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Ruggeri K, Stock F, Haslam SA, Capraro V, Boggio P, Ellemers N, Cichocka A, Douglas KM, Rand DG, van der Linden S, Cikara M, Finkel EJ, Druckman JN, Wohl MJA, Petty RE, Tucker JA, Shariff A, Gelfand M, Packer D, Jetten J, Van Lange PAM, Pennycook G, Peters E, Baicker K, Crum A, Weeden KA, Napper L, Tabri N, Zaki J, Skitka L, Kitayama S, Mobbs D, Sunstein CR, Ashcroft-Jones S, Todsen AL, Hajian A, Verra S, Buehler V, Friedemann M, Hecht M, Mobarak RS, Karakasheva R, Tünte MR, Yeung SK, Rosenbaum RS, Lep Ž, Yamada Y, Hudson SKTJ, Macchia L, Soboleva I, Dimant E, Geiger SJ, Jarke H, Wingen T, Berkessel JB, Mareva S, McGill L, Papa F, Većkalov B, Afif Z, Buabang EK, Landman M, Tavera F, Andrews JL, Bursalıoğlu A, Zupan Z, Wagner L, Navajas J, Vranka M, Kasdan D, Chen P, Hudson KR, Novak LM, Teas P, Rachev NR, Galizzi MM, Milkman KL, Petrović M, Van Bavel JJ, Willer R. A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19. Nature 2024; 625:134-147. [PMID: 38093007 PMCID: PMC10764287 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06840-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
Abstract
Scientific evidence regularly guides policy decisions1, with behavioural science increasingly part of this process2. In April 2020, an influential paper3 proposed 19 policy recommendations ('claims') detailing how evidence from behavioural science could contribute to efforts to reduce impacts and end the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we assess 747 pandemic-related research articles that empirically investigated those claims. We report the scale of evidence and whether evidence supports them to indicate applicability for policymaking. Two independent teams, involving 72 reviewers, found evidence for 18 of 19 claims, with both teams finding evidence supporting 16 (89%) of those 18 claims. The strongest evidence supported claims that anticipated culture, polarization and misinformation would be associated with policy effectiveness. Claims suggesting trusted leaders and positive social norms increased adherence to behavioural interventions also had strong empirical support, as did appealing to social consensus or bipartisan agreement. Targeted language in messaging yielded mixed effects and there were no effects for highlighting individual benefits or protecting others. No available evidence existed to assess any distinct differences in effects between using the terms 'physical distancing' and 'social distancing'. Analysis of 463 papers containing data showed generally large samples; 418 involved human participants with a mean of 16,848 (median of 1,699). That statistical power underscored improved suitability of behavioural science research for informing policy decisions. Furthermore, by implementing a standardized approach to evidence selection and synthesis, we amplify broader implications for advancing scientific evidence in policy formulation and prioritization.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kai Ruggeri
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, NY, USA.
- Policy Research Group, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- 274th ASOS, US Air Force/New York Air National Guard, Syracuse, NY, United States.
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- Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology on Social and Affective Neuroscience, CNPq, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Politics & Center for Social Media and Politics, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Brain and Behavior Amsterdam, Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Global Faculty, Social and Economic Behavior, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Science Communication Research, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
- Psychology Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Computation and Neural Systems Program, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, NY, USA
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Social Policy and Evaluation, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Centre for Applied Epistemology, Educational Research Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- CESifo, Munich, Germany
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- Environmental Psychology, Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Policy Research Group, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Bonn, Germany
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- Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Psychology Department, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France
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- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- University College, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorio de Neurociencia, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of General, Experimental, Developmental, and Health Psychology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics, London, UK
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- Department of Psychology & Laboratory for Research of Individual Differences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Psychology & Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Ruggeri K, Tutuska OS, Ladini GAR, Al-Zahli N, Alexander N, Andersen MH, Bibilouri K, Chen J, Doubravová B, Dugué T, Durrani AA, Dutra N, Farrokhnia RA, Folke T, Ge S, Gomes C, Gracheva A, Grilc N, Gürol DM, Heidenry Z, Hu C, Krasner R, Levin R, Li J, Messenger AME, Nilsson F, Oberschulte JM, Obi T, Pan A, Park SY, Pelica S, Pyrkowski M, Rabanal K, Ranc P, Recek ŽM, Pascu DS, Symeonidou A, Vdovic M, Yuan Q, Garcia-Garzon E, Ashcroft-Jones S. The psychology and policy of overcoming economic inequality. Behav Brain Sci 2023; 46:e174. [PMID: 37646271 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x23001103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
Recent arguments claim that behavioral science has focused - to its detriment - on the individual over the system when construing behavioral interventions. In this commentary, we argue that tackling economic inequality using both framings in tandem is invaluable. By studying individuals who have overcome inequality, "positive deviants," and the system limitations they navigate, we offer potentially greater policy solutions.
