Capturing the dynamics of adolescent emotion regulation in anxiety-inducing situations through development and evaluation of a state emotion regulation questionnaire for adolescents.

The development of functional emotion regulation (ER) is crucial for mental health in childhood and adolescence-especially in today's context of multiple crises, which have led to rising anxiety even in the general population. Although the importance of ER is widely acknowledged, existing assessments have yet to adequately measure state ER, particularly in anxiety-inducing situations. We aimed to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the State Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ State) for adolescents, with a future focus on clinical populations.

Leveraging deep learning for the detection of socially desirable tendencies in personnel selection: A proof-of-concept.

We propose a deep learning-based method for detecting Socially Desirable Responding (SDR)-the tendency for individuals to distort questionnaire responses to present themselves in a favorable light. Our objective is to showcase that such novel methods can be leveraged to design instruments that have the potential to measure this construct in an effective way. Participants' tendency to engage in SDR was initially modelled by specifying a latent variable model from Big Five personality scores, using data from 91 participants in a job application simulation (Big Five questionnaire and video introduction).

Lagged multidimensional recurrence quantification analysis for determining leader-follower relationships within multidimensional time series.

The current article introduces lagged multidimensional recurrence quantification analysis. The method is an extension of multidimensional recurrence quantification analysis and allows to quantify the joint dynamics of multivariate time series and to investigate leader-follower relationships in behavioral and physiological data. Moreover, the method enables the quantification of the joint dynamics of a group, when such leader-follower relationships are taken into account.

Proliferation of measures contributes to advancing psychological science.

Proliferation and variability of psychological measures are part of the natural workings of the scientific process. They contribute to theory development, transparency, replicability, and validity, and restricting proliferation might hinder progress in the psychological sciences.

The association of socioeconomic status with the success of chat-based online counseling for children and youth: A latent change score modeling approach.

Children and youth from lower subjective socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds are at a heightened risk of mental disorders. Online counseling is a valuable tool to reach those less likely to seek professional help, but its success across different SES backgrounds remains unclear. This study explores the association between subjective SES and online counseling outcomes.

Adding a Piece to the Puzzle? The Allocation of Figurative Language Comprehension into the CHC Model of Cognitive Abilities.

The study aimed to investigate the allocation of figurative language comprehension (FLC) within the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model of cognitive abilities, using three newly developed tests: the Reverse Paraphrase Test (RPT), the Literal Paraphrase Test (LPT), and the Proverb Test (PT). The analysis of a sample of 909 participants revealed that the RPT and LPT measured a unidimensional construct of FLC, while the PT was excluded due to insufficient fit. Combining RPT and LPT items, various models were evaluated, with a bifactor S-1 model showing the best fit, indicating the influence of a general factor (representing FLC) and test-specific method factors.

Mental workload assessment by monitoring brain, heart, and eye with six biomedical modalities during six cognitive tasks.

Introduction: The efficiency and safety of complex high precision human-machine systems such as in aerospace and robotic surgery are closely related to the cognitive readiness, ability to manage workload, and situational awareness of their operators. Accurate assessment of mental workload could help in preventing operator error and allow for pertinent intervention by predicting performance declines that can arise from either work overload or under stimulation. Neuroergonomic approaches based on measures of human body and brain activity collectively can provide sensitive and reliable assessment of human mental workload in complex training and work environments.

Mindful-Gratitude Practice Reduces Prejudice at High Levels of Collective Narcissism.

This research tested the hypothesis that mindful-gratitude practice attenuates the robust association between collective narcissism and prejudice. In Study 1 (a between-subjects study using a nationally representative sample of 569 Polish adults; 313 female), 10 min of mindful-gratitude practice-compared to mindful-attention practice and control-did not decrease prejudice (anti-Semitism), but weakened the positive link between collective narcissism and prejudice. In Study 2 (a preregistered, randomized, controlled-trial study using a convenience sample of 219 Polish adults; 168 female), a 6-week mobile app supported training in daily mindful-gratitude practice decreased prejudice (anti-Semitism, sexism, homophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment) and its link with collective narcissism compared to a wait-list control.

