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View article: Digital footprints as a tool to evaluate the spatiotemporal environmental impacts of grocery shopping across Great Britain
Digital footprints as a tool to evaluate the spatiotemporal environmental impacts of grocery shopping across Great Britain Open
Introduction & BackgroundClimate change represents one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Within this context, the food sector is a critical domain for intervention, accounting for approximately one-third of global greenhouse gas…
View article: The emotional depth of flood experience: the role of positive emotions in shaping perceptions and action on climate change
The emotional depth of flood experience: the role of positive emotions in shaping perceptions and action on climate change Open
Flooding is an ongoing and predicted impact of climate change in many parts of the world. Previous research shows that many people who have experienced flooding exhibit a greater preparedness to act on climate change, especially when the e…
View article: Digital workplace technology intensity: qualitative insights on employee wellbeing impacts of digital workplace job demands
Digital workplace technology intensity: qualitative insights on employee wellbeing impacts of digital workplace job demands Open
Introduction Digital workplace technologies are powerful enablers in modern organizations but can also threaten employee wellbeing. Drawing on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this study explores digital workplace job demands, inclu…
View article: Exploring the Relationship between Basic Psychological Needs and Motivation in Online Citizen Science
Exploring the Relationship between Basic Psychological Needs and Motivation in Online Citizen Science Open
Understanding engagement with and motivations to contribute to online citizen science projects can improve user experience and aid in attracting and retaining users. This article proposes that the fundamental grounding of self-determinatio…
View article: Overloaded by Information or Worried About Missing Out on It: A Quantitative Study of Stress, Burnout, and Mental Health Implications in the Digital Workplace
Overloaded by Information or Worried About Missing Out on It: A Quantitative Study of Stress, Burnout, and Mental Health Implications in the Digital Workplace Open
With growing numbers of workers relying on the digital workplace to get work done, attention is increasingly focused on the well-being impacts of digital working. This study explored the stress, burnout and mental health implications of em…
View article: Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice
Approaching future rewards or waiting for them to arrive: Spatial representations of time and intertemporal choice Open
Our mental representation of the passage of time is structured by concepts of spatial motion, including an ego-moving perspective in which the self is perceived as approaching future events and a time-moving perspective in which future eve…
View article: Mindfully and confidently digital: A mixed methods study on personal resources to mitigate the dark side of digital working
Mindfully and confidently digital: A mixed methods study on personal resources to mitigate the dark side of digital working Open
A growing body of research demonstrates the potential of mindfulness to reduce employee stress. However, with work increasingly migrating from the physical to the digital workplace, evidence is lacking on how mindfulness might help employe…
View article: Applied Scenarios: Embedding Psychological Literacy in Assessment
Applied Scenarios: Embedding Psychological Literacy in Assessment Open
Psychological literacy refers to the ability of a psychology student to use psychological knowledge, rather than merely learn it, in the context of personal, social, and organizational issues. Embedding psychological literacy in assessment…
View article: Thinking about your future self: Do better perspective-takers make more patient decisions?
Thinking about your future self: Do better perspective-takers make more patient decisions? Open
Decisions involving costs and rewards materialising at different points in time (intertemporal decisions) are prevalent in everyday life and can have significant consequences for well-being across the lifespan. Recent neuroimaging research…
View article: Small talk, Big data: Patients’ and general public’s perceptions about patients
Small talk, Big data: Patients’ and general public’s perceptions about patients Open
Objectives. There are, on average, three people who die daily from an asthma attack in the UK. Asthma self-management and good adherence can reduce this rate of mortality. Since adherence to preventative medication is important for many pe…
View article: The digital workplace and its dark side: An integrative review
The digital workplace and its dark side: An integrative review Open
An intensification of digital working driven by Covid-19 has brought into sharp focus both the beneficial nature of digital workplace technologies and their potential dark side. Research has burgeoned in this area in recent years, but an i…
View article: Facing a Common Human Fate: Relating Global Identity and Climate Change Mitigation
Facing a Common Human Fate: Relating Global Identity and Climate Change Mitigation Open
Collective efforts of the world community are required to mitigate global climate change. Understanding oneself as part of this world community might be crucial for individual behavior change reducing carbon emissions. We examined whether …
View article: Big Changes Start With Small Talk: Twitter and Climate Change in Times of Coronavirus Pandemic
Big Changes Start With Small Talk: Twitter and Climate Change in Times of Coronavirus Pandemic Open
Behavioural scientists have been studying public perceptions to understand how and why people behave the way they do towards climate change. In recent times, enormous changes to behaviour and people’s interactions have been brought about b…
View article: The resilience paradox: flooding experience, coping and climate change mitigation intentions
The resilience paradox: flooding experience, coping and climate change mitigation intentions Open
Climate change is projected to increase the frequency, intensity and unpredictability of extreme weather events across the globe and these events are likely to have significant mental health implications. The mental health literature broad…
View article: Digital energy visualizations in the workplace: the e-Genie tool
Digital energy visualizations in the workplace: the e-Genie tool Open
Building management systems are designed for energy managers; there are few energy-feedback systems designed to engage staff. A tool, known as e-Genie, was created with the purpose of engaging workplace occupants with energy data and suppo…