Autumn Shafer
Biographic Data
| ID | 144902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Autumn Shafer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Autumn |
| FAMILY NAME | Shafer |
| SIGNATURE | SHAFER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | VA Palo Alto Health Care System |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2306-6286 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploration of the Effectiveness of Logic-Focused Strategies that Debunk Correlation-Causation Fallacy in Combating Covid-19 Vaccine-Cancer Misinformation
This study examines the effectiveness of logic-focused messages that debunk correlation-causation fallacies in COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, testing two conditions-one with and one without a modus tollens argument-against a fact-focused strategy emphasizing medical study findings. A single-factor, between-subjects experiment with 377 participants showed that the logic-focused condition without a modus tollens argument was more effective than t…
Narrative Force: How Science and Storytelling Impact Parental Concussion Beliefs and Intentions Through Transportation and Trust
Although news and entertainment coverage of sports concussions has increased in recent years, many parents of adolescent athletes remain indifferent to or unaware of practices that would mitigate concussion harm. This experiment with U.S. parents of 10- to 17-year-olds (N = 502) explores how narratives and expository concussion science could be used together to increase concussion risk assessments, mitigation intentions, and support for sports co…
The Indirect Effects of Thinspiration and Fitspiration Images on Young Women’s Sexual Attitudes
Applying the sociocultural theory and the objectification theory, this experiment examined the indirect effects of inspirational Instagram images (i.e., fitspiration and thinspiration) on young women’s sexual attitudes. A post-test only between-subjects design with three experimental conditions (i.e., fitspiration, thinspiration, and control images) was conducted with female college students ( N = 221). The results supported the sociocultural the…
Formative Research on Promoting Car-Free Youth Transportation
Car accidents are the leading cause of death among U.S. 10- to 24-year-olds (CDC, 2018). Motivating youth to drive less by choosing car-free mobility may reduce fatalities and contribute to positive environmental impact. Yet, little is known about how youth perceive car-free transportation or what may motivate them to choose it more often. Results from focus groups analyzed through the lens of the theory of planned behavior explore youth percepti…
Victim Profiles: Direct and Indirect Effects of Anecdotes and Responsibility Attribution on Support for Sex Trafficking Victims
Anti-sex trafficking advocates often rely on victim stories or profiles to spread awareness and support for sex trafficking victims. Yet little research has examined the effects of these profiles present in media. A 2 (narrative exemplar (anecdote)/non-anecdote) × 2 (victim kidnapped/groomed) between-subjects factorial design experiment with undergraduates (N = 109) examined the impact of victim profiles on mediator variables (i.e., identificatio…
Relation between active mediation, exposure to Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood , and US preschoolers’ social and emotional development
This study explored the relationship between active mediation, exposure to Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and key indicators of preschoolers’ social and emotional development. One hundred and twenty-seven children aged 2–6 either watched or did not watch 10 episodes of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood over a two-week period. Results revealed that preschoolers who watched the program exhibited higher levels of empathy, self-efficacy, and emotion recognit…
Retracted Article: People Say There Are No Accidents: Poetry and Commentary
Corporate Crisis Communication: Examining the Interplay of Reputation and Crisis Response Strategies
This experiment study used a 2 × 3 between-subjects design to assess two factors in crisis communication and reputation management—prior corporate reputation (good and bad) and crisis response strategies (apology, sympathy, and compensation)—on an organization facing high crisis responsibility. Results indicate that stakeholders prefer apology to compensation response strategies. Organizations with a prior good reputation have better postcrisis r…
Charting Phelan's ‘To Suffer a Sea Change’
Physicians and healthcare workers usually perceive their medical record entries as documentation rather than construction. In the following article, we extract a medical record from a narrative, Peggy Phelan's pathography of glaucoma, 'To Suffer a Sea Change'. From information about encounters described by Phelan, an ophthalmologist reconstructs progress notes similar to those that would be key to a glaucoma patient's medical record. Rather than …
Designing Messages to Motivate Parents To Get Their Preteenage Sons Vaccinated Against Human Papillomavirus
Messages that may most motivate parents to get preteenage boys vaccinated against HPV focus on infection risk and include images of parents with their sons
Framing the Problem of Sex Trafficking: Whose problem? What remedy
News media play an important role in explaining the issue of sex trafficking and may influence discourse among the public and policymakers. Understanding the ways that mass media address sex trafficking has implications for the news industry and the global status of women. This study, a quantitative content analysis, analyzed news coverage of sex trafficking in major US newspapers to understand how the issue was framed during a year of coverage. …
For There is Work to be Done: Poetry and Commentary
People Say There Are No Accidents: Poetry and Commentary
