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Mental health stigma and mental health literacy in Russia: Their prevalence and associations with somatic, anxiety, and depressive symptoms
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, and depressive symptoms. Design. The participants were 1,068 Russian adults. They completed the online questionnaire with measures assessing their mental health stigma (Perceived Devaluation and Discrimination Scale; Link et al., 2001); somatic symptoms (Somatic Symptom Scale-8; Gierk et al., 2014); anxiety symptoms (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; Spitzer et al., 2006); and depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9; Kroenke et al., 2001). To examine their mental health literacy, we used a series of questions exploring a person’s awareness of mental health and mental health problems. Results. Mental health stigma was found in 67% of the participants, who were less confident that most mental disorders can be prevented and more confident that mental disorders can be cured in most cases. Higher devaluation, discrimination, and mental health stigma were related to more severe somatic symptoms. Lower mental health literacy and higher devaluation, discrimination, and mental health stigma were associated with more severe anxiety and depressive symptoms. These associations were the same when adding covariates such as sex, age, partnership, parenthood, and educational background. Conclusion. This study highlighted the obvious need for measures to reduce mental health stigma and improve mental health literacy in Russian society. In general, these measures can contribute to the promotion of better mental health in Russia.
Салихова А. А., Polikanova I., Вестник Московского университета. Серия 14: Психология 2026 Т. 49 № 3 С. 9–34
Background. An adaptive attitude toward uncertainty may facilitate goals achievement, however, there is a lack of scientific research on this issue among extreme sport athletes. Sports tourism (ST) is a promising area for investigation of the psychological mechanisms underlying adaptation to extreme stressful environments. Objective. The goal is to establish the connection between tolerance for uncertainty, route experience, autonomy skills, and ...
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Сизикова Т. Э., Леонов С. В., Polikanova I., Сибирский психологический журнал 2026 № 101 С. 127–145
This work aims to investigate the impact of a transformational psychological game on changes in psychological parameters of coping behavior and to identify electrophysiological correlates, taking into account the age characteristics of the subjects. The intervention was carried out using the transformational psychological game "Shambhala – 5" (by T.E. Sizikova). The article analyzes psychologist views on transformation, ...
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Monahhova E., Morozova A., Gorodnicheva Y. et al., Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2026 No. 20 Article 1867901
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Source credibility is fundamental to how medical information is processed,yet the underlying neurocognitive mechanisms remain poorly understood. We investigated how two credibility cues — a doctor’s expertise (years of work experience) and aggregate patient ratings (star ratings) — modulate brain responses to veracity cues (‘True’ vs. ‘False’) presented after health- related headlines.
Methods:
We recorded EEG from ...
Added: September 18, 2026
Papageorgiou K., Лиханов М. В., Li J. et al., Personality and Individual Differences 2026 Vol. Volume 263 Article 114019
Multivariate approaches are needed to gain a better understanding of the positive and negative impacts of Dark Triad traits within personality networks under different socio-cultural and personal conditions. In three independent studies in two countries (total N of participants = 4700), we applied network analyses and structural equation modeling to investigate the network of personality (Dark Triad ...
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Tatarko A., Организационная психология 2026 Т. 16 № 2 С. 9–44
Цель. Цель статьи состояла в разработке новой концептуальной модели метамотивационных оснований существования социальных групп, которая позволила бы
объяснить их устойчивость, целенаправленное функционирование и формирование коллективной идентичности. Автор стремился выявить и систематизировать ключевые элементы,
придающие смысл и стратегическое направление групповому существованию. Подход. Работа
основана на синтезе концепций мотивации А. Маслоу, культурно-исторического подхода (Л.
С. Выготский, А. Н. Леонтьев), теории ценностей ...
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Anton Rogachev, Logvinenko T., Rebreikina A. et al., Cognitive Science 2026 Vol. 50 No. 9 Article 70263
In a recent Letter to the Editor in Cognitive Science, Németh et al. (2026) published a critical commentary in response to our experimental article on the study of visual statistical learning (visual SL) in children aged 3–9 years. The authors present three critical points regarding (1) the inaccurate interpretation of the results of their article, (2) ...
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Anton Rogachev, Sysoeva O., Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 2025 Vol. 19 Article 1658243
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Anton Rogachev, Logvinenko T., Rebreikina A. et al., Cognitive Science 2025 Vol. 49 No. 10 Article e70130
Visual statistical learning (visual SL) is the ability to implicitly extract statistical patterns from visual stimuli. Visual SL could be assessed using online measures, evaluating reaction times (RTs) to stimuli during task performance, and offline measures, which assess recognition of the presented patterns. We examined 96 children aged 3−9 years using a visual SL task ...
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Rogachev A.O., Sysoeva O. V., Cognitive Systems Research 2024 Vol. 86 Article 101236
Receptive speech is the ability to understand speech addressed to a person. It is a crucial process for a child’s cognitive development. We examine the relationship between receptive speech and neural tracking of natural speech in 52 children aged 3–8 years to infer the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying speech development. We registered a 32-channel electroencephalogram (EEG) ...
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Blinova E., Sherbakova O., Learning and Instruction 2026 Vol. 106 Article 102432
Abstract
Background
Knowledge abstractness is one of the factors affecting learning outcomes, particularly in learning from multimedia texts. However, most previous studies on multimedia learning have focused on manipulating pictorial abstractness, while the role of text topic abstractness remains largely unexplored.
Aims
1. Examine how topic abstractness influences multimedia learning outcomes when pictorial abstractness remains constant. 2. Investigate how ...
