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Harmon-Jones E, Matis S, Angus DJ, Harmon-Jones C. Does effort increase or decrease reward valuation? Considerations from cognitive dissonance theory. Psychophysiology 2024; 61:e14536. [PMID: 38323360 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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The present research tested the effect of manipulated perceived control (over obtaining the outcomes) and effort on reward valuation using the event-related potential known as the Reward Positivity (RewP). This test was conducted in an attempt to integrate two research literatures with opposite findings: Effort justification occurs when high effort leads to high reward valuation, whereas effort discounting occurs when high effort leads to low reward valuation. Based on an examination of past methods used in these literatures, we predicted that perceived control and effort would interactively influence RewP. Consistent with the effort justification literature (cognitive dissonance theory), when individuals have high perceived control, high effort should lead to more reward valuation than low effort should. Consistent with the effort discounting literature, when individuals have low perceived control, low effort should lead to more reward valuation than high effort should. Results supported these interactive and integrative predictions.
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- Eddie Harmon-Jones
- School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Weston EB, Hassett AL, Khan SN, Weaver TE, Marras WS. The Potential Relationship Between a Cognitive Dissonance State and Musculoskeletal Injury: A Systematic Review. Hum Factors 2024; 66:1152-1169. [PMID: 36059264 DOI: 10.1177/00187208221120459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this systematic review was to investigate the potential link between cognitive dissonance or its related constructs (emotional dissonance, emotional labor) and musculoskeletal disorders. BACKGROUND The etiology of musculoskeletal disorders is complex, as pain arises from complex interactions among physical, social, and psychological stressors. It is possible that the psychological factor of cognitive dissonance may contribute to the etiology and/or maintenance of musculoskeletal disorders. METHOD MEDLINE, APA PsycInfo, and CINAHL Plus databases were searched for studies investigating cognitive dissonance or its related constructs as exposure(s) of interest and outcomes related to physical health (including, but not limited to, musculoskeletal pain). Risk of bias was assessed using the Appraisal tool for Cross-Sectional Studies (AXIS) tool. RESULTS The literature search yielded 7 studies eligible for inclusion. None of the included studies investigated cognitive dissonance directly but instead investigated dissonance-related constructs of emotional dissonance and emotional labor, in which a mismatch between required and felt emotions might elicit a psychological response consistent with the cognitive dissonance state. Moderate effect sizes between dissonance-related constructs and musculoskeletal disorders were noted (OR 1.25-2.22). CONCLUSION There is likely a relationship between the two factors studied. However, as the included studies were cross-sectional in nature, a causal relationship between cognitive dissonance-related constructs and musculoskeletal disorders cannot be inferred. Therefore, future study proposing and validating a causal pathway between these variables is warranted. APPLICATION Cognitive dissonance and its related constructs may serve as risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders that have not been considered previously.
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- Eric B Weston
- Spine Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Spine Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Orthopaedics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Spine Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Spine Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Höfler M, Giesche A. Avoidance of causality outside experiments: Hypotheses from cognitive dissonance reduction. Sci Prog 2024; 107:368504241235505. [PMID: 38567445 PMCID: PMC10993686 DOI: 10.1177/00368504241235505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The avoidance of causality in the design, analysis and interpretation of non-experimental studies has often been criticised as an untenable scientific stance, because theories are based on causal relations (and not associations) and a rich set of methodological tools for causal analysis has been developed in recent decades. Psychology researchers (n = 106 with complete data) participated in an online study presenting a causal statement about the results of a fictitious paper on the potential effect of drinking clear water for years on the risk of dementia. Two randomised groups of participants were then asked to reflect on the conflict between the goal of approaching a causal answer and the prevailing norm of avoiding doing so. One of the two groups was also instructed to think about possible benefits of addressing causality. Both groups then responded to a list of 19 items about attitudes to causal questions in science. A control group did this without reflecting on conflict or benefits. Free-text assessments were also collected during reflection, giving some indication of how and why causality is avoided. We condense the exploratory findings of this study into five new hypotheses about the how and why, filtered through what can be explained by cognitive dissonance reduction theory. These concern the cost of addressing causality, the variety of ways in which dissonance can be reduced, the need for profound intervention through teaching and social aspects. Predictions are derived from the hypotheses for confirmation trials in future studies and recommendations for teaching causality. Open data are provided for researchers' own analyses.
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- Michael Höfler
- Clinical Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Clinical Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Foley W. Can cognitive dissonance explain beliefs regarding meritocracy? Soc Sci Res 2024; 119:102980. [PMID: 38609301 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.102980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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Why do economically disadvantaged people often regard inequality as fair? The literature on deliberative justice suggests that people regard inequality as fair when it is proportional to inequality in effort or other inputs - i.e. when it is meritocratic. But in the real-world there is substantial uncertainty over the distribution of income and merit - so what compels disadvantaged people to legitimate their own disadvantage? This paper suggests it is a reaction to cognitive dissonance. When inequality is high, and when people lack control, their only way to reduce dissonance is to convince themselves the distribution is fair. I implement an online experiment to test this theory. Results do not support a cognitive dissonance mechanism behind meritocracy. But they do indicate that disadvantaged individuals are more likely to regard inequality as fair when they lack control. Analysis of qualitative data indicates that deprivation of control engenders a fatalistic response to inequality.
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- William Foley
- Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Getafe, Spain.
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Bargain D. Comment se défaire de la dissonance cognitive ? Soins 2024; 69:1. [PMID: 38453390 DOI: 10.1016/j.soin.2023.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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- Diane Bargain
- Service de diabétologie, hôpitaux de Brabois, CHRU de Nancy, rue du Morvan, 54511 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy cedex, France.
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Paraskeva N, Pegram G, Goel R, Mandhaani M, Suneja V, White P, Diedrichs PC. A cognitive dissonance body image intervention 'Free Being Me' delivered by guide leaders to adolescent girl guides in India: A pilot and acceptability trial. Body Image 2024; 48:101658. [PMID: 38141491 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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This pilot study assessed the acceptability and pre-post intervention effects of a cognitive dissonance-based body image intervention, Free Being Me, delivered by Guide leaders to adolescent girls in India. Girls aged 11-14 years (Mage = 12.6, N = 117), who were members of the national scouting and guiding association of India, received the intervention across five weekly 1-hour group sessions. The primary outcome (body esteem) and secondary outcomes (self-esteem, internalisation of appearance ideals, negative and positive affect, and life disengagement) were measured pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention. The intervention was acceptable. Adolescent girls reported high levels of comfort (89%), enjoyment (90%), and perceived importance (92%) with suggestions for improvement including more interactive activities. Facilitator adherence and competence delivering Free Being Me was rated good. Significant within-groups pre-post intervention improvements in body esteem (Cohen's d = 0.28) and reductions in internalisation of appearance ideals (Cohen's d = 0.49) were identified. No changes to self-esteem, negative or positive affect, or life disengagement were observed. This study suggests that Free Being Me is acceptable for community-based delivery and Guide leader format with promising pre-post intervention effects. Going forward, a randomised controlled trial is necessary to make confident interpretations on the effectiveness of Free Being Me.
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- Nicole Paraskeva
- Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
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- Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- O.P Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India
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- Applied Statistics Group, University of the West of England, UK
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Hashemi R, Vogel EA. Adolescents' perceptions of substance use messaging in the age of social media: resolving cognitive dissonance. Health Educ Res 2024; 39:1-11. [PMID: 38183674 PMCID: PMC10805388 DOI: 10.1093/her/cyad046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
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This study interviewed adolescents about their exposure to and perceptions of substance-related social media content and substance use prevention messages. Participants (analytic sample N = 30, age 14-18 years, in CA, USA, 40% male) were recruited from Instagram and Facebook for online semi-structured interviews. An interview transcript coding guide was developed based on the interview questions and emerging themes. Most (27/30) participants reported exposure to peers using substances on social media through posts made on personal accounts. All peer posts portrayed substance use in a positive light. Most participants reported exposure to formal prevention messages on social media (i.e. public service announcements) (19/30) and in schools (i.e. drug education) (21/30; 70.0%) teaching the negative consequences of substance use. Responses to the differences between peer posts and prevention messages included dismissing prevention messages (7/30), believing that their peers were more credible (4/30), desiring comprehensive substance information (3/30) and believing that the no-use message was ineffective for at-risk youth (4/30). Messages shared by peers online significantly contrasted with prevention messages (i.e. public service announcements and drug education). This difference appeared to undermine prevention message credibility. Balanced prevention messages acknowledging the spectrum of risk and reward when using different substances may reduce dissonance and increase engagement.
