A critical appraisal of the social norms approach as an interventional strategy for health-related behavior and attitude change

RC Dempsey, J McAlaney, BM Bewick - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Social Norms Approach is a widely used intervention strategy for promoting positive
health-related behaviors. The Approach operates on the premise that individuals …

The impact of descriptive and injunctive norms on engagement in mobile phone use while driving in young drivers: A systematic review

M Nicolls, V Truelove, KB Stefanidis - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2022 - Elsevier
Background/objectives Prior research indicates that younger adults overestimate their peers'
engagement in risk-taking behaviours, with these estimates being directly associated with …

Framing messages to deal with the COVID-19 crisis: the role of loss/gain frames and content

C Gantiva, W Jiménez-Leal, J Urriago-Rayo - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The goal of this study was to test the role of message framing for effective communication of
self-care behaviors in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, contrasting health and …

A social norms approach intervention to address misperceptions of anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs amongst UK parents

D Cookson, D Jolley, RC Dempsey, R Povey - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs among parents can reduce vaccination intentions. Parents'
beliefs in anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are also related to their perceptions of other …

“If they believe, then so shall I”: Perceived beliefs of the in-group predict conspiracy theory belief

D Cookson, D Jolley, RC Dempsey… - Group Processes & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Conspiracy beliefs are widespread and can have detrimental consequences. As perceived
social norms can exert a powerful influence on individuals, we investigated the relationship …

Moral‐character education

DK Lapsley, D Yeager - Handbook of Psychology, Second …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The moral‐character formation of children and adolescents is an imposing challenge for
parents and educators, and it has attracted significant research interest for decades. We …

Illicit substance use among university students from seven European countries: A comparison of personal and perceived peer use and attitudes towards illicit …

SM Helmer, RT Mikolajczyk, J McAlaney… - Preventive …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective To compare European students' personal use and approval of illicit
substance use with their perceptions of peer behaviours and attitudes, and investigate …

Personal and perceived peer use of and attitudes toward alcohol among university and college students in seven EU countries: Project SNIPE

J McAlaney, SM Helmer, C Stock, B Vriesacker… - Journal of studies on …, 2015 - jsad.com
Objective: The objective of this study was to explore perceptions of peer substance use and
related attitudes among European students. Challenging perceptions about peer substance …

Licit and illicit substance use patterns among university students in Germany using cluster analysis

L Schilling, H Zeeb, C Pischke, S Helmer… - … , prevention, and policy, 2017 - Springer
Background The use of multiple licit and illicit substances plays an important role in many
university students' lives. Previous research on multiple substance use patterns of university …

Nudge in the time of coronavirus: The compliance to behavioural messages during crisis

S Hume, P John, M Sanders… - Available at SSRN …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Successful responses to the coronavirus pandemic require those without COVID-19 and
asymptomatic individuals to comply with a range of government guidelines. As nudges have …