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Big size with big heart: The effect of body size cue on perceived forgivingness.
Zhang J, Wu H, Zeng Q … +2 more , Liang F, He X
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jul · PMID 42400194 · Publisher ↗
Forgivingness, a traditionally moral trait, has been extensively studied from a first-person perspective. However, there is little empirical research that discusses it from a third-person perspective. In the current stud...
Forgivingness, a traditionally moral trait, has been extensively studied from a first-person perspective. However, there is little empirical research that discusses it from a third-person perspective. In the current study, we examined whether body size serves as a cue from which Chinese participants infer others' forgivingness. Across five experiments, we examined the body-size-forgivingness association and, drawing on the Stereotype Content Model and Implicit Personality Theory, tested whether perceived warmth accounted for this association. Results showed that participants perceived higher weight (vs. lower weight) targets as more forgiving in an implicit association test (Experiment 1) and a slider rating task (Experiment 2). In a simulation where participants committed many errors, they preferred to invite higher weight targets rather than lower weight targets for cooperation because they thought that higher weight targets were more forgiving (Experiment 3). Additionally, compared to gluteal higher weight, abdominal higher weight was particularly linked to forgivingness (Experiment 4). Mediation analysis revealed that perceived warmth but not perceived competence mediated the effect of body size on perceived forgivingness (Experiment 5). These findings suggest that, among Chinese participants, body size can shape perceived forgivingness as a specific warmth-related moral inference.
Time poverty increases self-dehumanization through undermining belief in free will.
Jiang X, Sun X
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42366567 · Publisher ↗
The chronic experience of time poverty is a widespread global phenomenon with detrimental effects on cognition and well-being. However, its impact on individuals' perceptions of their own humanity remains unexplored. We...
The chronic experience of time poverty is a widespread global phenomenon with detrimental effects on cognition and well-being. However, its impact on individuals' perceptions of their own humanity remains unexplored. We hypothesized that time poverty exacerbates self-dehumanization by undermining belief in free will. Across four studies (N = 994), we tested this hypothesis. Study 1 demonstrated a positive correlation between time poverty and self-dehumanization. Study 2 found that recalling a rushed experience heightened self-dehumanization compared with both the low and the control conditions. Study 3 employed a measurement-of-mediation approach to examine the mediating role of belief in free will, with Study 4 further establishing the causal mediation effect of belief in free will through a manipulation-of-mediator design. Notably, these effects persisted after controlling for potential confounds, including scarcity-related factors (financial poverty, perceived socioeconomic status, objective time poverty and low social connectedness), an individual-difference factor (money prioritization) and an affective factor (general mood). These findings illuminate the unforeseen psychological costs of an accelerated lifestyle, emphasizing the profound impact of time poverty on self-perceptions.
Temporal dynamics of induced mood and its relationship with modality and individual trait.
Ye Y, Liu T, Zhou B
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42338085 · Publisher ↗
Mood induction serves as a critical experimental framework for investigating affective neural mechanisms. While neurobiological evidence suggests that affective states are inherently dynamic, research on mood induction h...
Mood induction serves as a critical experimental framework for investigating affective neural mechanisms. While neurobiological evidence suggests that affective states are inherently dynamic, research on mood induction has paid little attention to the evolving trajectories of induced moods. This study examined how the effect of mood induction unfolds over time in visual and auditory modalities, using both implicit and explicit measures. The results revealed temporal dynamics of affective states following the mood induction in a manner mainly dependent on the induced mood and the measurement type. Specifically, fear induction persistently elevated explicit negative affective states, with this persistence linked to individual depression trait. In contrast, happy induction produced comparable effects on both implicit and explicit positive states, but these effects diminished rapidly within 10 min. These observations demonstrate modality-independent patterns of mood induction across visual and auditory domains and highlight the dissociation between implicit and explicit measures in tracking affective changes over time. The study underscores the importance of analysing these temporal trajectories to better understand the functional output of neural affective regulation circuits, likely contributing to the development of more nuanced frameworks for affective research and of more personalized coping strategies to enhance affective well-being.
