Rising partisan animosity is associated with a reduction in support for democracy and an
increase in support for political violence. Here we provide a multi-level review of …

Message matching refers to the design and distribution of persuasive messages such that
message features (eg, the themes emphasized) align with characteristics of the target …

The notion of “engagement,” which plays an important role in various domains of
psychology, is gaining increased currency as a concept that is critical to the success of …

This completely revised second edition of the best-selling text presents an up-to-date,
comprehensive introduction to persuasive communication and attitude change. Employing …

Construal level theory is a recent psychological theory that examines the relationship
between psychological distance and mental construal. However, the theory's implications for …

Online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is a growing problem. Prevention charities, such
as Stop It Now! UK, use online messaging to dissuade users from viewing CSAM and to …

Objective The nine pictorial health warning labels (PWLs) proposed by the US Food and
Drug Administration vary in format and feature of visual and textual information. Congruency …

This study explored strategies to increase Chinese smokers' cessation intentions, using the
extended parallel processing model, or EPPM. A 2× 2× 2 factorial experiment was designed …

Public service provision reform widely calls for coproduction. Based on the framing effect
theory, we took waste sorting as a research context and explored the effects of goal frames …

This meta-analysis investigated the persuasive effects of temporal framing in health
messaging. Our analysis included 39 message pairs from 22 studies in 20 articles (N …