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Covariate selection in causal learning under non-Gaussianity
Understanding causal mechanisms is a central goal in the behavioral, developmental, and social sciences. When estimating and probing causal effects...
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A cognitive dissonance field study of American public-sector fee-paying employees in relation to the Janus Decision
With the United States Supreme Court’s Janus Decision, public-sector employees who were covered by a union contract but had not joined the union were...
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Individual differences in inattentional blindness
People often fail to notice unexpected objects and events when they are performing an attention-demanding task, a phenomenon known as inattentional blindness...
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Outlook on Theoretical, Research, and Application Efforts to Date
This chapter serves as a review of each of the three main parts of this book in terms of coverage of theoretical, research, and application topics...
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Family Systems Theory
Family systems theory provides users with a holistic framework that centers attention on the interactive and bidirectional nature of relationships...
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The Social Dynamics of Fun: Can Fun Youth Bring Peers Together and Positively Influence Their Friends?
There is a critical gap in our understanding of how peer relationships contribute to positive youth development. To address this gap the current...
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Predictive Validity of Thin Slices of Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviors: Comparison of Slice Lengths and Rating Methodologies
Thin slices, or excerpts of behavior, are commonly used by researchers to represent behaviors in their full stimulus. The present study asked how...
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Can you tell people’s cognitive ability level from their response patterns in questionnaires?
Questionnaires are ever present in survey research. In this study, we examined whether an indirect indicator of general cognitive ability could be...
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“Darling, You Won’t Believe What Happened at Work Today”: A Diary Study on Sharing Work Events Among Dual-Earner Couples
After work, employees often share their work experiences with their partners, yet the consequences of these work-related conversations remain poorly...
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Using the Flanker Task to Examine Genetic and Environmental Contributions in Inhibitory Control Across the Preschool Period
The limited research exploring genetic and environmental influences on inhibitory control (IC) in preschoolers has relied on parent ratings or simple...
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A multilevel analysis of the relationship between leaders’ experiential avoidance and followers’ well-being
Experiential avoidance is defined as a process involving excessive negative evaluations of difficult or unwanted feelings, thoughts, and sensations,...
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Confounder detection in linear mediation models: Performance of kernel-based tests of independence
It is well-known that the identification of direct and indirect effects in mediation analysis requires strong unconfoundedness assumptions. Even when...
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Pigeons learn two matching tasks, two nonmatching tasks, or one of each
When pigeons learn matching-to-sample or nonmatching-to-sample there is good evidence that they can transfer that learning to novel stimuli. But...
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A Developmentally Informed Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Strength of General Psychopathology in Childhood and Adolescence
Considerable support exists for higher-order dimensional conceptualizations of psychopathology in adults. A growing body of work has focused on...
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Family Experiences and Parent Personality as Antecedents of Pubertal Timing in Girls and Boys
Pubertal timing may be influenced by typical variations in early family environmental events, but questions remain concerning the roles of specific...
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An item response theory analysis of the matrix reasoning item bank (MaRs-IB)
Matrix reasoning tasks are among the most widely used measures of cognitive ability in the behavioral sciences, but the lack of matrix reasoning...
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The manifestation of individual differences in sensitivity to punishment during resting state is modulated by eye state
Structural and functional neuroimaging studies have shown that brain areas associated with fear and anxiety (defensive system areas) are modulated by...
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I don’t feel positive, but you are: Every issue can be settled! The role of self and others’ positivity in the perception of intragroup conflict at work
Although personal resources support adjustment during hard times at work, social resources can have comparable influence in preventing the negative...