The shape of the change: Cumulative and incremental changes in daily mood during mobile-app-supported mindfulness training.

Understanding of the exact trajectories of mood improvements during mindfulness practice helps to optimize mindfulness-based interventions. The Mindfulness-to-Meaning model expects mood improvements to be linear, incremental, and cumulative. Our findings align with this expectation.

App-based mindfulness training supported eudaimonic wellbeing during the COVID19 pandemic.

A randomized-controlled-trial study (N = 219) tested two pre-registered hypotheses that mobile-phone app-based mindfulness training improves wellbeing and increases self-transcendent emotions: gratitude, self-compassion, and awe. Latent change score modeling with a robust maximum likelihood estimator was used to test how those changes are associated in the training versus the waiting-list group. The training increased wellbeing and all self-transcendent emotions regardless of interindividual variance in the changes across time.

Measuring Domain-Specific Knowledge: From Bach to Fibonacci.

Along with crystallized intelligence (Gc), domain-specific knowledge (Gkn) is an important ability within the nomological net of acquired knowledge. Although Gkn has been shown to predict important life outcomes, only a few standardized tests measuring Gkn exist, especially for the adult population. Complicating things, Gkn tests from different cultural circles cannot simply be translated as they need to be culture specific.

Disentangling language-related item biases in stress research with people of Turkish origin in Germany: An application of the CCT procedure.

Psychological stress experiences play a major role in the development of ethnic health disparities. Investigating such relationships often requires the use of questionnaires in different languages, however, this involves the risk of biased measurements. Such biases may be even more likely to occur the closer the construct being measured is to cultural experiences.

Only true and fabricated baseline statements combined might improve lie, but not truth, detection.

Objectives: We tested the effect of true and fabricated baseline statements from the same sender on veracity judgments.

Hypotheses: We predicted that presenting a combination of true and fabricated baseline statements would improve truth and lie detection accuracy, while presenting a true baseline would improve only truth detection, and presenting a fabricated baseline would only improve lie detection compared with presenting no baseline statement.

Method: In a 4 × 2 within-subjects design, 142 student participants ( = 23.

You Are What You Eat and So Is Our Planet: Identifying Dietary Groups Based on Personality and Environmentalism.

Behavioral change interventions promoting the reduction of animal product consumption are valuable tools to improve ecological sustainability as well as public health and help the mitigation of climate change. Recent findings revealed improved efficacy of interventions targeted at barriers (e.g.

Bringing Light Into the Dark: Associations of Fire Interest and Fire Setting With the Dark Tetrad.

Fire setting is a significant problem for society, costing many human lives and causing great property damage. One important risk factor of fire setting observed in forensic samples is fire interest. However, less is known about the relationship of fire interest and fire setting to other variables such as personality traits in subclinical samples.

Shedding Light onto the City Blues Myth-The Potential of Stimulating and Activating Effects of Urban Public Spaces and the Role of City Relatedness.

The present study aims to investigate whether a sense of relatedness to a city helps to broaden understanding of the restorative potential of urban public spaces. Findings based on a sample of German adults ( = 249) confirm that people experience relatedness to a city. The study's 3 × 3 (built, mixed, natural environment) × (average, livability environment, bird's-eye view) design revealed disordinal interactions for being away, fascination, preference, mental fatigue, and stimulating and activating effects associated with cities.

Fyn-kinase and caveolin-1 in the alveolar epithelial junctional adherence complex contribute to the early stages of pulmonary fibrosis.

Current pathophysiological findings indicate that damage to the alveolar epithelium plays a decisive role in the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The available pharmacological interventions (i.e.

