Rui Gaspar
Biographic Data
| ID | 6695446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rui Gaspar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rui |
| FAMILY NAME | Gaspar |
| SIGNATURE | GASPAR R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0943-6658 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Depression and subjective well-being in older adults living in low-density areas during the Covid-19 pandemic
Introduction: Participation in social activities contributes to enhanced well-being, reduced rates of comorbidities, and diminished feelings of depression among older adults. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered social interaction in many ways, and its impacts on the well-being and mental health of older adults, particularly those living in more isolated regions, are still poorly understood. This cross-sectional study intends to investigate…
Informing future seasonal influenza and Covid-19 vaccination campaigns based on past experience
Background: Seasonal vaccination campaigns against influenza and COVID-19 are critical for protecting vulnerable populations. Scientific evidence on past campaigns is essential for the effectiveness of future campaigns. This study aims to: (1) assess predictors of influenza and COVID-19 vaccination intentions (2) explore perceived barriers and facilitators of 2023-2024 seasonal vaccination campaign. Methods: A cross-sectional study employing both…
Influenza and Covid-19 vaccination intention in Portuguese adults from at-risk groups
Psychosocial factors, including beliefs about disease severity and vaccine safety, play a central role in vaccination intention. Work-related structural barriers further contribute to hesitancy. These findings underscore the need for targeted communication strategies, healthcare providers engagement and employer-based vaccination programs to address both structural and motivational aspects of vaccination adherence within priority groups
Turning eco-anxiety into pro-environmental behaviour
Crises social sensing
Monitoring how different people – as ‘social sensors’ – evaluate and respond to crisis such as pandemics, allows tailoring crisis communication to the social perceptions of the situation, at different moments. To gather such evidence, we proposed a index of social perceptions of systemic risk (SPSR), as an indicator of a situational threat compromising risks to physical health, psychological health, the economy, social relations, health system, a…
How humans behave with emerging technologies during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
An unprecedented pandemic, an unprecedented shift, and an unprecedented opportunity are three phrases that we have used to describe the impacts of COVID-19 on human behavior with emerging technologies (Yan, 2020). First, COVID-19 is an unprecedented global pandemic across the world. It has been compared to the Second World War, the Great Depression, and the 1918 Spanish Flu in terms of unprecedented impacts on human behavior. Second, to control t…
Striving for crisis resolution or crisis resilience? The crisis layers and thresholds model and Information and Communication Technology ‐ mediated social sensing for evidence‐based crisis management …
Do crisis evolve linearly through sequential one-directional stages that end with their resolution? Or are crisis, a set of nonlinear events with somewhat a chaotic nature, better represented as multilayer relapse cycles, that is, a series of dynamic processes and templates that evolve at different levels of analysis and can either go forward—achievement—or go back—relapses? Moreover, should crisis always move forward to reach their resolution or…
Emerging technologies, human behavior, and human behavior and emerging technologies
Unconventional settings and uses of human enhancement technologies
Emerging technologies, Emerging Risks
Emerging technologies, Emerging Risks
A look into future risks
Observing Synchrony in Dyads
This research tested whether observing members of a dyad behave in synchrony influences observers’ expectations and intentions about that dyad. In four studies, participants observed a dyad move in synchrony and were asked to make inferences about them. Results suggest that interpersonal synchrony serves as a social cue, such that observers expect the members of the dyad to work well together. Moreover, synchrony makes observers more likely to wa…
‘Would you eat cultured meat?’
Analogies, metaphors, and wondering about the future
Drawing on social representations theory, we explore how the public make sense of the unfamiliar, taking as the example a novel technology: synthetic meat. Data from an online deliberation study and eighteen focus groups in Belgium, Portugal and the UK indicated that the various strategies of sense-making afforded different levels of critical thinking about synthetic meat. Anchoring to genetic modification, metaphors like ‘Frankenfoods’ and commo…
Consumers’ avoidance of information on red meat risks
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…
Consumers’ avoidance of information on red meat risks
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…
‘Would you eat cultured meat?’
