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When socially excluded people prefer moralizing to anti- and prosocial behavior: Support for a goal-directed account. KU Leuven
According to the temporal need-threat model, different responses toward social exclusion stem from the fact that different needs are threatened. Because evidence for this account is mixed, we tested a goal-directed account in which the chosen behavior depends not only on the threatened need but also on the behavior that has the highest expectancy of repairing that need. In two experiments, participants were excluded using the cyberball paradigm. ...
Explaining car drivers' intention to prevent road-traffic noise: An application of the norm activation model KU Leuven
Strengthening car drivers’ intention to prevent road-traffic noise is a first step toward noise abatement through voluntary change of behavior. We analyzed predictors of this intention based on the norm activation model (i.e., personal norm, problem awareness, awareness of consequences, social norm, and value orientations). Moreover, we studied the effects of noise exposure, noise sensitivity, and noise annoyance on problem awareness. Data came ...
Psychological predictors of eco-driving: A longitudinal study KU Leuven
Eco-driving has well-known positive effects on fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions. Moreover, eco-driving reduces road-traffic noise, which is a serious threat to the health and well-being of many people. We investigated the psychological predictors of the adoption of eco-driving from the perspective of road-traffic noise abatement. The data came from 890 car drivers who participated in a longitudinal survey over four months. Specifically, ...
Is emotional behavior goal directed? A test of an alternative dual-process model KU Leuven
Dual-process models propose that behavior can be explained by a stimulus-driven or a goal-directed process. Traditional dual-process models assume that stimulus-driven processes are responsible for initial action tendencies and that goal-directed processes can only refine or correct these initial action tendencies at a later stage. In contrast to this, an alternative dual-process model has been put forward centering on the key assumptions that ...