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Personality traits explain levels of norm compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Frontiers in Psychology. 2026. Vol. 17. Article 1749198.
Social norms refer to unwritten rules or expectations that guide people's behavior in a given social setting. Norms often dictate how people should behave and communicate, among other things. Recent studies showed pronounced cross-cultural and individual differences in norm compliance. The current study explored the role of individual propensity to cooperate, culture and personality traits, such as Dark Triad and empathy (measured by Davis's questionnaire), in norm compliance to a newly introduced norm of wearing masks in public as a protective measure against COVID-19 in 2020–2021. In the current study, we investigated Swiss and Russian resident participants while they performed a public goods game (PGG) with additional reward and punishment conditions and completed the questionnaires on attitudes toward the norm of mask-wearing during COVID-19, interpersonal reactivity index and personality traits (narcissism, machiavellianism, and psychopathy). We found that individual motivation to cooperate or defect in a modified PGG did not predict the level of compliance to the protective norm of mask-wearing, while personality traits, such as Emphatic Concern, were significantly positively associated with the self-reported level of compliance with the norm of mask-wearing.
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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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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 ...
Added: August 3, 2026
Hachaturova M. R., Safonova A., Экспериментальная психология 2026 Т. 19 № 2 С. 51–66
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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 ...
Added: July 22, 2026
Грудников Н. С., Пастухова Е. Г., Психология и право 2026 Т. 16 № 2 С. 198–214
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Sokolova A., Журнал клинического и прикладного психоанализа 2024 Т. 1 С. 66–84
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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.
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Added: July 18, 2026
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 ...
Added: July 16, 2026
Arina Bukina, Eritsyan K., Antonova N. et al., Frontiers in Psychology 2026 Vol. 17 Article 1824428
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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
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Shmelev I., Мир психологии. Научно-методический журнал 2026 Т. 125 № 2 С. 269–288
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Subjectness is considered as a person’s ability for active creative actions, self-determination,
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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
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Ключников И. К., Saakyan T. V., Финансовые рынки и банки 2025 № 5 С. 244–254
In the conditions of increased uncertainty and change of the economic development model, the importance of effective financial assistance to the economy increases. The article considers the essence and purpose of subsidies in the system of economic relations, as well as key features of attitudes towards subsidies of various economic schools. The idea of full ...
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Zhuravleva T., Морозов А. П., Левашов Д. Е. et al., Известия Дальневосточного федерального университета. Экономика и управление 2025 № 3(115) С. 51–87
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Пустовик В. А., Храмцова Л. М., В кн.: Социальная психология: вопросы теории и практики : Материалы X Международной научно-практической конференции памяти М.Ю. Кондратьева.: М.: Издательство МГППУ, 2025. С. 480–483.
In the context of social interaction, the decision-making process becomes more complex due to the need to account for personality traits and the decisions of other group members. This pilot study aims to investigate the link between personality traits and choice in an iterated Prisoner's Dilemma before and after participants' social interaction. The study involved ...
Added: December 2, 2025
Пустовик В. А., Kulikova S., В кн.: Когнитивная наука в Москве: новые исследования. Материалы конференции 25 – 26 июня 2025.: М.: Буки Веди, 2025. С. 430–435.
Throughout life, individuals face various decisions, necessitating the development of optimal strategies to achieve desired outcomes. However, the mechanisms underlying intertemporal choice, the conflict between immediate and delayed rewards, remain a topic of debate. This pilot study focuses on analyzing impulsivity as a key factor in such decisions, examining it through the lens of personality ...
Added: December 2, 2025
Бараковская П. В., Dvoinin A., В кн.: Ребенок в образовательном пространстве мегаполиса: Материалы XII Всероссийской научно-практической конференции, посвященной 30-летию МГПУ.: М.: Известия Института педагогики и психологии образования, 2025. С. 18–22.
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Marina Sheveleva, Zolotareva A., Организационная психология 2025 Vol. 15 No. 2 P. 9–17
Apathy is a serious threat to the well-being of employees and organizations, but so far it has been little studied in the job context. The construct of job apathy includes two components: apathetic thoughts and apathetic actions. Apathetic thoughts comprise the lack of interest in and satisfaction from one’s job. Apathetic actions mean the lack ...
Added: November 7, 2025