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- Kai Ruggeri
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA ; https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/people/our-faculty/dr2946
- Policy Research Group, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA ; https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/people/our-faculty/dr2946
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Policy Research Group, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Columbia University Business School, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Political Science, Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Paris, France
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Public Administration, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Psicologia Social e das Organizações, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- School of Education and Health Sciences, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Madrid, Spain
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Ruggeri K, Ashcroft-Jones S, Abate Romero Landini G, Al-Zahli N, Alexander N, Andersen MH, Bibilouri K, Busch K, Cafarelli V, Chen J, Doubravová B, Dugué T, Durrani AA, Dutra N, Garcia-Garzon E, Gomes C, Gracheva A, Grilc N, Gürol DM, Heidenry Z, Hu C, Krasner R, Levin R, Li J, Messenger AME, Miralem M, Nilsson F, Oberschulte JM, Obi T, Pan A, Park SY, Pascu DS, Pelica S, Pyrkowski M, Rabanal K, Ranc P, Mekiš Recek Ž, Symeonidou A, Tutuska OS, Vdovic M, Yuan Q, Stock F. The persistence of cognitive biases in financial decisions across economic groups. Sci Rep 2023; 13:10329. [PMID: 37365245 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36339-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
Abstract
While economic inequality continues to rise within countries, efforts to address it have been largely ineffective, particularly those involving behavioral approaches. It is often implied but not tested that choice patterns among low-income individuals may be a factor impeding behavioral interventions aimed at improving upward economic mobility. To test this, we assessed rates of ten cognitive biases across nearly 5000 participants from 27 countries. Our analyses were primarily focused on 1458 individuals that were either low-income adults or individuals who grew up in disadvantaged households but had above-average financial well-being as adults, known as positive deviants. Using discrete and complex models, we find evidence of no differences within or between groups or countries. We therefore conclude that choices impeded by cognitive biases alone cannot explain why some individuals do not experience upward economic mobility. Policies must combine both behavioral and structural interventions to improve financial well-being across populations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kai Ruggeri
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, 722 W 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1AG, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, 500 W 120th Street, New York, NY, 10027, USA
- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 11, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- German Center for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, 722 W 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Economics, Columbia University, 420 W 118th Street, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Joštova 218/10, 60200, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, 722 W 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Political Science, Columbia University, 420 W 118th Street, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, Whitelands College, London, SW15 4JD, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, 1212 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Public Administration, Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Via Venezia 12, 35131, Padua, PD, Italy
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- Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Cognitive Science, Columbia University, 116th & Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva Cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva Cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, South Holland, The Netherlands
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- Department of Sociology, Columbia University, 606 W 122nd Street, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Karadjordjeva 65, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923, Cologne, Germany
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Pownall M, Azevedo F, König LM, Slack HR, Evans TR, Flack Z, Grinschgl S, Elsherif MM, Gilligan-Lee KA, de Oliveira CMF, Gjoneska B, Kalandadze T, Button K, Ashcroft-Jones S, Terry J, Albayrak-Aydemir N, Děchtěrenko F, Alzahawi S, Baker BJ, Pittelkow MM, Riedl L, Schmidt K, Pennington CR, Shaw JJ, Lüke T, Makel MC, Hartmann H, Zaneva M, Walker D, Verheyen S, Cox D, Mattschey J, Gallagher-Mitchell T, Branney P, Weisberg Y, Izydorczak K, Al-Hoorie AH, Creaven AM, Stewart SLK, Krautter K, Matvienko-Sikar K, Westwood SJ, Arriaga P, Liu M, Baum MA, Wingen T, Ross RM, O'Mahony A, Bochynska A, Jamieson M, Tromp MV, Yeung SK, Vasilev MR, Gourdon-Kanhukamwe A, Micheli L, Konkol M, Moreau D, Bartlett JE, Clark K, Brekelmans G, Gkinopoulos T, Tyler SL, Röer JP, Ilchovska ZG, Madan CR, Robertson O, Iley BJ, Guay S, Sladekova M, Sadhwani S. Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes. R Soc Open Sci 2023; 10:221255. [PMID: 37206965 PMCID: PMC10189598 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.221255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
In recent years, the scientific community has called for improvements in the credibility, robustness and reproducibility of research, characterized by increased interest and promotion of open and transparent research practices. While progress has been positive, there is a lack of consideration about how this approach can be embedded into undergraduate and postgraduate research training. Specifically, a critical overview of the literature which investigates how integrating open and reproducible science may influence student outcomes is needed. In this paper, we provide the first critical review of literature surrounding the integration of open and reproducible scholarship into teaching and learning and its associated outcomes in students. Our review highlighted how embedding open and reproducible scholarship appears to be associated with (i) students' scientific literacies (i.e. students' understanding of open research, consumption of science and the development of transferable skills); (ii) student engagement (i.e. motivation and engagement with learning, collaboration and engagement in open research) and (iii) students' attitudes towards science (i.e. trust in science and confidence in research findings). However, our review also identified a need for more robust and rigorous methods within pedagogical research, including more interventional and experimental evaluations of teaching practice. We discuss implications for teaching and learning scholarship.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, CB2 3EB, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, London SE10 9LS, UK
