Lucia Savadori
Biographic Data
| ID | 1405382 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucia Savadori |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucia |
| FAMILY NAME | Savadori |
| SIGNATURE | SAVADORI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Trento |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3957-3132 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Echoes of the earthquake
Experiencing an earthquake can be a traumatic event, sometimes followed by another negative experience represented by post-earthquake temporary displacement. Both can have serious and lasting consequences on people’s wellbeing, quality of life, and life satisfaction even years after the traumatic event. These consequences can hinder the recovery of individuals and communities affected by an earthquake. After summarizing our previous investigation…
How Did Personality Traits Shape Reactions to Uncertainty During the Outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study examined how three broad uncertainty-related dispositions-Affective Discomfort with Uncertainty, Cognitive Rigidity and Closure, and Need for Predictability versus Complexity-relate to individual responses to the unprecedented global uncertainty triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected data from 446 participants (61% female, ages 18-62) during Italy's government-mandated lockdown in April 2020. Participants completed validated …
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The impact of the health star rating front-of-packaging label on preferences for food products
Purpose The Health Star Rating (HSR) is a front-of-pack labeling system that helps consumers understand the nutritional values of foods. In this study, we examined the effects of the presence (vs. absence) of an HSR label on consumer choice behavior and perception of healthiness. Design/methodology/approach In an experimental study, we tested if the presence (vs. absence) of an HSR label provides a competitive advantage over a rival product that …
Life satisfaction during temporary housing after an earthquake
A disaster has a considerable impact on people who have lost their homes. We analyzed the life satisfaction of displaced people accommodated in temporary housing after three strong earthquakes that occurred in Italy in 2009 (Abruzzo), 2012 (Emilia), and 2016–17 (Central Italy). Information was obtained through an anonymous survey on a large number of variables related to socio-demographic features, temporary housing type and quality, social suppo…
Mechanisms behind Covid-19 scepticism among socially marginalised individuals in Europe
Homeless and materially disadvantaged people are considered particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. So far, there is no systematic knowledge about how the homeless and materially disadvantaged people perceive the risks of COVID-19 and what factors influence the development of sceptical views and underestimation of dangers posed by the virus. The aim of our study is therefore to: (1) Explore COVID-19 risk perception of socially marginalised…
The effect of the 1‐in‐X numerical format on choices
The 1‐in‐X numerical format (e.g., 1 in 200) has been found to increase subjective probability evaluations and behavioral intentions in hypothetical scenarios compared with the N‐in‐NX format (e.g., 5 in 1000). However, it remains unclear whether this format can also bias choices between truly incentivized options. In four online studies ( N = 1039), participants were presented with a small endowment (i.e., 1£) and an actual choice between two op…
Communicating Seismic Risk Information
Communicating seismic risk to individuals can be difficult for an institution because it involves providing technical and scientific information, including the low probability of an adverse event, that is not always easy to understand. One way to facilitate understanding of low probabilities is to provide comparisons with the probability of occurrence of other more familiar events. In a randomized trials experiment, we investigated the effect of …
The engagement of informal volunteers in disaster management in Europe
Informal volunteering is increasingly important in disaster management, but authorities remain cautious about collaborating with informal volunteers. Relatively little is known about the extent to which informal volunteers are integrated into European disaster management systems. We try to remedy this gap by examining Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Estonia, focusing on (1) the policies and institutional arrangement…
Self-imposed social isolation among clients of social care organisations in the Covid-19 pandemic
Although self-imposed social isolation is an important way of reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection, previous research indicates that this behaviour varies substantially between different groups and individuals. Socially marginalized people are generally less involved in protective health behaviours, but there are few studies of their COVID-19 protective behaviours. The aims of the paper are therefore to: 1) compare self-imposed social isolatio…
Too-much-of-a-good-thing? The curvilinear relation between identification, overcommitment, and employee well-being
Blinded by worries
