John Jamir Benzon Aruta
Biographic Data
| ID | 115889 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Jamir Benzon Aruta |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Jamir Benzon |
| FAMILY NAME | Aruta |
| SIGNATURE | ARUTA J J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | De La Salle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4155-1063 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 52 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 52 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
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 from more than 25,000 individuals across 90 societies, we test several hypotheses linking normative constraints on everyday behaviors (like arguing, laughing, cursing, kissi…
Validating the nature relatedness scale for environmental and sustainability education: Philippine evidence for factorial, cross-linguistic, and temporal invariance
Human-nature connection is a core learning outcome in environmental and sustainability education (ESE), yet most measurement evidence is Western, limiting comparability for curricula and evaluation in the Global South. We examined the six-item Nature Relatedness Scale (NR-6) for Philippine ESE across three independent samples (n = 266; 326; 230), which involved two cohorts of tertiary learners and one adult community sample, and two languages (En…
External-spiritual locus-of-hope and psychological distress: The mediating effect of spiritual bypassing
Intergenerational associations of stigma toward receiving psychological help in rural communities: The roles of fathers and mothers in shaping emerging adults’ attitudes
The factorial validity and measurement invariance of the 7Cs of positive youth development among emerging adults in Southeast Asia
Positive youth development (PYD) has gained considerable traction among developmental scientists, but past studies were generally conducted among youth samples from Minority World countries. This study investigated the factorial validity of the newly developed 7Cs model of PYD (competence, confidence, connection, character, caring, contribution, and creativity). Specifically, we compared four measurement models (one-factor, seven-factor, higher o…
Climate anxiety mediates environmental concern and climate action among Filipino youth: Does mitigation response efficacy belief matter
Parental engagement in sex health education for young children: Perspectives from Malaysia
Sexual health education (SHE) in Malaysia is shaped by cultural, religious, and societal influences, with parents playing a key role in initiating early discussions. However, these conversations are often hindered by cultural taboos, varying levels of knowledge, and personal experiences, leading to diverse approaches. This study explores parental perspectives on delivering SHE to children aged 5 to 12 within Malaysia’s multicultural context. Usin…
The distinct link of perfectionism with positive and negative mental health outcomes
Perfectionism is a known risk for mental health symptoms. However, the literature on perfectionism and mental health mostly focused on the psychopathological symptoms when mental health is not only about the absence of psychopathology but also the presence of positive indicators. The present study aimed to examine the associations of adaptive and maladaptive dimensions of perfectionism with bidimensional mental health among undergraduate students…
The value of leaders we trust and leaders who make us stronger: Exploring the distinct contributions of different components of identity leadership to group member outcomes
This study investigates the critical role of social identity in leadership, specifically examining identity leadership (IL) and the unique contributions of its four subdimensions: identity prototypicality, identity advancement, identity entrepreneurship, and identity impresarioship. To date, research has largely focused on the global construct of identity leadership and shown that in organizational contexts, it is a predictor of a range of outcom…
Global Profiles of Positive Youth Development: A Person-Oriented Analysis among Emerging Adults Living in 21 Countries
Climate justice beliefs related to climate action and policy support around the world
Climate justice is increasingly prominent in climate change communication and advocacy but little is known about public understanding of the concept or how widely it resonates with different groups. In our global survey of 5,627 adults in 11 countries spanning the global north and south, most participants (66.2%) had never heard of climate justice. Nonetheless, endorsement of climate justice beliefs was widespread (for example, acknowledging the …
Screening psychological symptoms in Filipino university students during the Covid‐19 pandemic: Translation and structural validation of the Filipino version of the Dass‐21
Culturally appropriate tools are necessary to aid in objective screening for psychological symptoms among students in university settings. This study aimed to translate and validate the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale‐21 (DASS‐21). The instrument underwent forward translation and was reviewed by representatives from the target population, field experts, and an external auditor. The translated version of the DASS‐21, together with the Internat…
Positive Youth Development Mediates the Relations Between Religiousness, Altruism, and Empathy Among Southeast Asian Emerging Adults
Religiousness has been proposed to promote prosociality among young people. Few investigations, however, have examined the underlying processes that facilitate these links, especially in non-Western and collectivistic societies. This study investigated the mediating role of the 5Cs (competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring) of positive youth development on the associations between religiousness, empathy, and altruism, while contr…
Agentic collective narcissism and communal collective narcissism: Do they predict Covid-19 pandemic-related beliefs and behaviors
Political leaders' identity leadership and civic citizenship behavior: The mediating role of trust in fellow citizens and the moderating role of economic inequality
