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Nora Skjerdingstad

@noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social
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PhD(DPhil) student | University of Oxford | Department of Experimental Psychology | Social anxiety in CYP | Social media | Quant

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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📜 Out in Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics Most bereaved people adapt over time. Why do some stay stuck in grief? We tested whether how loss is remembered shapes grief symptoms over the first 18 months of bereavement w/Franziska Lechner-Meichsner, Anke Ehlers & Kirsten Smith doi.org/10.1159/0005...
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tired of the centrality debate? Of seeing one application where centrality is influential & others where it's more arbitrary? We have the article for you: osf.io/preprints/ps... Turns out centrality can indeed matter; but when it does depends on underlying network structure & mechanism of spread 🧵
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📜 Out in British Journal of Psychiatry What if antipsychotic treatment works not only by reducing symptoms, but also by weakening how strongly symptoms drive one another? w/McCutcheon, Kenny & Brand We tested this using 8 randomized trials of paliperidone in 2508 adults 🧵 doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
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Dopamine antagonists and dynamic symptom networks in schizophrenia | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Dopamine antagonists and dynamic symptom networks in schizophrenia
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📜 Out now: ‘Towards a genetics of mental disorders as complex dynamical systems’ After 2 years of work with @michelnivard.bsky.social & @ludvigdb.bsky.social We outline a roadmap to align behavioural genetics with novel dynamic theories of mental disorders A thread 🧵 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What a week! It's been an absolute joy and extremely rewarding to teach the first-ever Oxford Psychological Network School (#OxPNS2026) at Magdalen College (@magdalenoxford.bsky.social) University of Oxford (@ox.ac.uk)!
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
One of the best parts of academia is mentoring students & witnessing their growth: intellectually, professionally & personally. This privilege also makes the job bittersweet when students complete training. It's been an absolute joy to supervise this wonderful group of students at Oxford EDGE Lab.
Lab social in Omid's garden with the Oxford EDGE Lab.Creatively hand-drawn birthday card from a few months ago from the lab to Omid, with each lab members face drawn by hand by one of our wonderful students (Maria).
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Sakshi Ghai @sakshighai.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A book on Teaching Open Science by two absolute powerhouses of open science ✨ Huge congrats to @drcpennington.bsky.social and @maddipow.bsky.social 📚
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 15/06/2026
The UK government says under-16s will be banned from social media by spring 2027. @orbenamy.bsky.social from @mrccbu.bsky.social gives her reaction to today's announcement, and measures it against the evidence we already have about social media restrictions. More expert reactions 👉 bit.ly/3Qq453H
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Department of Experimental Psychology @oxexppsy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Dr Eleanor Leigh discuss social anxiety disorder in children and young people on a new podcast for @rcpsych.bsky.social The episode covers evidence based treatments and the role of technology in accessing them Listen on: SoundCloud bit.ly/4veupNy Spotify bit.ly/4xvJVWQ Apple bit.ly/4aQUREC
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A very insightful talk by Vikram Patel on reimagining healthcare for 1.5 billion people last night, followed by a thoughtful conversation with Alan Stein on the challenges and implementation steps required to move toward universal health care coverage in India.
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Aaron Fisher @aaronjfisher.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
OK, it's official. @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social is a future super duper star. Just killing it at APS in Barcelona.
Omid killing it at APS
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Nora Skjerdingstad @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#aps26bcn it was a pleasure to present my work on loneliness development across the lifespan and its implications for work-related outcomes using Norwegian register data + longitudinal survey data 📈 Thanks to all my collaborators at uni of Oslo @cktamnes.bsky.social and others :-)
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Nora Skjerdingstad @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
First DPhil paper just published in NMH! ✨ In this Perspective, we examine how social digital environments (e.g., social media) interact with key processes that maintain social anxiety (e.g., self-focused attention, social comparison). 📱🔄🫣 See summary below 🧵
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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
🌟 NEW PRE-PRINT! 🌟 “It seems that everyone has got something”: A qualitative study of adolescents’ attitudes towards self-diagnosing with mental health problems from me and @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...