- Centre for Workforce Development, Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, London SE10 9LS, UK
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- School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton, BN2 0JY, UK
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- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, North Macedonia, XCWR+GJM, 1000
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- Faculty of Teacher Education and Languages, Department of Education, ICT and Learning, Ostfold University College, 1757 Halden, Norway
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 4BH18, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK
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- School of Psychology and Counselling, the Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
- Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
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- Department of Mathematics, College of Polytechnics Jihlava, 1556/16, 586 01, Czech Republic
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- Department of Sport and Recreation Management, Temple University, PA 19122, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, 9712 CP, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, D-35039 Marburg, Germany
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- Division of Psychology, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK
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- Institute for Educational Research and Teacher Education, University of Graz, Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department for Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 4BH18, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3000, The Netherlands
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- Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Psychology and Counselling, the Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Linfield University, Linfield, 503-883-2200, USA
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- Faculty of Psychology in Wrocław, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wrocław 03-81536, Al Jubail 35819, Poland
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- Jubail English Language and Preparatory Year Institute, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Psychology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, School of Social Science, University of Westminster, London W1B 2HW, UK
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- Iscte-Universty Institute of Lisbon, CIS-IUL, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Leiden University, 2311 EZ Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Poole BH12 5BB, UK
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- Department of Psychology III, University of Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
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- Faculty for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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- School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Department of Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
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- Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester, UK
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK
- School of Psychology, Keele University, Newcastle ST5 5BG, UK
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- School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Canada
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- School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton, BN2 0JY, UK
- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK
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- School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton, BN2 0JY, UK
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- Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training
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Buabang EK, Ashcroft-Jones S, Esteban Serna C, Kastelic K, Kveder J, Lambertus A, Müller TS, Ruggeri K. Validation and Measurement Invariance of the Personal Financial Wellness Scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment 2022. [DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Abstract. In 2020, 17.1% of the population in the European Union was at risk of poverty ( Eurostat, 2021 ). Poverty is often assessed using objective measures such as absolute and relative income levels. However, different individuals may experience different levels of financial stress at the same income level. Therefore, it is crucial to have measures that capture the subjective components of poverty. In this multinational study, we tested the validity and measurement invariance of the Personal Financial Wellness (PFW) scale across six European countries (Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, and the UK) and the US, and six languages (German, Italian, Dutch, Slovenian, Spanish, and English). Results provided mixed evidence for the fit of the expected one-factor structure. Exploration of a modified one-factor structure indicated an improved fit. The scale showed excellent reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity. This suggests that the PFW scale captures subjective financial stress and is a dependable self-report measure. Measurement invariance testing of the modified one-factor model showed metric invariance across Slovenia, Spain, the UK, and the US. Given that scalar invariance was not achieved and the invariance testing was based on an exploratory model, we do not advise the use of the scale for comparisons between countries.
