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Psychology International, Volume 7, Issue 1

2025 March - 27 articles

Cover Story: Social support plays a crucial role in academic engagement and life satisfaction, which are key factors for student well-being and success. This study examined the influence of family, significant others, and friends on AE and LS among 363 Croatian university students (studying nursing and physiotherapy). The findings revealed that family support was the strongest positive predictor for both AE and LS. Older age was linked to higher levels of AE and LS, while employed students had lower levels of LS. In younger and older subgroups, family support remained the only significant predictor, although it did not predict AE in older students. Social support was positively correlated with both AE and LS, with stronger correlations for LS. These results emphasize the importance of family support for improving academic and life outcomes. View this paper
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Articles (27)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,536 Views
10 Pages

Emojis with a Stable Interpretation Among Individuals in Japan

  • Gaku Kutsuzawa,
  • Hiroyuki Umemura,
  • Koichiro Eto and
  • Yoshiyuki Kobayashi

Emojis are widely used to measure users’ emotional states; however, their interpretations can vary over time. While some emojis exhibit consistent meanings, others may be perceived differently at other times. To utilize emojis as indicators in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,293 Views
13 Pages

Background. This study examines the behavioral responses of adolescents to online sexual harassment based on their roles as victims, perpetrators, both, or neutral participants. Methods. Data from a national sample of Croatian high school students (N...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,708 Views
24 Pages

Induced After-Death Communication (IADC) Therapy: An Effective and Quick Intervention to Cope with Grief

  • Fabio D’Antoni,
  • Irene Pulvirenti,
  • Antonella D’Orlando,
  • Vilma Claudio and
  • Claudio Lalla

Background: Induced after-death communication (IADC) therapy is an emerging approach for addressing grief-related distress, particularly in individuals experiencing complicated grief (CG). Developed from eye movement desensitization and reprocessing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,161 Views
11 Pages

Persistent Physical Symptoms—Healthcare Workers’ Experiences of Current Models of Care

  • Lorelle Dismore,
  • Stacie Thursby,
  • Gail-Dovey Pearce,
  • Iain Goff,
  • Diarmaid Ferguson,
  • David Tomson and
  • Katherine Swainston

Persistent physical symptoms (PPS) are frequently seen in most medical specialties. Healthcare provision for PPS patients has been largely ineffective due to an outdated biomedical approach and failure to encompass the multifaceted nature of PPS, des...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,657 Views
13 Pages

Cancer Literacy Among Youth University Students and Motivations for Volunteering

  • Adriana Rosa,
  • Anabela Pereira and
  • Maria João Carapeto

Cancer literacy is essential for promoting preventive behaviors and making informed decisions for a healthier lifestyle. There are significant gaps in the knowledge of modifiable and non-modifiable cancer risk factors among university students. The o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,329 Views
11 Pages

The present study examined the contribution of mother–child and father–child synchrony to early adolescents’ prosocial and aggressive behavior with peers and friendship quality. Data were collected as part of a cross-sectional study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,048 Views
21 Pages

(1) Background: Workplace procrastination leads to missed deadlines and financial losses, necessitating a deeper understanding of its risk factors and inhibitors for effective interventions. This study aims to bridge the significant gap in the litera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,920 Views
19 Pages

Background: Self-directed learning (SDL) most appropriately is learning that is personally selected based on individual values. SDL potentially achieves psychological flow. Flow is an outcome identified and investigated by psychologist Mihaly Csiksze...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,194 Views
26 Pages

Background. Attachment between romantic partners has been investigated primarily through self-reports assessing the two dimensions of avoidance and ambivalence/anxiety, typically formulating items according to observable psychological properties. How...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
15,356 Views
17 Pages

Test anxiety has been the focus of research interest in the domains of education and psychology for over 70 years, as it affects not only students’ academic achievement and overall well-being, but students’ families and school staff as we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,639 Views
21 Pages

During their career, most professional players in team sports encounter club-to-club transfers (CCTs). Indeed, it is unusual for a player to remain with a single club throughout their professional career, making these transitions pivotal moments in e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,698 Views
13 Pages

Background: The role of social support in fostering academic engagement (AE) and life satisfaction (LS) is well established, as both are essential for student well-being and success. Theoretical frameworks suggest that distinct sources of social supp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,633 Views
11 Pages

Positive Mental Health: Psychometric Evaluation of the PMHI-19 in a Sample of University Student-Athletes and Dancers

