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Help-seeking for social anxiety symptoms in Ghana: Looking through the lens of sexist attitudes
Current Psychology. 2024. Vol. 43. No. 29. P. 24544–24556.
Background: While health research has demonstrated the influence of cultural disparities on health outcomes, the impact of Ambivalent Sexism on mental health help-seeking has not been well understood. We investigated the links between gender stereotypes, Mental Health Literacy (MHL), sociodemographic variables, and help-seeking for Social Anxiety among Ghanaians. Method: In 2021, we recruited 601 Ghanaians to participate in an online vignette-based experimental study. Respondents were randomly assigned to two conditions (i.e., male, and female vignettes) depicting the biomedical symptoms of Social Anxiety for a hypothetical person. Participants provided their impression of the hypothetical person and further completed self-report measures. Results: Regarding help-seeking for the biomedical view of Social Anxiety, our results revealed that age positively predicted professional help-seeking among men assigned to the male condition, while age negatively predicted social support among women in the same condition. Education was found to relate positively to professional and social support help-seeking options but was negatively linked with spiritual help-seeking. Benevolent Sexism (BS) towards women was related to the endorsement of professional help-seeking, but participants with BS towards men were less likely to recommend social support. Conclusion: Findings imply that optimal interventions for mental health could benefit from understanding help-seeking patterns, idioms of psychological distress and the cultural settings of individuals.
Васильчук М. С., Шаньков Ф. М., Chumakova M. et al., Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics 2021 Vol. 18 No. 2 P. 247–258
The 2019 Coronavirus disease outbreak leads to negative psychological outcomes not only for healthcare workers and patients, but also for the general public. S. Hobfoll’s Conservation of Resources theory is one of the most applicable models for conceptualizing and evaluating natural and social catastrophes and their impact. A web-based screening has been conducted at the ...
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Luzhnova K., Психологические исследования: электронный научный журнал 2025 Vol. 19 No. 107 P. 1–18
This systematic review aims to synthesize and analyze current research on the characteristics of category learning in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) within the framework of the COVIS model, which posits competition between explicit (verbal) and implicit (nonverbal) categorization systems. The review includes 40 empirical studies published between 1981 and 2025, selected according to ...
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Antonova N., Федулова Е. В., Психологические исследования: электронный научный журнал 2026 Т. 19 № 107 С.
The aim of this article is to analyze the theoretical and methodological foundations of cognitive-behavioral coaching and to identify prospects for its further development and research. The article examines the historical prerequisites for the emergence of cognitive-behavioral coaching as a helping practice. The distinctions between cognitive-behavioral coaching (CBC) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) are analyzed. The ...
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Sautkina E., Journal of Environmental Psychology 2026 Vol. 113 No. August 2026 Article 103124
Several theories suggest that individual differences in the notion of the self are associated with relationship to nature and pro-environmental behavior. However, the diversity of existing theories makes it difficult to test this hypothesis in a comprehensive way. We combined a wide range of relevant constructs to explore whether self-centeredness (operationalized as a combination of ...
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Chebotareva E., Гончарова М. Э., Дубинина Т. С., М.: Российский университет дружбы народов им. Патриса Лумумбы, 2024.
В сборнике представлены материалы Международной научно-практической конференции, посвящённой 85-летию доктора психологических наук, профессора, заслуженного работника высшей школы РФ, заслуженного профессора РУДН им. Патриса Лумумбы Александра Ивановича Крупнова, которая состоялась 26 апреля 2024 г. на кафедре психологии и педагогики филологического факультета Российского университета дружбы народов им. Патриса Лумумбы. В работе конференции приняли участие более 500 ученых ...
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Chebotareva E., Routledge, 2025.
The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health presents critical, theoretical, empirical, and psychological accounts of intercultural intimacies.
It challenges pervasive Eurocentric discourse and ideas and offers current, scholarly, practical, equitable, global, and intercultural responsive philosophies, theories, clinical frameworks, and practices. The chapters in this text offer critical perspectives on the mental ...
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Chebotareva E., Hill C. T., Springer, 2025.
The second revised and expanded edition of this successful handbook extensively explores the idea and practice of love from diverse cultural, psychological, and biological perspectives. It provides a comprehensive understanding of love by examining its various manifestations, cultural interpretations, and the underlying psychological and biological mechanisms that shape it. Notably, the book won the William ...
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Chebotareva E., Психология и психотерапия семьи 2025 № 4 С. 100–101
This review of experience of the EFT adapting to work with adult sibling dyads. The specifics of
the therapeutic process are highlighted and the main focus of influence is indicated. ...
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Худова В. А., Glebko N., Новые психологические исследования 2026 № 2 С. 13–37
Digitalization and the widespread use of the Internet have changed the way people interact with information. The Internet and digital devices are becoming a kind of “external memory storage,” functioning as a form of transactive memory: instead of relying on their own cognitive resources, people increasingly trust search engines and cloud services. In this regard, ...
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Shmelev I., Новые психологические исследования 2026 № 2 С. 57–78
Statement of the Problem. In the context of information overload, the develop
ment of digital resilience has become critically important. Coaching is considered
a practice-oriented approach capable of enhancing cognitive, emotional, behavior
al, and value-motivational resources, thereby supporting adaptive and productive
functioning in a digital environment. Existing research remains fragmented, high
lighting the need for a systemic approach and the ...
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Maklasova E., Tatarko A., Boehnke K., Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 2026 Vol. 19 No. 2
Background. Corruption severely threatens societal stability and well-being, with various factors contributing to its prevalence. This study, relying on theory and empirical research on the relationship between suffering and fraud, offers a new explanation, that worries may be an essential factor in the acceptability of corruption. People’s worries are the consequences of suffering they experience throughout ...