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- Eike K. Buabang
- Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
- Novo Mesto Health Center, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
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- Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK
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- Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
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Parsons S, Azevedo F, Elsherif MM, Guay S, Shahim ON, Govaart GH, Norris E, O’Mahony A, Parker AJ, Todorovic A, Pennington CR, Garcia-Pelegrin E, Lazić A, Robertson O, Middleton SL, Valentini B, McCuaig J, Baker BJ, Collins E, Fillon AA, Lonsdorf TB, Lim MC, Vanek N, Kovacs M, Roettger TB, Rishi S, Miranda JF, Jaquiery M, Stewart SLK, Agostini V, Stewart AJ, Izydorczak K, Ashcroft-Jones S, Hartmann H, Ingham M, Yamada Y, Vasilev MR, Dechterenko F, Albayrak-Aydemir N, Yang YF, LaPlume AA, Wolska JK, Henderson EL, Zaneva M, Farrar BG, Mounce R, Kalandadze T, Li W, Xiao Q, Ross RM, Yeung SK, Liu M, Vandegrift ML, Kekecs Z, Topor MK, Baum MA, Williams EA, Assaneea AA, Bret A, Cashin AG, Ballou N, Dumbalska T, Kern BMJ, Melia CR, Arendt B, Vineyard GH, Pickering JS, Evans TR, Laverty C, Woodward EA, Moreau D, Roche DG, Rinke EM, Reid G, Garcia-Garzon E, Verheyen S, Kocalar HE, Blake AR, Cockcroft JP, Micheli L, Bret BB, Flack ZM, Szaszi B, Weinmann M, Lecuona O, Schmidt B, Ngiam WX, Mendes AB, Francis S, Gall BJ, Paul M, Keating CT, Grose-Hodge M, Bartlett JE, Iley BJ, Spitzer L, Pownall M, Graham CJ, Wingen T, Terry J, Oliveira CMF, Millager RA, Fox KJ, AlDoh A, Hart A, van den Akker OR, Feldman G, Kiersz DA, Pomareda C, Krautter K, Al-Hoorie AH, Aczel B. A community-sourced glossary of open scholarship terms. Nat Hum Behav 2022; 6:312-318. [DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01269-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ruggeri K, Većkalov B, Bojanić L, Andersen TL, Ashcroft-Jones S, Ayacaxli N, Barea-Arroyo P, Berge ML, Bjørndal LD, Bursalıoğlu A, Bühler V, Čadek M, Çetinçelik M, Clay G, Cortijos-Bernabeu A, Damnjanović K, Dugue TM, Esberg M, Esteban-Serna C, Felder EN, Friedemann M, Frontera-Villanueva DI, Gale P, Garcia-Garzon E, Geiger SJ, George L, Girardello A, Gracheva A, Gracheva A, Guillory M, Hecht M, Herte K, Hubená B, Ingalls W, Jakob L, Janssens M, Jarke H, Kácha O, Kalinova KN, Karakasheva R, Khorrami PR, Lep Ž, Lins S, Lofthus IS, Mamede S, Mareva S, Mascarenhas MF, McGill L, Morales-Izquierdo S, Moltrecht B, Mueller TS, Musetti M, Nelsson J, Otto T, Paul AF, Pavlović I, Petrović MB, Popović D, Prinz GM, Razum J, Sakelariev I, Samuels V, Sanguino I, Say N, Schuck J, Soysal I, Todsen AL, Tünte MR, Vdovic M, Vintr J, Vovko M, Vranka MA, Wagner L, Wilkins L, Willems M, Wisdom E, Yosifova A, Zeng S, Ahmed MA, Dwarkanath T, Cikara M, Lees J, Folke T. The general fault in our fault lines. Nat Hum Behav 2021; 5:1369-1380. [PMID: 33888880 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01092-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Pervading global narratives suggest that political polarization is increasing, yet the accuracy of such group meta-perceptions has been drawn into question. A recent US study suggests that these beliefs are inaccurate and drive polarized beliefs about out-groups. However, it also found that informing people of inaccuracies reduces those negative beliefs. In this work, we explore whether these results generalize to other countries. To achieve this, we replicate two of the original experiments with 10,207 participants across 26 countries. We focus on local group divisions, which we refer to as fault lines. We find broad generalizability for both inaccurate meta-perceptions and reduced negative motive attribution through a simple disclosure intervention. We conclude that inaccurate and negative group meta-perceptions are exhibited in myriad contexts and that informing individuals of their misperceptions can yield positive benefits for intergroup relations. Such generalizability highlights a robust phenomenon with implications for political discourse worldwide.