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- Rhana Hashemi
- Department of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Equils O, Bakaj Berishaj A, Stice E, da Costa C. COVID-19 risk perception, cognitive dissonance, and vaccine hesitancy. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2023; 19:2180217. [PMID: 36852481 PMCID: PMC10026885 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2180217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that despite having high risk for severe disease, some individuals had low-risk perception and consequently they refused vaccination. This was more common among individuals with distrust in the government and the scientific organizations. Cognitive dissonance occurs when a person participates in an action that goes against one's beliefs. In order to reduce the dissonance, the individual often avoids the action. Recently, dissonance-based interventions have been shown to be effective in changing various health, environmental, and social behaviors. The impact of these interventions may persist for several years. Cognitive dissonance may be another mechanism for vaccine refusal among people with mistrust in the system. There is a need to investigate the role of cognitive dissonance in vaccine refusal and the effectiveness of dissonance-based interventions to reduce vaccine hesitancy among individuals with high risk for severe disease and low vaccination rates.
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- Ozlem Equils
- MiOra Non-Profit Organization, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- MiOra Non-Profit Organization, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, USA
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Venson AH, Jacinto PA, Sbicca A. Cognitive Dissonance in the Self-assessed Health in Brazil: A CUB Model Analysis Using 2013 National Health Survey Data. Integr Psychol Behav Sci 2023; 57:1284-1311. [PMID: 37202583 DOI: 10.1007/s12124-023-09768-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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This study ai ms to verify and analyze the existence of cognitive dissonance in the self-assessment of health by individuals in Brazil, that is, the difference between self-rated health and the health status of individuals. To accomplish this, we use data from the 2013 National Health Survey, which collected the self-assessments that individuals made of their health and information about their health status. This information was used to build indices that seek to represent a person's health status in relation to chronic illnesses, physical and mental well-being, eating habits and lifestyle. To identify the presence of cognitive dissonance, the CUB (Combination of a discrete Uniform and shifted Binomial distributions) model was used, which relates self-assessed health with the developed indices. Cognitive dissonance was identified in self-assessed health in relation to eating habits and lifestyle, and this dissonance may be associated with a present bias in the self-assessment of health in Brazil.
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Weston EB, Hassett AL, Khan SN, Weaver TE, Marras WS. Cognitive dissonance increases spine loading in the neck and low back. Ergonomics 2023; 66:2133-2147. [PMID: 36861457 DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2023.2186323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Cognitive dissonance refers to a state where two psychologically inconsistent thoughts, behaviours, or attitudes are held at the same time. The objective of this study was to explore the potential role of cognitive dissonance in biomechanical loading in the low back and neck. Seventeen participants underwent a laboratory experiment involving a precision lowering task. To establish a cognitive dissonance state (CDS), study participants were provided negative feedback on their performance running counter to a pre-established expectation that their performance was excellent. Dependent measures of interest were spinal loads in the cervical and lumbar spines, calculated via two electromyography-driven models. The CDS was associated with increases to peak spinal loads in the neck (11.1%, p < .05) and low back (2.2%, p < .05). A greater CDS magnitude was also associated with a greater spinal loading increase. Therefore, cognitive dissonance may represent a risk factor for low back/neck pain that has not been previously identified.Practitioner summary: Upon establishing a cognitive dissonance state in a group of participants, spinal loading in the cervical and lumbar spines were increased proportional to the magnitude of the cognitive dissonance reported. Therefore, cognitive dissonance may represent a risk factor for low back and neck pain that has not been previously identified.
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- Eric B Weston
- Spine Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Spine Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Orthopedics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Spine Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Spine Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Stice E, Wisting L, Desjardins CD, Hood KK, Hanes S, Rubino L, Shaw H. Evaluation of a novel eating disorder prevention program for young women with type 1 diabetes: A preliminary randomized trial. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2023; 206:110997. [PMID: 37951479 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Evaluate whether the Body Project prevention program adapted for young women with type 1 diabetes (Diabetes Body Project) reduces eating disorder (ED) risk factors and symptoms. METHODS Young women (aged 15-30) at high-risk for EDs due to having type 1 diabetes and body image concerns (N = 55) were randomized to virtually delivered Diabetes Body Project groups or an educational control condition, completing measures at pretest, posttest, and 3-month follow-up. RESULTS Diabetes Body Project versus the control participants showed significantly greater reductions in thin-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, diabetes distress, diabetes eating pathology, and ED symptoms by posttest, and greater reductions in diabetes eating pathology and ED symptoms, and greater improvements in quality of life by 3-month follow-up, which were medium to large effects (d's ranged from -0.43 to -0.90). Although control participants showed a worsening of glycemic control (time in range) verses Diabetes Body Project participants, this difference was non-significant (d = 0.26). CONCLUSIONS Virtually delivered Diabetes Body Project decreased ED risk factors and symptoms in young women with type 1 diabetes. A well powered randomized controlled trial is warranted to evaluate this intervention over longer follow-up.
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Cheng W, Nguyen DN, Nguyen PNT. The association between passive social network usage and depression/negative emotions with envy as a mediator. Sci Rep 2023; 13:10097. [PMID: 37344625 PMCID: PMC10284842 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37185-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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This study aimed to investigate the relationships between passive social network usage (PSNU) and depression/negative emotions over time with the mediating role of envy among Vietnamese adolescents. First, it revealed that PSNU had a simultaneous effect on depression/negative emotions as well as at different time points, indicating that social network site behaviors can predict psychological states over time (explained by the social comparison theory). Second, the autoregressive effect also confirmed a potential reciprocal relationship between PSNU and depression, whereas PSNU appeared to have an impact on negative emotions but not the other way around. Specifically, depression at Time 1 was positively associated with PSNU at Time 2, whereas negative emotions did not exhibit a similar pattern (explained by the cognitive dissonance theory). The different associations were interpreted as depression having cognitive elements, while negative emotions were thought to be purely emotional states. The results demonstrated that behavior may potentially have a long-lasting effect on mental health (both negative emotions and depression), while it was depression, rather than negative emotions, that had a long-term effect on behaviors. Third, envy played a mediating role that connected the changes of PSNU and depression/negative emotions. The implications and limitations of these findings are discussed.
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- Wen Cheng
- Center for Teacher Education, Institute of Education, International Graduate Program of Education and Human Development, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
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- International Graduate Program of Education and Human Development, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
- Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- International Graduate Program of Education and Human Development, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.
