Articles in the Swiss Journal of Psychology Category
Well-Being Curves Across Transitions
A newly developed instrument (retrospective well-being curves: WBC) was applied in two studies. In Study 1, a sample of 145 adults (M = 26.6 years) completed the WBC twice for different normative transitions. In Study 2, 151 university freshmen (M = 21.5 years) reported on their subjective well-being at 9 consecutive measurement points during their transition to university and completed the WBC at T10. In both studies, personality factors were assessed. Retest reliability of the individual growth parameters (intercept, linear, and quadratic cha [...]
A newly developed instrument (retrospective well-being curves: WBC) was applied in two studies. In Study 1, a sample of 145 adults (M = 26.6 years) completed the WBC twice for different normative transitions. In Study 2, 151 university freshmen (M = 21.5 years) reported on their subjective well-being at 9 consecutive measurement points during their transition to university and completed the WBC at T10. In both studies, personality factors were assessed. Retest reliability of the individual growth parameters (intercept, linear, and quadratic cha [...]
La Valeur Sociale des Explications Causales en Contexte Educatif
Deux études réalisées à partir des paradigmes d’autoprésentation et d’identification ont été conduites auprès d’élèves de CE2 (3rd grade) et leurs enseignants. Dans les deux études, les élèves (N = 1162) devaient répondre à un questionnaire d’internalité évoquant des renforcements scolaires selon trois consignes d’autoprésentation: Spontanée, pro-normative et contre-normative. Dans l’Etude 2, les enseignants (N = 32) devaient répondre au même questionnaire d’internalité en imaginant les réponses que donnerai [...]
Deux études réalisées à partir des paradigmes d’autoprésentation et d’identification ont été conduites auprès d’élèves de CE2 (3rd grade) et leurs enseignants. Dans les deux études, les élèves (N = 1162) devaient répondre à un questionnaire d’internalité évoquant des renforcements scolaires selon trois consignes d’autoprésentation: Spontanée, pro-normative et contre-normative. Dans l’Etude 2, les enseignants (N = 32) devaient répondre au même questionnaire d’internalité en imaginant les réponses que donnerai [...]
Coping with Family Demands Under Difficult Economic Conditions
Utilizing hierarchical linear modeling, we analyzed whether perceived family-related demands associated with social change – and the processes of dealing with these demands – relate to depressive symptoms, and whether these relationships vary by regional economic conditions. The sample comprised 2,519 respondents living in economically healthy versus weak regions of Germany. Results showed that higher levels of perceived family-related demands were associated with higher levels of depression. In addition, higher levels of engagement and low [...]
Utilizing hierarchical linear modeling, we analyzed whether perceived family-related demands associated with social change – and the processes of dealing with these demands – relate to depressive symptoms, and whether these relationships vary by regional economic conditions. The sample comprised 2,519 respondents living in economically healthy versus weak regions of Germany. Results showed that higher levels of perceived family-related demands were associated with higher levels of depression. In addition, higher levels of engagement and low [...]
Sense of Time in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Parents of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently report that their children have a poor sense of time. Several studies looking at the perception of time mentioned a form of temporal myopia. The present study investigates the sense of time in children with ADHD. Twenty-two French-speaking Swiss children with ADHD and 22 controls between the ages of 6 and 13 years were tested using a conventional time knowledge questionnaire and two Piagetian time conservation tasks. Parents were asked to complete the “It’s [...]
Parents of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently report that their children have a poor sense of time. Several studies looking at the perception of time mentioned a form of temporal myopia. The present study investigates the sense of time in children with ADHD. Twenty-two French-speaking Swiss children with ADHD and 22 controls between the ages of 6 and 13 years were tested using a conventional time knowledge questionnaire and two Piagetian time conservation tasks. Parents were asked to complete the “It’s [...]
Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and Behavioral Responses to Everyday Life and Workplace-Related Interpersonal Conflict
Relationships of second-to-fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) versus absolute finger length, two putative markers for prenatal vs. pubertal-adolescent testosterone exposure, with specific behavioral responses to interpersonal conflict, as assessed with the Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP; Davis, Capobianco, & Kraus, 2004), were examined in an adult community sample of 132 men and women. Paralleling related findings for specific types of aggression (namely, reactive and indirect, i.e., social/relational aggression), results showed analogous sex diffe [...]
