Maria Luı́sa Lima
Biographic Data
| ID | 4426476 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Luı́sa Lima |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria Luı́sa |
| FAMILY NAME | Lima |
| SIGNATURE | LIMA M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1171-2962 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Nature contact and health risk Behaviours: Results from an 18 country study
Emerging evidence suggests that residential greenspace is associated with a lower prevalence of health risk behaviours, but it remains unclear whether these effects are generalizable across countries or different types of nature contact. Using representative cross-sectional samples from 18 countries/regions, we examined the associations between two types of nature contact (greenspace, nature visits), current smoking and everyday drinking. After c…
Intervention and mediation effects of a community-based singing group on older adults’ perceived physical and mental health: The Sing4Health randomized controlled trial
Objective To examine short- and long-term effects of a group singing program on older adults’ perceived physical and mental health levels, and also investigate subjective well-being (life satisfaction, positive/negative affect and hedonic balance), body balance and serum biomarkers (C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate) as putative mediating mechanisms, controlling for the cognitive status of the participants. Design: The randomi…
Influences of nationality and national identification on perceived dangerousness of Covid-19 variants and perceived effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines: A study of UK and Portuguese samples
During the COVID-19 pandemic, both variants of the virus that causes the disease and vaccines developed to combat it have been identified with nationalities. Both social identity theory and identity process theory would predict that this would initiate intergroup differentiation processes aimed at optimizing ingroup value and personal identity enhancement. Our study examined whether people’s nationality and level of national identification influe…
Associations between green/blue spaces and mental health across 18 countries
Living near, recreating in, and feeling psychologically connected to, the natural world are all associated with better mental health, but many exposure-related questions remain. Using data from an 18-country survey ( n = 16,307) we explored associations between multiple measures of mental health (positive well-being, mental distress, depression/anxiety medication use) and: (a) exposures (residential/recreational visits) to different natural setti…
It is not enough to be a member: Conditions for health benefits in associative participation ( Ser miembro no es suficiente : condiciones en las que la participación asociativa reporta beneficios para…
Involvement in social and community activities has been identified as a key factor in health and well-being. This paper focuses on the health and well-being benefits of a particular type of group involvement: associative participation. The main aim is to identify the type of participation that brings more benefits to the members. Based on previous research, we expect that health and well-being would be higher when there is engagement with the ass…
The Role of Social and Physiological Variables on Older Adults’ Cognitive Improvement after a Group Singing Intervention: The Sing4Health Randomized Controlled Trial
Population aging prompts efforts to help older adults maintain a high quality of life and independence. Group singing (GS) has shown benefits on social, physical, and cognitive domains, being a cost-effective strategy to reach these goals. Nevertheless, randomized controlled trials (RCT) evaluating systematic GS interventions and the interplay between their effects on those domains are scarce. Thus, the present RCT assessed whether a 34-session G…
The relative importance of personal beliefs, meta-stereotypes and societal stereotypes of age for the wellbeing of older people
Negative images of old age can harm older individuals’ cognitive and physical functioning and health. Yet, older people may be confronted with age stereotypes that are inconsistent with their own personal beliefs. We examine the implications for older people's wellbeing of three distinct elements of age stereotypes: their personal beliefs about their age group, their perception about how others generally perceive older people ( i.e. their meta-st…
Research Note: Residential distance and recreational visits to coastal and inland blue spaces in eighteen countries
Varied categorisations of residential distance to bluespace in population health studies make comparisons difficult. Using survey data from eighteen countries, we modelled relationships between residential distance to blue spaces (coasts, lakes, and rivers), and self-reported recreational visits to these environments at least weekly, with penalised regression splines. We observed exponential declines in visit probability with increasing distance …
