Behavioral Sciences

This pilot study examined a cascading coaching model to train graduate student clinicians and caregivers to use adapted Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI) techniques with autistic preschoolers who use echolalia. Adaptations were designed to incorporate children’s echolalic speech within intervention activities and support changes in spoken language. Strategies emphasized re…

This study examined whether AI-powered chatbot-based training was associated with changes in university students’ Facial and Vocal Emotional Reaction Time Proportions during simulated job interviews. A one-group pretest–posttest design was conducted with 54 third- and fourth-year students enrolled in a Human Talent Management course at a private Latin American university. This study was implement…

Considering the changing news consumption patterns driven by new media technology and the decline of traditional local news outlets, the current research explored how the use of news portals for local news as emerging channels of news consumption affects the news audiences’ psychological health, particularly their subjective well-being. This study investigated how thwarted belongingness mediates …

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) technology has demonstrated potential in psychotherapy. However, there is currently a lack of systematic research that comprehensively assessed public acceptance of AI-based psychotherapy. The purpose of this study is to use meta-analysis to explore public acceptance of AI in psychotherapy and the sources of heterogeneity. A random-effects model was e…

Algorithmic management is central to platform gig work, but its distinct forms of control may relate differently to worker strain. We examine these relationships in food delivery, a typical form of platform gig work. In this setting, algorithms continuously allocate tasks, track performance, evaluate workers, and shape behavior. The Stressor–Strain–Outcome (S-S-O) model provides the overarching f…

Although research on international students’ academic experiences in South Korean universities has steadily grown, relatively little attention has been paid to how undergraduate international students from diverse national backgrounds experience and navigate academic adjustment in their everyday university lives. To address this gap, this qualitative case study draws on the collective narratives …

School behavioral health (SBH) systems coaching is a developing approach to implementation support for the delivery of high-quality behavioral health support in schools through a multi-tiered prevention and intervention framework. Articulating coaching components and understanding how, when, and why external coaching supports systems change and implementation are essential, but research on the na…

Creative thinking requires students to explore uncertainty, express tentative ideas, and take intellectual risks, yet the role of perceived school safety as a broader learning-context condition for creative thinking remains underexamined. Using data from the 2022 cycle of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) from 10,239 students in Finland and 5907 students in Hong Kong (Chin…

Drawing on attribution theories, this study presents an integrated moderated serial mediation model to explain when and why customer mistreatment is associated with victimized employees’ contrasting “flight” and “fight” responses. Specifically, we propose that observed customer mistreatment serves as an individually perceived social cue that shapes how employees interpret and respond to their own…

Stigma-related beliefs toward mental illness may change during psychiatric clinical exposure, but individual differences in this process remain insufficiently understood. This single-center observational pre–post study examined observed changes in mental illness-related beliefs among 185 medical interns who completed an approximately 30-day psychiatry clerkship between May 2025 and May 2026, with…

Risky choice depends not only on individual differences but also on characteristics of the decision context, including how decision problems are framed. This study examined whether HEXACO personality dimensions were associated with risky choices in four hypothetical financial lotteries varying by outcome domain and stake size. A total of 310 Polish adults completed the HEXACO-60 inventory and mad…

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered visual scene display (VSD) prototype, with a time delay, least-to-most prompting, and reinforcement in the acquisition of a mand repertoire for three preschool-aged children with complex communication needs (CCN), including those with suspected or confirmed autism diagnoses. A non-concurrent multiple basel…

The current study examined whether individual differences in attachment orientation, mate-retention tactics (benefit-provisioning and cost-inflicting strategies), and COVID-19-related stressors (impact, uncertainty, and perceived risk) were associated with IPV victimisation across two time points, one month apart, in Brazil and the UK (N = 1416 at Wave 1; N = 353 at Wave 2). Linear mixed-effects …

Veterans transitioning out of full-time military service to civilian life face unique challenges which may adversely shape their wellbeing, including complex changes in a veteran’s sense of identity and experiences of meaning and purpose in life. There is an evidence-synthesis gap regarding how transition affects veterans’ sense of identity, life meaning, purpose and overall wellbeing. A pre-regi…

Maternal wellbeing during pregnancy is an important component of maternal mental health and has implications for both maternal and child outcomes. Although psychological resources such as self-control and social support are generally assumed to promote wellbeing, maternal wellbeing may also be influenced by psychological vulnerabilities, including perceived stress and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hype…

Physical activity is associated with psychological well-being in later life, yet the interpersonal and affective pathways underlying this relationship remain unclear. Using data from the 2020 Korean National Survey of Older Persons, this study examined associations among physical activity, social contact, positive affect, and evaluative psychological well-being. Confirmatory factor analysis and s…

Background: Cultivating medical students’ innovative behavior is crucial for talent development in medical education. However, the factors associated with medical students’ innovative behavior are still unclear. The aim was to examine factors associated with self-reported online innovative behavior of medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional electronic survey was conducted at a public medical…

The Black Sheep Effect (BSE) posits that deviant in-group members are judged more harshly than deviant out-group members. The present investigation sought to delineate the relative contribution of both group identity and norms to the expression of the BSE. Two studies were conducted in the context of threats (i.e., pathogen intensity and variations in group norms) induced during the COVID-19 pand…

This qualitative case study examined how university taekwondo coaches and athletes perceive artificial intelligence (AI) in sport, with emphasis on the psychological dimensions of implementation readiness. Using convenience sampling, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 coaches and 30 athletes competing in inter-university taekwondo championships in Turkey. Data were analysed through…

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes deeply integrated into teacher education, pre-service teachers’ innovative competence has become a cornerstone for fostering human–AI collaborative innovation and enabling intelligent educational transformation. This study used empirical data from 3003 pre-service teachers across 12 provinces in China. It employed difference tests, quantile regression, and …