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The Influence of Sense of Power on Cooperative Behavior in Public Goods Game: The Moderating Role of Empathy MA Sulan, SUN Qian, TIAN Xiaoming Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2024, 12 (4):  193-199.  Abstract ( 131 )   PDF（pc） (939KB) ( 311 )   Save The current study aims to investigate the influence of one's sense of power on cooperative behavior,along with its associated boundary conditions. A total of 236 undergraduate participants were involved in the experiment. Initially, they were asked to recall a story that either portrayed a scenario of high or low sense of power. Subsequently, they completed assessments related to empathy and participated in public goods games to measure their cooperative behavior. The results showed that individuals with a high sense of power, in contrast to those with a low sense of power, exhibited less cooperative behavior. Furthermore, individuals with a high degree of empathy displayed a greater propensity for cooperative actions in comparison to individuals with lower empathy levels. Additionally, empathy was identified as a moderator in the relationship between one's sense of power and their cooperative behavior. More specifically, higher level of empathy would buffer the negative effect of sense of power on cooperative behavior. This discovery not only offers valuable insights into the roles of one’ s sense of power and empathy in social interactions, but also underscores the pivotal role of individual traits in shaping their behavioral responses. Related Articles | Metrics

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Group Perspective Taking: Evidence of Spontaneous Processing HE Xiaoyan, YANG Yingqiao, YANG Fengyi, YIN Jun Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2024, 12 (4):  200-210.  Abstract ( 47 )   PDF（pc） (1094KB) ( 139 )   Save Understanding what others think and see is crucial for social interactions. Previous studies have shown that people can spontaneously infer what an individual sees. Still, it is unclear whether they can spontaneously calculate what a group sees at a group level. To investigate this question, this study employed a novel visual perspective-taking paradigm that required participants to judge their own perspective from the picture that four avatars who either looked at the same objects or looked at different objects. We found that participants could not easily ignore what the group saw when making self-perspective judgments. This effect occurred even when the avatars looked at different objects, but not when they were replaced by arrows with similar low-level features. This suggests that people can spontaneously calculate what a group sees, and this process is driven by the social group information, rather than by the physical directionality. Related Articles | Metrics

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The Relationship between Family Noise and Children’s Subjective Well-being: The Serial mediating Roles of Emotion Regulation Strategies for Parent and Children HAO Lirong, WANG Mengmeng, YANG Yuchuan, DONG Yan Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2024, 12 (4):  211-219.  Abstract ( 78 )   PDF（pc） (1062KB) ( 214 )   Save To explore the impact of family noise on children's subjective well-being and its underlying mechanism, a questionnaire was administered to 387 students in Grades 4-6 at a primary school in Nanjing, as well as their parents. The results revealed that: (1) Family noise was significantly and negatively correlated with children's subjective well-being, as well as parents' and children's cognitive reassessment, and positively correlated with children's expressive suppression. Conversely, children's subjective well-being was positively correlated with parents' and children's cognitive reassessment, but negatively correlated with expressive suppression. (2) Family noise had a significant direct effect on children's subjective well-being. (3) Parents' and children's cognitive reassessment served as a chain mediator between family noisiness and children's subjective well-being, with children's cognitive reassessment also serving as an independent mediator. Therefore, decreasing family noise levels and increasing the use of cognitive reassessment by both parents and children can enhance children's subjective well-being. Related Articles | Metrics

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Development of Mental Health Literacy Scale for High School Students in China Pang Hongwei, Shao Qiaobei, Ning Xue, Xia Jing Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2024, 12 (4):  220-228.  Abstract ( 59 )   PDF（pc） (1166KB) ( 136 )   Save This study aimed to compile a mental health literacy scale that conforms to the current situation of the development of mental health education for contemporary high school students in China and is convenient for measurement in high schools, by referring to the conceptual framework and design concept of mental health literacy scale at home and abroad.A survey was conducted on high school students from two schools close to the average level of ordinary high schools in China and 798 valid questionnaires were collected, by using the 52-item Mental Health Literacy Scale for High School Students compiled based on previous studies and Chinese Middle School Student Mental Health Scale as the benchmark. According to exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and reliability and validity analysis, The final items of the scale were 23, which were divided into three dimensions: knowledge, attitude, behavior/skill and performance, and the scale has good reliability and validity and can be used to evaluate the mental health literacy of high school students in China. Related Articles | Metrics

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The Development of Children’s Gender Identity and its Impact on Social Adjustment Liang Linlin, Liang Ye, Wang Yining, Liu Wen Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2024, 12 (4):  229-238.  Abstract ( 58 )   PDF（pc） (1107KB) ( 202 )   Save Children's gender identity is an important part of their socialization, and the relationship between gender identity and children's social adjustment has always attracted much attention. With the deepening of the research, the concepts and measures of gender identity have become richer. At present, researchers have begun to explore gender identity from the perspective of dual identity, examining own-gender group typicality and other-gender group typicality respectively. Regarding the impact of gender identity on children's social adjustment, existing studies have focused on exploring the adjustment outcomes of both self adjustment and interpersonal adjustment. Future research should further explore the relationship between children's implicit and explicit gender identity, the relationship between different types of gender identity and social adjustment, and pay attention to the intervention of social adjustment of children with low own-gender identity. Related Articles | Metrics

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Mysteries of Social Coherence: Exploring the Recurrent Model and Neural Foundation of Interpersonal Synchronization HAN Yixue, LU Kelong, LIU Shen Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2024, 12 (4):  239-256.  Abstract ( 37 )   PDF（pc） (1505KB) ( 149 )   Save Synchrony is an important characteristic that commonly exists in social interactions, and interpersonal synchronization has made significant contributions to individual development, group cooperation, and social progress due to its unique value. From the perspectives of different social mechanisms, psychological processes, and neural mechanisms involved in interpersonal synchronization, a novel cyclic interpersonal synchronization comprehensive model can be constructed to reveal the potential cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. Studies on interpersonal synchronization using hyperscanning techniques primarily focus on five areas: joint action, joint attention, interactive decision-making, emotional communication, and creative problem-solving. The signal changes associated with interpersonal synchronization are mainly concentrated in the right temporal lobe and left inferior frontal gyrus, with noticeable variations in theta, alpha, and mu waves within certain frequency bands. Future research should further explore the role and impact of signals in brain regions such as the right temporal lobe, frontal lobe, and left inferior frontal gyrus on the neural mechanisms underlying interpersonal synchronization. Related Articles | Metrics