Stanislava Stoyanova
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 117638 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Stanislava Stoyanova |
| PRENOMES | Stanislava |
| SOBRENOME | Stoyanova |
| ASSINATURA | STOYANOVA S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | South-West University "Neofit Rilski" |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8873-9285 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Is Societal Progress Muting the Expressivity of Negative Emotions? Evidence from Two Cross-national Studies
Contemporary theories of emotion emphasize the dual role of emotions as both personal experiences and communicative signals during social interactions. However, the impact of macro-level societal structures on emotional expression remains underexplored. This study investigates the expression-experience discrepancy for self-reported emotions across nations, focusing on how societal development relates to this discrepancy, which captures expressivi…
How Verbal Intelligence Predicts Emotional Stability
This study examines whether verbal intelligence predicts emotional stability and investigates the moderating role of empathy in this relationship. Data were collected from 300 Bulgarian adults (M age = 29.6 years, SD = 12.8; 87.3% female) using Factor B (Reasoning/verbal crystallized intelligence) and Factor C (Emotional Stability) from Cattell’s 16PF Questionnaire (Form C), together with Yusupov’s empathy scale (Bulgarian adaptation). A general …
How competitive climates trigger conflict with colleagues and supervisors and how team knowledge sharing helps
Purpose This research paper aims to examine how a competitive psychological climate (CPC), in which employees perceive rewards and recognition to depend on outperforming others, relates to workplace conflict, and how team knowledge sharing shapes this relationship. Drawing on Job Demands–Resources theory, the authors examined how CPC relates to process, relationship and task conflict with colleagues (horizontal conflict; Studies 1 and 3) and with…
Self-Esteem and Feelings of Inferiority and Superiority Among Athletes and Non-Athletes
Self-esteem is a central part of personality, related to self-perceptions and evaluation of oneself compared to other people. Self-esteem could be global self-esteem, concerning the whole personality, or partial self-esteem, concerning the different aspects of personality and performance. Global self-esteem, as well as feelings of inferiority and supremacy, were compared among 197 athletes and 198 non-athletes in Bulgaria based on three self-repo…
The function of love
A Cross-cultural Study On the Association Between Societal Conditions and the Idealization of Happiness
Although most people aspire to be happy, the extent to which people pursue or idealize experiencing high levels of happiness does differ according to sociocultural context. This study was designed to elucidate which societal and cultural indicators are the most conducive to fostering high levels of happiness idealization. To accomplish this goal, we measured levels of happiness idealization for 11,170 participants residing in 43 different countri…
Love beyond east and west
Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being
Male and Female Roles in the Perception of Young People Among Belarusians, Bulgarians, and Russians
The inequality of women in various areas of life still holds on, despite all efforts, in many countries, including work, politics and everyday life. However, there is still a great deal of controversy and debate about gender equality in different countries. A comparative analysis of ideas about male and female roles among young representatives of three Slavic peoples, Russians (1043 pers.), Belarusians (373), and Bulgarians (346), is conducted in…
The Role of Cultural Heterogeneity in Strengthening the Link Between Family Relationships and Life Satisfaction in 50 Societies
We argue that the importance of family relationships for individual well-being varies across societies as a function of a society’s degree of cultural heterogeneity. To examine the role of family relationships, we analyzed the responses from 13,009 participants in 50 societies on their life satisfaction across societies varying in their levels of historical and contemporary cultural heterogeneity. Such heterogeneity creates differences in the fre…
Perceived threat of Covid-19, self-assessment of physical health and mental resilience
The coronavirus pandemic is a global health crisis and the biggest challenge of our time. The aim of the study was to compare the perceived threat of COVID-19, self-assessed physical health, and mental resilience among some social categories vulnerable to stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as 67 people diagnosed with mental disorders and healthy people (67 healthcare specialists, 67 professionals in the areas of economy, education, law or …
Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construal
Past research has shown that economic inequality shapes individuals' self-construals. However, it has been unclear which dimensions of self-construal are associated with and affected by economic inequality. A correlational (Study 1: N = 264) and an experimental study (Study 2: N = 532) provided converging evidence linking perceived economic inequality with two forms of independent (vs. interdependent) self-construal: Difference from Others and Se…
Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage
We explore to what extent previously observed pan-cultural association between dimensions of self-construal and personal life satisfaction (PLS) may be moderated by three national-contextual variables: national wealth, economic inequality, and religious heritage. The results showed that Self-reliance (vs. dependence on others) predicted PLS positively in poorer countries but negatively in richer countries. Connectedness to others (vs. self-contai…
Online Testing as a Means of Enhancing Students’ Academic Motivation during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Although it is widely believed that online testing may be applied as a way of enhancing academic motivation, thus far we know little about this topic for Bulgarian students. For this purpose, we conducted research during the COVID-19 pandemic focusing only on university students (n = 80; 74 women, 63 full-time, 17 part-time, 41 bachelor students, 39 master’s students). Participants studied online and filled in several tests online as a part of th…
Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption
Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants …
Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries
Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives—an evolutionary psychological perspective and a biosocial role perspective—offer alternative explanations for these findings. However, the original data on which each perspective relies are decades old, and the li…
Preferred Interpersonal Distances
Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of…
A series of experiments on humour perception and memorization – a case of humour associations and remembering humorous stories
Four experiments with 48 participants were conducted to study humour perception and memorization. A computerized method (FVW) from Vienna Test System was used (Kessler, Pietrzyk & Puhr, 2003), as well as humour associations, the recall of three funny stories, a short text evoking admiration and respect. The research was focused on what was associated with the word “humour” and on the types of the best remembered stories. The results indicated tha…
Attractiveness of Leg Length
The leg-to-body ratio (LBR) is a morphological index that has been shown to influence a person's attractiveness. In our research, 3,103 participants from 27 nations rated the physical attractiveness of seven male and seven female silhouettes varying in LBR. We found that male and female silhouettes with short and excessively long legs were perceived as less attractive across all nations. Hence, the LBR may significantly influence perceptions of p…
Preferred Interpersonal Distances
Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of…
Attractiveness of Leg Length
The leg-to-body ratio (LBR) is a morphological index that has been shown to influence a person's attractiveness. In our research, 3,103 participants from 27 nations rated the physical attractiveness of seven male and seven female silhouettes varying in LBR. We found that male and female silhouettes with short and excessively long legs were perceived as less attractive across all nations. Hence, the LBR may significantly influence perceptions of p…
The function of love
Love beyond east and west
Attractiveness of Leg Length
The leg-to-body ratio (LBR) is a morphological index that has been shown to influence a person's attractiveness. In our research, 3,103 participants from 27 nations rated the physical attractiveness of seven male and seven female silhouettes varying in LBR. We found that male and female silhouettes with short and excessively long legs were perceived as less attractive across all nations. Hence, the LBR may significantly influence perceptions of p…
A series of experiments on humour perception and memorization – a case of humour associations and remembering humorous stories
Four experiments with 48 participants were conducted to study humour perception and memorization. A computerized method (FVW) from Vienna Test System was used (Kessler, Pietrzyk & Puhr, 2003), as well as humour associations, the recall of three funny stories, a short text evoking admiration and respect. The research was focused on what was associated with the word “humour” and on the types of the best remembered stories. The results indicated tha…
Preferred Interpersonal Distances
Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of…
Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries
Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives—an evolutionary psychological perspective and a biosocial role perspective—offer alternative explanations for these findings. However, the original data on which each perspective relies are decades old, and the li…
Personal Life Satisfaction as a Measure of Societal Happiness is an Individualistic Presumption
Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants …
Online Testing as a Means of Enhancing Students’ Academic Motivation during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Although it is widely believed that online testing may be applied as a way of enhancing academic motivation, thus far we know little about this topic for Bulgarian students. For this purpose, we conducted research during the COVID-19 pandemic focusing only on university students (n = 80; 74 women, 63 full-time, 17 part-time, 41 bachelor students, 39 master’s students). Participants studied online and filled in several tests online as a part of th…
Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construal
