Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Global Mental Wealth: A Multidimensional Analysis of Social, Financial, and Emotional Well-Being in 92 Countries

Abstract Governments and organizations increasingly endorse the importance of mental health in all forms of policy, though emphasis in measurement still remains on indicators such as GDP, depression, and other common disorders. In this study of 92 countries ( n = 53,799), we asse...

Pilot Version of an Online Self-Forgiveness Intervention for Academic Procrastination in University Students

Abstract Correlational studies have shown that students who forgive themselves for procrastinating are less likely to engage in academic procrastination. This randomized controlled pilot study evaluated a self-forgiveness intervention to reduce academic procrastination and increa...

How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies

Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data fro...