I checked 15 psychology journals on Saturday, August 08, 2026 using the Crossref API. For the period August 01 to August 07, I found 82 new paper(s) in 11 journal(s).

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

Event-History Analysis for Psychological Time-to-Event Data: A Tutorial in R With Examples in Bayesian and Frequentist Workflows
Sven Panis, Richard Ramsey
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Time-to-event data, such as response times and saccade latencies, form a cornerstone of experimental psychology and have had a widespread impact on the understanding of human cognition. However, the orthodox method for analyzing such data—comparing means between conditions—is known to conceal valuable information about the timeline of psychological effects, such as their onset time and how they evolve over time. The ability to reveal finer-grained “temporal states” of cognitive processes can have important consequences for theory development by qualitatively changing the key inferences that are drawn from psychological data. Well-established analytical approaches, such as event-history analysis (EHA), can evaluate the detailed shape of time-to-event distributions and thus characterize the time course of psychological states. One barrier to wider use of EHA, however, is that the analytical workflow is typically more time-consuming and complex than orthodox approaches. To help achieve broader uptake of EHA, in this article, we outline a set of tutorials that detail one distributional method, known as discrete-time EHA. We touch on several key aspects of the workflow, such as how to process raw data and specify regression models, and we also consider the implications for experimental design. We finish the article by considering the benefits of the approach for understanding psychological states and its limitations. Finally, the project is written in R and freely available, which means the approach can easily be adapted to other data sets.
Bayesian Sample-Size Determination for Longitudinal Trials With Attrition: The BayesSSD Package
Ulrich Lösener, Mirjam Moerbeek
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Sample-size determination (SSD) is the procedure of determining the number of subjects necessary to achieve a desired level of statistical power and is essential in planning an experiment. Although open-access software for SSD via closed-form equations is readily available in the null-hypothesis-significance-testing framework, this approach has been subject to severe criticism in the past. As an alternative, Bayesian evaluation of informative hypotheses via the Bayes’s factor or posterior model probabilities has been proposed. However, available software packages for Bayesian SSD are either (a) limited to simpler models, such as analysis of variance and t test, and cannot handle longitudinal data or (b) unable to handle more than two treatment conditions. Current software also neglects participant attrition—a common occurrence that may substantially reduce the power of a longitudinal experiment. In the present work, we address this gap by introducing the open-access R package BayesSSD , which performs simulation-based Bayesian SSD for longitudinal trials with two or more treatment conditions. Through a simulation study, we show that not only the proportion of individuals dropping out but also the timing of dropout need to be considered when performing SSD. In the presented method, various patterns of expected attrition can be specified via parametric and nonparametric survival functions and accounted for in the SSD procedure. To facilitate adoption, we provide a tutorial with empirical data, illustrating each step of the Bayesian SSD process.
Musicians, Memory, and General Cognitive Ability: A Commentary on Grassi et al. (2025)
Enrico Toffalini, Tommaso Feraco
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When cognitive variables show a positive manifold, mainstream psychometric theory suggests that their common variance should be modeled first. Treating correlated cognitive scores as if they were separately interpretable outcomes instead requires explicit theoretical justification. We comment on Grassi et al., an important multilab study on musicians and nonmusicians, and reexamine their cognitive results at the latent level. Using multigroup and multilevel structural equation models on the same data set, we ask whether the reported pattern can be parsimoniously understood as a difference in shared cognitive variance rather than as a set of task-specific advantages. The results suggest that under this latent-variable representation, the musician advantage is mostly captured by a latent common factor, whereas melody span retained a clear residual advantage and vocabulary showed, at most, a smaller task-specific deviation. The focus, therefore, is not just whether musicians differ from nonmusicians on a set of observed tasks, possibly controlled for each other, but also how such differences should be interpreted once those tasks are allowed to share variance. Grassi et al. provided an excellent example of open, collaborative work that the field should actively encourage. We suggest that this kind of enterprise should also be paired with equally strong and theoretically grounded measurement modeling.