- An Giang University, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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Stice E, Bohon C, Shaw H, Desjardins CD. Efficacy of virtual delivery of a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program and evaluation of a donation model to support sustained implementation. J Consult Clin Psychol 2023; 91:139-149. [PMID: 36745074 DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Evaluate whether the Body Project prevention program reduces eating disorder risk factors and symptoms when implemented via synchronous video telepsychiatry, which could markedly increase the reach of this intervention and test whether a pay-it-forward donation model could support sustained implementation of this intervention. METHOD Young women at high risk for eating disorders because of body image concerns (N = 75; age range 16-27) were randomized to Body Project groups delivered virtually by peer educators or a waitlist control condition; participants who completed the Body Project for free because of past donations were encouraged to donate money so that this intervention could be provided for free to others. RESULTS Participants randomized to virtually delivered Body Project groups showed significantly or marginally greater pretest-to-posttest reductions in pursuit of the thin ideal, body dissatisfaction, dieting, negative affect, and eating disorder symptoms than controls. The average effect was large (d = .79), which was 49% larger than the average effect observed previously for in-person peer-educator-delivered Body Project groups (d = .53; [.76-.53 = .23/.53 = 49%]). However, only 3.6% of participants donated money to support future implementation of this intervention. CONCLUSIONS The evidence that the Body Project produced large reductions in eating disorder risk factors and symptoms when implemented virtually and that the effects were larger than for in-person Body Project groups suggests it would be useful to implement this prevention program virtually, which could expand the reach of this intervention. Future studies should evaluate alternative methods for supporting sustained implementation of this prevention program. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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Stice E, Rohde P, Gau JM, Shaw H. Implementation factors that predict larger effects from a peer educator delivered eating disorder prevention program at universities. J Consult Clin Psychol 2023; 91:60-70. [PMID: 36821334 PMCID: PMC10023428 DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Identify implementation factors, including intervention, facilitator, participant, and college factors, that were associated with larger reductions in eating disorder symptoms for undergraduates who completed a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program delivered by peer educators in an implementation support trial. The goal was to determine how to maximize the effects of this prevention program in future implementation efforts. METHOD We recruited 63 universities with peer educator programs and randomly assigned them to three levels of implementation support for delivery of an evidence-based eating disorder prevention program (the Body Project). The present report investigated whether several intervention, facilitator, participant, and college characteristics were associated with the magnitude of reductions in eating disorder symptoms among 1,387 undergraduates who completed the Body Project. RESULTS Significantly greater reductions in eating disorder symptoms were found for the four-session versus two-session version of the Body Project (d = -.36), when Body Project groups were delivered virtually versus in-person (d = -.22), when observation-based supervision was provided to peer educators during intervention implementation versus when it was not (d = -.15), and for larger versus smaller universities (d = -.24). Although effects were small, the additive effect was medium (d = -.50). CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that if the goal is to optimize the effects of the Body Project, peer educator programs at universities should implement the full four-session version of the prevention program that contains all of the dissonance-inducing activities and home exercises, implement this prevention program virtually, and provide supervision to facilitators implementing this prevention program. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Eric Stice
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Nguyen T, de Brauw A, van den Berg M. Sweet or not: Using information and cognitive dissonance to nudge children toward healthier food choices. Econ Hum Biol 2022; 47:101185. [PMID: 36170789 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In the interest of public health, it is important to nudge children toward healthier food choices (e.g., beverages with less added sugar). We conducted a field experiment in a peri-urban region in Vietnam to evaluate the effects of information and cognitive dissonance on the food choices of children. Our sample consisted of more than 1200 primary school children, randomly assigned into three groups: control, health information, and health information plus hypocrisy inducement. The third group was intended to raise cognitive dissonance by illustrating the gap between what people know they should do (socially desired behaviors) and what they actually do (transgressions). The results indicate that health information increased the likelihood of selecting milk with less sugar by around 30 %, as compared to the control group. Hypocrisy inducement did not make any additional contribution to healthier food choices. The treatment effects declined when there was a delay between the treatment and the behavioral choice. We discuss the practical implications of our findings for short-term intervention field studies.
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- Trang Nguyen
- Wageningen Economic Research, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Netherlands; Development Economics Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Netherlands.
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- Markets Trade, and Institutions Division of IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA.
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- Development Economics Group, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Netherlands.
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Harmon-Jones E, Harmon-Jones C. Individual differences in dissonance arousal/reduction relate to physical exercise: Testing the action-based model. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0275990. [PMID: 36228024 PMCID: PMC9560602 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The present research was designed to test predictions derived from the action-based model of cognitive dissonance theory. These predictions were that dissonance arousal would be negatively related to effective behavior, and that dissonance reduction would be positively related to effective behavior. METHOD Dissonance arousal and reduction were measured using an individual differences questionnaire. Effective behavior was measured as amount of physical exercise obtained from an exercise app that measures exercise using GPS (cycling kilometers over one year; Study 1) and from self-reports (number of days during the previous week; Study 2-3). RESULTS Results suggested that individual differences in dissonance arousal relate to less exercise and that individual differences in dissonance reduction relate to more exercise. Statistically controlling for trait approach and avoidance motivation as well as satisfaction with life revealed that dissonance processes predicted exercise behavior over these traits. This pattern of results was generally consistent across the three studies. Moreover, results from Studies 2-3 suggested possible statistical mediators from the exercise commitment literature of the relationship between trait dissonance arousal/reduction and exercise behavior. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION These results highlight the importance of considering dissonance processes as adaptive ones, and they suggest possible ways of increasing exercise behavior.
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- Eddie Harmon-Jones
- School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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AlShebali M, Becker C, Kellett S, AlHadi A, Waller G. Adapting the body project to a non-western culture: a dissonance-based eating disorders prevention program for Saudi women. Eat Weight Disord 2021; 26:2503-2512. [PMID: 33523399 DOI: 10.1007/s40519-021-01104-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The main aim of this study was to test the feasibility of an adapted version of the Body Project for young Saudi women as their eating and body issues are comparable to western culture and linked to internalization of westernization. The study also aims to assess predictors of attrition and preliminary effectiveness. METHOD The intervention was adapted to local culture in collaboration with a co-director of the Body Project Collaborative. 48 Saudi undergraduate females were recruited, mean age was 19.16 years (SD = 1.23), baseline BMI was (M = 24.42, SD = 5.46). Eating pathology, body image, and comorbidities were assessed pre and post the intervention with adapted self-report measures. RESULTS The Body Project is feasible for young Saudi women. Participants were willing to enrol, they found the intervention useful, understandable, and enjoyable. There was no difference between completers and non-completers. The preliminary effect sizes are similar or higher than other effectiveness trials in other cultures. CONCLUSION A cognitive dissonance-based eating disorders prevention can be applicable across cultures where westernization is an influence. The effectiveness is yet to be affirmed. Future research is needed to investigate effectiveness in further robust studies and a bigger sample. EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE Level IV (evidence obtained from multiple time series with or without the intervention, such as case studies. Dramatic results in uncontrolled trials might also be regarded as this type of evidence).
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- Munirah AlShebali
- Basic Sciences and Studies Department, College of Community, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11564, Saudi Arabia.
- Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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- Department of Psychology, Trinity University, San Antonio, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, SABIC Psychological Health Research and Applications Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Bryant CJ, Prosser AMB, Barnett J. Going veggie: Identifying and overcoming the social and psychological barriers to veganism. Appetite 2021; 169:105812. [PMID: 34838870 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We conceptualize the journey to ethical veganism in the stages of the transtheoretical model of change, from precontemplation through contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. At each stage, we explore the psychological barriers to progressing towards veganism, discuss how they manifest, and explore ways to overcome them. It is hoped that this paper can be used as a guide for animal advocates to identify the stage an individual is at, and understand and overcome the social and psychological barriers they may face to progressing. We argue that, while many people are ignorant of the cruel practices entailed in animal farming, many deliberately avoid thinking about the issue, are unable to appreciate the scale of the issue, and simply tend to favour the status quo. When engaging with the issue of farm animal suffering, meat-eaters are largely driven by cognitive dissonance, which manifests as motivated reasoning aimed at protecting one's image of oneself and one's society. This is facilitated by confirmation bias and complicit media which cater to the preferred views of their meat-eating audience. Even once convinced of veganism, habit and willpower present further barriers to acting on those beliefs. This is all in the context of a speciesist and carnistic culture where meat consumption is normal, farming is noble, and vegans are 'others'. We locate and elucidate each of these biases within the stages of the transtheoretical model and discuss the implications of this model for animal advocates and for further research.
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- Christopher J Bryant
- Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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Demarchi S, Tomas F, Fanton L. False Rape Allegation and Regret: A Theoretical Model Based on Cognitive Dissonance. Arch Sex Behav 2021; 50:2067-2083. [PMID: 33398704 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-020-01847-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The aim of this paper is to provide a model illustrating how regretful consensual intercourse may lead to false rape allegations (FRA). An intrapersonal perspective of regret based on cognitive dissonance is added to the interpersonal factors already mentioned in the literature. The intrapersonal perspective is discussed in terms of the reduction of a state of cognitive dissonance induced by the gap between social norms and the shamefully perceived behavior. First, we start with the review of the different motives that may lead to a FRA, insisting on regret caused by cognitive dissonance. We then develop the emergence of regret from a state of cognitive dissonance. Second, we describe the means used to build the model: a literature review, an extraction of the factors at play in regret-based FRA, a chronological structure of the various factors, as some are necessarily the source of others. We then build the model. Third, we illustrate how the model could encompass many possible and usual scenarios. Thirteen plausible scenarios were developed to show the relevance of the model. Finally, we comment and discuss the model for future research and prevention.
