negotiate meaning without conventional language, have provided insights into the origins of language and the modalities that accompanied its early forms. However, these experiments are resource-intensive, limiting sample sizes and the diversity of stimuli. This study provides an empirical validation of expressibility ratings – participants’ subjective judgments about their ability to communicate concepts through different modalities – as an efficient alternative to laboratory-based production experiments. We collected expressibility ratings for 207 concepts across three modalities: gesture-only, vocalization-only, and combined gesture-vocalization. These ratings were empirically validated against a production experiment in which participants attempted to communicate 84 selected concepts. We measured communicative success using binary accuracy (correct/incorrect) and continuous semantic similarity between guesses and targets. Results strongly support the empirical validity of expressibility ratings. Higher expressibility ratings reliably predicted greater guessability (both measures) and required fewer corrective attempts when feedback was provided. Feedback improved exact matches but not semantic similarity. Modality comparisons revealed that gesture-only and combined modalities performed equivalently and both substantially better than vocalization-only. To further showcase the utility of the ratings, we created robust simulations to investigate potential bias in concept selection for stimuli. The analysis examined varying semantic domains and stimulus and participant numbers, finding no systematic bias toward gestural superiority, suggesting robust modality differences. The strong correspondence between expressibility ratings and actual communicative success demonstrates that humans have intuitions of their nonlinguistic communicative abilities. These findings establish expressibility ratings as a methodologically efficient tool for studying modality affordances, enabling larger-scale investigations with enhanced statistical power and broader conceptual coverage.
Automatic quantification of lexical ambiguity using large-scale word association data
Ignacio Iglesias, Blair C. Armstrong, Julieta Laurino, Laura Kaczer, Álvaro Cabana
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Psychometric functions for temporal discrimination: Duration or log duration?
Miguel A. García-Pérez, Rocío Alcalå-Quintana
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Duration discrimination data collected with single-presentation tasks (e.g., bisection or temporal generalization tasks) or dual-presentation tasks (e.g., greater–less or same–different tasks) are usually analyzed by fitting psychometric functions. The independent variable in these functions is test duration measured in seconds or milliseconds. In contrast, the independent variable is log stimulus magnitude in psychometric functions for discrimination in other sensory modalities, most often because of the applicability of Weber’s law. We report a study aimed at determining empirically whether duration discrimination data are best described by psychometric functions of duration or log duration. We first conducted a simulation study to identify the design (type of task, number of test durations, number of trials, etc.) with which the generating psychometric function (of duration or log duration) fit the data substantially better than the impostor function. Based on these results, we conducted an empirical study with the same–different task that adaptively administered 1,200 trials over 11 test durations around the standard duration. We collected 45 datasets and fitted both types of psychometric function in each case. By the loglikelihood-ratio statistic, psychometric functions of duration fitted the data better in only 7 of 45 cases (15.6%), in agreement with simulation results obtained when data were generated by psychometric functions of log duration. Analysis of data from 69 published papers (totaling 17,000+ psychometric functions) also indicated better fit of psychometric functions of log duration in the expected proportion given the typically small numbers of trials per function.
The Person-Reported Outcome of Conversational Success (PROCS): Tool development and psychometric validation
Camille J. Wynn, Samantha Budge, Carolyn R. Baylor, Tyson S. Barrett, Stephanie A. Borrie
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Despite the centrality of successful conversation to well-being, psychometrically developed and validated tools to measure this construct are lacking. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Person-Reported Outcome of Conversational Success (PROCS), a measure of conversational success. We define success as the degree to which an interlocutor evaluates a conversation as beneficial, worthwhile, and/or satisfactory. In phase one of development, an initial draft of the PROCS was created based on a literature review, expert input, and established frameworks in communication research. In phase two, cognitive interviews were conducted with 39 participants to assess the measure’s content, format, and usability and further refine the measure. In phase three, 50 participants completed the PROCS in live embodied conversations to assess the measure’s practical effectiveness and usability. Finally, in phase four, psychometric validation was completed using data from 817 participants who completed the PROCS based on recently recalled conversations. The final version of the PROCS can be used to quantify the success of a single conversation. Careful planning of the initial draft of the PROCS coupled with input from participants from a diverse set of user groups across multiple phases of development, ensures the measure’s validity, clarity, usability, and versatility. The PROCS is a valuable tool for assessing conversational success, with applications in both research and clinical practice.

