I checked 15 psychology journals on Sunday, September 13, 2026 using the Crossref API. For the period September 06 to September 12, I found 24 new paper(s) in 11 journal(s).

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

Going in the Right Direction: A Tutorial to Directional Hypothesis Testing Using the BFpack Module in JASP
Joris Mulder, Julius Pfadt
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Many scientific theories predict not just whether an effect exists but also how multiple parameters relate—for example, that one mean exceeds another or that several effects follow a specific order. Yet researchers often test such directional expectations indirectly through post hoc analyses of individual parameters, which (a) provide only indirect evidence for the theory, (b) require multiplicity corrections that lower power, and (c) can lead to selective emphasis on statistically significant results. In this tutorial, we introduce the BFpack module in JASP for testing directional hypotheses directly using Bayes factors. A unique feature of the module is that it allows researchers to quantify the relative evidence in the data between hypotheses with competing sets of equality/order/one-sided constraints. BFpack offers default Bayesian procedures for common designs— t tests, (multivariate) analysis of (co)variance, regression, and multigroup correlations—without manual prior specification. Through three worked examples, we address the three limitations of post hoc analyses and help researchers move toward more theory-driven inference.

Behavior Research Methods

Emotion in English as a foreign language: Affective ratings for over 2,000 words by college learners
Beatriz BermĂșdez-Margaretto, Elisa PĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a, Angel Fernandez, MarĂ­a JesĂșs SĂĄnchez
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A scalable method for characterizing visual search strategies: A novel application of time-series clustering to raw eye-tracking data
Thomas Seacrist, Elizabeth E. Walshe, David Grethlein, Megan S. Ryerson, Flaura K. Winston
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Surprisal from Large Language Models as an individual difference: Capturing the individual regardless of the text answer
José Ángel Martínez-Huertas, Alejandro Martínez-Mingo, Antonio López Rosell, Rodrigo S. Kreitchmann, Guillermo Jorge-Botana
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Toolkit for acoustic–phonetic analysis of naturalistic speech data
Ethan Kutlu, Emerson Peters, Ciara Tapanes, Sarmad Chandio, Osama Khalid
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A major limitation in the speech sciences is access to naturalistic data in experimental settings and the difficulty of translating laboratory designs to real-world contexts. Researchers studying speech production or perception often rely on in-lab recordings, which constrain the sociolinguistic contexts examined and limit ecological validity. The Toolkit for Acoustic–Phonetic Analysis (TAPA) is an open-source pipeline that automates the acquisition, transcription, speaker diarization, forced alignment, and per-segment acoustic analysis of naturalistic, single/multi-speaker audio. The current release supports vowel formant extraction, stop voice onset time, and fricative spectral moments. We demonstrate TAPA on the 2016 U.S. presidential debate, extracting nearly 33,000 segments from a 90-min recording, and validate each measurement type against hand-coded annotation. Vowel formant agreement with expert measurements was high (F1 r = 0.89, F2 r = 0.87). Stop VOT showed reliable aggregate means but poor per-token agreement ( r = − 0.04) because of a training–deployment mismatch in the neural VOT classifier. Fricative spectral standard deviation agreed strongly with hand-coded values overall ( r = 0.80), and center of gravity agreed strongly for sibilants (/s/ r = 0.87, /ʃ/ r = 0.94), while non-sibilant moments diverged systematically. These findings suggest that TAPA can be used to increase access to naturalistic speech data and speed up the processing timeline with experts’ supervision.

