Rebecca Shankland

• Professor of Psychology
• Professor (Full) at Lumière University Lyon 2

Reflecting the increasing interest in connectedness to nature (CN), research on connectedness to humanity (CH) has surged. Currently, the focus is on investigating the interplay and distinct contributions of CH and CN; however, the lack of a validated tool for assessing CH has led researchers to use non-comparable scales. This paper aims to (1) val...

Research on school canteens has predominantly prioritized nutrition, overlooking student well-being, including both cognitive and affective components. Nevertheless, lunchtime is a pivotal moment for students to recharge amidst a lengthy school routine. Among various factors affecting children's well-being, time perception, especially the judgment...

This study investigated the relationship between perceived time passage during meals and eating disorder risk in young women. Researchers hypothesized that individuals at higher risk would experience a slower passage of time and explored the connection between time perception and eating behaviors like meal duration and time to satiety. Forty female...

Background Children in out-of-home care constitute a vulnerable population often experiencing mental health challenges related to early adversity and placement disruptions. The Circle of Security Parenting program® (COS-P) is an attachment-based intervention designed to enhance carer sensitivity and reflective competence, ultimately improving the q...

Abstract Purpose Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a stressful exam assessing medical competencies. Stress coping strategies are expected to enhance students’ performance during OSCE. The objective was to determine the effect of short preventive coping interventions on performance of medical students. Materials and methods Double...

Objectives The present randomized controlled study aimed to evaluate the effects of two interventions on emotional dysregulation as a primary outcome and on depression, anxiety, stress, well‐being, self‐compassion and emotional competencies as secondary outcomes. Finally, the mediating role of emotional dysregulation as a core process in the effect...

Positive psychology interventions aim to enhance individuals’ resilience, mental health, and well-being. This study ( N = 34) aimed to assess whether the CARE (Coherence, Attention, Relationship, Engagement) intervention tailored to enhance parental strengths and resources may contribute to the prevention and reduction of parental burnout. We teste...

The challenge posed by climate change has prompted researchers to investigate the mechanisms underlying ecological values and behaviors, emphasizing the pivotal role of connectedness to nature in responsible consumption. Beyond its environmental aspect, responsible consumption embraces a social dimension marked by conscientious behaviors minimizing...

Background Awareness of one's own states is a particularly important part of cognition and emotion regulation. Recently, the concept of alexisomia has been used to refer to lack of awareness and expression of somatic sensations. Developing self-reported questionnaires to evaluate alexisomia represents a challenge for clinical psychology and medicin...

De nombreux concepts comme les compétences émotionnelles, la régulation émotionnelle, l’acceptation, la tolérance à la détresse, l’évitement expérientiel, la décentration et l’autorégulation de l’attention s’inscrivent dans un même réseau nomologique et sont au cœur des approches de pleine conscience et d’acceptation. De précédentes études ont démo...

This article presents the results of a psychometric evaluation and initial validation of the French version of the Experiences Questionnaire (EQ-F), a self-report measure of decentering. Decentering is the ability to maintain a detached stance toward one’s thoughts and emotions and is related to adaptive psychological functioning. Study 1 explored...

This study evaluates the Individual Strengths, Collective Power! program in fostering students' use of strengths vocabulary and improving classroom relationships in an inclusive education setting in Switzerland, where students with and without special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) attend school together. The study involved 179 students,...

Background Creativity and responsibility are enhanced by meditation among adults, but such effects have not been studied in adolescents. Moreover, the determinants of the ethical effect (such as responsibility) of meditation are unclear. Aims To address this gap by investigating the impact of digital in-class meditation programmes in middle scho...

The Study Demands and Resources Scale (SDRS) has shown promise as a valid and reliable measure for measuring students’ specific study demands and -resources. However, there is no evidence as to its psychometric properties outside of the original context in which it was developed. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the SDRS in...

A number of countries worldwide aim at developing parenting support programs designed to enhance positive parenting practices, and reduce violence against children to enable positive child development. This study aimed at assessing the efficacy of the Living and Growing Together ® parenting support program on parental sense of competence and positi...

