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A valid and reliable measure of nothing: disentangling the “Gavagai effect” in survey data [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2020
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 validation of the English Impostor-Profile 30 and the exploratory formulation of the learned helplessness model of the impostor phenomenon

open access: yesActa Psychologica, 2022
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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Larger error negativity peak amplitudes for accuracy versus speed instructions may reflect more neuro-cognitive alignment, not more intense error processing

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
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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Perfectionism-related variations in error processing in a task with increased response selection complexity

open access: yesPersonality Neuroscience, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Nudging sugar portions: a real-world experiment

open access: yesBMC Nutrition, 2021
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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Effects of response format on achievement and aptitude assessment results: multi-level random effects meta-analyses

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2023
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

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2023
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)

open access: yesBMC Psychology, 2023
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

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

The Upsides and Downsides of High Self-Control: Evidence for Effects of Similarity and Situation Dependency

open access: yesEurope's Journal of Psychology, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

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