Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review

T Greenhalgh, CR MacIntyre, MG Baker… - Clinical microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—
and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental …

The most difficult thing in the world: a sociocultural perspective on putting pro-environmental thoughts into action

HS Kim, DK Sherman - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2025 - Elsevier
Highlights•Environmental belief-action link strength varies across sociocultural
contexts.•Sense of control fostered in these contexts explains this variability.•The role of …

Did Descriptive and Prescriptive Norms About Gender Equality at Home Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross-National Investigation

FM Saxler, AR Dorrough, L Froehlich… - Personality and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Using data from 15 countries, this article investigates whether descriptive and prescriptive
gender norms concerning housework and child care (domestic work) changed after the …

How does collectivism help deal with perceived vaccine artificiality? The case of COVID-19 vaccination intent in European young adults

W Trzebiński, J Trzebiński - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Vaccine" unnaturalness"(artificiality) is one of the major anti-vaccine arguments raised in
public debate. Therefore, health communication should rebut unnaturalness arguments and …

Perceived naturalness predicts public support for sustainable protein technology

S Gonzalez Coffin, W Eichhorst, AR Carrico, Y Inbar… - Climatic Change, 2024 - Springer
The widespread demand for animal-sourced foods poses challenges in addressing climate
change due to their significant greenhouse gas emissions. Alternative proteins like cultured …

COVID-19 and social distancing: A cross-cultural study of interpersonal distance preferences and touch behaviors before and during the pandemic

I Croy, C Heller, G Akello, A Anjum… - Cross-cultural …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one
of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the …

Cultural differences in explicit and implicit support provision and underlying motivations for self-esteem, closeness, and relational concerns

R Tanaka, S Zheng, K Ishii - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This research explores how culture influences the motivations underlying explicit (emotional
and instrumental) and implicit (companionship and attentiveness) support provision. Two …

Who needs control? A cultural perspective on the process of compensatory control

WC Gibbs, HS Kim, AC Kay… - Social and Personality …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Compensatory control theory (CCT) provides a framework for understanding the
mechanisms at play when one's personal control is challenged. The model suggests that …

Why do I act for the environment? Socioeconomic status moderates the relationship between climate change beliefs and sustainable actions.

HS Kim, K Eom, LA Panzone, DK Sherman - Motivation Science, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Effectively responding to climate change requires the participation of all people across a
diverse sociocultural spectrum who vary in their psychological processes. Previous research …

Credibility Perceptions of Information and Vaccine Intention: The Role of Collective Vs. Individual Framing Messages

P Borah - Health Communication, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
After four years into the pandemic, we know that COVID-19 vaccines are effective, and it is
crucial to increase public compliance with getting the COVID-19 vaccines. The current study …