Laurens Van Gestel

Biographic Data

ID4621945
NAMELaurens Van Gestel
GIVEN NAMESLaurens
FAMILY NAMEVan Gestel
SIGNATUREVAN GESTEL L
AFFILIATIONSLeiden University
ORCID0000-0002-2461-4301
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Integrating environmental sustainability in clinical counselling

    Open AccessEgid M van Bree, Laurens Van Gestel et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Planetary Health2025References: 3

  • A drop in the bucket? The effectiveness of nudging healthier snacks in a supermarket in a deprived neighborhood in the Netherlands

    Open AccessLoes van den Bekerom, Laurens Van Gestel et al.ARTICLEBehavioural Public Policy2025References: 8

    Nudging is often proposed as a promising policy approach for improving healthy choices among lower socioeconomic position (SEP) populations. However, nudges may not suit lower SEP contexts and empirical studies are scarce. We examined the efficacy of a repositioning nudge at a supermarket in a deprived neighborhood in improving healthier snack purchases and described customers’ healthy grocery shopping needs. Daily sales were collected during 4-w…

  • Value of a quality label and European healthcare professionals’ willingness to recommend health apps

    Open AccessIeva Biliunaite, Laurens Van Gestel et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2025References: 39

    This study aimed to evaluate healthcare professionals’ (HCPs’) willingness to recommend health apps presented with versus without the CEN-ISO/TS 82304-2 health app quality label. The study was an experimental vignette study describing 12 short hypothetical scenarios, with Label (absent vs present) as a between and Type of App (prevention vs self-monitoring vs healthcare) and Patient Socioeconomic Status (low vs high) as within-subjects factors. T…

  • How does nudging the Covid-19 vaccine play out in people who are in doubt about vaccination

    Open AccessDenise De Ridder, Marieke A Adriaanse et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy2023

    In spite of the growing availability of COVID-19 vaccines, a substantial number of people is reluctant or uncertain about getting the vaccine. Nudges may improve vaccine uptake but it is unclear how this plays out with the experience of autonomous choice, decision competence, decision satisfaction, and being pressured to make a choice. In an online experiment among a representative sample (N = 884), we examined whether a social norm nudge or a de…

  • Nudgeability

    Open AccessDenise De Ridder, Floor M Kroese et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Psychological…2022

    Nudges are behavioral interventions to subtly steer citizens’ choices toward “desirable” options. An important topic of debate concerns the legitimacy of nudging as a policy instrument, and there is a focus on issues relating to nudge transparency, the role of preexisting preferences people may have, and the premise that nudges primarily affect people when they are in “irrational” modes of thinking. Empirical insights into how these factors affec…