Save the climate! Stop the oil”: Actual protest behavior and core framing tasks in the Portuguese climate movement
In this article, we focus on two demonstrations against climate change that took place in Portugal on the 12th of November 2016 and the 29th of April 2017. Two separate studies were conducted on the same protests. In Study 1, we conducted a quantitative study (N = 259), to examine the role of socio-demographics and socio-psychological predictors in predicting the actual protest. Participants were demonstrators (N = 158), as well as non-demonstrat…
Promoting urban regeneration and aging in place: Apram – An interdisciplinary method to support decision-making in building renovation
A epidemia da pneumónica em Portugal no seu tempo histórico
A pandemia de gripe de 1918-19 foi a doença mais mortífera de todos os tempos. Poderá ter afetado um em cada três habitantes do planeta e, no espaço de dois anos, terá sido responsável por um número de mortes comparável ao das duas guerras mundiais em conjunto. Este artigo incide sobre Portugal, onde se estima que terá provocado mais de 130 mil baixas, sendo a taxa de mortalidade (22 por mil habitantes) superior à da maioria dos países europeus. …
Changing Identities to Change the World: Identity Motives in Lifestyle Politics and Its Link to Collective Action
In this article, we assume an interdisciplinary approach to the study of why and how people transpose political considerations to their lifestyles. Our aims are threefold: to understand the meanings and perceptions of people engaged in lifestyle politics and collective action; to examine the motives guiding individual change; and to explore the linkage processes between lifestyle politics and collective action. Identity process theory is consider…
O papel do estatuto dos grupos a da história do conflito nas estratégias de diferenciação intergrupal
De acordo com a Teoria da Identidade Social e das Relações Intergrupais de Tajfel, a percepção de um estatuto superior conduz a uma maior identificação com o grupo próprio e a um maior favoritismo para com o grupo próprio do que a percepção de um estatuto inferior. Foi hipotetizado que o grau em que os grupos em conflito, quer sejam de estatuto inferior ou superior, afirmam a sua identidade grupal e exibem favoritismo para com o grupo próprio dep…
Raising awareness of climate change causes? Cross-national evidence for the normalization of societal risk perception of climate change
Emphasizing the losses or the gains: Comparing situational and individual moderators of framed messages to promote fruit and vegetable intake
Is it all about awareness? The normalization of coastal risk
Coastal risk is already high in several parts of the world and is expected to be amplified by climate change, which makes it necessary to outline effective risk management strategies. Risk managers assume that increasing awareness of coastal risk is the key to public support and endorsement of risk management strategies – an assumption that underlies a common worldview on the public understanding of science, which has been named the deficit model…
Consumers’ avoidance of information on red meat risks: Information exposure effects on attitudes and perceived knowledge
In accordance with cognitive dissonance theory, individuals generally avoid information that is not consistent with their cognitions, to avoid psychological discomfort associated with tensions arising from contradictory beliefs. Information avoidance may thus make risk communication less successful. To address this, we presented information on red meat risks to red meat consumers. To explore information exposure effects, attitudes toward red meat…
Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health
Health inequalities are very well documented in epidemiological research: rich people live longer and have fewer diseases than poor people. Recently, a growing amount of evidence from environmental sciences confirms that poor people are also more exposed to pollution and other environmental threats. However, research in the social sciences has shown a broad lack of awareness about health inequalities. In this paper, based on data collected in Por…
Perceived Age Discrimination as a Mediator of the Association Between Income Inequality and Older People’s Self-Rated Health in the European Region
Concrete instances of age discrimination in unequal societies are an important psychosocial stressor for older people. Awareness that the perception of ageism can be an important stressor and affect older patient's self-reported health has important implications for the way health practitioners understand and treat the sources of patient's health problems in later life
Subjective Social Status of Older People Across Countries: The Role of Modernization and Employment