AbstractBackground:There is growing concern about adolescents self-diagnosing with mental health problems, with potential links to increased mental health awareness efforts and social media. However, little is known about adolescents’ attitudes towards self-diagnosis, including why they think it happensand potential consequences.Methods:We conducted online semi-structured interviews with 24 UK school-aged adolescents (13-to 17-years-old)recruited from four schools. Data wasanalysed using reflexive thematic analysis.Results:Four themes were generated. Acceptable versus unacceptable motives for self-diagnosishighlights the different reasons adolescents perceived to driveself-diagnosis, which were given a value judgement. Self-diagnosis was more acceptable when carefully researched and used for self-understanding or help-seeking, andless acceptable when used superficially to seek attention or excuse bad behaviour. Rules for determining (in)authenticityexplores the implicit criteria adolescents set for judging the credibility of someone’s self-diagnosis, including openness, severity, and gender. Self-diagnosis is the only viable route to supportencompasses adolescents’ belief that self-diagnosis is understandable given the current inaccessibilityof healthcare systems, providingaccess to informal sources of emotional, practical, and social support. Finally, modern adolescence is fertile ground for self-diagnosisdiscusses how the current context of adolescence, including social media and the widespread use of diagnostic language, facilitates self-diagnosis. Conclusions:School-aged adolescents view self-diagnosis as an understandable yet potentially problematic practice. While it may be a pragmatic response to inaccessible services, adolescents are concerned about the impact of inaccuracy. Improving access to timely mental health support and promoting balanced information may reduce reliance on self-diagnosisNote: This version of the article is a pre-print and has not been peer-reviewed.
Title:"It seems that everyone has got something”: A qualitative studyof adolescents’ attitudes towardsself-diagnosing withmental health problems
Nina Higson-Sweeney1* & Lucy Foulkes1
Affiliations:1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3EL, UK*Corresponding author: Dr Nina Higson-Sweeney, nina.higson-sweeney@psy.ox.ac.uk
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
One of the most challenging issues in studying mental health during COVID-19 was separating the impact of containment policies (lockdowns) from pandemic severity (societal infection rates), as both can contribute to mental distress. In this extensive international effort, we aimed to address this 🧵
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Our new article on socioeconomic disadvantage, mental distress & functional impairment is out #OpenAccess in American Psychologist. Led by the brilliant @emkbridger.bsky.social, with J. Maltby, @eikofried.bsky.social, co-supervised by me & @ludvigdb.bsky.social. 🧵 psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
UKgov publishes new screen time guidance for under 5s 👨‍🍼 <2s: Avoid screens except shared activities 👶 2-5s: Try for less than 1hr a day 📱 Choose safe, slow-paced content 🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Lead by example 🛌 Have screen-free areas/times Glad to have contributed. Parent guidance and research report linked below.
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A pleasure to host the Oxford-Modum Bad Clinical Research Symposium today, at @magdalenoxford.bsky.social, University of Oxford (@ox.ac.uk). First up: Keynote by Prof. David M. Clark showcasing the policy engagement roadmap to increase the accessibility of evidence-based treatments.
David M. Clark delivering his keynote talk.
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
✨ Only a few spots left for the Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School (OxPNS)! Held at the magical Magdalen College in Oxford, from June 22-26, 2026. Sign up here: oxfordpns.com
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Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School 2026
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STAR-CAT Study @starcatstudy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, we’re highlighting the importance of accessible, evidence-based support for autistic children 🔍 STAR-CAT is exploring whether an online, parent-led approach can improve outcomes for autistic children with anxiety problems 🖥️ Learn more ➡️ osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat/
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Lottie Shipp @lottie-shipp.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
We're on a mission to learn more about excessive worry in young people, and how to help those who experience it. Could your school or youth organisation help? Register your interest here: tinyurl.com/2c4jm59p
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Nora Skjerdingstad @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
An exciting opportunity to learn more about the theory and applications of network approaches in psychology and beyond!💫 with @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thrilled to announce the Oxford Psychological Networks Summer School (OxPNS)! This is the first-ever psychological network analysis workshop in the UK, to be held in magical Oxford from June 22-26, 2026. To apply and for more information, please visit: oxfordpns.com A brief thread 🧵
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🌟📝 Just out in World Psychiatry: Our new piece demonstrates the added value of dynamic symptom networks for predicting treatment outcomes beyond baseline severity & common covariates, with an added explained variance of 9-22% at post-treatment & follow-up. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Egon Dejonckheere @dejonckheeregon.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We’re launching a bi-weekly m-Path blog on #ESM / #EMA measurement, new papers & showcases. 🗓️ Every 2 weeks (Wed). First up: item quality. A paper by @gudruneisele.bsky.social introduces ESM-Q: a consensus checklist for good momentary items. 👉 Read the blog: blog.m-path.io/blog/our-blo...
