Inge Merkelbach
Biographic Data
| ID | 6108658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Inge Merkelbach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Inge |
| FAMILY NAME | Merkelbach |
| SIGNATURE | MERKELBACH I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2492-6871 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Navigating the neighbourhood
Families living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods are disproportionately exposed to unhealthy food outlets. Yet less is known about how families perceive and navigate these local food environments in everyday life. Parents play a key intermediary role in translating neighbourhood food environments into family food purchasing decisions. As such, this qualitative study explored how parents of children aged 8 to 10 years perceive and…
The Effect of Social Norm Nudges on Littering in Dutch University Campus Buildings
Fostering a sense of belonging and a positive atmosphere in tertiary education impacts student motivation and persistence, with campus environments playing a crucial role. Littering can disrupt this experience, making it important to address. This study used a quantitative approach to examine the effects of social norm interventions on littering at a Dutch university campus. Conducted in two buildings, the experiment included daily litter measure…
Do you consider human behaviour to be stable or malleable? Your answer can influence your preferences for policy instruments
Government officials can have a disposition to conceptualise the behaviour of policy target groups as stable, malleable, or something in-between. This paper hypothesizes these conceptualisations to influence preferences for policy instruments: Officials seeing behaviour to be more stable are hypothesised to prefer enforcement when aiming to change behaviour, whereas officials assuming behaviour to be more malleable are hypothesised to prefer info…
Differential Efficacy of Digital Scaffolding of Numeracy Skills in Kindergartners With Mild Perinatal Aversities
Introduction: Children who experienced mild perinatal adversity (i.e., born late preterm or small for gestational age) are at increased risk for delays in early numeracy and literacy, which increases inequality in educational opportunities. However, this group showed increased susceptibility to the characteristics of their educational environment for literacy, especially for those born late preterm. Intervening in this group may thus be particula…
Exploring the intersectionality of family SES and gender with psychosocial, behavioural and environmental correlates of physical activity in Dutch adolescents
This study identified several psychosocial, behavioural and environmental factors that can be targeted to potentially increase adolescent's PA. We also found that correlates of PA differed according to the intersection of gender and family SES. Our findings suggest that PA interventions should be tailored according to gender and SES to address the specific needs, barriers and facilitators of different subgroups
Call first, pay later
Debtors were stimulated to contact their creditors to negotiate a repayment plan. Contacting creditors was important because debtors were unlikely to repay the debt immediately and upon contacting, debtors could agree on a repayment plan to repay the debt in the long run. Using insights from scarcity theory and nudging techniques, a standard debt repayment letter was adapted and both letters were compared. Experimental results ( N = 3,330) provid…
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Do you consider human behaviour to be stable or malleable? Your answer can influence your preferences for policy instruments
Government officials can have a disposition to conceptualise the behaviour of policy target groups as stable, malleable, or something in-between. This paper hypothesizes these conceptualisations to influence preferences for policy instruments: Officials seeing behaviour to be more stable are hypothesised to prefer enforcement when aiming to change behaviour, whereas officials assuming behaviour to be more malleable are hypothesised to prefer info…
Differential Efficacy of Digital Scaffolding of Numeracy Skills in Kindergartners With Mild Perinatal Aversities
Introduction: Children who experienced mild perinatal adversity (i.e., born late preterm or small for gestational age) are at increased risk for delays in early numeracy and literacy, which increases inequality in educational opportunities. However, this group showed increased susceptibility to the characteristics of their educational environment for literacy, especially for those born late preterm. Intervening in this group may thus be particula…
Exploring the intersectionality of family SES and gender with psychosocial, behavioural and environmental correlates of physical activity in Dutch adolescents
This study identified several psychosocial, behavioural and environmental factors that can be targeted to potentially increase adolescent's PA. We also found that correlates of PA differed according to the intersection of gender and family SES. Our findings suggest that PA interventions should be tailored according to gender and SES to address the specific needs, barriers and facilitators of different subgroups
Call first, pay later
Debtors were stimulated to contact their creditors to negotiate a repayment plan. Contacting creditors was important because debtors were unlikely to repay the debt immediately and upon contacting, debtors could agree on a repayment plan to repay the debt in the long run. Using insights from scarcity theory and nudging techniques, a standard debt repayment letter was adapted and both letters were compared. Experimental results ( N = 3,330) provid…
Navigating the neighbourhood
Families living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods are disproportionately exposed to unhealthy food outlets. Yet less is known about how families perceive and navigate these local food environments in everyday life. Parents play a key intermediary role in translating neighbourhood food environments into family food purchasing decisions. As such, this qualitative study explored how parents of children aged 8 to 10 years perceive and…
The Effect of Social Norm Nudges on Littering in Dutch University Campus Buildings
Fostering a sense of belonging and a positive atmosphere in tertiary education impacts student motivation and persistence, with campus environments playing a crucial role. Littering can disrupt this experience, making it important to address. This study used a quantitative approach to examine the effects of social norm interventions on littering at a Dutch university campus. Conducted in two buildings, the experiment included daily litter measure…
Psychology (3 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Biostatistics (1 works) · Built environment (1 works)