Past studies have illustrated that we tend to prioritize remembering information that is relevant to ourselves, resulting in a self‐reference effect. This effect is often influenced by emotions associated with the stimuli, frequently showcasing a self‐positivity bias. However, these effects have only been observed in individual memory, without any consideration given to a social collaboration setting. The current study intended to clarify these effects in ongoing and enduring social collaboration. Participants were instructed to encode personality trait adjectives, displayed in different colors with various emotional valences, using either self‐reference or other‐reference methods. They were then tasked with individually or collaboratively recalling the words along with their associated encoding task, followed by individual recall. Our data indicated evidence of the self‐reference effect in item memory during both ongoing and enduring collaborative sessions. This effect was evident for words studied in red, but the pattern was reversed for those in green. Additionally, the self‐positivity bias was observed when retrieving the source of the encoding task during ongoing collaborative sessions. A reversed self‐positivity bias was observed in item memory for words that were studied in green. An unexpected finding was that whether participants collaborated or not did not influence the effects we were investigating. Overall, we have extended the self‐reference effect and self‐positivity bias to the social collaboration setting, demonstrating that these effects remain consistent even in collaborative environments. This suggests that the underlying theories driving the effects are not contingent on social interaction. Moving forward, potential future directions for research are considered.

Adolescence is a critical period for individual’s social and emotional development, and family rituals can significantly enhance the friendship quality among adolescents. Despite this, the psychological mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. This study investigated the relationship between family rituals, perceived parental support, meaning in life, and friendship quality from the perspective of the transformational model of adolescent development. A sample of 857 high school students completed measures on family rituals, perceived parental support, meaning in life, and friendship quality. Maximum likelihood structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to evaluate the model and analyze the data. The findings indicate that family rituals are positively correlated with perceived parental support and friendship quality. Furthermore, the influence of family rituals on friendship quality is mediated by perceived parental support and meaning in life. These results offer valuable insights into how family rituals impact adolescents’ social relationships. Limitation, significance, and future research direction were also discussed.

With the rapid development in new media and social platforms on the internet, some social hotspots or sensitive events can easily ferment and spread in the online space, attracting the attention or concentrated discussion of young students. Network cluster behavior is a collective behavior in which a large number of netizens collectively express and gather opinions around social hot issues of common concern, creating online public opinion. The study explored the influence of group psychology on the process of college students participating in online cluster behavior. A survey was conducted involving 2137 college students from over 10 universities in Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province, and other regions. The data were analyzed using correlation analysis and moderated mediation model testing. This study found that group psychological factors, such as emotional infection, depersonalization, the spiral of silence, relative deprivation, group polarization, and action mobilization, positively predicted network cluster behavior. The action mobilization of opinion leaders mediated the relationship between emotional infection and network cluster behavior. Group polarization mediated the relationship between the spiral of silence and network cluster behavior. Additionally, group efficacy moderated the latter part of the mediation process between group polarization and network cluster behavior.

People often need to weigh the trade‐off between obtaining economic/status benefits and complying with moral standards in their daily lives. Once individuals make ethical compromises, they will abandon moral principles to obtain economic/status benefits. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the risk factors and mechanisms that induce ethical compromise. Using questionnaires (Study 1, Study 2), we found that calculative mindset is positively associated with individuals' moral disengagement, which corresponded with a tendency to make economic/status ethical compromises. Using experimental methods (Study 3), we found that calculative mindset increases individuals' moral disengagement, leading to a willingness to accept immoral help from others. This indicates that reducing people's calculative mindset will help reduce ethical compromises.

A survey was conducted involving 2,137 university students from over 10 universities in Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province, and other regions. The data were analyzed using correlation analysis and moderated mediation model testing. This study found that group psychological factors, such as emotional infection, depersonalization, the spiral of silence, relative deprivation, group polarization, and action mobilization, positively predicted network cluster behavior. The action mobilization of opinion leaders mediated the relationship between emotional infection and network cluster behavior. Group polarization mediated the relationship between the spiral of silence and network cluster behavior. Additionally, group efficacy moderated the latter part of the mediation process between group polarization and network cluster behavior.