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  • Psychological Communications. 2024, (3):  160-160. 
  • COVER STORY: Colorful Mind
  • Psychological Communications. 2024, (3):  161-161. 
  • ORIGINAL ARTICLES
  • ZHANG Chenyang, ZHANG Shanshan, ZENG Cuilian, CHEN Ying
    Psychological Communications. 2024, (3):  162-167.  DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.224021
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    Objective: To explore the relationships between daily negative emotional inertia, fatigue state, and individual levels of depression and anxiety.
    Methods: The ecological momentary assessment method was employed to track and evaluate the daily negative emotional inertia and fatigue state of 209 college students eight times a day for seven consecutive days. One week after the tracking period, the depression and anxiety levels of the participants were assessed. The relationships among the variables were analyzed by a multilevel structural equation model.
    Results: Daily negative emotional inertia significantly predicts depression (c=42.945, p<0.001) and anxiety (c=26.621, p=0.001) levels of the individual. Fatigue state partially mediates the effects of daily negative emotional inertia on individual depression (abetween×b=9.958, p=0.002) and anxiety (abetween×b=10.690, p=0.001).
    Conclusion: Daily negative emotional inertia not only directly predicts individual levels of depression and anxiety but also influences these levels through fatigue state.
  • WANG Yingtong, MA Qi
    Psychological Communications. 2024, (3):  168-175.  DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.224022
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    Objective: To study the effect of 40 Hz light flicker stimulation on cerebral cortex activity and to explore a potential treatment option for cognitive neurological disorders.
    Methods: A contrast threshold elevation aftereffect (TEAE) experiment was conducted on 19 undergraduate and graduate students at Soochow University. The experimental group was trained with 40 Hz light flicker stimulation, while the control group was trained with 30 Hz light flicker stimulation. Observe and compare the size of TEAE, as well as the hit rate and reaction time during the training process.
    Results: The TEAE of experimental group significantly decreased after training (p<0.05), while the control group did not change significantly after training. However, the difference in the amount of change in TEAE between experimental and control groups before and after the training was not statistically significant.
    Conclusion: These results indicated that 40 Hz light flicker may have a tendency to induce the human primary visual cortex activity and modulate gamma oscillations, but it was not clearly demonstrated in the current experimental context. The application of 40 Hz light flicker in the regulation of human cortical activity needs deeper and further research.
  • SUN Shuxue, CHEN Lijun
    Psychological Communications. 2024, (3):  176-184.  DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.224023
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    Objective: To explore the malleability of evaluative conditioning on facial dimorphism stereotypes.
    Methods: 40 college students were tested by stereotype measurement program and evaluative conditioning with convenient sampling.
    Results: (1) In terms of competence dimension, participants altered their competence perception of feminine faces, increasing their association of feminine facial characteristics with high competence, and there were differences in the stereotype of facial dimorphism of different genders; (2) In terms of warm dimension, there was no evidence of malleability of the facial dimorphism stereotype based on the warm dimension.
    Conclusion: The current study is the first to demonstrate that evaluative conditioning has some malleability on competence-based facial dimorphism stereotypes, although this malleability is relatively limited.
  • HUANG Luyi, ZHANG Xiusong, LIN Guoyao
    Psychological Communications. 2024, (3):  185-191.  DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.224024
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    Objective: To translate the Capacity for Wonder Scale (CfW) developed by Geller et al., and to test its reliability, validity, and gender invariance among Chinese college students.
    Methods: Using convenience sampling, 815 college students were surveyed. Item analysis, reliability analysis, and tests for gender invariance were conducted on the Chinese version of the CfW. The Empathy Scale and the Interpersonal Curiosity Questionnaire (ICQ) were used as validity indicators.
    Results: (1) The twelve items of the Chinese version of the CfW had good discriminant validity, with item-total correlations ranging from 0.560 to 0.674. (2) The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the two-factor model had a good fit (RMSEA=0.074, CFI=0.896, TLI=0.871, SRMR=0.056). (3) The Chinese version of the CfW had good reliability, with a Cronbach’s α coefficient of 0.832 and a test-retest reliability of 0.789 after four weeks. (4) The capacity for wonder was significantly positively correlated with empathy and interpersonal curiosity.
    Conclusion: The Chinese version of the CfW has good reliability and validity, and it can be used as a tool to measure the capacity for wonder among Chinese college students.
  • ZHANG Jingru, CAO Zhicheng
    Psychological Communications. 2024, (3):  192-198.  DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.224025
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    Objective:To explore the effects of sleep deprivation and recovery sleep on vigilant attention.
