The research Ethics committee of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology (ELTE) granted a central permission (permission nr: 2019/47). Many other labs obtained IRB approval too, which approvals can be found here: https://osf.io/j6kte/ . Participants had to give informed consent before starting the experiment. Only participants recruited through Mturk or Prolific received monetary compensation.Note that full information on the approval of the study protocol must also be provided in the manuscript.

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The Stress Mindset Measure consists of eight items to assess whether individuals hold a stress-is-enhancing or a stress-is-debilitating mindset. The current research is a cross-sectional study and aimed to investigate the factor structure, internal consistency reliability, and construct and convergent validity of the Farsi version of the Stress Mindset Measure (SMM). Prior to conducting the study, forward and backward translations of the SMM were performed. Using the convenience sampling method, we recruited 400 none-clinical sample (161 men and 239 women; aged 18 to 69). We utilized SPSS version 24, Amos, and Mplus 7.1 software to analyze the data. Results revealed satisfactory reliability and validity indexes for the Farsi version of the Stress Mindset Measure. The internal consistency of the Farsi version of the Stress Mindset Measure was in the excellent range (α = 0.87). The results of the confirmatory factorial analysis revealed two factors of the Stress Mindset Measure instead of the single factor suggested by the previous studies (fitness indices for the two-factor model were RMSEA = 0.78, CFI = 0.96, and TLI = 0.94). Moreover, we found that the stress-is-debilitating mindset is positively associated with stress (r = 0.233), depression (r = 0.163), and anxiety (r = 0.197). However, this mindset has been found to have no significant relationship with cognitive strategies of emotion regulation and life satisfaction. Also, findings showed no significant correlation between the stress-is-enhancing mindsets and the other variables. The results of this study suggest that the Farsi SMM has proper psychometric properties to assess stress mindsets.

Sacred values play a significant role in moral judgment and perceived decision difficulty. This study aimed to examine whether the worth of the monetary value in taboo trade-off situations (i.e., trading a sacred value with a secular value) can have an impact on moral cleansing, perceived decision difficulty, moral outrage and punitive-interpersonal stance. We recruited a total of 312 undergraduate students and randomly assigned them into three groups: "trade-off with high monetary value," "trade-off with low monetary value," and the "control group." In the two experimental groups, participants read scenarios in which the protagonists engaged in taboo trade-offs. While in the control group, we presented routine trade-off scenarios (i.e., secular value vs. secular value). Next, moral outrage and punitive-interpersonal stance index, moral cleansing measure, and decision difficulty measure were presented. Current findings indicated that participants in trade-offs with high monetary value expressed less moral outrage, were less likely to engage in moral cleansing acts, and perceived the decision more difficult. The results suggest that taboo trade-off is more morally acceptable and less outrageous when the obtained secular value is considerable. Also, the decision is perceived as more difficult in this situation.

This research aimed to study the psychometric properties of the Stress Mindset Measure (SMM) in a non-clinical sample of the Iranian population. The Stress Mindset Measure is a psychometrically robust scale consisting of 8 items to assess whether individuals hold a stress-is-enhancing or stress-is-debilitating mindset. To evaluate the psychometric properties of this measure, we recruited 161 men and 239 women from the University of Tehran community. Results indicated that the Persian version of the Stress Mindset Measure has satisfactory reliability and validity indexes. Moreover, we found that the stress-is-debilitating mindset is positively associated with stress, depression, and anxiety. However, this mindset has been found to have no significant relationship with cognitive strategies of emotion regulation and life satisfaction. Also, findings showed no significant correlation between the stress-is-enhancing mindsets and the other variables. The results of this study suggest that the Persian SMM has adequate psychometric properties to assess stress mindsets.