I checked 15 psychology journals on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 using the Crossref API. For the period July 14 to July 20, I found 38 new paper(s) in 12 journal(s).

Behavior Research Methods

Multidimensional Bayesian adaptive testing
Aron Fink, Christoph König, Andreas Frey
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This paper introduces a fully Bayesian approach to multidimensional adaptive testing (MBAT). By incorporating uncertainty in both item and person parameter estimates, MBAT addresses limitations in conventional multidimensional adaptive testing (MAT), which relies on point item and person parameter estimates. A Monte Carlo simulation was conducted to evaluate the performance of MBAT compared to conventional MAT. The study was based on a four-factorial design, with the factors calibration sample size ( N = 250, N = 500, N = 1,000), test length ( t = 30, t = 60), true trait level (− 2.0, − 1.5, 
, 2.0), and MAT algorithm (MAT, MBAT), across a three-dimensional trait structure with within- and between-item multidimensionality. The results showed that MBAT consistently outperformed conventional MAT in terms of the bias and mean squared error ( MSE ) of the final person parameter estimates, especially at the extremes of the trait distributions. Implemented in general-purpose software (Stan, R), the approach is computationally feasible and adaptable, providing a practical foundation for future research and applications in MAT.
Standardized synchronization and validation pipeline for physiological biomarkers across multiple devices
Selin Acan, Clàudia Valenzuela‐Pascual, Filippo Corponi, Bryan M. Li, Diego Hidalgo‐Mazzei, Dick Thijssen, Gideon Vos, Stefan Bogaerts, Erno Hermans, Mitra Baratchi, Martin Dresler, Peter De Looff
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Wearable devices enable continuous monitoring of physiological signals in real‐world settings, yet a standardized approach for synchronizing signals across devices remains lacking. We present a generalizable, user‐friendly pipeline that enables synchronization of any two devices capturing the same physiological signals, without requiring coding expertise. The pipeline performs resampling, dynamic time warping alignment, amplitude correction via wavelet transforms, and signal standardization, followed by agreement analyses at both waveform and feature levels. To demonstrate its validity, we applied the pipeline to a case study comparing two research‐grade devices, the Empatica E4 and the EmbracePlus, using up to 48 h of concurrent recordings from 31 participants. We compared signal‐level agreement across waveform similarity, amplitude distribution, spectral content, and extracted features between the two research‐grade devices to determine their interchangeability for longitudinal and multi‐site studies. Specifically, we aimed to determine how well these devices agree at the signal level and to identify which physiological signals are most robust to device‐specific variability. Four signals were examined (blood volume pulse, electrodermal activity, accelerometry, and temperature) using NeuroKit2 and FLIRT. We computed Pearson and concordance correlation coefficients, Bland–Altman bias and limits of agreement, root mean squared error (RMSE), KL divergence, spectral coherence, mutual information, and feature‐level correlations using NeuroKit2 and FLIRT. Results showed near‐perfect agreement for BVP (concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) ≈ 1.0; coherence ≀ 0.98) and phasic EDA features (CCC 0.85–0.99), whereas tonic EDA, temperature, and accelerometry exhibited systematic amplitude biases (EmbracePlus lower) and axis‐dependent variability ( Z ‐axis CCC = 0.85; Y ‐axis = 0.19). Relative signal dynamics were preserved across devices despite differences in absolute levels. These findings support integration of BVP, EDA, and TEMP data across E4 and EmbracePlus with proper preprocessing, while highlighting calibration needs for movement signals.
Collecting data from YouTube using the official API: A tutorial and a ready-to-use tool
Kévin Campos-Moinier
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Correction for the pupil size artifact improves the measurement of fixation drift with a head-mounted pupil tracker
Thomas Eggert
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The exactness of pupil-based video-oculography (pVOG) is limited by the pupil size artifact (PSA), involving shifts in pupil position with changes in pupil diameter. This study investigates PSA’s effects on fixation drift measurement and compares two correction methods. The first, the “interpolation method,” creates calibrations for different pupil sizes by adjusting illumination and interpolating between them based on the current pupil diameter. The second, the “regression method,” uses natural fluctuations in pupil size during fixation to estimate PSA gain via regression, then corrects pupil position accordingly. Here, the regression method was optimized for correcting fixation drift measurements by removing microsaccades and frequency components below 1 Hz and above 15 Hz. PSA was compared with size-related pupil displacements relative to the limbus to better investigate its cause. Pupil dilation caused downward and temporal shifts (PSA gains: 0.23 deg/mm horizontally, 0.62 deg/mm vertically). The PSA affected vertical fixation drifts ( R 2 = 14%) more strongly than horizontal drifts ( R 2 = 1.5%). The mean and precision of PSA gain estimates did not differ between methods. Both reduced the determination of fixation drift by pupil diameter changes ( R 2 ). PSA stability over 12 min was confirmed in 77% of cases. Power spectral density analysis supported the effectiveness of the regression correction, aligning with previous findings. PSA is probably caused mainly by the shift of the pupil relative to the limbus, as it did not differ significantly from the shift in camera coordinates. Overall, the regression method is a promising technique for correcting PSA in pVOG to improve fixation drift measurements.
Complex dynamics in psychological data: Mapping individual symptom trajectories to group-level patterns
Eleonora Vitanza, Pietro De Lellis, Chiara Mocenni, Manuel Ruiz Marin
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Modeling intraindividual variability in affect (MIVA): Formalized theoretical approach, computational model, and parameter recovery study
Maria Wirth, Andreas Voss, Stefan T. Radev, Klaus Rothermund
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No matter how angry, sad, or happy we are, eventually, we will feel different. Studying this ebb and flow of affective experience in daily life provides important insights into psychological functioning and well-being. We have developed a parsimonious formalized model of intraindividual variability in affect (MIVA), resting on the assumption that such affective changes reflect transactions between an individual and their proximal environment. We provide an outline of its theoretical background, scope, and mathematical formulation. We situate MIVA within the research field of affect dynamics and illustrate the models’ behavior under realistic conditions using a simulation study. We use simulation-based inference to train a custom neural network on MIVA simulations, which we employ to rapidly estimate the model’s parameters on a multitude of synthetic experiments with different configurations. Our simulation study demonstrates that the synthesis between a computational model and probabilistic neural networks results in an efficient and flexible tool for model-based inference of affect dynamics. Our simulation study also offers insights into the data requirements for a precise recovery of the model’s parameters and recommendations for future data collection. The potential of MIVA for providing insights into affect dynamics is discussed.
Introducing openESM: A database of openly available experience sampling datasets
Björn S. Siepe, Jonas M. B. Haslbeck, Matthias Kloft, Anabel BĂŒchner, Yong Zhang, Eiko I. Fried, Daniel W. Heck
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Experience sampling via mobile devices enables unprecedented insights into daily life. However, individual studies often cannot answer research questions conclusively, and open data are scattered across repositories in different formats. This impedes research into robustness, generalizability, and heterogeneity. We address this issue by introducing , an open-source database of openly available experience sampling datasets in a harmonized format. The growing database currently comprises 60 datasets with more than 16,000 participants and more than 740,000 observations. Metadata can be searched via our website ( openesmdata.org ) to select and download datasets via packages in R and Python. We demonstrate the potential of through an analysis of within-person correlations of positive and negative affect in 39 datasets, providing evidence for a large negative momentary correlation ( $$-0.49$$ - 0.49 , 95% CI: [ $$-0.54$$ - 0.54 , $$-0.42$$ - 0.42 ]). We end by discussing the design principles that will allow to become a continuously evolving community resource for cumulative experience sampling research.
The Arabic Lexicon Project: Lexical decision data for 10,000 Modern Standard Arabic words
Alaa Alzahrani, Hassan Alshumrani, Wafa Aljuaythin, Iman Mahfouz, Laila Alsuwaiyan, Noura Aljadaan, Sharif Alghazo, Imane Tiaiba, Zaha Alanzi
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The performance of Bayesian fit indices in approximate measurement invariance testing with many groups in cross-cultural research
Chunhua Cao, Xinya Liang, Lijin Zhang, Yangmeng Xu
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Computers in Human Behavior

