Discipline Of Psychology Research Articles

Embodying care: Trauma-informed practice in community dance

As part of the ATTUNE project, this article critically appraises the strengths of community dance as a trauma-informed practice and examines areas for development in relation to guidelines on trauma-informed care. In the context of exacerbated mental health problems amongst young people in the United Kingdom, meeting the diverse needs of people who attend community dance spaces requires robust and empathetic enquiry across sectors. This article presents a critique of regularly cited literature from the distinct disciplines of dance and psychology and focuses specifically on the merits of relational approaches within community dance.

Social and Professional Adaptation of Students in the Educational Environment of the University in the Last Third of the 20th Century: Experience of Organization and Interpretation

The relevance of the problems of the presented research is connected with the understanding and evaluation of some forms of organization of social and professional adaptation of first-year students and their integration into the educational environment of the university, established and implemented in the practice of domestic universities in the last third of the 20th century, their influence on personal, social and professional development of future teachers. The purpose of the article is to reflect on the experience of adaptation and integration of first-year students into the educational environment of the university, which has developed in the activities of historical and pedagogical faculties that operated in the USSR from 1966 to 1996. The reflection of such experience is focused on the search for productive ideas that allow students to adapt to the norms and values of the educational environment in the modern practice of professional psychological and pedagogical education, form sustainable motives for self-development, self-education, and intensively prepare for professional activities in the Russian education system. The leading methodological ideas in the analysis of the experience of adaptation and integration of students into the educational environment of the university are the principles of objectivity, consistency, historicism, reliance on the results of practical activities, on expert judgments and assessments of direct participants and organizers of this work in the last third of the 20th century. For these purposes, the method of monographic description of the practical experience of the activities of the installation camp of the historical and pedagogical faculty of the Kursk State Pedagogical Institute, conversations with teachers and students, participant observation, study of scientific texts, press materials and Internet resources was used. Research results. The study made it possible to reveal the place and role of installation camps in ensuring the adaptation and integration of first-year students into the educational environment of the university, to substantiate the main functions of the camp in the general logic of the personal, social and professional development of future teachers, to characterize some effective types and forms of work, their practical effectiveness. In particular, the essence and content of the adaptive, integration, value-orientation functions of the camp of first-year students are revealed; presents the types and forms of work on the socio-moral, personal and professional development of first-year students; the role of senior students in organizing the life of future teachers in the educational environment of the university is characterized. Conclusion. The materials of the article can be used by heads of humanitarian faculties, teachers of psychological and pedagogical disciplines, specialists in the field of history of higher professional pedagogical education.

A streamlined multidisciplinary metabolic clinic in psychiatric recovery service: a pilot study.

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes, that includes central obesity, hypertension, hyperglycaemia and dyslipidaemia. An audit indicated inadequate MetS screening in an Australian psychiatric recovery service. We aimed to improve MetS screening, identification and intervention by offering streamlined lifestyle education, clinical reviews and discharge planning. This pilot program prioritized holistic, culturally-sensitive, patient-centric, and trauma-informed approaches to enhance metabolic health outcomes. A Metabolic Clinic was piloted in two psychiatric rehabilitation cottages (n=35), which involved disciplines of dietetics, exercise physiology, diversional therapy, occupational therapy, peer workforce, social work, clinical psychology, pharmacy, nursing and medical. Another cottage (n=15) was assigned as the comparison and received standard care. A 12-week, 3-times-per-week lifestyle and behavioral program, called MetFit, was devised and offered to those identified at screening for the treatment cottages. Outcome measures were feasibility measures, the five metabolic parameters (waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting serum triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein, and glucose), functional measures, and a meal questionnaire. The treatment cottages had qualitative advantages in screening and identifying MetS. Of four enrolled consumers in MetFit, an improvement of triglycerides (p=0.08), squats (p=0.02), and push-ups (p=0.07) was observed. Major challenges of enrolment included an overall lack of acknowledgment of its importance, poor motivation of consumers and resources limitation. The one-stop provision of groups, peer support and inpatient pathway with multidisciplinary team-integration was generally accepted by consumers and the MDT and has iteratively demonstrated the urgent need for consumer-centered physical care and a cultural shift to foster collaboration within a psychiatric service.