The proportion of older people who are employed is an important factor that is related to perceptions of the social status of older people in less modern societies. The individual and societal implications are discussed, specifically in relation to policies promoting active aging
Revisiting the Paradox of Well-being: The Importance of National Context
The findings clarify the relationship between age and SWB by demonstrating that the paradox of well-being is conditional on the economic context. Implications for individual- and country-level strategies for successful aging are discussed
Encontros com a psicologia ao fim da tarde, na Livraria Barata, e o desafio de trazer a investigação em psicologia até às pessoas
Apresentação.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v17i2.460
Estou mais seguro na minha cidade do que os outros: Identidade Com O Lugar E Optimismo Comparativo Na Percepção De Riscos Urbanos
Esta pesquisa pretendeu estudar o optimismo comparativo face aos riscos urbanos e explorar o papel que a identificação com a cidade de residência tem neste processo. O estudo foi realizado através de um inquérito a 156 estudantes universitários, residentes em Lisboa, Huelva e Lyon. Os resultados revelaram a existência de optimismo comparativo face a todos os riscos urbanos considerados (carteirismo, assalto da casa, terrorismo e queda de avião): …
Spontaneous Activation of Schemata under Stress Getting control over earthquake threat
não disponível
Percepção de riscos e culturas de segurança nas organizações
A segurança nas organizações tem construído recentemente um campo de pesquisa para a qual as ciências comportamentais têm vindo a ser chamadas. Neste artigo, pretende-se (1) salientar a importância dos factores sociais na génese dos acidentes de trabalho (na identificação de uma situação como perigosa, na avaliação da probabilidade de ocorrência de um acidente e na decisão pelo curso de acção seguro) para mostrar que o chamado erro humano nunca é…
Raising awareness of climate change causes? Cross-national evidence for the normalization of societal risk perception of climate change
Revisiting the Paradox of Well-being: The Importance of National Context
The findings clarify the relationship between age and SWB by demonstrating that the paradox of well-being is conditional on the economic context. Implications for individual- and country-level strategies for successful aging are discussed
Changing Identities to Change the World: Identity Motives in Lifestyle Politics and Its Link to Collective Action
In this article, we assume an interdisciplinary approach to the study of why and how people transpose political considerations to their lifestyles. Our aims are threefold: to understand the meanings and perceptions of people engaged in lifestyle politics and collective action; to examine the motives guiding individual change; and to explore the linkage processes between lifestyle politics and collective action. Identity process theory is consider…
Subjective Social Status of Older People Across Countries: The Role of Modernization and Employment
The proportion of older people who are employed is an important factor that is related to perceptions of the social status of older people in less modern societies. The individual and societal implications are discussed, specifically in relation to policies promoting active aging
Perceived Age Discrimination as a Mediator of the Association Between Income Inequality and Older People’s Self-Rated Health in the European Region
Concrete instances of age discrimination in unequal societies are an important psychosocial stressor for older people. Awareness that the perception of ageism can be an important stressor and affect older patient's self-reported health has important implications for the way health practitioners understand and treat the sources of patient's health problems in later life
Emphasizing the losses or the gains: Comparing situational and individual moderators of framed messages to promote fruit and vegetable intake
Is it all about awareness? The normalization of coastal risk
Coastal risk is already high in several parts of the world and is expected to be amplified by climate change, which makes it necessary to outline effective risk management strategies. Risk managers assume that increasing awareness of coastal risk is the key to public support and endorsement of risk management strategies – an assumption that underlies a common worldview on the public understanding of science, which has been named the deficit model…
The relative importance of personal beliefs, meta-stereotypes and societal stereotypes of age for the wellbeing of older people
Negative images of old age can harm older individuals’ cognitive and physical functioning and health. Yet, older people may be confronted with age stereotypes that are inconsistent with their own personal beliefs. We examine the implications for older people's wellbeing of three distinct elements of age stereotypes: their personal beliefs about their age group, their perception about how others generally perceive older people ( i.e. their meta-st…
