This investigation introduces a novel tool for identifying conscientious responders (CRs) and random (RRs) in psychological inventory data. The Conscientious Responders Scale (CRS) is five-item validity measure that uses instructional items to identify responders. Because each item instructs exactly how answer particular item, response can be scored as either correct or incorrect. Given the long odds of answering CRS correctly by chance alone on 7-point scale (14.29%), we reasoned RRs would...

Purpose Financial threat is defined as fearful-anxious uncertainty regarding one’s current and future financial situation. The purpose of this paper to examine predictors outcomes in two samples students who completed an online questionnaire for course credit. theoretical model the authors proposed tested association between personal debt, anxiety, economic hardship with threat, turn, threat’s relationship willingness change behavior (e.g. increase income, cut expenses, reduce debt), job...

The present study tested the extent to which perceived economic hardship is associated with psychological distress (suicide ideation and confusion) after controlling for personal characteristics. It also explored whether financial threat (i.e., fearful anxious-uncertainty about stability security of one's situation) mediates relationship between outcomes. theoretical model was in a sample Canadian students (n = 211) validated community employed Portuguese adults 161). In both samples, fit...

The present study tests a psychosocial model of factors predicting emotional exhaustion and state anger in 333 nurses who worked during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Predictors included working conditions, feedback, risk contracting SARS, perceived organizational support. Results path analysis revealed that conditions contributed significantly to an increase SARS threat, which led increased anger. Positive feedback was directly positively related Higher levels...

This investigation examined whether trait variables (empathy, global social responsibility) and perceived human responsibility predict interact to people's helping of natural‐disaster victims. In Study 1, participants completed a questionnaire read one two bogus earthquake reports which portrayed victims as either prepared or unprepared for foreseeable earthquake. 2, about the Hurricane Katrina. Across studies, was best elicited from high‐empathy individuals who attributed disasters actions...

The present investigation explores how judgments of responsibility influence affective and helping reactions toward natural-disaster victims. Guided by Weiner's (1995, 2006) theory social motivation, we hypothesized that judging victims responsible for a disaster would indirectly lead to low rates helping. Two studies tested this hypothesis. In Study 1, bogus earthquake was used test experimentally the effects (low, high). 2, surveyed attitudes about Hurricane Katrina. Our results showed...

Research in emotion regulation has begun to examine various predictors of choices, including individual differences and contextual variables. However, scant attention been paid the extent which people’s beliefs about specific consequences strategies for components an emotional response long-term well-being predict their behavioral regulatory choices and, turn, subjective well-being. Participants completed measures assess functional dysfunctional strategies, negative scenarios, The model that...

The effectiveness of Snoezelen® multi-sensory stimulation treatment was evaluated with 50 psychiatric patients (25 men, 25 women) and hospital employees women). Pre post-treatment physiological responses (galvanic skin conductance response, heart rate, percentage blood oxygen) were compared participants for perceived psychological benefits a nine-item questionnaire. Results indicate that participation in single 20-minute session had significant positive effects on both the patient staff...

The Conscientious Responders Scale is a five-item embeddable validity scale that differentiates between conscientious and indiscriminate responding in personality-questionnaire data (CR & IR). This investigation presents further evidence of its generalizability across two experiments. Study 1 tests sensitivity to questionnaire length, known cause IR, tries provoke IR by manipulating psychological reactance. As expected, short questionnaires produced higher scores than long...

This research examines the mediating role of victims’ embarrassment in explaining why apologies from transgressors sometimes affect reported forgiveness, but not actual forgiveness toward transgressors. Victims insincerely communicate following a transgressor’s apology because they feel put on spot and embarrassed try to escape awkwardness such situations. The results an online experiment supported our hypothesis by showing that victim mediated relation between experienced forgiveness.

The premise of Lin, Osman, and Ashcroft (this issue) is that nudge theory can be applied in all aspects public life to improve people’s health well-being. Unfortunately, the literature they present shows only a dismal empirical record effectiveness nudging healthy behavior. In spite overwhelmingly positive tone authors, successes attributed nudge-based interventions other domains cannot yet made area wellness. fact, Lin et al.’s review suggests quite opposite: behavior bears no fruit.

Indiscriminate (i.e., carless, random, insufficient effort) responses, commonly believed to weaken effect sizes and produce Type II errors, can inflate potentially I errors where a supposedly significant result is actually artifactual. We demonstrate how indiscriminate responses spuriously high correlations in depression hopelessness data nonclinical population undergraduates), this inflation occurs, misrepresentation likely happen, guard against it. Although previous researchers have...

<title>Abstract</title> In the midst of COVID-19 pandemic’s peak, many individuals faced unprecedented levels perceived threat. That being said, it has been reported that also positive psychological outcomes and engagement in altruistic or prosocial behaviour. This quasi-experimental study delves into interplay sample types (students versus community members) timing (pre- post-vaccine availability) on disruption variables tied to outcomes. Through a comprehensive questionnaire comprising...

The Item Wording Effect (IWE) in psychological testing describes how individuals respond differently to positively and negatively worded items. Previous IWE research faced challenges due measures varying beyond item valence. This study aimed address this problem by developing an inventory, the Positive Negative Descriptor Inventory (PANDI), with items solely on Semantic framing was manipulated examine which factor (valence vs. framing) more causal of IWE. Using online survey Mechanical Turk,...