The investigation of progress and application related to chatbot in psychology

The discipline of psychology plays a pivotal role in contributing to the development of scientific knowledge and the advancement of society, as well as being a prominent area of scientific research globally. In recent years, an increasingly number of artificial intelligence technologies have been combined with psychology technologies, aiming to facilitate in promoting the development of peoples mental health through artificial intelligence technology. Numerous chatbot technologies have emerged over the years, and these chatbots have excellent comprehensive capabilities and have been widely used in the field of psychology. However, there is little literature reviewing the application of chatbots in the field of psychology, and this review aims to summarize the technologies of chatbots and their application in psychology in this last several years, in order to help subsequent scholars understand the relevant research results in this field more quickly. This study summarizes some of the chatbot approaches in recent years and divides them into four parts, which are 1) ChatGPT 2) Chatbot 3) Accessing personality and emotions 4) Mental health support, and this study also further describes the advances, shortcomings, and future perspectives of the research in this field. and future perspectives in this field, hoping to be helpful to subsequent scholars.

Analysis of foreign and Russian approaches to the study of personal patriotism

The subject of the study is patriotism. The author conducted a theoretical analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature on the problem of patriotism. The features of approaches to the study of this phenomenon in the framework of philosophical, sociological, historical, psychological, pedagogical and psychological disciplines are considered in detail. A comparative analysis of the theoretical views of foreign and domestic authors on the content and nature of patriotism is carried out. An analysis of the literature allows us to conclude that Western and Russian studies of patriotism have many connotations, especially in the sociological and political sciences. Western and domestic scientists have identified similar essential signs of patriotism: patriotism as one of the highest feelings, as a creative feeling; patriotism as selfless work for the benefit of one's country, as a manifestation of higher feelings in action, as a duty to the country; patriotism as a deeply social phenomenon, as a civic virtue. The author conducts a comparative theoretical analysis of foreign and domestic approaches to the study of the problem of patriotism, understanding the psychological nature of this phenomenon. The main conclusions of the study are: in the studies of foreign scientists, patriotism is analyzed in the context of national and social issues and is practically not studied as a personal education, property or quality; at the heart of patriotism, most foreign authors note identification with their country based on feelings of love, pride and shame. In the West, patriotism is seen as a phenomenon of political awareness, quite closely related to nationalism. In Russian literature, such essential signs of patriotism as statehood and personality, which is the main subject of patriotism, are noted. The differences in the interpretation of the concept of "patriotism" and in approaches to its research can be explained by fundamental differences in culture and state and political traditions. In turn, the intersections in the definition of patriotism indicate that this phenomenon has certain interethnic and interstate features. The question of studying remains open and quite relevant.

Interpersonal Communication Model of Breadwinner Moms in Building a Harmonious Household in Bandar Klippa Village, Percut Sei Tuan Subdristrict, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatera, Indonesia

This research aims to analyze the communication process, role exchange, and interpersonal communication model of breadwinner mothers in building a harmonious household in Bandar Klippa Village, Percut Sei Tuan District, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The method used in this research is a descriptive method with a qualitative approach so that the data is then explained in sentence form. Researchers used interviews and documentation techniques to collect data from informants and triangulation. The results found by researchers include that the communication process continues because there is an element of mutual love and need for each other, the exchange of roles that occurs is contrary to functional structure and cultural norms, so the word "boru" appears. For Batak husbands who help with household work, the communication model that occurs is the Schramm model combined with the theory of the division of roles and needs from the discipline of psychology.

A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence.