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What makes a good ESM / EMA survey item?
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
In this news report with TV2, I outline the role of safety- and avoidance behaviours in maintaining public speaking anxiety. 🇧🇻 Intervju med TV2 om mekanismene bak presentasjonsangst, fokusert på hvordan unngåelse- og sikkerhetsatferd vedlikeholder lidelsen. www.tv2.no/video/nyhete...
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Mange unge sliter med presentasjonsangst - dette er grunnen
Synes du det er ubehagelig å holde presentasjoner? Her er noen tips!
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Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
📣 Digital Research Community! The new UK Adolescent Health Study will follow 100k young people (8–18yrs) for 10+ years. Please share what digital technology measures you think it should include. Please complete this survey (by 24th November 2025 @ 9AM): cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Adolescent Health Survey - Digital Media
Expert guidance shaping digital media questions in upcoming Adolescent Health Study.
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Sakshi Rajesh @sakshirajesh.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Excited to share our new publication out in Depression and Anxiety! A network analysis of dimensions of anhedonia, depression symptoms, and social anxiety symptoms in university students 🧵 doi.org/10.1155/da/5... (1/10)
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Differential Associations of Anticipatory and Consummatory Anhedonia With Depression and Social Anxiety Symptoms: A Network Analysis of University Students
Background Depression and social anxiety are frequently co-occurring conditions that significantly impact young people. Anhedonia may be important to consider in early interventions for these condit...
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Honoured to receive the Teaching Excellence Award at University of Oxford after my 1st year with the university The real credit goes to the students: teaching such talented minds is a privilege 📸 Thanks to my lovely colleague, Kate Nation @ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
Photo from from the Award Ceremony with Professor Gavin R. Screaton, Head of the Medical Sciences Division.
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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association. Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I'm beyond words honoured to receive the Doctoral Thesis of the Year Award by the Norwegian Psychological Association! Deeply grateful to my supervisors and the wonderful colleagues I've had the privilege of working with. Interview about findings and a 🧵: www.psykologforeningen.no/aktuelt/pand...
Omid V. Ebrahimi at the Doctoral Thesis of the Year Award ceremony.
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Nora Skjerdingstad @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Had a great time at #EABCT presenting work from both my clinical training and my PhD. Grateful to my fantastic symposium teams for making it such a rewarding experience🥰! @sophie-grant.bsky.social @sakshirajesh.bsky.social @emilykwhitaker.bsky.social
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies? Examined in a massive EMA study (N = 3,761), our new #OpenAccess piece on this is just out: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky 🧵:
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Accuracy and Consistency of Visual Analog Scales in Ecological Momentary Assessment and Digital Studies
The ubiquity of digital technologies has increased assessments of thoughts, behaviors, and experiences via electronic devices. Surveys on smartphones or laptops often implement Visual Analogue Scales ...
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Paper is out!🌼
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
How does where we live – urban, rural, or in-between – relate to our mental health? 🌆🏞️ In this cross-national study, we investigate the links between urbanicity, anxiety and depressive disorders in 500,000 adults across the UK, Norway, and New Zealand 🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Very excited to speak at the Network Science Conference in Maastricht this week about the utility of psychometric networks in the precision diagnostics field. Come to our session on Friday at 2pm & check out the program for the many great talks at the conference @netsciconf.bsky.social #NetSci2025
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Our new paper in Depression and Anxiety contrast the impact of theory-driven transdiagnostic mechanisms on anxiety symptoms. With @sachaepskamp.bsky.social, @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social, @renefreichel.bsky.social and Skyless colleagues. 🧵 1/3 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
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Mapping the Dynamics of Generalized Anxiety Symptoms and Actionable Transdiagnostic Mechanisms: A Panel Study
Background: The long-term dynamic interaction between symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and their theorized mechanistic processes derived from three treatment models of GAD—the emotion d...
