School Psychology Article Feed

February 9th, 2025

Place identity in a personality psychological context: place identity orientation and its validating associations with nature connectedness and pro-environmental behavior.

Berze IZ; Dúll A pubmed id: 39749271

The study looks at how people think about themselves and their connection to places, like parks or cities, not just other people. They made a new test called Place Identity Orientation to measure this idea. They found that people who feel more connected to places and nature tend to care more about the environment.

The emotional surge: in-depth qualitative exploration of rumination and emotional turbulence in non-suicidal self-injurers.

Khan S; Rehna T; Butt TA pubmed id: 39749268

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a problem for young adults, making them feel upset and affecting their daily lives. This study looked at why people start and continue to hurt themselves by talking to 10 young people in Pakistan. The researchers found that strong emotions, having trouble dealing with stress, and overthinking are key reasons people harm themselves without wanting to die.

Do conscientious employees have a high level of work engagement? The roles of presenteeism and perceived organizational support.

Sun H; Wang S; Zhang W; Sun L pubmed id: 39744040

The study looked at how being careful and organized (conscientiousness) helps people stay interested in their work. It found that being conscientious makes people more engaged at work, and things like showing up sick (presenteeism) and feeling supported by the company (POS) influence this relationship. Feeling supported can make the positive effects even stronger.

Transdiagnostic mechanisms of mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations of childhood trauma, maladaptive personality traits, emotion regulation, mentalizing, and pandemic-related distress.

Holl J; Berning A; Kling L; Taubner S; Georg AK; Volkert J pubmed id: 39744034

The COVID-19 pandemic has made many people feel stressed and upset. This study looks at how things like childhood trauma, certain personality traits, and difficulty managing emotions might affect people's reactions to the pandemic.

Assessing serial recall as a measure of artificial grammar learning.

Jenkins HE; de Graaf Y; Smith F; Riches N; Wilson B pubmed id: 39744033

This research looks at how people can learn patterns without knowing it. They tested if seeing things in order helps people remember better, like how words form sentences. They did experiments to see if this helps us understand grammar and how words connect in language.

Quantity of spontaneous touches to body and surface in very preterm and healthy term infants.

Stupperich S; Dathe AK; DiMercurio A; Connell JP; Baumann N; Jover M; Corbetta D; Jaekel J; Felderhoff-Mueser U; Huening B pubmed id: 39744032

Babies move a lot on their own, and healthy babies might touch things or themselves with their hands up to 200 times in 10 minutes. There are differences in how very early born babies and full-term babies develop their movements, but we don't know if they touch things differently.

Visual dominance of the congruency sequence effect in a cross-modal context.

Tang X; Zhang X; Wang T; Yu H; Wang A; Zhang M pubmed id: 39744030

The study looked at how we respond to different kinds of information, like seeing and hearing things. It found that when we see and hear the same thing over and over, we get better at noticing differences. Seeing things seems to help us the most, making it easier to notice changes the next time.

The attention network characteristics of adults with high ADHD traits: low stability, boost accuracy by sacrificing response time.

Xiang J; Wang X; Feng T pubmed id: 39744028

People with high ADHD traits have trouble focusing, especially with staying alert and being consistent in their attention. They often show slower reaction times even when their answers are accurate. These issues can affect how well they do in school and work, and understanding them can be important for helping people with ADHD.

Words before pictures: the role of language in biasing visual attention.

Calignano G; Lorenzoni A; Semeraro G; Navarrete E pubmed id: 39744025

This study looked at how words and objects we know can help us pay better attention and find things faster. The researchers thought that real words and familiar objects would make it easier to focus compared to made-up words or objects.

Feeling good, approaching the positive.

Kobrock K; Solzbacher J; Gotzner N; König P pubmed id: 39744023

This study looks at how our mood affects whether we move towards or away from things. It talks about how people like going towards good stuff and avoiding bad stuff quickly. The research tries to understand how happy or sad feelings change this behavior.

Touching at a distance: the elaboration of communicative functions from the perspective of the interactants.

Héron R; Safin S; Baker M; Zhang Z; Lecolinet E; Détienne F pubmed id: 39744019

The study looked at how people can use touch through technology to communicate over video calls. Couples used special devices that created vibrations and lights to help them share their feelings while talking about shared memories. The researchers learned that these touches helped them understand each other better, much like how people use gestures and expressions in face-to-face talks.

Metaphorical discourse in Beijing Winter Olympic news: a Trinocular Perspective analysis of language, cognition, and social functions.

Peng W; Li Q pubmed id: 39742050

This study looked at how metaphors in news about the Beijing Winter Olympics help people understand ideas and share important stories. Metaphors make the news more interesting and help people learn about things like the Olympic spirit and working together for a better world. They also help spread important values and ideas in society.

Measuring dynamic emotional experiences in response to media stimuli.

Winkler JR; Appel M pubmed id: 39742047

This research paper talks about how important it is to study our feelings when we watch or listen to media like TV shows or music. It explains different ways to measure emotions, like seeing how our skin reacts or analyzing our facial expressions, and gives advice on how to use these methods in research.

Assessing law enforcement officer skills in Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) research: developing and implementing standardized scenarios.

Watson AC; Jackson E; Fu E; Bruno R; Comartin E; Kamin D; Pope LG; Vega E; Compton MT pubmed id: 39742043

Researchers created scenarios to help police learn how to handle mental health crises. They made these scenarios realistic and challenging so officers could practice important skills like talking calmly and showing understanding. This work helps make sure police are better prepared for real situations they might face.

Atypical Regional Accent in Autistic Children: A Perception Study.

Beccaria F; Gagliardi G; Kissine M pubmed id: 39739894

Autistic kids in Italy might speak with accents different from those around them. Their accents sound more like the ones on TV shows and cartoons. This might be because they hear and learn more from screens than from people around them.

Depression and emotion regulation strategy use moderate age-related attentional positivity bias.

Faul L; Bellaiche L; Madden DJ; Smoski MJ; LaBar KS pubmed id: 39737246

The study looked at how people see different emotions in pictures and found that older adults who don't have depression tend to focus more on positive images, especially if they like to rethink situations instead of just keeping emotions inside. On the other hand, people with depression didn't show much difference in how they looked at positive versus negative pictures.

The moderating effect of parental mediation in the longitudinal associations among cyberbullying, depression, and self-harm among Chinese and American adolescents.

Wright MF pubmed id: 39737243

The study looked at how parents can help stop bad effects from cyberbullying on kids, like feeling sad or hurting themselves. It found that when parents are more involved in their kids' online lives, it helps protect them from these bad effects. This was especially true for kids in China compared to kids in America.

Women show enhanced proprioceptive target estimation through visual-proprioceptive conflict resolution.

de Melo AB; Landeira-Fernandez J; Krahe TE pubmed id: 39737242

The study looked at how people use different senses to understand their surroundings, especially when those senses give mixed signals. It tested if practicing drawing while looking in a mirror could help people guess where things are better in another mirror trick. It found that women got better at this over time, but men did not.

Cross-regional cultural recognition of adolescent voice emotion.

Cheng S; Li Y; Wang Y; Zhang Y pubmed id: 39737237

Researchers found that people are better at understanding emotions from their own culture than from others. They studied how teenagers recognize emotions in voices from their own culture by doing three different experiments.