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- Samuel Demarchi
- Human and Artificial Cognition Research Center (CHArt, EA4004), Psychology Department, Paris 8 University, Saint-Denis, France.
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- Human and Artificial Cognition Research Center (CHArt, EA4004), Psychology Department, Paris 8 University, Saint-Denis, France
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- Faculty of Medicine Lyon-Est, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, University of Lyon, Lyon, France
- Forensic Medicine Service, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Perillo JT, Perillo AD, Despodova NM, Kovera MB. Testing the waters: An investigation of the impact of hot tubbing on experts from referral through testimony. Law Hum Behav 2021; 45:229-242. [PMID: 34351205 DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The present research examined whether concurrent expert testimony ("hot tubbing") and court-appointed testimony reduced adversarial allegiance in clinical experts' judgments compared with traditional adversarial expert testimony. HYPOTHESES We predicted Hypothesis 1: Defense experts would render more not responsible judgments and lower ratings of criminal responsibility than would prosecution experts; Hypothesis 2: Adversarial allegiance effects on experts' judgments would be heightened for adversarial experts and attenuated for concurrent experts over time; Hypothesis 3: Adversarial and concurrent experts would report higher dissonance than would court-appointed experts and adversarial experts' ratings would increase over time, concurrent experts' ratings would decrease, and court-appointed experts' ratings would remain unchanged. METHOD Clinicians and advanced clinical doctoral students conducted simulated criminal responsibility evaluations for the prosecution, defense, or court. We categorized participants as favoring the prosecution or defense based on their preexisting attitudes and randomly assigned them to the adversarial, concurrent, or court-appointed expert testimony conditions. Participants completed a dichotomous responsibility judgment, strength of responsibility ratings, and cognitive dissonance measure after initial evidence review (n = 93), report completion (n = 52), and testimony (n = 48). Concurrent experts generated a joint report outlining areas of agreement and disagreement before providing testimony. RESULTS Concurrent testimony did not eliminate adversarial allegiance. Adversarial and concurrent experts' perceptions of responsibility did not significantly differ (d = .04, 95% CI [-.64, .71]) or change over time (ηp2 = .03); however, prosecution experts-across testimony types-rated the defendant as significantly more responsible than did defense experts (d = 1.87, 95% CI [1.06, 2.67]). Concurrent and adversarial experts did not differ in their reports and minimally differed in testimony content. CONCLUSIONS Experts who initially favored the prosecution or defense showed adversarial allegiance regardless of expert testimony method, and we observed no attenuation of this bias over the course of their case involvement. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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Khara T, Riedy C, Ruby MB. A cross cultural meat paradox: A qualitative study of Australia and India. Appetite 2021; 164:105227. [PMID: 33812938 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The 'meat paradox' is the psychological conflict between people's enjoyment of meat and their moral discomfort in relation to animal suffering. To date, most studies on the meat paradox have been in Western contexts where meat-eating is a cultural norm. In comparison, little is known about how the meat paradox is experienced in emerging economies such as India, where the longstanding cultural commitment to vegetarianism is under challenge. Further, most studies to date have been quantitative. This study bridges the knowledge gap by providing a qualitative comparison of the meat paradox in urban Australia and India, using cognitive dissonance theory as its main framework. We conducted in-depth interviews with twenty-two Sydney residents and thirty-three Mumbai residents, aged 23-45 years. The interviews were analysed using a grounded theory approach. In both countries, common strategies to reduce dissonance included distancing, belief in a human-animal hierarchy, carnism and criticisms of alternative dietary practices. Despite these commonalities, the manner in which these strategies manifested was different in each country, reflecting key socio-cultural and institutional differences. Australian participants became aware of the ethical challenges of meat consumption primarily via the media, whereas many Indian participants had direct experience of animal slaughter in wet markets. Thus, while Australian participants had reduced their meat consumption or turned to 'kinder' alternatives, Indian participants resorted to distancing and emotional numbing to reduce dissonance. Further, participants in both countries highlighted instances of moral hypocrisy in relation to vegetarian/vegan practices. While Australian participants discussed self-proclaimed vegetarians who might succumb to a dietary lapse, Indian participants discussed inconsistencies in relation to religious and caste-based norms.
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- Tani Khara
- Institute for Sustainable Futures University of Technology Sydney Building 10, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007 Australia.
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- Institute for Sustainable Futures University of Technology Sydney Building 10, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007 Australia.
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- School of Psychology and Public Health La Trobe University 133 McKoy Street, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia.
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Laughey WF, Brown MEL, Palmer EG, Finn GM. When I say… empathic dissonance. Med Educ 2021; 55:428-429. [PMID: 33346919 DOI: 10.1111/medu.14441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- William F Laughey
- Health Professions Education Unit, Hull York Medical School, York, UK
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- Health Professions Education Unit, Hull York Medical School, York, UK
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- Health Professions Education Unit, Hull York Medical School, York, UK
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- Division of Medical Education, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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van Moorselaar D, Lampers E, Cordesius E, Slagter HA. Neural mechanisms underlying expectation-dependent inhibition of distracting information. eLife 2020; 9:e61048. [PMID: 33320084 PMCID: PMC7758066 DOI: 10.7554/elife.61048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Predictions based on learned statistical regularities in the visual world have been shown to facilitate attention and goal-directed behavior by sharpening the sensory representation of goal-relevant stimuli in advance. Yet, how the brain learns to ignore predictable goal-irrelevant or distracting information is unclear. Here, we used EEG and a visual search task in which the predictability of a distractor's location and/or spatial frequency was manipulated to determine how spatial and feature distractor expectations are neurally implemented and reduce distractor interference. We find that expected distractor features could not only be decoded pre-stimulus, but their representation differed from the representation of that same feature when part of the target. Spatial distractor expectations did not induce changes in preparatory neural activity, but a strongly reduced Pd, an ERP index of inhibition. These results demonstrate that neural effects of statistical learning critically depend on the task relevance and dimension (spatial, feature) of predictions.
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- Dirk van Moorselaar
- Department of Psychology, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
- Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
- Institute of Brain and Behaviour AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
- Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
- Institute of Brain and Behaviour AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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Breithaupt L, Trojanowski P, Fischer S. Implicit and Explicit Anti-Fat Attitude Change Following Brief Cognitive Dissonance Intervention for Weight Stigma. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2020; 28:1853-1859. [PMID: 32845087 DOI: 10.1002/oby.22909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Research has demonstrated that explicit anti-fat attitudes decrease immediately following a brief cognitive dissonance-based intervention targeting weight stigma. The current study explores changes in explicit and implicit anti-fat attitudes immediately following a cognitive dissonance-based weight stigma intervention and 1 week after. METHODS College students (N = 156) were randomly assigned to a control or dissonance weight stigma intervention. Weight stigma attitudes were assessed at three time points, and participants completed a measure of values at baseline. Participants in the dissonance condition were told that they had anti-fat attitudes that were inconsistent with their values, whereas participants in the control group were told that their attitudes aligned with their values. All participants reviewed feedback at a follow-up visit before completing explicit and implicit weight stigma assessments a final time. RESULTS Individuals in the dissonance condition reported statistically significant decreases in explicit attitudes from Visit 1 to Visit 3. In contrast, there was not a significant condition by time interaction on implicit attitudes. CONCLUSIONS This study provides support for cognitive dissonance-based interventions to reduce explicit, but not implicit, anti-fat attitudes following repeated exposure to dissonance induction.