Curiosity is a core driver for life-long learning, problem-solving and decision-making. In a broad sense, curiosity is defined as the intrinsically motivated acquisition of novel information. Despite a decades-long history of curiosity research and the earliest human theories arising from studies of laboratory rodents, curiosity has mainly been considered in two camps: 'linguistic human' and 'other'. This is despite psychology being heritable, and there are many continuities in cognitive capacities across the animal kingdom. Boundary-pushing cross-disciplinary debates on curiosity are lacking, and the relative exclusion of pre-linguistic infants and non-human animals has led to a scientific impasse which more broadly impedes the development of artificially intelligent systems modelled on curiosity in natural agents. In this review, we synthesize literature across multiple disciplines that have studied curiosity in non-verbal systems. By highlighting how similar findings have been produced across the separate disciplines of animal behaviour, developmental psychology, neuroscience, and computational cognition, we discuss how this can be used to advance our understanding of curiosity. We propose, for the first time, how features of curiosity could be quantified and therefore studied more operationally across systems: across different species, developmental stages, and natural or artificial agents.

“It’s Like POOF and It’s Gone”: The Live-Streaming of Child Sexual Abuse

The live-streaming of child sexual abuse is an established, and prolific, form of abuse, with high international demand. It involves transmitting the sexual abuse of children in ‘real time’ via a webcam to individuals in any geographical location. Despite it being identified as a global key threat in the area of child sexual exploitation, there is a dearth of literature on this type of offending, limiting our understanding. Until further research is conducted, the current paper fills an important purpose by offering a stop gap of current research on the live-streaming of child sexual abuse. In particular, it draws from a breadth of literature to offer a synthesis of where geographically CSA live-streaming appears to mostly occur; the technological and legal barriers in detecting and prosecuting the behavior; what we know about viewers; what we know about facilitators; and the victims of CSA live-streaming and the impact of the abuse on them. In doing so, this paper offers critical knowledge for research, policy, and practice professionals across psychology, criminology, and law disciplines, who are interested in understanding, preventing, and responding to this form of sexual offending against children.

A comprehensive scan of psychological disciplines through self-identification on Google Scholar: Relative endorsement, topical coverage, and publication patterns.

Psychological researchers often identify with psychological disciplines, such as social or clinical psychology. The current study analyzed Google Scholar profiles from 6,532 international scientists who attracted more than 100 citations in 2019 and self-identified with at least one of 10 common psychological disciplines (psychoanalysis; clinical psychology; (cognitive) neuroscience; developmental psychology; educational psychology; experimental psychology; biological psychology/psychophysiology; mathematical psychology/psychometrics; social psychology; personality psychology). Results indicated that almost half of all psychologists self-identified with either social psychology or cognitive neuroscience. There were 487 topics that were endorsed at least five times, ranging from highly discipline-specific topics to more integrative ones, such as emotion and personality. We also factor-analyzed frequencies of topical endorsement across disciplines and found two factors, which we interpreted as reflecting correlational and experimental research traditions (with social psychology being the largest discipline within the former tradition and cognitive neuroscience being the largest discipline within the latter tradition). Differences in productivity and impact were also found, with researchers identifying with psychometrics being the most productive and researchers identifying with personality psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and multidisciplinary psychology as the most impactful in terms of citation increases per additional output. Recommendations for promoting cross-fertilization across psychological disciplines are formulated.

What Does Men's Health Education Look Like in Australian University Health Curricula? A Formative Evaluation and Future Enhancement Opportunities.

