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The climate emergency necessitates the adoption of effective communication strategies. While persuasive communication is easily scalable, its effectiveness at changing behavior is limited. In contrast, commitment techniques, such as foot-in-the-door and low-ball techniques, are more effective for […]

Alcohol-use disorders (AUD) risk is highly prevalent in university students, and is associated with both intraindividual (e.g., metacognitions, personality traits) and interindividual (e.g., social motives, drinking identity, drinking norms) psychological factors. Binge drinking (BD) also […]

<b>Background</b> Binge drinking (BD) refers to repeated switches between intense and short intoxication as well as periods of abstinence. Subjective norms, drinking identity and social and enhancement motives are found to be the most dominant determinants of BD in college students. […]

Cette thèse a pour objectif principal d'examiner l'influence des comportements d'approche et d'évitement d'inspiration pugilistiques sur l'attention, le contrôle cognitif et la perception du stress. Elle s'inscrit dans le cadre théorique de la cognition incarnée et située, qui postule une […]

Research on approach/avoidance training (AAT) effects shows that approach (i.e., reducing the distance between the self and a stimulus) leads to more positive evaluations of stimuli than avoidance (i.e., increasing the distance between the self and a stimulus). The present experiments relied on a […]

This research explores the effects of exposure to utopian vs. dystopian vs. neutral visions of the future (with regards to environmental sustainability or unsustainability) on individuals' intentions to mitigate and to adapt to climate change, through emotional arousal. In two pre-registered […]

The phenomenon of reactions to gender norm violations has been extensively studied in social and developmental psychology, with most research finding and theorizing negative reactions. Given recent socio-cultural and political shifts around issues of gender diversity and discrimination, we aim to […]

Burnout is an occupational phenomenon that arises from the unsuccessful management of chronic job stress. Accurate measures of burnout are vital for the implementation of effective interventions. However, existing tools, such as the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Copenhagen Burnout […]

<b>Context:</b> Protective Behavioral Strategies (PBS) aim to reduce alcohol consumption and its negative consequences. Although globally effective, their application in prevention remains limited, partly due to a lack of understanding of their optimal combinations and determinants. […]

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To face the major challenges posed by environmental crises, it is necessary to make behavioral decisions beneficial for the environment – in other words, to adopt pro environmental behaviors. Among the factors influencing pro-environmental behavior, emotions linked to environmental crises, or […]