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Emotional load assessment of the written words has gained considerable interest in psycholinguistics, semantics, and analysis of psychophysiological and electrophysiological correlates of emotional processing. Considering the lack of a publicly available database with affective ratings of contemporary verbal stimuli obtained from native Turkish spe...
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Research into the effects of social media on personal wellbeing have been controversial in recent years, with research highlighting links between social media use and body esteem. This conceptual replication study aimed to explore relationships amongst social media use, body esteem, and gender amongst UK university students (n = 100). Participants ...
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The purpose of this study was to examine Chinese students’ motivation for sports participation using the theory of social learning. We examined the role of parental support as a mediator of the relationship between motivation, self-esteem, and sports participation. We operationalized parental support as tangible and intangible support provided by p...
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The current paper aims to explore the effect of authentic leadership on employee job behaviors (e.g. voice and innovation behaviors) through the lens of identification. Specifically, based on data collected from a sample of 201 employees at two points in time and drawing from research on authentic leadership and social identity theory, this study e...
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Although researchers have studied empathy among many populations, there are few studies in which researchers have focused on empathy among Farsi speakers. We explore the psychometric properties of a Farsi translation of the Empathy Quotient (EQ), and compare the degree to which the items function in a comparable way to the English version of the it...
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Disgust, considered as one of the basic emotions universally shared across various cultures, has only recently attracted increased research interest. Originally developed as a key component of the behavioural immune system serving to protect the body from infectious pathogens, disgust has taken on other roles such as guiding our moral judgements, p...
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The role of the current sociopolitical context in the north of Cyprus on the subject of child abuse remains unclear. By considering the unique context of the island, a comparison of mothers’ and fathers’ child abuse potential in north Cyprus is examined in this study. The participants of the study were 338 parents. The participants completed an “In...
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Altogether 700 college students aged 18 to 24 years (M = 20.81, SD = 1.29) originating from six universities in China participated in this study. The current aim was to find out whether a student’s sense of purpose in life mediated the relationship between his/her psychological capital (PsyCap) comprising hope, generalized self-efficacy, resilience...
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The aim of the present investigation was deeper understanding of the distinction between two types of narcissism (grandiose and vulnerable) in their relation to dispositional anger. Prior research indicated that vulnerable narcissism is associated with higher level of dispositional anger in comparison to grandiose narcissism. Furthermore, vulnerabl...
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