Behavior Research Methods

Hierarchical Bayesian modeling of interoceptive psychophysics
Arthur S. Courtin, Jesper Fischer Ehmsen, Leah Banellis, Francesca Fardo, Micah G. Allen
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Interoception, the capacity to sense, perceive, and metacognitively appraise viscerosensory and homeostatic signals, is a growing focus in psychology and psychiatry. Adaptive psychophysical tasks now allow quantification of perceptual sensitivity, bias, and precision in cardiac and respiratory domains. However, accurately estimating these parameters often requires large numbers of trials or participants, posing practical challenges, especially in clinical research where participant availability and tolerance are limited. One approach to reduce participant burden while maintaining statistical rigor is to optimize data analysis. Here, we present hierarchical Bayesian models tailored for cardiac and respiratory interoceptive psychophysics that efficiently estimate sensitivity, bias, and precision at both individual and group levels. Using simulations and empirical data, we validate these models and demonstrate that they allow enhanced inference relative to conventional approaches. To support adoption, we provide openly accessible resources, including a tutorial on implementing and fitting these models in R (written with researchers without modeling expertise in mind) and an app for sample-size justification. These tools facilitate robust, efficient, and generalizable modeling of interoceptive performance, enabling rigorous studies even with limited trials or participant availability.
A competency addition procedure for constructing minimal, yet maximally informative tests for skill assessment
Pasquale Anselmi, JĂŒrgen Heller, Luca Stefanutti, Egidio Robusto
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Competence-based test development is a novel method for constructing tests that are as informative as possible about the competence state (the set of skills an individual possesses) underlying item responses. If desired, the tests can also be minimal, meaning that no item can be removed without reducing their informativeness. Consider a set of competencies, each encompassing the skills required to solve a particular item. An individual masters an item if their competence state includes all the skills in the item’s associated competency. A reduct is defined by a competency set that is as informative about individuals’ competence states as a larger set, and from which no competency can be removed without reducing its informativeness. Test development can be based on the reduct, since including only one item for each competency in the reduct yields a test that is as informative as a test that contains additional items and is minimal with respect to this property. This work introduces the competency addition procedure, an iterative method that successively collects competencies until the resulting set forms a reduct. The competencies to be added can be selected either randomly or based on test developer preferences, thereby favoring competencies with more desirable characteristics. The procedure is illustrated in three real-life applications for the assessment of arithmetic skills, involving the construction of a test from scratch, the improvement of an existing test, and the shortening of an existing test.
Disentangling within- and between-subject correlations in cognitive models: The essential role of hierarchical estimation
Michelle C. Donzallaz, Niek Stevenson, Andrew Heathcote, Dora Matzke
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Cognitive models, such as evidence-accumulation models, are increasingly used in individual differences research in psychology and neuroscience. By computing correlations between cognitive model parameters across participants, researchers aim to understand how the psychological processes the parameters represent relate to one another and jointly determine performance. It is generally acknowledged that cognitive models can be challenging to estimate due to strong within-subject correlations among the parameters, which are embedded in the model’s likelihood function. What is less often recognized, however, is that within-subject correlations can also distort correlations computed between parameters estimated with non-hierarchical methods, so they no longer reflect true individual differences, potentially leading to misleading conclusions. Here we illustrate this pitfall of non-hierarchical estimation and show how appropriately parameterized, descriptively adequate hierarchical models can mitigate the problem by effectively separating within- and between-subject sources of variation. We then offer recommendations for identifying and guarding against the inferential biases resulting from the strong within-subject correlations inherent in many cognitive models.
Action naming in French: Normative data and response latencies for 134 video stimuli
Manon Spigarelli, Lucie Chyriaïeff, Anaëlle Hébert, Laurine Hurtevent, Nour Meflah, Maximiliano A. Wilson
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Eyettention II: A dual-sequence architecture for modeling fixation location, within-word landing position, and fixation duration in reading
Shuwen Deng, Cui Ding, David R. Reich, Paul Prasse, Lena A. JĂ€ger
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The way our eyes move while reading provides valuable insights into both the reader’s cognitive processes and the properties of the text. In particular, eye-tracking-while-reading data has been shown to be highly beneficial in various technological applications, such as enhancing and interpreting neural language models and inferring a reader’s characteristics. However, these applications often rely on large-scale, data-driven models, which demand extensive eye-tracking datasets that are challenging to obtain due to the resource-intensive nature of data collection. To address the challenge of data scarcity, we develop Eyettention II, an end-to-end trained deep-learning model capable of generating realistic scanpaths consisting of a complete set of fixation attributes in chronological order, including fixation location, within-word landing position, and fixation duration. Our model is lightweight, efficiently trainable on limited GPU resources, and closely aligned with cognitive theories. We demonstrate that Eyettention II surpasses state-of-the-art models in scanpath prediction and mirrors human-like gaze behavior by capturing key psycholinguistic phenomena. With its robust performance, Eyettention II holds the potential to drive advancements in natural language processing, facilitate piloting the materials of psycholinguistic experiments, and uncover new insights beyond what is explicitly encoded in theoretical cognitive models. Our code and accompanying tutorial are publicly available at https://osf.io/3ucq7/ .
Simulating insufficient effort responding with large language models: A persona-based prompt engineering approach
Donghun Kim, Giryong Park, Jin Suk Park, Taehun Lee
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Computers in Human Behavior

