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The Role of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Supporting Student Learning in Postsecondary Education

edited by Rebecca Upsher, Claire Heard and Sumeyra Yalcintas

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 45708 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative artificial intelligence; pedagogy; postsecondary; higher education; curriculum design; student learning; assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)

The Role of Motivation and Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies in Learning across the Lifespan

edited by

Fotini Polychroni

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11259 | Submission Open

Keywords: motivation for learning; cognitive and metacognitive strategies; academic resilience; psychosocial adjustment; anxiety and stress; learning disabilities and dyslexia; children and adolescents; higher education students; COVID-19

(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)

Music Listening as Exploratory Behavior

edited by

Mark Reybrouck

Piotr Podlipniak

and

David Welch

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5520 | Submission Open

Keywords: music as a sound environment; music as soundscape; exploratory behavior as a cognitive category; broad-and-build theory: broadening the behavioral and cognitive repertoire; music perception and attentional dynamics; skillful coping with sounds; musical affordances; exploratory listening and homeostatic regulation; music knowledge acquisition; musical improvisation as exploratory behavior; musicality as an evolutionary achievement; discovery learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Experimental and Clinical Neurosciences)

Bidirectional Associations between Physical Activity and Psychosocial Factors

edited by

Vasiliki Zisi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4940 | Submission Open

Keywords: active lifestyle; motivation; enjoyment; wellness; wellbeing; emotional intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)

Social and Emotional Development of Gifted and Talented Individuals in a Rapidly Changing World

edited by F. Richard Olenchak and

Ophelie Desmet

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4663 | Submission Open

Keywords: gifted and talented; social and emotional development; affective development; psychosocial needs; talent development; high ability; mental health; wellbeing; personality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Psychology)

Trauma Informed Research: Mental and Physical Health Consequences of Trauma on Marginalized Groups

edited by

Abigail Williams-Butler

and Husain Lateef

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3669 | Submission Open

Keywords: trauma; adverse childhood experiences; culturally responsive interventions; gender-responsive interventions; measurement; developmental trauma; child maltreatment; juvenile justice; mental health; longitudinal methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)

Psychology of Sexual and Gender Diversity

edited by

CJ Bishop

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3581 | Submission Open

Keywords: sexual diverse; gender diverse; sexual and/or gender minority; LGBTQ2SIA+; identity; prejudice and discrimination; BDSM; resiliency; allyship; intersectionality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)

Healthy Even through Cancer—the Use of Narrations in Oncological Settings

edited by

Eleonora Pinto

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2448 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; narration; dialogue; text analysis; qualitative research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)

Language and Cognitive Development in Deaf Children

edited by Gary Morgan, Mario Figueroa González and Beatriz de Diego-Lázaro

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 1422 | Submission Open

Keywords: deaf; hard of hearing; cochlear implants; hearing aids; signed languages; executive function; cognition; theory of mind; language development; word learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)

Intersectionality and Health Disparities: A Behavioral Perspective

edited by Hyunwoo Yoon

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 970 | Submission Open

Keywords: intersectionality; health disparities; social identities; behavioral perspective; inequality; health outcomes; public health strategies

Benefits of Game-Based Learning

edited by Ian Turner

submission deadline 8 May 2025 | Viewed by 627 | Submission Open

Keywords: game-based learning; gamification; games; video games; digital game-based learning; active learning; critical thinking; play

(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)

Psychological Research on Sexual and Social Relationships

edited by

Chiara Rollero

submission deadline 14 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7849 | Submission Open

Keywords: wellbeing in social relationships; intimate relationships; gender stereotypes; social media; sexual abuse; intimate partner violence; homosociality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)

Social and Psychological Determinants of Acculturation

edited by Adrian J. Archuleta

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1052 | Submission Open

Keywords: determinants of acculturation; predictors of cultural change; social and psychological processes associated with acculturative strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)

Employee Behavior on Digital-AI Transformation

edited by

Tungju Wu

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 25191 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital-AI transformation; employee behavior; employee engagement; job redesign; artificial intelligence; organizational culture; ethical implications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organizational Behaviors)

Social Cognitive Processes in Legal Decision Making

edited by Kayla Burd and Hannah Phalen

submission deadline 27 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4738 | Submission Open

Keywords: psychology; law; social cognition; social cognitive processes; decision making; judgment; reasoning; memory; prejudice; bias

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)

Language Disorders of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Fragile X-associated Conditions

edited by Nell Maltman

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: autism spectrum disorder; ASD; fragile X; FMR1; language; communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

Behaviors in Educational Settings—2nd Edition

edited by

Yi Ding

Su-Je Cho

and

Cynthia Dong

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 34764 | Submission Open

Keywords: teacher behaviors; learning behaviors; social behaviors at school; behavioral analysis; applied behavioral analysis; children and adolescents; behavioral intervention; behavioral consultation; behavioral therapy; curriculum development; program development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)

