Aims/Background: Limited research has examined family-building strategies among plurisexual individuals. Culture and gender are essential determinants of parenthood prospects among individuals with minoritized sexual identities. For plurisexual individuals, the partner’s gender also seems to play a critical role. Our investigation aimed to explore cisgender plurisexual individuals’ preferred paths to parenthood considering their country of origin, gender, and partner’s gender.
Design/Method: We examined associations between preferred pathways to parenthood and country, gender, and partner’s gender among 405 cisgender plurisexual individuals aged between 18 and 45 years (M = 25.76; SD = 5.57), from Portugal (n = 140; 34.9%), Israel (n = 78; 19.3%), Poland (n = 85; 21%), and the UK (n = 102; 25.2%).
Results: Overall, couple adoption and sexual intercourse were the most chosen pathways to parenthood, and self-insemination and co-parenting were the least chosen. Participants from Poland and the United Kingdom were less likely to choose artificial insemination, single adoption, and self-insemination than their Portuguese counterparts. Women were more likely than men to choose artificial insemination. Individuals in different-gender relationships were more likely to choose sexual intercourse as a means of having children than were those in same-gender relationships, and the opposite was true for artificial insemination.
Conclusion: Country, gender, and the partner’s gender influence plurisexual individuals’ choice of some parenthood pathways. Psychological and reproductive counselling should consider these aspects.
This dataset was collected during the UEFA EURO football championship in 2024. It provides match-contingent experience sampling data, including (a) individual-level variables such as life satisfaction, (b) interpersonal variables such as prosocial intent, and (c) broader societal variables such as political trust. The data points are nested in a sample of N = 1,012 individuals from five countries (England, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland). Using an event-sampling method with four to eight measurement waves (depending on how far the national team progressed in the tournament), we captured time-sensitive fluctuations in a total of m = 30 variables in response to the national team’s objective (i.e., win, draw, loss) and perceived success. In addition, the dataset contains moderating variables including Big-5 personality traits, conspiracy and free-will beliefs, or alcohol consumption and betting behaviors, and detailed match-specific data (e.g., shots on target, yellow cards, attendance). Our data descriptor portrays the methodological approach, data collection procedures, and available variables, and outlines how the data may be used for future research.
This article is an original research paper concerning the interpretation of one of the prerequisites for conferring the academic degree of habilitated doctor in Poland, i.e. the prerequisite of making a significant contribution to the development of a specific scientific discipline. starting from the statement of ambiguity of the provision formulating this prerequisite, the author indicates possible ways of understanding that provision, and then determines which interpretation, in the light of recognised methods of legal interpretation, should be regarded as appropriate. The aim of the research is to prove the main thesis that the aforementioned prerequisite, contrary to widespread practice, should be understood as meaning that the contribution to the development of the discipline must be made by the habilitation candidate’s entire body of work, and not by the main work alone. in this respect, the author’s findings are original in nature, as this view, although already presented to a limited extent in the literature, has not been substantiated in detail to date. The results of the research conducted may be of significant importance for the functioning of the system of scientific promotions in Poland, as they have the potential to modify the current practice of reviewers and bodies participating in habilitation proceedings.
The present study evaluates an immersive VR training module for safety-critical the Pre-Operation Check (OC) in tram driver training using VR180 expert video with instructor commentary. In a controlled study (n=35), trainees were assigned to VR or paper-based instruction and assessed across two instructional sessions. VRtrained participants achieved higher procedural knowledge and perceived readiness, with comparable stress reduction across groups and excellent usability and user experience ratings. Results indicate that immersive VR can effectively complement traditional instruction for procedural learning in public transport training.
Research questions: Some researchers propose that using a second language (L2) enhances empathy by broadening perspectives, while studies on the foreign-language effect suggest L2 may reduce empathy by dampening emotions and increasing cognitive control. This study examines the influence of L1 and L2 on empathy and ethnocentrism, employing virtual reality (VR), a tool fostering understanding of diverse perspectives.
Design: Polish university students, late bilinguals (N = 111), participated in a 2 (L1 vs. L2) × 3 (Pretest, Posttest 1, Posttest 2) mixed-design study, with all materials and subtitles in the assigned language. During a 9-minute VR experience, participants embodied Polish and Chinese students involved in a misunderstanding, heard their thoughts, and received cultural explanations.
Data and analysis: L2 exposure significantly enhanced cognitive empathy and reduced ethnocentrism immediately after the VR experience, with cognitive empathy remaining elevated 2 weeks later.
Conclusions: Results suggest that foreign language use in immersive VR environments may facilitate perspective-taking and cultural understanding through mechanisms consistent with the stunted intuitions model and cultural frame-switching.
Originality and implications: As the first to test the foreign-language effect in VR, we situated our findings within existing literature and outlined future research directions.