Imposing “sin” taxes has been the preferred way governments tried to discourage the over-consumption of temptation goods for decades. However numerous evidence shows that consumers exhibit behavioral biases which can affect their reaction to taxes. This paper investigates a potential bias and how it affects demand for temptation: financial worries associated with poverty have been shown to shift attention towards pressing needs, often at the expe…
Approaches to ‘vulnerability’ in eight European disaster management systems
While social vulnerability in the face of disasters has received increasing academic attention, relatively little is known about the extent to which that knowledge is reflected in practice by institutions involved in disaster management. This study charts the practitioners’ approaches to disaster vulnerability in eight European countries: Belgium; Estonia; Finland; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Norway; and Sweden. It draws on a comparative document an…
Risk perceptions and Covid-19 protective behaviors
Risk Perception and Protective Behaviors During the Rise of the Covid-19 Outbreak in Italy
Risk perception is important in determining health-protective behavior. During the rise of the COVID-19 epidemic, we tested a comprehensive structural equation model of risk perception to explain adherence to protective behaviors in a crisis context using a survey of 572 Italian citizens. We identified two categories of protective behaviors, labeled promoting hygiene and cleaning, and avoiding social closeness. Social norms and risk perceptions w…
Covid-19 information disorder
The outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 propelled the creation, transmission, and consumption of false information – unverified claims, misleading statements, false rumours, conspiracy theories, and so on – all around the world. When various official or unofficial sources issue erroneous, misleading or contradicting information during a crisis, people who are exposed to this may behave in ways that cause harm to the health and well-b…
Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations
Bringing appraisal theory to environmental risk perception
An intensive program of 40 years of research has produced various conceptual cognitive and affective approaches to environmental risk perception. In this short review of the most relevant conceptual approaches, appraisal theory is presented as a useful means of integrating cognitive and affective approaches to risk perception. Appraisal theory offers an opportunity to advance our understanding of how environmental risk perception operates in an e…
From chance to choice
In risk communication to patients, Medical Doctors frequently use analogies attempting to enhance the otherwise poor comprehension of small probabilities by laypeople. Two experiments examined the effects of the verbal analogy (asking patients to figure out the probability of an outcome by imagining the chance to draw a winning ball from a jar) on individuals' probability perception by means of seven-point Likert scales. Study 1 showed that the e…
Sociocognitive Factors Associated with Nonadherence to Medication After Hospital Discharge
Poor adherence to prescribed medication is a well-known problem and continues to be a major challenge in all medical specialties. Unlike previous studies that have mainly focused on nonadherence behaviors in specific diseases, this study sought to examine socio-cognitive factors associated with nonadherence behavior in a sample of a general clinical population. A questionnaire investigating socio-demographic and cognitive factors and a telephone …
Consumer decision in the context of a food hazard
Expert and Public Perception of Risk from Biotechnology
Risk perceptions of a series of biotechnology applications were examined in a public (nonexpert) sample and an expert sample. Compared with the experts, the public perceived all biotechnology applications as more risky. Both groups perceived food-related applications to be riskier than medical applications. Compared with the public, experts perceived both food and medical applications as less harmful and more useful. Experts also judged the risks…
Factors that May Affect the Difficulty of Uncovering Hidden Profiles
Three experiments examined three factors that may impede the discovery of hidden profiles: commitment to initial decision, reiteration effect, and ownership bias. Experiment 1 examined whether groups in which members are not asked to make an initial decision before group discussion are more likely to uncover hidden profiles than groups in which members are asked to make an initial decision. Experiment 2 examined this commitment to an initial deci…
Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations
Factors that May Affect the Difficulty of Uncovering Hidden Profiles
Three experiments examined three factors that may impede the discovery of hidden profiles: commitment to initial decision, reiteration effect, and ownership bias. Experiment 1 examined whether groups in which members are not asked to make an initial decision before group discussion are more likely to uncover hidden profiles than groups in which members are asked to make an initial decision. Experiment 2 examined this commitment to an initial deci…
Risk perceptions and Covid-19 protective behaviors
Covid-19 information disorder
The outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 propelled the creation, transmission, and consumption of false information – unverified claims, misleading statements, false rumours, conspiracy theories, and so on – all around the world. When various official or unofficial sources issue erroneous, misleading or contradicting information during a crisis, people who are exposed to this may behave in ways that cause harm to the health and well-b…
