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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0176.v1

Psychometric Evaluation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 8-items (DASS-8)/DASS-12/DASS-21 among Italian and Swiss Family Caregivers of Patients with Dementia

Amira Ali, Rana Ali Alameri, Amin Omar Hendawy, Rasmieh Al-Amer, Ghada Shahrour, Esraa M. Ali, Abdulmajeed A. Alkhamees, Nashwa Ibrahim, Bothaina Hussein Hassan

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: psychological distress/anxiety/depression; dementia; Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson’s disease; short form of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21; Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 8-items; factor structure; psychometric properties; structural validity; validation; measurement invariance; old age/elders/elderly; informal; family caregivers; spouse; adult children

Online: 9 August 2022 (08:44:11 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0339.v1

Small Hands - Big Battles: Challenges Encountered by Indian children and the Approaches Implemented by the Indian Government to Alleviate Them during COVID-19 Pandemic

Latika Chugh, Rahul Ravichandran

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: digital-divide; malnutrition; child psychology; child-labor; COVID-19; India

Online: 25 May 2022 (03:49:43 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0141.v1

Parental Self-Compassion and Child Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Parental Depressive Symptoms

Rebecca Y. M. Cheung, Zechen Li, Audrey Pui Lam Ho

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: externalizing problems; internalizing problems; parental depression; prosocial behavior; self-compassion

Online: 15 April 2022 (09:11:15 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0055.v2

The Nine-Item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS9-SF): Its Psychometric Properties Among Sri Lankan Students and Measurement Invariance Across Sri Lanka, Turkey, Australia, and the USA

Amira Mohammed Ali, Rasmieh Al-Amer, Maha Atout, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Ayman M. Hamdan Mansour, Haitham Khatatbeh, Abdulmajeed A. Alkhamees, Amin Omar Hendawy

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019/COVID-19; Internet Gaming Disorder Scale9—Short form (IGDS9-SF); university students; factorial structure/psychometric properties/structural validity/validation; cultur*/collectivisti*/individualis*; invariance; gender; game type

Online: 21 March 2022 (11:04:57 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0116.v1

Mystical Experience

Johannes Bronkhorst

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: mysticism; experience; absorption

Online: 8 March 2022 (05:09:57 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0205.v1

Associations between Taste and Smell Sensitivity, Preference, and Quality of Life in Healthy Aging - The NutriAct Family Study Examinations (NFSE) Cohort

Shirley X. L. Lim, Richard Höchenberger, Niko A Busch, Manuela Bergmann, Kathrin Ohla

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: taste; smell; quality of life; sensitivity; threshold; QUEST

Online: 17 February 2022 (10:00:37 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0323.v2

eHealth-Engagement on Facebook during COVID-19: Simplistic Computational Data Analysis

Caroll Hermann, Melanie Govender

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: social media; netnography; mental health; natural language processing; visualization; data analysis; COVID-19

Online: 8 February 2022 (11:12:14 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0055.v1

Measurement invariance of the Nine-Item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS9-SF) Across Siri Lanka, Turkey, Australia, and the USA

Amira Mohammed Ali, Rasmieh Al-Amer, Maha Atout, Sawsan Abuhammad, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Ayman M. Hamdan Mansour, Haitham Khatatbeh, Abdulmajeed A. Alkhamees, Amin Omar Hendawy

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; Internet Gaming Disorder Scale9—Short form (IGDS9-SF); university students; factorial structure/psychometric properties/structural validity/validation; culture; invariance; gender; game type

Online: 3 February 2022 (15:14:16 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0028.v1

Social Media Addiction and Emotions During the Disaster Recovery Period? – The Moderating Role of Post-COVID Timing

Dewan Muhammad Nur -A Yazdani, Tanvir Abir, Qing Yang, Jamee Ahmad, Abdullah Al Mamun, Noor Raihani Zainol, Kaniz Kakon, Shasha Wang, Kingsley E Agho

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: social media; addiction; anxiety; fear; health issues

Online: 2 February 2022 (10:53:03 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0422.v1

The Childbirth Fear Questionnaire and the Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire as Screening Tools for Specific Phobia, Fear of Childbirth

