Juris G. Draguns (1932–2023).
American Psychologist, Vol 79(2), Feb-Mar 2024, 315; doi:10.1037/amp0001266Memorializes Juris G. Draguns (1932-2023), a noted cross-cultural researcher and author. in 1967, joined Pennsylvania State University, where he remained until his retirement in 1997 as professor emeritus. His presence at Penn State, along with George Guthrie, Muzafer Sherif, and Carolyn Sherif, made its program one of the outstanding early centers for cross-cultural psychology. He remained active after his university retirement, maintaining a part-time clinical practice and pursuing new research interests. During his career, he published more than ...
Source: American Psychologist - December 25, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Preserving privacy in the era of openness: Commentary on open science requirements for identifiable data in psychological science journals.
American Psychologist, Vol 79(3), Apr 2024, 463-465; doi:10.1037/amp0001282Psychological science journals are increasingly adopting open science (OS) policies (e.g., Transparency and Openness Promotion) requiring researchers to make all data and materials publicly available in an effort to drive research toward greater transparency and accessibility. These policies certainly have many benefits to the scientific community and public in helping ensure the quality of published research. However, the Center for Open Science has not offered any explicit guidelines regarding when exceptions to OS policies should be made, with on...
Source: American Psychologist - December 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Dianne L. Chambless (1948–2023).
American Psychologist, Vol 79(2), Feb-Mar 2024, 317; doi:10.1037/amp0001291Dianne L. Chambless, professor emerita of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, died on July 14, 2023. Dianne received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Temple University in 1979. She then served on the faculties of the University of Georgia, American University, and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill before going to the University of Pennsylvania for the final 17 years of her career. Dianne was a highly respected anxiety researcher, an award winning mentor, a leading advocate for the importance of basing clinical care on t...
Source: American Psychologist - December 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Richard L. Miller (1945–2023).
American Psychologist, Vol 79(2), Feb-Mar 2024, 316; doi:10.1037/amp0001290Memorializes Richard L. Miller (1945-2023). In the 1990s, Rick began a 24-year tenure at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. As department chair, Rick led the University of Nebraska at Kearney Psychology Department to the system-wide University of Nebraska Outstanding Teaching Department Award. In 2014, Rick moved to Texas A&M University–Kingsville, where he served as department chair. At Texas A&M University–Kingsville, he was recognized for teaching, mentorship, and scholarship, including the A&M Piper Professor Teaching Award. He served in...
Source: American Psychologist - December 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A randomized wait-list controlled trial of Men in Mind: Enhancing mental health practitioners’ self-rated clinical competencies to work with men.
American Psychologist, Vol 79(3), Apr 2024, 423-436; doi:10.1037/amp0001242Improved engagement of men in psychotherapy is an essential element in improving male health outcomes. This trial examined whether the Men in Mind intervention improved practitioners’ self-rated clinical competencies to engage and respond to male clients in therapy. A parallel, single-blind, wait-list randomized controlled trial was conducted with Australian-based mental health practitioners, currently administering psychotherapy to males, fluent in English, and not currently completing their undergraduate degree. Participants were randomly assign...
Source: American Psychologist - November 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Unavoidable social contagion of false memory from robots to humans.
American Psychologist, Vol 79(2), Feb-Mar 2024, 285-298; doi:10.1037/amp0001230Many of us interact with voice- or text-based conversational agents daily, but these conversational agents may unintentionally retrieve misinformation from human knowledge databases, confabulate responses on their own, or purposefully spread disinformation for political purposes. Does such misinformation or disinformation become part of our memory to further misguide our decisions? If so, can we prevent humans from suffering such social contagion of false memory? Using a social contagion of memory paradigm, here, we precisely controlled a social...
Source: American Psychologist - November 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Increased functional connectivity between the midbrain and frontal cortex following bright light therapy in subthreshold depression: A randomized clinical trial.
American Psychologist, Vol 79(3), Apr 2024, 437-450; doi:10.1037/amp0001218The underlying mechanisms of bright light therapy (BLT) in the prevention of individuals with subthreshold depression symptoms are yet to be elucidated. The goal of the study was to assess the correlation between midbrain monoamine-producing nuclei treatment-related functional connectivity (FC) changes and depressive symptom improvements in subthreshold depression. This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted between March 2020 and June 2022. A total of 74 young adults with subthreshold depression were randomly assi...
Source: American Psychologist - November 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
We built this culture (so we can change it): Seven principles for intentional culture change.
This article presents a novel social psychological framework for intentional culture change—actively and deliberately modifying the mutually reinforcing features of a culture. Synthesizing insights from research and application, it proposes an integrated, evidence-based perspective centered around seven core principles for intentional culture change: Principle 1: People are culturally shaped shapers, so they can be culture changers; Principle 2: Identifying, mapping, and evaluating the key levels of culture helps locate where to target change; Principle 3: Culture change happens in both top-down and bottom-up ways and is...
Source: American Psychologist - November 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Perspectives of researchers engaging in majority world research to promote diverse and global psychological science.
American Psychologist, Vol 79(3), Apr 2024, 352-367; doi:10.1037/amp0001229Journal analyses have documented the historical neglect of research pertaining to the Majority World in psychological science, and the need for inclusivity is clearly articulated to ensure a science that is comprehensive and globally applicable. However, no systematic efforts have explored the perspectives of researchers working with Majority World communities regarding the challenges they experience in conducting and disseminating research and ways to address them. Our aim was to explore these challenges from the perspective of these researchers us...
Source: American Psychologist - November 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
To read or not to read? Motives for reading negative COVID-19 news.
This study investigated how anticipated psychological impact predicted decisions to read personalized and factual COVID-19 news. First, participants chose, based on headlines, whether they wanted to read news articles (or not). Then, all headlines were rated on a set of motivational dimensions. In order to test confirmatory hypotheses, the data were divided into an exploration (n = 398) and validation data set (n = 399). Using multilevel modeling, we found robust support for four preregistered hypotheses: Choice for negative COVID-19 news was positively predicted by (a) personal versus factual news; (b) the anticipated amo...
Source: American Psychologist - November 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Replicating and extending Sengupta et al. (2023): Contact predicts no within-person longitudinal outgroup-bias change.
American Psychologist, Vol 79(3), Apr 2024, 451-462; doi:10.1037/amp0001210Intergroup contact has long been touted as a premier means to reduce prejudice and forge positive bonds with outgroups. Given its origins in psychological research, it is perhaps of little surprise that contact is expected to induce change within people over time. Yet using random-intercepts crossed-lagged modeling that parses within-person from between-person effects, Sengupta et al. (2023) recently found no evidence of within-person change, only unexplained between-person effects, regarding contact’s effects on outgroup solidarity in New Zealand...
Source: American Psychologist - November 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Bernice Lott (1930–2022).
This article memorializes Bernice Lott (1930–2022), professor emerita of psychology and women’s studies at the University of Rhode Island and the first dean of the school’s University College, a trailblazing social psychologist who redefined how we understand gender, ethnicity, and social class; a fierce feminist social justice pioneer and activist; and an extraordinary mentor and colleague. Highlights of Lott's career and professional contributions are noted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: American Psychologist)
Source: American Psychologist - November 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Norman Henry Anderson (1925–2022).
This article memorializes Norman Henry Anderson (1925–2022), best known for his information integration theory (IIT). Norman Anderson’s work was influential in its time, and his legacy endures. He was the recipient of the 1972 American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for Behavioral Science Research, and, as a tribute to his work, scholars in the field established a conference that continues to this day: the International Information Integration Theory/Functional Measurement Conference. Highlights of Anderson's career and professional contributions are noted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all ...
Source: American Psychologist - November 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
E. Mavis Hetherington (1926–2023).
This article memorializes E. Mavis Hetherington (1926–2023), an eminent developmental psychologist who made major contributions to understanding of children’s development. Best known for her longitudinal studies on the impact of divorce on children and families, Hetherington published and lectured widely. Her interests spanned personality and social development, child psychopathology, stress and coping in families, and related topics. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: American Psychologist)
Source: American Psychologist - November 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Franz R. Epting (1937–2023).
This article memorializes Franz R. Epting (1937–2023), emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Florida. Franz had a long and accomplished career as an internationally recognized humanistic psychologist. His work focused on George Kelly’s personal construct psychology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: American Psychologist)
Source: American Psychologist - November 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
