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A Multilab Replication of the Induced-Compliance Paradigm of Cognitive Dissonance
ADVANCES IN METHODS AND PRACTICES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2024. Vol. 7. No. 1.
Vaidis D., Sleegers W., van Leeuwen F., DeMarree K., Sætrevik B., Ross R., Schmidt K., Dubrov D., Grigoryev D., Priolo D.
According to cognitive dissonance theory, performing counterattitudinal behavior produces a state of dissonance that people are motivated to resolve, usually by changing their attitude to be in line with their behavior. One of the most popular experimental paradigms used to produce such attitude change is the induced compliance paradigm. Nonetheless, the replication crisis in social psychology and other fields, as well as methodological limitations associated with the paradigm, raises concerns about the robustness of classic studies in this literature. We therefore conducted a multi-lab constructive replication of the induced compliance paradigm based on Croyle and Cooper (1983, Exp. 1). In a total of 39 labs from 19 countries and 14 languages, participants (N = 4898) were assigned to one of three conditions: writing a counterattitudinal essay under high-choice, writing a counterattitudinal essay under low-choice, or writing a neutral essay under high-choice. The primary analyses failed to support the core hypothesis: No significant difference in attitude was observed after writing a counterattitudinal essay under highchoice compared to low-choice. However, we did observe a significant difference in attitude after writing a counterattitudinal essay compared to writing a neutral essay. Secondary analyses revealed the pattern of results to be robust to data exclusions, lab variability, and attitude assessment. Additional exploratory analyses were conducted to test predictions from CDT. Overall, the results call into question whether the induced compliance paradigm provides robust evidence for cognitive dissonance.
Vasilieva E., Bultseva M. A., Trifonova A., Current Psychology 2026 Vol. 45 Article 1320
The current exploratory study aims to reveal identity gaps and interpersonal communication strategies used by Russians to overcome social identity crises. Based on previous research, we assume that many Russians who live both in Russia and abroad face ethnic and national identity threats and experience different social identity crises due to recent geopolitical events. This ...
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Ulgen H., Journal of International Students 2026 Vol. 16 No. 17 P. 283–312
This study reports a secondary analysis of phenomenologically informed, semistructured interviews with 15 Turkish undergraduate and graduate students at three universities in Moscow and examines how peer networks function beyond emotional buffering to support academic engagement and institutional navigation in Russian–medium higher education. Drawing on social support theory, communities of practice, and community cultural wealth ...
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Radygina A., Kulikova S., Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2025 Vol. 95 No. 6 P. 963–970
Musical training has a significant impact on brain organization, leading to functional and structural
adaptations that enhance auditory, visual, motor, and cognitive processes. This study investigates how
extensive musical training shapes functional brain connectivity by comparing professional musicians and
non-musicians. Using EEG phase-locking value (PLV) analysis, we examined neural synchronization across
alpha, beta, and gamma frequency ranges during music ...
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Zolotareva A., Социальные науки и детство 2026 Т. 7 № 2 С. 66–77
Context and relevance. Early detection of anxiety and depression symptoms is a priority task for the child and adolescent mental health system. As Russian practice traditionally relies on separate instruments, assessing anxiety and depression in isolation, there is a need for integrated instruments. Objective. To examine the factor structure of the Russian version of the ...
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Iskakova B., Kleinlein E. V., Prisyazhniuk D. et al., European Journal of Education 2026 Vol. 61 No. 3 Article e70810
This study examines pre-service teachers' (PSTs) attitudes towards inclusive education in Germany and Russia and investigates how they relate to teacher training curricula and teacher educators' discourse. A mixed-methods design was used, including an online survey of PSTs (n = 460) with an open-ended question, curriculum review and exploratory interviews with university educators in both contexts. The ...
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Reznichenko S. I., Кияненко И. К., Nartova-Bochaver S. K. et al., Экспериментальная психология 2026 Т. 19 № 2 С. 10–28
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Context and relevance. In the context of accelerated urbanization and a growing disconnect from the natural
environment, there is increasing interest in biophilic attitudes — a system of stable views, beliefs, and
evaluations that reflect a person’s relationship with living nature and shape their psychological well-being and
environmentally responsible behavior. Existing tools for their measurement, such as the ...