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- Kai Ruggeri
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. .,Policy Research Group, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Political Science, School of General Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Occupational, Economic and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Centre for Behaviour Change, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Social Psychology, Institute of Work, Organisational and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychology, School of General Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- School of Education and Health Sciences, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- UCL Interaction Centre, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience and Psychology, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- School of General Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.,Political Humanities, Euro-Asia Program, Paris Institute of Political Studies [SciencesPo], Paris, France
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- Department of Political Science, School of General Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.,School of General Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Social, Health and Organisational Psychology, Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.,Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organization Studies, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands
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- Policy Research Group, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Instituto de Ciências Sociais e Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Evidence-Based Practice Unit, Anna Freud National Centre and University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Social, Economic, and Organizational Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Psychology, School of General Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Arts, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
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- Department of Psychology, School of General Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, School of Graduate Studies, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Department of Economics, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.,Policy Research Group, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Eckstein M, Zietlow AL, Gerchen MF, Schmitgen MM, Ashcroft-Jones S, Kirsch P, Ditzen B. The NeMo real-time fMRI neurofeedback study: protocol of a randomised controlled clinical intervention trial in the neural foundations of mother-infant bonding. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e027747. [PMID: 31315861 PMCID: PMC6661567 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Most mothers feel an immediate, strong emotional bond with their newborn. On a neurobiological level, this is accompanied with the activation of the brain reward systems, including the striatum. However, approximately 10% of all mothers report difficulties to bond emotionally with their infant and display impaired reward responses to the interaction with their infant which might have long-term negative effects for the child's development. As previous studies suggest that activation of the striatal reward system can be regulated through functional MRI (fMRI)-based neurofeedback (NFB), we have designed and investigate fMRI-NFB training to treat maternal bonding difficulties. METHODS AND ANALYSIS In the planned trial, mothers will be presented pictures of their infant and real-time fMRI (rtfMRI), peripheral measures, neural, endocrine, psychophysiological and behavioural measures will be assessed. Mothers with bonding difficulties (n=68) will be randomised to one of two double-blind intervention groups at 4-6 months postpartum. They will participate in three repeated NFB training sessions with rtfMRI-NFB training to increase activation of (a) the ventral striatum or (b) the anterior cingulate. Interview data and real-time mother-infant interaction behaviour pre-intervention, post-intervention and at follow-up will serve as clinical outcome measures. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Study procedures are in line with the recommendations of the World Medical Association (revised Declaration of Helsinki) and were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty, s-450/2017, Heidelberg University. All participants will provide written informed consent after receiving a detailed oral and written explanation of all procedures and can withdraw their consent at any time without negative consequence. Results will be internationally published and disseminated, to further the discussion on non-pharmacological treatment options in complex mental disorders. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER DRKS00014570; Pre-results.
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- Monika Eckstein
- Institute of Medical Psychology in the Center for Psychosocial Medicine, UniversitatsKlinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology in the Center for Psychosocial Medicine, UniversitatsKlinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute for Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology in the Center for Psychosocial Medicine, UniversitatsKlinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute for Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Mannheim, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology in the Center for Psychosocial Medicine, UniversitatsKlinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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