Consumers’ avoidance of information on red meat risks: Information exposure effects on attitudes and perceived knowledge
In accordance with cognitive dissonance theory, individuals generally avoid information that is not consistent with their cognitions, to avoid psychological discomfort associated with tensions arising from contradictory beliefs. Information avoidance may thus make risk communication less successful. To address this, we presented information on red meat risks to red meat consumers. To explore information exposure effects, attitudes toward red meat…
Influences of nationality and national identification on perceived dangerousness of Covid-19 variants and perceived effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines: A study of UK and Portuguese samples
During the COVID-19 pandemic, both variants of the virus that causes the disease and vaccines developed to combat it have been identified with nationalities. Both social identity theory and identity process theory would predict that this would initiate intergroup differentiation processes aimed at optimizing ingroup value and personal identity enhancement. Our study examined whether people’s nationality and level of national identification influe…
Save the climate! Stop the oil”: Actual protest behavior and core framing tasks in the Portuguese climate movement
In this article, we focus on two demonstrations against climate change that took place in Portugal on the 12th of November 2016 and the 29th of April 2017. Two separate studies were conducted on the same protests. In Study 1, we conducted a quantitative study (N = 259), to examine the role of socio-demographics and socio-psychological predictors in predicting the actual protest. Participants were demonstrators (N = 158), as well as non-demonstrat…
A epidemia da pneumónica em Portugal no seu tempo histórico
A pandemia de gripe de 1918-19 foi a doença mais mortífera de todos os tempos. Poderá ter afetado um em cada três habitantes do planeta e, no espaço de dois anos, terá sido responsável por um número de mortes comparável ao das duas guerras mundiais em conjunto. Este artigo incide sobre Portugal, onde se estima que terá provocado mais de 130 mil baixas, sendo a taxa de mortalidade (22 por mil habitantes) superior à da maioria dos países europeus. …
Quem está comendo comigo: Influência Social Indirecta No Comportamento Alimentar Ambivalente
Neste estudo abordamos o comportamento alimentar de pessoas ambivalentes em contextos sociais. Apesar das evidências de que a qualidade dos alimentos pode desempenhar um papel importante, a literatura apenas tem vindo a considerar quem são os outros com quem se partilha a refeição. Os participantes comeram gomos de maçã ou batatas fritas, numa de três condições experimentais: sozinhos, em co-ação com amigos ou em co-ação com desconhecidos. Os res…
Perante a Pneumônica: A epidemia e as respostas das autoridades de saúde pública e dos agentes políticos em Portugal (1918-1919)
A epidemia de gripe pneumónica ocorreu em Portugal num momento em que o país que enfrentava enormes dificuldades de natureza económica, política e sanitária. Chega a um país rural e pobre, envolvido na Grande Guerra de 1914-18, e que se debate com a carência de géneros e a carestia de vida, e com uma fortíssima crise social e política. Apesar de o país estar habituado a sucessivas epidemias, o carácter imprevisto e violento da pneumónica (estima-…
O papel do amor na percepção de invulnerabilidade à Sida
O estudo apresentado pretendeu salientar a importância do conhecimento dos fatores socio-cognitivos subjacentes à subestima do risco de infeção à Sida. O objetivo principal da pesquisa foi restabelecer um padrão típico dos determinantes da percepção de invulnerabilidade À doença considerando três níveis de análise: um nível individual, com base na teoria da adaptação cognitiva (Taylor e Brown, 1988), um nível interpessoal, com base na teoria do a…
Factores sociais na percepção de riscos
Neste texto procura-se fazer uma introdução a uma área de estudos relativamente recente nas ciências sociais: a percepção de riscos, tentando-se em primeiro lugar caracterizar o objeto deste domínio de investigação e diferenciá-lo da abordagem do risco pelas ciências naturais. Analisam-se em seguida, num breve resumo histórico, as diversas tendências que, agora dentro da psicologia, se têm interessado por este tema. Finalmente, na última parte do…
Mapping European social psychology: Co-word analysis of the communications at the 10th General Meeting of the Eaesp
This study aims to provide a picture of the present European research topics in Social Psychology, using the 339 papers presented at the 1993 General Meeting of the EAESP. The most frequent themes of research are analysed and the structure of the association of those themes are described in a two-factor structure. The first factor differentiates research in terms of level of analysis and the second factor contrasts types of applied research.