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Hachaturova M. R., Safonova A., Экспериментальная психология 2026 Т. 19 № 2 С. 51–66
Context and relevance. The influence of the environment on psychological well-being has been studied in a wide variety of contexts, including workplaces, schools, healthcare facilities, and digital spaces. However, the psychological well-being of university faculty, particularly in relation to their connection to the university environment in the wide sense, remains virtually unrepresented in psychological research. ...
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Vasiliev F., Vasilieva E., Мир психологии. Научно-методический журнал 2026 Т. 2 № 125 С. 113–125
This study examines how various team aspects influence their evaluation
of teamwork outcomes. The research was conducted on a targeted sample in Russian
organizations. Using structural equation modeling, three groups of factors were identified:
team aspects that affected cognitive evaluation, emotional evaluation of work, and satisfaction
with the work process (team reputation and commitment); team aspects that did not ...
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Грудников Н. С., Пастухова Е. Г., Психология и право 2026 Т. 16 № 2 С. 198–214
Context and relevance. Mediation is a widespread form of conflict resolution with its own unique principles. Restorative justice, as a new paradigm in criminal justice, utilizes mediation as a form of implementation while adapting it to its own core concepts. Objective. The study aims to identify the differences between the value foundations of classical and ...
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Sokolova A., Журнал клинического и прикладного психоанализа 2024 Т. 1 С. 66–84
В статье рассматриваются взгляды нейропсихоанализа на этиологию расстройств зависимости от психоактивных веществ. Нейропсихоанализ исследует взаимосвязь между последними достижениями в нейронауках и психоаналитическими моделями сознания. Он пересматривает взгляды психоанализа на нарушения развития и функционирования человека на основе нового понимания работы головного мозга. Воззрения нейропсихоанализа на этиологию расстройств зависимости (РЗ) вырастают из аффективной нейронауки и семи эмоциональных ...
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Sokolova A., Psychoanalytic Psychology 2026
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Resistance to change remains central to psychoanalytic practice: Patients often maintain dysfunctional
beliefs and relational patterns even when they recognize their destructive nature. While psychoanalysis has
richly described resistance as a defense against painful affect and threats to internal object relations, the
process-level dynamics through which resistance persists over time have remained incompletely articulated.
This ...
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Shchebetenko S., / Series PsyArXiv "PsyArXiv". 2026.
Personality psychology owes much of its cumulative success to self- and informant-report
assessment. Report-based trait constructs are reliable, replicable, predictive, and useful for organising a
wide range of findings. This paper argues that their success should be understood not only
methodologically, but also theoretically. I propose the attributional model of personality reporting,
according to which self- and informant-reported traits are ...
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Arina Bukina, Eritsyan K., Antonova N. et al., Frontiers in Psychology 2026 Vol. 17 Article 1824428
Background:
Numerous studies have shown that indigenous populations experience poorer health outcomes compared to people with other backgrounds. However, the interpretation of these disparities remains challenging due to differences in living conditions and social environments, as well as by potential measurement-related biases. Little is known about whether the underlying mechanisms of mental health outcomes differ between ...
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Denisova V., Petrović N., Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy 2026 Vol. 44 No. 35 Article 35
Cognitive distortions are routinely described in cognitive-behavioral (CBT) and rational-emotive behavior (REBT) therapies as “errors in logic” or “illogical thinking.” While this terminology is pedagogically convenient, it often obscures a crucial conceptual distinction between violations of logical inference and problems related to the justification, scope, or evaluative force of belief content. In this paper, we do not ...
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Shmelev I., Мир психологии. Научно-методический журнал 2026 Т. 125 № 2 С. 269–288
The article is devoted to the study of subjectness phenomenon in higher education.
Subjectness is considered as a person’s ability for active creative actions, self-determination,
and transformation of reality. The main theoretical approaches to understanding subjectness
269in psychological and pedagogical discourse are analyzed. Techniques for developing students’
subjectivity are presented, including coaching, techniques for developing critical thinking,
dialogic learning, collaborative ...