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Corrigendum to “The influence of cyber descriptive norms on immoral online behavior: The moderating role of moral conviction” [Computers in Human Behavior, 181 (2026) 108991]
Jin Wang, Chang Liu, Tumaresi Paerhati, Zhuo Wang, Xilei Zhang, Yu Ku
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Approval Mechanisms Fueling Digital Hate: Online Incivility and Intolerance Perpetration in Four Countries
Melanie Hirsch, Stephanie BĂŒhrer, Kevin Koban, Jörg Matthes
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How users interpret AI-assisted reviews: Disclosure design and authenticity perceptions
Hayeon Kim, Sang Woo Lee
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Large language model counterarguments in older adults: Cognitive offloading or susceptibility to moral persuasion?
Kou Tamura, Sayaka Ishibashi, Ayana Goma, Kenta Yamamoto, Kouhei Masumoto
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Motivation, Cognition, and Emotion: Unpacking the Pathways from Fitness App Gratifications to Workout Intention
Lanxin Jiang, Chen Luo, Tongxuan Tian, Xinchan Xiang
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The brick-to-jade effect of AI hallucination: Evidence from chatbots in online communities
Hongchao Zhang, Kunlu Zhou, Jifei Wu, Xirong Gao, Yinggao Qin
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Engaged but careless? The roles of online civic engagement, well-being, and information literacy in careless information sharing
Michal MuĆŸĂ­k, Marie Jaron Bedrosova, Giovanna Mascheroni, Hana Machackova
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Walking in Her Shoes: Virtual Embodiment of a Famous Female Scientist Reduces Implicit Gender–Science Associations
Marta Beneda, Julia Spielmann, Amna Ramadhan Alahmadi, Domna Banakou, Andrea C. Vial
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Not seeing eye to eye: The effects of perceptual conflicts during social interactions in mixed reality
Eugy Han, Portia Wang, Monique Santoso, Keshav Rastogi, Jeremy N. Bailenson
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When tech makes the team: Mind perception as a unifying framework for human and human-agent teams
Alexandra M. Harris-Watson, Lindsay E. Larson
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Formation and resolution of the knowledge sharing dilemma under competitive pressure: An evolutionary game approach based on complex networks
Maishuang Sun, Huayi Wang
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Engaging with cybercriminals: phases and influence strategies in ransomware negotiations
Michail Georgiou, Ellen Giebels, Miriam S.D. Oostinga, Remco Spithoven
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Self-regulation and overreliance on artificial intelligence: Unpacking a paradox through a mixed-methods study in higher education
Héctor Galindo-Domínguez, Nahia Delgado, Martín Sainz-de-la-Maza, Jose-María Etxabe
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Keep it perfect or keep it real? The influence of descriptive norms on adolescents’ expression of multiple selves in Instagram Stories
Arne Freya Zillich, Annika Wunderlich
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Feeding on screens, not on plates: The paradoxical impact of unhealthy food content in digital media
Esther Kang, Arun Lakshmanan
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Can AI reflect public opinion? Evidence from replicating Hainmueller and Hopkins’ immigration experiment with LLMs
Yajing Chen, Ming Lei, Zhanyu Liu, Man Tang, Jie She
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Is anthropomorphizing AI worth it? The role of hands-on experience in shaping advice uptake
Sisheng Li, Qinghua He, Yawei Qi, Ofir Turel
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How artificial intelligence functionalities boost consumer benefit and impulse shopping? The significant role of responsive communication and conversational communication
Hua Pang, Yi Wang, Mohan Sun, Rui Wang
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Beyond symptoms: Latent profiles of student burnout and their social-cognitive associations in online learning
Yaxin Tu, Changqin Huang, Chengling Gao, Yun-Fang Tu, Yafeng Pan, Gwo-Jen Hwang
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The influence of cyber descriptive norms on immoral online behavior: The moderating role of moral conviction
Jin Wang, Chang Liu, Tumaresi Paerhati, Zhuo Wang, Xilei Zhang, Yu Ku
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Detection and spill-over effects of AI-generated images in political messages: Evidence from two pre-registered experiments
Darian Harff
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Polite or playful? How service robot type and apology style influence negative word-of-mouth after service failures
Minjung Cho, Joonheui Bae, Erin Cho, Sung Hun Kevin Bae
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Digital pacifiers: Developmental trajectories of media emotion regulation in early childhood
Chenae Christensen-Duerden, Sarah M. Coyne, Peter J. Reschke, Sarah Ashby, Boston Park, Ashton K. Allen, Rachel J. Munk, Hailey Holmgren
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Strategic counter-misinformation engagement on social media: An empirical investigation of corporate response tactics and consumer attitude reconstruction
Xi Han, Xiangxiang Zhou, Tianqi Luo, Yuan Chen, Wenting Han
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From curiosity to crime: Exploring pathways into criminal hacking
E.R. Leukfeldt, L.M.J. Bekkers
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Rubric-conditioned large language model labeling: Agreement, uncertainty, and label consistency in subjective text annotation
Jin Liu
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Impact of social media use in static and dynamic functional network connectivity of social anxiety disorder
Hesun Erin Kim, Byung-Hoon Kim, Yesol Cho, Yujin Ko, Jae-Jin Kim
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GPT-4o reads the mind in the eyes
James W.A. Strachan, Oriana Pansardi, Marco Celotto, Eugenio Scaliti, Krati Saxena, Chunzhi Yi, Fabio Manzi, Alessandro Rufo, Guido Manzi, Michael S.A. Graziano, Stefano Panzeri, Cristina Becchio
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Disclosing vulnerability on social media: Effects on perceived authenticity and interpersonal attraction
Zijian Lew, Jiemin Looi
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From FoMO to learning: How social media characteristics drive explorative and exploitative use and foster sustainable social relationships in micro-learning activities
Serge-Lopez Wamba-Taguimdje, Pascal Koko Bashengezi
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Potential effects of a gaming restriction policy on problematic use of the internet and time spent on the internet among Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal study
