Zachary W Petzel
Biographic Data
| ID | 1563326 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zachary W Petzel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zachary W |
| FAMILY NAME | Petzel |
| SIGNATURE | PETZEL Z W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4503-3781 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Can you drink to that? Replication and revision of the motives for abstaining from alcohol questionnaire (Maaq-R) among generation Z students and the general population
OBJECTIVE: Growing rates of abstention within higher-income countries and among younger populations (i.e. Generation Z) signals a need to expand our understanding of why drinkers reduce or abstain from alcohol consumption. This paper revisits the Motives for Abstaining from Alcohol Questionnaire (MAAQ) developed by Stritzke and Butt (2001) to validate its use within new populations. METHODS AND MEASURES: = 178) and adapted items to reflect social…
Prejudiced interactions with large language models (LLMs) reduce trustworthiness and behavioral intentions among members of stigmatized groups
Users report prejudiced responses generated by large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. Across 3 preregistered experiments, members of stigmatized social groups (Black Americans, women) reported higher trustworthiness of LLMs after viewing unbiased interactions with ChatGPT compared to when viewing AI-generated prejudice (i.e., racial or gender disparities in salary). Notably, higher trustworthiness accounted for increased behavioral intentions…
A collective action approach to improving attitudes and self-efficacy towards gender equality among male STEM academics
Despite the implementation of equality interventions within higher education, progress towards gender parity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) remains slow. Male educators often exhibit poorer engagement with diversity initiatives, potentially contributing to persisting gender disparities in STEM given men’s longstanding dominance in these programs. Two experiments investigate how equality interventions should be designe…
More Than Meets the ERN
Women may suppress behavior and emotions during sexism, impairing subsequent self-control. However, suppression likely depends on social reprisal versus benefit of confronting (i.e., social cost). Experiment 1 ( N = 56) found behavioral self-control (i.e., Stroop task performance) was unaffected by sexism. Yet, sexism led to exaggerated amplitudes of the error-related negativity (ERN). Experiment 2 ( N = 114) examined the role of confrontation in…
Gender inequality in academia
Recently there is widespread interest in women's underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); however, progress toward gender equality in these fields is slow. More alarmingly, these gender disparities worsen when examining women's representation within STEM departments in academia. While the number of women receiving postgraduate degrees has increased in recent years, the number of women in STEM faculty positi…
Don't drink and drive, it's a prime
The present experiment assessed implicit alcohol motivations and explicit alcohol expectancies following the interaction between alcohol-congruent (i.e. social drinking) versus incongruent (i.e. driving safety) goal primes and recent drinking habits among college students ( n = 176). Heavy drinkers exhibited greater implicit alcohol approach and explicit tension reduction expectancies following social goal primes, while displaying greater implici…
Heart Rate Variability Moderates Challenge and Threat Reactivity to Sexism Among Women in STEM
Using a biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat, we tested resting heart rate variability (HRV) as a moderator of physiological reactivity after experiencing sexism. Women science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors participated in a mock interview in which the male interviewer made a sexist or neutral comment. Resting HRV moderated physiological stress reactivity among women in the sexism condition, but not control, ind…
A Model of Threatening Academic Environments Predicts Women STEM Majors’ Self-Esteem and Engagement in STEM
Heart Rate Variability Moderates Challenge and Threat Reactivity to Sexism Among Women in STEM
Using a biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat, we tested resting heart rate variability (HRV) as a moderator of physiological reactivity after experiencing sexism. Women science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors participated in a mock interview in which the male interviewer made a sexist or neutral comment. Resting HRV moderated physiological stress reactivity among women in the sexism condition, but not control, ind…
A Model of Threatening Academic Environments Predicts Women STEM Majors’ Self-Esteem and Engagement in STEM
Gender inequality in academia
Recently there is widespread interest in women's underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); however, progress toward gender equality in these fields is slow. More alarmingly, these gender disparities worsen when examining women's representation within STEM departments in academia. While the number of women receiving postgraduate degrees has increased in recent years, the number of women in STEM faculty positi…
Don't drink and drive, it's a prime
The present experiment assessed implicit alcohol motivations and explicit alcohol expectancies following the interaction between alcohol-congruent (i.e. social drinking) versus incongruent (i.e. driving safety) goal primes and recent drinking habits among college students ( n = 176). Heavy drinkers exhibited greater implicit alcohol approach and explicit tension reduction expectancies following social goal primes, while displaying greater implici…
More Than Meets the ERN
Women may suppress behavior and emotions during sexism, impairing subsequent self-control. However, suppression likely depends on social reprisal versus benefit of confronting (i.e., social cost). Experiment 1 ( N = 56) found behavioral self-control (i.e., Stroop task performance) was unaffected by sexism. Yet, sexism led to exaggerated amplitudes of the error-related negativity (ERN). Experiment 2 ( N = 114) examined the role of confrontation in…
A collective action approach to improving attitudes and self-efficacy towards gender equality among male STEM academics
Despite the implementation of equality interventions within higher education, progress towards gender parity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) remains slow. Male educators often exhibit poorer engagement with diversity initiatives, potentially contributing to persisting gender disparities in STEM given men’s longstanding dominance in these programs. Two experiments investigate how equality interventions should be designe…
Prejudiced interactions with large language models (LLMs) reduce trustworthiness and behavioral intentions among members of stigmatized groups
Users report prejudiced responses generated by large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. Across 3 preregistered experiments, members of stigmatized social groups (Black Americans, women) reported higher trustworthiness of LLMs after viewing unbiased interactions with ChatGPT compared to when viewing AI-generated prejudice (i.e., racial or gender disparities in salary). Notably, higher trustworthiness accounted for increased behavioral intentions…
Can you drink to that? Replication and revision of the motives for abstaining from alcohol questionnaire (Maaq-R) among generation Z students and the general population
OBJECTIVE: Growing rates of abstention within higher-income countries and among younger populations (i.e. Generation Z) signals a need to expand our understanding of why drinkers reduce or abstain from alcohol consumption. This paper revisits the Motives for Abstaining from Alcohol Questionnaire (MAAQ) developed by Stritzke and Butt (2001) to validate its use within new populations. METHODS AND MEASURES: = 178) and adapted items to reflect social…
Psychology (7 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Career Development and Diversity (3 works) · Alcohol (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (2 works)