Articles in the Swiss Journal of Psychology Category
Scientific Meetings
Scientific Meetings
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Scientific MeetingsDOI 10.1024/1421-0185/a000021
Journal Swiss Journal of PsychologyPrint ISSN 1421-0185
Journal Volume Volume 69
Journal Issue Volume 69, Number 3 / September 2010
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Scientific Meetings
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Scientific MeetingsDOI 10.1024/1421-0185/a000021
Journal Swiss Journal of PsychologyPrint ISSN 1421-0185
Journal Volume Volume 69
Journal Issue Volume 69, Number 3 / September 2010
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Social Cues in Faces
Social Cues in Faces
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Call for PapersDOI 10.1024/1421-0185/a000022Authors
Janek Lobmaier, Guest Editors, University of Bern, SwitzerlandNadine Kloth, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
Journal Swiss Journal of PsychologyPrint ISSN 1421-0185
Journal Volume Volume 69
Journal Issue Volume 69, Number 3 / September 2010
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Impact of the Locus of Causality and Internal Control on the Social Utility of Causal Explanations
Research into the norm of internality (Beauvois & Dubois, 1988) has shown that the expression of internal causal explanations is socially valued in social judgment. However, the value attributed to different types of internal explanations (e.g., efforts vs. traits) is far from homogeneous. This study used the Weiner (1979) tridimensional model to clarify the factors explaining the social utility attached to internal versus external explanations. Three dimensions were manipulated: locus of causality, controllability, and stability. Participa [...]
Research into the norm of internality (Beauvois & Dubois, 1988) has shown that the expression of internal causal explanations is socially valued in social judgment. However, the value attributed to different types of internal explanations (e.g., efforts vs. traits) is far from homogeneous. This study used the Weiner (1979) tridimensional model to clarify the factors explaining the social utility attached to internal versus external explanations. Three dimensions were manipulated: locus of causality, controllability, and stability. Participa [...]
Habilitation Psychologique
L’objectif de cet article est de valider une mesure francophone de l’habilitation psychologique au travail s’inscrivant dans la conception quadridimensionnelle de Spreitzer (1995). Pour ce faire, l’instrument a été administré à trois échantillons de salariés canadiens. Une première étude (N = 120) a été réalisée afin d’explorer la structure factorielle de l’instrument francophone et de vérifier ses propriétés psychométriques. Puis, une seconde étude a été réalisée auprès de deux échantillons distincts (N = 222 [...]
L’objectif de cet article est de valider une mesure francophone de l’habilitation psychologique au travail s’inscrivant dans la conception quadridimensionnelle de Spreitzer (1995). Pour ce faire, l’instrument a été administré à trois échantillons de salariés canadiens. Une première étude (N = 120) a été réalisée afin d’explorer la structure factorielle de l’instrument francophone et de vérifier ses propriétés psychométriques. Puis, une seconde étude a été réalisée auprès de deux échantillons distincts (N = 222 [...]
Face Inversion Effect Emerges Under Critical Configural Discrepancy
Configural processing has been considered the major contributor to the face inversion effect (FIE) in face recognition. However, most researchers have only obtained the FIE with one specific ratio of configural alteration. It remains unclear whether the ratio of configural alteration itself can mediate the occurrence of the FIE. We aimed to clarify this issue by manipulating the configural information parametrically using six different ratios, ranging from 4% to 24%. Participants were asked to judge whether a pair of faces were entirely identic [...]
Configural processing has been considered the major contributor to the face inversion effect (FIE) in face recognition. However, most researchers have only obtained the FIE with one specific ratio of configural alteration. It remains unclear whether the ratio of configural alteration itself can mediate the occurrence of the FIE. We aimed to clarify this issue by manipulating the configural information parametrically using six different ratios, ranging from 4% to 24%. Participants were asked to judge whether a pair of faces were entirely identic [...]
Valentine Street Promotes Chivalrous Helping
In a field setting, male passersby (N = 120) were asked by a female confederate to indicate the direction of Valentine Street (Martin Street in the control group). Thirty meters ahead, the participant encountered another female confederate who asked for help, claiming that a group of four disreputable-looking male confederates had taken her mobile telephone and refused to give it back. Participants primed with the cognition of “Valentine” helped the female confederate get her mobile phone back more frequently than those primed with the cogn [...]
