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19 April 2025Volume 13 Issue 4 Previous Issue   
The Influence of Teacher-Student Relationships on Prosocial Behavior in Middle and Senior Primary School Students: A Longitudinal Study
XU Lei, WU Ruiming, NIU Gengfeng, PENG Shun, CHEN Jiwen, CAO Gang
Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (4):  193-203. 
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In recent years, the promotion of children's prosocial behavior has become a central issue in the field of mental health education. This study conducted a longitudinal follow-up survey with 547 middle and senior primary school students to systematically investigate the influence of teacher-student relationships on their prosocial behavior, as well as the roles of basic psychological needs satisfaction and deviant peer affiliation in this relationship.The results revealed that basic psychological need satisfaction longitudinally mediated the relationship between teacher-student relationships and prosocial behavior. Additionally, deviant peer interactions significantly moderated the first half of the mediation pathway. Specifically, for students with higher levels of deviant peer interactions, the facilitative effect of teacher-student relationships on basic psychological need satisfaction diminishes. These findings provide valuable references for primary school educators to develop more effective teacher-student interaction strategies and intervention programs for promoting children's prosocial development.
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The Impact of Online Coverage-Comment on the Change of Attitude Towards Migrant Workers
Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (4):  204-214. 
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With the growing population of migrant workers, their social integration has attracted increasing scholarly attention. Previous studies have demonstrated that negative social evaluations affect the mental health of migrant workers. However, few scholars have studied the influence of online media coverage and comments on attitude change towards migrant workers. Therefore, in order to clarify the mechanism of the influence of online media coverage on attitude change towards migrant workers, study was conducted to explore the two on the social judgement, behavior tendence towards migrant workers and the perceived
of social norms by experimentally manipulating the valence (positive/negative) of online media coverage and comments among 172 non-migrant relatives. The results showed that under the condition of positive reporting, participants who read positive comments had a better impression of migrant workers than those who read negative comments. However, participants who read negative comments rated the group less positively and were less likely to engage in positive group behavior towards the target group than those who read positive comments; Under the condition of negative reporting, positive comments inhibited the participants' negative evaluation of the target group; Under the condition of positive reporting, subjects who read positive comments believed that many people were willing to accept migrant workers. The results indicated that online coverage and comments jointly influence changes in group attitudes, with online comments consistent with the online coverage valence reinforcing group attitudes, while online comments inconsistent with the online news valence triggering shifts in group attitudes. This study enrich the theory of group perception and media coverage, and have practical significance in improving group relationship.
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Are Laboratory-Measured Prosocial Tendencies Reliable?Uni-Modal vs Cross-Modal Comparisons of Social Preferences
Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (4):  215-225. 
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Traditional experimental paradigms for measuring social preferences often require participants to choose between options that yield different payoffs for themselves and others. This type of decision-making, which focuses on a single dimension, is referred to as a uni-modal. However, many real-world social decisions are more complex and cannot be reduced to simple monetary trade-offs, often involving multiple dimensions, referred to as cross-modal. Thus, whether these lab-based paradigms effectively capture social preferences in real-world settings remains questionable. This study employed the delayed compensation method to compare the differences in social preferences measuring across uni-modal and cross-modal
by comparing compensation amounts and social value orientation scores across 318 participants. The results showed that individuals exhibit lower prosocial tendencies in uni-modal compared to cross-modal. In addition, scores of social value orientation measured by traditional tools were found to correlate with compensation in uni-modal but not in cross-modal. These findings highlight the limited ecological validity of existing tools for measuring social preferences and provide valuable insights for researchers in selecting and developing more appropriate measurement tools in the future.
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The Relationship Between Freshmen's Body Image Self-Discrepancy and Social Media Use Motivation: The Perspective of Online Social Compensation
Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (4):  226-235. 
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To reveal the psychological adaptation mechanisms of college freshmen in the digital age, this study explored the relationship between body image self-discrepancy and social media use motivations, as well as the role of social anxiety between them. A survey was conducted among 1,350 first-year college students using the Body Image Assessment Scale, the Social Anxiety Scale, and the Social Media Use Motivation Scale. The results indicated that there is a significant positive correlation between body image self-discrepancy and social anxiety, as well as a significant positive correlation between social anxiety and the social media use motivation. Meanwhile, social anxiety plays a significant mediating role between body image self-discrepancy and motivations for social media use. Moreover, the mediating effect of social anxiety is more pronounced in the female group compared to the male group. Integrating Self-Discrepancy Theory and the Online Social Compensation Theory, this research provided theoretical and practical references for universities to build online support systems that promote freshmen’s interpersonal adaptation.
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Awe and Academic Anxiety in College Students: The Mediating Role of Future Time Perspective
Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (4):  236-245. 
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In recent years, with the acceleration of social development and the deepening of higher education, university students have faced increasingly fierce competition, and academic pressure and anxiety have also increased. This study employed two research methods to investigate the alleviating effect of awe on academic anxiety among undergraduates and the mediating mechanism of future time insight in the relationship between the two. Study 1 conducted a survey with 208 undergraduates using questionnaire methods, revealing that trait awe significantly negatively predicted academic anxiety, with future time
perspective serving as a mediating variable. Study 2 manipulated 159 undergraduates' state awe through situational manipulation and found that state awe could also significantly reduce academic anxiety levels, with future time perspective again playing a mediating role. The research results revealed the mechanism by which awe alleviates academic anxiety among college students, providing a reference for intervening in college students' academic anxiety. restructuring in academic stress management.
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Characteristics of Duration Perception Among Civil Aviation Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers
LUO Yuchuan, LI Hongyan, JIN Xueqi, DENG Xuemei
Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (4):  246-253. 
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A temporal bisection task was employed to investigate the characteristics and differences in duration perception among three occupational groups: pilots, air traffic controllers, and ordinary individuals (with 70 participants in each group), across seven stimulus durations (300ms, 450ms, 600ms, 750ms, 900ms, 1050ms, and 1200ms). The results revealed that pilots exhibited a significantly higher proportion of long responses compared to air traffic controllers and ordinary individuals for duration judgments at 750ms, 900ms, 1050ms, and 1200ms. Furthermore, air traffic controllers demonstrated a significantly higher
proportion of long responses than ordinary individuals specifically at the 1200ms duration. Additionally, pilots exhibited a significantly lower point of subjective equality than ordinary individuals. Moreover, pilots displayed a significantly lower Weber ratio compared to air traffic controllers and ordinary individuals. These findings suggest that, relative to air traffic controllers and ordinary individuals, pilots tend to overestimate longer durations and possess greater temporal sensitivity. In comparison to ordinary individuals, air traffic controllers exhibit a greater inclination to overestimate longer durations. The results contribute to a preliminary understanding of the duration perception characteristics of civil aviation pilots and air traffic controllers, providing theoretical support for future training initiatives aimed at ensuring flight safety.
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