Computers in Human Behavior

Do Users Trade Performance for Eco-Visibility? Digital Pollution Awareness and Stated Preferences for Social Media Platform Configurations
Andrzej Szymkowiak, Konstantinos Madias
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Motivation for Cyberhate Among Ukrainian Youth
Julia Levin, Nadine Cruz Neri, Svetlana Hadzhyradyeva, Mariana Todorova, Jan Retelsdorf
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How local–global identity shapes physical-digital preferences through convenience preference
Shuhan Li, Xue Li, Xiaopeng Du, Zhiyong Xin
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Effects of AI-Based Chatbot Coaching on Goal Attainment, Self-Efficacy, and Stress: A Longitudinal Randomized Experiment
Marie Luise Ohlms, Patrick D. Dunlop, Markus Langer
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Symptom network structures of social media addiction and internet gaming addiction among school-aged youth: Undirected and Bayesian directed graph analyses
Hao Wen, Yuhang Liu, Yang Luo
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Should I Stay or Should I Go: Predicting Incel Forum Dis- and Re-Engagement
Giorgia Caon, Melissa S. de Roos
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From Facial Synchronization to Social Conformity: A Computational Analysis of Emotional Contagion in Online Co-Viewing
Yoojin Chung, Yun-Jung Choi
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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Black People Perceive a White Gay Man’s Call for Solidarity as More Disingenuous than His Call for Allyship
Izilda Pereira-Jorge, Kim E. Chaney
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Four studies ( N = 1643) assessed Black people’s perceptions of a White gay target calling for Black allyship or Black-gay solidarity in social media posts (Studies 1a–1b) and interactions with a Black colleague who discloses facing discrimination (Studies 2–3). Generally, Black-gay solidarity calls elicited perceptions of more disingenuous motives (Studies 1–3) compared to allyship calls. Novel to allyship perception research, Black people anticipated greater identity-credentialing from White gay targets who espoused solidarity compared to allyship calls, an expectation that gay targets would use their marginalized gay identity to buffer against claims of being racist (Studies 2–3). Further, calls for allyship and solidarity acknowledging interpersonal versus structural discrimination inconsistently impacted perceptions (Studies 1–2). White gay men were evaluated less favorably as allies than Black gay men, with no effects of target race on calls for solidarity versus allyship (Study 3).

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

When does perspective-taking predict coalition success? The interplay of propensity, accuracy, and social predictability
Anabela Cantiani, Ilja van Beest, Thorsten M. Erle
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Moral surgery: Negative revelations differentially alter retrospective evaluations of creators and creations
Sally MyungJin Shin, Paul Rozin, Gal Zauberman
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Evaluating the predictive model for national life satisfaction from the world happiness report, between and within nations.
Michael A. Busseri
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“Yeah, it’s biased, but 
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Hannah B. Waldfogel, Brittany C. Solomon, Matthew E. K. Hall
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Multivariate Behavioral Research

Affect Dynamics or Response Bias? Extreme Response Style in Daily-Life Assessments
Mirka Henninger, Sandro Menegola, Niels Vanhasbroeck, Francis Tuerlinckx
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Organizational Research Methods