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TOPIC Research Team @topicgroup.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Many congratulations to TOPIC's Emily Whitaker on leading this review paper now out in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review! 🎉 This review is supported by Chloe Chessell & Maxwell Klapow. Read below👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Psychsky #Psychology
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A Systematic Review of Guided, Parent-Led Digital Interventions for Preadolescent Children with Emotional and Behavioural Problems - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
Emotional and behavioural problems (EBP) are prevalent amongst children, and guided, parent-led digital interventions offer one method of improving access to effective treatments. This systematic revi...
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STAR-CAT Study @starcatstudy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We're excited to announce that the trial is now open to recruitment! Welcome to our very first site, Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust 👋 Over the next two years we will be aiming to recruit 650 families - have a read of our website to find out more: osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat 👈
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Luisa Fassi @fassiluisa.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com! We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour
Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Excited to give a talk at University of Cambridge's Psychiatry Department about precision diagnostics and profiles of depression, this Thursday at 12:30 BST. The talk is hybrid, so feel free to DM me for a link if you wish to attend.
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Laura Bringmann 🟥 @bringmannlaura.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
For those who are interested ESM feedback, happy to announce that a new paper is out, in which we combine qualitative and quantitative feedback! Innovations include clock graphs, stacked graphs, and word clouds with sentences. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Developing a qualitative and quantitative ambulatory assessment-based feedback system within cognitive behavioural interventions for people with persecutory beliefs
Although the application of self-monitoring (ambulatory assessment) and visual feedback in psychological interventions has yielded promising results, …
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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Jonathan Haidt has written about the potential harms of social media to girls, but what about boys (currently being widely discussed following the Netflix drama 'Adolescence')? This blog from 2023 discusses the tendency of boys to retreat and withdraw substack.com/@jonathanhai...
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Why I'm Increasingly Worried About Boys, Too
Since the 1970s, boys have been pushed away from the real world and pulled into the virtual.
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Excited to share our BMC Medicine article on Modifiable Risk Factors of Vaccine Hesitancy With 2 independent teams of authors blind to each others procedures, we combine gradient boosting machines & thematic analysis, & replicate results in 2 nations 🧵 bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Modifiable risk factors of vaccine hesitancy: insights from a mixed methods multiple population study combining machine learning and thematic analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic - BMC Medicine
Background Vaccine hesitancy, the delay in acceptance or reluctance to vaccinate, ranks among the top threats to global health. Identifying modifiable factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy is cruc...
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Put down the phone! Escape the noise! Taking a break from smartphones: Study confirms its benefits medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02... From study: "The intervention improved mental health, subjective well-being, and objectively measured ability to sustain attention..."
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Taking a break from smartphones: Study confirms its benefits
A month-long randomized control trial confirms that reducing the time spent on smartphones to access the internet makes people happier and more focused.
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Timon Elmer @timonelmer.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use? We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time. Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion! 🧵 👇
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Eeske van Roekel @eeskevanroekel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I want to share an inspiring example: Anne Bülow, who defended her PhD cum laude on Jan 31st with her dissertation "Parenting Adolescents, One Day at a Time."
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Omid V. Ebrahimi @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies? Examined in a large EMA study (N = 3,761) w/L. Cloos @bsiepe.bsky.social @marilynpicciri1.bsky.social @eikofried.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social ... 🧵:
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Xinkai Du @xinkaidu.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Preprint on using SEM fit indices & conventional cutoffs in confirmatory network analysis updated! Now with a Shiny app for results display. PsyArXiv: osf.io/preprints/ps... RG: www.researchgate.net/publication/... Shiny app: github.com/xinkaidupsy/... See 🧵 for the summary of results
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(PDF) Moving from exploratory to confirmatory network analysis: An evaluation of SEM fit indices and cutoff values in network psychometrics
PDF | Network models are well-suited for phenomena detection, and most empirical network studies have been exploratory so far. Yet, due to the close... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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