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- Lauren Breithaupt
- Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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- Scott D Halpern
- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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Lee D, Daunizeau J. Choosing what we like vs liking what we choose: How choice-induced preference change might actually be instrumental to decision-making. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231081. [PMID: 32421699 PMCID: PMC7233538 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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For more than 60 years, it has been known that people report higher (lower) subjective values for items after having selected (rejected) them during a choice task. This phenomenon is coined "choice-induced preference change" or CIPC, and its established interpretation is that of "cognitive dissonance" theory. In brief, if people feel uneasy about their choice, they later convince themselves, albeit not always consciously, that the chosen (rejected) item was actually better (worse) than they had originally estimated. While this might make sense from an intuitive psychological standpoint, it is challenging from a theoretical evolutionary perspective. This is because such a cognitive mechanism might yield irrational biases, whose adaptive fitness would be unclear. In this work, we consider an alternative possibility, namely that CIPC is -at least partially- due to the refinement of option value representations that occurs while people are pondering about choice options. For example, contemplating competing possibilities during a choice may highlight aspects of the alternative options that were not considered before. In the context of difficult decisions, this would enable people to reassess option values until they reach a satisfactory level of confidence. This makes CIPC the epiphenomenal outcome of a cognitive process that is instrumental to the decision. Critically, our hypothesis implies novel predictions about how observed CIPC should relate to two specific meta-cognitive processes, namely: choice confidence and subjective certainty regarding pre-choice value judgments. We test these predictions in a behavioral experiment where participants rate the subjective value of food items both before and after choosing between equally valued items; we augment this traditional design with both reports of choice confidence and subjective certainty about value judgments. The results confirm our predictions and provide evidence that many quantitative features of CIPC (in particular: its relationship with metacognitive judgments) may be explained without ever invoking post-choice cognitive dissonance reduction explanation. We then discuss the relevance of our work in the context of the existing debate regarding the putative cognitive mechanisms underlying CIPC.
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- Douglas Lee
- Sorbonne University, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France
- INSERM UMRS 1127, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne University, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France
- INSERM UMRS 1127, Paris, France
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Grailey KE, Murray EJ, Billings J, Brett SJ. How do critical care staff respond to organisational challenge? A qualitative exploration into personality types and cognitive processing in critical care. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0226800. [PMID: 31914163 PMCID: PMC6948735 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Critical care staff are frequently required to respond to stressful scenarios. The way staff counter organisational challenge may be influenced by their underlying personality type, preferred style of cognitive processing and previous clinical experience. Our objective was to explore the personality types of a sample of critical care workers, and the potential relationship of this with cognitive processing. This was achieved through a qualitative interview study in which participants were presented with difficult but realistic scenarios pertaining to staffing. Data on individual’s personality were captured using the ‘16 Personality Factor’ assessment, a tool that produces scores for 16 different elements of an individual’s personality. The existence of perfectionist and pragmatic cognitive processing styles were identified as one theme emerging from a prior analysis of these interview transcripts. We aimed to validate this, explore our ability to categorise individuals into groups based upon their cognitive processing. We identified that some individuals strongly tended to either a perfectionist or pragmatic style of cognitive processing for the majority of their decisions; however most adapted their style of processing according to the nature of the decision. Overall participants generally demonstrated average scores for all 16 personality factors tested. However, we observed that some factors tended to higher scores than others, indicating a pattern within the personalities of our sample cohort. Whilst a small sample size, our data suggests that individuals working within the same critical care environment may have clear differences in their approach to problem solving as a consequence of both their personality type and preferred style of cognitive processing. Thus there may be individuals within this environment who would benefit from increased support to minimise their risk of cognitive dissonance and stress in times of challenge.
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- K. E. Grailey
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Galarneau C. Discharge Dissonance. Narrat Inq Bioeth 2020; 10:195-197. [PMID: 33583845 DOI: 10.1353/nib.2020.0063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Klein J, McColl G. Cognitive dissonance: how self-protective distortions can undermine clinical judgement. Med Educ 2019; 53:1178-1186. [PMID: 31397007 DOI: 10.1111/medu.13938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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CONTEXT When errors occur in clinical settings, it is important that they are recognised without defensiveness so that prompt corrective action can be taken and learning can occur. Cognitive dissonance - the uncomfortable tension we experience when we hold two or more inconsistent beliefs - can hinder our ability to respond optimally to error. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to describe the effects of cognitive dissonance, a construct developed and tested in social psychology. We discuss the circumstances under which dissonance is most likely to occur, provide examples of how it may influence clinical practice, discuss potential remedies and suggest future research to test these remedies in the clinical context. METHODS We apply research on cognitive dissonance from social psychology to clinical settings. We examine the factors that make dissonance most likely to occur. We illustrate the power of cognitive dissonance through two medical examples: one from history and one that is ongoing. Finally, we explore moderators at various stages of the dissonance process to identify potential remedies. RESULTS We show that there is great opportunity for cognitive dissonance to distort judgements, delay optimal responses and hinder learning in clinical settings. We present a model of the phases of cognitive dissonance, and suggestions for preventing dissonance, reducing the distortions that can arise from dissonance and inhibiting dissonance-induced escalation of commitment. CONCLUSIONS Cognitive dissonance has been studied for decades in social psychology but has not had much influence on medical education research. We argue that the construct of cognitive dissonance is very relevant to the clinical context and to medical education. Dissonance has the potential to interfere with learning, to hinder the process of coping effectively with error, and to make the accepting of change difficult. Fortunately, there is the potential to reduce the negative impact of cognitive dissonance in clinical practice.
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- Jill Klein
- Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Leah T Braun
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany
- Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany
- Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany
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Kathuria H, Seibert RG, Cobb V, Herbst N, Weinstein ZM, Gowarty M, Jhunjhunwala R, Helm ED, Wiener RS. Perceived barriers to quitting cigarettes among hospitalized smokers with substance use disorders: A mixed methods study. Addict Behav 2019; 95:41-48. [PMID: 30836208 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AIMS Smoking cessation may promote long-term recovery in patients with substance use disorders (SUD). Yet smoking rates remain alarmingly high in this population. Using a sequential explanatory mixed methods approach, we examined smoking rates among hospitalized patients with SUD at a large safety-net hospital, and then characterized factors associated with smoking behaviors both quantitatively and qualitatively. METHOD We abstracted data from all hospital admissions (7/2016-6/2017) and determined demographics, substance use type, and other characteristics associated with cigarette use among those with SUD. We then conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 20 hospitalized SUD smokers. We analyzed transcripts to characterize factors that affect patients' smoking habits, focusing on the constructs of the Health Belief Model. RESULTS The prevalence of cigarette smoking among hospitalized smokers with SUD was three times higher than those without SUD. Qualitative analyses showed that patients perceived that smoking cigarettes was a less serious concern than other substances. Some patients feared that quitting cigarettes could negatively impact their recovery and perceived that clinicians do not prioritize treating tobacco dependence. Almost all patients with heroin use disorder described how cigarette use potentiated their heroin high. Many SUD patients are turning to vaping and e-cigarettes to quit smoking. CONCLUSION Hospitalized patients with SUD have disproportionately high smoking rates and perceive multiple barriers to quitting cigarettes. When designing and implementing smoking cessation interventions for hospitalized patients with SUD, policymakers should understand and take into account how patients with SUD perceive smoking-related health risks and how that influences their decision to quit smoking.
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- Hasmeena Kathuria
- The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America.
