Development of Arithmetic Fluency in Grade 5 and Related PredictorsSummary:Background: Arithmetic fluency describes the ability to quickly provide many correct answers in a narrowly defined period of time for simple ...
Social categories are conceived of as broad classes in which some instances are better exemplars than others, and non-necessary features are assumed to modulate typicality. This research investigated how various emotional expressions impact on gender ...
This paper explores the relationship between gender, processes of argumentation and cognitive change in children’s social interaction. Hundredandtwenty children (average age, 9.5 years) discussed a moral dilemma with a same age peer. The style of children’...
Many studies have shown that physical appearance has a strong effect on hiring decisions, but they have not simultaneously taken into account the applicant’s competence, the hierarchical status, and job sex type. Recruiters rated the hireability, utility, ...
Existing research shows that a sad mood hinders emotion recognition. More generally, it has been shown that mood affects information processing. A happy mood facilitates global processing and a sad mood boosts local processing. Global processing has been ...
Past research has failed to adequately address the reasons behind the lack of handwashing in public restrooms. The present study explores possibilities for using psychology to design effective handwashing interventions. Specifically, the current study ...
Chronotype, or morningness-eveningness, refers to a person’s preference for a given time of day for intellectual and/or physical activities. It has many implications on health, well-being, performance, and daytime functioning. Because few data are ...
Emerging adulthood is a time of instability. This longitudinal study investigated the relationship between mental health and need satisfaction among emerging adults over a period of five years and focused on gender-specific differences. Two possible ...
Obesity is common among adolescents and is associated with a number of medical complications. As maladaptive emotional processing is assumed to influence obesity, this research investigated emotional openness (EO), a general model of emotional processing, ...
Abstract. This research concerns the influence of dominant/dominated asymmetries in the perceptual structure of social categories in computer-mediated communication (CMC). We explore the connection between the cognitive effects described by the social ...
Abstract. This study conducted a representative analysis of the Swiss labor market from 1991 to 2014 by applying Holland’s (1997) classification of occupations according to six vocational interest types: realistic, ...
Abstract:Background: While an increasing body of research has examined employees’ job insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, we know little about the role of cognitive and affective job insecurity in the pandemic context. Methods: We conducted a two-...
Development of a Questionnaire for the Economic Assessment of Attitudes and Self-Perceptions Related to the Use of Appliances and Home AutomationAbstract: We developed a short scale to assess attitudes and self-perceptions related to ...
Can School Have a Positive Impact on the Development of Global Self-Esteem in Adolescents?Abstract. The basic human needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness have repeatedly been examined as possible determinants of a global self-esteem. ...
Gender Constructs in the Nursery School With Children up to Three Years of AgeAbstract. The relevance of gender-related issues in pedagogical work with children in the first three years of life has received little attention ...
Abstract.Background: Asylum seekers have increased risk of suicide and suicidal behavior, with differences related to origin, gender, and age. There are barriers to communication in clinical encounters between ...
Abstract: The last two decades revealed a plethora of scientific examinations on the Dark Triad (narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) and Dark Tetrad traits (Dark Triad + sadism) in a variety of contexts. Short scales for the ...
Abstract: Women who visibly engage in politics online experience a lot of backlash. The presented study investigates sexist incivility against women in online political spaces as a possible explanation for the gender gap in online ...