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View article: 'Debunk-It-Yourself': Health Professionals' Strategies for Responding to Misinformation on TikTok
'Debunk-It-Yourself': Health Professionals' Strategies for Responding to Misinformation on TikTok Open
Misinformation is "sticky" in nature, requiring a considerable effort to undo its influence. One such effort is debunking or exposing the falsity of information. As an abundance of misinformation is on social media, platforms do bear some …
View article: Talking Abortion (Mis)information with ChatGPT on TikTok
Talking Abortion (Mis)information with ChatGPT on TikTok Open
In this study, we tested users' perception of accuracy and engagement with TikTok videos in which ChatGPT responded to prompts about "at-home" abortion remedies. The chatbot's responses, though somewhat vague and confusing, nonetheless rec…
View article: Abortion Misinformation on TikTok: Rampant Content, Lax Moderation, and Vivid User Experiences
Abortion Misinformation on TikTok: Rampant Content, Lax Moderation, and Vivid User Experiences Open
The scientific effort devoted to health misinformation mostly focuses on the implications of misleading vaccines and communicable disease claims with respect to public health. However, the proliferation of abortion misinformation following…
View article: Folk Models of Misinformation on Social Media
Folk Models of Misinformation on Social Media Open
In this paper we investigate what folk models of misinformation exist through semi-structured interviews with a sample of 235 social media users. Work on social media misinformation does not investigate how ordinary users - the target of m…
View article: Meaningful Context, a Red Flag, or Both? Users' Preferences for Enhanced Misinformation Warnings on Twitter
Meaningful Context, a Red Flag, or Both? Users' Preferences for Enhanced Misinformation Warnings on Twitter Open
Warning users about misinformation on social media is not a simple usability task. Soft moderation has to balance between debunking falsehoods and avoiding moderation bias while preserving the social media consumption flow. Platforms thus …
View article: Gone Quishing: A Field Study of Phishing with Malicious QR Codes
Gone Quishing: A Field Study of Phishing with Malicious QR Codes Open
The COVID-19 pandemic enabled "quishing", or phishing with malicious QR codes, as they became a convenient go-between for sharing URLs, including malicious ones. To explore the quishing phenomenon, we conducted a 173-participant study wher…
View article: "Gettr-ing" Deep Insights from the Social Network Gettr
"Gettr-ing" Deep Insights from the Social Network Gettr Open
As yet another alternative social network, Gettr positions itself as the "marketplace of ideas" where users should expect the truth to emerge without any administrative censorship. We looked deep inside the platform by analyzing it's struc…
View article: Understanding Mathematics Anxiety: Investigating the experiences of UK primary and secondary school students
Understanding Mathematics Anxiety: Investigating the experiences of UK primary and secondary school students Open
The project investigated individuals’ attitudes towards mathematics because of what could be referred to as a “mathematics crisis” in the UK. Evidence suggests that functional literacy skills amongst working-age adults are steadily increas…
View article: Cognitive and Emotional Math Problems Largely Dissociate: Prevalence of Developmental Dyscalculia and Mathematics Anxiety
Cognitive and Emotional Math Problems Largely Dissociate: Prevalence of Developmental Dyscalculia and Mathematics Anxiety Open
A negative correlation between math anxiety and mathematics performance is frequently reported. Thus, some may assume that high levels of mathematics anxiety are associated with poor mathematical understanding. However, no previous researc…
View article: The evolution of challenges for adoptive families: the impact of age as a framework for differentiation
The evolution of challenges for adoptive families: the impact of age as a framework for differentiation Open
This exploratory study examined issues parents (n=20) experienced after adoption through the child welfare system. The findings suggest that the primary differences between struggling and non-struggling families was whether the family was …
View article: Cognitive and emotional mathematics learning problems in primary and secondary school students
Cognitive and emotional mathematics learning problems in primary and secondary school students Open
This thesis systematically examined the link between developmental dyscalculia, a specific learning difficulty of mathematics, and mathematics anxiety, a negative emotional reaction to mathematics tasks. The link between these maths learni…
View article: Differentiating anxiety forms and their role in academic performance from primary to secondary school
Differentiating anxiety forms and their role in academic performance from primary to secondary school Open
INTRODUCTION: Individuals with high levels of mathematics anxiety are more likely to have other forms of anxiety, such as general anxiety and test anxiety, and tend to have some math performance decrement compared to those with low math an…
View article: Academic anxiety and performance scores in UK primary and secondary students
Academic anxiety and performance scores in UK primary and secondary students Open
Primary (year 4) and secondary (year 7 and 8) UK school students' scores in math and reading standardised assessments, as well as scores in 3 anxiety forms (math anxiety, test anxiety and general anxiety). This project was funded by the Nu…
View article: The Modified Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale: A Valid and Reliable Instrument for Use with Children
The Modified Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale: A Valid and Reliable Instrument for Use with Children Open
Mathematics anxiety (MA) can be observed in children from primary school age into the teenage years and adulthood, but many MA rating scales are only suitable for use with adults or older adolescents. We have adapted one such rating scale,…
View article: Examining the link between math anxiety and math performance in Colombian students
Examining the link between math anxiety and math performance in Colombian students Open
This study examines the link between math anxiety and math performance in a group of Colombian students. A total of 296 students between 8 and 16 years of age took part in this study. Analyses by gender and grade were conducted, while cont…
View article: The Chicken or the Egg? The Direction of the Relationship Between Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Performance
The Chicken or the Egg? The Direction of the Relationship Between Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Performance Open
This review considers the two possible causal directions between mathematics anxiety (MA) and poor mathematics performance. Either poor maths performance may elicit MA (referred to as the Deficit Theory), or MA may reduce future maths perf…