Tom Étienne
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Risk Perception and Management
- Nuclear Issues and Defense
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- International Relations and Foreign Policy
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Border Security and International Relations
- Nuclear and radioactivity studies
- Impact of Education Environments
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Media and Politics
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
University of Pennsylvania
2022-2025
Eskom (South Africa)
2020-2023
Utrecht University
2022
Compass (United States)
2022
Pennsylvania State University
2021
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours
1990
Université de Tours
1990
Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people their beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions' effectiveness was small, largely limited nonclimate skeptics,...
Abstract Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of best available evidence, especially during crises. However, recent years epistemic authority science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public scientists. We interrogated these with a preregistered 68-country survey 71,922 respondents and found that most countries, people agree should engage more society policymaking. variations between within...
Abstract Science is integral to society because it can inform individual, government, corporate, and civil decision-making on issues such as public health, new technologies or climate change. Yet, distrust populist sentiment challenge the relationship between science society. To help researchers analyse science-society nexus across different geographical cultural contexts, we undertook a cross-sectional population survey resulting in dataset of 71,922 participants 68 countries. The data were...
Conspiracy beliefs are associated with detrimental health attitudes during the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Most prior research on these issues was cross-sectional, however, and restricted to or behavioral intentions. The current designed examine what extent conspiracy predict behavior well-being over a longer period of time.In this preregistered multi-wave study large Dutch panel (weighted provide nationally representative population estimates), we examined if early in...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all domains of human life, including the economic and social fabric societies. One central strategies for managing public health throughout been through persuasive messaging collective behaviour change. To help scholars better understand moral psychology behind behaviour, we present a dataset comprising 51,404 individuals from 69 countries. This was collected International Collaboration on Social & Moral Psychology project (ICSMP COVID-19). science survey...
Abstract In the past, European public has not been enthusiastic about nuclear deterrence and stationing of US American weapons in Europe. Has Russian invasion Ukraine changed that aversion? We conducted a unique study, surveying same population respondents at two points time—in September 2020 June 2022. find became much more hawkish after invasion: was viewed favourably, willingness to use increased, support for withdrawal dropped significantly. The paper draws number policy implications...
Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors that associated with people reported adopting public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing stricter hygiene) endorsed policy closing bars restaurants) the early stage of pandemic (April-May 2020). Respondents who...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all domains of human life, including the economic and social fabric societies. One central strategies for managing public health throughout been through persuasive messaging collective behavior change. To help scholars better understand moral psychology behind behavior, we present a dataset comprising 51,404 individuals from 69 countries. This was collected International Collaboration on Social Moral Psychology project (ICSMP COVID-19). science survey...
Abstract Background Little is known about how conspiracy beliefs and health responses are interrelated over time during the course of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. This longitudinal study tested two contrasting, but not mutually exclusive, hypotheses through cross-lagged modeling. First, based on consequential nature beliefs, we hypothesize that predict an increase in detrimental time. Second, as people may rationalize their behavior increased Methods We measured several...
Three decades after the end of Cold War, United States still deploys about 100 nuclear weapons in Europe under NATO's sharing policy. Two hosting states, Germany and Netherlands, are now debating prospective withdrawal these from their territory. This article presents findings a recent public opinion poll two countries, where German Dutch citizens expressed views on US withdrawal. Given changing political landscape support for policies is pertinent aspect decisions over future Europe.
The Covid-19 pandemic has inspired many conspiracy theories, which are associated with detrimental health beliefs and behaviors (e.g. reduced physical distancing; decreased vaccination intentions). We propose a previously unrecognized mediator of these relationships: A self-perceived likelihood to already have experienced infection. Results from large sample (
Even if most European countries have not yet joined the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), treaty has been salient in a number national settings. In Netherlands, TPNW enjoys broad societal appeal, and Dutch parliament has, occasions, called government to explore options for joining treaty. this piece, we empirically study attitudes toward TPNW. Our findings indicate that majority would prefer accede only nuclear-weapon states or other NATO allies also joined, although...
This article utilises large-N panel data to compare two theories of referendum voting behaviour in order understand the ‘for’ or ‘against’ vote 2016 Dutch on EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. It studies extent which was predicted by Eurosceptic attitudes and fear upsetting Russia (issue-based theory), versus dissatisfaction with government general political discontent (second-order theory). Our findings indicate that issue-based determinants predict better than second-order predictors....
Abstract Does partisan ideology influence whether Europeans are willing to use nuclear weapons, and if so, how? The US weapons stationed in Europe have been at the core of European security since Cold War, but we still yet learn what would make be support their use. In this paper, present results a survey, which asked citizens Germany Netherlands about views on territory four distinct scenarios. Our indicate that voters right-wing parties more likely approve both countries. There are,...