Developing the capacity of the health system, and the practitioners within it, to provide quality gender responsive care to men and boys remains critical to advancing men's health, and reducing health inequities amongst men. The aim for this study was to undertake a formative evaluation of Australian university health curricula for men's health content and scope the opportunities for future enhancement. A two-stage evaluation first involved a review of online course information for a sample of medicine (n = 10), nursing (n = 10), pharmacy (n = 10), clinical psychology (n = 10), social work (n = 12) and public health (n = 15) university curricula for men's health and gender content and opportunities for curricula enhancement. Secondly, university staff completed a survey on the coverage of men's health in their course(s), and receptivity, barriers and facilitators to curricula enhancement. The curricula review found no dedicated men's health courses, and men's health was referenced in the information for 10 of 1246 courses (0.8%) in 8 of 67 curricula. Gender was rarely referenced in course information, particularly for the disciplines of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and clinical psychology. There was an average of 16 enhancement opportunities per curricula with 40% relating to communicating and engaging with men within healthcare. Seventy staff from 25 universities and all target disciplines validated the curricula review findings of limited dedicated men's health content. Eighty-three percent were receptive to curricula enhancement, facilitated by content integration into existing courses. This review provides clear evidence that there are gaps, opportunities, and educator receptiveness for improving and implementing content regarding men's health education and gender responsive care in Australian university health curricula.

Decolonising the Humanities: Reimagining Black Intellectual Life and Personhood in Southern African Contexts

This review article explores possibilities for transdisciplinary entanglements between the disciplines of critical psychology and literary criticism through a reading of the volume, ʻFoundational African Writers’, edited by Bhekizizwe Peterson, Khwezi Mkhize and Makhosazana Xaba. In this article, ‘Foundational African Writers’ is approached as a distillation of Peterson’s investment in excavating the world-making activities, writing lives and activities of ordinary people as a central dimension of the project to decolonise the Humanities. As this edited volume attests, Peterson’s creative and critical oeuvre continues to provoke thinking about the ways in which the reading of the African literary archive can assist in the wider project of decolonising and re-imagining intellectual and creative history in the Global South while also providing opportunities for new modes of thinking about personhood and psychic life in contexts of precarity, intergenerational trauma and economic exclusion.

Affective Computing: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Future Trends

Affective computing is a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field that encompasses computer science, engineering, psychology, neuroscience, and other related disciplines. Although the literature in this field has progressively grown and matured, the lack of a comprehensive bibliometric analysis limits the overall understanding of the theory, technical methods, and applications of affective computing. This review presents a quantitative analysis of 33,448 articles published in the period from 1997 to 2023, identifying challenges, calling attention to 10 technology trends, and outlining a blueprint for future applications. The findings reveal that the emerging forces represented by China and India are transforming the global research landscape in affective computing, injecting transformative power and fostering extensive collaborations, while emphasizing the need for more consensus regarding standard setting and ethical norms. The 5 core research themes identified via cluster analysis not only represent key areas of international interest but also indicate new research frontiers. Important trends in affective computing include the establishment of large-scale datasets, the use of both data and knowledge to drive innovation, fine-grained sentiment classification, and multimodal fusion, among others. Amid rapid iteration and technology upgrades, affective computing has great application prospects in fields such as brain–computer interfaces, empathic human–computer dialogue, assisted decision-making, and virtual reality.

Социальное познание и социальный контекст: новое прочтение научного наследия Г.М. Андреевой

Background. Studying the reception of the scientific heritage of G.M. Andreeva in social psychology and related disciplines is relevant due to the increasing attention to the psychology of uncertainty and transitive society. This attention is the result of the historical process of modernization, understood as a crisis transition from a traditional way of thinking and life to a modern one. Objective. The purpose of the article is to show the heuristic nature of the ideas proposed by G.M. Andreeva in modern psychology as well as to identify new directions for the study of social cognition as a process of constructing an image of the social world in a situation of social transformations. Study Participants. A meta-analysis of theoretical and empirical studies based on the approach of G.M. Andreeva is carried out. The sample was made up of representatives of various social groups of Russian society, which allows us to draw conclusions about the structure of the image of the world, constructed in everyday and mass consciousness under the influence of radical social transformations. Methods. Methods of historical and psychological hermeneutics and comparative analysis are used, as well as a complex of qualitative research methods. Results. The epistemological and conceptual principles of G.M. Andreeva’s scientific school of social psychology are revealed. These principles focus on the problems of social cognition. The ways of conceptualizing the social context (lifeworld, life space, social institutions) and the units of its description and analysis (cognitive, affective and behavioral) are highlighted. The system of categories for psychological analysis of contexts presented in the article (image of the social world — collective emotions — coping strategies) allows us to study the phenomenology and mechanisms of social cognition in a changing transitive society, as well as to set directions for further research on the topic. Conclusions. The relevance of the ideas and scientific forecasts of G.M. Andreeva has been proven. The ideas have received empirical confirmation in modern interdisciplinary research and provide a solid theoretical and methodological basis for the psychological understanding and explanation of social change.