Editorial: What Constitutes a Methodological Contribution at ORM ?
Tine Köhler, Lisa Schurer Lambert, Thomas Greckhamer, Michael Sturman, Catherine Welch, Jeremy F. Dawson, Justin DeSimone, Dina V. Krasikova, Jane K. Lȇ, Mikko Rönkkö, Jeffrey Stanton, Michael Withers
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Organizational Research Methods ( ORM ) is a research methods journal that aims to publish articles making a methodological contribution to management and organization science. In this editorial, we provide guidance for what constitutes a methodological contribution for this journal. Our goal is to facilitate understanding of how methodological contributions differ from theoretical or empirical contributions. We also seek to illustrate how a paper aspiring to make a methodological contribution needs to be crafted differently, including different needs for conceptual argumentation and empirical evidence. We offer specific examples of various kinds of methodological contributions that are more typical in qualitative and quantitative traditions, those of an ontological and epistemological nature, or those related to the method of theorizing more generally. We further highlight published ORM papers that offer concrete examples for each kind of contribution.
Multilevel Latent Profile Analyses: A Comprehensive Guide
Simon A. Houle, Alexandre J.S. Morin, Jean-François Harvey
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The organizational sciences have recently seen an uptake in the use of both person-centered analyses, most typically implemented via latent profile analyses (LPA), and multilevel analyses. Yet their combination remains conceptually underdeveloped and forms the focus of the current article. On the one hand, LPA is perfectly suited to the identification of subpopulations, or profiles, of participants characterized by distinct configurations on a set of variables. On the other hand, multilevel models are aptly suited to uncover, or control for, phenomena unfolding across individual, group, and organizational levels. In combination, multilevel-LPA provides the best of both worlds, enabling researchers to identify subpopulations of individuals and/or groups corresponding to distinct prototypical states, while modeling within-group and between-group variability. In the current article, we provide a comprehensive guide for multilevel-LPA implementation to monitor group contexts, climates, and cultures. We present six types of multilevel-LPA specifications—additive, dispersion, additive-dispersion, dispersion-heterogeneity, restrictive cross-level, and full cross-level—that ought to be carefully selected based on the nature of the constructs being measured and the research questions being asked. In doing so, we aim provide researchers with the analytical and conceptual tools to select and apply the appropriate multilevel person-centered model to achieve their research objectives.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Bridging the Political Divide: Meta-Humanization and Moral Emotions Shape Partisan Reconciliation
Melissa Pavetich, Sofia Stathi
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In an era of deepening political polarization, understanding how partisans believe they are perceived by ideological opponents is critical for explaining both hostility and conciliation. Across five studies ( N = 1,541) conducted in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, we examine how meta-humanization, perceiving that one’s political ingroup is seen as fully human by the outgroup, shapes moral emotional responses and downstream intergroup attitudes. Specifically, we test anger, disgust, and empathy as parallel mediators linking meta-humanization to affective polarization, negotiation, teamwork, and willingness for out-party contact, while examining perceived threat to social cohesion as a moderator. Across studies, meta-humanization reliably predicts more conciliatory intergroup attitudes, with disgust emerging as the primary affective pathway. Our findings advance theory on meta-perceptions by demonstrating that meta-humanization shapes political attitudes through moral emotion regulation, and by identifying threat to social cohesion as a condition that, under moderate levels, drives these processes. Implications for understanding and mitigating identity-based conflicts in polarized political climates are discussed.

Psychology of Music

MBTI-Informed Individualization in Conservatory Clarinet Lessons: Performance Change and Learner Perspectives
Tolga YĂŒksel
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As music education increasingly emphasizes individualized and student-centered approaches, there is interest in whether structured planning heuristics—such as Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)-informed strategies—can help organize and document instructional variation in one-to-one settings. This study examined performance changes and learning experiences observed during an MBTI-informed individualized instruction phase in conservatory clarinet students. Using a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design, we implemented a single-subject A–B phase comparison with six students. Quantitative performance scores were examined via visual analysis and nonoverlap indices, and qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed thematically. Performance scores were higher across technical, musical, and overall domains from baseline (Phase A) to the subsequent intervention phase (Phase B), with complete nonoverlap between baseline and intervention observations. Interview data indicated perceived increases in motivation and performance confidence, alongside reduced performance-related anxiety. Taken together, these findings suggest that MBTI-informed instructional planning may be a useful heuristic for organizing and documenting individualized adaptations in one-to-one conservatory teaching. Findings are interpreted as exploratory; while they indicate clear phase separation, they remain as preliminary evidence of association rather than definitive causal effects, intended to inform further research on individualized approaches in instrumental music pedagogy.

Psychology of Popular Media

“The Love Island effect”? The reciprocal relationship between body pressure while watching Love Island and engagement in body change strategies.
Edward John Noon, Ilse Vranken, Madison Hannapel, Gabriella Seiler
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From breakup to letting go: Tracing audience responses to parasocial grief when a series ends.
Chenxu Liu, Zheng Zhang, Huimin Zhang
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