Burnout, Mental Health and Work-Family Interface in Today’s Workplaces

edited by

Valentina Sommovigo

and

Giulia Paganin

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22242 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational well-being; traditional and emerging psycho-social hazards; job burnout; mental health at work; work– life interface

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)

Interventions for Depression and Anxiety: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

edited by

Kenichi Asano

and Hiroko Fujisato

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16167 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognitive behavioral therapy; acceptance and commitment therapy; schema therapy; mindfulness; compassion-focused therapy; depression; anxiety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)

Contemporary Developments in Attitudes and Interactions with Victims of Crime

edited by Dara Mojtahedi and

Dominic Willmott

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15008 | Submission Open

Keywords: victim; survivors; support; crime; trauma; victim attitudes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)

Therapeutic Advances in Eating Disorders and Addictive Eating

edited by

Kirrilly Pursey

and

Rebecca Collins

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14020 | Submission Open

Keywords: feeding and eating disorders; disordered eating; eating disorders; eating behaviours; eating attitudes; food addiction; addictive eating; intervention; treatment; lived experience

Promoting Flourishing at Work: Innovations in Positive Work and Organizational Psychology

edited by

Rona Hart

and Dan Hart

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10880 | Submission Open

Keywords: work/occupational well-being; employee health; job satisfaction; positive work and organizational psychology interventions; engagement; performance; work-life balance

Artificial Intelligence and Educational Psychology

edited by Manli Li

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9170 | Submission Open

Keywords: educational artificial intelligence; educational data mining; AI tutoring systems; collaborative learning; learning analytics; personalized learning; educational governance with AI; intelligent recommender systems; self-adaptive learning; affective computing; value sensitive design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Educational Psychology)

Neurocognitive Foundations of Embodied Learning

edited by Brian Mathias

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5681 | Submission Open

Keywords: grounded cognition; embodied cognition; cognitive neuroscience; learning; education; pedagogy; embodiment; multisensory; sensorimotor; multimodal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)

Work Motivation, Engagement, and Psychological Health

edited by Zheni Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5186 | Submission Open

Keywords: work motivation; work engagement; flexible work; motivation profile; changes in motivation; psychological health; employee well-being; motivational training and development; longitudinal/temporal patterns in motivation and health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organizational Behaviors)

An Interdisciplinary Look at the Psychology and Neuroscience of Creativity

edited by

Natalie A. Ceballos

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4392 | Submission Open

Keywords: creativity; creative expression; education; innovation; malevolent creativity; STEM; wellness; workplace

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)

Impression Formation and Decision Making

edited by Ana Gheorghiu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2346 | Submission Open

Keywords: impression formation; decision making; first impressions; person perception; individual differences; social perception; heuristics; dual-processing models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)

Digital Mental Health Interventions for Children and Young People

edited by Daniel Kim Wan Young

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: children and youth; artificial intelligence; depression; anxiety; digital interventions; digital technologies; digital mental health intervention; mental health; mental health intervention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)

Etiology and Treatment of PTSD and Co-Occurring Eating Disorders

edited by Emily L. Tilstra-Ferrell, Alexandra N. Brockdorf and Christine Hahn

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); eating disorders (EDs); trauma; social determinants of health; psychotherapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)

Mental Health and the Natural Environment

edited by Curt Davidson

submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4596 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; behavioral health; nature; natural environment; nature therapy; ecotherapy; experiential education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)

Physical and Motor Development in Children

edited by

Ermioni Katartzi

and Thomas Kourtessis

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 397 | Submission Open

Keywords: motor competence; physical activity; genetics; developmental disorders; developmental coordination disorder; motor learning; assessment tools

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Psychology)

Neurophysiological and Behavioral Responses to Stressful Situations, Training, Therapies or Illness

edited by

Juan Pedro Fuentes García

and

Santos Villafaina

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7508 | Submission Open

Keywords: EEG; HRV; training load; biomarkers; fitness; periodization; mental load; fatigue; exercise; pathology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Experimental and Clinical Neurosciences)

Novel Approaches to Intervention in Aphasia

edited by Caroline Newton

submission deadline 18 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: aphasia treatment; aphasia intervention; language rehabilitation; acquired language disorder

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)

The Role of Attachment Behavior and Relationships in Lifespan Development

edited by Catarina Pinheiro Mota,

Inês Carvalho Relva

and Mónica Costa

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5964 | Submission Open

Keywords: attachment; family; caregivers; relationships; psychological adjustment; emotional regulation; resilience; mental health; agency; autonomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)