Feeding…Being Fed: Poetry and Commentary
Medical humanities: Demarcations, dilemmas and delights
Dark/light, question/answer, teacher/student, science/art, female/male. Our lives are chock-a-block with categories. It is human nature to distinguish pattern, indeed it is life-saving on the savannah or on a city street to differentiate movement from stillness. However, we live mostly in the in-between. In the give-and-take between categories, relationship becomes paramount and seemingly definitive boundaries blur. What makes life messy and unce…
Always a Surprise, Even a Wonder: Poetry and Commentary
I Must Tell You in a Poem: Poetry and Commentary
Words and Wards: A Model of Reflective Writing and Its Uses in Medical Education
Survivor of That Time, That Place: Clinical Uses of Violence Survivors' Narratives
Researching medicine in context: The Arts and Humanities Medical Scholars Program
In 2000, the Arts and Humanities Medical Scholars Program at Stanford University School of Medicine issued its first grants to medical students interested in researching an area of the medical arts or humanities in depth. To date, 34 projects have been funded, including renewals. The projects encompass a range of genres and topics, from a website on Asian American health and culture to an ethnographic study of women physicians in training in Spai…
Gurney tears
The patient lies down
A Call for Narrative: The Patient's Story and Anesthesia Training
Narrative plays a key role in medical education and knowledge, via the case history, the case presentation, or even the patient's chart. Hospitalization for elective surgery provides the structure for a discrete story in a person's life. The details make the story unique for each patient. By analyzing themes and content of narratives obtained from patients and medical trainees, the reader gains insight into the realms of patients' and residents' …
Framing the Problem of Sex Trafficking: Whose problem? What remedy
News media play an important role in explaining the issue of sex trafficking and may influence discourse among the public and policymakers. Understanding the ways that mass media address sex trafficking has implications for the news industry and the global status of women. This study, a quantitative content analysis, analyzed news coverage of sex trafficking in major US newspapers to understand how the issue was framed during a year of coverage. …
Corporate Crisis Communication: Examining the Interplay of Reputation and Crisis Response Strategies
This experiment study used a 2 × 3 between-subjects design to assess two factors in crisis communication and reputation management—prior corporate reputation (good and bad) and crisis response strategies (apology, sympathy, and compensation)—on an organization facing high crisis responsibility. Results indicate that stakeholders prefer apology to compensation response strategies. Organizations with a prior good reputation have better postcrisis r…
Formative Research on Promoting Car-Free Youth Transportation
Car accidents are the leading cause of death among U.S. 10- to 24-year-olds (CDC, 2018). Motivating youth to drive less by choosing car-free mobility may reduce fatalities and contribute to positive environmental impact. Yet, little is known about how youth perceive car-free transportation or what may motivate them to choose it more often. Results from focus groups analyzed through the lens of the theory of planned behavior explore youth percepti…
Victim Profiles: Direct and Indirect Effects of Anecdotes and Responsibility Attribution on Support for Sex Trafficking Victims
Anti-sex trafficking advocates often rely on victim stories or profiles to spread awareness and support for sex trafficking victims. Yet little research has examined the effects of these profiles present in media. A 2 (narrative exemplar (anecdote)/non-anecdote) × 2 (victim kidnapped/groomed) between-subjects factorial design experiment with undergraduates (N = 109) examined the impact of victim profiles on mediator variables (i.e., identificatio…
Survivor of That Time, That Place: Clinical Uses of Violence Survivors' Narratives
A Call for Narrative: The Patient's Story and Anesthesia Training
Narrative plays a key role in medical education and knowledge, via the case history, the case presentation, or even the patient's chart. Hospitalization for elective surgery provides the structure for a discrete story in a person's life. The details make the story unique for each patient. By analyzing themes and content of narratives obtained from patients and medical trainees, the reader gains insight into the realms of patients' and residents' …
Gurney tears
The patient lies down
Researching medicine in context: The Arts and Humanities Medical Scholars Program
In 2000, the Arts and Humanities Medical Scholars Program at Stanford University School of Medicine issued its first grants to medical students interested in researching an area of the medical arts or humanities in depth. To date, 34 projects have been funded, including renewals. The projects encompass a range of genres and topics, from a website on Asian American health and culture to an ethnographic study of women physicians in training in Spai…
Survivor of That Time, That Place: Clinical Uses of Violence Survivors' Narratives
Words and Wards: A Model of Reflective Writing and Its Uses in Medical Education
Always a Surprise, Even a Wonder: Poetry and Commentary
I Must Tell You in a Poem: Poetry and Commentary
Feeding…Being Fed: Poetry and Commentary
Medical humanities: Demarcations, dilemmas and delights
Dark/light, question/answer, teacher/student, science/art, female/male. Our lives are chock-a-block with categories. It is human nature to distinguish pattern, indeed it is life-saving on the savannah or on a city street to differentiate movement from stillness. However, we live mostly in the in-between. In the give-and-take between categories, relationship becomes paramount and seemingly definitive boundaries blur. What makes life messy and unce…