In a field setting, male passersby (N = 120) were asked by a female confederate to indicate the direction of Valentine Street (Martin Street in the control group). Thirty meters ahead, the participant encountered another female confederate who asked for help, claiming that a group of four disreputable-looking male confederates had taken her mobile telephone and refused to give it back. Participants primed with the cognition of “Valentine” helped the female confederate get her mobile phone back more frequently than those primed with the cogn [...]
Keep it in or Let it out?
Previous research suggests that avoiding the expression of emotion may be associated with impaired mental health, although empirical evidence is inconsistent. In this investigation, ambivalence over the expression of emotion is understood as an approach-avoidance conflict between a desire to express emotion and a fear of experiencing negative consequences. Consistent with a diathesis-stress model of depression, we assumed that in stressful situations strong ambivalence over the expression of emotion constitutes an intrapersonal vulnerability fo [...]
Previous research suggests that avoiding the expression of emotion may be associated with impaired mental health, although empirical evidence is inconsistent. In this investigation, ambivalence over the expression of emotion is understood as an approach-avoidance conflict between a desire to express emotion and a fear of experiencing negative consequences. Consistent with a diathesis-stress model of depression, we assumed that in stressful situations strong ambivalence over the expression of emotion constitutes an intrapersonal vulnerability fo [...]
Mental Health Among Adolescents from Returned Portuguese Immigrant Families
This study investigated mental health problems and their predictors among adolescents from returned immigrant families. The sample consisted of 360 returned adolescents (mean age = 16.8 years; SD = 1.9). The mean duration of a sojourn in Portugal for the sample was 8.2 years (SD = 4.5). A control group of 217 Portuguese youths were also included in the study. Adolescents from immigrant families reported mental health levels similar to those of Portuguese adolescents who have never migrated. Girls showed more mental health problems than boys. Yo [...]
This study investigated mental health problems and their predictors among adolescents from returned immigrant families. The sample consisted of 360 returned adolescents (mean age = 16.8 years; SD = 1.9). The mean duration of a sojourn in Portugal for the sample was 8.2 years (SD = 4.5). A control group of 217 Portuguese youths were also included in the study. Adolescents from immigrant families reported mental health levels similar to those of Portuguese adolescents who have never migrated. Girls showed more mental health problems than boys. Yo [...]
Swiss Armed Forces Militia System
This study examines the effects of transformational leadership on subordinates’ extra effort in the unique case of the Swiss Armed Forces’ militia system. The transformational leadership style of 201 superiors who were perceived as outstanding was examined in a first study using the German version of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ-5X). Relationships of transformational leadership with subordinates’ extra effort were found to be differentially moderated by “command structure” depending on whether the subordinates were mi [...]
This study examines the effects of transformational leadership on subordinates’ extra effort in the unique case of the Swiss Armed Forces’ militia system. The transformational leadership style of 201 superiors who were perceived as outstanding was examined in a first study using the German version of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ-5X). Relationships of transformational leadership with subordinates’ extra effort were found to be differentially moderated by “command structure” depending on whether the subordinates were mi [...]
Officer Selection for the Swiss Armed Forces
The present study (N = 844) examined the predictive validity and fairness of the assessment center (AC) and the general mental ability (GMA) test used to select officers for the Swiss Armed Forces. We found that both selection methods predicted candidates’ academic and military performance at the end of their officer training. Furthermore, the AC had incremental validity beyond GMA, meaning that it cannot be replaced by the GMA test. Concerning the fairness of the selection methods, no significant performance differences were found between ca [...]
The present study (N = 844) examined the predictive validity and fairness of the assessment center (AC) and the general mental ability (GMA) test used to select officers for the Swiss Armed Forces. We found that both selection methods predicted candidates’ academic and military performance at the end of their officer training. Furthermore, the AC had incremental validity beyond GMA, meaning that it cannot be replaced by the GMA test. Concerning the fairness of the selection methods, no significant performance differences were found between ca [...] 