Less is more when time is scarce: How time poverty enhances minimalistic consumption through increased need for order.
Cao P, Ding X, Sun X
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42311023 · Publisher ↗
Time poverty - the chronic feeling of having insufficient time - has become pervasive in modern life, yet its influence on minimalistic consumption remains unexplored. Drawing on compensatory control theory, we propose t...
Time poverty - the chronic feeling of having insufficient time - has become pervasive in modern life, yet its influence on minimalistic consumption remains unexplored. Drawing on compensatory control theory, we propose that time poverty promotes minimalistic consumption through heightened need for order. Three experimental studies (N = 660) provide evidence. Studies 1 and 2 suggest that time poverty causally increases preference for minimalistic consumption, particularly sparse aesthetics and limited possessions, mediated by need for order (Study 1 and 2) rather than alternative mechanisms such as need for relaxation (Study 2). Study 3 shows that exposure to minimalist environments attenuates the heightened need for order among time-poor consumers, consistent with minimalism's compensatory function. These findings challenge the assumption that resource scarcity uniformly drives acquisition, revealing that temporal scarcity can promote consumption reduction through compensatory control. Our research advances understanding of time poverty's consequences, identifies a novel driver of minimalistic consumption, and reveals need for order as the key mechanism, offering insights for designing products that address the psychological needs of time-poor consumers.
Time poverty and access-based consumption: Convenience gains and risk blindness.
Tang C, Yuan Y, Sun X … +1 more , Kong X
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42304643 · Publisher ↗
Time poverty - the subjective experience of insufficient time - has become a pervasive phenomenon in contemporary societies, yet its psychological consequences for consumer decision-making remain underexplored. Drawing o...
Time poverty - the subjective experience of insufficient time - has become a pervasive phenomenon in contemporary societies, yet its psychological consequences for consumer decision-making remain underexplored. Drawing on scarcity theory, we examine how time poverty shapes preferences for access-based consumption (ABC) - temporary use without ownership - a market-mediated model transforming consumer societies worldwide. Across four studies (N = 831), we show that time poverty significantly increases ABC preferences through dual mechanisms: amplified convenience orientation while attenuated risk perception. Study 1 established the causal effect of experimentally induced time poverty on ABC preference. Study 2 demonstrated that both mediators independently explain this relationship. Studies 3a and 3b provided convergent causal evidence: experimentally enhancing each mediator significantly attenuated the time-poverty effect on ABC preference while controlling for financial scarcity, general sense of scarcity, and construal level. Together, these dual pathways - heightened convenience-seeking coupled with diminished risk sensitivity - indicate that time-poor consumers may systematically trade risk evaluation for efficiency in ABC decisions. These findings illuminate the psychological forces driving major shifts in contemporary consumption practice and carry implications for consumer welfare and public policy in increasingly time-constrained societies.
Contextual cues do not facilitate spontaneous face recognition.
Baker KA, Stabile VJ, Mondloch CJ
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42267696 · Publisher ↗
Most studies examining face recognition have used explicit recognition tasks, ignoring our ability to spontaneously recognize familiar faces when they are unexpected. The current study examined spontaneous recognition of...
Most studies examining face recognition have used explicit recognition tasks, ignoring our ability to spontaneously recognize familiar faces when they are unexpected. The current study examined spontaneous recognition of a minor and major actor from the TV show Friends, and the extent to which spontaneous recognition is facilitated by contextual cues. In Experiment 1, we presented images of the minor actor in the context of an ongoing face-rating task. The background scene became increasingly informative across blocks. Only half of the participants spontaneously recognized the minor actor, with no influence of context. In Experiment 2, we primed the minor actor with images of a major actor from the same show. Participants were more likely to recognize the major actor than the minor actor, both spontaneously and when explicitly asked to do so. Neither the major actor prime nor the background context increased spontaneous recognition of the minor actor. We discuss constraints on spontaneous recognition and the implications of our findings for theoretical models.