People Say There Are No Accidents: Poetry and Commentary
For There is Work to be Done: Poetry and Commentary
Designing Messages to Motivate Parents To Get Their Preteenage Sons Vaccinated Against Human Papillomavirus
Messages that may most motivate parents to get preteenage boys vaccinated against HPV focus on infection risk and include images of parents with their sons
Framing the Problem of Sex Trafficking: Whose problem? What remedy
News media play an important role in explaining the issue of sex trafficking and may influence discourse among the public and policymakers. Understanding the ways that mass media address sex trafficking has implications for the news industry and the global status of women. This study, a quantitative content analysis, analyzed news coverage of sex trafficking in major US newspapers to understand how the issue was framed during a year of coverage. …
Retracted Article: People Say There Are No Accidents: Poetry and Commentary
Corporate Crisis Communication: Examining the Interplay of Reputation and Crisis Response Strategies
This experiment study used a 2 × 3 between-subjects design to assess two factors in crisis communication and reputation management—prior corporate reputation (good and bad) and crisis response strategies (apology, sympathy, and compensation)—on an organization facing high crisis responsibility. Results indicate that stakeholders prefer apology to compensation response strategies. Organizations with a prior good reputation have better postcrisis r…
Charting Phelan's ‘To Suffer a Sea Change’
Physicians and healthcare workers usually perceive their medical record entries as documentation rather than construction. In the following article, we extract a medical record from a narrative, Peggy Phelan's pathography of glaucoma, 'To Suffer a Sea Change'. From information about encounters described by Phelan, an ophthalmologist reconstructs progress notes similar to those that would be key to a glaucoma patient's medical record. Rather than …
Relation between active mediation, exposure to Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood , and US preschoolers’ social and emotional development
This study explored the relationship between active mediation, exposure to Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and key indicators of preschoolers’ social and emotional development. One hundred and twenty-seven children aged 2–6 either watched or did not watch 10 episodes of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood over a two-week period. Results revealed that preschoolers who watched the program exhibited higher levels of empathy, self-efficacy, and emotion recognit…
Victim Profiles: Direct and Indirect Effects of Anecdotes and Responsibility Attribution on Support for Sex Trafficking Victims
Anti-sex trafficking advocates often rely on victim stories or profiles to spread awareness and support for sex trafficking victims. Yet little research has examined the effects of these profiles present in media. A 2 (narrative exemplar (anecdote)/non-anecdote) × 2 (victim kidnapped/groomed) between-subjects factorial design experiment with undergraduates (N = 109) examined the impact of victim profiles on mediator variables (i.e., identificatio…
Formative Research on Promoting Car-Free Youth Transportation
Car accidents are the leading cause of death among U.S. 10- to 24-year-olds (CDC, 2018). Motivating youth to drive less by choosing car-free mobility may reduce fatalities and contribute to positive environmental impact. Yet, little is known about how youth perceive car-free transportation or what may motivate them to choose it more often. Results from focus groups analyzed through the lens of the theory of planned behavior explore youth percepti…
The Indirect Effects of Thinspiration and Fitspiration Images on Young Women’s Sexual Attitudes
Applying the sociocultural theory and the objectification theory, this experiment examined the indirect effects of inspirational Instagram images (i.e., fitspiration and thinspiration) on young women’s sexual attitudes. A post-test only between-subjects design with three experimental conditions (i.e., fitspiration, thinspiration, and control images) was conducted with female college students ( N = 221). The results supported the sociocultural the…
Narrative Force: How Science and Storytelling Impact Parental Concussion Beliefs and Intentions Through Transportation and Trust
Although news and entertainment coverage of sports concussions has increased in recent years, many parents of adolescent athletes remain indifferent to or unaware of practices that would mitigate concussion harm. This experiment with U.S. parents of 10- to 17-year-olds (N = 502) explores how narratives and expository concussion science could be used together to increase concussion risk assessments, mitigation intentions, and support for sports co…
Exploration of the Effectiveness of Logic-Focused Strategies that Debunk Correlation-Causation Fallacy in Combating Covid-19 Vaccine-Cancer Misinformation
This study examines the effectiveness of logic-focused messages that debunk correlation-causation fallacies in COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, testing two conditions-one with and one without a modus tollens argument-against a fact-focused strategy emphasizing medical study findings. A single-factor, between-subjects experiment with 377 participants showed that the logic-focused condition without a modus tollens argument was more effective than t…
Psychology (16 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Art (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Literature (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Empathy and Medical Education (6 works) · History (6 works) · Poetry (6 works)