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Re-examining the role of positive emotion in harmful health behaviors: implications for public health campaigns

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Contrary to prior conclusions about positive emotion, groundbreaking research shows that experiencing gratitude can reduce cravings to…

Feeling uncertain despite knowing the risk: Patients with OCD (but not controls) experience known and unknown probabilistic decisions as similarly distressing and uncertain

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Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) present as risk-averse and avoidant of feared stimuli, yet the literature examining risk…

A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Nudges Delivered Through Text Messages to Increase Influenza Vaccination Among Patients With an Upcoming Primary Care Visit

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Purpose: To evaluate if nudges delivered by text message prior to an upcoming primary care visit can increase influenza vaccination rates…

Global study: In public health messaging, negative framing triggers anxiety — not better outcomes

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Harvard researchers lead vast experiment in 84 countries to test whether public health messages stressing positive benefits of protective…

A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative emotions and decreased positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes…

What I Saw on the Road to Insurrection: Internal Political Efficacy, Conspiracy Beliefs and the Effect of Depression on Support for the January 6th Storming of the Capitol

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Depression can affect individuals’ attitudes by enhancing cognitive biases and altering perceptions of risk. Some evidence suggests an…

The role of race, religion, and partisanship in misperceptions about COVID-19

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Concerns about misperceptions among the public are rampant. Yet, little work explores the correlates of misperceptions in varying contexts…

A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor’s appointment

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Many Americans fail to get life-saving vaccines each year, and the availability of a vaccine for COVID-19 makes the challenge of…