The present study investigated whether study engagement is predicted by personal resources (i.e., self-efficacy and psychological flexibility) and achievement goals. A total of 223 French first-year humanities and social sciences students were invited to complete an online questionnaire comprising scales measuring the three predictors. The results...

Background: Mindful eating is a concept that is increasingly being used to promote healthy eating. Observational studies have suggested associations with healthier eating behaviors, lower weight status, and favorable cardiovascular biomarkers. However, existing scales assessing mindful eating have some limitations. Our study aimed to develop and va...

In this paper, we present a study comprising two distinct stages to examine the extent to which metacognitive processes of decentering facilitate the emergence of self-transcendence experiences in everyday life (i.e., the frequency of self-transcendent emotions, flow proneness, and adopting an interconnected identity). In the course of conducting t...

Emerging adulthood is a critical developmental period during which individual, social, and professional changes occur. Among the psychopathological disorders that can appear during this period, disordered eating is a major risk. This narrative review provides an overview of the risk and protective factors of disordered eating. Recommendations inten...

Task performance refers to the proficiency with which students perform in academic tasks through making the right choices and completing core tasks central to their academic studies, on time and to specification. We adapted Koopmans et al.’s (2014) task performance scale for use within tertiary education and investigated its psychometric properties...

Background Incorporating interprofessional collaboration within healthcare is critical to delivery of patient-centered care. Interprofessional Education (IPE) programs are key to promoting such collaboration. The ‘Public Health Service' (PHS) in France is a mandatory IPE initiative that embodies this collaborative spirit, bringing together students...

The Attentional Control Theory (ACT) posits that, while trait anxiety may not directly impact performance, it can influence processing efficiency by prompting the use of compensatory mechanisms. The specific nature of these mechanisms, which might be reflective, is not detailed by the ACT. In a study involving 110 students (M = 20.12; SD = 2.10), s...

The present study assessed the effectiveness of informal mindfulness practice among parents in terms of parental burnout prevention and treatment. The objective was to test the new approach of informal mindfulness practice, the FOVEA program, implemented in daily activities rather than based on formal meditations. Indeed, traditional mindfulness pr...

We propose and test a new conceptual model in which overall justice is an antecedent to personal flourishing. Flourishing, in turn, partially mediates the relationship of overall justice to job performance and organizational citizenship behaviors directed toward individuals (OCB-I). These hypotheses are confirmed. However, high materialism weakens...

This paper examines key assumptions about the benefits of self-oriented care and other-oriented care that have been guiding considerable amounts of research and applications in psychology. More specifically, the paper questions the importance of what can be referred to as the ‘Oxygen Mask Assumption’ the belief that it is often best to take care of...

Mindfulness- and self-compassion-based programs have been shown to reduce parental stress, and levels of mindfulness and self-compassion have been shown to be negatively related to parental burnout (PB) factors. Based on these results, the present study aimed to test the efficacy of an 8-week mindfulness and compassion-based group approach (MCA) (n...

Background Some studies have reported associations between self-esteem and weight status, but longitudinal data on adults remain scarce. The aim of this population-based study was to analyze the cross-sectional and longitudinal association between self-esteem and body mass index (BMI) and to investigate whether baseline BMI has an impact on this as...

Trait anxiety, emotion regulation strategies, and metacognitive beliefs influence executive functions (EFs) and academic achievement. This study examines their interplay and impact on academic success. In total, 275 adolescents (10–17 years) and parents completed an online questionnaire assessing trait anxiety, emotion regulation strategies, metaco...

Objective: Experiences at school have an impact on youths’ development, global quality of life, and life trajectory. The "Meaning of School" program adopts a collaborative approach to enhance students' motivation and satisfaction at school. It fosters a growth mindset and aligns learning with students' personal interests and values, drawing from th...

The Attentional Control Theory (ACT) suggests that trait anxiety does not directly affect performance but may alter processing efficiency through the generation of compensatory strategies. However, the ACT does not describe the nature of these strategies, which could be reflective in nature. One hundred ten students (M = 20.12; SD = 2.10) completed...

