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The belief that the target of sexism has shifted from women to men is gaining popularity. Yet despite its potential theoretical and practical importance, the belief that men are now the primary target of sexism has not been systematically defined nor has it been reliably measured. In this paper, we define the belief in sexism shift (BSS) and introduce a scale to measure it. We contend that BSS constitutes a new form of contemporary sexism characterized by the perception that anti-male discrimination is pervasive, that it now exceeds anti-female discrimination, and that it is caused by women’s societal advancement. In four studies (N = 666), we develop and test a concise, one-dimensional, 15-item measure of BSS: the BSS scale. Our findings demonstrate that BSS is related to, yet distinct from other forms of sexism (traditional, modern, and ambivalent sexism). Moreover, our results show that the BSS scale is a stable and reliable measure of BSS across different samples, time, and participant gender. The BSS scale is also less susceptible to social desirability concerns than other sexism measures. In sum, the BSS scale can be a valuable tool to help understand a new and potentially growing type of sexism that may hinder women in unprecedented ways.

Provider shortages and lack of culturally responsive care limit mental health services in reaching multicultural populations worldwide. We examined the effectiveness of a psychoeducational intervention aimed at building community capacity to address depression and anxiety among racial, ethnic, and linguistic minoritised adults. Strong Minds–Strong Communities (SM–SC) was a 6-month, multicentre, longitudinal, randomised trial done in 37 community-based organisations and clinics in two US sites (Massachusetts and North Carolina). Adults aged 18 years and older speaking English, Spanish, Mandarin, or Cantonese, with moderate to severe depression or anxiety symptoms assessed using the Computerized Adaptive Test for Mental Health (CAT-MH), were eligible for inclusion. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to a psychoeducational intervention provided by community health workers or a usual care condition, which constituted receiving a US National Institutes of Health booklet about anxiety and depression. Both conditions included referrals for social determinants of health needs. Randomisation was stratified by site using computer-generated blocks of size 2. Investigators and participants were not masked to treatment allocation, but outcome assessors were. Primary outcomes were changes from baseline at months 6 and 12 in self-reported depression and anxiety symptoms using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25), level of functioning using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2·0), and perceived quality of care using the Global Evaluation of Care domain of the Perceptions of Care Outpatient Survey (PoC-OP) in the intention-to-treat population. The study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04092777, and has been completed. From Sept 4, 2019, to March 3, 2023, 5265 potential participants were approached for study inclusion. 2681 were excluded and 2584 were assessed for eligibility. A further 1417 were excluded, and 1167 were deemed eligible for study inclusion. 1044 participants were randomly assigned, 524 to the SM–SC intervention and 520 to the usual care group. The mean age of participants was 42·6 years (SD 13·3) and 875 (83·8%) were female, 165 (15·8%) were male, and four (0·4%) were other. Between baseline and 6 months, intervention participants reported greater improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms (standardised effect size, 0·39 [95% CI 0·27–0·52]), functioning (standardised effect size, 0·28 [0·16–0·39]), and perceived quality of care (standardised effect size, 0·47 [0·31–0·62]). These greater improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms, functioning, and perceived quality of care attenuated but remained significant 6 months post-intervention (standardised effect sizes of 0·28 [95% CI 0·16–0·40] for depression and anxiety, 0·21 [0·08–0·33]) for functioning, and 0·33 [0·16 –0·50] for perceived quality of care). The intervention shows that a culturally adapted intervention can improve depression and anxiety symptoms in Black, Latino, and Asian populations and provides an alternative to mental health care shortages by building community capacity. National Institute of Mental Health. For the Spanish and Mandarin translations of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section.

This study compared the relative contributions of growing body dimensions, age, and walking experience in the development of walking skill in 9- to 17-month-old infants (N = 210), 5-6-year old kindergartners (N= 15), and college students (N = 13). Kinematic measures derived from participants' footprints showed characteristic improvements in walking skill. As children became bigger, older, and more experienced, their steps became longer, narrower, straighter, and more consistent. Improvements reflected a narrowing base of support and increasing control over the path of progression. Although both infants' age and the duration of their walking experience contributed to improvements in walking skill, experience was the stronger predictor. This finding suggests that practice is the more important developmental factor for helping infants to conquer their weak muscles and precarious balance.

Experiments conducted during the 2004 and 2008 U.S. presidential elections suggested that mortality salience primes increased support for President George W. Bush and Senator John McCain, respectively. Some interpreted these results as reflecting \"conservative shift\" following exposure to threat, whereas others emphasized preferences for \"charismatic\" leadership following exposure to death primes. To assess both hypotheses in the context of a new election cycle featuring a liberal incumbent who was considered to be charismatic, we conducted four experiments shortly before the 2012 election involving President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. Contrary to earlier studies, there was little evidence that mortality salience, either by itself or in interaction with political orientation, affected overall candidate ratings or voting intentions. However, a significant interaction between mortality salience and system justification in some studies indicated a more circumscribed effect. The failure to \"replicate\" previous results in the context of this election may be attributable to disagreement among participants as to which of the candidates better represented the societal status quo.