Fostering socio-emotional competencies in children on the autism spectrum using a parent-assisted serious game: A multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Serious games are a promising means of fostering socio-emotional skills in children on the autism spectrum (AS). However, empathy and related constructs have not yet been addressed comprehensively and together with emotion recognition, and there is a lack of randomized controlled trials (RCT) to investigate skill maintenance and the transfer to functional behavior.

Method: The manualized, parent-assisted serious game Zirkus Empathico (ZE) was tested against an active control group, in a six-week multicenter RCT.

Neuroadaptive Training fNIRS in Flight Simulators.

Training to master a new skill often takes a lot of time, effort, and financial resources, particularly when the desired skill is complex, time sensitive, or high pressure where lives may be at risk. Professions such as aircraft pilots, surgeons, and other mission-critical operators that fall under this umbrella require extensive domain-specific dedicated training to enable learners to meet real-world demands. In this study, we describe a novel neuroadaptive training protocol to enhance learning speed and efficiency using a neuroimaging-based cognitive workload measurement system in a flight simulator.

Negativity in delayed affective recall is related to the borderline personality trait.

The present study assessed selected factors that contribute to the recollection of emotional memories over time. Participants with high-trait borderline personality disorder (BPD) watched a randomly selected positive, negative, or neutral character in a video clip (stimulus) and were asked to recall the content immediately, then 2, 4, and 6 days later. In the final sample (N = 558, average age: 33 years, 65% female), general impression had the strongest effect on recall after accounting for the effect of current mood, extremity of the responses, and level of BPD, regardless of stimulus valence.

The Discriminatory Potential of Modern Recruitment Trends-A Mixed-Method Study From Germany.

People from marginalized groups are often discriminated against in traditional recruitment processes. Yet as companies faced with skill shortages change their recruitment strategies, the question arises as to whether modern recruitment trends such as the use of professional social network sites, active sourcing, and recruitment assignment to external agencies are affected by implicit or explicit discrimination. In our mixed-method study, we first conducted expert interviews with different types of recruiters to explore the potential for discrimination in the modern recruitment process.

The Post-Stroke Depression Risk Scale (PoStDeRiS): Development of an Acute-Phase Prediction Model for Depression 6 Months After Stroke.

Background: Depression after stroke is common but often undertreated as increasing depression prevalence and decreasing health care contacts diverge after the event.

Objective: To develop an acute-phase prediction scale for prognosis of depression 6 months after stroke.

Methods: Participants (N = 226) were consecutively recruited and assessed within the first week after ischemic stroke for history of depression, stroke severity (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale), and functional independence (Barthel Index).

The German Version of the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory (MASI) for Turkish-Origin Immigrants -Measurement Invariance of Filter Questions and Validation.

The Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory (MASI) is an established measure of acculturative stress for people of Mexican origin living in the United States that has been associated with mental health outcomes in this population. We translated the MASI into German and adapted it for use with Turkish-origin immigrants in Germany. The MASI includes filter questions asking if a potentially stressful event had actually occurred before reporting the stress appraisal of these situations.

Our Vulnerable Dark Side-Two Laboratory Approaches.

The Dark Triad of personality has been associated with aggression against others as a reaction to perceived provocations. However, previous work has also shown that such responsive aggression even occurs if it means harming oneself. The first of two laboratory studies aimed to investigate whether this relation between the Dark Triad and self-harming behavior also occurs in situations where no others are affected but self-harm is likely.

[Broad scope symptom questionnaires in psychotherapy: Comparing Brief Symptom Inventory and ICD-10 Symptom Rating].

Our study compared the psychometric properties of two broad scope symptom questionnaires, the Brief Symptom Inventory [7] and the ICD-10 Symptom Rating Scale [8], in a naturalistic data set of 507 patients in outpatient psychotherapeutic treatment. Reliability of total scores and subscale scores were estimated via internal consistency coefficients Cronbach's α and McDonald's ω. Measurement precision was operationalized via the uncertainty interval.