The use of GNSS technology in smartphones to collect sensitive data on human mobility practices: Ethical challenges and potential solutions.

The advent of mobile smartphones and similar technology has opened new opportunities for studying human mobility within psychology and companion disciplines such as human geography, demography, and sociology. This article examines how such research raises novel ethical concerns. To do so, we outline two research projects: one based in Northern Ireland (The Belfast Mobility Project) and the other in Chile (The Norm-Contact Mobility Project), drawing concrete examples of the ethical challenges encountered throughout both projects, which used global navigational satellite systems as a tool for data collection. We discuss new threats to participant confidentiality and anonymity, problems of "unanticipated" data collection and exploitation, emerging difficulties in achieving properly informed consent, and concerns regarding the representation of vulnerable populations with limited access to smartphones and a legitimate fear of surveillance. We also reflect on the different measures we took to tackle these challenges and discuss the importance of implementing wider changes in the protocols associated with basic ethical research principles. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Performance of aging consumers in an e-commerce product choice task: The role of working memory and decision strategies.

Over the past two decades, there has been a growing interest in research on aging and the decision-making behavior of older consumers. The subject of this article is multi-attribute decisions made using product comparison, a widely used functionality of many e-commerce stores. Studies on cognitive aging have established a negative relationship between age and accuracy in multi-attribute choice tasks; however, works in informatics (Human-Computer Interaction, UX research) have not accounted for how individual user differences affect the optimality of users' product comparison decisions. Our work attempts to bridge this gap between the disciplines of psychology of aging and informatics. We predicted and confirmed, in an online study simulating e-commerce shopping, the strong limitations of older adults in product comparison tasks. In subsequent modeling, other individual characteristics, such as visual working memory, were predicted and shown to be a reliable mediator of the relationship between age and decision accuracy. Popular product comparison tables are not sufficient for older consumers. Despite following UX guidelines for designing product comparison tables, overall correctness of consumer decisions in our study ranged from 90% to as little as 30%, depending on the difficulty of the task and the age of the consumer. These findings have important practical implications for UX design of e-commerce Websites.

The theoretical and methodological basis of the study of the processes of ethnic identification

The problem of ethnic identity of representatives of other nationalities, its formation depends on changes taking place in society, social and cultural life. Studying this issue is of great scientific importance in multiethnic Kazakhstan. This is because the ethnic minority, like all citizens in the society, goes through the necessary stages of adaptation in the socio-cultural environment. This will bring about changes in social relations. Its factors, socio-cultural features should be studied in order not to turn the changes into conflicts. Because the phenomenon of diaspora is based on ethnic identity, which ensures the survival of the ethnic organism. The theoretical basis of the article is the works of foreign and domestic scientists who have studied various aspects of ethnic identity. This is because the study of ethnic identity is a complex and multidisciplinary field that includes various theoretical and methodological approaches. Scholars from anthropology, sociology, psychology, and other disciplines have contributed to our understanding of how individuals and groups identify with their ethnic heritage. The article is based on a number of theoretical findings that seek to understand how the study of ethnic identity processes shapes the ethnic identities of individuals and groups. These theories provide insight into the complex interplay of factors that influence the development and maintenance of ethnic identity. The study used a historical method to understand how the functions of ethnic identity have changed from ancient times to the present day. The documentary method of analysis was used to analyze published scientific articles. Ethnic identity has been found to be a complex and multidimensional construct that can be influenced by personal experiences, societal norms, historical factors, and broader cultural dynamics.

