Publications HAL

A crucial dilemma for any individual facing contradictory information is whether to maintain or disengage from an expectation. Cognitive dissonance theory offers an influential model of these situations. However, this theory does not provide clear predictions regarding the use of reduction […]

Research on conspiracy theories sometimes tends to pathologise this phenomenon with a focus on the impact of (sub)pathological predictors. However, socio‐political factors also play a significant role in predicting belief in specific conspiracy theories. The aim of this article is to bridge these […]

Industry 4.0 promotes the development and the massive use of new technology (e.g., decision support systems (DSS)) to help decision makers to cope the increasingly complexity and uncertainty of the modern manufacturing environment. However, DSS do not always improve decision makers' performance and […]

Dans une société inclusive, il est attendu que chacun, et notamment les personnes en situation de handicap, voie ses besoins soutenus (Gardou, 2012). Aussi, que ce soit à l’école ou au travail, la mise en place d’aménagements permettant la participation de tous devient- elle usuelle. Dans […]

We created a novel instrument to assess individual orientations toward the neoliberal capitalist system, the Neoliberal Orientation Questionnaire (NOQ), which is comprised of four dimensions: competitiveness, individual self-regulation, relational detachment, and public divestment. The instrument […]

Upward educational mobility is a persistent challenge in many countries. One contributing factor may be the cultural mismatch experienced by working-class students in higher education. These students often hold interdependent norms that clash with the independent cultural norms prevalent in […]

The COVID-19 global pandemic outbreak that overwhelmed the world in 2020 represents one of the major global health crises of the 21st century primarily due to the extensive human-to-human transmission. According to the Global Risks Report (2022), the large-scale COVID-19 threat elicited important […]

Malgré leurs divisions, les théories de la consistance cognitive partagent une vision commune de ce qu'est une inconsistance et de ses conséquences pour l'individu. Dans cette thèse, je défends que toutes les inconsistances, quelle que soit leur nature, peuvent être étudiées avec une vision […]

Etudier les freins à l'engagement des femmes dans des actions collectives en faveur de leur groupe est essentiel si l'on veut comprendre la persistance des inégalités de genre. Cette thèse s'intéresse à l'un de ces freins, l'idéologie néolibérale, considérée comme un outil de […]

The approach-aversion effect refers to a devaluation of approaching (vs. static) stimuli and is attributable to the fact that being approached is threatening. However, the explanation and the generalizability of this effect still remain unclear. To fill this gap, we provide a powerful test of the […]

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Finding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-country, preregistered experiment ( n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses concerning generalizable positive and negative […]