While previous research has indicated that social media language could provide useful information as part of mental health assessments, the findings from this study point to potential limitations in generalizing this practice by highlighting key demographic differences in language used by people with depression.
Analysis of social media language using AI models predicts depression severity for white Americans, but not Black Americans
Teachers’ attitudes toward regrets: A cultural comparative reading
Culture &Psychology, Ahead of Print.
This paper addresses how universal teachers’ attitudes toward regret are bound with Chinese cultural particularity. Arguments are developed through comparative perspectives: philosophic theoretical thinking vs. qualitative interpretive thinking, ideas conceived in theory vs. ideas enacted in practice, and cross-cultural interactions between Chinese culture and Christian/modern ‘Western’ culture. A total of 113 narratives published in Chinese journals of Chinese teacher regret that were revealed by teachers voluntarily in the past four decades serve as a concrete point of departure for theoretical comparisons. The universality of two main types of human attitudes toward regret are defended, while the particularity of cultural attitudes toward regret between China and the ‘west’ (corresponding to the earlier theoretical constructs of two attitude meta-types) is supplementarily explained through the compelling contrast of anti-coronavirus policies (policies of zero COVID or not). The phenomenon of Chinese teachers’ comfortable expression of regrets in public is finally discussed for its subtlety of creative transcultural exchange.
Registered reports and replications: An ongoing Journal of School Psychology initiative
Publication date: April 2024
Source: Journal of School Psychology, Volume 103
Author(s): Jeffery P. Braden
A systematic review of community-based participatory research studies involving individuals with mental illness.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Vol 47(1), Mar 2024, 9-21; doi:10.1037/prj0000536
Objective: This systematic review examined community-based participatory research (CBPR) studies in which people with mental illness (PWMI) directly contributed to research projects. The purpose was to describe study characteristics, team structure and logistics, and level of involvement of in the research process. Method: We searched the PsycINFO database from January 2000 to July 2020, identifying 1,395 records and analyzing the 31 that met inclusion criteria. Articles were eligible if they were (a) published in English in a peer-reviewed journal; (b) explicitly stated that at least one adult with mental illness assisted with the study as a CBPR team member; and (c) included a research outcome. Results: Most studies collected qualitative data. Project length, team composition, and frequency of meetings were not specified in about one third of the articles. Twenty-nine studies reported involvement of people with mental illness in research activities such as recruitment, data collection, transcription, and analysis. Nearly half did not specify if they received any training. Conclusions and Implications for Practice: Individuals with mental illness were heavily involved in planning and conducting research, demonstrating the feasibility of meaningful involvement. Future research should consider how people with lived experience can assist with quantitative methods, and articles should clearly and explicitly describe characteristics of the partnership (e.g., team composition, frequency of meetings, compensation). The protocol is published in Open Science registry at https://osf.io/mshfb/. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Simple Morning and Complex Night: Time of Day and Complex Sensory Experiences
Journal of Service Research, Ahead of Print.
Consumers’ multisensory preferences bring new ideas to service and experience design—yet do consumers always react favorably to sensory complexity? This research examines variation by time of day in how consumers respond to complex sensory experiences (e.g., purchase behavior, choice, and liking). Specifically, we theorize that arousal levels increase over the course of the day, which increases the perceived fit of complex sensory experiences, leading to more favorable reactions—a pattern that is more prominent among evening than morning chronotypes. A set of five studies provides support for this theorizing and provides important implications for service providers regarding how to vary their sensory offerings and promotions over the course of the day.
Evaluation of the concerns of Spanish university students in the face of current major challenges
Publication date: April 2024
Source: Evaluation and Program Planning, Volume 103
Author(s): Javier Cifuentes-Faura, Ursula Faura-Martínez, Matilde Lafuente-Lechuga