The discipline of Medical Psychology in the ethical-humanistic education of medical students

Objective: To describe the current situation of ethical-humanistic training through the discipline Medical Psychology at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Sancti Spíritus “Dr. Faustino Pérez Hernández.”Methods: Non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional study with a mixed-methods approach. The sample was stratified and non-probabilistic, consisting of 10 professors, 8 administrators, and 60 students. Results: The diagnosis found the following strengths: the discipline Medical Psychology is integrated into the cross-curricular ethical-humanistic formation within the Medicine curriculum; humanistic values education is established as a priority methodology; the medical-legal curricular strategy is developed; the faculty serves as an example of what is taught in the discipline; students recognize the importance of the formative process. On the other hand, the following deficiencies were found: weaknesses in the direction of ethical-humanistic training in the discipline Medical Psychology; professors need more training to meet the requirements of the medical training model; there are still no comprehensive assessments that emphasize skills and behavior, as well as the interrelation with the main integrating discipline. Conclusions: The discipline Medical Psychology has the potential to enhance the ethical-humanistic education of medical students. Both administrators and students recognize the importance of improving this educational process. However, it was observed that there is no relevant methodology adapted to the formative needs of professors and students

Çeyrek Yaşam Krizi: Frances Ha Filmi Üzerinden Bir İnceleme

Quarterlife crisis is a concept used to describe the difficulties and indecision faced by individuals in their early twenties and mid-thirties regarding their careers, financial arrangements, where to live and relationships. During the quarterlife crisis, individuals experience mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety. In this study, in order to understand characteristics of the quarterlife crisis the relationships between the discipline of psychology and the art of cinema have been acted upon. The aim of this study is to analyze the Frances Ha movie directed by Noah Baumbach in the context of the quarterlife crisis. Document analysis, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. The results of the study revealed that Frances, the main character of the Frances ha movie, experienced many features of the quarterlife crisis. As a result, awareness of the quarterlife crisis by mental health professionals may enable them to intervene more accurately when working with clients who are experiencing difficulties during this crisis.

Understanding Contemporary Career Success: A Critical Review

This article provides a critical review of developments in the literature on career success. We review work from both the organizational psychology (OP) and organizational behavior (OB) disciplines, highlighting the different perspectives, strengths, and weaknesses of each area, and attempt to reconcile these perspectives on career success to suggest productive new research directions. First, the article reflects on conceptualizations of objective and subjective career success and their relative value to the field. We then discuss several categories of career success predictors drawn from economic, sociological, and social-psychological perspectives used in OP and OB. These include human capital, internal and external labor markets, sponsorship and social capital, stable and malleable individual differences, and career self-management behaviors. We provide research suggestions within each of those sections as well as an integrative research agenda built around several emerging issues and theoretical perspectives, encouraging future research on the implications of sustainable careers, career shocks, marginalized group experiences, and alternative employment arrangements for career success.

Increasing the practical relevance of management research: In honor of Timothy T. Baldwin

As applied fields, management, industrial-organizational psychology, and related disciplines seek to make their knowledge relevant to business practitioners. But the current dissemination model is inefficient, leading some to conclude that the gap between academics and practitioners poses one of the most pressing problems in management today. Using insights derived from the life and work of Timothy Baldwin, we offer four takeaways designed to foster collaboration between theoreticians and practitioners: (1) shrink the mission, (2) do not internalize the enemy, (3) find your champions, and (4) use the science of persuasion. These strategies are crucial to closing the gap and thus uniting the efforts of researchers and practitioners so as to ensure the practical relevance of research and to strengthen the organizational value proposition.