Identity leadership captures leaders efforts to create and promote a sense of shared group membership (i.e., a sense of “we” and of “us”) among followers. The present research report tests this claim by drawing on data from 26 countries that are part of the Global Identity Leadership Development (GILD) project to examine the relationship between political leaders' identity leadership and civic citizenship behavior (N = 6787). It also examines the…
A comparative analysis of colour-emotion associations in 16-88-year-old adults from 31 countries
As people age, they tend to spend more time indoors, and the colours in their surroundings may significantly impact their mood and overall well-being. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence to provide informed guidance on colour choices, irrespective of age group. To work towards informed choices, we investigated whether the associations between colours and emotions observed in younger individuals also apply to older adults. We recruited …
The intergenerational transmission of nature relatedness predicts green purchase intention among Filipino adolescents: Cross-age invariance and the role of social responsibility
Measuring mental well-being among frontline nurses during the Covid-19 crisis: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
Self-compassion promotes mental help-seeking in older, not in younger, counselors
The quest to mental well-being: Nature connectedness, materialism and the mediating role of meaning in life in the Philippine context
Science literacy promotes energy conservation behaviors in Filipino youth via climate change knowledge efficacy: Evidence from Pisa 2018
Today’s youth will inherit the brunt of climate change. Science literacy plays a critical role in raising future adults who commit to climate change mitigation by reducing daily household energy use. The objective of this study was to examine the mediating role of climate change knowledge efficacy on the positive influence of science literacy on engagement in energy conservation at home among Filipino adolescents. Data from the Program for Intern…
Environmental psychology in the Philippines: Growth, challenges and prospects
Environmental psychology is a subdiscipline of psychology that deals with the interplay between people and their environment (Stern, 2000), with a huge part of the discipline dedicated to conservation and sustainability (Giuliani & Scopelliti, 2009).The discipline has grown rapidly over the past decades making its impact felt in terms of research, interventions and policies.However, environmental problems are global problems that entail scientifi…
Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models
Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary and self-construal theorists suggest that gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in more egalitarian countries, reflecting the greater autonomy support and flexible self-construction processes present in these countrie…
Measurement and predictors of mental well-being in community samples in the Philippines during the Covid-19 crisis: Does religious coping matter
This study examined 1) the psychometric properties of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) among Filipinos (N = 360) during the COVID-19 crisis, and 2) the moderating role of positive religious coping on the link between perceived stress and mental well-being among community samples in the Philippines. Findings of the confirmatory analysis revealed that the WEMWBS is a psychometrically sound tool in assessing the mental well-bei…
Mental help-seeking intention among atheists and agnostics: Evidence from a non-Western and highly religious country
Country‐level and individual‐level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries
Men sometimes withdraw support for gender equality movements when their higher gender status is threatened. Here, we expand the focus of this phenomenon by examining it cross‐culturally, to test if both individual‐ and country‐level variables predict men's collective action intentions to support gender equality. We tested a model in which men's zero‐sum beliefs about gender predict reduced collective action intentions via an increase in hostile s…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
The mediating role of psychological distress on the link between socio‐ecological factors and quality of life of Filipino adults during Covid‐19 crisis
Anchored on the Ecological Systems Theory, this study aimed to determine how psychological distress operates as an underlying mechanism in the impact of socio‐ecological factors on the quality of life of Filipino adults during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) crisis. A cross‐sectional online survey was conducted to assess perceptions of 401 adults on socio‐ecological factors (i.e., safety at home, trust in public institutions, and financial di…
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
Bouncing back from Covid ‐19: Individual and ecological factors influence national resilience in adults from Israel, the Philippines, and Brazil
One way that countries may differ in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic is how they withstand extreme adversity while maintaining their societal values and institutions. This study explored national resilience in Israel, the Philippines, and Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Crisis in Context Theory, cross-national understanding of national resilience was examined by assessing measurement models, exploring country differences in percept…
Tears evoke the intention to offer social support: A systematic investigation of the interpersonal effects of emotional crying across 41 countries
Tearful crying is a ubiquitous and likely uniquely human phenomenon. Scholars have argued that emotional tears serve an attachment function: Tears are thought to act as a social glue by evoking social support intentions. Initial experimental studies supported this proposition across several methodologies, but these were conducted almost exclusively on participants from North America and Europe, resulting in limited generalizability. This project …
A comparative analysis of colour-emotion associations in 16-88-year-old adults from 31 countries