Trait anxiety, emotion regulation strategies, and metacognitive beliefs influence executive functions (EF) and academic achievement. This study examines their interplay and impact on academic success. In total, 275 adolescents (10-17 years) and parents completed an online questionnaire assessing trait anxiety, emotion regulation strategies, metacog...

Pleine conscience et apprentissages. La sonnerie a retenti. La classe va commencer. L'enseignant s'est installé à son bureau. Tourné vers ses élèves, il s'arrête : tous ne semblent pas être vraiment là. Certains se trémoussent sur leur chaise encore agités par tout ce qu'ils viennent de vivre dans leur quotidien, d'autres discutent de ce qu'ils fer...

Le bien-être est de plus en plus étudié dans différents domaines (santé, travail, école...). Être capable de l'évaluer est essentiel si on veut établir et proposer des interventions efficaces et adaptées, capables d'aider réellement les personnes qui en bénéficient. La psychologie positive contribue d'ailleurs, depuis plus de 20 ans, à en développe...

Poor academic performance is known to be linked to the tendency to procrastinate. The latter is thought to reflect deficits in effort regulation and study time management (i.e. learning-related resources), but some recent results have suggested that it could stem from psychological inflexibility. The main objective of the present study was thus to...

Background and objectives: Mindful eating (ME) is defined as non-judgmental awareness of the physical and emotional sensations experienced while eating. An association between ME and healthier eating behaviors has been suggested. However, there are only few observational studies available. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate th...

Background Cognitive dissonance theory and research has suggested that engaging in prevention interventions for other students may be a means of reducing one’s own problematic behaviors in order to reduce potential cognitive dissonance. This study assessed the effects of a new mandatory prevention intervention program for healthcare students in Fra...

This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric validity of the French adaptation of the Strengths Use Scale (SUS), a self-report tool measuring how individuals use their strengths in daily life. The original SUS, developed by Govindji and Linley (2007), has not been thoroughly assessed across languages and cultures. The adapted French SUS exhibits s...

Dispositional mindfulness, the individuals’ tendency to be non-judgmentally aware of moment-by-moment experiences in daily lives, allows people to accept their internal experiences whatever the emotions or thoughts arising. The current research studied whether greater levels of acceptance reduced perceived stress and could be extended to job satisf...

Selon une enquête menée par Diener et Lucas, ce que les parents souhaitent le plus pour l’avenir de leur enfant c’est leur bien-être. Le bien-être est associé à une meilleure qualité des relations sociales, une bonne santé mentale, de meilleures performances au travail et une meilleure santé physique. L’école joue un rôle important dans la préserva...

Although the literature has shown that attachment and mindfulness are related to relationship quality, their cumulative effect remains unclear. This study aims to understand the impact of mindfulness on the relationship between parental and adult attachment styles and the quality of relationships with parents and romantic partners in young adults....

Both creativity and responsibility are important higher-order skills to develop to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene, and both are related to attentional states of consciousness and to ethics. Meditation is a set of practices that trains attentional and emotional regulation. A few studies have shown that different kinds of meditation can fost...

Background Children’s mental health is a public health priority, with 1 in 5 European children younger than 12 years having a behavioral, developmental, or psychological disorder. Mental health literacy (MHL) is a modifiable determinant of mental health, promoting psychological well-being and reducing mental health problems. Despite its significanc...

BACKGROUND Children’s mental health is a public health priority, with 1 in 5 European children younger than 12 years having a behavioral, developmental, or psychological disorder. Mental health literacy (MHL) is a modifiable determinant of mental health, promoting psychological well-being and reducing mental health problems. Despite its significanc...

Background: Mandatory "sanitary service" is an inter-disciplinary health promotion program that ensures inclusion of action training in the curriculum of French students in healthcare professions. Its evaluation is important to identify areas for improvement. Objectives: The objective was to evaluate the satisfaction of the actors with the gener...

Cet ouvrage est issu du 11e Congrès de l’Association Francophone de Psychologie de la Santé qui a été organisé en 2021 par le Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé (LPPS, UR 4057) de l’Université Paris Cité. La prise en compte de l’entourage des personnes avec des problèmes de santé s’est particulièrement développée ces dix dernière...

