Self-efficacy, psychological distress and previous therapy as predictors of abstinence after inpatient treatment – a replication studyAbstract.Question: Can abstinence at follow-up after one year be predicted ...
Attachment Styles, Computer Gaming and the Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation: A Replication StudyAbstract:Aims: Computer games are playing an increasingly important role in German society. The aim of this study was to replicate a ...
Does Chewing Gum Enhance Cognitive Abilities? Two Rather Extraordinary ExperimentsBased on a few methodically weak studies with small samples, the mass media frequently claims that chewing gum has a positive impact on learning efficiency, concentration, ...
A matter of luck: Two high-powered preregistered replication studies on effects of superstition on cognitive performanceAbstract. In a series of experiments, Damisch, Stoberock and Mussweiler (2010) showed that ...
Where Are the Scientific Standards for High-Quality Replication Studies?Abstract. There is wide consensus that replication affords an important instrument for identifying valid findings and solid research approaches. However, if replication research ...
The New Statistics in Psychology – The Status Quo and Future of Data AnalysisAbstract. What is the appropriate way of analyzing and reporting data from psychological studies? Although there is a long history of argumentation and ...
Ways Out of the Crisis of Confidence: Individual Steps Toward a Reliable and Open ScienceAbstract. Psychology faces a so-called crisis of confidence as does sport psychology (see title of this special issue). While the debate on its causes and ...
From Confidence Crises and Action Norms to Self-Reflection and Individual ActionsAbstract. The authors of this commentary use the current special issue on the confidence crisis in social sciences and its consequences for sport psychology as a starting ...
Abstract. In this paper, we attempted to detect the effect of provided answers on those that succeed them, the “item proximity effect,” within a questionnaire with randomized item order for each respondent. In two studies, we administered ...
The present article suggests a possible way to reduce the file drawer problem in scientific research (Rosenthal, 1978, 1979), that is, the tendency for “nonsignificant” results to remain hidden in scientists’ file drawers because both authors and journals ...
Abstract. Replication studies, pre-registration, and increases in statistical power will likely improve the reliability of scientific evidence. However, these measures face critical limitations in populations that are inherently difficult ...
Abstract. Two articles hypothesized that exposure to the color red would induce a state of avoidance motivation and reported that snack food consumption was decreased when the food was served on red plates, relative ...
Abstract: Research has shown that people automatically imitate others and that this tendency is stronger when the other person is a human compared with a nonhuman agent. However, a controversial question is whether automatic imitation is also modulated by ...
Abstract. Binge-watching is a highly relevant new media phenomenon. An increasing number of people watch multiple episodes of their favorite series online, a process often spanning several hours. Granow et al. (2018) showed that binge-watching ...
Abstract: The effects of pornography have been of central focus to communication scholars for decades. Despite this, recent meta-analyses reveal a need for additional longitudinal studies probing pornography’s socializing effects, in ...
Abstract: Inoculation theory was introduced 60 years ago, after McGuire and Papageorgis (1961) published their first study on how resistance to persuasion can be induced. They demonstrated that people who are pre-exposed to weakened ...
Although replication is a central tenet of science, direct replications are rare in psychology. This research tested variation in the replicability of 13 classic and contemporary effects across 36 independent samples totaling 6,344 participants. In the ...
Asch’s seminal research on “Forming Impressions of Personality” (1946) has widely been cited as providing evidence for a primacy-of-warmth effect, suggesting that warmth-related judgments have a stronger influence on impressions of personality than ...