Aleksandra Lazić, PhDQuestion: Have you seen any good static infographics communicating current COVID-19 risk or vulnerability (e.g. risk groups, exposure, severity)? I'm specifically *not* looking for pandemic visuals.
If you have examples, please share links. 🙏
EHPS 2026In conversation with Mrs. Sotia Nestoros, Prof. Gertraud (Turu) Stadler reflects on current developments in Health Psychology and how these ideas will shape herkeynote at the 40th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society in Paphos.
🔗https://youtu.be/A0ZNuhJXm6U
#EHPS #HealthPsychology #EHPS2026
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In a new interview with Dr. Laura Panagi, Dr. Nicos Middleton talks about his keynote speech.
Meet the Keynotes | Dr. Nicos Middleton - Part 1
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As EHPS 2026 approaches, Prof. Alex Gillespie shares key messages from his upcoming keynote on Using AI to analyze patient voice and hospital listening: insights into patient safety in an interview with Sotia Nestoros.
Meet our keynotes | Prof. Alex Gillespie
Textbooks For LifeFundamentals of Health Psychology, 2nd Edition, by Hadjistavropoulos, provides an in-depth introduction to essential topics and methodologies within the rapidly evolving field of health psychology.
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Arlen MollerSharing new findings from a study I helped co-author on health behavior changes associated with psychedelic-use in naturalistic settings.
Participants retrospectively assessed changes in behaviors following experiences using psychedelics and frequently reported reduced alcohol (66%) and tobacco (49%) use, improved dietary habits (49%), and decreases in a range of impulsive behaviors (48–72%). https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2211-3355(25)00200-1 #Psychedelics #PsychedelicScience #BehavioralMedicine #HealthPsychology
ScienceOpen'How Can Selective Processing of Vaccination Information Be Diminished? : Effects of Mindsets and Kinds of Information' - a #HealthPsychology article published by Hogrefe on #ScienceOpen:
🔗 https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=03601022-5ae6-428a-a40f-5f983b4fd6ea
How Can Selective Processing of Vaccination Information Be Diminished? : Effects of Mindsets and Kinds of Information
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d3784397e65"> Abstract: Background: Selective processing of attitude-consistent information is a substantial obstacle in convincing vaccine-skeptical people of the benefits of vaccinations. Aims: This study tests (i) which types of information are particularly prone to such selective information processing, and (ii) whether a deliberative (vs. implemental) mindset focusing on potential benefits and harms may diminish its effects. Method: 612 Mturk participants were randomized into an implemental or deliberative mindset and received a flu vaccine-skeptical narrative, a flu vaccination facts box transparently summarizing risks and benefits, and a message by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) in favor of the flu vaccine either referring to COVID-19 or not. We tested how these variations affected the acceptance of and the willingness to share each message. Furthermore, we evaluated their impact on flu vaccination attitudes and intentions. Results: The mindset manipulation failed to diminish generally prevalent selective information processing. While vaccine-skeptics did not accept and like the CDC message referring to COVID-19 (particularly in a deliberative mindset), they generally accepted the vaccination facts box more readily compared to both CDC messages. Limitations: Future studies should particularly focus on vaccine-skeptics and experimentally test the effects of facts boxes also on vaccination attitudes and intentions. Conclusion: While mindsets were ineffective, more general and transparent information may be more likely to reach an anti-vaccine audience. </p>
Jan R. BoehnkeThank you to #HealthPsychology and Behavioral Medicine @unibern for writing a post about the recent Summer Course 2025, “Contemporary Evaluation of Interventions: Mobile, Digital, and Pragmatic”
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gesundheitspsychologie-und-verhaltensmedizin-gpv-unibe_gpv-unibe-mhealth-activity-7340302148112408577-4_JW/
Our PhD students — Carole Rüttimann, Melanie Bamert, and Robert Edgren — recently participated in the summer course “Contemporary Evaluation of Interventions: Mobile, Digital, and Pragmatic” hosted… | Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (GPV UniBe)
Our PhD students — Carole Rüttimann, Melanie Bamert, and Robert Edgren — recently participated in the summer course “Contemporary Evaluation of Interventions: Mobile, Digital, and Pragmatic” hosted by the Doctoral Program in Brain and Behavioral Sciences at University of Bern. This course offered an excellent opportunity to deepen their understanding of digital intervention design and evaluation. Key takeaways: 💡 3 key principles of app-based interventions and how to apply them: bridging theory and practice, digital intervention design, scientific rigor in evaluation 💡Designing the control condition of a trial requires consideration of several factors. For example, baseline support may already be substantial, with additional treatment components potentially adding only minimal benefits. Moreover, this course made it possible to exchange insights with fellow early-career researchers from across disciplines and learn from senior researchers’ experiences during a Career Insight Panel discussion. Thank you for sharing your valuable lessons learned, Maria Stein, Jan Rasmus Böhnke, Regula Neuenschwander, and Mirjam Stieger. We’re excited to see how these learnings will shape our PhD students’ ongoing research! And a big thanks goes out to Madeleine Haenggli, Svenja Staubli, and Nicole Ruffieux for organizing this insightful and interactive course! #GPV #Unibe #mHealth #Apps #Gesundheit #PhDLife Phil.-hum. Fakultät der Universität Bern