Our publications

2024
- Vicarious experiences of long COVID: A protection motivation theory analysis for vaccination intentions.
  - Eitze, S., Sprengholz, P., Korn, L., Shamsrizi, P., Felgendreff, L. & Betsch, C.
  - Vaccine: X, 16 (2024), 100417.
  - 2024-01-16
2023
- Learning from the past? How biased memories of the pandemic endanger preparation for future crises.
  - Sprengholz P, Henkel L, Böhm R, Betsch C.
  - Clin Transl Med. 2023 Dec;13(12):e1510.
  - 2023-12-13
- Kommunikation zu Klimawandel und Gesundheit für spezifische Zielgruppen
  - Lehrer, L., Hellmann, L., Temme, H., Otten, L. Hübenthal, J., Betsch, C.
  - Journal of Health Monitoring, 8(S6), 39-60.
  - 2023-11-29
- Lessons learned from COVID-19 for behavioural and communication interventions to enhance vaccine updake
  - Lewandowsky, S., Schmid, P., Habersaat, K. B., Nielsen, S. M., Seale, H., Betsch, C., Böhm, R., Geiger, M., Craig, B., Sunstein, C., Sah, S., MacDonald, N. E., Dubé, E., Rancourt, D., Larson, H. J., Jackson, C., Mazhnaya, A., Dutta, M., Foundoulakis, K. N., Kachkachishvili, I., Soveri, A., Caserotti, M., Ori, D., de Girolamo, G., Rodriguez-Blazquez, C., Falcón, M., Romay-Barja, M., Forjaz, M. J., Blomquist, S. E., Appelqvist, E., Temkina, A., Lieberoth, A., Harvey, T. S., Holford, D., Fasce, A., Van Damme, P., & Danchin, M. (in press)
  - Communications Psychology
  - 2023-11-24
- We must harness the power of social and behavioural science against the growing pandemic of antimicrobial resistance
  - Sirota, M., Habersaat, K. B., Betsch, C., Bonga, D. L., Borek, A., Buckel, A., Butler, R., Byrne-Davis, L., Caudell, M., Charani, E., Geiger, M., Groß, M., Hart, J., Kostopoulou, O., Krockow, E. M., Likki, T., Lo Fo Wong, D., Santana, A. P., Sievert, E. D. C., Theodoropoulou, A., Thorpe, A., Wanat, M., & Böhm, R.
  - Nature Human Behaviour
  - 2023-11-20
- Understanding and reducing inappropriate antibiotic use in the context of delayed prescriptions.
  - Santana, A. P., Korn, L., Betsch, C., Krockow, E. M., Sievert, E., Groß, M., Pepper, M., & Böhm, R. (in press).
  - Health Psychology
  - 2023-11-17
- Use of Acitretin Among Girls and Women of Childbearing Age and Occurrence of Acitretin-Exposed Pregnancies in Germany
  - Reinold, J., Kollhorst, B., Temme, H.L., Wentzell, N., Haug, U.
  - Clinical Drug Investigation (2023)
  - 2023-11-01
- Historical narratives about the COVID-19 pandemic are motivationally biased
  - Sprengholz, P., Henkel, L., Böhm, R., Betsch, C.
  - Nature (2023)
  - 2023-11-01
- The moderating role of trust in pandemic-related institutions on the relation between pandemic fatigue and vaccination intentions
  - Scholz, D. D., Bader, M., Betsch, C., Böhm, R., Lilleholt, L., Sprengholz, P., & Zettler, I.
  - Journal of Health Psychology.
  - 2023-10-13
- Development and validation of the pandemic fatigue scale
  - Lilleholt, L., Zettler, I., Betsch. C., & Böhm, R.
  - Nature Communications, 14, 6352
  - 2023-10-10
- International adaptation and validation of the Pro-VC-Be: measuring the psychosocial determinants of vaccine confidence in healthcare professionals in European countries
  - Garrison, A., Karlsson, L., Fressard, L., Fasce, A., Rodrigues, F., Schmid, P., Taubert, F., ... & Verger, P.
  - Expert Review of Vaccines, 22(1), 726-737
  - 2023-08-17
- Endorsement of alternative medicine and vaccine hesitancy among physicians: A cross-sectional study in four European countries.
  - Fasce, A., Karlsson, L., Verger, P., Mäki, O., Taubert, F., Garrison, A., Schmid, P., ... Betsch, C. & Soveri, A.
  - uman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 19(2), 2242748.
  - 2023-08-15
- How Communicating Vaccine Benefits and Harms in Fact Boxes Affects Risk Perceptions
  - Felgendreff, L., Renkewitz, F. & Betsch, C.