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Koriakina M., Ntoumanis I., Blagoveshchensky E. et al., Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2026 Vol. 20 Article 1754368
Introduction:
Understanding how we perceive and interpret the movements of other living beings is fundamental to social interaction, survival, and navigating our dynamic environment. Traditional studies of biological motion perception have predominantly employed simplified stimuli, such as point-light displays, which sacrifice ecological validity for experimental control.
Methods:
To overcome this limitation, we created a novel stimulus set featuring ...
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Poddiakov A., / Series Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2026. No. 7437658.
Clarity of knowledge and reasoning is necessary in many cases. Yet vagueness in scientific thinking related to surprise, curiosity, "ability to engage with not-knowing" (de Freitas) and abductive reasoning is also a crucially important source of scientific creativity which supplements combinatorial logic when dealing with the already known. Starting from studies by C. S. Peirce ...
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Торопова А. В., Vayderman B. O., Мир психологии. Научно-методический журнал 2026 № 3 С. 4–19
The article presents grounds for conceptualizing the phenomenon of “presence” in the space of counseling psychological work with orphaned children. Materials 5 of psychological sessions are presented, on the basis of which prerequisites for building the author’s conceptual model were identified. Deep phenomenological and hermeneutic research is based on the personological works of E. B. ...
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Corazza G. E., Agnoli S., Kharkhurin, A. V. et al., Journal of Intelligence 2025 Vol. 13 No. 8 Article 103
Creativity is the primary driver of our cultural evolution. The astonishing potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and its possible application in the creative process poses an urgent and dramatic challenge for humanity; how can we maximize the benefits of AI while minimizing the associated risks? In this article, we identify all forms of human–AI collaboration ...
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Kharkhurin, A. V., Corazza G. E., JOURNAL OF CREATIVITY 2026 Vol. 36 No. 3 Article 100132
This article examines whether generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) can be considered creative when evaluated through a dynamic cross-cultural framework of creativity. Integrating the dynamic model of creativity (Corazza et al., 2022) with the four-criterion construct of creativity (Kharkhurin, 2014), the analysis evaluates Gen-AI across four dimensions: originality, effectiveness, aesthetics, and authenticity. The article advances the ...
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Mironova O. I., Руонала Л. А., М.: МПГУ им. Ленина, 2026.
Монография посвящена факторам успешной социально-психологической адаптации женщин, переехавших в другу ю страну в связи с замужеством. Особое внимание уделяется рассмотрению феномена адаптации как динамического и нелинейного процесса, влияющего на эволюцию представлений личности о собственной идентичности. В работе подчеркивается важность анализа не только явных, осознаваемых аспектов адаптации, но и скрытых факторов, влияющих на включение в новое ...
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Mironova O. I., Роговая О. С., Экспериментальная психология 2026 Т. 19 № 1 С. 119–135
Контекст и актуальность. Созависимость является одним из факторов, влияющих на развитие зависимости, и сложность обработки созависимых родственников в процессе восстановления становится существенным условием для исходных ситуаций. В исследовании изучается проблема, связанная с взаимодействием созависимых и направленных на поиск способов разработки копинг-стратегий, которые необходимы для получения данных.
Цель: изучение внешнего восприятия и наблюдения специалистами, требующими взаимодействия с ...
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Zheltyakova M., Korotkov A., Bursov K. et al., Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2026 Vol. 95 P. 1048–1057
The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is a widely used tool for assessing affective mentalization in both clinical and research contexts. Although translated into many languages, no validated Russian-language version has been available. Furthermore, the limited number of stimuli in the original RMET constrains its applicability in neuroimaging studies. This study presents ...
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Koriakina M., Уренцова А., Бурдюкова Ю. et al., Frontiers in Psychology 2026 Vol. 17 P. С. 1704823–170492
This study investigates how congenital motor disorders affect cognition by analyzing intelligence in children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC), a condition featuring joint contractures without CNS involvement. Unlike other motor disorders, AMC offers a unique model to study movement restriction’s isolated cognitive effects. The study included 32 children diagnosed with AMC and a control group ...
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Alena A. Zolotareva, Julia S. Vitko, Elena V. Kazennaya, Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 2026 Vol. 19 No. 1 P. 96–108
Background. Empirical evidence highlights that psychotherapists and applied psychologists experience stress, anxiety, depression, emotional exhaustion, secondary traumatic stress, and other symptoms of somatic and psychological distress. Although studies suggest that volunteering can protect somatic and psychological well-being in the general population, these relationships have not been investigated in mental health professionals.
Objective. This study aimed to examine the ...
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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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Zolotareva A., Социальная и клиническая психиатрия 2024 Т. 34 № 2 С. 36–42
In order to examine the association between shame of a skin disorder and psychopathology, 190 persons with skin disorders (dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema, urticaria and neurodermatitis) have been interviewed. Results showed that 39.5% of respondents had anxiety symptoms, 43.7% had depressive symptoms, 65.8% had somatic symptoms, 54.2% had excessively intense thoughts, feelings or behavioral reactions associated ...
Added: August 5, 2024
Zolotareva A., Хегай А. С., Сибирский психологический журнал 2024 № 91 С. 174–188
The orphanhood is one of the key social problems of modern Russia, while Russian experts note the lack of psychosomatic research of orphans and children without parental care. The aim of this study was to examine somatic, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in orphans and children without parental care. The participants were 165 children brought up ...
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Zolotareva A., Здоровье населения и среда обитания 2024 Т. 32 № 2 С. 26–31
Introduction: People of many countries have become more susceptible to health risk behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Modern experts have studied psychological, but not psychosomatic outcomes of this susceptibility. Objective: To examine somatic symptoms and health risk behavior, their prevalence and associations among Russian youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods: In 2021–2022, 1,050 ...
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