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Being Bad to Look Good: Competence Reputational Stakes Can Increase Unethical Behavior (2022)
Journal Article
Clark, C., Keighley, D., & Vasiljevic, M. (2023). Being Bad to Look Good: Competence Reputational Stakes Can Increase Unethical Behavior. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 17(4), 393–406. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000301

Two studies (total n = 1,245) explored the influence of (1) receiving public vs. private performance feedback, (2) competing on a team vs. solo, and (3) individual differences in team competition participation on cheating behavior. Participants were... Read More about Being Bad to Look Good: Competence Reputational Stakes Can Increase Unethical Behavior.

Building bonds: A pre-registered secondary data analysis examining linear and curvilinear relations between socio-economic status and communal attitudes (2022)
Journal Article
Weick, M., Couturier, L., Vasiljevic, M., Ross, P., Cory, C., Crisp, R., …Van de Vyver, J. (2022). Building bonds: A pre-registered secondary data analysis examining linear and curvilinear relations between socio-economic status and communal attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 102, Article 104353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104353

A large body of research points to differences in the communal orientation of people from a lower and higher socio-economic status (SES) background. However, direct evidence for differences in communal attitudes remains scant. In this pre-registered... Read More about Building bonds: A pre-registered secondary data analysis examining linear and curvilinear relations between socio-economic status and communal attitudes.

The impact of risk perceptions and belief in conspiracy theories on COVID-19 pandemic-related behaviours (2022)
Journal Article
Hughes, J., Efstratiou, A., Komer, S., Baxter, L., Vasiljevic, M., & Leite, A. (2022). The impact of risk perceptions and belief in conspiracy theories on COVID-19 pandemic-related behaviours. PLoS ONE, 17(2), Article e0263716. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263716

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories about the virus spread rapidly, and whilst governments across the globe put in place different restrictions and guidelines to contain the pandemic, these were not universally adhered to. This rese... Read More about The impact of risk perceptions and belief in conspiracy theories on COVID-19 pandemic-related behaviours.

Efficacy of a theory-driven program to implement alcohol screening and brief interventions in primary health-care: a cluster randomized controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article
Rosário, F., Vasiljevic, M., Pas, L., Angus, C., Ribeiro, C., & Fitzgerald, N. (2022). Efficacy of a theory-driven program to implement alcohol screening and brief interventions in primary health-care: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 117(6), 1609-1621. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15782

Background and Aims Screening and brief interventions (SBI) in primary health-care practices (PHCP) are effective in reducing reported alcohol consumption, but have not been routinely implemented. Most programs seeking to improve implementation rates... Read More about Efficacy of a theory-driven program to implement alcohol screening and brief interventions in primary health-care: a cluster randomized controlled trial.