Computers in Human Behavior

Generic title: Not a research article
Corrigendum to ‘Corrigendum to ‘Can online behaviors be linked to mental health? Active versus passive social network usage on depression via envy and self-esteem’’ [Computers in Human Behavior 162 (2025) 108455, 172 (2025) 108744]
Nhan Duc Nguyen, Ngoc-Anh Truong, Pham Quang Dao, Huan Hong Nguyen
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Perceived algorithmic attraction in GenAI-generated pedagogical agents: Dimensions and effects on learner trust and motivation
Fu-Song Hsu, Wei-Ting Pai, I-Chia Tsai
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The Role of Anthropomorphized Artificial Intelligence in Shaping Consumer Mental Models and Emotional Experience in Digital Branding
Samira Nazari Ghazvini, Behnaz Ahmadzadeh Ardebili, Amir Heidari Arash, Shokoufeh Hajmalek, Mohammad Hossein Vafa, Hassan Nosrati
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Visual Feedback Design and Cognitive Immersion: A Mediated Model of Performance Pressure, Satisfaction, and Skill Depth
Min Jou, Yungwei Hao
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Does greater dominance lead to greater trust? A study on the impact of robot personality on user trust
Yunze Zhao, Mengting Lu
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Risk and protective patterns of adolescent phubbing: A pattern-oriented study using association rule mining
Erdal Görkem Gavcar, Çağlar ƞimßek, Ahmet BĂŒber, Ömer Baßay, BĂŒrge Kabukçu Baßay, Merve Aktaß Terzioğlu, Serdar İplikçi
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Why we feel regret and guilt about using digital technology in our free time – A European perspective
Christine Schoetensack, Ruth Ogden, Katarzyna Goncikowska, Joanna Witowska, Georgina Giner-DomĂ­nguez, SĂ©bastien Chappuis, Tereza Klegr, Rafael Valenzuela, Julie Papastamatelou, Marc Wittmann, NĂșria Codina, JosĂ© Vicente Pestana, MĂłnica FernĂĄndez Boente, Quentin Meteier, Chantal Martin-Soelch, Vanda ČernohorskĂĄ
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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Mobilizing the Majority: The Role of Intergroup Contact and Exposure to Conceptualizations of Racism in Promoting Intergroup Solidarity
Ellen Shi, Fiona A. White, Rebecca T. Pinkus
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Intergroup contact is known to predict advantaged group members’ solidarity with minority outgroups, which is crucial given persisting racial inequalities. To identify whether exposure to a conceptualization of racism can affect the contact–action relationship, two studies were conducted with White participants randomly allocated to a systemic racism, individual racism, or baseline condition, and their intergroup contact quality with racial minorities measured as a predictor of solidarity. Study 1 ( N = 311) showed that higher contact quality generally predicted greater intergroup solidarity, particularly when exposed to individual racism. Study 2 ( N = 322) clarified that individual racism exposure not only strengthened the positive contact–action relationship, but, relative to systemic racism exposure, could also minimize the negative contact–action relationship for lower quality contact. These findings highlight that individual racism exposure and positive contact experiences may together be conducive to promoting solidarity, offering practical considerations for future contact interventions.

