The journal "Psychological Science and Education" presents its fourth issue for 2025 (No. 4, 2025). The issue features empirical and theoretical studies revealing the mechanisms of psychological regulation, the formation of educational attitudes, and personality development in modern socio-cultural conditions.

The "Developmental Psychology" section pays special attention to the study of the regulatory function of humor in primary school children. The publication "The Use of Humor in Regulating the Subjective Experience of Danger by Primary School Children" presents the results of an empirical analysis of how children use humor to construct a subjectively safe reality in situations of violation of cultural norms. The study revealed that the ability to perceive a rule violation as funny depends on the awareness of its consequences: a potential threat of punishment or injury suppresses humorous perception. At the same time, in less regulated, out-of-school contexts, children more often propose comical scenarios, which indicates the development of cognitive-emotional self-regulation.

Also in this section, the results of the adaptation of the Russian-language version of the EPOCH questionnaire for assessing the psychological well-being of adolescents are published, along with an analysis of age and family determinants of children's ideas about happiness.

The "Psychology of Education" section includes studies devoted to the professional development of teachers and the quality of the educational environment. In particular, everyday psychological ideas and neuromyths among students of pedagogical universities, practicing teachers, and educational psychologists are analyzed. Special attention is paid to the problems of mental resilience among first-year students and the influence of anxiety on the educational activities of music students. The issue also presents data on the role of cognitive and social factors in the educational achievements of migrant students, as well as prospects for the application of computer vision technologies and neurosciences in pedagogical practice.

The issue includes both domestic and international research, underscoring its scientific significance and relevance for researchers, educators, and practicing psychologists.

The journal issue is published in open access on the portal of psychological publications PsyJournals.ru.

You can listen to the authors of the issue on the PsyJournals LIVE podcast:

• Lyudmila Anatolyevna Begunova talks about the study "Structural and Dynamic Characteristics of the Worldview of Youthful Age Students."
• Bibigul Sansyzbayevna Iskakova presented a review article "Attitudes and Expectations of Teachers as Factors in the Academic Performance of Students with Migration Experience."
• Tatyana Nikolaevna Tikhomirova talks about the study "Mental Resilience of First-Year Students: The Relationship with University Admission Strategy and Educational Outcomes."
• Elvira Nurakhmatovna Gilemkhanova talks about the study "Studying Basic Ideas About Happiness in Preschool and Primary School Children Using the In-Depth Interview Method."
• Maria Anatolyevna Tolstova talks about the article "Engagement in the Online Learning Process: Results of a Psychophysiological Study."
• Tatyana Vasilyevna Artemyeva talks about the study "The Use of Humor in Regulating the Subjective Experience of Danger by Primary School Children."