Our new paper on what really changes behavior! APPC Penn Penn LDI PennMindCORE Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annenberg School

New paper out today in Nature Reviews Psychology! Professor Dolores Albarracin and her team dug through years of research on the science behind behavior change to determine the best ways to promote changes in behavior: bit.ly/3UpaKcs

The COVID pandemic exposed critical deficiencies in public health communication. What were the challenges in the US, and what did we learn? Dolores Albarracin Daphna Oyserman Norbert Schwarz on health communication and behavioral change: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…

Meet-Up about Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition! Hear insights about what makes a submission successful. Dr. Aneeta Rattan Society for Personality and Social Psychology Dolores Albarracin Allison Earl John V. Petrocelli Cheryl Wakslak Sign up: ow.ly/891X50RQSy7

What makes a submission to JPSP: ASC successful? Sign up to chat with us. Dr. Aneeta Rattan Society for Personality and Social Psychology Sign up: ow.ly/891X50RQSy7

Are you too nice at work? Tessa West explains how people try to mask anxiety with overly polite feedback—a practice that's often harmful—and she gives 3 tips to swap generic, unhelpful observations with helpful feedback, even when you feel awkward ted.com/talks/tessa_we…

Advances Chapter on the Impact of the Environment n Behavior ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/37… APPC Penn PennMindCORE Social Action Lab

Determinants_of_behaviour_and_their_efficacy_as_targets_of_behavioural_change_interventions is posted here, along with the full table of evidence ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/38…

LDI Fellow Jeanmarie Perrone (Jeanmarie Perrone MD) testified before the Senate Committee on Finance about the dangers of fentanyl in the street drug supply, and the expansion of the telehealth to reach more substance users in need of treatment. Read more: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/resea…

Quick update: As of January 2025, I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at THE Ohio State OSU Social Psychology ! I am so happy and humbled to be joining this incredible community of scholars and beyond grateful to everyone who helped me along the way.

How do we get people to make a change? Research by PennPSC's Dolores Albarracin and Social Action Lab drills down on effective strategies for influencing human behavior. LEARN MORE: bit.ly/3K9GwFw READ THE STUDY in Nature Reviews Psychology: go.nature.com/3xraCBR

Which behavioral interventions are likely to work? Here's a look at the evidence...Those trying to achieve behavioral change should look seriously at this paper Behavioral Scientist Dolores Albarracin Bita Fayaz Farkhad Javier Granados Sa❌ayoa nature.com/articles/s4415…

Team Scientist Dolores Albarracin's recent review in Nature Reviews Psychology suggests that policymakers should deploy behavioral interventions that help people overcome obstacles they’re facing, rather than trying to change their beliefs: go.nature.com/3VslpDR

Study reveals impact of concern about misinformation on Americans' media consumption habits phys.org/news/2024-07-r… From study: "raising citizens’ concern with misinformation may increase polarization..." Dolores Albarracin: "...need for nuanced approaches that consider the

🧵Very pleased with this paper that just appeared in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications today dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41599…. Superb team of authors Sander van der Linden Ullrich Ecker @ulliecker.bsky.social NaomiOreskes John Cook Jon Roozenbeek and Lee McIntyre 1/n

Just Out: Most Vaccination Promotion Strategies Don't Increase Vaccination in RCTs. Access has Sizable Effects in Countries with Lower Access. APPC Penn Sicong (Zone) Liu Penn LDI Nature Human Behaviour

This very unique paper by Annie Jung asks whether authorities influence or are influenced by constituents' behavior. Field study and experiment. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19… Haesung Annie Jung APPC Penn Penn LDI PennMindCORE Annenberg School

“Our research highlights the need for nuanced approaches that consider the psychological impacts of misinformation awareness,” says The Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences affiliate Dolores Albarracin. “Raising the alarm alone can have deleterious effects.” penntoday.upenn.edu/news/asc-study…

In a special collection published in Perspectives, researchers discuss how #psychologicalscience can help policymakers and the public understand and address the spread of #infectiousdisease. Dolores Albarracin Norbert Schwarz #PublicHealth psychologicalscience.org/publications/o…

Concerns about #fakenews have an impact on where Americans go to get their information - and often lead them to seek out partisan sources, according to recent study led by PennPSC's Dolores Albarracin. READ MORE bit.ly/3ydQtQd