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Section of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Program of Clinical Investigation, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America; Center for Healthcare Organization & Implementation Research, ENRM VA Hospital, Bedford, MA, United States of America
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Humans have a demonstrated tendency to copy or imitate the behavior and attitude of others and actively influence each other’s opinions. In plenty of empirical contexts, publicly revealed opinions are not necessarily in line with internal opinions, causing complex social influence dynamics. We study to what extent hypocrisy is sustained during opinion formation and how hidden opinions change the convergence to consensus in a group. We build and analyze a modified version of the voter model with hypocrisy in a complete graph with a neutral competition between two alternatives. We compare the process from various initial conditions, varying the proportions between the two opinions in the external (revealed) and internal (hidden) layer. According to our results, hypocrisy always prolongs the time needed for reaching a consensus. In a complete graph, this time span increases linearly with group size. We find that the group-level opinion emerges in two steps: (1) a fast and directional process, during which the number of the two kinds of hypocrites equalizes; and (2) a slower, random drift of opinions. During stage (2), the ratio of opinions in the external layer is approximately equal to the ratio in the internal layer; that is, the hidden opinions do not differ significantly from the revealed ones at the group level. We furthermore find that the initial abundances of opinions, but not the initial prevalence of hypocrisy, predicts the mean consensus time and determines the opinions’ probabilities of winning. These insights highlight the unimportance of hypocrisy in consensus formation under neutral conditions. Our results have important societal implications in relation to hidden voter preferences in polls and improve our understanding of opinion formation in a more realistic setting than that of conventional voter models.
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- Michael T. Gastner
- Division of Science, Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Singapore
- MTA TK “Lendület” Research Center for Educational and Network Studies (RECENS), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA TK “Lendület” Research Center for Educational and Network Studies (RECENS), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- The Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS), Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
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- MTA TK “Lendület” Research Center for Educational and Network Studies (RECENS), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Plant Taxonomy, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Biological Institute, Loránd Eötvös University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA TK “Lendület” Research Center for Educational and Network Studies (RECENS), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Taxonomy, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Biological Institute, Loránd Eötvös University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
- GINOP Sustainable Ecosystems Group, Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Tihany, Hungary
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Stice E, Marti CN, Shaw H, Rohde P. Meta-analytic review of dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs: Intervention, participant, and facilitator features that predict larger effects. Clin Psychol Rev 2019; 70:91-107. [PMID: 31004832 PMCID: PMC6536334 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2019.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2018] [Revised: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Many trials have provided support for dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs. This meta-analytic review characterized the average intervention effects and tested whether various intervention, participant, and facilitator features correlated with larger effects to guide implementation of optimally effective versions of this program. We identified 56 trials that evaluated 68 dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs (7808 participants). Average intervention effect sizes (d) relative to minimal intervention control conditions and credible alternative interventions (respectively) were 0.57 and 0.31 for thin-ideal internalization, 0.42 and 0.18 for body dissatisfaction, 0.37 and 0.17 for dieting, 0.29 and 0.21 for negative affect, and 0.31 and 0.13 for eating disorder symptoms. As hypothesized, effects were larger for interventions with more dissonance-inducing activities, more group sessions, and larger group sizes, as well as when delivered in-person versus on-line, sessions were recorded, participation was voluntary, body dissatisfaction was required, participants were mid-adolescents or adults (versus older adolescence), there were more ethnic minority participants, groups were led by clinicians versus researchers and at least two facilitators, and when facilitators received more training and supervision. Unexpectedly from a dissonance-induction perspective, effects were larger when participants were compensated. Results offer directions for maximizing the benefits of implementation efforts with dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs, and may hold lessons for preventing other public health problems with dissonance-based interventions.
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- Eric Stice
- Oregon Research Institute, United States.
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- Oregon Research Institute, United States
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Schluter MG, Kim HS, Poole JC, Hodgins DC, McGrath DS, Dobson KS, Taveres H. Gambling-related cognitive distortions mediate the relationship between depression and disordered gambling severity. Addict Behav 2019; 90:318-323. [PMID: 30503951 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Symptoms of depression are highly prevalent among individuals with gambling disorder, and severity of depression is associated with severity of gambling problem. Yet, little is known about the psychological mechanisms by which symptoms of depression lead to greater gambling severity. In this study, we tested whether cognitive distortions represent one such mechanism, as cognitive distortions are key characteristics in both depression and gambling disorder and have been shown to be associated with gambling severity. METHODS A mediation model was tested among 345 treatment-seeking individuals with gambling disorder in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The diagnosis of gambling disorder was made using semi-structured clinical interviews and participants completed psychometrically sound self-report measures of depression symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory-I), gambling-related cognitive distortions (Gamblers' Beliefs Questionnaire), and gambling severity (Gambling Symptom Assessment Scale). RESULTS As hypothesized, increased symptoms of depression were significantly associated with both increased disordered gambling severity and increased gambling-related cognitive distortions. Further, gambling-related cognitive distortions predicted greater disordered gambling severity when controlling for depression symptomology. Results from the bootstrapping method indicated that the relationship between symptoms of depression and increased disordered gambling severity is mediated by gambling-related cognitive distortions. CONCLUSIONS Consistent with our predictions, gambling-related cognitive distortions mediated the relationship between depression symptoms and gambling severity among a sample of treatment-seeking disordered gamblers. These results suggest that cognitive distortions may be a key intervention target for the treatment of concurrent depression and gambling disorder.
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- Magdalen G Schluter
- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Instituto de Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Rua Dr. Ovıdio Pires de Campos, 785, 1o andar, sala 4, CEP 05403-010 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Stice E, Rohde P, Shaw H, Gau JM. Randomized trial of a dissonance-based group treatment for eating disorders versus a supportive mindfulness group treatment. J Consult Clin Psychol 2019; 87:79-90. [PMID: 30570303 DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This report evaluates a dissonance-based group eating disorder treatment designed to be a cost-effective front-line transdiagnostic treatment that could be more widely implemented than extant treatments that are more intensive and expensive relative to a supportive mindfulness group treatment typical of that offered at colleges. METHOD Young women with eating disorders (N = 84) were randomized to 8-week dissonance-based Body Project treatment (BPT) or supportive mindfulness treatment, completing diagnostic interviews and questionnaires at pretest, posttest, and 6-month follow up. RESULTS Regarding primary outcomes, by 6-month follow up 77% of BPT participants no longer met diagnosis for an eating disorder versus 60% of supportive mindfulness participants (relative risk ratio = 2.22; 95% CI [1.01, 4.93]), though groups did not differ on eating disorder symptom change. Regarding secondary outcomes, BPT versus supportive mindfulness participants showed significantly lower dissonance about affirming the thin ideal at posttest and 6-month follow up (d = .38 and .32), body dissatisfaction at posttest and 6-month follow up (d = .62 and .62), negative affect at posttest and 6-month follow up (d = .49 and .48), and functional impairment (d = .36) at 6-month follow up; differences in thin-ideal internalization and abstinence from binge eating and compensatory behaviors were not significant. CONCLUSIONS Whereas both treatments appeared effective, BPT produced larger effects and significantly greater remission of eating disorder diagnoses than a credible alternative treatment, which is very rare for trials that have compared active eating disorder treatments. Results suggest it would be useful to refine BPT and conduct target engagement research and efficacy trials. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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This study used a cognitive dissonance mechanism that required college students to write essays dispelling previously endorsed rape myth beliefs. Results indicate that participants in the cognitive dissonance condition reported less rape myth endorsement at a 2-week follow-up than the control group. Effect sizes were large. The cognitive dissonance condition also led to more sustained internal motivation to respond in a nonsexist manner and earlier identification of sexually coercive behavior. Counter-attitudinal advocacy appears to result in sustained decreases in endorsement of rape-supportive attitudes, which could lead to safer communities for women by altering beliefs predictive of sexual assault perpetration.
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Cancino-Montecinos S, Björklund F, Lindholm T. Dissonance reduction as emotion regulation: Attitude change is related to positive emotions in the induced compliance paradigm. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0209012. [PMID: 30557326 PMCID: PMC6296533 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to clarify how positive and negative emotions are related to the common attitude-change effect in cognitive dissonance research. Drawing on appraisal theories of emotion, and emotion-regulation research, we predicted that negative emotions would be inversely related to attitude change, whereas positive emotions would be positively related to attitude change in the induced compliance paradigm. In two studies, participants (N = 44; N = 106) wrote a counter-attitudinal essay under the perception of high choice, and were later asked to state their emotions in relation to writing this essay, as well as to state their attitude. Results confirmed the predictions, even when controlling for baseline emotions. These findings untangled a previously unresolved issue in dissonance research, which in turn shows how important emotion theories are for the understanding of cognitive dissonance processes.