  • Morgan Hansen-Oja,
  • Alexandra Dluzniewski,
  • Russell T. Baker and
  • Madeline P. Casanova

Background: Student-athletes and competitive dancers experience significant physical, psychological, and emotional stress, often coupled with academic and social pressures. These stressors may lead to unhealthy coping mechanisms, negatively impacting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,825 Views
14 Pages

Teacher identity is a multidimensional construct that includes elements such as teachers’ perceptions of their responsibilities and the boundaries they place on those responsibilities. The purpose of this study was to examine how elements of te...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,270 Views
31 Pages

Background: This study evaluated the validity and reliability of the Health Action Process Approach model to predict physical activity behaviours in women experiencing urinary incontinence. Methods: Participants (n = 389) completed a series of measur...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
29,316 Views
33 Pages

Background: Exposure to violent content through video games can shape perceptions of aggression as normative or acceptable, potentially desensitizing adolescents to violence and increasing the likelihood that they will engage in aggressive behavior i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,622 Views
11 Pages

Multiple researchers have called for greater investigation into the Florida HB 1557 bill and its corresponding legislation, as well as its impact, particularly in Florida Recent limitations in research on this topic include not having a developed, va...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,796 Views
22 Pages

The outbreak of COVID-19 signaled an unprecedented era of unforeseen events which, among others, affected in-person psychological therapy (IPT). On the one hand, it could be argued that psychological therapy had the foundations to make the transition...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,836 Views
10 Pages

Background: Stigma can have a significant impact on the lives of those inflicted, and stigmatisation can occur at any time when individuals commonly label behaviours and characteristics of others as offensive. Many attributes, such as homosexuality,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,517 Views
17 Pages

Adaptation, Development, and Validation of the Spiritual Community and Togetherness Scale (SCoTS)

  • Christopher R. Dabbs,
  • Carrie L. Winterowd,
  • Elizabeth A. Albright,
  • Tiffany Kolba,
  • Tianna Etes,
  • Bronson K. Snyder,
  • Jeffery Logan Riddle and
  • Kidist A. Beker

We adapted the SCoTS from the Collegiate Psychological Sense of Community Scale to measure religious/spiritual (R/S) community and belonging among college students. Emerging research indicates that participation and involvement in R/S groups among co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,158 Views
13 Pages

Background: The relationship between resilience and emotional intelligence and its influence on military personnel has become the object of research in recent years, since today’s combatant faces significant physical and psychological challenge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,808 Views
11 Pages

Climate denialism represents a significant challenge to public awareness and the implementation of effective environmental policies. In Portugal, as in other countries, social networks have been the place where denialist ideas are disseminated, influ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,418 Views
15 Pages

As modern technology enables instant access to virtually limitless information, students may perceive memorization of information as lacking in practical importance. The current study investigated the relationship between attitudes toward remembering...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,759 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Emotional Valence on Text Comprehension by French Fourth and Fifth Graders

  • Ugo Ballenghein,
  • Léa Lachaud,
  • Xavier Aparicio and
  • Denis Alamargot

Background: Emotional valence can be used to describe the pleasant or unpleasant nature of information such as images, words, sentences, or texts. The possible existence of a bias favoring the comprehension of positive versus negative information rem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,303 Views
20 Pages

Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is a widely used tool in the social sciences. Researchers employ it to identify the latent structure underlying observed indicator variables during the process of scale development, theory construction, and compariso...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,832 Views
12 Pages

Interactive Multimedia Environment Intervention with Learning Anxiety and Metacognition as Achievement Predictors

  • Aristea Mavrogianni,
  • Eleni Vasilaki,
  • Michalis Linardakis,
  • Aikaterini Vasiou and
  • Konstantinos Mastrothanasis

Background: Interactive learning environments have emerged as transformative tools in education, enhancing engagement, academic performance, and addressing challenges like learning anxiety. This study examines the influence of multiple variables, inc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,509 Views
11 Pages

Subjective Quality of Life of Portuguese Karateka: A Comparative Study with General Population

  • João Tomás,
  • Sandy Severino,
  • Susana Valido,
  • Ricardo Mestre,
  • Maria João Santos,
  • Cristina de Sousa,
  • Luís Sousa and
  • Helena José

Sports and quality of life have a well-established connection. Karate-Dō is now a global scale sport, although it preserves traditional values and behaviors. The main aim of this study is to compare the difference in subjective quality of life l...

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Psychol. Int. - ISSN 2813-9844