Coping by deceiving: Developing LYin self-perceived self-deception scales and exploring their links to interpersonal deception.
Yin L, Zhang J, Zhang J … +2 more , Li J, Xiong J
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42261919 · Publisher ↗
Self-deception is complex and poses significant challenges for its measurement. The present study developed two measurement tools and explored the associations between self-perceived self-deception and various forms of o...
Self-deception is complex and poses significant challenges for its measurement. The present study developed two measurement tools and explored the associations between self-perceived self-deception and various forms of other-deception. Study 1 (N = 2018) developed and validated the LYin Self-Perceived Self-Deception Tendency Questionnaire (LYin SDT) and LYin Self-Deception Awareness Scale (LYin SDA) to capture accessible self-deceptive responding tendency and subjectively experienced self-deception. The new scales were found to be related to denial coping and showed incremental validity in predicting the avoidance of threatening information and post-threat reflection, respectively. Studies 2-4 investigated how the two scales relate to interpersonal deceptive tendencies. Findings from Studies 2 (N = 301) and 3 (N = 305) showed that participants with higher LYin SDT exhibited greater self-serving dishonesty, including both explicit lies and omissions of truth. Study 4 (N = 300) applied self-relevant and interpersonal scenarios, where participants either processed information privately or decided what to disclose to others. Higher LYin SDT was related to more self-deceptive responses in self-relevant scenarios, as well as maintenance and disengagement coping tendencies in both scenarios. Together, these findings validate the two scales as effective tools for assessing self-perceived self-deception and elucidate the distinct deceiving and coping correlates.
Between solitude and self-harm: A mixed-methods study on loneliness, emotional regulation and the buffering role of social interaction in university students.
Ye M, Xu X, Xia L
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42253209 · Publisher ↗
This study aims to explore the self-harming behaviours and emotional regulation mechanisms among university students within the context of their experiences of loneliness. A mixed-methods design was employed. In the firs...
This study aims to explore the self-harming behaviours and emotional regulation mechanisms among university students within the context of their experiences of loneliness. A mixed-methods design was employed. In the first phase, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 university students with a self-harm history or high loneliness levels to investigate their subjective loneliness experiences. In the second phase, an ecological momentary assessment approach was applied over seven consecutive days to collect quantitative data from 120 university students on loneliness, emotional regulation difficulties and self-harm urges, capturing their dynamic interrelations. Findings indicated that loneliness not only directly increased the tendency toward self-harm but also exerted an indirect effect through emotional regulation difficulties. Moreover, active social interactions were found to partially buffer this negative effect. The study deepens the understanding of psychological distress among university students by revealing the complex emotional processes underlying self-harm. The findings of this study can provide a theoretical basis for the screening and management of self-harm risk in university students' psychological outpatient clinics, thereby contributing to the optimisation of mental health service models for university students.
Dynamics of collectivistic language and emotional expression in China's early pandemic: A social media analysis.
Yang Q, Zheng Z, Ybarra O … +1 more , van den Bos K
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42252633 · Publisher ↗
Crises can produce contradictory responses in collectivistic cultures, yielding both solidarity and fragmentation. We propose these paradoxes can be understood by noting multiple ecological levels in collectivistic cultu...