  - Vol. 30, No. 4, European Journal of Health Psychology
  - 2023-07-20
- A taxonomy of anti-vaccination arguments from a systematic literature review and text modelling
  - Fasce, A., Schmid, P., Holford, D.L., Bates, L., Gurevych, I., Lewandowsky, S.
  - 7, pages 1462–1480 (2023) Nature Human Behaviour
  - 2023-07-17
- The Psychological Impacts and Message Features of Health Misinformation
  - Schmid, P., Altay, S. & Scherer, L.D.
  - European Psychologist (2023), 28, pp. 162-172
  - 2023-07-14
- Heatwaves and their health risks: knowledge, risk perceptions and behaviours of the German population in summer 2022
  - Shamsrizi, P., Jenny, M. A., Sprengholz P., Geiger, M., Jäger, C. B., & Betsch, C.
  - European Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Issue 5, October 2023, Pages 841–843
  - 2023-07-06
- Toward future triage regulations: Investigating preferred allocation principles of the German public
  - Sprengholz, P., Felgendreff, L., Buyx, A. & Betsch, C.
  - Health Policy Volume 134, August 2023, 104845
  - 2023-06-07
- The benefit of considering others in individual health decisions
  - Sievert E. D. C.
  - Nature reviews psychology, 2, 457
  - 2023-06-07
- Fear of COVID-19 disease and vaccination as predictors of vaccination status
  - Gilan D, Birkenbach M, Wossidlo M, Sprengholz P, Betsch C, Hahad O, Lieb K
  - Scientific Reports. 2023 May 31;13(1):8865. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35064-0
  - 2023-05-31
- Explaining Boomerang Effects in Persuasive Health Communication: How Psychological Reactance to Healthy Eating Messages Elevates Attention to Unhealthy Food
  - Sprengholz P, Tannert S, Betsch C
  - Journal of Health Communication. 2023 Jun 3;28(6):384-390. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2023.2217098
  - 2023-05-29
- Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset)
  - Terry, J., Ross, R. M., Nagy, T., Salgado, M., Garrido-Vásquez, P., Sarfo, J. O., Cooper, S., Buttner, A. C., Lima, T. J. S., Öztürk, İ., Akay, N., Santos, F. H., Artemenko, C., Copping, L. T., Elsherif, M. M., Milovanović, I., Cribbie, R. A., Drushlyak, M. G., Swainston, K., Schmid, P. ... Field, A. P.
  - Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11(1), Article 8
  - 2023-05-29
- Do you mind a closer look? A jingle-jangle fallacy perspective on mindfulness
  - Altgassen, E., Geiger, M., & Wilhelm, O.
  - European Journal of Personality, 0(0)
  - 2023-05-26
- Science Communication as a Collective Intelligence Endeavor: A Manifesto and Examples for Implementation.
  - Holford, D., Fasce, A., Tapper, K., Demko, M., Lewandowsky, S., Hahn, U., Schmid, P. … & Wulf, M.
  - Science Communication, 45(4)
  - 2023-04-04
- Tailoring interventions to suit self-reported format preference does not decrease vaccine hesitancy.
  - Mäki, K. O., Karlsson, L. C., Kaakinen, J. K., Schmid, P., Lewandowsky, S., Antfolk, J., & Soveri, A.
  - Plos one, 18(3), e0283030
  - 2023-03-21
- Filter questions in symptom assessment affect the prevalence of (a)symptomatic COVID-19 cases.
  - Böhm, R., Sprengholz, P., Betsch, C., & Partheymüller, J.
  - Medical Decision Making, 43, 530-534.
  - 2023-02-27
- Experiencing herd immunity in virtual reality increases COVID-19 vaccination intention: Evidence from a large-scale field intervention study
  - Plechatá A, Vandeweerdt C, Atchapero M, Luong T, Holz C, Betsch C, Dietermann B, Schultka Y, Böhm R, Makransky G
  - Computers in Human Behavior. 2023 Feb:139:107533. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107533
  - 2023-02-23
- Situational pathogen avoidance mediates the impact of social connectedness on preventive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic
  - Taubert F, Sprengholz P, Korn L, Eitze S, Wiedermann M, Betsch C
  - Scientific Reports. 2023 Feb 10;13(1):2418. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29239-y
  - 2023-02-10
- Different interventions for different vaccinations? Effects of psychological factors and health policies on COVID-19 primary and booster vaccine uptake
  - Sprengholz P, Henkel L, Böhm R, Betsch C
  - Medical Decision Making. 2023 Feb;43(2):239-251. doi: 10.1177/0272989X221138111
  - 2023-02-10
- Experiencing herd immunity in virtual reality increases COVID-19 vaccination intention: Evidence from a large-scale field intervention study
  - Plechatá, A., Vandeweerdt, C., Atchapero, M., Luong, T., Holz, C., Betsch, C., Dietermann, B. Schultka, Y., Böhm, R., Makranskya, G.
