Because excellencism is more than good enough: On the need to distinguish the pursuit of excellence from the pursuit of perfection.

P Gaudreau, BJI Schellenberg, A Gareau… - Journal of Personality …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
An unresolved and controversial issue in the perfectionism literature is whether
perfectionism is beneficial, harmful, or unneeded. The model of excellencism and …

Divergent semantic integration (DSI): Extracting creativity from narratives with distributional semantic modeling

DR Johnson, JC Kaufman, BS Baker… - Behavior Research …, 2023 - Springer
We developed a novel conceptualization of one component of creativity in narratives by
integrating creativity theory and distributional semantics theory. We termed the new …

Using within-person change in three large panel studies to estimate personality age trajectories.

IS Seifert, JM Rohrer, SC Schmukle - Journal of personality and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
How does personality change when people get older? Numerous studies have investigated
this question, overall supporting the idea of so-called personality maturation. However …

The Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST): A psychometrically validated measure of news veracity discernment

R Maertens, FM Götz, HF Golino, J Roozenbeek… - Behavior Research …, 2024 - Springer
Interest in the psychology of misinformation has exploded in recent years. Despite ample
research, to date there is no validated framework to measure misinformation susceptibility …

[HTML][HTML] The more experienced, the better prepared? New evidence on the relation between teachers' experience and their readiness for online teaching and learning

R Scherer, F Siddiq, SK Howard, J Tondeur - Computers in Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, we tested the common assumption that teachers with more experience
consider themselves better prepared for online teaching and learning (OTL). Utilizing the …

Artificial intelligence in Jordanian education: Assessing acceptance via perceived cybersecurity, novelty value, and perceived trust

M Alzyoud, N Al-Shanableh, S Alomar… - … Journal of Data and …, 2024 - m.growingscience.com
The growing significance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across different fields highlights the
essential role of user acceptance, as the success of this technology largely depends on its …

How strong is the evidence for a causal reciprocal effect? Contrasting traditional and new methods to investigate the reciprocal effects model of self-concept and …

N Hübner, W Wagner, S Zitzmann… - Educational Psychology …, 2023 - Springer
The relationship between students' subject-specific academic self-concept and their
academic achievement is one of the most widely researched topics in educational …

dynamic: An R package for deriving dynamic fit index cutoffs for factor analysis

MG Wolf, D McNeish - Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
To evaluate the fit of a confirmatory factor analysis model, researchers often rely on fit
indices such as SRMR, RMSEA, and CFI. These indices are frequently compared to …

[HTML][HTML] The Basic Needs in Games Scale (BANGS): A new tool for investigating positive and negative video game experiences

N Ballou, A Denisova, R Ryan, CS Rigby… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Players' basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness are among
the most commonly used constructs used in research on what makes video games so …

[HTML][HTML] The persistence of students' academic effort: The unique and combined effects of conscientiousness and individual interest

S Rieger, R Göllner, M Spengler, U Trautwein… - Learning and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study was designed to test the CONscientiousness× Interest Compensation
(CONIC) model in a longitudinal setting (four time points; N= 3,880 students). For this …