Approaches to ‘vulnerability’ in eight European disaster management systems
While social vulnerability in the face of disasters has received increasing academic attention, relatively little is known about the extent to which that knowledge is reflected in practice by institutions involved in disaster management. This study charts the practitioners’ approaches to disaster vulnerability in eight European countries: Belgium; Estonia; Finland; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Norway; and Sweden. It draws on a comparative document an…
Mechanisms behind Covid-19 scepticism among socially marginalised individuals in Europe
Homeless and materially disadvantaged people are considered particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. So far, there is no systematic knowledge about how the homeless and materially disadvantaged people perceive the risks of COVID-19 and what factors influence the development of sceptical views and underestimation of dangers posed by the virus. The aim of our study is therefore to: (1) Explore COVID-19 risk perception of socially marginalised…
Factors that May Affect the Difficulty of Uncovering Hidden Profiles
Three experiments examined three factors that may impede the discovery of hidden profiles: commitment to initial decision, reiteration effect, and ownership bias. Experiment 1 examined whether groups in which members are not asked to make an initial decision before group discussion are more likely to uncover hidden profiles than groups in which members are asked to make an initial decision. Experiment 2 examined this commitment to an initial deci…
Expert and Public Perception of Risk from Biotechnology
Risk perceptions of a series of biotechnology applications were examined in a public (nonexpert) sample and an expert sample. Compared with the experts, the public perceived all biotechnology applications as more risky. Both groups perceived food-related applications to be riskier than medical applications. Compared with the public, experts perceived both food and medical applications as less harmful and more useful. Experts also judged the risks…
Consumer decision in the context of a food hazard
From chance to choice
In risk communication to patients, Medical Doctors frequently use analogies attempting to enhance the otherwise poor comprehension of small probabilities by laypeople. Two experiments examined the effects of the verbal analogy (asking patients to figure out the probability of an outcome by imagining the chance to draw a winning ball from a jar) on individuals' probability perception by means of seven-point Likert scales. Study 1 showed that the e…
Sociocognitive Factors Associated with Nonadherence to Medication After Hospital Discharge
Poor adherence to prescribed medication is a well-known problem and continues to be a major challenge in all medical specialties. Unlike previous studies that have mainly focused on nonadherence behaviors in specific diseases, this study sought to examine socio-cognitive factors associated with nonadherence behavior in a sample of a general clinical population. A questionnaire investigating socio-demographic and cognitive factors and a telephone …
Bringing appraisal theory to environmental risk perception
An intensive program of 40 years of research has produced various conceptual cognitive and affective approaches to environmental risk perception. In this short review of the most relevant conceptual approaches, appraisal theory is presented as a useful means of integrating cognitive and affective approaches to risk perception. Appraisal theory offers an opportunity to advance our understanding of how environmental risk perception operates in an e…
Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations
Risk Perception and Protective Behaviors During the Rise of the Covid-19 Outbreak in Italy
Risk perception is important in determining health-protective behavior. During the rise of the COVID-19 epidemic, we tested a comprehensive structural equation model of risk perception to explain adherence to protective behaviors in a crisis context using a survey of 572 Italian citizens. We identified two categories of protective behaviors, labeled promoting hygiene and cleaning, and avoiding social closeness. Social norms and risk perceptions w…
Covid-19 information disorder
The outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 propelled the creation, transmission, and consumption of false information – unverified claims, misleading statements, false rumours, conspiracy theories, and so on – all around the world. When various official or unofficial sources issue erroneous, misleading or contradicting information during a crisis, people who are exposed to this may behave in ways that cause harm to the health and well-b…
Communicating Seismic Risk Information
Communicating seismic risk to individuals can be difficult for an institution because it involves providing technical and scientific information, including the low probability of an adverse event, that is not always easy to understand. One way to facilitate understanding of low probabilities is to provide comparisons with the probability of occurrence of other more familiar events. In a randomized trials experiment, we investigated the effect of …
The engagement of informal volunteers in disaster management in Europe