Chao-Ying Chen, I-Hua Chen, Wen-Li Hou, Pei-Yu Chou, Servet Üztemur, Xianhe Chen, Ru-Yi Huang, Marc N. Potenza, Zsolt Demetrovics, Mark D. Griffiths, Chung-Ying Lin
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AI or human? Exploring the effects of user awareness in conversational dynamics with virtual avatars
Silvia Erika Kober, Simon Streit, Guilherme Wood
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When algorithms remember what employees forget: Reversing the common view that artificial intelligence (AI) workplace advisors lack context
Christopher R. Dishop
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From stress to emotional well-being: Exploring how multiplayer online video games foster emotional resilience among Generation Z players
Doarka Das, Juha Munnukka, Outi Niininen
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Adolescent sexting in romantic relationships and daily positive and negative affect dynamics: A dyadic intensive longitudinal study
Thao Ha, Selena I. Quiroz, Daniel McNeish
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Physiological synchrony in elite esports matches driven by competitive motivation
Ken Watanabe, Sorato Minami, Naoki Saijo, Makio Kashino
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Gendered inequalities in online harms: Fear, safety work, and online participation
Florence E. Enock, Francesca Stevens, Tvesha Sippy, Jonathan Bright, Miranda Cross, Pica Johansson, Judy Wajcman, Helen Z. Margetts
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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Dehumanization and Socioeconomic Status: Replicating and Extending the Animalization of Low-SES Targets and the Mechanization of High-SES Targets
Coralie Botalla-Raynal, Frédérique Autin
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In three preregistered, high-powered studies, we replicated and extended findings on dehumanization based on socioeconomic status (SES), where low-SES groups are denied Human Uniqueness (animalization), and high-SES groups are denied Human Nature (mechanization). Study 1 ( N = 296, representative sample, 3.25 times the original sample) replicated Sainz et al.’s first study, confirming the animalization of low-SES groups but not consistently supporting the mechanization of high-SES groups. Study 2 ( N = 536, representative sample) used adapted materials and successfully replicated both phenomena. Study 3 ( N = 103 students) extended the findings by shifting from judgments of social groups to judgments of individual targets. We subtly induced SES via facial characteristics and assessed dehumanization through perceived animal- or robot-likeness. Results were consistent with both forms of dehumanization. This research provides evidence of the robustness and generalizability of SES-based dehumanization, contributing to the understanding of social inequalities and the perceptions that justify them.
Disentangling Religiosity: Specific Religious Perspectives Reduce Intergroup Bias
Patty Van Cappellen, Amanda M. Bernal, Caimiao Liu
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A large body of research has documented links between religiosity and prejudice toward groups perceived as threatening to traditional religious values. In the present research, we aimed to identify and experimentally manipulate facets of religiosity that reduce such intergroup bias. Across Studies 1 ( N = 293) and 2 ( N = 795), we used a theory- and data-driven approach and identified representations of God and liberal–conservative religious ideology that are associated with lower discrimination between groups that align with, are neutral to, or threaten religious values. In Studies 3 ( N = 693) and 4 ( N = 564), we developed novel perspective-taking prompts and found that encouraging American Christians to reflect on either a benevolent God or a liberal religious perspective significantly reduced bias in donation recommendations between value-neutral and value-threatening groups, relative to a control condition. These findings extend prior correlational work by identifying specific religious perspectives that can be experimentally manipulated to reduce discrimination and promote more equitable intergroup behavior toward groups that are perceived to threaten traditional religious values.
Multiracial Identity Contestation and Race Concept Reflection
Zoey Eddy, Diana T. Sanchez
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This paper explores how Multiracial identity contestation may foster greater social conceptions of race through race concept reflection (i.e., thinking frequently about racial categories). Across two correlational studies, Multiracial participants (total N = 1,159) completed a cross-sectional survey measuring identity contestation, race concept reflection, social race conceptions, and flexible group categorization. Identity contestation was related to greater race concept reflection, which was associated with greater social race conceptions. Further, social race conceptions were related to higher flexible group categorization. In Study 3, participants ( n = 252) who recalled identity contestation engaged in greater race concept reflection than those in the control condition, which was associated with endorsing greater social race conceptions. In Study 4, participants ( n = 235) who reflected on race concepts after recalling identity contestation reported greater social race conceptions than those in the control condition. Identity contestation and race concept reflection may, in part, account for Multiracial people’s social race conceptions. These relationships held while controlling for related concepts such as racism reflection (Studies 1–3), general discrimination experiences (Studies 1–2), and negative affect (Studies 3–4).
The Future of Latines’ Racial Categorization and Sociopolitical Attitudes Amid Rising US Diversity
Melissa Vega, Eric Knowles, Jaime Napier
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Latines have become one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States. Given the historical fluidity of whiteness in the US and the Latine group’s uniquely ambiguous racial status, it is unclear how this group will be hierarchically and politically positioned in the future. Across three studies (total N = 1,754 Latines), we investigated how exposure to information about the possible inclusion of Latine Americans in the White racial category changes Latines’ beliefs about their group’s future racial status and their subsequent sociopolitical attitudes. Participants who read about the Latine group’s likely inclusion in (vs. continued exclusion from) the White category more strongly believed Latines would soon be considered White (Studies 1–3) and reported increased symbolic racism and political conservatism (Studies 2 and 3). Our results demonstrate the malleability of Latines’ racial categorization beliefs and suggest that White racialization might lead Latines to adopt sociopolitical views typically associated with dominant groups.

