Fear of positive evaluation differentially predicts social anxiety: a six-month longitudinal panel study.

This study investigated whether (a) fear of negative evaluation (FNE) and fear of positive evaluation (FPE) prospectively predict the other, (b) FPE predicts social anxiety controlling for FNE, and (c) FPE predicts social anxiety symptoms but not general anxiety and depression. Data were collected from a student sample at two time points over six months. The cross-lagged structural equation modeling results revealed that FNE and FPE do not prospectively predict the other, FPE positively predicts social anxiety symptoms controlling for FNE, and FPE does not significantly predict general anxiety or depression. These results confirmed that FNE and FPE are distinctively related to social anxiety. Moreover, the study findings indicated that FPE may be a factor unique to social anxiety.

Linking the behavioral immune system to COVID-19 vaccination intention: The mediating role of the need for cognitive closure and vaccine hesitancy.

Vaccination has become one of the most effective ways of controlling the spread of COVID-19. Consequently, revealing the evolutionary and cognitive antecedents of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and vaccination intention has become crucial. Drawing on the theory of behavioral immune system (BIS), we investigate whether perceived vulnerability to disease (PVD) is associated with vaccination intentions through the need for cognitive closure (NCC) and vaccine hesitancy. The data was collected from 525 adults from Turkey. The structural equation modeling results indicate that of the two dimensions of PVD, germ aversion predicts COVID-19 vaccination intention through sequential mediation of NCC and vaccine hesitancy. Perceived infectability, on the other hand, is directly and positively related to vaccination intention. By showing the mediating role of NCC, our results offer an insight as to why germ aversion translates into vaccine hesitancy, and low vaccination intention. We discuss the potential benefits of considering the roles of BIS and NCC in campaigns and policies targeted at increasing COVID-19 vaccine uptake and suggest implications for such practices.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Action Control Scale in Turkish Samples and the Relationship of Action-State Orientation with Emotional Labor.

The Action Control Scale (ACS-90) measures action-state orientation (ASO), which describes individual differences in volitional processes such as goal initiation and maintenance. In this study, we examine psychometric properties of a Turkish translation of the ACS-90 (ACS-T). Moreover, we extend past research by investigating the relationship between ASO and emotional labor measured as a trait and a state construct. We conducted four studies to address our aims. Study 1 (N = 569) shows that the revised 23-item ACS-T with three factors (preoccupation, hesitation, and volatility) provides a good fit to the data and displays acceptable reliability. Study 2 (N = 377) confirms the factor structure of the 23-item ACS-T and provides evidence for construct validity. Study 3 (N = 159) shows that the hesitation subscale negatively predicts trait surface acting. Study 4 (N = 74, daily responses = 231) indicates that the preoccupation and hesitation subscales negatively predict state surface acting. Altogether, the results show that the 23-item three-factor ACS-T displays good psychometric qualities in Turkish samples and that ASO is relevant to emotional labor research.

Exploring the Relationship Between Interpersonal Emotion Regulation and Social Anxiety Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Negative Mood Regulation Expectancies.

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between interpersonal emotion regulation (IER) and social anxiety symptoms and the mediating role of negative mood regulation expectancies (NMRE). We hypothesised that IER is positively associated with social anxiety symptoms, controlling for depression and intrapersonal emotion regulation strategies of suppression and reappraisal, and NMRE mediate this relationship. METHODS: Study 1 was conducted with a student sample (N = 400) and Study 2 included a community sample with 271 participants. RESULTS: Study 1 showed that, of four IER strategies, soothing and social modeling were positively, and perspective-taking was negatively related to social anxiety symptoms controlling for depression, suppression and reappraisal. Study 2 replicated these findings and extended them by showing the mediated relationship between the two IER strategies (i.e. enhancing positive affect and soothing) and social anxiety symptoms through NMRE. CONCLUSIONS: The results contribute to the limited research on IER by portraying its relationship with social anxiety symptoms and revealing the mediating role of NMRE in this relationship.

Role of Supervisor Behavioral Integrity for Safety in the Relationship Between Top-Management Safety Climate, Safety Motivation, and Safety Performance.

Background: This study examines whether employee perceptions of supervisor behavioral integrity for safety moderates the relationship between top-management safety climate and safety performance (i.e., safety compliance and safety participation) and the mediated relationships through safety motivation. Methods: Data collected from 389 blue-collar employees were analyzed using latent moderated structural equation modeling. Results: The results indicate that the relationship between top-management safety climate and safety behavior, and the mediating role of safety motivation were replicated. Moreover, the results show that the mediated relationships between top-management safety climate and safety behaviors through safety motivation were stronger for employees who report high supervisor behavioral integrity for safety. Conclusion: The study findings suggest the role of supervisor behavioral integrity for safety in clarifying how the employee perceptions of top-management safety climate transfer to the employee safety behaviors through the motivational pathway.

[Psychometric Evaluation of the Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test in Turkish Samples]. / Örtük Duygulanim Testi’nin Türkiye Örneklemlerindeki Psikometrik Özelliklerinin Degerlendirilmesi.

OBJECTIVE: Implicit affect is a concept distinct from explicit affect as it describes the affect processed by the individual at a preconscious level. The aim of this research is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish form of the Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT-TR), originally developed by Quirin et al. (2009a) to measure affect indirectly. METHOD: The study data comprised of psychology and sociology students from Ege University, and full-time and part-time employees from public and private organizations in Izmir. A pilot study was carried out with a group of 57 undergraduate students in order to select the artificial words to be used in the scale. Subsequently the scale was sent to a total of 938 participants, comprising 569 students and 369 employees. Test-retest reliability was assessed with 46 participants after a one-week interval and with 55 participants after a four-week interval. RESULTS: The principal components analysis showed a clear twofactor structure for the IPANAT-TR. The internal consistency scores were 0.92 for Implicit Positive Affect (IPA) and 0.85 for Implicit Negative Affect (INA). The one-week and four-week interval test retest reliability estimates varied between 0.51 and 0.75. The construct validity assessments showed that the expected relationships between the IPANAT-TR and tested constructs were mostly confirmed. The results of measurement invariance analysis showed that the IPANAT-TR has full measurement invariance across employee and student samples. CONCLUSION: The results of the reliability, validity and measurement invariance analyses carried out in the current study demonstrated that the IPANAT-TR is a reliable and valid measurement instrument to assess implicit affect.