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    14 May 2025Volume 13 Issue 5 Previous Issue   
    The Nonlinear Relationship between Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health and Its Threshold Effect
    WANG Yiming, XIAO Yueting, XU Yihan, LI Wenhui
    Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (5):  257-265. 
    Abstract ( 134 )   PDF(pc) (995KB) ( 154 )   Save
    A total of 614 adolescents in middle school, high school, and college were administered the Symptom Check List 90 and the Index of Well-being to explore the nonlinear relationship between adolescents' subjective well-being and mental health, as well as the threshold effect. The results indicated that adolescents' mental health was generally satisfactory, with high school students exhibiting the lowest levels of mental health. The study found a negative correlation between adolescents' subjective well-being and their mental health indicators. Additionally, the findings demonstrated a nonlinear relationship between adolescents' subjective well-being and mental health indicators, as well as a threshold effect, which exhibited the inverse of the threshold model and the saturation model. The results of the study illustrated the nonlinear relationship between adolescents' subjective well-being and the factors of mental health at the level of dynamic interaction; the higher the subjective well-being, the fewer the psychological symptoms and the higher the level of mental health, and the strength of the relationship changes when a certain threshold is reached.
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    The Dynamic Relationship Between Negative Emotion and Everyday Creativity: The Influence of Narcissistic Trait
    Zheng Wen, OUyang Yiyun, Chen Yanqi
    Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (5):  266-276. 
    Abstract ( 78 )   PDF(pc) (935KB) ( 134 )   Save
    This study examined the moderating role of narcissism in the relationship between negative emotional states and everyday creativity. Using the day reconstruction method, 404 participants were assessed over five consecutive days on emotional states, daily creativity state, and daily creative behaviors. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to analyze the nested data. Results showed that narcissistic traits significantly predicted daily creative behavior, and negative emotions were negatively associated with both daily creativity state
    and behavior. Moreover, narcissism significantly and negatively moderated the link between negative emotion and daily creativity state. Simple slope analysis revealed that individuals with high narcissistic traits experienced a stronger decline in creativity state under negative emotional conditions. These findings offer new insights into the dynamic influence of emotional states on everyday creativity and highlight the role of personality traits in this process.
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    Psychophysiological Effects of Emotional Acceptance and Suppression in the Context of Chinese Culture
    SHI Bingrui, WANG Guangxin
    Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (5):  277-290. 
    Abstract ( 113 )   PDF(pc) (1156KB) ( 125 )   Save
    The effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies varies by culture. This study compared the effects of acceptance and suppression as emotion regulation strategies among Chinese university students. A total of 114 participants were randomly assigned to three groups: acceptance, suppression, and control. Subjective emotional responses, heart rate, respiration, and skin conductance level were measured before, during, and after the film. The results showed that during the film, participants in the suppression group reported
    significantly lower negative emotions compared to those in the acceptance group. No significant differences were found in physiological responses between the acceptance and suppression groups. However, compared with the control group, the suppression group exhibited a lower respiratory rate and a lower heart rate during the recovery period. Suppression effectively reduced negative emotions and physiological responses, while acceptance may enhance immediate emotional experiences. The findings highlight the important role of cultural context in the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies.
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    Instant or Delayed Reply? How Response Timeliness Shapes Interpersonal Impressions Through the Lens of Expectancy Violations
    MAO Linjiang, ZHANG Jiajia, SU Wenliang
    Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (5):  291-302. 
    Abstract ( 97 )   PDF(pc) (986KB) ( 110 )   Save
    In the age of mobile internet, there is growing social pressure for instant responses in online communication. While response timeliness (instant vs. delayed) may yield divergent interpersonal effects, existing research lacks systematic investigation into these dynamics, particularly regarding underlying mechanisms. Grounded in Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT), this experimental study examined how response timeliness and power relations jointly influence interpersonal impressions. Results revealed: (1) for the recipients, instant reply leads to positive interpersonal impressions, while delayed reply results in negative ones; (2)expectancy violations mediate the relationship between response timeliness and interpersonal impressions; (3)compared to those with low power, individuals with high power who received delayed reply experienced higher levels of negative violations, leading to more negative evaluations of interpersonal impressions. These findings illuminate the psychological mechanisms through which response timeliness shapes social perceptions, offering practical insights for managing digital communication strategies across power asymmetries.
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    Pattern Deviancy Aversion in Social Cognition: From Social Deviancy Aversion to Intergroup Bias
    YANG Xiaoying, WANG Jiayi, ZHU Haiyan
    Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (5):  303-311. 
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    Non-social pattern-deviancy aversion refers to negative emotional reactions to stimuli violating regular patterns, whereas social-deviancy aversion denotes negative attitudes toward minority groups. Three experiments investigated how non-social pattern-deviancy aversion influences prejudice against homosexuality and its underlying mechanisms. Study 1 established a significant positive correlation between non-social pattern-deviancy aversion and social-deviancy aversion. Study 2 manipulated non-social pattern deviancy aversion and demonstrated its causal impact on homosexual prejudice, with social-deviancy aversion mediating this relationship. Study 3 revealed that the predictive effect of non-social pattern deviancy aversion on prejudice was moderated by group size, such that stronger prejudice emerged when homosexuals were categorized as a numerical minority. These findings collectively demonstrated that nonsocial pattern-deviancy aversion exacerbates discrimination by activating intergroup bias toward minority
    groups, particularly under minority-group contexts. This research enhances understanding of cognitive mechanisms underlying prejudice and informs theoretical frameworks for bias reduction interventions.
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    The Processing Mechanisms of SNARC Effect for Letters Under Dual Coding Cues
    Jia Liu, Yueyang Yin, Zhonglin Wu, Jiaxue Ren
    Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2025, 13 (5):  312-320. 
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    To investigate the processing stages of the SNARC effect for letters and the influence of dual coding cues (verbal and visual), this experiment employed uppercase letters as stimuli with reference to alphabetic sequence framework, adopting a letter sequence judgment task to concurrently elicit the SNARC effect for letters, Stroop (semantic representation stage), and Simon (response selection stage) effects. The results revealed that: (1) The SNARC effect for letters demonstrated significant interactions with both the Stroop and Simon effects, indicating that the SNARC effect for letters mediated by ordinal information exists simultaneously during both semantic representation and response selection stages. (2) Ordinal information can robustly induces the SNARC effect for letters through the synergistic coordination of verbal and visual coding cues.
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