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2015, 'Stress, coping and health', in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier, pp. 551 - 555
,2014, 'Influenza A virus subtype H1N1', in Encyclopedia of Health Communication, SAGE Publications
,Journal articles
2024, 'Assessing the longevity of attribute framing in attenuating the nocebo effect to brand and generic medication', Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 16, pp. 2026 - 2047, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12575
,2024, 'Symptom Improvement After Explantation With No Capsulectomy for Systemic Symptoms Associated With Breast Implants', Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 44, pp. 820 - 828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjae034
,2024, 'Lay beliefs about the perceived harmfulness of excess weight: Influence of weight status and the cause of weight', Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 16, pp. 653 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12509
,2024, 'Practitioner warmth and empathy attenuates the nocebo effect and enhances the placebo effect', Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 16, pp. 421 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12497
,2024, 'Effect of text messages designed to change contact lens compliance: A randomised controlled trial', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2024.102341
,2024, 'People Who Believe Implausible Claims Are Not Cognitive Misers: Evidence From Evaluation Tasks', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mac0000190
,2024, 'Perspectives and experiences of COVID-19 vaccination in people with autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic disease', Patient Education and Counseling, 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107996
,2024, 'The development of an implicit measure of treatment expectations', Journal of Social Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2024.2376538
,2024, 'The effect of social learning on the nocebo effect: a systematic review and meta-analysis with recommendations for the future', Health Psychology Review, 18, pp. 934 - 953, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2024.2394682
,2024, 'Lazy or different? A quantitative content analysis of how believers and nonbelievers of misinformation reason', advances.in/psychology, 2, pp. e003511 - e003511, http://dx.doi.org/10.56296/aip00027
,2023, 'Thinking false and slow: Implausible beliefs and the Cognitive Reflection Test', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 30, pp. 2387 - 2396, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02321-2
,2023, 'A Novel Paradigm Examining the Remote Induction of Nocebo Effects Online', Health Psychology, 43, pp. 225 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0001334
,2023, 'The role of positive information provision in open-label placebo effects', Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 15, pp. 1406 - 1426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12444
,2023, 'Longevity of Post-Explantation Systemic Symptom Improvement and Potential Etiologies: Findings from the ASERF Systemic Symptoms in Women-Biospecimen Analysis Study: Part 4', Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 43, pp. 1194 - 1204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjad098
,2023, 'Influence of side effect information on patient willingness to take medication: consequences for informed consent and medication adherence', Internal Medicine Journal, 53, pp. 1692 - 1696, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.16220
,2023, 'Peer-to-peer: The Social Transmission of Symptoms Online', Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57, pp. 551 - 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaac081
,2023, 'The impact of side effect framing on COVID-19 booster vaccine intentions in an Australian sample', Vaccine, 41, pp. 2046 - 2054, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.023
,2023, 'Compensatory eating after exercise in everyday life: Insights from daily diary studies', PLoS ONE, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282501
,2023, 'The influence of video-based social modelling on the nocebo effect', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 165, pp. 111136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.111136
,2023, 'Choice and the nocebo effect: If a little is good, more is better?', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 164, pp. 111083, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.111083
,2023, 'Social communication pathways to COVID-19 vaccine side-effect expectations and experience', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 164, pp. 111081, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.111081
,2022, 'Do Side Effects to the Primary COVID-19 Vaccine Reduce Intentions for a COVID-19 Vaccine Booster?', Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56, pp. 761 - 768, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaac027
,2022, 'People's intended serving behaviour at social vs. non-social meals', Appetite, 175, pp. 106053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106053
,2022, 'The influence of message framing on nocebo headaches: Findings from a randomized laboratory design', Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 45, pp. 438 - 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00294-6
,2022, 'Psychosocial factors predict COVID-19 vaccine side effects', Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 91, pp. 136 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000519853
,2022, 'Examining COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions Between Early Stages of the Pandemic and One Year Later in the United States', Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 27, pp. 2 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.jn27.1.2
,2021, 'Understanding Breast Implant Illness', Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 41, pp. 1367 - 1379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjaa329
,2021, 'Patterns and predictors of healthcare use among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors versus a community comparison group', Cancers, 13, pp. 5270, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13215270
,2021, 'Using Positive Attribute Framing to Attenuate Nocebo Side Effects: A Cybersickness Study.', Ann Behav Med, 55, pp. 769 - 778, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa115
,2021, 'Handwashing Message Type Predicts Behavioral Intentions in the United States at the Beginning of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic', Frontiers in Public Health, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.583491
,2021, 'A qualitative study on the experiences of women with Breast Implant Illness', Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 42, pp. 381 - 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjab204
,2021, 'The Role of Attitudes, Affect, and Income in Predicting COVID-19 Behavioral Intentions', Frontiers in Psychology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567397
,2021, 'Affect and emotions in placebo and nocebo effects: What do we know so far?', Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12575
,2021, 'Investigating lay beliefs regarding the effect of weight loss on health', Psychology and Health, 36, pp. 934 - 951, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2020.1792904
,2021, 'Rebranding Gout: Could a Name Change for Gout Improve Adherence to Urate-Lowering Therapy?', Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science, 55, pp. 138 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43441-020-00198-0
,2021, 'Social psychology and COVID-19: What the field can tell us about behavior in a pandemic', Journal of Social Psychology, 161, pp. 403 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.1935830
,2020, 'Correlates of Health-Protective Behavior During the Initial Days of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Norway', Frontiers in Psychology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.564083
,2020, 'Determinants of safety-focused product purchasing in the United States at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic', Safety Science, 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104894
,2020, 'Public Perceptions of COVID-19 in Australia: Perceived Risk, Knowledge, Health-Protective Behaviors, and Vaccine Intentions', Frontiers in Psychology, 11, pp. 551004, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.551004
,2020, 'Acute mental health responses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0236562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236562
,2020, 'Understanding and preventing health concerns about emerging mobile health technologies', JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/14375
,2020, 'Public perceptions of COVID-19 in Australia: perceived risk, knowledge, health-protective behaviours, and vaccine intentions', Frontiers in Psychology, pp. 2020.04.25.20079996, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.551004
,2020, 'Patient attitude and acceptance towards episiotomy during pregnancy before and after information provision: a questionnaire', International Urogynecology Journal, 31, pp. 521 - 528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-019-04003-x
,2020, 'Development of a scale to measure reasons for eating less healthily after exercise: the compensatory unhealthy eating scale', Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 8, pp. 110 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2020.1734007
,2020, 'Acute mental health responses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.03.20089961
,2020, 'Correlates of Health-Protective Behavior During the Initial Days of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Norway', , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6vgf4
,2019, 'Nocebo effects in health psychology', Australian Psychologist, 54, pp. 453 - 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ap.12392
,2019, 'Placebos in Australian general practice: A national survey of physician use, beliefs and attitudes', Australian journal of general practice, 48, pp. 876 - 882, http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-11-18-4755
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