Behavioral Sciences, Volume 16, Issue 2

Background/Objectives: Suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) among elementary school students represent critical public health concerns that require develop-mentally appropriate, evidence-informed school-based interventions. This stud...

Eating disorders among adolescents have emerged as a significant global public health concern, with attachment anxiety identified as a critical risk factor for anorexia nervosa (AN) symptoms. Individuals with attachment anxiety often exhibit heighten...

People are generally willing to help others maintain a basic life, but their willingness to help others pursue a luxury life—and the motivations underlying such decisions—remain unclear. Study 1 examined willingness to help and emotion ex...

This study examines the impact of social media use on public behavioral intentions regarding waste sorting in China, integrating the Cognition–Affect–Conation model with the Social Amplification of Risk Framework. The proposed framework e...

With the development of the digital intelligence era, generative AI is being widely used in scientific research, and its impact on graduate students’ research competence has attracted much attention from the academic community. Based on cogniti...

This study develops an integrated computational model to illuminate the micro-dynamics through which transient emotional contagion evolves into stable social identity within organizations, with a specific focus on hybrid work environments. Drawing on...

Introduction: Given the growing prevalence of eating-related health problems among children, it is essential to promote well-being and investigate the factors that may underlie these issues. Emotional intelligence has been identified in several studi...

Compensatory Health Beliefs (CHBs) are cognitions that the negative effects of unhealthy behaviors can be offset by healthy ones. While their role in single behaviors is established, their mechanisms in regulating multiple health behaviors remain emp...

Previous studies have emphasized the role of task difficulty in decision performance while relatively neglecting the decision maker’s subjective initiative and intrinsic learning process during task execution. This study manipulated the rule hi...

Purpose: A substantial body of research indicates that exposure to violence during childhood is linked to long-term harmful effects. More specifically, child abuse and exposure to parental intimate partner violence (IPV) may increase the likelihood o...

Peers often serve as sources of support and protection in educational spaces. However, when cultural norms are perceived to be violated, the criticism of peers can create stressful and unwelcoming environments. Presently, little is known about the sp...

Gradable adjectives (long, happy) differ from absolute adjectives (spotted) in that they are dependent on context and speaker/listener perspective for their interpretation. Such context sensitivity may present challenges for individuals with autism s...

Critical thinking (CT) is widely recognized as a central goal of science education, yet its mechanisms within specific disciplinary contexts remain underexplored. This study developed a biology-specific theoretical model of CT through qualitative ana...

Understanding public stigma against patients (also known as disease stigma)—negative attitudes or discriminatory responses toward individuals with a disease—is essential for improving health outcomes and fostering inclusive communities. I...

This study investigates whether and, if so, how cognates facilitate lexical–semantic processing during early bilingual development. Additionally, we examine the interaction between the cognate facilitation effect (CFE) and bilingual experience...

Smoking cessation after a cancer diagnosis is a key determinant of prognosis, yet the psychological mechanisms underlying cessation remain poorly understood. Building on a recently validated Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) scale, this study exa...

Identity-based communities that share common characteristics, beliefs, and experiences (e.g., Black LGBTQ+ communities) have historically been conceptualized as protective bubbles that buffer Black LGBTQ+ individuals against the deleterious effects o...

Background: This study explored the interrelation between motor coordination abilities and cognitive functions in older adults, aiming to establish a preliminary diagnostic tool that may facilitate early detection of motor–cognitive decline. Me...

The relationship between personality and the various aspects of human cognition that influence behavior has long been recognized as central to understanding individual differences. The study investigates the relationship between personality and aesth...

Autism-specific screening and developmental surveillance in primary care aid identification of autism. In this study, we assessed primary care clinicians’ (PCCs’) reported confidence in screening scores from the Modified Checklist for Aut...

The theory of embodied cognition suggests that cognitive development in infancy relies on sensorimotor experiences gained through interaction with the environment. Additionally, the need for more sleep in early childhood may be linked to the developm...

Understanding how attitudes and stereotypes influence each other is central to social cognition, yet prior findings have been inconsistent, with some indicating strong connections and others suggesting separation. To help explain these discrepancies,...

Art theory suggests that the pleasure of art appreciation stems from resolving uncertainty, yet empirical support for this idea remains limited. To address this gap, we conducted three studies (N = 1127), providing empirical evidence for the Aestheti...

This phenomenologically informed qualitative study gives voice to the experience of a teacher, a special educator, and co-art therapists in art therapy workshops given to first-generation immigrant adolescents in a welcome classroom in Quebec, Canada...

The purpose is to investigate how sports experience influences the processing of motor-related information. Sixty participants with differing levels of sports experience were recruited: 20 table tennis athletes, 20 athletes from other sports, and 20...

