Outputs (4)

Impact of low alcohol verbal descriptors on perceived strength: An experimental study (2017)
Journal Article
Vasiljevic, M., Couturier, D., & Marteau, T. (2018). Impact of low alcohol verbal descriptors on perceived strength: An experimental study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 23(1), 38-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12273

Objectives: Low alcohol labels are a set of labels that carry descriptors such as ‘low’ or ‘lighter’ to denote alcohol content in beverages. There is growing interest from policymakers and producers in lower strength alcohol products. However, there... Read More about Impact of low alcohol verbal descriptors on perceived strength: An experimental study.

Physical micro-environment interventions for healthier eating in the workplace: protocol for a stepped wedge randomised controlled pilot trial (2017)
Journal Article
Vasiljevic, M., Cartwright, E., Pechey, R., Hollands, G., Couturier, D., Jebb, S., & Marteau, T. (2017). Physical micro-environment interventions for healthier eating in the workplace: protocol for a stepped wedge randomised controlled pilot trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 3, Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0141-z

Background: An estimated one third of energy is consumed in the workplace. The workplace is therefore an important context in which to reduce energy consumption to tackle the high rates of overweight and obesity in the general population. Altering en... Read More about Physical micro-environment interventions for healthier eating in the workplace: protocol for a stepped wedge randomised controlled pilot trial.

Stuck in the heat or stuck in the hierarchy? Power relations explain regional variations in violence (2017)
Journal Article
Weick, M., Vasiljevic, M., Uskul, A., & Moon, C. (2017). Stuck in the heat or stuck in the hierarchy? Power relations explain regional variations in violence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, Article e102. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x1600114x

We contend that an ecological account of violence and aggression requires consideration of societal and cultural settings. Focusing on hierarchical relations, we argue countries with higher (vs. lower) power distance are, on average, located closer t... Read More about Stuck in the heat or stuck in the hierarchy? Power relations explain regional variations in violence.

Does terror defeat contact? Intergroup contact and prejudice toward Muslims before and after the London bombings (2017)
Journal Article
Abrams, D., Van de Vyver, J., Houston, D., & Vasiljevic, M. (2017). Does terror defeat contact? Intergroup contact and prejudice toward Muslims before and after the London bombings. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 23(3), 260-268. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000167

Allport (1954) proposed a series of preconditions that have subsequently been shown to facilitate effects of intergroup contact on attitudes toward outgroups (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). The present study examines whether objective threat, in the form... Read More about Does terror defeat contact? Intergroup contact and prejudice toward Muslims before and after the London bombings.