Background Despite their good intentions, people often do not eat healthily. This is known as the intention-behavior gap. Although the intention-behavior relationship is theorized as a within-person process, most evidence is based on between-person differences. Purpose The purpose of the present study is to investigate the within-person intention-behavior association for unhealthy snack consumption. Methods Young adults ( N  = 45) participated in an intensive longitudinal study. They reported intentions and snack consumption five times daily for 7 days ( n  = 1068 observations analyzed). Results A within-person unit difference in intentions was associated with a halving of the number of unhealthy snacks consumed in the following 3 h (CI 95 27–70 %). Between-person differences in average intentions did not predict unhealthy snack consumption. Conclusions Consistent with theory, the intention-behavior relation for healthy eating is best understood as a within-person process. Interventions to reduce unhealthy snacking should target times of day when intentions are weakest.

People’s reports of their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are used in many fields of biomedical and social science. When these states have been studied over time, researchers have often observed an unpredicted and puzzling decrease with repeated assessment. When noted, this pattern has been called an “attenuation effect,” suggesting that the effect is due to bias in later reports. However, the pattern could also be consistent with an initial elevation bias. We present systematic, experimental investigations of this effect in four field studies (study 1: n = 870; study 2: n = 246; study 3: n = 870; study 4: n = 141). Findings show clear support for an initial elevation bias rather than a later decline. This bias is larger for reports of internal states than for behaviors and for negative mental states and physical symptoms than for positive states. We encourage increased awareness and investigation of this initial elevation bias in all research using subjective reports.

Psychology is in the early stages of examining a crisis of replicability stemming from several high-profile failures to replicate studies in experimental psychology. This important conversation has largely been focused on social psychology, with some active participation from cognitive psychology. Nevertheless, several other major domains of psychological science—including clinical science—have remained insulated from this discussion. The goals of this article are to (a) examine why clinical psychology and allied fields, such as counseling and school psychology, have not been central participants in the replicability conversation; (b) review concerns and recommendations that are less (or more) applicable to or appropriate for research in clinical psychology and allied fields; and (c) generate take-home messages for scholars and consumers of the literature in clinical psychology and allied fields, as well as reviewers, editors, and colleagues from other areas of psychological science.

Objectives: We assess whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) varies in prevalence, diagnostic criteria endorsement, and type and frequency of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) among a nationally representative US sample of 5071 non-Latino whites, 3264 Latinos, 2178 Asians, 4249 African Americans, and 1476 Afro-Caribbeans. Methods: PTSD and other psychiatric disorders were evaluated using the World Mental Health-Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WMH-CIDI) in a national household sample that oversampled ethnic/racial minorities (n = 16,238) but was weighted to produce results representative of the general population. Results: Asians have lower prevalence rates of probable lifetime PTSD, whereas African Americans have higher rates as compared with non-Latino whites, even after adjusting for type and number of exposures to traumatic events, and for sociodemographic, clinical, and social support factors. Afro-Caribbeans and Latinos seem to demonstrate similar risk to non-Latino whites, adjusting for these same covariates. Higher rates of probable PTSD exhibited by African Americans and lower rates for Asians, as compared with non-Latino whites, do not appear related to differential symptom endorsement, differences in risk or protective factors, or differences in types and frequencies of PTEs across groups. Conclusions: There appears to be marked differences in conditional risk of probable PTSD across ethnic/racial groups. Questions remain about what explains risk of probable PTSD. Several factors that might account for these differences are discussed, as well as the clinical implications of our findings. Uncertainty of the PTSD diagnostic assessment for Latinos and Asians requires further evaluation.

This study examined factors that predicted children's gender intergroup attitudes at age 5 and the implications of these attitudes for intergroup behavior. Ethnically diverse children from low-income backgrounds (N = 246; Mexican-, Chinese-, Dominican-, and African American) were assessed at ages 4 and 5. On average, children reported positive same-gender and negative other-gender attitudes. Positive same-gender attitudes were associated with knowledge of gender stereotypes. In contrast, positive other-gender attitudes were associated with flexibility in gender cognitions (stereotype flexibility, gender consistency). Other-gender attitudes predicted gender-biased behavior. These patterns were observed in all ethnic groups. These findings suggest that early learning about gender categories shape young children's gender attitudes and that these gender attitudes already have consequences for children's intergroup behavior at age 5.

Objectives. To examine whether referral for social determinants of health (SDH) needs decreases psychological distress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and improves level of functioning and quality of care among diverse adults. Methods. Data are from control participants (n = 503 adults) in a randomized controlled trial testing a mental health intervention in North Carolina and Massachusetts. We fitted multilevel mixed-effects models to repeated assessments (baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months) collected between September 2019 and January 2023. Results. After referral to services for trouble paying utility bills, participants reported lower PTSD symptoms. Participants reported better quality of care when receiving referrals to mental health care. After adjusting for income and employment status, we found that participants who were referred more often also had lower PTSD symptoms and better levels of functioning. Conclusions. Referrals for certain SDH needs might decrease PTSD symptoms and improve self-reported quality of care and functioning. However, referrals alone, without ensuring receipt of services, might be insufficient to affect other mental health outcomes. Research is needed on training and providing care managers time for offering interpersonal support, securing services, and understanding agencies’ contexts for addressing high SDH needs. ( Am J Public Health. 2024;114(S3):S278–S288. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307442 )