    Methods:A total of 21 volunteers without shift work, trans-time-zone travel, sleep disorders, or irregular routines were recruited. The volunteers included 7 males and 14 females, with an age of 21.14 (2.00) years. The Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) and the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS) were used to measure participants’ vigilant attention and subjective sleepiness under three conditions: normal sleep, sleep deprivation, and recovery sleep. Differences between the three conditions were analyzed and explored.
    Results:The average PVT reaction time of participants was 348 (38) ms under normal sleep, 519 (233) ms under sleep deprivation, and 334 (38) ms after recovery sleep. One-way repeated measures ANOVA and multiple comparisons showed that, compared to normal sleep and recovery sleep, sleep deprivation resulted in prolonged PVT reaction time (p<0.01), an increased number of lapses (p<0.01), and higher subjective sleepiness (all p<0.001). However, subjective sleepiness after recovery sleep was significantly lower than that after normal sleep (p<0.01).
    Conclusion:Sleep deprivation can impair an individual’s vigilant attention, but a single night (about eight hours) of recovery sleep is sufficient to restore both vigilant attention and subjective sleepiness to normal levels.
  • WANG Changlei, CHENG Gang
    Psychological Communications. 2024, (3):  199-206.  DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.224026
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    Objective: To explore the relationship between primary school student's parent-child attachment and school belonging.
    Methods: Using stratified sampling, questionnaires were administered to 391 primary school students. The measurement tools included the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment Scale, the Students’ Perceived Interpersonal Harmony in Class Scale, and the School Belonging Scale. To analyze the relationship between parent-child attachment and school belonging, with interpersonal harmony in class as the mediating variable and gender as the moderating variable.
    Results: (1) Parent-child attachment can positively predict perceived interpersonal harmony in class (β=0.609, p<0.001) and school belonging (β=0.267, p<0.001), meaning that higher levels of parent-child attachment are associated with stronger perceived interpersonal harmony in class and school belonging. Perceived interpersonal harmony in class can also positively predict school belonging (β=0.525, p<0.001), meaning that stronger perceived interpersonal harmony in class corresponds to stronger school belonging. (2) Perceived interpersonal harmony in class partly mediates the relationship between parent-child attachment and school belonging, and the mediation effect value is 0.320 (95%CI: 0.247– 0.397). This indicates parent-child attachment not only directly has a direct effect on school belonging, but also an indirect effect on school belonging through perceived interpersonal harmony in class. (3) The interaction between gender and perceived interpersonal harmony in class (β=-0.173, p<0.05, 95%CI: -0.313– -0.034) negatively predicts school belonging, indicating that gender regulates the path from perceived interpersonal harmony in class to school belonging.
    Conclusion: Parent-child attachment has an impact on primary school students’ school belonging through the mediating role of perceived interpersonal harmony in class and the moderating role of gender.
  • Bu Fangyuan, MA Ke
    Psychological Communications. 2024, (3):  207-212.  DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.224027
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    Objective:To explore the impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) on body dissatisfaction in female college students and the possible mediating role of body perception and rumination thinking in this relationship.
    Methods:A survey on the Questionnaire Star platform was conducted on 378 female college students from a university in Chongqing using a convenience sampling method, and it included a demographic questionnaire, the fatness subscale of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ), the Rumination Thinking Scale, and the fatness subscale of the Negative Physical Self Scale (NPSS).
    Results:BMI had a direct positive impact on obesity-related body dissatisfaction in female college students, with a direct effect value of 0.120, accounting for 20.85% of the total effect. In addition, BMI affected body dissatisfaction through the mediating role of body perception, as well as through the chain mediating role of body perception and rumination thinking. The indirect effects were 0.399 (79.15%) and 0.071 (12.32%), respectively.
    Conclusion:We found the relationships between obesity-related body perception and cognitive-emotional evaluation of the body, and behavioral management, in addition to the mediating role of rumination thinking, provide evidence for potential intervention directions for obesity-related body dissatisfaction.
  • REVIEW
  • REN Jing Jing, YU Lin
    Psychological Communications. 2024, (3):  213-221.  DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.224028
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    Hometown attachment is a special emotional bond that people form with their hometown, encompassing cognitive, behavioral, and affective components, which profoundly influence people’s psychology and behavior. In the context of Chinese traditional culture, it is not only an unavoidable issue for modern societal development, especially urbanization, but also a reflection of Chinese cultural psychology, embodying rich Chinese cultural connotations. This paper, after sorting out the research value of hometown attachment, deeply analyzes the concept of hometown attachment from the perspective of Chinese traditional culture, attempting to clarify its special meaning through differentiation from related concepts, especially place attachment and nostalgia, and elucidating the rich Chinese cultural connotations it possesses.