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11 December 2025

This study investigates interrelations among social media addiction (SMA), Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), cyberloafing (CL), work engagement (WE), and organizational commitment (OC) using network analysis. An online survey in Germany/Switzerland (n = 45...

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11 December 2025

Objectives: This study aims to provide conceptual clarity on self-direction support in the care of vulnerable older adults, particularly those with dementia. It focuses on how self-direction is supported in meaningful daily activities and social part...

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Face Value: Beauty, Punishment, and the Moral Politics of Appearance

  • Franziska Hartung,
  • Maxime Levasseur,
  • Ewan J. Lomax and
  • Gareth Richards

11 December 2025

Faces are central to human interaction, serving as primary sources of identity, emotional cues, and social judgments. Facial attractiveness is strongly linked to perceptions of trustworthiness and moral goodness, leading to preferential treatment acr...

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11 December 2025

Parental play support is crucial to children’s playfulness. Using a person-centered approach, we identified profiles of parental play support based on self-assessed roles. In total, 447 mothers and fathers reported their roles—co-player,...

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11 December 2025

Doctoral student agency is increasingly regarded as a key construct in doctoral education. Yet, existing research on this topic focuses on qualitative approaches, and there remains a lack of psychometrically validated instruments, particularly in the...

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11 December 2025

Drawing on social comparison and attribution theories, this study examines how employees’ attitudinal dissimilarity within work groups shapes their willingness to speak up or remain silent. We conceptualize dissimilarity in psychological owners...

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10 December 2025

Executive function is crucial for the physical and mental health as well as social adaptation of preschool children, and cognitively engaging physical activity may serve as an effective intervention. This study employed a pre-post experimental design...

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Instagram Addiction in Italian Young Adults: The Role of Social Influence Processes, Meaningful Relationships and Fear of Missing Out

  • Venusia Covelli,
  • Alessandra Marelli,
  • Marina Angela Visco,
  • Pietro Crescenzo and
  • Alessandra Bavagnoli

10 December 2025

Research on Instagram addiction (IA) has examined a range of psychological and socio-relational factors to explain the addiction, including personality traits, self-esteem, mental health, social approval, and fear of missing out (FoMO), among others....

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Behav. Sci. - ISSN 2076-328X