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Осипова В. В., Kosova E., New psychological research 2026 No. 2 P. 228–250
Statement of the Problem. In the age of pervasive digitalization, online news consumption is growing steadily. Simultaneously, tools for creating and spreading fake news are expanding. Previous research highlights the impact of structural usability elements on trust across domains, yet their specific effect on trust in news web interfaces remains inadequately explored. The Purpose of ...
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Poddiakov A., Klarina E., New psychological research 2026 No. 2 P. 207–227
In the initial stage of our study, participants were shown Polunin’s pantomime 10,000-Meter Race (1981), in which he portrayed a runner growing increasingly exhausted through different stages of the race. In individual interviews, participants were asked about their impressions of the pantomime. Then an emergent turn in the research occurred. One of the participants found and sent ...
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Signayevskaya K., Gorbunova E. S., Сибирский психологический журнал 2026 № 100 С. 76–91
Эффект контекстной подсказки, заключающийся в постепенном сокращении времени поиска цели при многократном повторении контекста, традиционно считается формой имплицитного научения, однако его зависимость от ресурсов рабочей памяти остается предметом активных научных дискуссий. Результаты исследований влияния загрузки рабочей памяти на данный эффект неоднозначны, что обусловлено отсутствием учета многокомпонентной структуры зрительной рабочей памяти и индивидуальных различий в ее ...
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Фонина В. В., Lvova E., Chumakova M., Сибирский психологический журнал 2026 № 100 С. 20–38
Context and relevance. According to statistics from the Lens.org database, interest in the topic of proactivity is growing every year. However, it is worth noting that a unified understanding of this phenomenon has not yet emerged, which complicates its study. Objective. To develop a semantic field and its content for the concept of "proactivity." Hypothesis. ...
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Zirko A., Ребенок Д. С., Ежегодник по клиентоцентрированной психотерапии и человекоцентрированному подходу, Россия 2026 Т. 6 С. 113–120
The article considers the problem of panic disorders in adulthood. While the number of people with panic disorders is growing, the short-term person-centered encounter group psychotherapy form is suggested. It’s peculiarities and facilitator’s role are described. The preliminary recommendations for such group facilitators are given. The probable group and individual dynamics of the participants is ...
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Zirko A., Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics 2021 Vol. 18 No. 1 P. 224–239
The author discusses vocalizations as using non-verbal voice sounds in self-expression and selfinquiry. The purpose of the study was to investigate the experience of self-expression and selfinquiry through vocalizations in the situations of valuing and evaluating. The researcher hypothesized that placing an individual in a safe place for self-expression on the conditions of valuing creates ...
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Minnigulova A., Dragoy O., Arutiunian V., European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2026
Communication deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) involve impairments in both verbal and nonverbal domains, potentially associated with altered brain network connectivity related to language, attention, and social cognition systems. This study investigated functional connectivity patterns among the Default Mode Network (DMN), Salience Network (SN), Dorsal Attention Network (DAN), and Language Network (LN) in male children ...
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Dvoinin A., Natural Systems of Mind 2025 Vol. 5 No. 4 P. 4–21
Background and Problem. The psychology of religion has traversed a long and non-linear historical path, experiencing an initial flourishing (1880–1920), a subsequent decline, and a significant resurgence since the 1990s. Despite this renewed growth, driven by advances in genetics, neuroscience, and cognitive science, a comprehensive overview of the development of natural science perspectives within the field—from their origins ...
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Adu P., Grigoryev D., Holm Adzovie R. et al., Mental Health and Prevention 2025 Vol. 37 Article 200406
Objective: Mental health literacy evidence on promoting mental health prevention at the population level in Ghana is limited. We explored factors, including, sociodemographic variables, prejudice, sexist attitudes, and previous experience of mental disorders, related to the endorsement of prevention strategies for social anxiety in Ghana.
Methods: A total of 601 individuals participated in an online vignette-based ...
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Alenina E., Терентьева К. С., Kosonogov V., Proceedings of the IEEE 2024
Social anxiety is characterized by fear in various socially related situations. Research demonstrates that people with high social anxiety have lower self-esteem and experience negative impacts from this state. The current pilot study aimed to investigate neural responses to social stimuli in individuals with high and low social anxiety. Fifty-seven participants completed an online screening ...
Added: October 23, 2024
Zolotareva A., Maltseva N., Belousova S. et al., Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 2024 Vol. 17 No. 2 P. 23–33
Background. Mental health stigma and mental health literacy can be potential targets of public education and health development. These areas are culturally specific and have so far been almost unexplored in Russia. Objective. This study aimed at examining mental health stigma and mental health literacy in Russia, their prevalence, and their associations with somatic, anxiety, ...
Added: September 14, 2024
Adu P., Jurcik T., Demah E. et al., International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2024 Vol. 70 No. 2 P. 271–281
Background: Mental health literacy (MHL) research has been of substantial interest internationally. Nevertheless, the interplay between beliefs, attitudes, previous experience with mental disorders, and knowledge of Ghanaians on specific mental disorders remains to be understood. The present study explored the interconnectedness between gender stereotypes, prejudice, previous experience with social phobia, and MHL among the general population ...
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Антонова Н. А., Eritsyan K., Tsvetkova L., Психология человека в образовании 2021 Т. 3 № 2 С. 208–217
There is an international consensus regarding the need to develop psychological services in education institutions, including tertiary education. This study evaluates pedagogical university students’ readiness to apply for professional psychological counselling and describes the reasons to seek psychological help among this population.The sample included 1,343 students of Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (Saint Petersburg). ...
Added: March 24, 2023