On the nonlinear link between stigma and collective action: Evidence from sexual and gender minorities in 25 countries (2025)
Journal Article
Selvanathan, H. P., Valdenegro, D., Noor, M., Visintin, E. P., Lalot, F., Sainz, M., Bilewicz, M., Hayward, L., Sebben, S., Ullrich, J., & Hässler, T. (2025). On the nonlinear link between stigma and collective action: Evidence from sexual and gender minorities in 25 countries. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241309539

The stigma faced by gender and sexual minorities varies across countries. How does stigma relate to collective action for social change? We propose a curvilinear link (i.e., an inverted U-curve) between stigma and collective action such that increase... Read More about On the nonlinear link between stigma and collective action: Evidence from sexual and gender minorities in 25 countries.

Examining the role of adaptation in spontaneous perceptual reversals of ambiguous motion stimuli (2024)
Thesis
Dundas, K. Examining the role of adaptation in spontaneous perceptual reversals of ambiguous motion stimuli. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/956391

The cause of spontaneous perceptual reversals of visually ambiguous stimuli has been attributed to several different mechanisms. One hypothesis suggests that adaptation, or “neural fatigue”, builds up while one interpretation is dominant and eventual... Read More about Examining the role of adaptation in spontaneous perceptual reversals of ambiguous motion stimuli.

Socratic Questionnaires (2024)
Book Chapter
Hansen, N., Francis, K., & Greening, H. Socratic Questionnaires. In Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy. (Vol. 5). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198918905.003.0014

When experimental participants are given the chance to reflect and revise their initial judgments in a dynamic conversational context, do their responses to philosophical scenarios differ from responses to those same scenarios presented in a traditio... Read More about Socratic Questionnaires.

The Changing Moral Environment—A Three-Wave Study Testing Four Moral Theories and the Fear of COVID-19 in Predicting Compliance with Behavioral Guidelines on COVID-19, Moralization Toward Non-Compliance, and Vaccination (2024)
Journal Article
Kunnari, A., Francis, K. B., Sundvall, J., & Laakasuo, M. (2024). The Changing Moral Environment—A Three-Wave Study Testing Four Moral Theories and the Fear of COVID-19 in Predicting Compliance with Behavioral Guidelines on COVID-19, Moralization Toward Non-Compliance, and Vaccination. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2024.2373150

Governments across the globe imposed behavioral restrictions to halt the spread of the COVID-19. These preventive behaviors became a moralized issue and engagement in those behaviors varied. In moral psychology, there are various theoretical framewor... Read More about The Changing Moral Environment—A Three-Wave Study Testing Four Moral Theories and the Fear of COVID-19 in Predicting Compliance with Behavioral Guidelines on COVID-19, Moralization Toward Non-Compliance, and Vaccination.

Following the trend or resisting the change? The role of dynamic norms in shaping political attitudes (2024)
Thesis
Eraslan, E. G. Following the trend or resisting the change? The role of dynamic norms in shaping political attitudes. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/855651

This thesis examines the effects of dynamic norm interventions, which highlight changing societal attitudes and behaviour over time, on political attitudes and behavioural tendencies through twelve experiments (three pilot and nine main experiments).... Read More about Following the trend or resisting the change? The role of dynamic norms in shaping political attitudes.

“System change, not climate change”: Effective environmental policies and state repression moderate the relationship between psychological predictors and environmental collective action (2024)
Journal Article
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.

Why groups don’t forgive: refining the contributions of ingroup identity, ingroup attachment, justice concerns, and conflict type to intergroup forgiveness (2024)
Thesis
Dinnick, I. Why groups don’t forgive: refining the contributions of ingroup identity, ingroup attachment, justice concerns, and conflict type to intergroup forgiveness. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/775650

Researchers have begun to investigate the role of forgiveness in disrupting intergroup conflict and promoting peace. This thesis has refined our understanding of the ingroup identity and forgiveness relationship by determining which ingroup identity... Read More about Why groups don’t forgive: refining the contributions of ingroup identity, ingroup attachment, justice concerns, and conflict type to intergroup forgiveness.

Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity (2024)
Thesis
Kızık, B. Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/775323

This thesis explores the impact of intergroup contact on political attitudes via social identity complexity (SIC) across WEIRD and non-WEIRD societies, including post-conflict contexts. This research aims to test whether and how dimensions of intergr... Read More about Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity.