Understanding social-cognitive-norm mechanisms driving disinformation verification among Indonesian young adults on social media
Yonathan Dri Handarkho, Theresia Devi Indriasari, Yohanes Sigit Purnomo W.P., Citra Yayu' Palangan
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Psychological pathways to digital safety: A sequential model of attitudinal endorsement, environment cognition, and WTP for malicious comment prevention
Heejoo Lim, Hyeonjeong Kim
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Pretty Privilege? Effects of Perpetrators’ Attractiveness and Hate Type on User Responses Against Misogynist Digital Hate
Rinat Meerson, Kevin Koban, Jörg Matthes
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When social media memes become mean to peers: Discrimination recognition and group norms in adolescent bullying
Rongyi Chen, Qing Xiao, Shike Lin, Jingjia Xiao, Menghan Yin, Yucong Ma, Bingbing Zhang, Hua Zhong
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Emotionally Vulnerable Subtype of Internet Gaming Disorder: Measuring and Exploring the Pathology of Problematic Generative AI Use
Haocan Sun, Di Wu, Weizi Liu, Mike Yao, Guoming Yu
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Cultural, Organisational, and Individual Factors Contributing to Cyber Incident Reporting: A Systematic Literature Review
Rick van der Kleij, Olivier Spinnler, Julia Broderick-Hale, Katie Hendriks, Anthonie Drenth, Joshua van Wijgerden
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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Public Opinion on Overturning Roe v. Wade : Separate Spheres Ideology, Abortion Identity, and Message Framing in a Three-Wave Panel Study
Lisette Horne, Eugene Borgida, Kiley Gilbert
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (hereafter, Dobbs ) overturning Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision. We focus on the influence of gender ideology, measured by separate spheres ideology (SSI), on public perceptions of this decision. In a three-wave survey-experiment panel study with a nationally diverse sample, participants reported their endorsement of SSI, gender system justification, abortion identity, and attitudes toward abortion. At Wave 2, participants were randomly assigned to one of two message-framing conditions that differed in the number of facts about Dobbs or a healthcare control. Wave 3 examined the persistence of experimental effects. Overall, SSI was the only consistent moderator of message-framing effects on all outcome measures, with persisting effects on support for restrictive abortion policies and endorsement of the gendered status quo. SSI’s predictive influence in electoral choice and nonelectoral but gendered policy contexts is discussed.

