Social Media Content Choices & Depressive Symptoms
Intentions for sad social media content choices in a sad mood were associated with higher levels of concurrent depressive symptoms in adolescents.
Toxic Striving
Clinical psychologist Paula Freedman-Diamond defines toxic striving as a relentless and inflexible pursuit of perfection, societal ideals, and external validation that comes at the expense of one’s well-being.
Single-Session Feedback Training Helps Interpretation Bias In Social Anxiety
A single-session feedback training significantly reduced interpretation bias for happy and angry faces in individuals with high social anxiety compared to a control group.
Positive Autobiographical Memories To Counteract Low Mood In Remitted Depression
The primary methods of this study involved randomly assigning individuals remitted from depression to either positive or everyday activity autobiographical memory (AM) recollection, guided by smartphones, over a 3-week period to assess effects on momentary mood.
Insights Into Theory Of Mind In Autistic Adolescents
This study investigated Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) using the Theory of Mind Assessment Scale (Th.o.m.a.s.).
External Validity
External validity refers to the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized beyond the specific context of the study to other … Read more
Discriminant Validity
Discriminant validity, also known as divergent validity, is the extent to which a measure does not correlate strongly with measures of different, unrelated constructs. Here, … Read more
Effective Study Strategies Outweigh Study Time For Goal Attainment And Well-Being
Both more overall perceived study time and better study strategies (planning, monitoring, concentration, low procrastination) predicted higher daily goal achievement.
Predictive Validity
Predictive validity is a subtype of criterion-related validity that refers to the degree to which scores from a psychological instrument can predict a criterion measured … Read more
Relevance of Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research
Traditional, quantitative concepts of validity and reliability are frequently used to critique qualitative research, often leading to criticisms of lacking scientific rigor, insufficient methodological justification, … Read more