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Sustaining your stance by speaking your mind: Expressing moral judgments increases certainty and prevents moral desensitization
Simone Mattavelli, Daniel A. Effron
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Prosociality in times of war: Shared moral positions foster prosociality across national borders
Vanessa Clemens, Jasper Z. Siol, Lusine Grigoryan, Andreas Glöckner, Angela R. Dorrough
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

What stands out to you about me? Implications of self-observation during online intergroup interaction for metaperceived race salience.
Jacquie D. Vorauer, Corey Petsnik, Jasmine Chen
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Within-nation variation in war exposure and psychological and physical adjustment.
Theresa M. Entringer, Christoph Halbmeier, Laura Buchinger, Anne K. Reitz
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Evolving together: Dynamic transactions of antagonistic and self-centered traits with couple relationships.
Anna Braig, Matthew D. Johnson, Marcus Mund, Franz J. Neyer
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Age as a moderator of gender differences in Five-Factor Model personality traits: A cross-national and cross-sectional study.
Arij Yehya, Liisi Ausmees, Samuel D. Gosling, Jeff Potter, Anu Realo
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In their God we trust: Religious cognition increases cooperation across religious divides.
Michael H. Pasek, Allon Vishkin, Anne Lehner, Crystal M. Shackleford, Starlett Hartley, Jeremy Ginges
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Mental contrasting prevents a negative future by changing the explicit and implicit meaning of reality.
SunYoung Kim, Peter M. Gollwitzer, Gabriele Oettingen
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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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Navigating cultural identity: A 20-year longitudinal study of first-generation adult immigrants in Germany.
Ronja A. Runge, Débora B. Maehler
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Can I make the time or is it running out? That depends in part on what difficulty implies about me.
Su Young (Kevin) Choi, Daphna Oyserman
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Multivariate Behavioral Research