Nichole Fairbrother, Arianne Albert, Fanie Collardeau, Cora Keeney

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: Perinatal Mental Health; Anxiety Disorders; Perinatal Anxiety; Fear of Childbirth; Screening

Online: 27 January 2022 (13:21:05 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0323.v1

eHealth-Engagement on Facebook during COVID-19: A Netnographical Data Visualization

Caroll Hermann, Melanie Govender

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: social media; netnography; mental health; natural language processing; visualization; data analysis; COVID-19

Online: 21 January 2022 (12:59:09 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0104.v1

Updated IQ and Well-being Scores for the 50 U.S. States

Bryan J. Pesta

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: state IQ; aggregate IQ; well-being; g nexus; PIAAC; NAEP

Online: 10 January 2022 (12:05:43 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0521.v1

Decoding Emotion in Drug Abusers: Evidence for Face and Body Emotion Recognition and for Disgust Emotion

Natale Salvatore Bonfiglio, Roberta Renati, Gabriella Bottini

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: emotional processing; disgust; cocaine dependence; alcohol dependence; face; body

Online: 31 December 2021 (12:58:19 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0423.v1

Sensory-processing Sensitivity and Pathways to Depression and Aggression: The Mediating Role of Trait Emotional Intelligence and Decision-making Style. A Pilot Study.

Nikola Drndarevic, Sonja Protic, Jose M Mestre

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: sensory-processing sensitivity; depression; agression; emotional intelligence; decision-making style; gender differences

Online: 23 November 2021 (14:07:37 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0199.v1

Stress and Adjustment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study on the Lived Experience of Older Adults

Alexandra J. Fiocco, Charlie Gryspeerdt, Giselle Franco

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; stress; coping; older adults; resilience

Online: 10 November 2021 (09:00:20 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0191.v1

Differences in Coping Strategies and Help-Seeking Behaviours among Australian Junior and Senior Doctors during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Amy Pascoe, Eldho Paul, Douglas Johnson, Mark Putland, Karen Willis, Natasha Smallwood

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: COVID-19; coping; mental health; doctors; frontline

Online: 10 November 2021 (08:18:35 CET)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Guilt and the Consumption of Products with an Unhealthy Image

Jae-Ho Yang, Bo-Kyeong Kim

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: Product with an healthey/unhealthy image; Guilt; Nutrition labeling; Goal activation; Food-cue effects

Online: 20 September 2021 (10:56:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202107.0707.v1

Existential Suffering in Palliative Care: An Existential Positive Psychology Perspective

Paul T. P. Wong, Timothy T. F. Yu

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: Palliative care; Meaning therapy; CALM therapy; COVID-19; Existential positive psychology; Good death; wellbeing; mature happiness; flourishing

Online: 30 July 2021 (14:27:09 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202107.0132.v1

Perceived Barriers and Facilitators of Adventurous Play in Schools: A qualitative systematic review

Rachel J Nesbit, Charlotte L Bagnall, Kate Harvey, Helen F Dodd

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: child; play; risky play; adventurous play; school; qualitative synthesis

Online: 6 July 2021 (11:27:45 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0709.v1

Drug Use Control Perception and Strategies in General and Clinical Population in a Spanish City

Salvador Amigo, Angela Belaña

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: drugs; perception of controlling drug use; drug use control strategies; risk and harm reduction approach

Online: 29 June 2021 (13:23:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0376.v1

Measuring Organizational Skills in the General Population: Development and Preliminary Validation of the DOSQ

Guillaume Durand

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: Organizational skills, test development, general population, goal-directed behaviors, psychometric validation

Online: 18 August 2020 (05:12:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0575.v1

Open-Ended Descriptions of Religious/Spiritual Struggles: Salient Themes and Associations with the Religious and Spiritual Struggles (RSS) Scale and Religiousness

Joshua A. Wilt, Joyce T. Takahashi, Peter Jeong, Julie J. Exline, Kenneth I. Pargament

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: Religious and spiritual struggles; open-ended items; closed-ended items; religious belief salience

