Grant E. Donnelly
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View article: The Physiology Of the WEight Reduced State (POWERS) study: design and rationale for assessment of food intake, physical activity and other behavioral constructs
The Physiology Of the WEight Reduced State (POWERS) study: design and rationale for assessment of food intake, physical activity and other behavioral constructs Open
The Physiology Of the WEight Reduced State (POWERS) study is a multi-center NIH-funded clinical trial designed to determine the physiological basis for variability in weight loss maintenance among adults with obesity following participatio…
The situational Samaritan: How group reputation threat shapes reparatory behavior Open
Consumers often act to correct the wrongdoings of people close to them, such as family members or friends. The current research demonstrates that consumers may also engage in a variety of reparatory behaviors—from a simple apology to gift‐…
Better late than never? Gift givers overestimate the relationship harm from giving late gifts Open
Past work has found that there is often a mismatch between the types of gifts that individuals send and the types of gifts that recipients would prefer to receive. Moving beyond gift choice, the present work explores a novel type of giver–…
People overestimate the self-presentation costs of deadline extension requests Open
Across five studies (N = 4151), we investigate a novel barrier that prevents people from making personally beneficial requests: the overestimation of self-presentation costs. Even when deadlines are easily adjustable, people are less likel…
Extension request avoidance predicts greater time stress among women Open
Significance Time stress—the feeling of having too many things to do and not enough time to do them—is a societal epidemic that compromises productivity, physical health, and emotional well-being. Past research shows that women experience …
View article: Understanding How Sustainability Initiatives Fail: A Framework to Aid Design of Effective Interventions
Understanding How Sustainability Initiatives Fail: A Framework to Aid Design of Effective Interventions Open
Background: Many sustainability initiatives are successful and produce results that benefit the environment. However, others miss the mark and fail to produce the desired outcome. Past research has typically focused on understanding why in…
The Effect of Graphic Warnings on Sugary-Drink Purchasing Open
Governments have proposed text warning labels to decrease consumption of sugary drinks—a contributor to chronic diseases such as diabetes. However, they may be less effective than more evocative, graphic warning labels. We field-tested the…
Essays on Enhancing Consumer Welfare Open
My dissertation is composed of three papers on the topic of improving consumer welfare—that is, designing psychologically informed interventions to help consumers make decisions that can improve their financial wellbeing and enhance their …
The Amount and Source of Millionaires’ Wealth (Moderately) Predict Their Happiness Open
Two samples of more than 4,000 millionaires reveal two primary findings: First, only at high levels of wealth—in excess of US$8 million (Study 1) and US$10 million (Study 2)—are wealthier millionaires happier than millionaires with lower l…
Psychologically Informed Implementations of Sugary-Drink Portion Limits Open
In 2012, the New York City Board of Health prohibited restaurants from selling sugary drinks in containers that would hold more than 16 oz. Although a state court ruled that the Board of Health did not have the authority to implement such …