Browsing by Author "Peker, M"

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    The Roles of Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Emotion Regulation on Psychological Distress: A Longitudinal Panel Study
    Akkus, K; Peker, M; Gokdag, C
    The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that interpersonal emotion regulation leads to increased difficulties in intrapersonal emotion regulation, which in turn, leads to general psychological distress utilizing a three-wave cross-lagged panel design. Undergraduate students rated self-report measurements of interpersonal emotion regulation, difficulties in intrapersonal emotion regulation, and psychological distress at baseline (T1, N = 369) and two follow-up waves (T2 and T3), each separated by 3 months. The results indicated that although some lagged correlations between interpersonal emotion regulation strategies and difficulties in intrapersonal emotion regulation were significant, interpersonal emotion regulation strategies did not prospectively predict difficulties in intrapersonal emotion regulation. Notably, difficulties in intrapersonal emotion regulation significantly predicted psychological distress in subsequent waves. Additionally, psychological distress at T1 predicted distress at T3 through difficulties in intrapersonal emotion regulation at T2. This study is significant as it is the first to test the interpersonal emotion regulation model in a longitudinal design. However, the hypothesized pathway where interpersonal emotion regulation contributes to psychological distress through difficulties in intrapersonal emotion regulation, was not supported.
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    Linking the behavioral immune system to COVID-19 vaccination intention: The mediating role of the need for cognitive closure and vaccine hesitancy
    Solak, C; Peker-Dural, H; Karlidag, S; Peker, M
    Vaccination has become one of the most effective ways of controlling the spread of COVID-19. Consequently, revealing the evolutionary and cognitive antecedents of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and vaccination intention has become crucial. Drawing on the theory of behavioral immune system (BIS), we investigate whether perceived vulnerability to disease (PVD) is associated with vaccination intentions through the need for cognitive closure (NCC) and vaccine hesitancy. The data was collected from 525 adults from Turkey. The structural equation modeling results indicate that of the two dimensions of PVD, germ aversion predicts COVID-19 vaccination intention through sequential mediation of NCC and vaccine hesitancy. Perceived infectability, on the other hand, is directly and positively related to vaccination intention. By showing the mediating role of NCC, our results offer an insight as to why germ aversion translates into vaccine hesitancy, and low vaccination intention. We discuss the potential benefits of considering the roles of BIS and NCC in campaigns and policies targeted at increasing COVID-19 vaccine uptake and suggest implications for such practices.
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    Expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal pathways from social anxiety to depression: A six-month longitudinal study
    Gökdag, C; Peker, M; Akkus, K
    This study examines the relationships between social anxiety, individual differences in emotion regulation strategies such as expressive suppression (ES) and cognitive reappraisal (CR), and their effects on depressive symptoms. Drawing upon a sample of 369 university students, the study employs a three-wave longitudinal design. Findings indicate a significant association between social anxiety and ES, but not with CR. Additionally, ES is positively associated with depressive symptoms, while CR is not. Path analysis results reveal that social anxiety at Time 1 predicts ES at Time 2, which, in turn, predicts depressive symptoms at Time 3. Furthermore, mediation analysis suggests that ES mediates the relationship between social anxiety and depressive symptoms. These findings underscore the importance of strategies aimed at reducing emotional suppression tendencies in clinical interventions targeting co-occurring social anxiety and depression.
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    Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
