School Psychology Article Feed

February 9th, 2025

Art therapy and brain injury: making the invisible visible.

Wolf DR; Rattigan MD pubmed id: 39698387

Head injuries can cause problems with talking and understanding that don't go away easily. This paper talks about how making art can help people who are hurt, doctors, and family members communicate better. Art can show how people feel and help doctors know what's wrong, which can make patients feel better faster.

Alexithymia and estimated 10-year cardiovascular disease risk in healthy adults: a community-based cross-sectional study.

Vadini F; Lanzara R; Iuliani O; Affaitati GP; Porcelli P pubmed id: 39698381

This study looked at whether having trouble understanding and expressing emotions, called alexithymia, could affect the risk of heart disease over 10 years, even when other health-related factors are considered. It was done with a group of people who donate blood and are generally at low risk for heart disease.

A common metric for questionnaires on health anxiety in cancer patients.

Friedrich M; Schulte T; Malburg M; Hinz A pubmed id: 39691670

After people find out they have cancer, they can feel scared and worried about getting sicker. Doctors and researchers made a chart that helps them understand different ways to measure how worried people are. This chart helps compare different tests about health worries and share results with others.

Cognitive abilities in a sample of young Swedish children.

Clausén Gull I; Stålnacke J; Eninger L; Ferrer-Wreder L; Eichas K pubmed id: 39691667

This study looked at how young kids' thinking skills, early reading skills, and feelings skills are connected. They found that some thinking skills like remembering things and being flexible are linked to early reading but different from skills like self-control. This helps us understand how to create better programs to help kids learn and grow.

Toward characterization of perceptual specialization for faces in Multiracial contexts.

Pickron CB; Kutlu E pubmed id: 39691664

The study looks at how babies learn to recognize faces and languages, especially if they grow up in families or places with many races. It talks about how hard it is for researchers to study this and suggests using research from multilingual communities to learn more. The study wants to help future research understand how babies develop these skills in mixed-race environments.

A systematic review of the effects of rumination-focused cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing depressive symptoms.

Li Y; Tang C pubmed id: 39691663

Researchers are looking at a new kind of therapy called rumination-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (RFCBT) to help people with depression. This therapy aims to stop people from thinking too much about bad things, which can make them feel worse. The study found that RFCBT might help people feel better and keep them from getting depressed, but more research is needed.

Modest sex differences in the test of basic auditory capabilities (TBAC).

McFadden D; Pasanen EG; Kidd GR; Gygi B pubmed id: 39687566

The study looked at how people hear things differently and tested many people. They found small differences between boys and girls, but these differences were not very big. They also learned that body changes in hearing are larger than how boys and girls act when they hear sounds.

Health-related quality of life in children born preterm at school age: the mediating role of social support and maternal stress.

Martínez-Shaw ML; Evensen KAI; Melero S; Sánchez-Sandoval Y pubmed id: 39687562

The study looked at how children born early with very low birth weight and their moms feel about their wellbeing. They found that these kids and their parents say their quality of life is better than average. The research also showed that the support moms get and their stress levels can affect how the kids feel about their wellbeing.

Assessing perception of mattering in a cross-cultural university context: validity and reliability of the Italian and Hungarian versions of the University Mattering Scale (UM-S).

Matera C; Papp ZK; Paradisi M; Pieri C; Catling J; Nerini A pubmed id: 39687561

Researchers studied an Italian and Hungarian version of a scale to see if students feel valued at university. They found it works well for both countries and can help show how feeling valued relates to well-being and success in school. Hungarian students felt more valued than Italian students.

Emotional intelligence and the dark triad: a latent profile analysis to investigate the Jekyll and Hyde of the emotionally intelligent manager.

Haag C; Poirier C; Bellinghausen L pubmed id: 39687560

This study looked at how certain personality traits, called the Dark Triad, relate to emotional intelligence in managers. Researchers found that managers who are good at understanding emotions are less manipulative than those who aren't as skilled. Identifying these emotional intelligence profiles could help stop harmful management styles.

The Professional Identity of STEM Faculty as Instructors of Course-based Research Experiences.

