The past, present and future of Registered Reports

Nature Human Behaviour, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 6(1), P. 29 - 42

Published: Nov. 15, 2021

Language: Английский

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Exploring the association between compliance with measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and big five traits with Bayesian generalized linear model

Personality and Individual Differences, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 176, P. 110787 - 110787

Published: Feb. 23, 2021

Language: Английский

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Social trust and COVID-appropriate behavior

Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6(3), P. 93 - 104

Published: July 1, 2023

Introduction: General trust and in various social institutions/agents are argued to positively influence the outcome, more so, a crisis. Mitigating crisis requires actions from individuals, family, friends, co-workers, policymaking, implementing agencies, media, other agencies with whom people interact. In COVID-19 situation, individuals did not have choice but access essential services even risk of infection. Personal experiences also guide individuals' groups responsible for taking individual action protecting themselves pandemic. To what extent trusted observed appropriate behavior is investigated this research. Methods: Responses were collected through structured, web-based questionnaire where respondents self-reported their agents which they COVID-appropriate behavior. Respondents primarily belonged eastern part India. Results: This study finds significant demographic differences observing leading an identification vulnerable group. Second, inner group (family, neighbors, co-workers among others) least important whereas professionals administrative institutions most important. Trust central government, politicians others counterproductive Conclusion: People repose higher situation. Professional leadership helps effective management better behavioral compliance public. Any may be ineffective or counter-productive.

Language: Английский

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War-related stress scale

BMC Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: April 15, 2024

Abstract Background The current war in Ukraine has affected the well-being of people worldwide. In order to understand how difficult situation is, specific stressors associated with need be measured. response, an inventory war-related including its short form, been developed. Methods A list potential was created, and content validity each item assessed. list, along other validated scales, administered a representative sample Slovak population (effective N = 1851). Exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory convergent analysis network were carried out determine optimal scale (long form) focused on stressors. Results full version consists 21 items, further divided into three factors: society-related stressors, person-related security-related comprises nine items loaded onto one factor. These cover concerns for one’s safety future, access necessities, worsening economic situation, risk conflict escalation, nuclear threat. results indicate that concern about escalation fear crisis play central role. Conclusions attempts encompass wide spectrum areas are by consequences individuals who reside outside zone. Given complexity issue, researchers invited modify scale, tailoring it cultural, geographical, temporal contexts.

Language: Английский

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Factors associated with serious psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional internet-based study

BMJ Open, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 11(7), P. e051115 - e051115

Published: July 1, 2021

To investigate the factors associated with serious psychological distress (SPD) during COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

Language: Английский

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Changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring gender differences and the role of emotional distress

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 41(9), P. 254 - 263

Published: June 18, 2021

Restrictions to do with the COVID-19 pandemic have had substantial unintended consequences on Canadians' alcohol consumption patterns, including increased emotional distress and its potential impact use. This study examines 1) changes in adults' during New Brunswick Nova Scotia; 2) whether drinking more frequently is associated feelings of stress, loneliness hopelessness; 3) gender moderates this relationship. Participants were drawn from a cross-sectional survey 2000 adults. Adjusted multinomial regression models used assess association between frequency hopelessness. Additional analyses stratified by gender. About 12% respondents reported after start pandemic, 25%-40% distress. Increased stress (odds ratio [OR] = 1.99; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.35-2.93), (OR 1.79; CI: 1.22-2.61) hopelessness 1.98; 1.21-3.23) all pandemic. While women higher rates distress, significant associations only observed among men gender-stratified analyses. Individuals who report likely frequency; however, these for Understanding how mental health may inform control policies public interventions minimize alcohol-related harm.

Language: Английский

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Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries

Evolution and Human Behavior, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 43(6), P. 455 - 474

Published: Sept. 6, 2022

People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists ethologists largely attempted explain this phenomenon via mating preferences strategies. Here, we test one of most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from market parasite stress perspectives, in a large cross-cultural sample. We also other influential non-mutually exclusive theoretical frameworks, biosocial role theory cultural media perspective. Survey data 93,158 human participants 93 countries provide evidence that behaviors such as applying makeup or using cosmetics, hair grooming, clothing style, caring body hygiene, exercising following specific diet purpose improving ones attractiveness, are universal. Indeed, 99% reported spending >10 min day performing behaviors. The results support hypotheses: more time was spent enhancing beauty by women (almost 4 h day, on average) than men (3.6 day), youngest (and contrary predictions, oldest), those with relatively severe infectious diseases, currently dating compared established relationships. strongest predictor attractiveness-enhancing social usage. Other predictors, order effect size, included adhering traditional gender roles, residing less equality, considering oneself highly attractive or, conversely, unattractive, TV watching time, higher socioeconomic status, right-wing political beliefs, lower level education, personal individualistic attitudes. This study provides novel insight into universal unifying several complementary perspectives.

Language: Английский

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COVIDiSTRESS diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic

Scientific Data, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 9(1)

Published: June 21, 2022

Abstract During the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, COVIDiSTRESS Consortium launched an open-access global survey to understand and improve individuals’ experiences related crisis. A year later, we extended this line research by launching a new address dynamic landscape pandemic. This was released with goal addressing diversity, equity, inclusion working over 150 researchers across globe who collected data in 48 languages dialects 137 countries. The resulting cleaned dataset described here includes 15,740 20,000 responses. allows cross-cultural study psychological wellbeing behaviours into It measures stress, resilience, vaccine attitudes, trust government scientists, compliance, information acquisition misperceptions regarding COVID-19. Open-access raw datasets computed scores are available. Just as our initial has facilitated policy decisions health crises, can be used makers inform research, decisions, policy.

Language: Английский

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Loneliness in older people and COVID-19: Applying the social identity approach to digital intervention design

Computers in Human Behavior Reports, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6, P. 100179 - 100179

Published: Feb. 25, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening loneliness for many older people through the challenges it poses in engaging with their social worlds. Digital technology has been offered as a potential aid, however, popular digital tools have not designed to address needs of adults during times limited contact. We propose that Social Identity Model Change (SIMIC) could be foundation interventions. While SIMIC well-established approach maintaining wellbeing life transitions, rigorously applied There are known integrating psychological theory design enable efficacy, acceptance, and continued use. interdisciplinary field Human Computer Interaction history drawing on models originating from psychology improve technologies an appropriate manner. Drawing key lessons this literature, we consolidate research guidelines multidisciplinary applying such interventions loneliness.

Language: Английский

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The Blursday database as a resource to study subjective temporalities during COVID-19

Nature Human Behaviour, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(11), P. 1587 - 1599

Published: Aug. 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns triggered worldwide changes in the daily routines of human experience. Blursday database provides repeated measures subjective time related processes from participants nine countries tested on 14 questionnaires 15 behavioural tasks during pandemic. A total 2,840 completed at least one task, 439 all first session. data collection tools are accessible to researchers for studying effects social isolation temporal information processing, perspective, decision-making, sleep, metacognition, attention, memory, self-perception mindfulness. includes quantitative statistics such as sleep patterns, personality traits, psychological well-being lockdown indices. insights (stringency mobility) confinement perception (duration, passage distances). Perceived affects perception, we report an inter-individual central tendency effect retrospective duration estimation. contains collected more isolated individuals felt, slower seemed pass.

Language: Английский

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