Narcissists are typically described as egocentric, meaning they behave and think without consider... more Narcissists are typically described as egocentric, meaning they behave and think without considering what others might think or feel, which led authors to claim that narcissists’ interpersonal difficulties stem from reduced perspective-taking abilities; a claim supported by self-reported measures of perspective taking. This study examined perspective-taking performance via a visual perspective-taking task along with the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI; Raskin & Terry, 1988) and the Narcisistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire (NARQ; Back et al., 2013). The task was designed to measure the ability to handle conflicting viewpoints and the attentional priority given to the egocentric perspective (i.e., self-centered) versus the altercentric perspective (i.e., another person’s). We found (N=99) and replicated (N=149) that individuals scoring high on narcissism were not more egocentric than individuals scoring low on narcissism; they actually prioritized less their egocentric...
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a global crisis and authorities have encouraged the population to ... more The COVID-19 pandemic presents a global crisis and authorities have encouraged the population to promote preventive health behaviors to slow the spread of the virus. While the literature on psychological factors influencing health behaviors during the COVID-19 is flourishing, there is a lack of cross-national research focusing on multiple health behaviors. The present study overcomes this limitation and affords a validation of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as a conceptual framework for explaining the adoption of handwashing and limitation of social contacts, two health behaviors that highly differ in their nature. Specifically, we compare TPB model on these two protective behaviors among people living in Belgium (N = 3744) and France (N = 1060) during the COVID-19 sanitary crisis. Data were collected from March 18 until April 19, 2020, which corresponds to the spring lockdown and the first peak of the pandemic in these countries. Results indicated that more positive attitudes...
This French translation of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) was translated from the orig... more This French translation of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) was translated from the original English version. An initial translation from English to French was conducted and refined by the authorship team. These French items were then back-translated into English by a NAATI approved translator. Minor refinements to some of the French items were made by the authorship team on the basis of this back-translation, resulting in the final French version of the PAQ presented in this document. Our team is currently conducting a psychometric study on this French PAQ to examine its validity and reliability. Cette traduction française du Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) a été réalisée à partir de la version originale anglaise. Une première traduction de l'anglais vers le français a été réalisée et affinée par l'équipe des auteurs. Ces items français ont ensuite été retraduits en anglais par un traducteur agréé par le NAATI. Des améliorations mineures ont été apportées à c...
To contain the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate, health authorities have encouraged the population to en... more To contain the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate, health authorities have encouraged the population to enhance protective behaviors such as physical distancing and handwashing. Behavioral sciences emphasize the role of sociocognitive determinants to explain health behaviors, while largely ignoring emotional factors. In a large online study (N > 4000), we investigated the role of sociodemographic, cognitive, emotional, and social factors that can facilitate or hinder handwashing and limitation of social contacts. Data were collected from March 18 until April 19, 2020, which corresponds to the spring lockdown and the first peak of the pandemic in Belgium. Logistic regressions showed that sociodemographic factors (gender, age, level of education) and the dimensions of the Theory of Planned Behavior (intentions, attitudes, perceived behavioral control and subjective norms) had a strong impact on health behaviors, but that emotional factors explained an additional part of the variance. Being more attentive/determined and frightened/anxious, along with scoring higher on health anxiety were related to a higher frequency of handwashing. In contrast, being enthusiastic/happy was related to lower adherence to limiting social contacts. Our results suggest that the type of predictors and the direction of associations depend on the type of health behavior considered. The role of specific emotional factors in addition to more classical predictors is discussed. The study offers new perspectives regarding the factors that are associated with the adherence to behaviors recommended to adopt when faced with a pandemic.
Narcissists are typically described as egocentric, meaning they behave and think without consider... more Narcissists are typically described as egocentric, meaning they behave and think without considering what others might think or feel, which led authors to claim that narcissists’ interpersonal difficulties stem from reduced perspective-taking abilities; a claim supported by self-reported measures of perspective taking. This study examined perspective-taking performance via a visual perspective-taking task along with the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI; Raskin & Terry, 1988) and the Narcisistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire (NARQ; Back et al., 2013). The task was designed to measure the ability to handle conflicting viewpoints and the attentional priority given to the egocentric perspective (i.e., self-centered) versus the altercentric perspective (i.e., another person’s). We found (N=99) and replicated (N=149) that individuals scoring high on narcissism were not more egocentric than individuals scoring low on narcissism; they actually prioritized less their egocentric...
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a global crisis and authorities have encouraged the population to ... more The COVID-19 pandemic presents a global crisis and authorities have encouraged the population to promote preventive health behaviors to slow the spread of the virus. While the literature on psychological factors influencing health behaviors during the COVID-19 is flourishing, there is a lack of cross-national research focusing on multiple health behaviors. The present study overcomes this limitation and affords a validation of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as a conceptual framework for explaining the adoption of handwashing and limitation of social contacts, two health behaviors that highly differ in their nature. Specifically, we compare TPB model on these two protective behaviors among people living in Belgium (N = 3744) and France (N = 1060) during the COVID-19 sanitary crisis. Data were collected from March 18 until April 19, 2020, which corresponds to the spring lockdown and the first peak of the pandemic in these countries. Results indicated that more positive attitudes...
This French translation of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) was translated from the orig... more This French translation of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) was translated from the original English version. An initial translation from English to French was conducted and refined by the authorship team. These French items were then back-translated into English by a NAATI approved translator. Minor refinements to some of the French items were made by the authorship team on the basis of this back-translation, resulting in the final French version of the PAQ presented in this document. Our team is currently conducting a psychometric study on this French PAQ to examine its validity and reliability. Cette traduction française du Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) a été réalisée à partir de la version originale anglaise. Une première traduction de l'anglais vers le français a été réalisée et affinée par l'équipe des auteurs. Ces items français ont ensuite été retraduits en anglais par un traducteur agréé par le NAATI. Des améliorations mineures ont été apportées à c...
To contain the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate, health authorities have encouraged the population to en... more To contain the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate, health authorities have encouraged the population to enhance protective behaviors such as physical distancing and handwashing. Behavioral sciences emphasize the role of sociocognitive determinants to explain health behaviors, while largely ignoring emotional factors. In a large online study (N > 4000), we investigated the role of sociodemographic, cognitive, emotional, and social factors that can facilitate or hinder handwashing and limitation of social contacts. Data were collected from March 18 until April 19, 2020, which corresponds to the spring lockdown and the first peak of the pandemic in Belgium. Logistic regressions showed that sociodemographic factors (gender, age, level of education) and the dimensions of the Theory of Planned Behavior (intentions, attitudes, perceived behavioral control and subjective norms) had a strong impact on health behaviors, but that emotional factors explained an additional part of the variance. Being more attentive/determined and frightened/anxious, along with scoring higher on health anxiety were related to a higher frequency of handwashing. In contrast, being enthusiastic/happy was related to lower adherence to limiting social contacts. Our results suggest that the type of predictors and the direction of associations depend on the type of health behavior considered. The role of specific emotional factors in addition to more classical predictors is discussed. The study offers new perspectives regarding the factors that are associated with the adherence to behaviors recommended to adopt when faced with a pandemic.
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