Analogies, metaphors, and wondering about the future
Drawing on social representations theory, we explore how the public make sense of the unfamiliar, taking as the example a novel technology: synthetic meat. Data from an online deliberation study and eighteen focus groups in Belgium, Portugal and the UK indicated that the various strategies of sense-making afforded different levels of critical thinking about synthetic meat. Anchoring to genetic modification, metaphors like ‘Frankenfoods’ and commo…
Consumers’ avoidance of information on red meat risks
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…
Emerging technologies, human behavior, and human behavior and emerging technologies
Unconventional settings and uses of human enhancement technologies
Emerging technologies, Emerging Risks
Emerging technologies, Emerging Risks
A look into future risks
Observing Synchrony in Dyads
This research tested whether observing members of a dyad behave in synchrony influences observers’ expectations and intentions about that dyad. In four studies, participants observed a dyad move in synchrony and were asked to make inferences about them. Results suggest that interpersonal synchrony serves as a social cue, such that observers expect the members of the dyad to work well together. Moreover, synchrony makes observers more likely to wa…
How humans behave with emerging technologies during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
An unprecedented pandemic, an unprecedented shift, and an unprecedented opportunity are three phrases that we have used to describe the impacts of COVID-19 on human behavior with emerging technologies (Yan, 2020). First, COVID-19 is an unprecedented global pandemic across the world. It has been compared to the Second World War, the Great Depression, and the 1918 Spanish Flu in terms of unprecedented impacts on human behavior. Second, to control t…
Striving for crisis resolution or crisis resilience? The crisis layers and thresholds model and Information and Communication Technology ‐ mediated social sensing for evidence‐based crisis management …
Do crisis evolve linearly through sequential one-directional stages that end with their resolution? Or are crisis, a set of nonlinear events with somewhat a chaotic nature, better represented as multilayer relapse cycles, that is, a series of dynamic processes and templates that evolve at different levels of analysis and can either go forward—achievement—or go back—relapses? Moreover, should crisis always move forward to reach their resolution or…
Crises social sensing
Monitoring how different people – as ‘social sensors’ – evaluate and respond to crisis such as pandemics, allows tailoring crisis communication to the social perceptions of the situation, at different moments. To gather such evidence, we proposed a index of social perceptions of systemic risk (SPSR), as an indicator of a situational threat compromising risks to physical health, psychological health, the economy, social relations, health system, a…
Informing future seasonal influenza and Covid-19 vaccination campaigns based on past experience
Background: Seasonal vaccination campaigns against influenza and COVID-19 are critical for protecting vulnerable populations. Scientific evidence on past campaigns is essential for the effectiveness of future campaigns. This study aims to: (1) assess predictors of influenza and COVID-19 vaccination intentions (2) explore perceived barriers and facilitators of 2023-2024 seasonal vaccination campaign. Methods: A cross-sectional study employing both…
Influenza and Covid-19 vaccination intention in Portuguese adults from at-risk groups
Psychosocial factors, including beliefs about disease severity and vaccine safety, play a central role in vaccination intention. Work-related structural barriers further contribute to hesitancy. These findings underscore the need for targeted communication strategies, healthcare providers engagement and employer-based vaccination programs to address both structural and motivational aspects of vaccination adherence within priority groups
Turning eco-anxiety into pro-environmental behaviour
Depression and subjective well-being in older adults living in low-density areas during the Covid-19 pandemic
Introduction: Participation in social activities contributes to enhanced well-being, reduced rates of comorbidities, and diminished feelings of depression among older adults. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered social interaction in many ways, and its impacts on the well-being and mental health of older adults, particularly those living in more isolated regions, are still poorly understood. This cross-sectional study intends to investigate…
Computer Science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Business (4 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Risk Perception and Management (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 works) · Emerging technologies (3 works)