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The Motivation to Love: Overcoming Spiritual Violence and Sacramental Shame in Christian Churches
(2015-03-14)
The Motivation to Love is a collaborative, qualitative study of spiritual violence in Roman Catholic and evangelical Protestant churches’ relationships with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Spiritual ...
Exploring the Relationship Between Peer Popularity and Self-Perceived Likeability In Adolescence
(2019-05-10)
The current study looked at the relationship between peer-rated popularity and self-perceptions of popularity in adolescence. Using hierarchical analysis, we looked at a longitudinal sample of middle schoolers aged 12 to ...
Motivating the Self to Virtue in Western and non-Western Countries: Does Nation or Faith Matter More in the Development of the Moral Self?
(2015-03-14)
‘Self’ has long been a contested term within psychology and religion; however, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism all acknowledge that individuals struggle to embody narratives of a virtuous life—a life motivated to do good, ...
Dishonesty and the Self: Ironic Effects of Ego Depletion
(2015)
The current studies test the ethical behavior of compartmentalized and integrative individuals in either a neutral context or one which tempts participants via ego depletion. Previous research links a compartmentalized ...
Increased Avoidance Motivation as a Mechanism for Self-Control Failure
(2014)
Previous research has found that engaging in an act of self-control impairs further self-control attempts for a brief time. However, little is known about why this occurs or more specifically what the underlying mechanisms ...
Interest and Intention in STEM fields: Applying Latent Growth Modeling
(2018-05-11)
Guided by the proposed paths among interest, intention, and choice variables in Social Cognitive Career Theory (Lent, Brown, Hackett, 1994), the current study utilized latent growth modeling to investigate changes in ...
Volunteer Motivation and Retention in a Nonprofit Organization
(2019-05-03)
This study examines the functional motivation to volunteerism behavior and hierar-chical leisure to constraint of individuals volunteering in a public service education non-profit organization. The study of motivation is ...
Escaping From Quixotic Cultural Expectations: The Consequences of Failing to Live Up To Honor-Culture Ideals
(2015-05)
Past research showed the heightened suicide and depression rates in the U.S. culture of honor regions compared to non-honor regions. The present research investigated the psychological processes by which men in honor ...
Word of God or word of honor? Honor, religion, and retaliation
(2017)
The psychology of religion has long attempted to clearly identify religion’s effects on individuals’ beliefs and attitudes. Many of these results have been contradictory, with some indicating religion to have prosocial ...
Gender Differences in the Propensity to Initiate Negotiations: Organizational Transparency, Diversity Climate, and the Mediating Role of Organizational Trust
(2018-08-02)
While much research has been conducted on gender and negotiation outcomes, fewer studies have explored the propensity to initiate negotiation and how employee gender impacts this decision. Characteristics of organizations, ...