Crises can produce contradictory responses in collectivistic cultures, yielding both solidarity and fragmentation. We propose these paradoxes can be understood by noting multiple ecological levels in collectivistic cultures that reconfigure differentially under stress. Analysing 32,042 Sina Weibo posts from China's early COVID-19 outbreak, we examined collectivistic language and emotional expression across three geographical zones and temporal periods. Results revealed 'proximal concentration' at the epicentre of the outbreak, characterized by heightened family/community expressions and reduced abstract rhetoric. In contrast, 'distal amplification' was found in peripheral regions. Furthermore, we found a psychological typhoon eye effect in people's cultural expressions such that responses in the epicentre showed increasing positive emotion despite the greatest threat. Critically, ecological levels displayed opposing emotional associations such that microsystem pronouns and macrosystem values were positively associated with positive emotions, while exosystem national identity and mesosystem family/community were negatively associated. These findings suggest collectivism reconfigures through level-specific activation with divergent emotional consequences, highlighting potential limitations of unidimensional cultural frameworks, as aggregated collectivism can mask observing these heterogeneous responses.
Processing visual contour contributes to the association between numerosity processing and arithmetic performance.
Ren B, Zhang J, Zhang X … +1 more , Zhou X
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42249720 · Publisher ↗
Studies have shown that non-symbolic numerosity processing can consistently predict arithmetic performance. Visual form perception has been assumed to be fundamental for both processing, but little empirical evidence has...
Studies have shown that non-symbolic numerosity processing can consistently predict arithmetic performance. Visual form perception has been assumed to be fundamental for both processing, but little empirical evidence has been found for the involvement of visual form perception in numerosity processing and arithmetic performance. The current investigation will examine whether individual dependence on visual properties in numerosity processing can account for substantial variation in arithmetic performance. A total of 6329 participants aged 6 to 87 years old were recruited and divided into nine age groups. The results showed that the total contour/perimeter dominates the numerosity processing for participants in each of the nine age groups. At the individual level, the dependence of total contour/perimeter in numerosity processing indexed by the regression coefficient was larger than the dependence of other visual properties. Importantly, the dependence of total contour/perimeter consistently contributed to the arithmetic performance in each age group. The score for figure matching fully accounted for the contribution of the dependence of total contour/perimeter to arithmetic performance. The findings convergently suggest that the extraction of contour information in dot arrays is fundamental for both numerosity processing and arithmetic performance, which may stem from the shared visual form processing.
Social voice judgement is dyadic: Acoustic typicality and interpersonal similarity interact.
Bruggisser S, Hervais-Adelman A, Roswandowitz C
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42237477 · Publisher ↗
The formation of social first impressions from voices is a central component of everyday social interactions. While past research has primarily investigated the effect of bottom-up voice acoustic on social voice judgemen...
The formation of social first impressions from voices is a central component of everyday social interactions. While past research has primarily investigated the effect of bottom-up voice acoustic on social voice judgements, here we widen the perspective and investigate how bottom-up acoustic and top-down interpersonal similarity interactively influence social voice judgements. We quantified acoustic distance to an average voice as a measure of acoustic typicality and combined this with interpersonal similarity between each listener-speaker pair derived from Big Five personality traits. 110 listeners rated 30 words spoken by female speakers on attractiveness, likability, trustworthiness, and dominance, and data were analysed using Generalised Additive Mixed Models to capture nonlinear and interactive effects. Across social dimensions, acoustic typicality emerged as the strongest predictor of social judgements, with more typical voices receiving the most positive ratings. However, social judgements were not determined by acoustic cues alone. For attractiveness, likability and trustworthiness, similar personalities between speaker and listener enhanced social evaluations, particularly for acoustically atypical voices. In contrast, dominance judgements were exclusively explained by acoustic typicality without significant modulation by interpersonal similarity. Together, these results show that most social voice judgements arises from a dyadic, context-sensitive integration of acoustic information and interpersonal similarity.
Manipulating posture implicitly through environmental constraints influences mood and risk-taking behaviour.
Wainio-Theberge S, Armony J
Br J Psychol · 2026 Jun · PMID 42227350 · Publisher ↗
Adopting physical expressions of emotion has feedback effects on individuals' mood and behaviour; for example, adopting the expansive and contractive body language of dominance and submission can affect individuals' feel...