Informal volunteering is increasingly important in disaster management, but authorities remain cautious about collaborating with informal volunteers. Relatively little is known about the extent to which informal volunteers are integrated into European disaster management systems. We try to remedy this gap by examining Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Estonia, focusing on (1) the policies and institutional arrangement…
Self-imposed social isolation among clients of social care organisations in the Covid-19 pandemic
Although self-imposed social isolation is an important way of reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection, previous research indicates that this behaviour varies substantially between different groups and individuals. Socially marginalized people are generally less involved in protective health behaviours, but there are few studies of their COVID-19 protective behaviours. The aims of the paper are therefore to: 1) compare self-imposed social isolatio…
Too-much-of-a-good-thing? The curvilinear relation between identification, overcommitment, and employee well-being
Blinded by worries
Imposing “sin” taxes has been the preferred way governments tried to discourage the over-consumption of temptation goods for decades. However numerous evidence shows that consumers exhibit behavioral biases which can affect their reaction to taxes. This paper investigates a potential bias and how it affects demand for temptation: financial worries associated with poverty have been shown to shift attention towards pressing needs, often at the expe…
Approaches to ‘vulnerability’ in eight European disaster management systems
While social vulnerability in the face of disasters has received increasing academic attention, relatively little is known about the extent to which that knowledge is reflected in practice by institutions involved in disaster management. This study charts the practitioners’ approaches to disaster vulnerability in eight European countries: Belgium; Estonia; Finland; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Norway; and Sweden. It draws on a comparative document an…
Risk perceptions and Covid-19 protective behaviors
Life satisfaction during temporary housing after an earthquake
A disaster has a considerable impact on people who have lost their homes. We analyzed the life satisfaction of displaced people accommodated in temporary housing after three strong earthquakes that occurred in Italy in 2009 (Abruzzo), 2012 (Emilia), and 2016–17 (Central Italy). Information was obtained through an anonymous survey on a large number of variables related to socio-demographic features, temporary housing type and quality, social suppo…
Mechanisms behind Covid-19 scepticism among socially marginalised individuals in Europe
Homeless and materially disadvantaged people are considered particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. So far, there is no systematic knowledge about how the homeless and materially disadvantaged people perceive the risks of COVID-19 and what factors influence the development of sceptical views and underestimation of dangers posed by the virus. The aim of our study is therefore to: (1) Explore COVID-19 risk perception of socially marginalised…
The effect of the 1‐in‐X numerical format on choices
The 1‐in‐X numerical format (e.g., 1 in 200) has been found to increase subjective probability evaluations and behavioral intentions in hypothetical scenarios compared with the N‐in‐NX format (e.g., 5 in 1000). However, it remains unclear whether this format can also bias choices between truly incentivized options. In four online studies ( N = 1039), participants were presented with a small endowment (i.e., 1£) and an actual choice between two op…
Sicuro
The impact of the health star rating front-of-packaging label on preferences for food products
Purpose The Health Star Rating (HSR) is a front-of-pack labeling system that helps consumers understand the nutritional values of foods. In this study, we examined the effects of the presence (vs. absence) of an HSR label on consumer choice behavior and perception of healthiness. Design/methodology/approach In an experimental study, we tested if the presence (vs. absence) of an HSR label provides a competitive advantage over a rival product that …
How Did Personality Traits Shape Reactions to Uncertainty During the Outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study examined how three broad uncertainty-related dispositions-Affective Discomfort with Uncertainty, Cognitive Rigidity and Closure, and Need for Predictability versus Complexity-relate to individual responses to the unprecedented global uncertainty triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected data from 446 participants (61% female, ages 18-62) during Italy's government-mandated lockdown in April 2020. Participants completed validated …
Echoes of the earthquake
Experiencing an earthquake can be a traumatic event, sometimes followed by another negative experience represented by post-earthquake temporary displacement. Both can have serious and lasting consequences on people’s wellbeing, quality of life, and life satisfaction even years after the traumatic event. These consequences can hinder the recovery of individuals and communities affected by an earthquake. After summarizing our previous investigation…
Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Business (9 works) · Risk Perception and Management (8 works) · Perception (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Risk perception (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Economics (6 works)