Valerie Vessels
Biographic Data
| ID | 9561384 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valerie Vessels |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valerie |
| FAMILY NAME | Vessels |
| SIGNATURE | VESSELS V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Positive Feedback as a Lever to Boost Students’ STEM Outcomes
Although many college students intend to major in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), dropout from these fields is high, especially among members of historically underrepresented groups, such as women and racial-ethnic minorities. We propose a minimal, yet potentially powerful intervention to broaden participation in STEM: giving positive feedback to students in STEM. Studies 1 and 2 found that giving positive feedback is le…
Perceptions of Safety and Threat in the Environment
The Safety and Threat in Environment Perceptions (STEP) scale assesses perceptions of environments as safe (welcoming, inclusive) or threatening (critical, intimidating). We first evaluated the factor structure of the scale and demonstrated its unique predictive validity in classrooms (Studies 1 and 2), gyms (Studies 3 and 4), and the workplace (Study 5). When seeing classrooms with stereotypically masculine (vs. neutral) objects, women perceived…
Managers’ displays of busyness predict employees’ job engagement, burnout and turnover intentions ( Las muestras de laboriosidad de los superiores predicen el compromiso laboral, el agotamiento y las …
Although past research has examined the personal impact of experiencing time scarcity, little is known about how signalling a lack of time affects other people’s experiences. In the present research, we examine how managers’ displays of busyness — behaviours that convey time scarcity to others — affect employees’ job-related outcomes. Managers who frequently displayed busyness in the workplace had employees who perceived lower organizational supp…
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Managers’ displays of busyness predict employees’ job engagement, burnout and turnover intentions ( Las muestras de laboriosidad de los superiores predicen el compromiso laboral, el agotamiento y las …
Although past research has examined the personal impact of experiencing time scarcity, little is known about how signalling a lack of time affects other people’s experiences. In the present research, we examine how managers’ displays of busyness — behaviours that convey time scarcity to others — affect employees’ job-related outcomes. Managers who frequently displayed busyness in the workplace had employees who perceived lower organizational supp…
Perceptions of Safety and Threat in the Environment
The Safety and Threat in Environment Perceptions (STEP) scale assesses perceptions of environments as safe (welcoming, inclusive) or threatening (critical, intimidating). We first evaluated the factor structure of the scale and demonstrated its unique predictive validity in classrooms (Studies 1 and 2), gyms (Studies 3 and 4), and the workplace (Study 5). When seeing classrooms with stereotypically masculine (vs. neutral) objects, women perceived…
Positive Feedback as a Lever to Boost Students’ STEM Outcomes
Although many college students intend to major in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), dropout from these fields is high, especially among members of historically underrepresented groups, such as women and racial-ethnic minorities. We propose a minimal, yet potentially powerful intervention to broaden participation in STEM: giving positive feedback to students in STEM. Studies 1 and 2 found that giving positive feedback is le…
Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · African american (1 work) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (1 work) · Burnout (1 work) · Career Development and Diversity (1 work) · Clinical Psychology (1 work) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (1 work) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (1 work) · Ethnic group (1 work)