Online: 24 July 2020 (10:06:08 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201909.0283.v1

Using Bonsai as Nature Assisted Art Psychotherapy

Caroll Hermann

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: well-being; mental health; bonsai; art; psychotherapy

Online: 25 September 2019 (10:24:02 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0153.v1

Lived Experience of Friendship and Mate Crime in Autistic Adults

Amy Pearson, Samantha Forster

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: Autism, Mate Crime, Relationships, Friendships

Online: 14 March 2019 (12:26:19 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201802.0129.v3

Individual Responses in the Domestic Horse Regarding Human Behaviour in Identical Settings

Kathrin Schütz, Annika Rötters, Lara Oebel

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: nonverbal communication; interspecific communication; domestic horse

Online: 29 January 2019 (04:59:54 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201901.0233.v1

Investigation of the Exercise Dependence of Athletes Doing Kickboxing, Taekwondo and Muaythai

Serdar Orhan, Ali Serdar Yücel, Bootan Jawhar Sadeq, Ebru Orhan

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: dependence; symptomatic; asymptomatic; kickboxing; taekwondo; muaythai

Online: 23 January 2019 (09:55:56 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201809.0484.v1

Characterization of Sex with Animals in Córdoba, Colombia. An Exploratory Study

Óscar Adolfo Medina-Pérez, Liliana Marcela García-Vega, Jean Paulina Villard Plaza, Juan Carlos Ortiz Valencia

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: Bestiality; Colombia; sexual behavior; sexuality; Zoophilia

Online: 25 September 2018 (11:49:12 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201802.0129.v2

Individual Responses in the Domestic Horse Regarding Human Behaviour in Identical Settings

Kathrin Schütz, Annika Rötters, Lara Oebel

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: nonverbal communication; interspecific communication; domestic horse

Online: 19 September 2018 (05:25:22 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201809.0149.v1

Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the Context of Environmental Sensitivity: A Critical Review and Development of Research Agenda

Corina U. Greven, Francesca Lionetti, Charlotte Booth, Elaine Aron, Elaine Fox, Haline E. Schendan, Michael Pluess, Hilgo Bruining, Bianca Acevedo, Patricia Bijttebier, Judith Homberg

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: sensory processing sensitivity; highly sensitive person; highly sensitive child; differential susceptibility; environmental sensitivity; temperament; personality; aetiology; animal model; neuroscience; cognition; mental health

Online: 10 September 2018 (04:58:01 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201809.0120.v1

Health and Well-Being of Cisgender, Transgender and Non-Binary Young People

Marta Evelia Aparicio-García, Eva María Díaz-Ramiro, Susana Rubio-Valdehita, María Inmaculada López-Núñez, Isidro García-Nieto

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: Transgender, non-binary gender identity, adolescence, health, well-being, gender nonconforming

Online: 6 September 2018 (15:31:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201805.0377.v1

Healthy Practice of Female Soccer and Futsal: Identifying Sources of Stress, Anxiety and Depression

Aurelio Olmedilla, Enrique Ortega, Francisco Javier Robles-Palazón, Miquel Salom, Alexandre García-Mas

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: psychological impact; sport injuries; gender

Online: 27 May 2018 (11:21:52 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201802.0129.v1

Individual Responses in the Domestic Horse Regarding Human Behavior in Identical Settings

Kathrin Schütz, Annika Rötters, Lara Oebel

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: nonverbal communication; interspecific communication; domestic horse

Online: 20 February 2018 (15:23:46 CET)

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Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints201710.0087.v1

A Logic Framework for Non-Conscious Reasoning

Felipe Lara-Rosano

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: non-conscious reasoning; fuzzy logic; linguistic truth values

Online: 13 October 2017 (04:08:11 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201706.0094.v1

A General Mechanism for Long Term Non-Reinforced Behavioral Change

Tom Salomon, rotem Botvinik-Nezer, Tony Gutentag, Rani Gera, Roni Iwanir, Maya Tamir, Tom Schonberg

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, General Psychology Keywords: cue-approach; decision making; behavioral change; preferences; emotion

Online: 20 June 2017 (11:11:35 CEST)

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