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Gengan Wu1,#, Anqi Jiang1,#, Zihan Chen2, Xinwei Su3,4,*
Journal of Psychology in Africa, DOI:10.32604/jpa.2025.073822
Abstract This study examined the role of role clarity and safety cognition in shaping mountain climbers’ participation motivation and safety behavior. The study sample comprised 454 participants (males = 58.8%, mean age = 32 years, SD = 9.31). They completed measures on five participation motivation dimensions (achievement, interest, knowledge, socialization, and health) and safety participation. The results from structural equation modelling indicated that participant motivations in achievement, health, and knowledge significantly predicted safety participation behavior, such as risk avoidance, self-protection, and mutual assistance, more so than the motivations of interest and socialization. Role clarity moderated the More >
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Fan Deng*
Journal of Psychology in Africa, DOI:10.32604/jpa.2025.068735
Abstract This study investigated the relationship between customer-employee exchange (CEX) and employee work engagement (vigor, dedication, absorption), and the role of psychological safety and self-efficacy mediate that relationship. Survey data were collected from 329 Chinese hotel employees (females = 52.9%, tenure: 1–3 years = 50.5%). The results following ordinary least squares regression and the SPSS PROCESS macro indicate that higher customer-employee exchange is associated with employee vigor, dedication, and absorption. Psychological safety and self-efficacy mediate the relationship between customer-employee exchange and vigor and dedication to be stronger, while the work absorption mediating effect is not significant. More >
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Yungui Guo*, Xuan Fan
Journal of Psychology in Africa, DOI:10.32604/jpa.2025.067238
Abstract This study examined the moderating role of employees’ learning orientation on the relationship between leaders’ artificial intelligence symbolization behavior (LAISB), employees’ attitude towards digital transformation (ATDT), and enterprise digital transformation. The sample consisted of 261 employees from five enterprises in China (female = 34.5%; primary industry includes the internet and transportation; mean age = 42.51 years, SD = 8.63 years; bachelor’s degree or above = 72.8%). The results of structural equation modeling and simple slope test indicated that LAISB predicted higher enterprise digital transformation, with ATDT partial mediation. Furthermore, employees’ learning orientation weakened the relationship More >
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Zhenhong Wang1,2, Hailong Wu3,*
Journal of Psychology in Africa, DOI:10.32604/jpa.2025.073522
Abstract We examined the direct relationship between childhood emotional abuse and depression in adolescents and the mediating roles of resilience and self-efficacy in that relationship. Using a cross-sectional study design, 636 Chinese adolescents (Girls = 48.6%, mean years of service = 15.8, SD = 1.9) completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Ego-Resiliency Scale (ERS), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Mediation analysis revealed that childhood emotional abuse significantly predicted higher levels of depression. Moreover, resilience and self-efficacy were found to mediate this relationship both independently and sequentially. Specifically, resilience accounted More >