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

We're near, they're far: On the association between one's gender in-group and psychological distance
Alys Ferragamo, Cheryl Jan Wakslak
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How and why the omission bias affects victims' and third parties' responses to interpersonal transgressions
Justin M. Ludwig, Karina Schumann
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Do people think I'm late in life? An intersubjective approach to culture and the optimal timing of life
Lu Zang, Heejung S. Kim
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Underestimating sexism: Is gender categorization key?
Melanie C. Steffens, Franziska Ehrke, Karolina Hansen, Laura Loths, Jenny Dettmann
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Does losing your job change your personality? Findings from a 16-year longitudinal study of Mexican-origin adults.
Guido Alessandri, Lorenzo Filosa, Richard W. Robins
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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Does Self-Projection Have a Dominant Temporal Direction? In Nine Countries, People Feel More Similar to Their Future Than Past Selves
Jareef Martuza, Simen BÞ, Helge ThorbjÞrnsen, Hallgeir SjÄstad
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Do you project your current self—the person you are today—equally across time? Compared to the present, 12 studies (total N = 11,416) reveal that people feel more similar to their future selves than their equidistant past selves. This future-oriented asymmetry in self-projection is directionally consistent across nine countries, with variation in effect size, and holds across different time horizons. Time-asymmetric self-projection covaries with higher levels of emotional connection between present and future selves and lower levels of perceived future self-change. We also provide preliminary causal-chain evidence for perceived self-change as a process by experimentally manipulating self-change beliefs. The future-oriented asymmetry appears to be self-focused, as it does not extend to others. Finally, future-oriented self-projection can lead to miscalibrated expectations: People expect their future selves to be more satisfied with hypothetical decisions made in the present than they currently would be with the same decisions in the past.
Stable Worldviews or Context-Sensitive Systems? Longitudinal Evidence on the Development of Epistemically Suspect Beliefs Across Two Sociopolitical Contexts
Sinan Alper, Kivanc Konukoglu, Fatih Bayrak, Ceyhun Yener, Ece Sezen Bagci, Burak Dogruyol, Onurcan Yilmaz
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Are epistemically suspect beliefs (ESBs)—including conspiracy, paranormal, and pseudoscientific beliefs—stable worldviews, or do they shift alongside changes in the sociopolitical context? Although often treated as enduring dispositions, little is known about their within-person development or sensitivity to sociopolitical conditions. We address this question using two five-wave panel studies conducted over 2 years in TĂŒrkiye ( N = 595–2,077) and the United Kingdom ( N = 350–959). Latent growth models show modest mean-level declines in ESBs alongside strong cross-domain coupling in both levels and trajectories. However, co-development patterns were context-sensitive. In TĂŒrkiye, within-person increases in perceived corruption covaried with increases in conspiracy beliefs, whereas this pattern did not consistently emerge in the United Kingdom. These findings indicate that ESBs are neither purely static dispositions nor fully context-driven reactions but exhibit a durable cross-domain structure with bounded sensitivity to sociopolitical conditions.
Social Media is Shifting the Values in Our Societies: An Increase in People’s Achievement and Conformity Orientation
Ertugrul Uysal, Sascha Alavi, Valéry Bezençon
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Past research explored the beneficial and harmful effects of social media (SM), but no study has investigated how SM might change people’s identities. Authors suggest that SM is a catalyst for a shift in two individual values, achievement and conformity, transforming the fabric of our societies. A difference-in-differences analysis found that countries with higher SM adoption compared to their culturally similar country show an increase in achievement and conformity orientation. Next, authors manipulated SM use and established a causal link between SM use and the activation of achievement and conformity values in Facebook users. These findings were replicated with objective SM usage data, and the pertinent mechanism was explored: people’s SM use increases achievement and conformity orientation through an increased need for approval, particularly for those who self-ruminate. Findings suggest that SM use contributes to the emergence of a societal culture that places an emphasis on achievement-seeking and conformity.