Comparing inference methods for causal mediation analysis with nominal mediators: A simulation and empirical study
Sooyong Lee, Cory L. Cobb, Soyoung Kim
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Investigating Measurement Invariance Across Situations in Intensive Longitudinal Data
Lisa Peuckmann, Andreas B. Neubauer, Dorota Reis
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A Comparison of Latent and Deterministic Blockmodeling with Application to Binary Substance Use Disorder Data
Michael Brusco, Douglas Steinley, Ashley L. Watts
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To g or Not to g ? A Cross-Domain, Subtest-Level Investigation of the Flynn Effect Across Ages 7-15 Years
Evan J. Giangrande, Sean R. Womack, Deborah Finkel, Deborah W. Davis, Christopher R. Beam, Eric Turkheimer
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Flexible Multiple Imputation of Missing Data in Time-Structured Longitudinal Designs
Mark Lustig, Oliver LĂŒdtke, Alexander Robitzsch, Simon Grund
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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Riding Solo: The Associations Between Singlehood Self-Expansion Potential, Self-Expansion Experiences, and Singlehood Outcomes
Elina Moreno, Yuthika U. Girme, Anastasiia Burik, Sarah C. E. Stanton
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Being single (i.e., not in a romantic relationship) offers people an important opportunity to self-expand and experience the associated well-being benefits. Drawing on self-expansion theory, we investigated the role of singlehood self-expansion potential (SSEP) across three pre-registered studies. In two diary studies (Studies 1 and 2), greater SSEP was associated with concurrent and (to a lesser extent in Study 2) lagged associations with greater self-expanding experiences, singlehood satisfaction, psychological need fulfillment, and life satisfaction, and lower fear of being single. We also examined the self-expanding activities that single people engage in and found that singlehood self-expansion predominately occurs with non-romantic close others (Study 2). Finally, in an experimental study (Study 3), individuals who imagined how singlehood could facilitate future novel (vs. routine) activities did not report greater SSEP but reported greater self-expansion experiences and positive mood. This research highlights the importance of viewing singlehood as having potential for self-expansion.
Beyond Content: Psychological Structure of Ideological Beliefs
Gabriela Czarnek, Katarzyna Jasko, Iwona Dudek, Mark J. Brandt, Maja Piotrowska
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Research on ideological beliefs structure primarily focused on mapping the underlying dimensions of belief content . Beyond what beliefs people hold, it is also crucial to understand how they hold these beliefs. Drawing from diverse literature, we identified nearly 20 constructs and hypothesized three overarching factors of the psychological structure of ideology: importance, certainty, and metacognitive difficulty. Using 49 political issues across the United States, Poland, and India ( N total = 2,838), we found evidence for two primary dimensions: importance and metacognitive difficulty. Certainty did not emerge as a separate factor: in the United States, certainty items split between these two dimensions, whereas in Poland and India, importance and certainty converged. We also investigated the predictive power of these dimensions. Higher importance and certainty and lower metacognitive difficulty were linked to more extreme beliefs, and importance was a key predictor of advocacy intentions. These findings offer a comprehensive framework for understanding how ideological beliefs are held.