Hanauer D; Alvey R; An P; Bancroft C; Butela K; Clase K; Coleman S; Collins DP; Conant S; Connerly P; Connors B; Dennis M; Doyle E; Edwards D; Fillman C; Findley A; Frost V; Gainey M; Golebiewska U; Guild N; Gusky S; Johnson A; Johnson K; Klyczek K; Lee-Soety J; Lindberg H; Mastropaolo M; Merkle J; Mitchell J; Molloy S; Nieto-Fernandez F; Nissen J; Perez Morales T; Peters N; Pfeifer S; Pollenz R; Preuss M; Rosas-Acosta G; Saha M; Sprenkle A; Sunnen CN; Tobiason D; Tolsma S; Ware V; Ahumada-Santos YP; Alvarez R; Anderson J; Ayuk M; Báez-Flores ME; Bailey D; Baliraine F; Behr E; Beyer A; Bhalla S; Bono L; Breakwell D; Byrum C; Duffy I; Gleich A; Harrison M; Ho R; Hughes L; Kagey J; Kohl K; McClory S; Moyer A; Alejandra Mussi M; Nance H; Nsa I; Page S; Parra-Unda JR; Rocheleau J; Swerdlow S; Thoemke K; Valentine M; Vega Q; Ward C; Williams D; Wisner E; Biederman W; Cresawn S; Graham M; Hatfull G; Heller D; Jacobs-Sera D; Monti D; Ramakrishna P; Russell D; Sivanathan V pubmed id: 39686967

Scientists often focus more on research than teaching, which can make it hard to change science education. The study looked at how instructors balance teaching and research in programs that combine both, and found that having a strong identity as both a teacher and a researcher helps make these programs successful. These programs help students stay engaged and succeed in science.

An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) Model to Facilitate Undergraduate Science Education Reform.

Monti DL; Gill JC; Adair TL; Adams SD; Ahumada-Santos YP; Amaya I; Anders KR; Anderson JR; Antunes MS; Ayuk MA; Baliraine FN; Bates TC; Beyer AR; Bhalla SS; Bouklas T; Bullock SK; Butela KA; Byrum CA; Caruso SM; Chong RA; Chung HM; Conant SB; Condon BM; Crump KE; D'Elia T; Dennis MK; DeVeaux LC; Diacovich L; Diaz A; Duffy I; Edwards DC; Fallest-Strobl PC; Findley AM; Fisher MR; Fogarty MP; Frost VJ; Gainey MD; Galle CS; Gibb B; Golebiewska UP; Gramajo HC; Grinath AS; Guerrero JA; Guild NA; Gunn KE; Gurney SM; Hughes LE; Jayachandran P; Johnson KC; Johnson AA; Kanak AE; Kanther ML; King RA; Kohl KP; Lee-Soety JY; Lewis LO; Lindberg HM; Madden JA; Martin BJ; Mastropaolo MD; McClory SP; Merkhofer EC; Merkle JA; Mitchell JC; Mussi MA; Nieto-Fernandez FE; Nissen JC; Nsa IY; O'Donnell MG; Overath RD; Page ST; Panagakis A; Parra Unda JR; Pass MB; Morales TGP; Peters NT; Plymale R; Pollenz RS; Reyna NS; Rinehart CA; Rocheleau JM; Rombold JS; Rossier O; Rudner AD; Rueschhoff EE; Shaffer CD; Smith MAV; Sprenkle AB; Sunnen CN; Thomas MA; Tigges MM; Tobiason DM; Tolsma SS; Garcia JT; Uetz P; Vazquez E; Ward CM; Ware VC; Washington JM; Waterman MJ; Westholm DE; Wheaton KA; White SJ; Williams BC; Williams DC; Wisner EM; Biederman WH; Cresawn SG; Heller DM; Jacobs-Sera D; Russell DA; Hatfull GF; Asai DJ; Hanauer DI; Graham MJ; Sivanathan V pubmed id: 39686966

There is a group called iREC that helps college teachers make science classes better for students. The teachers work together and learn from each other to teach science in interesting ways. This helps students do better in their science classes.

The CABANA model 2017-2022: research and training synergy to facilitate bioinformatics applications in Latin America.

Campos-Sánchez R; Willis I; Gopalasingam P; López-Juárez D; Cristancho M; Brooksbank C pubmed id: 39686965

The CABANA project helped people in Latin America learn more about bioinformatics to solve problems like diseases, food production, and protecting nature. They did this through workshops, training, meetings, and projects in 10 different countries. Many people learned new skills, and the project was a big success.

Silence after narratives by patients in psychodynamic psychotherapy: a conversation analytic study.

Fenner C pubmed id: 39679161

In therapy, talking is important, but sometimes silence happens because people are thinking or unsure about talking more. This study looks at what happens when both the therapist and patient stay quiet after a story is finished. It shows that therapists and patients work together to create this silence, and therapists usually break it by talking about the topic again.