Psychological Bulletin

Do money and time change who you are? A continuous time meta-analysis and review of reciprocal relationships between personality traits and income.
Wen-Dong Li, Kaili Yu, Weiwen Yang, Zhen Zhang, Xin Zhang, Christian Dormann, Huanxi Zhang, Yanglei Zheng
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Psychological Methods

Network accuracy across levels of analysis using stochastic block models.
Alexander P. Christensen, Jeongwon Choi
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A comparison of the predictive performance of continuous and class-based latent trait models.
Wanjing Anya Ma, Yiqing Liu, Klint Kanopka, Wenchao Ma, Benjamin W. Domingue
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An application of procedural knowledge space theory to the study of strategic planning in board games.
Andrea Brancaccio, Luca Stefanutti
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Psychological Science

Replication of “Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance: Self-Control by Precommitment”
Kyle Hyndman, Alberto Bisin
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We present the results of a replication of Study 2 from Ariely and Wertenbroch on the role of deadlines in mitigating procrastination. We show that our results do not replicate those of the original article. In our replication, with adult participants enrolled at a large public university in the United States, changes in the deadlines had a negligible effect on the three performance metrics and several survey metrics used in the original study. Evenly spaced deadlines, externally imposed on participants by the experimenters, did not stand out for their effectiveness in reducing procrastination in participants. The data further indicate consistency with several patterns of participant behavior that should be expected irrespective of our main replication results.
Moved by the Lightest Touch of Meaning: Even Minimal Significance Matters for Motivation From Childhood
Yilin Liu, Fan Yang
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How essential is a sense of significance for motivation—the feeling that our efforts matter beyond the trivial or momentary? Four studies ( N = 604, children aged 4–9 years of age and 582 adults) show that no amount of significance is too small to matter, even for small actions from early in life. Children and adults strongly preferred artistic activities with minimal significance (i.e., where their work would be saved) over activities with no lasting existence. This preference held for both repetitive and one-time tasks and was specific to creating artwork, not just observing it. Anticipating even minimal significance motivated participants to engage in productive rather than effortless activities. When significance is absent, focusing on enjoying the process partially, but not fully, compensates for motivation. These findings illuminate the scope and sensitivity of significance, revealing it to be not a luxury concern but an essential, early-emerging motivational force in an increasingly fast-paced, transient world.

Psychology of Music

The Connection Between Flow and Music Performance Anxiety Among Adolescents
Xinyu Huang
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This study investigated the relationship between flow experiences and music performance anxiety (MPA) among school-age musicians in China, with a particular focus on adolescent students (aged 13–15 years). While previous research has examined flow and MPA in professional musicians, limited attention has been paid to younger and less experienced populations. Adopting a mixed-methods approach, the study combined quantitative data from two validated self-report measures with qualitative insights from semi-structured interviews. Participants were students who had recently performed in a school concert and represented a range of proficiency levels (beginner, intermediate, and advanced). The findings suggested that: (a) both flow and MPA were commonly experienced by adolescent students; (b) flow and MPA were negatively correlated, particularly among more proficient students; and (c) higher proficiency appeared to facilitate flow experiences while mitigating MPA, possibly due to accumulated performance experience. These results suggested that musical proficiency may serve as a buffer against MPA by promoting optimal performance states. Implications for music education and psychological interventions were discussed, and directions for future research were proposed.

Psychology of Popular Media

The puzzle of engagement: An interview study on the subjective experience of engagement with mainstream narrational complexity.
Gaia Yonah, Cynthia Cabañas, Steven Willemsen, Miklós Kiss, Frank Hakemulder, Mariken van der Velden, Elly Konijn, Katalin Bålint
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Experiences of consuming fiction in relation to psychological well-being.
Lucy Lewis, Amanda Diserholt
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Older and wiser, but not immune: A brief report examining movie exposure and male body image across development.
Kate Stewart, James Alex Bonus
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LGBTQ+ engagement with harmful online health content: Effects on self-perception and body image, health behaviors, and mental health.
Alex Penfold, Melissa Oxlad, Anna Chur-Hansen
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“It made life worth living at times”: A qualitative study of sexually explicit fanfiction as a narrative well-being resource.
Daniel R. du Plooy, Domenica A. Clowes, Gabriella Karakas
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Technology, Mind, and Behavior

The bystander effect in human–robot interaction: How the presence of bystanders inhibits helping intentions for a social robot.
Guiying Liu, Tatjana Korbanka, Jasmin Timm, Naomi Oetelshofen, Laura Maier, Markus Huff, Frank Papenmeier
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Relations among the broad autism phenotype, internet use, and cyber psychological aggression.
Hayley M. Mullinax, Lisa A. Turner
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