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- Sebastian Cancino-Montecinos
- Department of Psychology, Division of Personality, Social, and Developmental Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, Division of Personality and Social Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, Division of Personality, Social, and Developmental Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ntela SDM, Goutte N, Morvillers JM, Crozet C, Ahouah M, Omanyondo-Ohambe MC, Ntoto-Kunzi B, Kandolo FT, Rothan-Tondeur M. Observance to antiretroviral treatment in the rural region of the Democratic Republic of Congo: a cognitive dissonance. Pan Afr Med J 2018; 31:159. [PMID: 31065318 PMCID: PMC6488246 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2018.31.159.15132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION This study aimed to understand the influence of local media, religion and cultural beliefs on the therapeutic compliance of patients living with HIV. METHODS This study was conducted in two rural hospitals in the Central Kongo province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Semi-directional interviews were conducted with patients on antiretroviral therapy using a phenomenological qualitative method. RESULTS Our results indicated that patients living with HIV in the rural region of the Democratic Republic of Congo are in a constant state of tension between the messages for compliance to antiretroviral treatment advocated by caregivers, and those broadcasted by audiovisual media, religious leaders and local beliefs. This dissonance constitutes a real barrier to therapeutic compliance. CONCLUSION Collaborative strategies between healthcare providers, patients, as well as religious, media and traditional organizations are urgently needed.
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- Simon-Decap Mabakutuvangilanga Ntela
- Higher Institute of Medical Techniques of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
- University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Nursing Sciences Research chair, Laboratory Educations and Health Practices (LEPS), (EA 3412), UFR SMBH, F-93017, Bobigny, France
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- University Hospitals of South Paris, Paul Brousse Hospital, INSERM 1193, DHU Hépatinov, France
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- University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Nursing Sciences Research chair, Laboratory Educations and Health Practices (LEPS), (EA 3412), UFR SMBH, F-93017, Bobigny, France
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- University Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Laboratory Educations and Health Practices (LEPS), (EA 3412), UFR SMBH, F-93017, Bobigny, France
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- University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Nursing Sciences Research chair, Laboratory Educations and Health Practices (LEPS), (EA 3412), UFR SMBH, F-93017, Bobigny, France
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- Higher Institute of Medical Techniques of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Nursing Sciences Research chair, Laboratory Educations and Health Practices (LEPS), (EA 3412), UFR SMBH, F-93017, Bobigny, France
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux des paris (AP HP), Nursing Sciences Research chair Paris, France
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While cognitive dissonance is an influential concept of social psychology, its relations with consciousness and episodic memory remain strongly debated. We recently used the free-choice paradigm (FCP) to demonstrate the crucial role of conscious memory of previous choices on choice-induced preference change (CIPC). After choosing between two similarly rated items, subjects reevaluated chosen items as more attractive, and rejected items as less attractive. However such a CIPC was present exclusively for items that were correctly remembered as chosen or rejected during the choice stage, both in healthy controls and in amnesic patients. In the present work, we show that CIPC can be modulated by suggestive quotes promoting self-coherence or self-incoherence. In addition to the crucial role of memory of previous choices, we discovered that memory of the suggestive quotes was correlated to the modulation of CIPC. Taken together these results suggest that CIPC reflects a dynamic homeostatic regulation of self-coherence.
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- Joshua Hagège
- dINSERM, U 1127, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, Paris, France
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- dINSERM, U 1127, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, Paris, France
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- dINSERM, U 1127, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, Paris, France
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- dINSERM, U 1127, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurophysiology, Paris, France
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Pennesi JL, Wade TD. Imagery rescripting and cognitive dissonance: A randomized controlled trial of two brief online interventions for women at risk of developing an eating disorder. Int J Eat Disord 2018; 51:439-448. [PMID: 29500828 DOI: 10.1002/eat.22849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This pilot study compared two brief online interventions, imagery rescripting and cognitive dissonance, to an assessment-only control condition in a sample of body-dissatisfied young women at risk of developing an eating disorder. We examined the degree to which each intervention reduced disordered eating and modified risk and protective factors for eating disorders. METHOD Female university students (N = 107, 17-28 years of age) completed a screening questionnaire, followed by random allocation to one of the three conditions, followed by a baseline assessment, body dissatisfaction induction, and brief online intervention. Participants in the active conditions then completed online daily home practice and a postintervention questionnaire. RESULTS Findings provide qualified support for the imagery rescripting intervention, with participants reporting higher body image acceptance (Cohen's d = 0.49) than the cognitive dissonance condition, and higher self-compassion (d = 0.59) and lower levels of disordered eating (d = 0.59) than the control condition, at postintervention. There was no significant impact of cognitive dissonance on any factors. Change in body image acceptance and self-compassion mediated the relationship between allocated condition and change in disordered eating at postintervention. DISCUSSION These findings provide preliminary support for the use of online-adapted imagery-based techniques (e.g., imagery rescripting) to reduce risk for the development of an eating disorder by strengthening protective factors (i.e., body image acceptance and self-compassion) and reducing disordered eating. Further exploration of the use of imagery strategies in the prevention of disordered eating is required, including prospective tests of the mechanisms of action.
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- Jamie-Lee Pennesi
- School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Kelemen G. [Dissonance in addictology - The missed encounter between Laszlo Levendel and Thomas Szasz]. Psychiatr Hung 2018; 33:222-235. [PMID: 30426929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The starting point for this paper is a consideration of Jozsef Gerevich's seminal study of binarisms and dissonance in the field of drug treatment policies. Gerevich suggests the possibility of a synthesis of conflicting and divergent approaches. The present study focuses on some historical aspects of this polarisation or dichotomy, as it was exemplified in the contrasting life-works of two scholars of addictionology: Laszlo Levendel and Thomas Szasz. Levendel was one of the most important founding fathers of Hungarian drug treatment system, whilst the Hungarian descended Szasz is perhaps the most famous critic and opponent of addictionology. Born at the same time and growing up in the same city, they shared a generational experience of exclusion. Both initially focused on other medical specialties before developing their careers in the field of addiction. Their approach and methods were contradictory and became polarised. On the one hand Levendel practised an eclectic and inclusive "bricolage" approach to alcohol treatment policy, whilst on the other Szasz was committed to a critical and polemical perspective of "destructive creation". After the democratic transformation of Hungary, the two were about to meet, but Levendel's sudden death prevented this from happening. The lesson we should perhaps take from this fact is that "opportunity is fleeting" and should be taken whenever it occurs.
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- Gábor Kelemen
- Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem, BTK Tarsadalmi Kapcsolatok Intezete, Pecs, Hungary, E-mail:
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Radkiewicz P, Korzeniowski K. Justification and Indifference: Diverse Permissive Attitudes Toward Witnessed Violence Against the Elderly and Disabled. J Interpers Violence 2017; 32:3797-3821. [PMID: 26354499 DOI: 10.1177/0886260515603974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The violence against the elderly and disabled is widespread. This means that many people who witness acts of violence against elders and the disabled do not react. Instead, they are rather inclined to develop permissive attitudes. The presented article distinguishes two permissive attitudes toward witnessed violence against the elderly and disabled: justification and indifference. The rationale for such differentiation is justified with reference to differences concerning (a) the strength of their relationship, (b) their frequency distribution in the population, and (c) the disparate influence of the underlying predictors. A survey study carried out on a nationwide representative sample of 1,000 adult Poles was the empirical basis for answering research questions. The study showed that domestic violence against elders and the disabled is a noticeable phenomenon in the population of Poland. Around 50% of respondents claimed that they came in touch with physical, economic, or psychological violence against the elderly. More than 30% reported the same in the case of disabled persons. Based on this study, it was found that justification of and indifference to violence were actually unrelated phenomena. Moreover, justification was much less widespread in the population than indifference. It seems easier to accept excuses for passivity in the face of violence than to find justifications for violence. Both permissive attitudes turned out to have a disparate pattern of predictors: Justification turned out to be mainly a function of environmental exposure to violence, whereas indifference was mainly a matter of worldview based on materialism and the imperative of self-interest.
