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Validity testing of the conspiratorial thinking and anti-expert sentiment scales during the COVID-19 pandemic across 24 languages from a large-scale global dataset (2022)
Journal Article
Han, H., M. Blackburn, A., Jeftić, A., Phuong Tran, T., Stöckli, S., Reifler, J., & Vestergren, S. (2022). Validity testing of the conspiratorial thinking and anti-expert sentiment scales during the COVID-19 pandemic across 24 languages from a large-scale global dataset. Epidemiology and Infection, 150, Article e167. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268822001443

In this study, we tested the validity across two scales addressing conspiratorial thinking that may influence behaviors related to public health and the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the COVIDiSTRESSII Global Survey data from 12,261 participants, we valid... Read More about Validity testing of the conspiratorial thinking and anti-expert sentiment scales during the COVID-19 pandemic across 24 languages from a large-scale global dataset.

Do disasters trigger protests? A conceptual view of the connection between disasters, injustice, and protests – the case of COVID-19 (2022)
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Vestergren, S., Uysal, M. S., & Tekin, S. (2022). Do disasters trigger protests? A conceptual view of the connection between disasters, injustice, and protests – the case of COVID-19. Frontiers in Political Science, 4, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.836420

People around the globe are affected by disasters far beyond the disaster properties. Given that certain social groups are affected disproportionately, disasters need to be considered as political events which may cause political actions. Therefore,... Read More about Do disasters trigger protests? A conceptual view of the connection between disasters, injustice, and protests – the case of COVID-19.

COVIDiSTRESS diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
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Vestergren, & Cakal. (2022). COVIDiSTRESS diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01383-6

<p>During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVIDiSTRESS Consortium launched an open-access global survey to understand and improve individuals’ experiences related to the crisis. A year later, we extended this line of research by launching a n... Read More about COVIDiSTRESS diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beyond the Choice of What You Put in Your Mouth: A Systematic Mapping Review of Veganism and Vegan Identity (2022)
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Vestergren, S., & Uysal, M. S. (2022). Beyond the Choice of What You Put in Your Mouth: A Systematic Mapping Review of Veganism and Vegan Identity. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.848434

In recent years, and in the current climate crisis, the interest in veganism and sustainable diet/lifestyle has increased. This growing interest can also be seen within academia. Therefore, we set out to systematically document and organize the socia... Read More about Beyond the Choice of What You Put in Your Mouth: A Systematic Mapping Review of Veganism and Vegan Identity.

Examining the role of Donald Trump and his supporters in the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol: A dual-agency model of identity leadership and engaged followership (2022)
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Haslam, S. A., Reicher, S. D., Selvanathan, H. P., Gaffney, A. M., Steffens, N. K., Packer, D., …Platow, M. J. (2023). Examining the role of Donald Trump and his supporters in the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol: A dual-agency model of identity leadership and engaged followership. Leadership Quarterly, 34(2), Article ARTN 101622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2022.101622

<p>This paper develops a dual-agency model of leadership which treats collective phenomena as a co-production between leaders and followers. The model integrates work on identity leadership and engaged followership derived from the social identity tr... Read More about Examining the role of Donald Trump and his supporters in the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol: A dual-agency model of identity leadership and engaged followership.

Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
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Vestergren, S., & Stott, C. (2022). Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. PloS one, 17(2), Article e0264618. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264618

Shopping behaviour in response to extreme events is often characterized as "panic buying" which connotes irrationality and loss of control. However, "panic buying" has been criticized for attributing shopping behaviour to people's alleged psychologic... Read More about Is it really “panic buying”? Public perceptions and experiences of extra buying at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVIDiSTRESS diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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Blackburn, A. M., & Vestergren, S. (2021). COVIDiSTRESS diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/428pz

<p>During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVIDiSTRESS Consortium launched an open-access global survey to understand and improve individuals’ experiences related to the crisis. A year later, we extended this line of research by launching a n... Read More about COVIDiSTRESS diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey (2021)
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Lieberoth, A., Lin, S., Stockli, S., Han, H., Kowal, M., Gelpi, R., …Koszalkowska, K. (2021). Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey. Royal Society Open Science, 8(2), Article ARTN 200589. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200589

The COVIDiSTRESS global survey collects data on early human responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from 173 429 respondents in 48 countries. The open science study was co-designed by an international consortium of researchers to investigate how psyc... Read More about Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey.

COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak (2021)
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Yamada, Y., Ćepulić, D., Coll-Martín, T., Debove, S., Gautreau, G., Han, H., …Lieberoth, A. (2021). COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak. Scientific Data, 8(1), Article ARTN 3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00784-9

This N=173,426 social science dataset was collected through the collaborative COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey – an open science effort to improve understanding of the human experiences of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic between 30th March and 30th May, 2020. T... Read More about COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak.