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Psychiatry
Man-Long Chung, Laura-Effi Seib-Pfeifer, Christina Elling, Franziska Geiser, Andreas J. Forstner, Johannes Schumacher, Rupert Conrad
Summary: Using a cluster analytic approach, this study identified two distinct subgroups of social anxiety disorder (SAD) based on temperament characteristics. The prototypic subtype of SAD showed higher levels of harm avoidance and lower novelty seeking, while the atypic subtype exhibited medium to high harm avoidance and increased novelty seeking. These subgroups differed in various sociodemographic and clinical variables.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xiaolu Meng, Haodong Su, Chunlu Li
Summary: Bedtime procrastination may be an adaptive fast LH strategy, and personal beliefs about abilities and resources promote this behavior. The study found that harm avoidance partially mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and bedtime procrastination, and novelty seeking acts as a moderator.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Giulia Testa, Bernat Mora-Maltas, Lucia Camacho-Barcia, Roser Granero, Ignacio Lucas, Zaida Agueera, Susana Jimenez-Murcia, Rosa Banos, Valerie Bertaina-Anglade, Cristina Botella, Monica Bullo, Felipe F. Casanueva, Soren Dalsgaard, Jose-Manuel Fernandez-Real, Barbara Franke, Gema Fruehbeck, Montserrat Fito, Carlos Gomez-Martinez, Xavier Pinto, Geert Poelmans, Francisco J. Tinahones, Rafael de la Torre, Jordi Salas-Salvado, Lluis Serra-Majem, Stephanie Vos, Theresa Wimberley, Fernando Fernandez-Aranda
Summary: This study found that individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes have poorer decision-making abilities compared to healthy individuals, while those with only obesity exhibit lower cognitive flexibility and higher harm avoidance. These results suggest a stronger link between impulsivity and obesity with diabetes than with obesity alone.
Article
Neurosciences
Marija Milic, Ulrich Schmitt, Beat Lutz, Marianne B. Mueller
Summary: The study investigated whether baseline individual characteristics of male C57BL/6J mice could predict the resilient outcome after chronic social defeat (CSD). The results showed significant differences in exploration levels, approach to novelty, and avoidance of harm between resilient and susceptible mice. Before the stress, resilient mice demonstrated higher exploratory drive and approach to novel environments, while susceptible mice showed better performance in avoiding potential adversity.
NEUROBIOLOGY OF STRESS
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Michael Schredl
Summary: Research showed that patients with nightmares often do not receive sufficient treatment. This is partly because nightmare sufferers themselves often do not seek professional help or find it unhelpful. This study aimed to investigate trait factors (personality, harm avoidance) in relation to considering seeking professional help. In a population sample, it was found that only some nightmare sufferers considered seeking professional help, and high harm avoidance and introversion were associated with not seeking help. Low education, low agreeableness, and low conscientiousness were also linked to considering seeking professional help, possibly due to fear of stigmatization. Future efforts should focus on discovering new ways to provide effective help for nightmares and increasing healthcare professionals' understanding of nightmare treatment.
JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Social
Sara Lo Presti, Giulia Mattavelli, Nicola Canessa, Claudia Gianelli
Summary: The study demonstrates that adherence to containment measures during the pandemic is influenced by personality traits and moral dispositions. Personality traits such as novelty-seeking, harm-avoidance, and authority concerns play a role in driving compliance with lockdown measures, while moral foundation assessments can help policymakers understand and predict public compliance.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hsien-Yuan Lane, Chin-Jui Chang, Chieh-Liang Huang, Yun-Hsuan Chang
Summary: The study found that individuals with high novelty seeking tendencies are more likely to be addicted to smartphone use, and those with strong novelty seeking traits and specific impulsivity factors have higher scores in smartphone addiction. Additionally, individuals with higher scores for withdrawal symptoms and anticipatory worry factor are more likely to have sleep disturbances according to linear regression analysis.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Cornelia Sindermann, Christian Montag
Summary: Understanding the psychological basis of individuals' voting intentions is crucial as it can have an impact on political developments. This study investigated the associations between individuals' satisfaction of Maslow's five basic needs and their voting intentions in a German sample, and compared these findings with associations between personality traits and voting intentions.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Bruno Schivinski, Halley M. Pontes, Christian Montag
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between problematic online gaming, gambling, shopping, pornography use, and social networking in an international gamer population. The results showed small-to-medium positive correlations between problematic online gaming and other problematic behaviors. However, exploratory graph analysis revealed that all Internet-based problematic behaviors were separate entities. Games were the most prevalent problematic behavior, followed by social networking, gambling, and pornography.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Peiying Yang, Qian Yu, Christian Montag, Benjamin Becker, Boris Cheval, Fabian Herold, Courvoisier Delphine, Jinming Li, Attila Szabo, Liye Zou
Summary: This study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Exercise Dependence Scale-Revised (EDS-C) in a sample of Chinese exercisers. The results showed that the EDS-C has a robust factor structure, gender-based invariance, good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Additionally, positive associations were found between the EDS-C and exercise frequency, eating disorder symptoms, body image inflexibility, and generalized anxiety symptoms.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Chi Ian Chang, Hao Fong Sit, Tong Chao, Chun Chen, Jie Shen, Bolin Cao, Christian Montag, Jon D. Elhai, Brian J. Hall
Summary: This study explored the severity of gaming disorder and identified four subtypes: normative gamers, occasional gamers, problematic gamers, and addictive gamers. Problematic gamers, addictive gamers, and occasional gamers showed higher severity of problematic smartphone use, depression, and a higher proportion of male participants compared to normative gamers. Only problematic gamers exhibited significant positive associations with anxiety severity compared to the other groups.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Christian Montag, Daniel S. Quintana
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Cindy Eckart, Dominik Kraft, Lena Rademacher, Christian J. Fiebach
Summary: The control of emotions is clinically relevant, and the specific brain regions and mechanisms involved in affective task switching have been investigated. Increased activity in certain brain regions is associated with affective task switching, and asymmetric switch costs may reflect increased demands on inhibitory control.
SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Harald Baumeister, Patricia Garatva, Rudiger Pryss, Timo Ropinski, Christian Montag
Summary: Digital phenotyping is a psychodiagnostic approach that uses digital traces from everyday life to make predictions. It has the potential for a wide range of applications, but also faces challenges in terms of research methodology, ethics, and legal considerations.
PSYCHOLOGISCHE RUNDSCHAU
(2023)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Biological
Rima-Maria Rahal, Susann Fiedler, Adeyemi Adetula, Ronnie P. -A. Berntsson, Ulrich Dirnagl, Gordon B. Feld, Christian J. Fiebach, Samsad Afrin Himi, Aidan J. Horner, Tina B. Lonsdorf, Felix Schoenbrodt, Miguel Alejandro A. Silan, Michael Wenzler, Flavio Azevedo
Summary: High-quality research necessitates appropriate employment and working conditions for researchers. Nevertheless, numerous academic systems rely on short-term employment contracts, biased selection procedures, and misaligned incentives, all of which impede research quality and progress. We explore ways to redesign academic systems, with a focus on the importance of permanent employment.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Rebecca A. A. Rammensee, Carmen Morawetz, Ulrike Basten
Summary: Individual differences in emotion regulation play a crucial role in resilience and mental health. This study investigated the relationship between an individual's tendency to select specific emotion regulation strategies and their capacity to implement these strategies, as well as their association with trait markers of mental health. The findings suggest that a higher tendency to choose reappraisal is associated with higher trait resilience and better well-being, while the association between emotion regulation capacity and mental health traits was not consistent. These results highlight the importance of regulatory selection in interventions to promote resilience and mental health.
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Sameha Alshakhsi, Areej Babiker, Christian Montag, Raian Ali
Summary: Recent research has found a mild association between higher neuroticism and a tendency towards problematic social media use. However, the fear of missing out (FoMO) has emerged as a critical factor in this association. This study aimed to investigate the personality-PSMU association and the less-studied mediation effect of FoMO. The results showed significant effects of neuroticism on PSMU for both cultural groups, with FoMO fully mediating the effect for the European sample and partially mediating the effect for the Arab sample.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Christian Montag, Marko Mueller, Halley M. Pontes, Jon D. Elhai
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between social network use disorder tendencies (SNUD) and the search for and presence of meaning in life. The findings suggested that the association between state/trait fear of missing out (FoMO) and meaning in life variables was mediated by SNUD tendencies.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cornelia Sindermann, Christopher Kannen, Christian Montag
Summary: The present study aims to investigate the associations between ideological attitudes, personal value types, and personality traits derived from the Affective Neuroscience Theory (ANT). The results of the analysis of online survey data from 626 participants reveal relationships between the primary emotional traits from ANT and Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), and personal value types.
Meeting Abstract
Psychiatry
Christian Montag, Benjamin Becker
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Ashleigh Thurm, Jason Satel, Christian Montag, Mark D. Griffiths, Halley M. Pontes
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between stressful life events (SLEs) and Gambling Disorder (GD), and found that gambling-related cognitive distortions and difficulty in emotion regulation mediate this relationship. The findings suggest that individuals who experience SLEs may be more likely to develop GD due to their belief in gambling-related cognitive distortions and difficulty in regulating their emotions.
JOURNAL OF GAMBLING STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Margerete J. S. Schoett, Ulrike Basten, Ralf Deichmann, Christian J. Fiebach, Tamara Fischmann
Summary: Physical separation from caregivers activates attachment-related behaviors, but little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying this in humans. This study used functional MRI to examine brain responses in typically developing children (9-11 years) to pictorial representations of separation, and found increased mentalization-related processing and activation of the salience network in response to separation cues. The findings also showed that avoidant vs. securely attached children differentially activated processes of affective evaluation.
ATTACHMENT & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