Lay, professional, and police rape stereotype acceptance in England and Wales: A holistic, mixed-methods overview of the Criminal Justice System (2023)
Thesis
Hermolle, M. F. V. Lay, professional, and police rape stereotype acceptance in England and Wales: A holistic, mixed-methods overview of the Criminal Justice System. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/674588

This thesis examined rape stereotype acceptance and use in England and Wales, viewed through the lens of Social Representations Theory (SRT). Given the high attrition rate and low prosecution rate for rape, the project was a holistic look at stereoty... Read More about Lay, professional, and police rape stereotype acceptance in England and Wales: A holistic, mixed-methods overview of the Criminal Justice System.

Virtual Reality in Experimental Moral Psychology Identifying and Understanding Judgment-Action Discrepancy (2023)
Book Chapter
Francis, K. (2023). Virtual Reality in Experimental Moral Psychology Identifying and Understanding Judgment-Action Discrepancy. In Exploring Extended Realities (153-169). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003359494-12

Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World (2023)
Book
J. Ball, L., T. Butler, L., Sherman, S., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2023). Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145851

This unique textbook explores core cognitive psychology topics from an innovative new perspective, focusing on key real-world issues to show how we understand and experience the world.

The book examines compelling topics such as creativity, proble... Read More about Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World.

Cognitive psychology in a changing world (2023)
Book Chapter
J. Ball, L., T. Butler, L., Sherman, S., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2023). Cognitive psychology in a changing world. In Cognitive psychology in a changing world. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003145851-1

Feeling morally troubled about meat, dairy, egg, and fish consumption: Dissonance reduction strategies among different dietary groups (2023)
Journal Article
Ioannidou, M., Lesk, V., Stewart-Knox, B., & Francis, K. B. (2023). Feeling morally troubled about meat, dairy, egg, and fish consumption: Dissonance reduction strategies among different dietary groups. Appetite, 190, Article 107024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.107024

A largescale shift towards plant-based diets is considered a critical requirement for tackling ethical, environmental, and global health issues associated with animal food production and consumption. Although previous research has identified psycholo... Read More about Feeling morally troubled about meat, dairy, egg, and fish consumption: Dissonance reduction strategies among different dietary groups.

The role of confidence in knowledge ascriptions: an evidence-seeking approach (2023)
Journal Article
Francis, K. B., & Beaman, C. P. (2023). The role of confidence in knowledge ascriptions: an evidence-seeking approach. Synthese, 202(2), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04236-w

Two methods have been used in the investigation of the stakes-sensitivity of knowledge as it occurs in ordinary language: (a) asking participants about the truth or acceptability of knowledge ascriptions and (b) asking participants how much evidence... Read More about The role of confidence in knowledge ascriptions: an evidence-seeking approach.

Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems (2023)
Thesis
Beer, O. M. Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/518111

Emotions shape and enrich our conscious experiences. Despite the interdisciplinary consensus that emotions are fundamental to understanding human behaviour, there are limited investigations into emotion and emotion regulation in the daily lives of no... Read More about Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems.

Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community (2023)
Thesis
Williams, N. S. Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/515666

This PhD thesis was written as part of a programme of research conducted by the Enable Project into the policing of domestic football events in Sweden. Between 2014 and 2016 Enable had conducted a series of Participant Action Research based observati... Read More about Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community.

Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources (2023)
Thesis
Moore, S. B. Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/522234

Previous research has highlighted the importance of attention in the allocation of visual short-term memory (vSTM) resources. However, much of this research examined performance across a single feature dimension (e.g., colour), disregarding the poten... Read More about Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources.

Recognition, remember-know, and confidence judgments: no evidence of cross-contamination here! (2023)
Journal Article
Williams, H. L., Bodner, G. E., & Lindsay, D. S. (2023). Recognition, remember-know, and confidence judgments: no evidence of cross-contamination here!. Memory, 31(7), 905-917. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2207804

We report three experiments designed to reveal the mechanisms that underlie subjective experiences of recognition by examining effects of how those experiences are measured. Prior research has explored the potential influences of collecting metacogni... Read More about Recognition, remember-know, and confidence judgments: no evidence of cross-contamination here!.

A Physical Therapist Who Swears: A Case Series (2023)
Journal Article
Trummer, G., Stephens, R., & Washmuth, N. B. (in press). A Physical Therapist Who Swears: A Case Series. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - Clinical Communications, 6, jrmcc010277. https://doi.org/10.2340/jrmcc.v6.10277

Swearing deserves attention in the physical therapy setting due to its potential positive psychological, physiological, and social effects. The purpose of this case series is to describe 2 cases in which a physical therapist swears in the clinical se... Read More about A Physical Therapist Who Swears: A Case Series.

‘All together now’: Facilitators and barriers to engagement in mutual aid during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown (2023)
Journal Article
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.