Relationships of second-to-fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) versus absolute finger length, two putative markers for prenatal vs. pubertal-adolescent testosterone exposure, with specific behavioral responses to interpersonal conflict, as assessed with the Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP; Davis, Capobianco, & Kraus, 2004), were examined in an adult community sample of 132 men and women. Paralleling related findings for specific types of aggression (namely, reactive and indirect, i.e., social/relational aggression), results showed analogous sex diffe [...]
The Importance of Social Support in Workers’ Lay Conceptualizations of Stress
The present study examined workers’ lay conceptualizations of stress. The framework used was Karasek and Theorell’s (1990) “job demand-control-support” model of stress at work. It assessed the importance workers attribute to the social support factor as a determinant of work stress compared with the importance attributed to job demand and job control. It used an assessment technique – the AVERAGE program – that allows for an estimation of the weight of each factor independent of the levels of these factors. A total of 61 female and [...]
The present study examined workers’ lay conceptualizations of stress. The framework used was Karasek and Theorell’s (1990) “job demand-control-support” model of stress at work. It assessed the importance workers attribute to the social support factor as a determinant of work stress compared with the importance attributed to job demand and job control. It used an assessment technique – the AVERAGE program – that allows for an estimation of the weight of each factor independent of the levels of these factors. A total of 61 female and [...]
Scientific Meetings
Scientific Meetings
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Scientific MeetingsDOI 10.1024/1421-0185/a000008
Journal Swiss Journal of PsychologyPrint ISSN 1421-0185
Journal Volume Volume 69
Journal Issue Volume 69, Number 1 / 2010
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Scientific Meetings
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Scientific MeetingsDOI 10.1024/1421-0185/a000008
Journal Swiss Journal of PsychologyPrint ISSN 1421-0185
Journal Volume Volume 69
Journal Issue Volume 69, Number 1 / 2010
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Editorial
Editorial
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory EditorialDOI 10.1024/1421-0185/a000001
Journal Swiss Journal of PsychologyPrint ISSN 1421-0185
Journal Volume Volume 69
Journal Issue Volume 69, Number 1 / 2010
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Editorial
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory EditorialDOI 10.1024/1421-0185/a000001
Journal Swiss Journal of PsychologyPrint ISSN 1421-0185
Journal Volume Volume 69
Journal Issue Volume 69, Number 1 / 2010
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Contents Volume 68 (2009)
Contents Volume 68 (2009)
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Contents Volume 68, 2009DOI 10.1024/1421-0185.68.4.230
Journal Swiss Journal of PsychologyPrint ISSN 1421-0185
Journal Volume Volume 68
Journal Issue Volume 68, Number 4 / 2009
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Contents Volume 68 (2009)
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Contents Volume 68, 2009DOI 10.1024/1421-0185.68.4.230
Journal Swiss Journal of PsychologyPrint ISSN 1421-0185
Journal Volume Volume 68
Journal Issue Volume 68, Number 4 / 2009
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Implicit but Stable
This study investigates the malleability of explicit and implicit anxiety through mental imagery. Sixty adults imagined themselves in an anxious, calm, or neutral situation. Thereafter, explicit state and trait anxiety were assessed with self-reports, and implicit anxiety was assessed with a variant of the Implicit Association Test. The results indicate that imagery manipulation changed state anxiety in the expected direction. Explicit trait anxiety and implicit anxiety, however, were found to be stable. These findings suggest that the implicit [...]
This study investigates the malleability of explicit and implicit anxiety through mental imagery. Sixty adults imagined themselves in an anxious, calm, or neutral situation. Thereafter, explicit state and trait anxiety were assessed with self-reports, and implicit anxiety was assessed with a variant of the Implicit Association Test. The results indicate that imagery manipulation changed state anxiety in the expected direction. Explicit trait anxiety and implicit anxiety, however, were found to be stable. These findings suggest that the implicit [...] 