The present study assessed the effectiveness of informal mindfulness practice among parents in terms of parental burnout prevention and treatment. The objective was to test a new approach based on informal mindfulness practices, the FOVEA programme, implemented in daily activities rather than based on formal meditations. Indeed, traditional mindful...

Background The sanitary service is a mandatory prevention training programme for all French healthcare students. Students receive training and then have to design and carry out a prevention intervention with various populations. The aim of this study was to analyse the type of health education interventions carried out in schools by healthcare stud...

Socio-emotional features are crucial in the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa (AN). The present study investigates the patterns of altered and preserved empathic abilities in AN. Empathy is an umbrella term that comprises the ability to recognise another's emotional state, take another's perspective, and fantasise (cognitive empathy),...

Context Parental burnout increases the risk of deleterious consequences on parents’, couples’, and children's physical and mental health. Methods The current study (N = 134) aimed to assess the effectiveness of a Cognitive Behavioural Stress Management (CBSM) group programme in terms of parental burnout reduction. In total 67 parents attended the...

Une relation enseignant-élève (REE) de proximité favorise l’engagement des élèves et le ressenti d’émotions positives chez les professeurs. La présente revue systématique interroge ce que rapporte la littérature anglophone quant à l’effet de formations dédiées au développement des compétences émotionnelles (CE) des enseignants sur ces compétences e...

The aim of this study was to replicate the results of a lengthening effect caused by physical activity already observed in duration length judgment, using the time passage judgment measure, while exploring the effects of passion types (obsessive vs. harmonious) on time perception. A total of 378 ultra-trail runners responded to an online questionna...

Psychosocial competencies, also known as psychosocial skills or life skills, are essential for the prevention and promotion of mental health. Since the beginning of this century, psychosocial competencies have been defined as the ability to develop positive mental health. Most individual or social mental health protection programs are related to ps...

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence on individuals’ time perception of observing a range of foods differing in calorific content. In a first experiment, 92 adult participants performed a temporal bisection task with stimulus durations presented in the form of high- or low-calorie food pictures as well as matched non-food control...

Background: Young adults are increasingly exposed to social media and their image/video- based activities. They use these platforms to share images, videos and advice in different fields like food and nutrition with: recipe ideas, nutritional opinions or specific diets. Along with the rise of digital technologies, the prevalence of eating disorders...

The current context, with the many changes occurring in both local and distant environments, raises ethical questions that challenge our emotions, our relationships, and our vision of the world and our place in it. These changes require us to be capable of apprehending a complex set of problems so as to understand and analyse them, grasp the indivi...

Self-compassion (SC) seems to play an important role in improving Emotion Regulation (ER). Nevertheless, the results of previous studies regarding the links between SC and ER are not consistent, especially facing diverse models of ER (strategy-based vs skill-based). The goal of this prospective study was to evaluate the links between these three co...

If you start reading this chapter with a low level of attention, you will surely find yourself dropping out regularly. Your mind, sensations, or emotions will sometimes take you into the past or the future, sometimes into thoughts or remarks, most of which would be minor or unrelated to this reading. While you had made it your goal to finish this c...

The mental health of university students is a serious public health issue. The alarming trend of high levels of untreated psychological distress observed during the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for prevention programs. Digital tools are a promising means of delivering such programs. Web-based programs are acceptable and effective at improv...

Résumé Objectifs Comparer les mécanismes et l’efficacité d’interventions basées sur la pleine conscience et sur la psychologie positive dans la réduction de la symptomatologie dépressive modérée à sévère. Méthode–Population Vingt-sept patients (âge moyen : 44 ans) souffrant de dépression répartis en 3 groupes : 2 groupes expérimentaux (interventi...

Seligman’s 2011 PERMA model is one of the models most referred to in positive psychology intervention research. This model refers to the five essential pillars which lead to flourishing: Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning in life, and Accomplishment. However, one of the pillars, termed engagement, which refers to flow or peak exp...

Despite its popularity in practice, the Grit-O Scale has shown inconsistent factorial structures and differing levels of internal consistency in samples outside the USA. The validity of the Grit-O Scale in different contexts is, therefore, questionable. As such, the purpose of this paper was to determine whether the Grit-O Scale could be used as a...