    Bago, B; Kovacs, M; Protzko, J; Nagy, T; Kekecs, Z; Palfi, B; Adamkovic, M; Adamus, S; Albalooshi, S; Albayrak-Aydemir, N; Alfian, IN; Alper, S; Alvarez-Solas, S; Alves, SG; Amaya, S; Andresen, PK; Anjum, G; Ansari, D; Arriaga, P; Aruta, JJBR; Arvanitis, A; Babincak, P; Barzykowski, K; Bashour, B; Baskin, E; Batalha, L; Batres, C; Bavolar, J; Bayrak, F; Becker, B; Becker, M; Belaus, A; Bialek, M; Bilancini, E; Boller, D; Boncinelli, L; Boudesseul, J; Brown, BT; Buchanan, EM; Butt, MM; Calvillo, DP; Carnes, NC; Celniker, JB; Chartier, CR; Chopik, WJ; Chotikavan, P; Chuan-Peng, H; Clancy, RF; Çoker, O; Correia, RC; Adoric, VC; Cubillas, CP; Czoschke, S; Daryani, Y; de Grefte, JAM; de Vries, WC; Burak, EGD; Dias, C; Dixson, BJW; Du, XK; Dumancic, F; Dumbrava, A; Dutra, NB; Enachescu, J; Esteban-Serna, C; Eudave, L; Evans, TR; Feldman, G; Felisberti, FM; Fiedler, S; Findor, A; Fleischmann, A; Foroni, F; Francová, R; Frank, DA; Fu, CHY; Gao, S; Ghasemi, O; Ghazi-Noori, AR; Ghossainy, ME; Giammusso, I; Gill, T; Gjoneska, B; Gollwitzer, M; Graton, A; Grinberg, M; Groyecka-Bernard, A; Harris, EA; Hartanto, A; Hassan, WANM; Hatami, J; Heimark, KR; Hidding, JJJ; Hristova, E; Hruska, M; Hudson, CA; Huskey, R; Ikeda, A; Inbar, Y; Ingram, GPD; Isler, O; Isloi, C; Iyer, A; Jaeger, B; Janssen, SMJ; Jiménez-Leal, W; Jokic, B; Kacmár, P; Kadreva, V; Kaminski, G; Karimi-Malekabadi, F; Kasper, ATA; Kendrick, KM; Kennedy, BJ; Kocalar, HE; Kodapanakkal, RI; Kowal, M; Kruse, E; Kucerová, L; Kühberger, A; Kuzminska, AO; Lalot, F; Lamm, C; Lammers, J; Lange, EB; Lantian, A; Lau, IYM; Lazarevic, LB; Leliveld, MC; Lenz, JN; Levitan, CA; Lewis, SC; Li, MY; Li, YS; Li, HZ; Lima, TJS; Lins, S; Liuzza, MT; Lopes, P; Lu, JCG; Lynds, T; Mácel, M; Mackinnon, SP; Maganti, M; Magraw-Mickelson, Z; Magson, LF; Manley, H; Marcu, GM; Sersic, DM; Matibag, CJ; Mattiassi, ADA; Mazidi, M; McFall, JP; McLatchie, N; Mensink, MC; Miketta, L; Milfont, TL; Mirisola, A; Misiak, M; Mitkidis, P; Moeini-Jazani, M; Monajem, A; Moreau, D; Musser, ED; Narhetali, E; Ochoa, DP; Olsen, J; Owsley, NC; Özdogru, AA; Panning, M; Papadatou-Pastou, M; Parashar, N; Pärnamets, P; Paruzel-Czachura, M; Parzuchowski, M; Paterlini, JV; Pavlacic, JM; Peker, M; Peters, K; Piatnitckaia, L; Pinto, I; Policarpio, MR; Pop-Jordanova, N; Pratama, AJ; Primbs, MA; Pronizius, E; Puric, D; Puvia, E; Qamari, V; Qian, K; Quiamzade, A; Ráczová, B; Reinero, DA; Reips, UD; Reyna, C; Reynolds, K; Ribeiro, MFF; Röer, JP; Ross, RM; Roussos, P; Ruiz-Dodobara, F; Ruiz-Fernandez, S; Rutjens, BT; Rybus, K; Samekin, A; Santos, AC; Say, N; Schild, C; Schmidt, K; Scigala, KA; Sharifian, M; Shi, JX; Shi, YX; Sievers, E; Sirota, M; Slipenkyj, M; Solak, C; Sorokowska, A; Sorokowski, P; Söylemez, S; Steffens, NK; Stephen, ID; Sternisko, A; Stevens-Wilson, L; Stewart, SLK; Stieger, S; Storage, D; Strube, J; Susa, KJ; Szekely-Copîndean, RD; Szostak, NM; Takwin, B; Tatachari, S; Thomas, AG; Tiede, KE; Tiong, LE; Tonkovic, M; Trémolière, B; Tunstead, LV; Türkan, BN; Twardawski, M; Vadillo, MA; Vally, Z; Vaughn, LA; Verschuere, B; Vlasicek, D; Voracek, M; Vranka, MA; Wang, SZ; West, SL; Whyte, S; Wilton, LS; Wlodarczyk, A; Wu, X; Xin, F; Yadanar, S; Yama, H; Yamada, Y; Yilmaz, O; Yoon, S; Young, DM; Zakharov, I; Zein, RA; Zettler, I; Zezelj, IL; Zhang, DC; Zhang, J; Zheng, XX; Hoekstra, R; Aczel, B
    The study of moral judgements often centres on moral dilemmas in which options consistent with deontological perspectives (that is, emphasizing rules, individual rights and duties) are in conflict with options consistent with utilitarian judgements (that is, following the greater good based on consequences). Greene et al. (2009) showed that psychological and situational factors (for example, the intent of the agent or the presence of physical contact between the agent and the victim) can play an important role in moral dilemma judgements (for example, the trolley problem). Our knowledge is limited concerning both the universality of these effects outside the United States and the impact of culture on the situational and psychological factors affecting moral judgements. Thus, we empirically tested the universality of the effects of intent and personal force on moral dilemma judgements by replicating the experiments of Greene et al. in 45 countries from all inhabited continents. We found that personal force and its interaction with intention exert influence on moral judgements in the US and Western cultural clusters, replicating and expanding the original findings. Moreover, the personal force effect was present in all cultural clusters, suggesting it is culturally universal. The evidence for the cultural universality of the interaction effect was inconclusive in the Eastern and Southern cultural clusters (depending on exclusion criteria). We found no strong association between collectivism/individualism and moral dilemma judgements. Including participants from 45 countries, Bago et al. find that the situational factors that affect moral reasoning are shared across countries, with diminished observed cultural variation.