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The horror of today and the terror of tomorrow: The role of future existential risks and present‐day political risks in climate activism (2024)
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Uysal, M. S., Martinez, N., & Vestergren, S. (2024). The horror of today and the terror of tomorrow: The role of future existential risks and present‐day political risks in climate activism. British Journal of Social Psychology, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12821

In response to the urgent global climate crisis, climate activism has risen as a potent force. Decision‐making regarding climate collective action includes individuals' perceptions of the anticipated future existential risks of the climate crisis (ri... Read More about The horror of today and the terror of tomorrow: The role of future existential risks and present‐day political risks in climate activism.

Mourning and orienting to the future in a liminal occasion: (Re)defining British national identity after Queen Elizabeth II 's death (2024)
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Obradović, S., Martinez, N., Dhanda, N., Bode, S., Ntontis, E., Bowe, M., …Vestergren, S. (in press). Mourning and orienting to the future in a liminal occasion: (Re)defining British national identity after Queen Elizabeth II 's death. British Journal of Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12807

In this paper, we conceptualize the days of mourning that followed the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. as constituting a liminal occasion, a moment of in‐betweenness through which we can explore sense‐making in times of transition. How do people navig... Read More about Mourning and orienting to the future in a liminal occasion: (Re)defining British national identity after Queen Elizabeth II 's death.

“System change, not climate change”: Effective environmental policies and state repression moderate the relationship between psychological predictors and environmental collective action (2024)
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Vestergren, S., Sefa Uysal, M., Varela, M., & Lindner, C. (2024). “System change, not climate change”: Effective environmental policies and state repression moderate the relationship between psychological predictors and environmental collective action. Global Environmental Psychology, 2, https://doi.org/10.5964/gep.11259

Social psychological research on environmental collective action often overlooks the facilitating or hindering impact of a country's context. Governments' institutional attitudes toward environmental issues may have crucial roles in mobilizing enviro... Read More about “System change, not climate change”: Effective environmental policies and state repression moderate the relationship between psychological predictors and environmental collective action.

Predictors of Compliance with COVID-19 Guidelines Across Countries: The role of social norms, moral values, trust, stress, and demographic factors (2023)
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Blackburn, A. M., Han, H., Jeftić, A., Stöckli, S., Gelpí, R., Acosta-Ortiz, A. M., …Vestergren, S. (2023). Predictors of Compliance with COVID-19 Guidelines Across Countries: The role of social norms, moral values, trust, stress, and demographic factors. Current Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05281-x

Despite the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it provided the opportunity to investigate factors associated with compliance with public health measures that could inform responses to future pandemics. We analysed crosscountry data (k = 12... Read More about Predictors of Compliance with COVID-19 Guidelines Across Countries: The role of social norms, moral values, trust, stress, and demographic factors.

The Dynamic Context of Transformations through Crowds and Collective Action (2023)
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Vestergren, S., & Acar, Y. G. (2023). The Dynamic Context of Transformations through Crowds and Collective Action. Social Research: An International Quarterly, 90(2), 271-292. https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2023.a901705

Historically, social psychologists have conceptualized the crowd and its members as mindless and irrational. More recent research has emphasized the crowd as an agentic space that offers both emergence and endurance of psychological transformations,... Read More about The Dynamic Context of Transformations through Crowds and Collective Action.

‘All together now’: Facilitators and barriers to engagement in mutual aid during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown (2023)
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Cocking, C., Vestergren, S., Ntontis, E., & Luzynska, K. (2023). ‘All together now’: Facilitators and barriers to engagement in mutual aid during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown. PloS one, 18(4), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283080

Despite undeniable hardship, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic also saw an outpour of community solidarity and mutual aid towards those in need. This study explored why people participated in mutual aid during the pandemic as well as the factors tha... Read More about ‘All together now’: Facilitators and barriers to engagement in mutual aid during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown.

The effects of secondary stressors, social identity, and social support on perceived stress and resilience: Findings from the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
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Ntontis, E., Blackburn, A. M., Han, H., Stöckli, S., Milfont, T. L., Tuominen, J., …Vestergren, S. (2023). The effects of secondary stressors, social identity, and social support on perceived stress and resilience: Findings from the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 88, Article 102007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102007

Primary stressors are direct outcomes of extreme events (e.g., viruses, floodwater) whereas secondary stressors stem from pre-disaster life circumstances and societal arrangements (e.g., illness, problematic pre-disaster policies) or from inefficient... Read More about The effects of secondary stressors, social identity, and social support on perceived stress and resilience: Findings from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness (2023)
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Blackburn, A. M., Han, H., Gelpí, R. A., Stöckli, S., Jeftić, A., Ch’ng, B., …Vestergren, S. (2023). Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness. Health Psychology, 42(4), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001268

OBJECTIVE: Vaccines are an effective means to reduce the spread of diseases, but they are sometimes met with hesitancy that needs to be understood.

METHOD: In this study, we analyzed data from a large, cross-country survey conducted between June a... Read More about Mediation Analysis of Conspiratorial Thinking and Anti-Expert Sentiments on Vaccine Willingness.

Parents’ concerns and understandings around excessive infant crying: qualitative study of discussions in online forums (2022)
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Ghio, D., Muller, I., Vestergren, S., Mandangu, C., Dennison, L., Sykes, K., …Santer, M. (2022). Parents’ concerns and understandings around excessive infant crying: qualitative study of discussions in online forums. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100146

Crying is an essential behaviour in infants, occurring on a continuum, and only rarely indicates serious underlying diagnosis. Searching online for information about excessive crying has become common, using the internet to seek health information an... Read More about Parents’ concerns and understandings around excessive infant crying: qualitative study of discussions in online forums.