Adopting physical expressions of emotion has feedback effects on individuals' mood and behaviour; for example, adopting the expansive and contractive body language of dominance and submission can affect individuals' feelings of power. However, postural feedback paradigms almost exclusively use deliberate, active posture manipulations, which raise concerns about experimental demand effects and limit the ecological validity of the research. Here, we addressed this issue by creating an incidental manipulation of posture in which the experimental environment encouraged participants to take on either an expansive or contractive posture, and measured the effect of our manipulation on self-report and behavioural outcomes. We find that our manipulation reliably increases risk-taking behaviours (as measured by the balloon analogue risk task), an effect which is robust to confounding variables such as discomfort with the posture or awareness of the manipulation. Furthermore, posture effects on self-reported pride are partially mediated by a measure of participants' posture during the experiment (the angle of their neck), while risk-taking effects are moderated by posture and self-reported mood during the experiment. Our results suggest that aside from deliberate 'power posing', incidental factors which affect posture in the real world (e.g., standing desks or ergonomic setups) may have impacts on individuals' behaviour.
A nonlinear association between chronic stress and instrumental reward learning under Pavlovian conflict: Behavioural and computational evidence.
Liu L, Pang YX, Cai ZY … +5 more , Ma CH, Zhang Y, Niu LJ, Yao YW, Fang XY
Br J Psychol · 2026 May · PMID 42219746 · Publisher ↗
Chronic stress, arising from prolonged exposure to unpredictable challenges, is common in everyday life and may alter cognitive processes. However, few human studies have empirically examined the association between chro...
Chronic stress, arising from prolonged exposure to unpredictable challenges, is common in everyday life and may alter cognitive processes. However, few human studies have empirically examined the association between chronic stress and reward learning, which is critical for navigating uncertain environments. This study addressed this gap by examining whether chronic stress is associated with the influence of Pavlovian bias on instrumental reward learning. A total of 111 healthy young adults participated in the study, completing an orthogonalised go/no-go task and a self-reported measure of chronic stress. Participants' chronic stress levels exhibited an inverted-U-shaped relationship with learning accuracy in the Pavlovian-conflict condition, particularly in the reward domain. Between-group analyses supported this pattern, with the moderate-stress group performing best in the Pavlovian-conflict condition of the reward domain. Computational modelling results further revealed that, compared to the moderate-stress group, the low- and high-stress groups exhibited greater reward-related Pavlovian bias and the high-stress group exhibited blunted reward sensitivity. Together, these findings suggest that the association between chronic stress and reward learning may be nonlinear. Moderate levels of chronic stress may be associated with relatively better performance in specific reward-learning contexts.
Understanding considerations and priorities in health behaviours: A multi-dimensional risk-benefit perspective.
Shou Y, Yeo JE, Pang AS
Br J Psychol · 2026 May · PMID 42178943 · Publisher ↗
Health behaviours and decisions are complex and involve different dimensions of individuals' lives. The current study aimed to investigate considerations and their priorities in health decision and behaviour adoption via...
Health behaviours and decisions are complex and involve different dimensions of individuals' lives. The current study aimed to investigate considerations and their priorities in health decision and behaviour adoption via a risk-benefit framework unifying elements of mainstream models of health behaviour. We aimed to explore the core dimensions of the outcomes being considered by people and individual differences in perceived importance across dimensions. Two studies were conducted among U.S. adult residents. Study 1 (N = 295) involved eliciting qualitative responses of the health decisions or behaviours that participants encounter in their everyday life, and ratings of the associated dimensions. Study 2 (N = 400) assessed participants' ratings of the importance of outcomes and dimensions across various health decisions and behaviours. Both studies revealed that people considered dimensions beyond health risk and benefit. The dimensions varied their priorities, with health and emotional outcomes being the top considerations. Participants also showed asymmetric considerations of benefit and risk within each dimension. The latent profile analyses in Study 2 also revealed two distinct groups of individuals in risk and benefit considerations across dimensions. The findings highlight that acknowledging individual differences in the weighting and evaluation of outcomes across domains is essential for more tailored health communication and interventions.