As people age, they tend to spend more time indoors, and the colours in their surroundings may significantly impact their mood and overall well-being. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence to provide informed guidance on colour choices, irrespective of age group. To work towards informed choices, we investigated whether the associations between colours and emotions observed in younger individuals also apply to older adults. We recruited …
Measurement and antecedents of national resilience in Filipino adults during coronavirus crisis
Resilience is a broad concept that encompasses individual and social resources to thrive from difficult circumstances. The resilience that occurs as a collective effort or country‐wide phenomenon is referred to as national resilience (NR), which connotes the ability of a nation to deal with crises while keeping its social fabric intact. Like the rest of the world, the Philippines has been greatly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and we argue …
Political leaders' identity leadership and civic citizenship behavior: The mediating role of trust in fellow citizens and the moderating role of economic inequality
Identity leadership captures leaders efforts to create and promote a sense of shared group membership (i.e., a sense of “we” and of “us”) among followers. The present research report tests this claim by drawing on data from 26 countries that are part of the Global Identity Leadership Development (GILD) project to examine the relationship between political leaders' identity leadership and civic citizenship behavior (N = 6787). It also examines the…
Commentary: Progress in understanding and overcoming barriers to public engagement with climate change
Distress and Resilience in Days of Covid-19: International Study of Samples from Israel, Brazil, and the Philippines
We compared three types of resilience (individual, community, and national resilience), two indicators of distress (sense of danger and distress symptoms) and wellbeing, among samples from Israel, Brazil, and the Philippines, during the “first-wave” of COVID-19 pandemic. Though significant differences were found among the samples regarding all variables, similarities were also emerged. Individual resilience and wellbeing negatively predicted dist…
Compassion, Forgiveness and Subjective Well-Being among Filipino Counseling Professionals
The Experience of Power in Teacher–Student Relationships in Collectivistic Context
Connectedness to Nature Encourages, but Materialism Hinders, Ecological Behavior in the Philippines: The Higher Order and Second-Order Factors of Environmental Attitudes as Viable Mediating Pathways
Despite the global prevalence of environmental issues, limited research has been done in wider sociocultural contexts. This study aimed to determine the influence of (1) connectedness to nature, (2) materialism on ecological behavior, and (3) to juxtapose two models demonstrating the mediating role of the overall index of environmental attitudes (Model 1) and its second-order factors (Model 2) (i.e., education, field trips, conservation, and inte…
When Does Self-Criticism Lead to Depression in Collectivistic Context
Measurement and antecedents of national resilience in Filipino adults during coronavirus crisis
Resilience is a broad concept that encompasses individual and social resources to thrive from difficult circumstances. The resilience that occurs as a collective effort or country‐wide phenomenon is referred to as national resilience (NR), which connotes the ability of a nation to deal with crises while keeping its social fabric intact. Like the rest of the world, the Philippines has been greatly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and we argue …
Country‐level and individual‐level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries
Men sometimes withdraw support for gender equality movements when their higher gender status is threatened. Here, we expand the focus of this phenomenon by examining it cross‐culturally, to test if both individual‐ and country‐level variables predict men's collective action intentions to support gender equality. We tested a model in which men's zero‐sum beliefs about gender predict reduced collective action intentions via an increase in hostile s…
Self-Stigma Is Associated with Depression and Anxiety in a Collectivistic Context: The Adaptive Cultural Function of Self-Criticism
Literature on the cultural psychological aspect of mental health suggests that antecedents of mental health in individualistic cultures, or societies that prioritize independence, autonomy, and personal uniqueness do not always apply in collectivistic cultures, or societies that prioritize interdependence, social connection, interpersonal harmony, and norms. The aim of the present study was to determine the mechanisms underlying the impact of sel…
Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations
Precarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard to earn, easy to lose, and proven via public action. Here, we present cross-cultural data on a brief measure of precarious manhood beliefs (the Precarious Manhood Beliefs scale [PMB]) that covaries meaningfully with other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies and with country-level indices of gender equality and human development. Using data …
Social Responsibility Facilitates the Intergenerational Transmission of Attitudes Toward Green Purchasing in a Non-Western Country: Evidence from the Philippines
Given that today's younger generation will face the future environmental consequences of ecologically harmful purchasing habits, it is necessary to understand how the youth inherit green purchase attitudes from the older generation. This study aimed to examine the intergenerational transmission of green purchase attitudes from parents to their adolescent children in a non-Western country, the Philippines. Moreover, this study sought to investigat…
Identity Leadership, Employee Burnout and the Mediating Role of Team Identification: Evidence from the Global Identity Leadership Development Project
