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- Perceiving a depressive target: Infrahumanization at emotional and culture levels.Publication . Silva, Diogo C. da; Martins, Ana C.; Garcia-Marques, TeresaAbstract: Background: Health is a critical factor influencing key workplace outcomes, including job attitudes, behaviors, and performance. This study investigated the role of daily micro-breaks, specifically morning meditation practices, and positive affective experiences (i.e., positive affect) at work in predicting health-related outcomes, namely vitality and mental health. Using a non-experimental design, this study tested a moderated mediation model in which sleep quality moderates the relationship between morning meditation and positive affect, which, in turn, predicts end-of-the-day health-related outcomes. Methodology: Data were collected twice a day from 44 healthcare employees over five consecutive workdays using a daily survey approach. Key Results: Multilevel modeling analyses revealed that morning meditation was significantly associated with increased positive affect and improved health indicators at the end of the workday. Moreover, sleep quality moderated the relationship between morning meditation and positive affect, such that the conditional indirect effect of meditation on end-of-day mental health and vitality via positive affect was significant when sleep quality from the preceding night was poor. Conclusions: These findings underscore the interactive effect of prior-night sleep quality and morning meditation on affective and health-related outcomes by the end of the day. By identifying sleep quality as a key boundary condition, we contribute to a more nuanced understanding of when meditation is most beneficial. Our findings have significant implications for both research and practice, particularly in high-stress environments such as healthcare, where optimizing employee well-being is crucial for both individual and organizational performance.
- Stereotyping when it fits: How perceived face—Label match shapes mental illness judgmentsPublication . Silva, Diogo C. da; Garcia-Marques, Teresa; Garcia-Marques, TeresaThis paper extends research on how mental illness (MI) labels affect personality inference byintroducing a target face. We hypothesized that the influence of label/stereotypes is limitedby how individuals perceive facial cues as fitting the label. In three experiments, participantsrated targets on competence, warmth, dominance, and trustworthiness based on face photospaired with either a healthy or MI label (Experiment 1), or with labels of depression andschizophrenia (Experiments 2 and 3). As predicted, labels influenced perceptions only whenfacial features were seen as fitting the label. In these cases, MI and schizophrenia labelsincreased perceived dominance and reduced other traits. When perceived to match the face,the depression label produced a distinct stereotype profile from MI, aligning with previousfindings. These findings highlight the interplay between top-down and bottom-up processesin person perception, corroborating that subtle mismatches with stereotypes can reduce thebiasing effects of MI labels