2026-02-21
Esef Ercüment Yerlikaya, Fatma Karaçoban
The goal of this study was to test the mediating roles of humor styles in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and interpersonal problem-solving styles. A total of 425 students (324 females and 101 males) participated in the study. The results yielded that cognitive flexibility has significantly positive relationships with adaptive interpersonal problem-solving style, affiliative humor, and self-enhancing humor, whereas it has significant negative relationships with maladaptive interpersonal problem-solving style and aggressive humor. Adaptive humor styles were significantly positively correlated with adaptive interpersonal problem-solving styles and significantly negatively correlated with maladaptive interpersonal problem-solving styles. Maladaptive humor styles were significantly positively correlated with maladaptive interpersonal problem-solving style. The structural model tested in the study revealed that self-enhancing and aggressive humor styles play a partially mediating role in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and interpersonal problem-solving styles. These findings imply that interventions aimed at increasing students’ cognitive flexibility and self-enhancing humor style and decreasing aggressive humor style may enhance their adaptive interpersonal problem-solving styles.
2026-01-01
Jaime García-Fernández, Covadonga González-Nuevo, Álvaro Postigo, Álvaro Menéndez-Aller, Eduardo García-Cueto, Marcelino Cuesta
Subclinical psychopathy is an issue of interest for various psychological fields (human resources, forensic context, clinical psychology, etc.). The aim of this study was to construct a scale for the assessment of subclinical psychopathy and to use it to obtain psychopathic profiles in the general adult Spanish population. To achieve this, a set of items evaluating 3 dimensions (Manipulation, Insensitivity, Reckless Impulsivity) was generated and reviewed by a panel of experts in psychometrics and psychological assessment. The pilot study was completed by 436 subjects, and the main study by 536. The internal structure of the scale was explored using various Exploratory Factor Analyses and a final Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Cluster analysis resulted in 5 subject groupings (Psychopathic, Non-Psychopathic, Manipulative, Callous, and Reckless), which showed differential relationships with Psychopathy, Dark Triad, Agreeableness, Honesty-Humility, and Self-Interest. The developed scale provides valid and reliable scores for assessing subclinical psychopathy in the general adult Spanish population, as well as the possibility of establishing 5 psychopathic profiles in this population.
2026-01-01
María Rufina Pearson, Franco Londra, Josefina Pearson
Currently, the literature is inconclusive regarding the role of typography in reading and writing performance of primary school students. This study aimed to investigate the impact of the typography used by students (uppercase, script, cursive) on spelling, use of punctuation and capital letters, richness of composition, and writing-reading fluency. A total of 152 second-grade students from middle socioeconomic level schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina, participated. The students completed tasks involving the dictation of words and pseudowords, writing, writing fluency, graphomotor skills and reading fluency. Results showed that students who used script typography wrote a greater number of correct words and sentences, made fewer spelling errors, wrote more letters per minute, and read with greater fluency compared to those who used uppercase or cursive, all with p < .045. Accuracy in pseudowords and phonological errors were explained by graphomotor development, both with p < .007. The results provide evidence to the debate on which typography to use and are discussed based on its application to the school environment.