O papel do amor na percepção de invulnerabilidade à Sida
O estudo apresentado pretendeu salientar a importância do conhecimento dos fatores socio-cognitivos subjacentes à subestima do risco de infeção à Sida. O objetivo principal da pesquisa foi restabelecer um padrão típico dos determinantes da percepção de invulnerabilidade À doença considerando três níveis de análise: um nível individual, com base na teoria da adaptação cognitiva (Taylor e Brown, 1988), um nível interpessoal, com base na teoria do a…
Ameaça e desemprego: Stress e estratégias de coping em diferentes culturas organizacionais
Em termos gerais, pretendemos demonstrar que a cultura organizacional poderá constituir um factor de stress organizacional, influenciando a percepção de ameaça de desemprego e o tipo de estratégias de coping utilizadas, podendo assim assumir um papel relevante enquanto variável de prevenção do stress a nível organizacional. Ao longo deste trabalho estarão em análise duas dimensões distintas. Por um lado, uma dimensão individual - percepção da ame…
Factores cognitivos associados a comportamentos de prevenção face a cheias (provocadas pelo rebentamento de barragens)
Segundo a teoria da adaptação cognitiva (Taylor, 1983, 1989) face a uma situação de ameaça, as pessoas desenvolvem ilusões de modo a manterem-se mentalmente saudáveis. Por outro lado, o modelo desenvolvido por Bandura (1977,1989) sugere que a crença específica de que se pode realizar um comportamento aumenta a probabilidade de se efetivar o mesmo. O estudo apresentado neste artigo foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de compreender a utilização destes…
Factores sociais na percepção de riscos
Neste texto procura-se fazer uma introdução a uma área de estudos relativamente recente nas ciências sociais: a percepção de riscos, tentando-se em primeiro lugar caracterizar o objeto deste domínio de investigação e diferenciá-lo da abordagem do risco pelas ciências naturais. Analisam-se em seguida, num breve resumo histórico, as diversas tendências que, agora dentro da psicologia, se têm interessado por este tema. Finalmente, na última parte do…
Towards successful social impact assessment follow-up: A case study of psychosocial monitoring of a solid waste incinerator in the North of Portugal
Since 1997, an extensive monitoring programme has been assessing the psychosocial impacts of the solid waste incinerator of the Oporto region of Portugal. This paper describes the theoretical psychosocial model that guided this process; this stresses the joint effect of mediating variables (environmental annoyance and risk perception) and moderating variables (attitudes towards the incinerator and local identity). The test of the model and some m…
Perante a Pneumônica: A epidemia e as respostas das autoridades de saúde pública e dos agentes políticos em Portugal (1918-1919)
A epidemia de gripe pneumónica ocorreu em Portugal num momento em que o país que enfrentava enormes dificuldades de natureza económica, política e sanitária. Chega a um país rural e pobre, envolvido na Grande Guerra de 1914-18, e que se debate com a carência de géneros e a carestia de vida, e com uma fortíssima crise social e política. Apesar de o país estar habituado a sucessivas epidemias, o carácter imprevisto e violento da pneumónica (estima-…
Development of strategies for effective communication of food risks and benefits across Europe: Design and conceptual framework of the FoodRisC project
The FoodRisC project offers a unique approach to the investigation of food risk/benefit communication. The effective spread of food risk/benefit information will assist initiatives aimed at reducing the burden of food-related illness and disease, reducing the economic impact of food crises and ensuring that confidence in safe and nutritious food is fostered and maintained in Europe
Estados afectivos, percepção do risco e do suporte social: A familiaridade e a relevância como moderadores nas respostas de congruência com o estado de espírito
Dois estudos testam os efeitos da familiaridade e da relevância na infusão de afecto (Forgas, 1995), em dois tipos de cognição: a percepção do risco e a percepção do suporte social. No estudo do suporte social participantes em diferentes estados de espírito avaliaram quantas pessoas consideravam disponíveis para os apoiar em situações com diferentes graus de familiaridade e relevância. Os resultados mostram um efeitode infusão de afecto apenas na…
Questionário de Expectativas de Papel de Género Face à Dor: Estudo psicométrico e de adaptação do GREP para a população portuguesa
O presente artigo visa a tradução e adaptação do questionário Gender Role Expectations of Pain (GREP; Robinson et al., 2001) numa amostra da população portuguesa. O GREP avalia as expectativas de papel de género face a três dimensões da experiência de dor: 1) sensibilidade; 2) tolerância; e 3) disposição para expressar dor. Para cada uma destas dimensões os indivíduos avaliam: 1) as percepções estereotípicas (homem típico vs. Mulher típica e vice…
Inpatients’ and outpatients’ satisfaction: The mediating role of perceived quality of physical and social environment
Quem está comendo comigo: Influência Social Indirecta No Comportamento Alimentar Ambivalente
Neste estudo abordamos o comportamento alimentar de pessoas ambivalentes em contextos sociais. Apesar das evidências de que a qualidade dos alimentos pode desempenhar um papel importante, a literatura apenas tem vindo a considerar quem são os outros com quem se partilha a refeição. Os participantes comeram gomos de maçã ou batatas fritas, numa de três condições experimentais: sozinhos, em co-ação com amigos ou em co-ação com desconhecidos. Os res…
