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Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Measuring the Semantic Priming Effect Across Many Languages(Nature Portfolio, 2025-09-24) Buchanan, Erin M.; Cuccolo, Kelly; Heyman, Tom; Van Berkel, Niels; Coles, Nicholas A.; Iyer, Aishwarya; Peters, Kim; Lewis, Savannah C.Semantic priming has been studied for nearly 50 years across various experimental manipulations and theoretical frameworks. Although previous studies provide insight into the cognitive underpinnings of semantic representations, they have suffered from small sample sizes and a lack of linguistic and cultural diversity. In this Registered Report, we measured the size and the variability of the semantic priming effect across 19 languages (n = 25,163 participants analysed) by creating the largest available database of semantic priming values using an adaptive sampling procedure. We found evidence for semantic priming in terms of differences in response latencies between related word-pair conditions and unrelated word-pair conditions. Model comparisons showed that the inclusion of a random intercept for language improved model fit, providing support for variability in semantic priming across languages. This study highlights the robustness and variability of semantic priming across languages and provides a rich, linguistically diverse dataset for further analysis. The Stage 1 protocol for this Registered Report was accepted in principle on 15 July 2022. The protocol, as accepted by the journal, can be found at https://osf.io/u5bp6 (registration) or https://osf.io/q4fjy (preprint version 6, 31 May 2022).Article Citation - WoS: 1An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Attention Training Technique on Cognitive and Metacognitive Processes in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Control Trial(Springer, 2025-09-26) Erdogan-Yildirim, Zeynep; Tekinsav-Sutcu, Serap; Altintoprak, Ayse EnderThe present study explores the effectiveness of attention training technique on cognitive and metacognitive processes among individuals with alcohol use disorder. Randomly assigned in three groups, the sample consisted of 60 male patients aged 18-65 years who applied to a clinic specializing in addictions and were diagnosed with alcohol use disorder according to DSM-5 criteria. While the first group took treatment, the second and third groups were administered a standard treatment protocol supplemented with attention training technique and relaxation interventions, respectively. Then, we evaluated the participants' pre- and post-intervention outcomes as well as their follow-up outcomes one and three months after the interventions. The two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for mixed-design with pre- and post-tests yielded statistically significant differences within and/or between groups in cognitive (anxiety sensitivity/cognitive symptoms, trait anxiety/cognitive) and metacognitive (worry, metacognition/positive beliefs about worry) measures as well as in attentional control, and we concluded that these findings were maintained in follow-up measurements. Additionally, the modified intention-to-treat analysis to eliminate any possible bias due to study quitters in the follow-up measurements indicated that the same effects were maintained only in attentional control, anxiety sensitivity/cognitive symptoms, and worry scores of the participants. Overall, we were able to reveal that the integration of the attention training technique - a transdiagnostic and metacognitive technique - into an alcohol use disorder treatment protocol may affect the prognosis of the disorder and bring desirable impacts on patients' outcomes.Article Nationalist Focal Events and Anti-Minority Violence-How Soldier Funerals Spark Ethnic Riots in Turkey(Oxford Univ Press, 2025-08-07) Schulte, Felix; Karakus, Dogukan Cansin; Gokburun, IbrahimWhat triggers anti-minority riots? We examine the role of soldier funerals as highly visible mourning rituals that amplify collective emotions and foster nationalist sentiment. Focusing on a most-likely setting, anti-Syrian riots in Turkey, we argue that soldier funerals motivate pro-group behaviour while simultaneously intensifying outgroup hostility, thereby increasing the likelihood of retributive violence against minority members. Combining fixed-effects Poisson regression models with a sharp Regression Discontinuity in Time (RDiT) design, we analyse fine-grained geocoded data on Turkish soldier funerals and anti-Syrian riots in Turkey between 2016 and 2024. Our findings demonstrate an increase in the likelihood of ethnic riots in the immediate aftermath of soldier funerals. Qualitative process tracing based on firsthand observations of a crucial case, the 2020 Kahramanmara & scedil; riots, further supports our findings. Our study contributes to the literature on triggering events, ethnic riots, and collective punishment by demonstrating the causal role of emotionally charged nationalist focal events in sparking anti-minority violence.Article Cross-Cultural Data on Romantic Love and Mate Preferences From 117,293 Participants Across 175 Countries(Nature Portfolio, 2025-07-01) Kowal, Marta; Sorokowski, Piotr; Gjoneska, Biljana; Pisanski, Katarzyna; Pfuhl, Gerit; Aguilar, Leonardo; Janssen, Steve M. J.; Prazeres, FilipePsychological studies on close relationships have often overlooked cultural diversity, dynamic processes, and potentially universal principles that shape intimate partnerships. To address the limited generalizability of previous research and advance our understanding of romantic love experiences, mate preferences, and physical attractiveness, we conducted a large-scale cross-cultural survey study on these topics. A total of 404 researchers collected data in 45 languages from April to August 2021, involving 117,293 participants from 175 countries. Aside from standard demographic questions, the survey included valuable information on variables relevant to romantic relationships: intimate, passionate, and committed love within romantic relationships, physical-attractiveness enhancing behaviors, gender equality endorsement, collectivistic attitudes, personal history of pathogenic diseases, relationship quality, jealousy, personal involvement in sexual and/or emotional infidelity, relational mobility, mate preferences, and acceptance of sugar relationships. The resulting dataset provides a rich resource for investigating patterns within, and associations across, a broad range of variables relevant to romantic relationships, with extensive opportunities to analyze individual experiences worldwide.Article Associations of Childhood Maltreatment and Emotion Dysregulation With Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms: a Transdiagnostic Model(Springer/Plenum Publishers, 2025-06-18) Kacar-Basaran, Servet; Kiziltepe, RukiyePurpose It has been documented that childhood maltreatment is associated with many psychological problems as a transdiagnostic risk factor. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and both internalizing and externalizing symptoms, along with the underlying mechanisms. The current study aimed to investigate the role of emotion dysregulation in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Methods The sample included 301 participants aged 18 and above (M-age = 23.78, SD = 6.08). Participants completed questionnaires regarding childhood maltreatment, emotion dysregulation, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and aggression using an online platform. Structural equation modelling was used to explore the relationships among the variables. Results The results showed that (a) childhood maltreatment was positively associated with both internalizing (beta = 0.69, p <.01) and externalizing symptoms (beta = 0.51, p <.01); (b) the emotion dysregulation mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and both internalizing (effect size = 0.29, SE = 0.04, p <.001, 95% CI [0.21, 0.38]) and externalizing symptoms (effect size = 0.21, SE = 0.04, p <.001, 95% CI [0.13, 0.29]). Conclusions Our results revealed that childhood maltreatment and emotion dysregulation could be crucial transdiagnostic risk factors for both internalizing and externalizing symptoms. These findings suggest the importance of supporting emotional regulation among individuals with a history of childhood maltreatment.Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Environmental Change and Globalization Dynamics in Roman Anatolia: Stabilizing an Accelerating System(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2025-05-30) Dogan, Mustafa; Fiolna, Sabina; Duman, Bahadir; Eastwood, Warren; Haldon, John; Izdebski, Adam; Senkul, Cetin; Fiołna, SabinaThe role of the Great Acceleration in transitioning the Earth into a new system state invites questions about the acceleration mechanism itself. Here, we use socioeconomic and environmental datasets from Roman Western Anatolia (first c. BCE to seventh c. CE) to investigate the possible mechanisms of globalization-driven acceleration. After the Roman conquest, Anatolia experienced a rapid transition to profoundly anthropogenic landscapes, reaching hitherto unknown levels of agricultural production that remained stable for several centuries. At the socioeconomic level, as revealed by our application of social network analysis to the numismatic data, the growth dynamics continued, leading to ever greater integration. When international conflict in the seventh c. CE disrupted the connectivity, the anthropogenic landscapes rewilded. This dual-system behavior, critical transition followed by equilibrium in the socioecological realm and continued growth in the socioeconomic realm, suggests that the observed postacceleration stabilization necessitated differential balancing of negative and positive feedbacks in each domain. Copyright © 2025 The Authors, some rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1From Self-Compassion To Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: the Mediator Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty(Springer, 2025-01-16) Kacar-Basaran, Servet; Goekdag, CerenHigh intolerance of uncertainty (IoU) is a well-defined risk and maintenance factor for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Studies have identified different antecedents of IoU, adding low self-compassion to this list. High self-compassion may make it easier for people to cope with uncertain situations and reduce self-blame and control in these situations. Although the protective role of self-compassion in different psychopathologies has been examined, few studies have investigated its role in OCD. No study has investigated the importance of the relationship between self-compassion and IoU for OCD symptoms. Considering that individuals with high self-compassion tendencies do not impose negative feelings on themselves in the face of uncertainties and are more tolerant of them, the association between self-compassion and IoU might be necessary for OCD. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-compassion, IoU, and OCD symptoms and test the mediating role of IoU between self-compassion and OCD symptoms. Four hundred-one adults voluntarily participated in the study and completed measures about self-compassion, IoU, OCD, depression, and anxiety. Results demonstrated the negative correlation between self-compassion and IoU and OCD. Mediation analysis results confirmed the hypothesis that self-compassion was associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms through the IoU when controlling for depression and anxiety symptoms, gender, and age. Our findings were consistent with recent studies showing the importance of self-related psychological constructs for OCD. Low self-compassion is a feature that needs to be examined in this context as an essential initiator of obsessions and compulsions. © The Author(s) 2025.Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 4Intergenerational transmission of childhood maltreatment and offspring behavioral adjustment problems and competence(Elsevier Ltd, 2024-07) Kiziltepe, Rukiye; Irmak, Tuerkan YilmazBackground: Previous studies have consistently highlighted that exposure to childhood maltreatment adversely affects the developmental domains of subsequent generations. Little, however, is known about the relationship between maternal childhood maltreatment history and adolescent development, as well as the mediator role of offspring childhood maltreatment. Objective: The current study attempts to investigate the mediating role of offspring childhood maltreatment in the relationship between maternal childhood maltreatment history and offspring behavioral adjustment problems and competence. Methods: Participants were 1102 adolescents aged 10–15 years (Mage = 12.14, SD = 1.22) and their mothers (Mage = 39.40, SD = 5.31). Participating adolescents filled out self-report instruments assessing their childhood maltreatment by their mothers, self-esteem, academic performance, loneliness, and prosocial and aggressive behaviors between October 2018 and May 2019. In addition, we collected data from mothers on their childhood maltreatment history. Results: We analyzed the data through a structural equation model. The findings revealed insignificant direct effects of maternal childhood maltreatment history on offspring behavioral adjustment problems and competence. Yet, indirect effects demonstrated that offspring maltreatment by mothers mediated the relationship between maternal childhood maltreatment history and offspring behavioral adjustment problems and competence. Maternal childhood maltreatment history was significantly associated with offspring maltreatment (β = 0.30; p <.001), which in turn was linked to a higher level of behavioral adjustment problems (β = 0.40; p <.001) and a lower level of competence (β = −0.71; p <.001). Conclusion: The research findings extend our understanding of the relationship between maternal childhood maltreatment history and offspring behavioral adjustment problems and competence, identifying the mediating role of offspring maltreatment. © 2024 Elsevier LtdArticle Citation - WoS: 20Citation - Scopus: 19Online parenting support: Meta-analyses of non-inferiority and additional value to in-person support(Elsevier Ltd, 2024-04) Leijten, Patty; Rienks, Karen; Groenman, Annabeth P.; Anand, Madhur; Akik, Burcu Komurcu; David, Oana; Kiziltepe, RukiyeParenting support to enhance parent and child mental health is increasingly offered on websites, apps, and through videocall. This development raises the question of how online parenting support compares to traditional in-person parenting support. Is online support non-inferior to traditional in-person support? Or should online support be used as a supplement to in-person support? In the COST Action EurofamNet (CA18123), we sought to answer these questions by systematically searching for randomized trials comparing online to in-person parenting support (Study 1) and trials comparing in-person parenting support augmented with online support elements to in-person parenting support only (Study 2). We registered our review in PROSPERO (CRD42022354393) and searched PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Cochrane in May 2022. Our outcomes of interests were children's mental health, parenting practices, parental mental health, and parents’ satisfaction with the program. For Study 1, multilevel meta-analysis of seven eligible randomized trials (101 effect sizes; N = 957) showed consistent non-inferiority of online support and a trend that parents were more satisfied with online support. For Study 2, narrative synthesis of two eligible trials (N = 279) suggests that adding online support elements to in-person support can improve program satisfaction and short-term benefits, but does not contribute significantly to program benefits above and beyond in-person support. Our findings suggest that, provided appropriate online formats and sufficient guidance from professionals, online parenting support is non-inferior to in-person support. The additive value of online support elements to in-person support seems limited, but may still be meaningful. Future research should identify the circumstances under which parents prefer, and benefit more from, in-person versus online parenting support. © 2024 The Author(s)Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 5Exploring Attitudes Toward Sugar Relationships Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship(Springer/Plenum Publishers, 2023-12-21) Mesko, Norbert; Kowal, Marta; Lang, Andras; Kocsor, Ferenc; Bandi, Szabolcs A.; Putz, Adam; Sorokowski, PiotrThe current study investigates attitudes toward one form of sex for resources: the so-called sugar relationships, which often involve exchanges of resources for sex and/or companionship. The present study examined associations among attitudes toward sugar relationships and relevant variables (e.g., sex, sociosexuality, gender inequality, parasitic exposure) in 69,924 participants across 87 countries. Two self-report measures of Acceptance of Sugar Relationships (ASR) developed for younger companion providers (ASR-YWMS) and older resource providers (ASR-OMWS) were translated into 37 languages. We tested cross-sex and cross-linguistic construct equivalence, cross-cultural invariance in sex differences, and the importance of the hypothetical predictors of ASR. Both measures showed adequate psychometric properties in all languages (except the Persian version of ASR-YWMS). Results partially supported our hypotheses and were consistent with previous theoretical considerations and empirical evidence on human mating. For example, at the individual level, sociosexual orientation, traditional gender roles, and pathogen prevalence were significant predictors of both ASR-YWMS and ASR-OMWS. At the country level, gender inequality and parasite stress positively predicted the ASR-YWMS. However, being a woman negatively predicted the ASR-OMWS, but positively predicted the ASR-YWMS. At country-level, ingroup favoritism and parasite stress positively predicted the ASR-OMWS. Furthermore, significant cross-subregional differences were found in the openness to sugar relationships (both ASR-YWMS and ASR-OMWS scores) across subregions. Finally, significant differences were found between ASR-YWMS and ASR-OMWS when compared in each subregion. The ASR-YWMS was significantly higher than the ASR-OMWS in all subregions, except for Northern Africa and Western Asia.
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