Past research has shown that economic inequality shapes individuals' self-construals. However, it has been unclear which dimensions of self-construal are associated with and affected by economic inequality. A correlational (Study 1: N = 264) and an experimental study (Study 2: N = 532) provided converging evidence linking perceived economic inequality with two forms of independent (vs. interdependent) self-construal: Difference from Others and Se…
Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage
We explore to what extent previously observed pan-cultural association between dimensions of self-construal and personal life satisfaction (PLS) may be moderated by three national-contextual variables: national wealth, economic inequality, and religious heritage. The results showed that Self-reliance (vs. dependence on others) predicted PLS positively in poorer countries but negatively in richer countries. Connectedness to others (vs. self-contai…
The Role of Cultural Heterogeneity in Strengthening the Link Between Family Relationships and Life Satisfaction in 50 Societies
We argue that the importance of family relationships for individual well-being varies across societies as a function of a society’s degree of cultural heterogeneity. To examine the role of family relationships, we analyzed the responses from 13,009 participants in 50 societies on their life satisfaction across societies varying in their levels of historical and contemporary cultural heterogeneity. Such heterogeneity creates differences in the fre…
Perceived threat of Covid-19, self-assessment of physical health and mental resilience
The coronavirus pandemic is a global health crisis and the biggest challenge of our time. The aim of the study was to compare the perceived threat of COVID-19, self-assessed physical health, and mental resilience among some social categories vulnerable to stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as 67 people diagnosed with mental disorders and healthy people (67 healthcare specialists, 67 professionals in the areas of economy, education, law or …
Self-Esteem and Feelings of Inferiority and Superiority Among Athletes and Non-Athletes
Self-esteem is a central part of personality, related to self-perceptions and evaluation of oneself compared to other people. Self-esteem could be global self-esteem, concerning the whole personality, or partial self-esteem, concerning the different aspects of personality and performance. Global self-esteem, as well as feelings of inferiority and supremacy, were compared among 197 athletes and 198 non-athletes in Bulgaria based on three self-repo…
The function of love
A Cross-cultural Study On the Association Between Societal Conditions and the Idealization of Happiness
Although most people aspire to be happy, the extent to which people pursue or idealize experiencing high levels of happiness does differ according to sociocultural context. This study was designed to elucidate which societal and cultural indicators are the most conducive to fostering high levels of happiness idealization. To accomplish this goal, we measured levels of happiness idealization for 11,170 participants residing in 43 different countri…
Love beyond east and west
Cultural religiosity moderates the relationship between being in love and subjective well-being
Male and Female Roles in the Perception of Young People Among Belarusians, Bulgarians, and Russians
The inequality of women in various areas of life still holds on, despite all efforts, in many countries, including work, politics and everyday life. However, there is still a great deal of controversy and debate about gender equality in different countries. A comparative analysis of ideas about male and female roles among young representatives of three Slavic peoples, Russians (1043 pers.), Belarusians (373), and Bulgarians (346), is conducted in…
Is Societal Progress Muting the Expressivity of Negative Emotions? Evidence from Two Cross-national Studies
Contemporary theories of emotion emphasize the dual role of emotions as both personal experiences and communicative signals during social interactions. However, the impact of macro-level societal structures on emotional expression remains underexplored. This study investigates the expression-experience discrepancy for self-reported emotions across nations, focusing on how societal development relates to this discrepancy, which captures expressivi…
How Verbal Intelligence Predicts Emotional Stability
This study examines whether verbal intelligence predicts emotional stability and investigates the moderating role of empathy in this relationship. Data were collected from 300 Bulgarian adults (M age = 29.6 years, SD = 12.8; 87.3% female) using Factor B (Reasoning/verbal crystallized intelligence) and Factor C (Emotional Stability) from Cattell’s 16PF Questionnaire (Form C), together with Yusupov’s empathy scale (Bulgarian adaptation). A general …
How competitive climates trigger conflict with colleagues and supervisors and how team knowledge sharing helps
Purpose This research paper aims to examine how a competitive psychological climate (CPC), in which employees perceive rewards and recognition to depend on outperforming others, relates to workplace conflict, and how team knowledge sharing shapes this relationship. Drawing on Job Demands–Resources theory, the authors examined how CPC relates to process, relationship and task conflict with colleagues (horizontal conflict; Studies 1 and 3) and with…
Psychology (16 obras) · Social Psychology (13 obras) · Cultural Differences and Values (8 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (6 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Medicine (4 obras) · Perception (4 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Developmental psychology (3 obras)