Search Results - "MORTON, THOMAS A."

Social group memberships protect against future depression, alleviate depression symptoms and prevent depression relapse by Cruwys, Tegan, Dingle, Genevieve A., Haslam, Catherine, Haslam, S. Alexander, Jetten, Jolanda, Morton, Thomas A.

“…A growing body of research suggests that a lack of social connectedness is strongly related to current depression and increases vulnerability to future…”
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Unquestioned Answers or Unanswered Questions: Beliefs About Science Guide Responses to Uncertainty in Climate Change Risk Communication by Rabinovich, Anna, Morton, Thomas A.

“…In two experimental studies we investigated the effect of beliefs about the nature and purpose of science (classical vs. Kuhnian models of science) on…”
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Hand in hand: public endorsement of climate change mitigation and adaptation by Brügger, Adrian, Morton, Thomas A, Dessai, Suraje

“…This research investigated how an individual's endorsements of mitigation and adaptation relate to each other, and how well each of these can be accounted for…”
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Multiple Group Membership and Well-Being: Is There Always Strength in Numbers? by Sønderlund, Anders L, Morton, Thomas A, Ryan, Michelle K

“…A growing body of research points to the value of multiple group memberships for individual well-being. However, much of this work considers group memberships…”
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Think global, act local: The effect of goal and mindset specificity on willingness to donate to an environmental organization by Rabinovich, Anna, Morton, Thomas A., Postmes, Tom, Verplanken, Bas

“…This paper investigated the effect of goal and mindset specificity on goal-related behavior in the environmental domain. Two studies demonstrated that…”
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“Proximising” climate change reconsidered: A construal level theory perspective by Brügger, Adrian, Morton, Thomas A., Dessai, Suraje

“…Reducing the psychological distance of climate change has repeatedly been proposed as one strategy to increase individuals' motivation to respond to climate…”
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Psychological responses to the proximity of climate change by Brügger, Adrian, Dessai, Suraje, Devine-Wright, Patrick, Morton, Thomas A., Pidgeon, Nicholas F.

“…It is sometimes assumed that making climate change seem 'closer to home' is a good way to catalyse action. But insights from psychology suggest that people's…”
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Unpacking the hedonic paradox: A dynamic analysis of the relationships between financial capital, social capital and life satisfaction by Gleibs, Ilka H., Morton, Thomas A., Rabinovich, Anna, Haslam, S. Alexander, Helliwell, John F.

“…Does money buy happiness? Or is happiness derived from looking outwards towards our social networks? Many researchers have answered these questions by…”
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Coming together after standing apart: What predicts felt safety in the post-coronavirus crowd? by Morton, Thomas A., Power, Séamus A.

“…Over a year after the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, and the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic with its lockdowns and social distancing requirements, being together with…”
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What Would a “Reasonable Person” Do? Exploring the Gap Between Experienced and Anticipated Responses to Sexual Harassment by Morton, Thomas A., Dimitriou, Elena, Barreto, Manuela

“…Individuals who are sexually harassed often do not formally report their experience. Current understandings of this focus on the procedural barriers to…”
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Evaluations of science are robustly biased by identity concerns by Salvatore, Jessica, Morton, Thomas A.

“…People are known to evaluate science based on whether it (dis)affirms their collective identities. We examined whether personal identity concerns also bias…”
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Identity-Related Factors Protect Well-Being Against Stigma for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People by Doyle, David Matthew, Begeny, Christopher T., Barreto, Manuela, Morton, Thomas A.

“…Relatively little is known about identity-related resilience factors associated with well-being among transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people…”
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The future that may (or may not) come: How framing changes responses to uncertainty in climate change communications by Morton, Thomas A., Rabinovich, Anna, Marshall, Dan, Bretschneider, Pamela

“…▶ Framing influenced how people responded to uncertainty in climate change communications. ▶ When communications highlighted losses, uncertainty decreased…”
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Is It Safe for Us to Be Together Again? Identity, Trust, and Perceived Risk at Mass Events During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Morton, Thomas A., Power, Séamus A.

“…Three years after the outbreak of COVID-19, governments are still working toward a return to “normal life.” Yet, the twin forces of ongoing disease threat and…”
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Activating and Guiding the Engagement of Seniors With Online Social Networking: Experimental Findings From the AGES 2.0 Project by Morton, Thomas A., Wilson, Neil, Haslam, Catherine, Birney, Megan, Kingston, Rosemary, McCloskey, Lauren-Grace

“…Objective: Guided by theoretical and empirical work attesting to the health benefits of social connections, we tested whether Internet connectivity, and…”
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Solidarity with whom? Minority perspectives on allyship in Danish queer spaces by Van Cong, Bao-Thi, Power, Séamus A, Morton, Thomas A

“…Social psychological research has witnessed a burgeoning interest in advantaged group allies acting in solidarity with disadvantaged groups to challenge…”
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Where Are You From? An Investigation Into the Intersectionality of Accent Strength and Nationality Status on Perceptions of Nonnative Speakers in Britain by Birney, Megan E., Rabinovich, Anna, Morton, Thomas A.

“…We explore how interpersonal and intergroup perceptions are affected by a nonnative speaker’s accent strength and the status of their home country. When…”
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Collective self and individual choice: The effects of inter-group comparative context on environmental values and behaviour by Rabinovich, Anna, Morton, Thomas A., Postmes, Tom, Verplanken, Bas

“…Self‐categorization theory suggests that inter‐group comparisons inform individual behaviour by affecting perceived in‐group stereotypes that are internalized…”
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They’re (not) playing our song: (Ir)religious identity moderates the effects of listening to religious music on memory, self‐esteem, and mood by Ysseldyk, Renate, Karamally, Talib, Kelly, Ashleigh, Morton, Thomas A., Haslam, S. Alexander

“…Previous research suggests that listening to music can enhance memory and well‐being. However, what is often missing from this analysis is consideration of the…”
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Theorizing Gender in the Face of Social Change: Is There Anything Essential About Essentialism? by Morton, Thomas A, Postmes, Tom, Haslam, S. Alexander, Hornsey, Matthew J

“…The authors examine how beliefs about the stability of the social hierarchy moderate the link between sexism and essentialist beliefs about gender and how the…”
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