Perceived Age Discrimination as a Mediator of the Association Between Income Inequality and Older People’s Self-Rated Health in the European Region
Concrete instances of age discrimination in unequal societies are an important psychosocial stressor for older people. Awareness that the perception of ageism can be an important stressor and affect older patient's self-reported health has important implications for the way health practitioners understand and treat the sources of patient's health problems in later life
Subjective Social Status of Older People Across Countries: The Role of Modernization and Employment
The proportion of older people who are employed is an important factor that is related to perceptions of the social status of older people in less modern societies. The individual and societal implications are discussed, specifically in relation to policies promoting active aging
Revisiting the Paradox of Well-being: The Importance of National Context
The findings clarify the relationship between age and SWB by demonstrating that the paradox of well-being is conditional on the economic context. Implications for individual- and country-level strategies for successful aging are discussed
Encontros com a psicologia ao fim da tarde, na Livraria Barata, e o desafio de trazer a investigação em psicologia até às pessoas
Apresentação.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v17i2.460
Estou mais seguro na minha cidade do que os outros: Identidade Com O Lugar E Optimismo Comparativo Na Percepção De Riscos Urbanos
Esta pesquisa pretendeu estudar o optimismo comparativo face aos riscos urbanos e explorar o papel que a identificação com a cidade de residência tem neste processo. O estudo foi realizado através de um inquérito a 156 estudantes universitários, residentes em Lisboa, Huelva e Lyon. Os resultados revelaram a existência de optimismo comparativo face a todos os riscos urbanos considerados (carteirismo, assalto da casa, terrorismo e queda de avião): …
Spontaneous Activation of Schemata under Stress Getting control over earthquake threat
não disponível
Percepção de riscos e culturas de segurança nas organizações
A segurança nas organizações tem construído recentemente um campo de pesquisa para a qual as ciências comportamentais têm vindo a ser chamadas. Neste artigo, pretende-se (1) salientar a importância dos factores sociais na génese dos acidentes de trabalho (na identificação de uma situação como perigosa, na avaliação da probabilidade de ocorrência de um acidente e na decisão pelo curso de acção seguro) para mostrar que o chamado erro humano nunca é…
Psicologia ambiental: Um esboço sobre o seu desenvolvimento em Portugal e no mundo
Apresentação do número temático. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v21i2.363
Análise dos conteúdos da identidade associada ao lugar
Este projecto centrou-se no estudo dos conteúdos subjacentes à identidade associada ao lugar, aspecto que tem sido negligenciado pela literatura. Teve como objectivo principal proceder à identificação dos conteúdos identitários e analisar a sua relação com o grau de identificação, bem como com a dimensão da localidade alvo de identificação. Foram conduzidos dois estudos exploratórios, o primeiro de natureza qualitativa, junto de estudantes univer…
Quem não arrisca não petisca? A psicologia e a investigação dos comportamentos face aos riscos
Vivemos numa sociedade em que os riscos que corremos estão cada vez mais mediatizados, e este artigo salienta alguns dos caminhos que a psicologia tem seguido para estudar a forma como encaramos estes riscos e como agimos face a eles. Depois de uma introdução geral sobre a percepção de riscos numa perspectiva psicológica, descrevem-se estudos realizados em Portugal sobre riscos que são geralmente banalizados (acidentes domésticos e acidentes de t…
Is it all about awareness? The normalization of coastal risk
Coastal risk is already high in several parts of the world and is expected to be amplified by climate change, which makes it necessary to outline effective risk management strategies. Risk managers assume that increasing awareness of coastal risk is the key to public support and endorsement of risk management strategies – an assumption that underlies a common worldview on the public understanding of science, which has been named the deficit model…
Consumers’ avoidance of information on red meat risks: Information exposure effects on attitudes and perceived knowledge
In accordance with cognitive dissonance theory, individuals generally avoid information that is not consistent with their cognitions, to avoid psychological discomfort associated with tensions arising from contradictory beliefs. Information avoidance may thus make risk communication less successful. To address this, we presented information on red meat risks to red meat consumers. To explore information exposure effects, attitudes toward red meat…
Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health
Health inequalities are very well documented in epidemiological research: rich people live longer and have fewer diseases than poor people. Recently, a growing amount of evidence from environmental sciences confirms that poor people are also more exposed to pollution and other environmental threats. However, research in the social sciences has shown a broad lack of awareness about health inequalities. In this paper, based on data collected in Por…
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