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A valid and reliable measure of nothing: disentangling the “Gavagai effect” in survey data [PDF]
Background In three recent studies, Maul demonstrated that sets of nonsense items can acquire excellent psychometric properties. Our aim was to find out why responses to nonsense items acquire a well-defined structure and high internal consistency ...
Victor B. Arias +4 more
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The learned helplessness model of the Impostor Phenomenon is an exploratory approach to explain the Impostor Phenomenon by linking the constructs of growth mindset, learned helplessness, grit, thought-action fusion, and defensive pessimism. In this study,
Fabio Ibrahim +2 more
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Understanding human error processing is a highly relevant interdisciplinary goal. More than 30 years of research in this field have established the error negativity (Ne) as a fundamental electrophysiological marker of various types of erroneous decisions
André Mattes +5 more
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Perfectionists strive for a flawless performance because they are intrinsically motivated to set and achieve high goals (personal standards perfectionism; PSP) and/or because they are afraid to be negatively evaluated by others (evaluative concern ...
André Mattes, Markus Mück, Jutta Stahl
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Nudging sugar portions: a real-world experiment
Background Sugar overconsumption is a major contributor to overweight and obesity, with daily consumption greatly exceeding the WHO’s recommendations. The aim of the present study was to determine whether using a functionally modified sugar shaker as a ...
Karoline Villinger +3 more
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Psychological achievement and aptitude tests are fundamental elements of the everyday school, academic and professional lives of students, instructors, job applicants, researchers and policymakers.
Sonja Breuer +2 more
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Mental health and post-traumatic growth in multiple sclerosis
Introduction people suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) can experience post-traumatic growth (PTG), a sense of personal growth and benefit gain. Patients mental health can play an important role in PTG development.
I. Gil-González +2 more
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A psychometric study of an executive function assessment instrument (TDI-FE)
Background This study aims to present and discuss the psychometric properties of executive functions, which were measured using the TDI-FE instrument.
Sérgio Kakuta Kato +8 more
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Coping Strategies, Anxiety and Depression in OCD and Schizophrenia: Changes during COVID-19
Background: The main aim was to examine changes in coping strategies, anxiety and depression in obsessive–compulsive and schizophrenia patients during COVID-19, in addition to controlling the influence of intolerance to uncertainty and experiential ...
Ángel Rosa-Alcázar +5 more
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High trait self-control is generally depicted as favorable. We investigated whether this holds for social perception. Using vignettes, we tested whether a person with high self-control is 1) preferred as a partner for all or only certain social ...
Lukas Röseler +3 more
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