Studies (page 76)
- Noar (2016): Pictorial cigarette pack warnings: a meta-analysis of experimental studies
A meta-analysis led by Seth Noar of 37 experimental studies covering 48 samples and 33,613 participants. Pictorial cigarette warnings outperformed text-only warnings on 12 of 17 effectiveness…
- Nolan (2008): Normative Social Influence is Underdetected
Jessica Nolan and colleagues examine how persuasive normative social influence is and how readily people detect it. In a survey of Californians about energy conservation, beliefs about what others…
- Nolen-Hoeksema (1991): Responses to depression and their effects on the duration of depressive episodes
This is the paper that introduced response styles theory, the account of why depressive episodes last as long as they do. Its claim is that what people do when their mood drops matters more than the…
- Nolen-Hoeksema (2008): Rethinking Rumination
rumination exacerbates depression and predicts onset more consistently than duration.
- Nolen-Hoeksema (2008): Rethinking Rumination
Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Wisco, B. E. & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). "Rethinking Rumination." Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3(5), 400–424. The review reporting that rumination worsens mood, increases…
- Nook (2021): Emotion Naming Impedes Both Cognitive Reappraisal and Mindful Acceptance Strategies of Emotion Regulation
Nook and colleagues tested the assumption behind common advice, that naming an emotion helps a person then manage it. Two experiments say the opposite. In the first, participants either watched…
- Norberg (2007): The privacy paradox: personal information disclosure intentions versus behaviors
No abstract could be found for this paper, so this page does not summarise it.
- Norcross (2002): Auld Lang Syne: Success predictors, change processes, and self-reported outcomes of New Year's resolvers and nonresolvers
Norcross, Mrykalo and Blagys followed New Year's resolvers and a comparison group planning a later change by telephone for six months. The groups were similar in demographics and in the changes they…
- Norem (1986): Anticipatory and Post Hoc Cushioning Strategies: Optimism and Defensive Pessimism in "Risky" Situations
[COMPLETE ARTICLE READ IN FULL AT SOURCE, including the prescreening questionnaire, all four tables and the discussion, from the author copy at a university repository] Norem, J. K., & Cantor, N…
- Norman (2015): refers to ways that parents adapt their own behaviors to reduce their children
family accommodation 'refers to ways that parents adapt their own behaviors to reduce their children's anxiety-related distress'.
- Northcraft (1987): Experts, amateurs, and real estate: An anchoring-and-adjustment perspective on property pricing decisions
Northcraft and Neale took anchoring out of the laboratory and into a property market. Estate agents and student participants toured a house and were given a full information package that included a…
- Northover (2017): Artificial surveillance cues do not increase generosity: two meta-analyses
Northover and colleagues asked whether artificial signs of being watched, such as pictures of eyes, make people more generous. Earlier studies had suggested that anonymous people who see such cues…
- Norton (2009): The role of courage on behavioral approach in a fear-eliciting situation: A proof-of-concept pilot study
Norton and Weiss set out to test a definition of courage that treats it as behaviour rather than feeling: approaching something despite being afraid, rather than not being afraid. Thirty-two people…
- Norton (2011): The IKEA effect: when labor leads to love
[NOT READ; no full text and no deposited abstract retrieved, 2026-10-19] Norton, M. I., Mochon, D., & Ariely, D. (2012). 'The IKEA effect: When labor leads to love.' Journal of Consumer Psychology…
- Norton (2012): The IKEA effect: when labor leads to love
[NOT READ; no full text and no deposited abstract retrieved, 2026-10-19] Norton, M. I., Mochon, D., & Ariely, D. (2012). 'The IKEA effect: When labor leads to love.' Journal of Consumer Psychology…
- Nosko (2026): The limits of reputation in platform markets: An empirical analysis and field experiment
Nosko first author. Using transaction-level marketplace data, the authors build a measure of seller quality from the share of transactions that generate positive feedback, counting transactions…
- NOT CITABLE, recorded for honesty because the gap is itself: NOT CITABLE, recorded for honesty because the gap is itself the article's finding: NO peer-reviewed field study measuring the effect of a stated brand purpose on sales was located
NOT CITABLE, recorded for honesty because the gap is itself the article's finding: NO peer-reviewed field study measuring the effect of a stated brand purpose on sales was located. Cited in 1…
- NOT VERIFIED (2014): was located
NOT VERIFIED (2014), was located. Cited in 1 article on this site.
- NOT VERIFIED (2015): arrival fallacy
NOT VERIFIED (2015), arrival fallacy. Cited in 1 article on this site.
- NOT VERIFIED (2021): and the only pre-launch fieldwork is Ryan, Pamies and Valverde (2025), which is qualitative
NOT VERIFIED (2021), and the only pre-launch fieldwork is Ryan, Pamies and Valverde (2025), which is qualitative. Cited in 1 article on this site.