Reposted by Margaux Wienkmark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Really like this paper! Combines simulations of theoretical models and empirical tests of those models using multiple methods! If you are interested in belief systems, check this out! 073
Reposted by Margaux WienkLukas Rudolph @lukrudolph.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Out @thejop.bsky.social: measuring shocks like weather or immigrant exposure has vast researcher degrees of freedom. We (@phanxi.bsky.social) show: equally plausible measures diverge + yield spurious results. So, investigate the full set. For us, a null for climate opinion www.doi.org/10.1086/735706 02811
Reposted by Margaux WienkJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 25/02/2026You need to bring in the same toolkit as in studies that try to establish causality without randomization. I know it sounds unfair, but I don’t make the rules. These situations are instances of post-treatment bias, if you want to read up on it as a psychologist:compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.comCausal inference for psychologists who think that causal inference is not for themCorrelation does not imply causation and psychologists' causal inference training often focuses on the conclusion that therefore experiments are needed—without much consideration for the causal infer... 36712
Margaux Wienk @margauxwienk.bsky.social · 20/02/2026So happy that this paper is out! Led by my fabulous friend @ashleykrause.bsky.social :) 192
Reposted by Margaux WienkJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 17/02/2026This new paper offers practical solutions for pluralistic ignorance (when people assume their opinon is unpopular when many others share it): -in loose cultures, share accurate information -in tight ones, lowering the costs of speaking up can spark social change. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 04017
Reposted by Margaux WienkAmy Adamczyk @amyadamczyk.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I’m grateful to contribute a public-facing article to ASA's Contexts Magazine on how national contexts shape attitudes about abortion. Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @scholars.org @johnjaycjphd.bsky.social #PublicSociology #ComparativeResearch #ReproductivePolitics #ASAjournals.sagepub.comHow Country Context Shapes Personal Opinions About Abortion - Amy Adamczyk, 2025Amy Adamczyk on variation in global abortion attitudes. 056
Reposted by Margaux WienkErin Westgate @erinwestgate.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Did Trump’s 2024 re-election make it okay to be openly prejudiced? New work from @chriscrandall.bsky.social suggests it did. The more negatively Trump spoke about a group, the more okay it became to express prejudice (and the more prejudiced people were) towards that group after the election. 311267
Reposted by Margaux WienkData Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 20/01/2026Looking for data that the government is pulling down? We may have it backed up for you. Check our portal: portal.datarescueproject.org Know of data being taken down or worried about a data source? Let us know: baserow.datarescueproject.org/form/r7V1c44...portal.datarescueproject.orgData Rescue Project PortalLinks to public data archived through combined efforts and coordinated by the Data Rescue Project. 04841
Reposted by Margaux WienkMatthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Meta-analysis finds that social norms messaging (telling people what others do or think they should do) has no effect on improving health behaviors once publication bias is accounted for. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of social norms messaging approaches for improving health behaviours in developed countries - Nature Human BehaviourSocial norms approaches are widely applied in health promotion. This pre-registered systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs using social norms messaging in developed countries aimed to evaluate th... 44318
Reposted by Margaux WienkJamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Just published in Behavior Research Methods: The individual-level precision of implicit measures w/ @ianhussey.mmmdata.io 🧵👇 link.springer.com/article/10.3...link.springer.comThe individual-level precision of implicit measures - Behavior Research MethodsImplicit measures are used extensively in psychological science. One fundamental goal of these measures is to provide information diagnostic of an individual’s attitudes or beliefs. After 25 years of ... 15122
Reposted by Margaux WienkEiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Awesome preprint on model checking for VAR Models. Would love to see more "model checking" tutorial papers for various models, including a showcase what happens if the assumptions you impose on your data are not met in the data. 🧪 #psychscisky osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 0184
Reposted by Margaux WienkBjörn E. Hommel @bjoernhommel.bsky.social · 26/11/2025🚨 SynthNet is out 🚨 Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3 315886
Reposted by Margaux WienkEiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Intervening on a central node in a network likely does little given that its connected neighbors will "flip it back" immediately. Happy to see this position supported now. "Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes." www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comTransformation starts at the periphery of networks where pushback is less - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Transformation starts at the periphery of networks where pushback is less 514754
Reposted by Margaux WienkJana Berkessel @janaberkessel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025If you, like me, love hiking, you know rugged terrain *does* something to you 🥾😰 In a new paper led by @tsudaka.bsky.social, we asked: Is rugged terrain linked not only to how your knees feel but also how you think about authority? (1/n) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comRugged terrain and rigid hierarchyHuman societies differ markedly in their endorsement of hierarchical authority, ranging from strict obedience to powerful leaders and militaries to mo… 341