  - Computers in Human Behavior
  - 2023-02-01
- Secondary data for global health digitalisation
  - Näher, A. F., Vorisek, C. N., Klopfenstein, S. A., Lehne, M., Thun, S., Alsalamah, S., Jenny, M. A. & Grabenhenrich, L.
  - The Lancet Digital Health, 5(2), e93-e101
  - 2023-02-01
- Promoting prosociality toward future generations in antibiotic intake
  - Santana, A. P., Korn, L., Betsch, C. & Böhm, R.
  - Journal of Health Psychology.
  - 2023-01-31
- Communicating Health Statistics Effectively: The Power of Icon Arrays and Natural Frequency Trees
  - Lein I, Jenny MA
  - Handbook of Mathematical Science Communication. World Scientific.
  - 2023-01-02
- From delta to omicron: The role of individual factors and social context in self-reported compliance with pandemic regulations and recommendations
  - Sprengholz P, Bruckmann R, Wiedermann M, Brockmann D, Betsch C
  - Social Science & Medicine. 2023 Jan:317:115633. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115633
  - 2023-01-01
2022
- Fact boxes that inform individual decisions may contribute to a more positive evaluation of COVID-19 vaccinations at the population level
  - Rebitschek FG, Ellermann C, Jenny MA, Siegel NA, Spinner C, Wagner GG
  - PLoS ONE. 2022 Sep 12;17(9):e0274186. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274186
  - 2022-12-12
- A call for immediate action to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake to prepare for the third pandemic winter
  - Betsch C, Schmid P, Verger P, Lewandowsky S, Soveri A, Hertwig R, Fasce A, Holford D, De Raeve P, Gagneur A, Vuolanto P, Correia T, Tavoschi L, Declich S, Marceca M, Linos A, Karnaki P, Karlsson L, Garrison A
  - Nature Communication. 2022 Dec 6;13(1):7511. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34995-y
  - 2022-12-06
- Different interventions for COVID-19 primary and booster vaccination? Effects of psychological factors and health policies on vaccine uptake
  - Sprengholz P, Henkel L, Böhm R, Betsch C
  - Medical Decision Making. 2023 Feb;43(2):239-251. doi: 10.1177/0272989X221138111
  - 2022-11-19
- Large-scale behavioural data are key to climate policy
  - Jenny MA, Betsch C
  - Nature Human Behaviour. 2022 Nov;6(11):1444-1447. doi: 10.1038/s41562-022-01479-4.
  - 2022-11-16
- Sozial- und verhaltenswissenschaftliche Daten als wichtiger Baustein des Pandemiemanagements
  - Korn L, Betsch C, Sprengholz P
  - A. W. Lohse & T. C. Mettenleitner (Eds.), Infektionen und Gesellschaft - COVID-19, was haben wir gelernt? Springer-Verlag
  - 2022-11-15
- The association between vaccination status identification and societal polarization
  - Henkel L, Sprengholz P, Korn L, Betsch C, Böhm R
  - Nature Human Behaviour. 2023 Feb;7(2):231-239. doi: 10.1038/s41562-022-01469-6
  - 2022-11-03
- Accelerating climate protection by behavioural insights: The Planetary Health Action Survey (PACE)
  - Jenny MA, Lehrer L, Eitze S, Sprengholz P, Korn L, Shamsrizi P, Geiger M, Hellmann L, Mai L, Maur K, Betsch C
  - The Lancet Planetary Health. 2022 6 Suppl 1:S19. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00281-9
  - 2022-10-19
- Benefits and Pitfalls of Debunking Interventions to Counter mRNA Vaccination Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  - Schmid P, Betsch C
  - Science Communication. 2022 Oct;44(5):531–58. doi: 10.1177/10755470221129608
  - 2022-10-14
- How a generally well-accepted measles vaccine mandate may lead to inequities and decreased vaccine uptake: a preregistered survey study in Germany
  - Neufeind J, Schmid-Küpke N, Rehfuess E, Betsch C, Wichmann O
  - BMC Public Health. 2022 Oct 3;22(1):1846. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14075-y
  - 2022-10-03
- Debunking Misinformation and Communicating Critical Events in Vaccine Trials: Experimental Evidence on Vaccination Intentions in SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
  - Memenga P, Eitze S, Shamsrizi P, Addo M M, Betsch C
