Commitment has a crucial role in predicting intentions and behaviors toward relationship maintenance. The Investment Model Scale (IMS; Rusbult et al., 1998) offers an empirically supported framework to describe and quantify commitment in various contexts, particularly romantic relationships. Only a few studies have attempted to extend this theoretical framework to examine human and companion animals (H-CA) rela...
The concept of cancel culture has gained traction over the past 10 years, with the continuous rise of social media and online platforms. The limited literature on this topic tends to focus on possible definitions and characteristics. However, we have yet to fully understand how cancel culture, canceling, and canceling prevention impact individuals and their lives. As such, we set out to build an empirical base ...
Emojis can express emotions and some aspects of the sender’s identity; however, only limited research has explored how the choice of skin tone in emojis influences the perceptions of the users. We examined the interaction between emoji skin tones and profile pictures in instant messaging, using self-reported and eye tracking measures. White participants viewed 14 screenshots of conversations (9 target and 5 fil...
Este capítulo visa: (a) Definir conceitos fundamentais da psicometria, os seus objetivos e principais correntes inspiradoras; (b) Definir validade e fidelidade e caracterizar os tipos de validade e fidelidade que podemos determinar relativamente a um instrumento de medida psicológica; (c) Salientar a importância da obtenção de características psicométricas de instrumentos de medida psicológica.