Emotional struggles have the potential to shape our perceptions of the social world. This research examined how emotion dysregulation—a difficulty in managing one's emotional experiences—relates to national narcissism, an inflated belief in the unparalleled greatness of one's nation, often driven by psychological shortcomings. Across three cross-sectional studies conducted among British (N = 473), American (N = 444), and Polish (N = 633) participants, we found that deficiencies in emotion regulation were consistently linked to higher national narcissism. Importantly, national narcissism partially accounted for the link between emotion dysregulation and conspiracy beliefs. These results extend prior work by illuminating the emotional underpinnings of national narcissism and demonstrating how individual emotional challenges resonate within broader social phenomena.
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Background and aims: Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) is a pattern of excessive, compulsive fantasizing associated with functional impairment. While its classification remains debated, increasing evidence suggests that it may be understood as an addictive form of emotion regulation. This study aimed to develop and validate a new self-report tool, grounded in the behavioral addiction framework, for screening and assessing the severity of MD, and to examine its potential clinical utility.
Methods: A mixed-clinical (N = 182) and non-clinical (N = 231) sample completed the Addictive Daydreaming Scale (ADS) in two forms: a 20-item full version (ADS-20) and a 5-item screening test (ADS-5), together with established measures of MD, quality of life, and self-rated impact of daydreaming.
Results: Psychometric analyses confirmed that both the ADS-20 and ADS-5 demonstrated high reliability and strong content, criterion, and construct validity. ADS scores were more strongly correlated with both the psychological and social domains of quality of life than Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale scores, supporting its sensitivity to functional impairment. Cut-off scores of ≥42 (ADS-20) and ≥8 (ADS-5) showed good accuracy for identifying clinically significant cases.
Conclusions: The ADS-20 and ADS-5 are reliable, valid instruments for identifying and assessing addictive features of maladaptive daydreaming. Their use may support improved clinical detection, assessing the severity of MD and help conceptualize it within the behavioral addictions framework.
Conviction rates for Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) cases remain low in England and Wales. Research suggests that juror belief in rape myths may be a key factor contributing to such rates owing to the significant impact they can have on jury decision-making. Given this, various proposals have been made as to how juror belief in rape myths could be addressed, including the provision of educational information regarding rape myths in the form of judicial directions or a standardised educational intervention. While stakeholder views have been explored with regards to juror belief in rape myths, limited research has considered their views regarding rape myth acceptance (RMA) interventions for jurors. In this qualitative study we sought to gain insight into the views of victim-survivors who have engaged with the criminal justice system, barristers, and Independent Sexual Violence Advisors/Advocates (ISVAs) regarding juror belief in rape myths and RMA interventions for jurors. Our results from the thematic analysis of 28 interviews highlight both that there is support for the proposal to develop and implement an RMA intervention for jurors, and stakeholder's views regarding key issues that should be considered in the design of such an intervention.
The article examines the impact of generative artificial intelligence tools on the autonomy of an advocate’s judgement within a decision-making model of the application of law. It contrasts the statistical nature of GenAI systems with the complexity of legal reasoning and discusses cognitive offloading and metacognitive passivity. It argues that delegating analytical tasks may weaken the advocate’s personal involvement, thus requiring stronger protection of professional independence and the client’s interests within the Code of Ethics for Advocates.
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Disgust in response to health threats may change depending on the phase of the menstrual cycle. These cycle-related shifts are thought to result from fluctuations in progesterone and estradiol, which influence both immune activity and behavioural responses to potential source of infections. We hypothesized that hormonal changes may modulate not only pathogen aversion but also food disgust. The study involved 63 Polish women between ages 20 and 35 (M = 27.50, SD = 4.24). The survey period encompassed the luteal and follicular phases, which were confirmed by the use of ovulation tests detecting rising luteinizing hormone levels. Food disgust was measured using the Food Disgust Scale and the Food Disgust Pictures Scale, while pathogen disgust was measured using photographs of potential infection sources. Results were analysed with Student's t-test and Bayesian t-tests. The findings indicated higher pathogen disgust in the luteal phase relative to the follicular phase, although the estimated difference was small. For food disgust, effect estimates were centred close to zero and characterised by substantial uncertainty, providing limited evidence for lack of systematic variation across menstrual cycle phases.
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