Parenting and Positive Development for Children and Adolescents

edited by

Xiaochun Xie

and Fengqing Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 27410 | Submission Open

Keywords: parenting; children; adolescents; family; positive development; media; internet

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Psychology)

Exploring Deep Links: Emotional Regulation, Psychological Symptomatology, and Addictions

edited by

Iciar Iruarrizaga

and Leticia Olave

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17950 | Submission Open

Keywords: emotional regulation; psychological symptomatology; drugs; behavioral addictions; alexithymia

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)

The Influencing Factors of Prosociality: How Humans Cooperate with Others

edited by Dingguo Gao and Lijun Yin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17070 | Submission Open

Keywords: altruistic behavior; cooperation; social cognition; empathy; altruism; cultural norms; interpersonal relationships; neural mechanisms; preferences for others' attention; prosocial emotion; social networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)

Picturing Morality from Multidisciplinary Perspectives—Second Edition

edited by

Chuanjun Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 13392 | Submission Open

Keywords: behavioral ethics; moral dilemma; moral judgment; health ethics; business ethics; organizational ethics; moral sociology; moral psychology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)

Suicide Risk Assessment, Management and Prevention in Adolescents

edited by Alejandro Porras-Segovia and Inmaculada Peñuelas-Calvo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12860 | Submission Open

Keywords: suicide; suicide attempt; suicide ideation; child and adolescent psychiatry; self-harm; non-suicidal self-injury; assessment; prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)

Innovations in Music Based Interventions for Psychological Wellbeing

edited by

Hyun Ju Chong

and

Amy Clements-Cortés

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12310 | Submission Open

Keywords: music memory; reminiscence and association; developmental music therapy; music psychotherapy; music emotion regulation; community music therapy; telehealth; digital music health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)

Tackling Cyberbullying, Social Media, and Problematic Internet and Mobile Use: Research and Strategies for Effective Intervention

edited by Ana León Mejía and

Roberto Sánchez-Cabrero

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12111 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyberbullying and other forms of online violence; social media-related problems; problematic internet use and related disorders; problematic mobile use and related disorders; prevention strategies and interventions; health and wellbeing; cognitive and behavioral issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Psychology)

Psychology of Mate Choice, Romantic Relationships and Sexuality

edited by Mehmet Mehmetoglu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10593 | Submission Open

Keywords: mate choice; romantic partner; relationship dynamics; mating strategies; evolutionary psychology; romantic partner selection; attachment styles; human sexuality; mating systems; gender differences in mate choice

The Association between Visual Attention and Memory

edited by Summer Sheremata

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9407 | Submission Open

Keywords: working memory; visual attention; executive attention; retro-cue

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)

Trauma and Maternal Wellbeing

edited by December R. Maxwell and Regina T. Praetorius

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9183 | Submission Open

Keywords: maternal mental health; maternal wellbeing; trauma; matrescence; paturescence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)

Protective Factors and Mechanisms of Mental Health in Children and Adolescents

edited by

Xiaojun Sun

, Lei Han and Xingchao Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7821 | Submission Open

Keywords: adolescent; social networking; social network sites; risk behaviors; alcohol use

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Psychology)

Social Behaviors and Psychological Effects of Students Experiences during Social-Educative and Inclusive Interventions: Active Programs and Improvement of Health-Related Quality of Life

edited by

Pedro Jesús Ruiz-Montero

and

María Luisa Santos-Pastor

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6720 | Submission Open

Keywords: good-health and well-being; health education; university students' health habits; service-learning; social work to improve health public; motivation in higher education; social behavior; university students' state of moods; healthy benefits of social inclusion' internship; psychological effects from teaching and new learning models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Psychology)

Sexual Double Standard: Prejudice in Gender and Sexual Orientation

edited by Carmen Gómez-Berrocal and María del Mar Sánchez-Fuentes

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5929 | Submission Open

Keywords: sexual double standards; gender norms; gender roles; gendered prejudices; sexual identity/ sexual orientation; personality traits; social influence; interpersonal relationship; gender-based conflict; sexual/mental health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Social Psychology)

Advances in Resilience Psychology

edited by Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5376 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural resilience; community resilience; strength-based approach; multicultural responsiveness; cross-cultural counseling; resilience-based interventions; trauma-informed care; public policy; advocacy; government support

Neural Correlates of Cognitive and Affective Processing

edited by

Giovanni Federico

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5287 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognitive neuroscience; neuroimaging; neuropsychology; experimental psychology; cognitive psychology; neurophysiology; cognitive science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cognition)

Polysubstance Use among Adolescents and Young Adults: Effects on Brain, Behavior and Health

edited by

Anita Cservenka

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4716 | Submission Open

Keywords: addiction; substance use; cannabis; nicotine; alcohol; adolescence; young adulthood; cognition; brain; mental health

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