Task-specific associations between holistic processing and individual differences in face memory.
Leong BQZ, Hussain Ismail AM, Estudillo AJ
Br J Psychol · 2026 May · PMID 42130129 · Publisher ↗
Whether individual differences in face identification can be predicted by holistic processing, and whether both share a common underlying mechanism, remain open questions. Past studies exploring this association have pro...
Whether individual differences in face identification can be predicted by holistic processing, and whether both share a common underlying mechanism, remain open questions. Past studies exploring this association have produced mixed findings, but they have typically examined only a subset of holistic processing measures, focused largely on identification tasks relying heavily on face perception rather than memory, and/or failed to examine whether the relationship between holistic processing and face identification is face-specific. The present study is the first to examine how all three traditional measures of holistic face processing-the face inversion, part-whole, and composite face tasks-relate to individual differences in memory-based face identification, while also exploring whether these relationships are independent of non-face object identification. We found that face memory was associated with the face inversion and part-whole effects, but not the composite face effect. Exploratory factor analyses revealed two mechanisms of holistic face processing. The first component was loaded moderately by face memory, inversion, and part-whole effects, while the second was loaded strongly by the composite face effect. The findings suggest that face recognition is not facilitated by a single, unitary holistic processing mechanism and highlight the need to reconsider how holistic processing is conceptualized and measured.
Problematic smartphone use in early adolescence: Developmental heterogeneity and bidirectional links with risk factors.
Hu Z, Lin Y, Wang Z … +2 more , Shi J, Liu Q
Br J Psychol · 2026 May · PMID 42109237 · Publisher ↗
Smartphones offer convenience but have raised concerns about problematic smartphone use (PSU), particularly among early adolescents whose cognitive control is still developing. Examining developmental heterogeneity in PS...
Smartphones offer convenience but have raised concerns about problematic smartphone use (PSU), particularly among early adolescents whose cognitive control is still developing. Examining developmental heterogeneity in PSU and its associated risk factors during this period has important theoretical and practical implications. Participants were 1821 Chinese children transitioning into early adolescence (M = 9.57 years; 48.5% female), followed annually for three years. Growth mixture modelling identified distinct PSU trajectories, and bidirectional associations with internal (e.g., shyness, depression, anxiety) and external factors (e.g., parental neglect, peer exclusion) were examined. Cross-lagged network analysis further assessed interval-specific variation in predictive associations. Two trajectories emerged: a low-decreasing group (intercept = 1.845, slope = -0.120) and a high-increasing group (intercept = 2.110, slope = 0.348). Early adolescents in the high-increasing group experienced more adverse environments and reported higher levels of risk factors. PSU was primarily predicted by external factors in early intervals, whereas both personal and environmental factors became influential in later intervals. These findings highlight the heterogeneous and dynamic nature of PSU and support early, targeted family-focused interventions.
The shape of time: How temporal landmarks influence shape preference.
Zhu H, Liang S, Chen W … +3 more , Geng L, Zhou Y, Chen X
Br J Psychol · 2026 May · PMID 42108763 · Publisher ↗
This research investigates how temporal landmarks (such as the beginning or end of a period) influence individuals' preferences for shapes (angular vs. circular). In contrast to prior research that explored shape prefere...
