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Civic activism online: Making young people dormant or more active in real life?
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2017)
Citizens can be active in their community through a diverse set of actions in real life or on online platforms. Since the emergence of the Internet, there has been continual debate about the impact of online activism on ...
Perceptions of Aging Across 26 Cultures and Their Culture-Level Associates
(Amer Psychological Assoc, Washington, 2009)
College students (N = 3,435) in 26 cultures reported their perceptions of age-related changes in physical, cognitive, and socioemotional areas of functioning and rated societal views of aging within their culture. There ...
The impact of physical attractiveness judgments on stigma of epilepsy
(Wiley, Hoboken, 2017)
PTSD and depressive symptoms are linked to DHEAS via personality
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2018)
Background Research results on dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate ester (DHEAS) in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are inconsistent. We hypothesized that personality traits could be the confounders of DHEAS levels and ...
Cognitive advantages of immersion education after 1 year: Effects of amount of exposure
(Elsevier Science Inc, New York, 2017)
Previous studies with bilingual children have shown that the nature of their second-language instruction has an effect on the development of their cognitive abilities. The aim of this study was to determine whether children ...
Disintegration: A reconceptualization of psychosis proneness as a personality trait separate from the Big Five
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, San Diego, 2017)
A nine-facet hierarchical taxonomy of "Disintegration", a trait-like disposition that causes variations in psychotic-like behavior, is proposed, along with the scales to assess it. Strong correlations were demonstrated in ...
A Cross-Cultural Study of Distress during COVID-19 Pandemic: Some Protective and Risk Factors
(MDPI, Basel, 2021)
Previous studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in different countries found an increase in anxiety, stress, and an exacerbation of previous mental health problems. This research investigated some ...
Perceived social support as a moderator between negative life events and depression in adolescence: implications for prediction and targeted prevention
(Springer International Publishing Ag, Cham, 2017)
Aim and background The role of the perceived social support in prevention of depression in adolescence still remains an insufficiently explored problem. By integrating the results of the previous studies of moderator role ...
The role of inter-ethnic online friendships in prejudice reduction in post-conflict societies: Evidence from Serbia, Croatia and Cyprus
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2017)
Direct contact between members of ethnic groups is proven to reduce intergroup prejudice. Recent research, however, explores the effects of alternative types of contact, amongst them via social networks in virtual space. ...