Do leaders who build a sense of shared social identity in their teams thereby protect them from the adverse effects of workplace stress? This is a question that the present paper explores by testing the hypothesis that identity leadership contributes to stronger team identification among employees and, through this, is associated with reduced burnout. We tested this model with unique datasets from the Global Identity Leadership Development (GILD)…
Bouncing back from Covid ‐19: Individual and ecological factors influence national resilience in adults from Israel, the Philippines, and Brazil
One way that countries may differ in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic is how they withstand extreme adversity while maintaining their societal values and institutions. This study explored national resilience in Israel, the Philippines, and Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Crisis in Context Theory, cross-national understanding of national resilience was examined by assessing measurement models, exploring country differences in percept…
Commentary: Progress in understanding and overcoming barriers to public engagement with climate change
Tears evoke the intention to offer social support: A systematic investigation of the interpersonal effects of emotional crying across 41 countries
Tearful crying is a ubiquitous and likely uniquely human phenomenon. Scholars have argued that emotional tears serve an attachment function: Tears are thought to act as a social glue by evoking social support intentions. Initial experimental studies supported this proposition across several methodologies, but these were conducted almost exclusively on participants from North America and Europe, resulting in limited generalizability. This project …
Distress and Resilience in Days of Covid-19: International Study of Samples from Israel, Brazil, and the Philippines
We compared three types of resilience (individual, community, and national resilience), two indicators of distress (sense of danger and distress symptoms) and wellbeing, among samples from Israel, Brazil, and the Philippines, during the “first-wave” of COVID-19 pandemic. Though significant differences were found among the samples regarding all variables, similarities were also emerged. Individual resilience and wellbeing negatively predicted dist…
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic
Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors associated with public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing and stricter hygiene) and endorsed public policy interventions (e.g., closing bars and restaurants) during …
Measurement and community antecedents of positive mental health among the survivors of typhoons Vamco and Goni during the Covid-19 crisis in the Philippines
An extension of the theory of planned behaviour in predicting intention to reduce plastic use in the Philippines: Cross‐sectional and experimental evidence
The Philippines is the third‐largest contributor to plastic waste, which is an urgent global problem that cannot be addressed without individual and collective behaviour changes. In two studies, the present research examined the antecedents of intention to reduce plastic use in the Philippines. Using a cross‐sectional online survey, Study 1 ( N = 245) investigated the influence of attitudes, perceived behavioural control, two types of norms (desc…
Differential impact of prescriptive norms in the intergenerational transmission of environmental concern in a non‐Western context: Evidence from the Philippines
Despite the global nature of environmental problems and the known cultural differences in parenting practises, there is a dearth of studies that have examined the intergenerational transmission of environmental concern in non‐Western contexts. This study investigated the interplay of prescriptive norms and interdependent self‐construal in the transmission of environmental concern among 449 parent–adolescent dyads in the Philippines. The results d…
Socio-ecological determinants of distress in Filipino adults during Covid-19 crisis
Treatment of selective mutism during the Covid-19 pandemic: Insights from practice
Selective mutism is a childhood disorder involving a lack of speech in certain situations often due to traumatic or embarrassing social encounters (Viana et al., 2009). Treating selective mutism primarily entails exposure therapy and behavioral experiments, which capitalize on encouraging the clients to speak in feared social situations as a way to reduce anxiety (Catchpole et al., 2019; Furr et al., 2020; Valaparla et al., 2018). Given the socia…
Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to Covid-19 pandemic using machine learning
At the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 became a global problem. Despite all the efforts to emphasize the relevance of preventive measures, not everyone adhered to them. Thus, learning more about the characteristics determining attitudinal and behavioral responses to the pandemic is crucial to improving future interventions. In this study, we applied machine learning on the multi-national data collected by the International Collaboration on the Social…
Blessed are the Poor, They shall be More Persistent: Meaning in Life and Persistence among Adolescents from Low- and High-Income Regions in the Philippines
The mediating role of psychological distress on the link between socio‐ecological factors and quality of life of Filipino adults during Covid‐19 crisis
Anchored on the Ecological Systems Theory, this study aimed to determine how psychological distress operates as an underlying mechanism in the impact of socio‐ecological factors on the quality of life of Filipino adults during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) crisis. A cross‐sectional online survey was conducted to assess perceptions of 401 adults on socio‐ecological factors (i.e., safety at home, trust in public institutions, and financial di…
Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Psychology (43 works) · Social Psychology (31 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Clinical Psychology (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (13 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (11 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works)