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- Piotr Radkiewicz
- 1 Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Warsaw, Poland
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Kilpela LS, Schaumberg KE, Hopkins LB, Becker CB. Mechanisms of action during a dissonance-based intervention through 14-month follow-up: The roles of body shame and body surveillance. Body Image 2017; 23:171-175. [PMID: 29055237 PMCID: PMC5714679 DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Objectification theory posits that internalization of societal perspectives about the female body leads to increased body surveillance, which can result in body-related shame and subsequent eating disorder (ED) behaviors. Preliminary research indicates that these associations may be complex in nature. This study examined temporal relations among body surveillance, body shame, and eating disorder symptoms in the context of a dissonance-based body image intervention and through 14-month follow-up. College women (N=285) completed assessments at baseline, post-intervention, and at 8-week, 8-month, and 14-month follow-up. Cross-lag panel analyses revealed that changes in body surveillance significantly mediated the association between body shame and ED symptoms over time. Alternatively, body shame did not change over time and was not a significant mediator of associations between body surveillance and ED symptoms longitudinally. Results indicate that the ameliorative effects of dissonance-based interventions may be due to reductions in body surveillance, rather than decreased body shame.
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- Lisa S Kilpela
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr. MC 7792, San Antonio, TX, 78229, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, Drexel University,3201 Chestnut Street, Stratton 119, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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- San Francisco VA Medical Center, 4150 Clement St, San Francisco, CA, 94121, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Trinity University,One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX, 78212, United States
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The way that incidental affect impacts attitude change brought about by controlled processes has so far been examined when the incidental affective state is generated after dissonance state induction. We therefore investigated attitude change when the incidental mood occurs prior to dissonance state induction. We expected a negative mood to induce systematic processing, and a positive mood to induce heuristic processing. Given that both systematic processing and attitude change are cognitively costly, we expected participants who experienced the dissonance state in a negative mood to have insufficient resources to allocate to attitude change. In our experiment, after mood induction (negative, neutral or positive), participants were divided into low-dissonance and high-dissonance groups. They then wrote a counterattitudinal essay. Analysis of their attitudes towards the essay topic indicated that attitude change did not occur in the negative incidental mood condition. Moreover, written productivity–one indicator of cognitive resource allocation–varied according to the type of incidental mood, and only predicted attitude change in the high-dissonance group. Our results suggest that incidental mood before dissonance induction influences the style of information processing and, by so doing, affects the extent of attitude change.
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- Marie-Amélie Martinie
- Université de Poitiers, Université de Tours, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l’Apprentissage (CeRCA - CNRS UMR 7295), Poiters, France
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- Université de Poitiers, Université de Tours, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l’Apprentissage (CeRCA - CNRS UMR 7295), Poiters, France
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- Université de Poitiers, Université de Tours, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l’Apprentissage (CeRCA - CNRS UMR 7295), Poiters, France
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- Université de Poitiers, Université de Tours, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l’Apprentissage (CeRCA - CNRS UMR 7295), Poiters, France
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Farlow JL, London DA, Wadhwani AR. Clinical evaluations drive cognitive dissonance in medical students. Med Teach 2017; 39:668-669. [PMID: 28393654 DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2017.1308474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Janice L Farlow
- a Indiana University School of Medicine , Indianapolis , IN , USA
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- b Department of Orthopaedics , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , NY , USA
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- c Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine , Chicago , IL , USA
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Todd J. Doomsday in the Workplace? Provider 2017; 43:30-33. [PMID: 29601712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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If the right leader is not hired, the company is doomed to crumble from the top down, taking good employees with it.
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Smith DK, Miller DE, Mounsey A. PURLs: "Cold turkey" works best for smoking cessation. J Fam Pract 2017; 66:174-176. [PMID: 28249056 PMCID: PMC5360817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Counsel patients who want to quit smoking that doing so abruptly leads to higher cessation rates than does quitting gradually.
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- University of Chicago NorthShore Family Medicine Residency, Glenview, IL, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Chammat M, Karoui IE, Allali S, Hagège J, Lehongre K, Hasboun D, Baulac M, Epelbaum S, Michon A, Dubois B, Navarro V, Salti M, Naccache L. Cognitive dissonance resolution depends on episodic memory. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41320. [PMID: 28112261 PMCID: PMC5256105 DOI: 10.1038/srep41320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The notion that past choices affect preferences is one of the most influential concepts of social psychology since its first report in the 50 s, and its theorization within the cognitive dissonance framework. In the free-choice paradigm (FCP) after choosing between two similarly rated items, subjects reevaluate chosen items as more attractive and rejected items as less attractive. However the relations prevailing between episodic memory and choice-induced preference change (CIPC) remain highly debated: is this phenomenon dependent or independent from memory of past choices? We solve this theoretical debate by demonstrating that CIPC occurs exclusively for items which were correctly remembered as chosen or rejected during the choice stage. We used a combination of fMRI and intra-cranial electrophysiological recordings to reveal a modulation of left hippocampus activity, a hub of episodic memory retrieval, immediately before the occurrence of CIPC during item reevaluation. Finally, we show that contrarily to a previous influential report flawed by a statistical artifact, this phenomenon is absent in amnesic patients for forgotten items. These results demonstrate the dependence of cognitive dissonance on conscious episodic memory. This link between current preferences and previous choices suggests a homeostatic function of this regulative process, aiming at preserving subjective coherence.
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- Mariam Chammat
- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
- CENIR, Centre de NeuroImagerie de Recherche, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurophysiology, Paris, France
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- Ben-Gurion University, Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- INSERM, U 1127, F-75013, Paris, France
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, PICNIC Lab, F-75013, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurophysiology, Paris, France
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Human cognition is often biased, from judgments of the time of impact of approaching objects all the way through to estimations of social outcomes in the future. We propose these effects and a host of others may all be understood from an evolutionary psychological perspective. In this article, we elaborate error management theory (EMT; Haselton & Buss, 2000). EMT predicts that if judgments are made under uncertainty, and the costs of false positive and false negative errors have been asymmetric over evolutionary history, selection should have favored a bias toward making the least costly error. This perspective integrates a diverse array of effects under a single explanatory umbrella, and it yields new content-specific predictions.
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- Martie G Haselton
- Communication Studies and Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Leichsenring F, Steuernagel E, Steuernagel J, Meyer HA. Tolerance of Ambiguity: Text Analytic vs Self-Report Measures in Two Nonclinical Groups. Percept Mot Skills 2016; 104:855-69. [PMID: 17688141 DOI: 10.2466/pms.104.3.855-869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Avoidance of ambiguity can be examined by both text analytic and self-report methods. In previous studies using text analytic methods, clinical groups showed a higher avoidance of ambiguity than nonclinical subjects. In nonclinical subjects, however, higher avoidance of ambiguity did not correlate with emotional processes. In these studies, higher avoidance of ambiguity was assessed by a text analytic method (DoTA), which was applied to the Holtzman Inkblot Technique. However, the Inkblot Technique may not activate those cognitive-affective structures in nonclinical subjects required to elicit higher avoidance of ambiguity. Thus, the following discrepant results can be predicted: in nonclinical subjects, DoTA indicators of higher avoidance of ambiguity based on Holtzman Inkblot Technique do not show correlations with self-report measures of higher avoidance of ambiguity such as the Ambiguity Tolerance Questionnaire, the Inventory for the Measurement of Tolerance of Ambiguity (Reis inventory), or self-report measures of related traits of personality such as the Giessen Test. Self-report measures of higher avoidance of ambiguity should show such correlations. Two studies were carried out to test these hypotheses. In Study 1, 80 nonclinical subjects (48 women, M age = 34.5 yr.) were examined using the DoTA text analytic method, the Ambiguity Tolerance Questionnaire-14 and the Giessen Test. In Study 2, 82 nonclinical subjects (43 women, M age = 34.0 yr.) were tested using the Reis inventory. The results obtained in these subjects are consistent with the hypothesis.
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- Falk Leichsenring
- Clinic of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Giessen, Germany.
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