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The Journal of Scientific Psychology is a peer-reviewed, free-access, electronic journal.


2023 Publications


You Can't Pick Your Family: Parental Differential Treatment and Attachment

Tiffany D. Russell
University of North Dakota

Alicia Limke-McLean
University of Central Oklahoma

The goal of the current project was to investigate the effect of perceived parental differential treatment (affection and control) and insecure parental attachment on adult sibling attachment. University students with siblings completed measures of attachment to fathers, mothers, and siblings as well as perceived parental differential treatment in childhood. We expected that path analyses would show that attachment to parents would mediate the link between perceived differential treatment and adult attachment to siblings and found mixed support for this hypothesis. Specifically, avoidant attachment to father mediated the link between differential paternal affection and avoidant attachment to sibling whereas anxious attachment to mother mediated the link between differential maternal affection and anxious attachment to sibling. These findings add adult parental and sibling attachment to consequences associated with unequal emotional treatment in childhood, emphasize the role of fathers in the family system, and demonstrate the need for continued research into sibling relationships.
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Predictors of Liking Pineapple on Pizza: Implications for Food Choices

Lynne N. Kennette

Clayton Rhodes
Cara CoulsonDurham College

The following investigation explores the reasons for individual food choices. Specifically, we investigate the perceptions of adults regarding pineapple as a pizza topping. Study 1 analysed interview transcripts of faculty’s and staff’s responses to whether they like pineapple on pizza and identified themes in their responses, including social relationships, Canadian identity, and creativity. These themes were then used to create a questionnaire to look into this food choice more granularly in the same population (Study 2). Results showed that gender and age were the two primary predictors for the pizza on pineapple choice in questionnaire responses, with a tendency for younger females to prefer pineapple on pizza and older males to dislike it (though the relationship with age was not linear). These findings are interpreted in relation to the mechanisms involved in food-related decisions and health behaviours.
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Funded by the University of Central Oklahoma Department of Psychology