Psychology: Recent submissions
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Support (and rejection) of meritocracy as a self‐enhancement identity strategy: A qualitative study of university students’ perceptions about meritocracy in higher education
(Wiley, 22 November 2022)Access to Higher Education (HE) is based on the idea that all students should have the same opportunities, and that merit and hard work, regardless of students’ backgrounds, will lead to success. However, inequalities ... -
Recognizing the diversity in how students define belonging: evidence of differing conceptualizations, including as a function of students’ gender and socioeconomic background
(Springer, 27 January 2023)Sense of belonging is a fundamental human motivation and, in higher education settings, has been associated with students’ motivation and academic outcomes. However, less is known about the nuances of how students define ... -
Gender expectations, socioeconomic inequalities and definitions of career success: A qualitative study with university students
(Public Library of Science, 24 February 2023)Higher Education (HE) is seen as a tool to create job opportunities and enhance individuals' quality of life. Research demonstrates that students' expectations of career success in HE are an important predictor of their ... -
Signalling males increase or decrease their calling effort according to the proximity of rivals in a wild cricket
(Elsevier / The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, 16 July 2023)Males that employ dynamic courtship displays to attract females may tactically adjust their courtship in response to their social environment. However, we know little about how sexual signals are adjusted in complex natural ... -
Phenome-wide analyses identify an association between the parent-of-origin effects dependent methylome and the rate of aging in humans
(BMC, 15 May 2023)Background: The variation in the rate at which humans age may be rooted in early events acting through the genomic regions that are influenced by such events and subsequently are related to health phenotypes in later ...