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Qiwei G., Ruisi W., Zhongli L. et al., Journal of Affective Disorders 2026 Vol. 412 Article 122110
Subthreshold depression (StD) in adolescence is clinically important, but its neurobiological substrates remain unclear. We examined whether adolescents with StD show multimodal MRI alterations related to glymphatic function. ...
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Galina Oreshina, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior 2026 Article 10919
Interpersonal synchrony is increasingly conceptualized not as a static marker of rapport but as a dynamic, context-sensitive process that fluctuates across interactional phases to serve distinct relational functions. This study examined whether movement synchrony—absolute, non-absolute, client-leading, and counsellor-leading—was associated with therapeutic alliance in naturally occurring counselling sessions. Twenty-seven video recordings were analysed using motion energy ...
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Samoilov O., Морозов З. А., Петухова Д. Р. et al., Психология человека в образовании 2023 Т. 4 № 5 С. 519–535
Introduction. The article presents a systematic review of psychological research focusing on metacognitive regulation of learning effectiveness through digital educational technologies (DET). Digital technologies are often used in education. Over the past years, self-regulated learning, i.e., the practice of using digital technologies to manage learning activities, has been gaining momentum. However, the specifics of such ...
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Davydova A., Julia Sheronova, Kosonogov V. et al., Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2023 Vol. 17 Article 1222068
According to cognitive dissonance theory, a discrepancy between preferences and actions may lead to the revaluation of preferences, increasing preference for the chosen options and decreasing for the rejected options. This phenomenon is known as the spreading of alternatives (SoA), which results in a choice-induced preference change (CIPC). Previous neuroimaging studies have identified several brain ...
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A. G. Davydova, J. P. Sheronova, V. V. Kosonogov et al., Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology 2023 Vol. 53 No. 2 P. 247–256
The theory of cognitive dissonance (CD) is tightly linked with studies of the process of making complex decisions. In particular, CD is manifest within the framework of the “free choice paradigm” consisting of reassessment of alternatives as a result of choosing between two similar alternatives via the motivation to reduce internal conflict. The mechanisms of ...
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Davydova A., Sheronova J., Kosonogov V. et al., , in: 2022 Fourth International Conference Neurotechnologies and Neurointerfaces (CNN) Kaliningrad, 14-16 Sept. 2022.: IEEE, 2022.
The theory of cognitive dissonance suggested by Leon Festinger (1957) relies on the psychological observations of the inconsistency between people’s choice and actions and proposes that the conflict between choice and actions causes the internal conflict named cognitive dissonance, which leads to the potential modification of the behavior or attitudes to reduce or eliminate this ...
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IEEE, 2022.
The theory of cognitive dissonance suggested by Leon Festinger (1957) relies on the psychological observations of the inconsistency between people’s choice and actions and proposes that the conflict between choice and actions causes the internal conflict named cognitive dissonance, which leads to the potential modification of the behavior or attitudes to reduce or eliminate this ...
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А. Г. Давыдова, Ю. П. Шеронова, В. В. Косоногов et al., Журнал высшей нервной деятельности им. И.П. Павлова 2022 Т. 72 № 5 С. 651–665
Теория когнитивного диссонанса тесно связана с исследованием процесса принятия сложных решений. Механизмы когнитивного диссонанса связывают с активностью задней медиальной и дорсолатеральной префронтальной коры, прилежащего ядра и задней поясной коры, взаимосвязь которых по-разному интерпретируют по результатам нейровизуализационных и стимуляционных исследований. Одним из ключевых вопросов понимания механизмов когнитивного диссонанса является нейрохронометрия его возникновения и редуцирования, раскрытие которой ...
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Urusova N. A., Социальные и гуманитарные науки на Дальнем Востоке 2022 Т. 19 № 1 С. 125–134
The article explores linguacultural characteristics of Petersburg in J. Coetzee’s English-language novel "The Master of Petersburg", the postmodern biography of the outstanding Russian writer F. M. Dostoevsky. For creating verisimilitude of his bio-fictional narration, the author skillfully constructs the external linguacultural context with the help of linguistic markers of Russian cultural text localization. However, the ...
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