Society for Personality and Social Psychology

spspnews.bsky.social

27 September 2026 16:13

"Although people were more likely to focus on reducing negative emotions, their attempts to increase positive emotion required less effort, felt less difficult, and were seen as more successful" - Gigi Taillon, Alison Tuck, & Renee Thompson https://ow.ly/LTLW50ZQyWb

Grace Lindsay

neurograce.bsky.social

01 September 2026 08:02

This paper shows how measures and constructs in psychology get introduced but rarely reused. Would love to see a similar analysis done on methods of analyzing neural data. A Fragmented Field: Construct and Measure Proliferation in Psychology" Anvari et al., 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Society for Personality and Social Psychology

spspnews.bsky.social

07 August 2026 17:03

New research: Using psychological distance in storytelling (think "Once Upon a Time, Far, Far Away") can help signal that a narrative is meant to convey a general, abstract lesson. This can inform how we use storytelling in teaching. Read more in #SPPS: https://ow.ly/Qejj50ZxEcI

Erin Westgate

erinwestgate.bsky.social

18 June 2026 08:52

🚨 New paper! Think of a place you feel deeply attached to. When you're in that place, do you feel like your life is more meaningful? New work from @ashleykrause.bsky.social suggests you probably do! Just accepted at Journal of Environmental Psychology, we find places can give our life meaning 🧵

César

cesarsanjuan.bsky.social

12 June 2026 20:44

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