Imagination, ecologized and enacted: driven by the historicity of affordance competition.

Stankozi C pubmed id: 39679160

The paper talks about how imagination can be explained by understanding how we see and interact with the world around us. It explains that imagination happens when different possibilities compete with each other, and our past experiences help us decide what to imagine. This is like using old memories to help solve new problems.

Effects of multilevel metacognition on group performance and regulation in collaborative learning.

Qiao L; Zhao W; Liu F; Xu X; Tao J pubmed id: 39679157

The study looks at how thinking about thinking, called metacognition, affects how well groups work together to learn. It found that when people in a group think together about their learning, they do better than if they just think on their own. The researchers also figured out different categories based on how well groups used this kind of thinking and did in their tasks.

Exploring the interplay of information relevance and colorfulness in multimedia learning.

Désiron JC; Schneider S pubmed id: 39679154

Researchers are studying how colors can help people learn better by making them feel good and pay attention. Sometimes, adding colorful pictures that don't help with learning can actually make it harder to learn. This study looked at how using colors only on important parts of learning materials affects learning.

Toward the role of social agency in explaining the personalization effect.

Lindhaus M; Bolin JS; Weßeling L; Oest L; Dutke S pubmed id: 39679153

The study looked at whether making learning materials more personal helps students learn better. They found that while students liked personalized materials more, it didn't actually help them learn more or get more involved with the work. So, just making materials personal might not be enough to help learning by itself.

Training, practice, and career considerations in forensic psychology: results from a field survey of clinical and non-clinical professionals in the United States.

LaDuke C; DeMatteo D; Brank EM; Kavanaugh A pubmed id: 39679151

The study looks at the jobs and training of 351 forensic psychologists in the U.S. Most people in the study were middle-aged, White women, and many had high income, especially those in private practice or cities. The study found that forensic psychologists had high career satisfaction but faced challenges, like student loan debt and gender pay gaps.

The involvement concept-replaceable or irreplaceable? A case for a conceptual analysis of a core concept of media psychological communication research.

Schramm H; Olbermann Z; Mayer F pubmed id: 39679148

The idea of involvement has been important in studying how people interact with media for many years. Researchers have added to this idea over time, but some began to wonder if it's still useful. This study looks at different types of involvement and finds that the original idea is still important for research.

Disentangling the perceptual underpinnings of autism: Evidence from a face aftereffects experiment.

Hennig J; Doose A; Breier CM; Soutschek A; Beyer N; Schweinberger S; Kamp-Becker I; Poustka L; Albertowski K; Roessner V; Ehrlich S pubmed id: 39676584

This study looked at how boys with autism see faces and found that they did not show a strong preference for seeing faces of their own gender. This suggests that boys with autism may not process faces in the same way as other kids, but their brains still have a lot in common with kids who don't have autism. The researchers believe more study is needed to understand how people with autism see the world.

Action execution and observation in autistic adults: A systematic review of fMRI studies.

Stillesjö S; Hjärtström H; Johansson AM; Rudolfsson T; Säfström D; Domellöf E pubmed id: 39673256

People with autism have motor problems, and scientists use special brain scans called fMRI to study this. The study found that their brains light up in different ways when they do things or watch others, using the same brain areas but with different patterns. This could be why they have trouble understanding what other people are doing.

Impostor phenomenon short scale (IPSS-3): a novel measure to capture impostor feelings in large-scale and longitudinal surveys.

Jansen MP pubmed id: 39669681

The Imposter Phenomenon (IP) is a feeling where people doubt their own achievements, and it often affects minority groups. This study created a new tool called the IPSS-3 to measure these feelings and found that social situations can affect how people experience IP. The IPSS-3 can help researchers learn more about IP among different ages and groups.

The impact of early life experiences on inhibitory control and working memory.

Dydenkova E; McGlone F; Mayorova L; Nikolaeva E pubmed id: 39669680

Bad things that happen to kids, called adverse childhood experiences, can hurt their brain while it is growing. These events, like being in a bad place without a family, can change how their brain grows and cause problems that last a long time.

Neuromodulation on the ground and in the clouds: a mini review of transcranial direct current stimulation for altering performance in interactive driving and flight simulators.

Sansevere KS; Ward N pubmed id: 39669679

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can help people do better in driving and flight simulators by improving specific skills, like keeping a safe distance from another car. However, how well tDCS works can depend on different things, such as the person’s experience and the difficulty of the task.