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Martin Hagger published an article in Behavior Research and Therapy

April 27, 2022
Martin Hagger published an article in Behavior Research and Therapy (IF = 4.473) reviewing the contribution of psycholological theory to predict, understand, and change COVID-19 preventive behaviors (e.g., vaccination, physical distancing, face-mask wearing). Published with collaborator, HSRI...

Martin Hagger was made Fellow of the Society for Behavioral Medicine

April 27, 2022
Martin Hagger was made Fellow of the Society for Behavioral Medicine at the recent Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society in Baltimore, Maryland, April 6-9. Fellow status is a distinction conferred by SBM on full members in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of the...

Martin Hagger published an article in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

April 27, 2022
Martin Hagger published an article in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (IF = 4.376) reporting 12 experiment showing that perceptions of auditory loudness is bidiractionally linked to feelings of interpersonal closeness (e.g., warmth, comfort, inclusion). This article was with his former...

Haiyan Liu and Sarah Depaoli published a paper with their graduate student, Lydia Marvin

April 27, 2022
Haiyan Liu and Sarah Depaoli published a paper with their graduate student, Lydia Marvin on the performance of the deviance information criterion for detecting the correct model in Bayesian structural equation modeling. Many pitfalls of this popular index are detailed, as well as potential...

Sarah Depaoli published an article in Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal

April 27, 2022
Sarah Depaoli published an article in Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. This work was from Marieke Visser's CP. The article presents method for detecting and handling local dependence in latent class modeling. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NEGNZV5UMJQQQJ7BTZQE/...

Sarah Depaoli published an article in Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal

April 27, 2022
Sarah Depaoli published an article in Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. This work comprised a portion of Sonja Winter's dissertation, who is now a postdoctoral scholar at University of Missouri. The article examines the impact of Bayesian prior specification on newly...

Deb Wiebe was awarded a 5-year $3.3 million NIH grant from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

April 27, 2022
Deb Wiebe was awarded a 5-year $3.3 million NIH grant from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases titled "Improving self-regulation and social support for type 1 diabetes management in emerging adults" (R01 DK124719). Dr. Wiebe is one of three Multiple PIs...

Martin Hagger published an article in PLoS ONE

April 27, 2022
Martin Hagger published an article in PLoS ONE (Impact Factor = 3.240). The article introduces the Vaccination Concerns in COVID-19 Scale (VaCCS) and describes its development and validation for use as a full scale or as individual sub-scales. The article is co-authored with UC Merced HSRI member...

Martin Hagger was awarded a research grant of €130,000 from the Finland Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture

April 27, 2022
Martin Hagger was awarded a research grant of €130,000 from the Finland Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture for a collaborative theory-based intervention to promote physical activity among sedentary parents and their children (ProAct). Dr. Hagger is the Lead Principal Investigator in...

Study on Cigarette Packs' Native American Imagery Raises Questions About Safety, Cultural Misappropriation

April 11, 2022
Most people are familiar with the adage "a picture is worth a thousand words." However, the message conveyed by an image may not always be factual. Authors of a study recently published in the BMJ journal Tobacco Control said that was the case with Natural American Spirit (NAS) brand cigarettes....

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