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A content analysis of the aims, strategies, and effects of food and nonalcoholic drink advertising based on advertising industry case studies (2021)
Journal Article
Nanchahal, K., Vasiljevic, M., & Petticrew, M. (2022). A content analysis of the aims, strategies, and effects of food and nonalcoholic drink advertising based on advertising industry case studies. Obesity Science and Practice, 8(2), 208-218. https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.561

Background Placing limitations on advertising of food and nonalcoholic drinks to children is an effective strategy in addressing childhood obesity. The industry maintains that further restrictions are unnecessary. Aims To ascertain whether the advert... Read More about A content analysis of the aims, strategies, and effects of food and nonalcoholic drink advertising based on advertising industry case studies.

Social class and wellbeing among staff and students in higher education settings: Mapping the problem and exploring underlying mechanisms (2021)
Journal Article
Dougall, I., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2021). Social class and wellbeing among staff and students in higher education settings: Mapping the problem and exploring underlying mechanisms. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(10), 965-986. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12814

Within Higher Education (HE), staff and students from lower social class backgrounds often experience poorer wellbeing than their higher social class counterparts. Previous research conducted outside educational contexts has linked social class diffe... Read More about Social class and wellbeing among staff and students in higher education settings: Mapping the problem and exploring underlying mechanisms.

Inside UK Universities: Staff mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic (2021)
Report
Dougall, I., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2021). Inside UK Universities: Staff mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic. [No known commissioning body]

This report documents the mental health and wellbeing of university staff during the coronavirus pandemic, using survey data collected online in March 2021 from 1,182 staff employed across 92 UK universities. Overall, the survey data suggest that uni... Read More about Inside UK Universities: Staff mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic.

Altering Choice Architecture to Alter Drinking Behaviour: Evidence from Research on Lower Strength Alcohol Labelling and Glass Design (2021)
Book Chapter
Vasiljevic, M., & Pechey, R. (2021). Altering Choice Architecture to Alter Drinking Behaviour: Evidence from Research on Lower Strength Alcohol Labelling and Glass Design. In R. Cooke, D. Conroy, E. Davies, M. Hagger, & R. de Visser (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Psychological Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption (229-252). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66941-6_10

This chapter brings together recent work investigating the impact of the physical micro-environment on alcohol-related perceptions and behaviour, taking examples of how altering the ways in which alcoholic drinks (in particular wine and beer) are pre... Read More about Altering Choice Architecture to Alter Drinking Behaviour: Evidence from Research on Lower Strength Alcohol Labelling and Glass Design.

Do alcohol product labels stating lower strength verbal description, percentage alcohol‐by‐volume, or their combination affect wine consumption? A bar laboratory adaptive randomised controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Vasiljevic, M., Frings, D., Pilling, M., & Marteau, T. (2021). Do alcohol product labels stating lower strength verbal description, percentage alcohol‐by‐volume, or their combination affect wine consumption? A bar laboratory adaptive randomised controlled trial. Addiction, 116(9), 2339-2347. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15444

Background and Aims A previous research study concluded that wine and beer labelled as lower in strength increase consumption compared with the same drinks labelled as regular strength. The label included both a verbal and numerical descriptor of str... Read More about Do alcohol product labels stating lower strength verbal description, percentage alcohol‐by‐volume, or their combination affect wine consumption? A bar laboratory adaptive randomised controlled trial.