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Selective ignorance? The role of the information target in allocation decisions
Hagit Sabato, Ilana Ritov
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion regression: Perceptions of organizations that fail to persevere in their stated commitments
Kim E. Chaney, Izilda Pereira-Jorge
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Persuasion via intermediaries: The pull of extremity
Derek D. Rucker, Mark Dyer, Jesse D'Agostino, Zakary L. Tormala
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Is it my fault? How attributing exclusion to norm violations triggers self-directed emotions
Larissa C. Damp, Selma C. Rudert
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Is my loneliness killing me? Effects of loneliness and social isolation on transitions between cognitive status categories and death.
Tomiko Yoneda, Kathryn L. Jackson, Emily C. Noyer, Christopher R. Beam, Gabrielle Pfund, Stephen Antonoplis, Emorie Beck, Katy Bedjeti, Pei Qin, Kayla M. Garner, Jing Luo, Karina Van Bogart, Lily Pieramici, Katherina Hauner, Nicholas A. Turiano, PĂĄraic S. O'SĂșilleabhĂĄin, Lisa Barnes, David A. Bennett, Graciela Muniz Terrera, Daniel K. Mroczek, Bryan D. James, Andrew Steptoe, Anthony D. Ong, Eileen K. Graham
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Morality cut both ways: The role of cognition and emotion in attitude moralization and demoralization.
Paul E. Teas, Linda J. Skitka
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Listening across the divide: High-quality listening promotes speakers’ state well-being through basic psychological need satisfaction during disagreements.
Dvori Saluk, Guy Itzchakov, Netta Weinstein, Moty Amar
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Multivariate Behavioral Research

Generalizing Causal Effects to a Target Population Without Individual-Level Data from the Target Population
Wen Wei Loh, Dongning Ren
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Organizational Research Methods

Rhythms of Organizational Life: Rhythmanalysis as an Organizational Research Method
Albane Grandazzi, Gazi Islam
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Rhythms form an essential part of organizational life, involving embodied patterns of repetition and difference that structure work processes, against the ongoing background of wider organizational and environmental rhythms. Organizational literature increasingly recognizes the importance of rhythms; yet little methodological work exists, either at the level of theorization or practical guidance. The current study draws on Lefebvre's foundational work on rhythmanalysis to elaborate an organizational methodology for studying rhythms. We argue that rhythmanalysis provides a critically oriented approach to understanding social dynamics and advances theorizing about organizational environments by overcoming the dichotomy between entities and processes, stability and change. In this article, we propose methodological guidelines for developing the field of rhythmanalysis in organizational settings by illustrating how it can be conducted through the reanalysis of ethnographic material. We discuss the methodological contributions of rhythmanalysis for a critical exploration of organizational dynamics.

Psychological Methods

A unified framework for psychometrics in experimental psychology: The standardized generalized hierarchical factor model.
Ricardo Rey-SĂĄez, Alicia Franco-MartĂ­nez, Javier Revuelta, Miguel A. Vadillo
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Best practices in multilevel modeling for within-cluster group comparisons: An evaluation of coding strategies reflecting group composition and heterogeneity.
Qian Zhang, Xiao Liu, Zijun Ke
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Structured hierarchical regression for Likert scales including dispersion effects: Models and fitting tools.
Gerhard Tutz, Moritz Berger
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Psychology of Music

Exploring Musical Rewards in Music Teacher Education: A Comparative Study
Diego CalderĂłn-Garrido, Josep Gustems-Carnicer, Salvador Oriola-Requena
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Musical experience offers psychological, social, and emotional benefits, which depend on individual variability in response to music. These benefits are known as musical rewards. This article examines the musical rewards experienced by future music educators across different educational levels (primary, secondary, and conservatory) during their undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire (BMRQ) was administered to a sample of 164 future teachers. The results indicate that students score highly on musical rewards, particularly in music seeking and emotional evocation. Furthermore, differences between groups and genders were identified on certain BMRQ scales. The article concludes that understanding these rewards can contribute to improving the training of music educators at various educational levels and provides some teaching guidelines to enhance the development of these competencies.