  - European Journal of Health Communication. 2022 3(2):64-96. doi:10.47368/ejhc.2022.204
  - 2022-09-22
- Editorial: Mis- and Disinformation About Covid-19 – Challenges for Health Communication
  - Kessler SH, Schmid P
  - European Journal of Health Communication. 3(2), I-VI. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2022.200
  - 2022-09-22
- Germany’s fourth COVID-19 wave was mainly driven by the unvaccinated
  - Maier BF, Wiedermann M, Burdinski A, Klamser PP, Jenny MA, Betsch C, Brockmann D
  - Communications Medicine. 2022 Sep 16:2:116. doi: 10.1038/s43856-022-00176-7
  - 2022-09-16
- Crowdsourcing interventions to promote uptake of COVID-19 booster vaccines
  - Böhm R, Betsch C, Litovsky Y, Sprengholz P, Brewer NT, Chapman G, Leask J, Loewenstein G, Scherzer M, Sunstein CR, Kirchler M
  - eClinicalMedicine. 2022 Nov:53:101632. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101632
  - 2022-09-05
- Individual differences in white matter microstructure of the face processing brain network are more differentiated from global fibers with increasing ability
  - Liu X, Geiger M, Zhou C, Hildebrandt A
  - Scientific Reports. 2022 Aug 18;12(1):14075. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-17850-4
  - 2022-08-18
- Understanding drivers of vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women in Nigeria: a longitudinal study
  - Adeyanju GC, Sprengholz P, Betsch C
  - Npj Vaccines. 2022 Aug 17;7(1):96. doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00489-7
  - 2022-08-17
- Diagnostik und Therapie Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörungen bei Menschen mit intellektueller Beeinträchtigung
  - Elbing U, Mayer B, Büngener K, Sievert EDC, Schäfer I
  - Trauma & Gewalt. 16(3), 232-248
  - 2022-08-01
- Development and initial validation of an admission test for bachelor psychology studies
  - Watrin L, Geiger M, Levacher J, Spinath B, Wilhelm O
  - Frontiers in Education. 2022 (7). doi:10.3389/feduc.2022.909818.
  - 2022-07-22
- Public policy and conspiracies: The case of mandates
  - Lewandowsky S, Holford D, Schmid P
  - Current Opinion in Psychology. 2022 Oct:47:101427. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101427
  - 2022-07-22
- Development, validity, and reliability of the Japanese version of the 7C of vaccination readiness scale
  - Machida M, Kojima T, Popiel HA, Geiger M, Odagiri Y, Inoue S
  - American Journal of Infection Control. 2023 Apr;51(4):426-433. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.07.001
  - 2022-07-15
- The globalizability of temporal discounting
  - Ruggeri K, Panin A, Vdovic M, Većkalov B, Abdul-Salaam N, Achterberg J, Akil C, Amatya J, Amatya K, Andersen TL, Aquino SD, Arunasalam A, Ashcroft-Jones S, Askelund AD, Ayacaxli N, Sheshdeh AB, Bailey A, Barea Arroyo P, Mejía GB, Benvenuti M, Berge ML, Bermaganbet A, Bibilouri K, Bjørndal LD, Black S, Lyshol JKB, Brik T, Buabang EK, Burghart M, Bursalıoğlu A, Buzayu NM, Čadek M, de Carvalho NM, Cazan AM, Çetinçelik M, Chai VE, Chen P, Chen S, Clay G, D'Ambrogio S, Damnjanović K, Duffy G, Dugue T, Dwarkanath T, Envuladu EA, Erceg N, Esteban-Serna C, Farahat E, Farrokhnia RA, Fawad M, Fedryansyah M, Feng D, Filippi S, Fonollá MA, Freichel R, Freira L, Friedemann M, Gao Z, Ge S, Geiger SJ, George L, Grabovski I, Gracheva A, Gracheva A, Hajian A, Hasan N, Hecht M, Hong X, Hubená B, Ikonomeas AGF, Ilić S, Izydorczyk D, Jakob L, Janssens M, Jarke H, Kácha O, Kalinova KN, Kapingura FM, Karakasheva R, Kasdan DO, Kemel E, Khorrami P, Krawiec JM, Lagidze N, Lazarević A, Lazić A, Lee HS, Lep Ž, Lins S, Lofthus IS, Macchia L, Mamede S, Mamo MA, Maratkyzy L, Mareva S, Marwaha S, McGill L, McParland S, Melnic A, Meyer SA, Mizak S, Mohammed A, Mukhyshbayeva A, Navajas J, Neshevska D, Niazi SJ, Nieves AEN, Nippold F, Oberschulte J, Otto T, Pae R, Panchelieva T, Park SY, Pascu DS, Pavlović I, Petrović MB, Popović D, Prinz GM, Rachev NR, Ranc P, Razum J, Rho CE, Riitsalu L, Rocca F, Rosenbaum RS, