期刊:
Current Psychology,2022年41(10):6744-6754 ISSN:1046-1310
通讯作者:
Zuo, Bin
作者机构:
[Tan, Xiao; Wen, Fangfang; Wei, Jin; Xie, Zhijie; Zuo, Bin] Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Tianjiabing Bldg,152 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, Peoples R China.;[Tan, Xiao; Wen, Fangfang; Wei, Jin; Xie, Zhijie; Zuo, Bin] Cent China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Wuhan, Peoples R China.;[Xie, Zhijie] Xinxiang Med Univ, Sch Psychol, Xinxiang, Henan, Peoples R China.;[Wei, Jin] Wuchang Shouyi Univ, Mental Hlth Ctr, Wuhan, Peoples R China.
通讯机构:
[Zuo, Bin] C;Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Tianjiabing Bldg,152 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, Peoples R China.;Cent China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Wuhan, Peoples R China.
摘要:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Past research on women’s preferences for male facial masculinity in Western cultures has produced inconsistent results. Some inconsistency may be related to the use of different facial stimulus manipulations (e.g., between-sex sexual dimorphic facial manipulation or within-sex sexual dimorphic facial manipulation) that do not perfectly avoid non-facial cues, and pregnancy status may also influence women’s face preferences. We therefore recruited pregnant and nonpregnant Chinese women and manipulated the sexual dimorphism of male facial stimuli to explore the influences of manipulation methods, non-facial cues, and pregnancy status on face preferences. Results showed that: (1) in contrast with a general masculinity preference observed in Western cultures, both pregnant and nonpregnant Chinese women preferred feminized and neutral male faces generally; (2) pregnant women’s preference for feminized male faces was stable across manipulation methods, while nonpregnant women preferred feminized male faces except under between-sex sexual dimorphism manipulation; and (3) manipulation methods, rather than non-facial cues, influenced participants’ face preferences. Specifically, women showed the strongest preferences for femininity when face stimuli were manipulated by within-sex sexual dimorphic facial manipulation, followed by unmanipulated faces and between-sex sexual dimorphic facial manipulation. This effect was stronger for nonpregnant women in the unmanipulated condition and for pregnant women in the between-sex sexual dimorphic facial manipulation. This research provides empirical evidence of women’s preferences for sexual dimorphism in male faces in a non-Western culture, as well as the effects of facial manipulation methods, pregnancy status, and the interactions between these factors.</jats:p>
作者机构:
[温芳芳; 谢志杰; 高佳; 戴月娥; 佐斌; 何赛飞] School of Psychology, Research Center of Social Psychology, Central China Normal University, Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430079, China
摘要:
BACKGROUND: In the context of the pandemic, exploration on the association between insecurity and stress among university students is limited. The current study aims to investigate the parallel mediation role of hope and self-efficacy in the relationship between insecurity and stress among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: We employed a cross-sectional research design in a university by distributing questionnaires online. 5286 participants were recruited (mean age=19.65; SD=1.13). Items were from the Security Questionnaire, Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21, and the Positive Psychology Capital (Psycap) Questionnaire (PPQ). Parallel mediation analysis was performed using PROCESS macro in SPSS. RESULTS: The results indicate that insecurity predicted students' stress positively and that students with high-level perceived insecurity are more likely to perceive stress. Moreover, hope and self-efficacy mediated the relationship between insecurity and stress, indicating that hope and self-efficacy could buffer the negative effects of insecurity on stress. LIMITATIONS: This study examines the mediating model between insecurity and stress among Chinese university students. The generalizability of the findings in other regions remains to be explored. Additionally, the roles of other positive self-beliefs including optimism and resilience in relieving stress can be further explored in future research. CONCLUSIONS: This research provides direct evidence of insecurity effects on stress among university students, enriching relevant theories in the field of stress. Moreover, this research suggests that enhancing positive self-beliefs such as hope, and self-efficacy helps to relieve students' stress during COVID-19.
作者机构:
[Tan, Xiao; Wen, Fangfang; Wei, Jin; Xie, Zhijie; Zuo, Bin] Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.;[Tan, Xiao; Wen, Fangfang; Wei, Jin; Xie, Zhijie; Zuo, Bin] Cent China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.;[Xie, Zhijie] Xinxiang Med Univ, Sch Psychol, Xinxiang, Henan, Peoples R China.
通讯机构:
[Zuo, Bin] C;Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.;Cent China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.
摘要:
The current study examined the effect of a group's potential for improvement and decline in morality and competence on applicants' willingness to join the group. We conducted four experiments with 399 Chinese participants who rated their willingness to join groups with potential for improvement, potential for decline, or stability in terms of morality or competence. The results showed that, compared with groups with stable competence, participants preferred groups with potential for competence improvement and were more averse to groups with potential for competence decline. However, the biases regarding the potential for moral improvement and decline were asymmetric. Specifically, compared with groups with stable morality, participants had no preference for groups with potential for moral improvement, but were more averse to groups with potential for moral decline. Possible explanations for the asymmetric biases regarding the potential for moral improvement and decline and future research directions are discussed.
作者机构:
[温芳芳; 叶含雪; 马书瀚; 佐斌] School of Psychology, Research Center of Social Psychology, Central China Normal University, Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430079, China;[齐玥] CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences;Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
期刊:
Archives of Sexual Behavior,2020年49(7):2511-2530 ISSN:0004-0002
通讯作者:
Zuo, Bin
作者机构:
[Wang, Yang; Wen, Fangfang; Zuo, Bin; Ma, Shuhan] Cent China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Sch Psychol, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.;[Wu, Yang] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Acad Marxism, Wuhan, Peoples R China.;[Fang, Zeming] NYU, Dept Psychol, 6 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10003 USA.
通讯机构:
[Zuo, Bin] C;Cent China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Sch Psychol, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.
作者机构:
[Wang, Yang; Wen, Fangfang; Zuo, Bin; Ma, Shuhan] Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.;[Xu, Yian; Coley, John D.] Northeastern Univ, Dept Psychol, Boston, MA USA.
通讯机构:
[Zuo, Bin] C;Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.
关键词:
stereotype content model;implicit association test;sexual dimorphism;triad classification task;facial perception
作者:
Zuo, Bin;Zhang, Xiang*;Wen, Fang-fang*;Zhao, Yan
期刊:
Journal of Affective Disorders,2020年260:84-90 ISSN:0165-0327
通讯作者:
Wen, Fang-fang;Zhang, Xiang
作者机构:
[Zuo, Bin; Wen, Fang-fang; Zhang, Xiang] Cent China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Sch Psychol, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, Peoples R China.;[Zhao, Yan; Zhang, Xiang] Xingyi Normal Univ Nationalities, Xingyi 562400, Peoples R China.;[Zuo, Bin; Wen, Fang-fang] Minist Educ, Key Lab Adolescent Cyberpsychol & Behav CCNU, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, Peoples R China.;[Zhang, Xiang] Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, 152 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, Peoples R China.
通讯机构:
[Wen, Fang-fang; Zhang, Xiang] C;[Wen, Fang-fang] M;Cent China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Sch Psychol, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, Peoples R China.;Minist Educ, Key Lab Adolescent Cyberpsychol & Behav CCNU, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, Peoples R China.;Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, 152 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, Peoples R China.
关键词:
Core self-evaluations;Depression;Fatalism;Stressful life events
摘要:
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have investigated the role of cognitive factors in the relationship between stressful life events and depression; however, few studies comprehensively considered cognitive and personality factors. Therefore, this study investigated the multiple mediating roles of fatalism and core self-evaluations in the relationship between stressful life events and depression. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 537 Chinese university students (Mage = 20.20, SD = 1.38) at two universities in Guizhou and Sichuan provinces. The independent variable was stressful life events; mediating variables were fatalism and core self-evaluations; and the dependent variable was extent of depression. Multiple mediation analysis was performed using the PROCESS macro in SPSS. RESULTS: Significant positive correlations were found among stressful life events, fatalism, and depression, while core self-evaluations were significantly negatively correlated with stressful life events, fatalism, and depression. After adjusting for demographic variables, stressful life events directly and positively influenced depression (beta = 0.370, 95% CI = 0.292-0.448). Fatalism and core self-evaluations played multiple mediating roles in the relationship between stressful life events and depression, with stressful life events influencing depression through three mediation pathways (total mediation effect = 0.199, 95% CI = 0.145-0.254), which accounted for 53.85% of the total effect. LIMITATIONS: The data used in this study were self-reported by university students and measureed via cross-sectional designs. CONCLUSIONS: Stressful life events can influence depression either directly or indirectly by simultaneously increasing fatalism and lowering core self-evaluations (parallel mediation) or decreasing core self-evaluations through increasing the level of fatalism (serial mediation).
摘要:
Building on previous studies, we investigated the influence of sexual dimorphism cues on mate retention and mate quality enhancement behaviors. A total of 233 participants were presented with facial photographs with varying sexual dimorphism cues that were generated using computer graphic techniques and were asked to rate their behavior tendencies associated with mate retention and quality enhancement. The results showed that (1) female participants utilized mate retention tactics as a function of the sexual dimorphism cues of targets, whereas male participants showed an overall stronger and indiscriminate tendency for mate retention; (2) female participants rated masculine men as more competent and more generally attractive and tended to introduce them to their own partner, a pattern that was consistent with mate quality enhancement strategies, whereas male participants did not exhibit comparable behaviors. Taken together, these results suggest that masculine and feminine facial cues are important, albeit subtle, to one's reproductive value and are closely associated with mate retention and quality enhancement strategies. Limitations and future directions are also discussed.
期刊:
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY,2019年10(FEB):105 ISSN:1664-1078
通讯作者:
Wen, Fangfang
作者机构:
[Wang, Yang; Wen, Fangfang; Wang, Miao; Zuo, Bin] Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.;[Wen, Fangfang; Wang, Miao; Zuo, Bin] Cent China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.;[Wen, Fangfang; Zuo, Bin] Minist Educ, Key Lab Adolescent Cyberpsychol & Behav, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.
通讯机构:
[Wen, Fangfang] C;[Wen, Fangfang] M;Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.;Cent China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Social Psychol, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.;Minist Educ, Key Lab Adolescent Cyberpsychol & Behav, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.
摘要:
The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between counter-stereotypes and creativity, and further explore the mechanism underlying the impact of priming counter-stereotypic information on individual creativity. More importantly, here we have proposed cognitive and emotional dual processing pathways, which may mediate the influences of counter-stereotypes on creativity. Two experiments examined how counter-stereotypes impacted creativity through the dual processing pathways. A total of 152 university students were recruited to test their creativity performance. In Experiment 1, we replicated results of past studies. Participants were randomly allocated to different priming conditions (stereotype or counter-stereotype), in which descriptions of male governors and female nurses served as priming of stereotypes, whereas descriptions of male nurses and female governors served as priming of counter-stereotypes. Measurements of creativity were based on the poster paradigm. The poster paradigm required participants to design a poster for a college fellowship party. In Experiment 2, we recruited 104 participants to examine the mediating roles of emotions and cognitive flexibility. The procedure of Experiment 2 was similar to that of Experiment 1, except for the measurement of creativity, which was Chinese idiom riddle test. Participants who selected more creative answers were more creative, based on the criteria of our experimental design. Also, we included measurements of emotions (i.e., surprise and delight) and cognitive flexibility (using the Cognitive Flexibility Scale) after priming of stereotypes and counter-stereotypes in Experiment 2. We also verified the credibility of our counter-stereotype measurements. The results of Experiment 1-which replicated previous studies-demonstrated that priming of counter-stereotypes promoted creative performance compared with priming of stereotypes in the poster paradigm. However, our proposed dual processing pathways were not fully verified by Experiment 2. The results of this experiment showed that neither surprising nor delighted emotion mediated the influence of counter-stereotypes on creativity, whereas cognitive flexibility did. In conclusion, our current study reveals a mechanism of creative performance in terms of cognitive flexibility, and further inspires us to focus on the positive influence of counter-stereotypes on creativity.