by Victoria Wai Lan Yeung, Pui Chuen Tam, Eric Kenson Yau
ABSTRACT: Prior research found that egoistic (vs. altruistic) messages were more effective in influencing the willingness to blood donation in Caucasian British students who were committed blood donors. We...
by Amber Massey-Abernathy
ABSTRACT: While some research suggests that all types of parenting might be beneficial when the context is accounted for, a large body of literature has shown that warm parenting has the most beneficial...
by Dylan Selterman, Sydney Gideon
ABSTRACT: This study compared dating experiences through smartphone apps (e.g., Tinder) with offline-initiated dating. Previous research suggests that people feel greater apprehensiveness toward internet...
by Dániel Jenei, Eemeli Hakoköngas, Anna-Maija Pirttilä-Backman, István Csertő, Orsolya Vincze
ABSTRACT: The present study explores the role of linguistic compositional characteristics in transmitting collective victimhood beliefs. Experimentally manipulated excerpts of history textbooks were used to...
by Corinne P. Tatem, Joanne Ingram
ABSTRACT: With the rise in accessibility of media personae and celebrities through social media sites, parasocial relationships (PSRs) can offer a meaningful alternative for individuals who experience...
by James Stein, Anthony Moliterno
ABSTRACT: Social networks remain a relatively understudied topic in the field of interpersonal communication. As such, the hierarchical mapping technique (HMT) can help shed light on the levels of closeness...
by Marika Guggisberg, Annie Holt
ABSTRACT: Adolescents commonly seek out pornography, which affects their attitudes and behaviours. Furthermore, the current COVID-19 pandemic saw an unprecedented increase in pornography consumption...
by Jonathan Santo, Josafa Da Cunha, Annesha Mitra
ABSTRACT: Self-continuity refers to the strategies individuals use to justify a stable sense of self despite the various changes they experience. Among young adults, in particular, self-continuity over time...
by András Láng, Dorian Vida, Gyöngyvér Csapó, Szabolcs Bandi, Ádám Putz, Andrea Czibor
ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a turbulent stage of development for both adolescents and their families. Family communication remains one of the major means to adjust to developmental tasks in this stage....