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Cultural Meaning of Perceived Control: A Meta-Analysis of Locus of Control and Psychological Symptoms across 18 Cultural Regions
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Cheng, Cecilia; Cheung, Shu-fai; Chio, Jasmine Hin-man; Chan, Man-pui Sally – Psychological Bulletin, 2013
Integrating more than 40 years of studies on locus of control (LOC), this meta-analysis investigated whether (a) the magnitude of the relationship between LOC and psychological symptoms differed among cultures with distinct individualist orientations and (b) depression and anxiety symptoms yielded different patterns of cultural findings with LOC.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Locus of Control, Meta Analysis, Adults
Mind-Sets Matter: A Meta-Analytic Review of Implicit Theories and Self-Regulation
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Burnette, Jeni L.; O'Boyle, Ernest H.; VanEpps, Eric M.; Pollack, Jeffrey M.; Finkel, Eli J. – Psychological Bulletin, 2013
This review builds on self-control theory (Carver & Scheier, 1998) to develop a theoretical framework for investigating associations of implicit theories with self-regulation. This framework conceptualizes self-regulation in terms of 3 crucial processes: goal setting, goal operating, and goal monitoring. In this meta-analysis, we included…
Descriptors: Self Control, Theories, Goal Orientation, Meta Analysis
Does Religious Belief Promote Prosociality? A Critical Examination
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Galen, Luke W. – Psychological Bulletin, 2012
Numerous authors have suggested that religious belief has a positive association, possibly causal, with prosocial behavior. This article critiques evidence regarding this "religious prosociality" hypothesis from several areas of the literature. The extant literature on religious prosociality is reviewed including domains of charity,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Prosocial Behavior, Academic Achievement, Beliefs
Much Ado about Something: Violent Video Game Effects and a School of Red Herring--Reply to Ferguson and Kilburn (2010)
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Bushman, Brad J.; Rothstein, Hannah R.; Anderson, Craig A. – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
In this article we reply to C. J. Ferguson and J. Kilburn's (2010) critique of our meta-analysis on violent video game effects (C. A. Anderson et al., 2010). We rely on well-established methodological and statistical theory and on empirical data to show that claims of bias and misinterpretation on our part are simply wrong. One should not…
Descriptors: Violence, Video Games, Aggression, Meta Analysis
Violent Video Game Effects on Aggression, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior in Eastern and Western Countries: A Meta-Analytic Review
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Anderson, Craig A.; Shibuya, Akiko; Ihori, Nobuko; Swing, Edward L.; Bushman, Brad J.; Sakamoto, Akira; Rothstein, Hannah R.; Saleem, Muniba – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
Meta-analytic procedures were used to test the effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, aggressive affect, physiological arousal, empathy/desensitization, and prosocial behavior. Unique features of this meta-analytic review include (a) more restrictive methodological quality inclusion criteria than in past…
Descriptors: Research Design, Antisocial Behavior, Video Games, Aggression
Ethnicity and Body Dissatisfaction among Women in the United States: A Meta-Analysis
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Grabe, Shelly; Hyde, Janet Shibley – Psychological Bulletin, 2005
The prevailing view in popular culture and the psychological literature is that White women have greater body dissatisfaction than women of color. In this meta-analysis, 6 main effect sizes were obtained for differences among Asian American, Black, Hispanic, and White women with a sample of 98 studies, yielding 222 effect sizes. The average d for…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Self Concept, Females, Meta Analysis