Psychological Methods

A time-varying interaction map approach for longitudinal assessments.
Minjeong Jeon, Michael Schweinberger
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Estimating curvilinear time-varying treatment effects: Combining g-estimation of structural nested mean models with time-varying effect models for longitudinal causal inference.
Wen Wei Loh
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Latent growth factors as predictors of distal outcomes.
Ethan M. McCormick, Patrick J. Curran, Gregory R. Hancock
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The invariance partial pruning approach to the network comparison in time-series and panel data.
Xinkai Du, Sverre Urnes Johnson, Sacha Epskamp
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Heteroskedasticity-robust inference in Bayesian linear regression via the generalized method of moments.
Weicong Lyu
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Factored structural equation modeling in blimp.
Craig K. Enders, Brian T. Keller
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Measures of metacognitive efficiency across cognitive models of decision confidence.
Manuel Rausch, Sebastian Hellmann, Michael Zehetleitner
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Planning falsifiable confirmatory research.
James E. Kennedy
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Quantifying heteroscedasticity in linear models using quantile locally weighted scatterplot smoothing intervals.
Martina Sladekova, Andy P. Field
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The monotonic linear model: Testing for removable interactions.
John C. Dunn, Laura M. Anderson
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Psychology of Music

Evaluation of Residential Satisfaction in Mexico: Creation and Validation of a Measure Instrument / Evaluación de la satisfacción residencial en México: creación y validación de un instrumento de medida
Diana Laura Pérez-Ortiz, Juan A. García, María Amérigo, Joel Martínez-Soto
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Accurately measuring residential satisfaction is important when it comes to guiding architectural design strategies that improve people’s quality of life in line with their needs. The aim of this study was to create and validate a specific instrument to measure residential satisfaction in a Mexican context. The study began with a qualitative assessment of residential satisfaction across three categories – home, neighbourhood and neighbours – using the natural semantic networks technique on a sample of 90 people from the general population. Based on these assessments, a 19-item Likert-type scale was designed. The construct validity of this scale was analysed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis with samples from the general population ( N = 201 and N = 412, respectively). The results revealed two factors explaining 63.55% of the total variance: ‘satisfaction with the home’ (McDonald’s omega coefficient = .88) and ‘satisfaction with the neighbourhood unit’ (McDonald’s omega coefficient = .92). The scale demonstrated good psychometric properties for measuring residential satisfaction in the context studied.
Performer Identity, Agency, and Programming Lesser-Known Piano Repertoire
Ning Hui See
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The diversification of concert repertoire has garnered increased attention recently, yet research on modern concert programming remains limited, focusing mainly on quotas and the perspectives of organisers and audiences. Discourses on the contextualisation and evaluation of women composers’ music have not transcended questions raised since the 1990s, and historical patterns demonstrate that change is not linear. Given the role of performers as co-creators of musical meaning and value, we need a better understanding of their practices to achieve sustainable change. This study examines the interrelation between the performer’s sense of identity and agency and their selection and programming of music by composers who are lesser-known due to stylistic unfamiliarity or their gender, race, or other demographic characteristics. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), I examined interview accounts of four professional pianists experienced in performing such repertoire. Six group experiential themes emerged: career and professional identity; aesthetic, emotions, or sociopolitical connections; interpretative strategies and commitment; contextualising lesser-known repertoire as accessible or valuable; programming agency in relation to organisers, venues, and audiences; and belonging and outsiderness. These findings bear implications for effective programming practices and conservatoire pedagogical transformations.

Psychology of Popular Media

Digital bodies, real reactions: A grounded theory approach to avatar embodiment.
M. Marie Devlin, Liam Cuddy, Elizabeth Wroten
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“True crime” consumption and crime concern.
Toby Hopp
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Body positivity versus body neutrality: Examining video effects on adolescent girls’ state self-objectification.
Jiaqi Zeng, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Kausumi Saha, Heather Gahler
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