This research investigates how temporal landmarks (such as the beginning or end of a period) influence individuals' preferences for shapes (angular vs. circular). In contrast to prior research that explored shape preferences without specific time reference points (e.g., nostalgia), we examine how temporal cues influence shape preference through explicit time reference points. We conducted three experiments manipulating temporal landmark (start vs. end) across three scenarios: the same time on different days, different times on the same day and the same time on the same day. These experiments also assessed individuals' preferences for angular versus circular shapes in both two- and three-dimensional formats. The results show that individuals at a start temporal landmark prefer angular shapes, whereas those at an end temporal landmark prefer circular shapes, which is mediated by ego depletion. We further found that temporal orientation (present vs. future) moderates the influences of temporal landmarks on individuals' shape preferences. While individuals with present temporal orientation are consistent with the main effect, individuals with future temporal orientation have an opposite behaviour (individuals at a start temporal landmark prefer circular shapes, whereas those at an end temporal landmark prefer angular shapes).
Mindful understanding of the interconnected world: The synergistic effects of mindfulness and interconnectedness in driving collective action and autonomous motivation.
Chio FHN, Yu BCL, Mak WWS
Br J Psychol · 2026 May · PMID 42101299 · Publisher ↗
The present study examined the roles of interconnectedness and mindfulness in collective action participation and the motivations underlying the participation. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, 377 participants com...
The present study examined the roles of interconnectedness and mindfulness in collective action participation and the motivations underlying the participation. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, 377 participants completed measures of mindfulness, interconnectedness, collective action intention and participation at baseline, with 308 and 279 participants completing follow-up assessments 1 and 2 months later, respectively. Results showed that after accounting for baseline mindfulness, baseline interconnectedness has an indirect effect on collective action participation at 2-month follow-up through collective action intention at 1-month follow-up. Mindfulness showed no significant interaction effect with interconnectedness in predicting collective action intention or participation. In Study 2, 308 participants completed measures of mindfulness, interconnectedness, autonomous motivations and collective action at baseline, with 268 participants completing the 2-month follow-up assessment. Results showed that the effect of baseline interconnectedness on subsequent levels of autonomous motivations was contingent on baseline mindfulness, with mindfulness amplifying the beneficial effects of interconnectedness on autonomous motivations at 2-month follow-up. In addition, identified motivation was significantly associated with collective action at 2-month follow-up. These findings suggest that interconnectedness may serve as the primary intentional driver of collective action, whereas mindfulness may help translate interconnectedness into more autonomous motivation for participation.
Shame as a mediator of the association of childhood emotional abuse with aversive cognitive perseveration in adults.
Amini-Tehrani M, Weinborn M, Sim K … +2 more , Ohan JL, Naragon-Gainey K
Br J Psychol · 2026 Apr · PMID 42050671 · Publisher ↗
Childhood emotional abuse (CEA) has been linked to response-focused emotion regulation in adulthood. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unexplored. This pre-registered study examined whether shame mediates the ass...
Childhood emotional abuse (CEA) has been linked to response-focused emotion regulation in adulthood. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unexplored. This pre-registered study examined whether shame mediates the association between CEA history and aversive cognitive perseveration (ACP), including brooding rumination, experiential avoidance and emotional non-acceptance, in adulthood. Ninety-three undergraduates (66.6% female; age: 21.62 [7.63]) completed self-report measures of maltreatment history, trait shame and trait ACP and underwent a piloted shame induction task using a within-subject design. The assessment involved baseline and post-induction reactive-state shame and negative affect, subsequent use of reactive-state ACP and engagement strategies, followed by childhood maltreatment and trait measures. Two sets of state and trait mediation models were tested using Bayesian estimation, adjusting for reactive-state negative affect, reactive-state engagement strategies and the sum of physical abuse, emotional neglect and physical neglect histories. The models primarily supported the association of shame with ACP across state and trait models. CEA history was associated with reactive-state and trait ACP through the indirect effect of trait (but not reactive-state) shame. A post-hoc moderation analysis suggested reduced post-induction shame and ACP use for moderate-to-severe CEA history, which was tentatively attributed to the involvement of aberrant stress reactivity associated with higher CEA history.
Correction to 'Explainability increases trust resilience in intelligent agents'.
Br J Psychol · 2026 Apr · PMID 42033179 · Publisher ↗
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