The rapid development and easy accessibility of artificial intelligence (AI) technology have led to a significant rise in informal digital learning of English (IDLE). However, the emotional experiences across different cohorts of learners remain unde...

Pain empathy plays an important role in both social bonding and defensive mechanisms, yet previous studies have mostly used non-predictive paradigms and rarely examined the effects of expectation. Using event-related potentials (ERPs), this study exp...

Objective: From a family perspective, this study aimed to examine the effects of a 12-week digital platform-based parent–child exercise intervention on children’s behavioral level (physical activity), psychological level (physical exercis...

Social media platforms serve as critical channels for autism support groups to communicate and seek assistance. This study employed Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modeling to analyze discourse patterns within the Autism Bar on Baidu Tieba, a...

The paper aims to explore the relationship between emotions and reflexivity, with reference to the constructs of critical reflexivity and emotional granularity. These two constructs and their operationalization constitute the theoretical–method...

Despite skepticism and distrust in artificial intelligence (AI), it is increasingly integrated into daily life, with its potential benefits drawing interest. Yet little is known about the attitudinal and psychological effects of human–AI intera...

Mental fatigue refers to subjective feelings ranging from tiredness to exhaustion that appear after or during prolonged periods of cognitive activity. Music could be a powerful tool for relieving mental fatigue due to its beneficial effects on attent...

Although intensive outpatient programmes (IOPs) are becoming more prevalent, the evidence base, particularly within the UK, remains limited. Given clinicians’ central role in developing, delivering, and adapting these emerging models of care, t...

Sequential decisions often unfold under uncertainty, requiring people to evaluate options one at a time and commit without the possibility of returning to earlier choices. Although such situations appear neutral on the surface, they engage emotional...

Supporting employment for people with intellectual disabilities is essential for their social inclusion and psychological well-being. Previous studies have explored how social enterprises facilitate employment for this group. However, relatively litt...

This study examines the effectiveness of difference-education interventions as institutional strategies that support students’ coping during the transition to college. We tested an intervention with two components: a resource-focused approach t...

This study aimed to adapt and psychometrically validate the Socio-Educational and Cultural Ambivalence Scale (EASC) in the context of Chilean intercultural education, considering teachers, students, and parents/caregivers. Socio-educational ambivalen...

Traffic violations represent a significant public health concern, with professional drivers substantially impacting road safety. This pilot study compared self-report questionnaires (general personality versus domain-specific), performance-based test...

This study examined how narcissistic traits influence women’s cognitive processing of verbal violence. Using a lexical decision task, an emotional Stroop task, and event-related potentials, we analyzed neural responses to violent versus neutral...

Background: Depression, anxiety, and stress are common disorders among school adolescents, affecting their emotional well-being and academic performance. In Peru, there is a lack of brief, validated instruments to detect these symptoms in educational...

Playing sports remains one of the most common avenues for youth engagement in physical activity. Yet mental health challenges, such as performance anxiety, depressive symptoms, reduced motivation, and burnout, place many young athletes at risk. As ke...

Background: Podcasts have emerged as a prominent audio medium in the everyday lives of young adults. Despite their growing popularity, the relationship between podcast listening and subjective well-being, along with the psychological mechanisms under...

As the older adult population rapidly increases, society is entering an aged era, and attention to measures that promote healthy aging is growing. Golf, a widely practiced leisure sport, offers physical and psychological benefits for older adults. Th...

Despite the introduction of inclusive and gender-affirming approaches in healthcare, transgender and non-binary people continue to show poorer physical, psychological, and social outcomes, shaped by social determinants within historically pathologizi...

Problem behaviors among rural adolescents remain a significant public health concern, yet the temporal roles of key psychosocial resources are not well understood. Grounded in Conservation of Resources theory and Problem Behavior Theory, this study e...

Depressive symptoms are common among empty-nest older adults in China, yet the interpersonal emotion regulation patterns linked to these symptoms remain unclear. We compared interpersonal emotion regulation strategies in sadness and anger contexts be...

Research on men’s mental health points out gender differences in help-seeking and access to care. Traditional masculine norms (i.e., emotional repression, self-reliance, “being strong”) and gender bias might conceal distress, delay...

Recent stressors may increase the risk of alcohol misuse. However, the number and duration of recent stress, whether social support (SS) moderates these effects, and whether this differs for men and women, are unclear. This cross-sectional study exam...

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic, widespread pain disorder that severely impairs daily functioning and well-being. Beyond physical symptoms, social and cognitive factors such as illness invalidation and difficulties in acceptance may further hinder ada...

Self-report surveys were conducted in Australia between May 2020 and April 2024, allowing for an analysis of perceived psychological resilience in those with and without suicidal ideation (SI) during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Linear mixed mode...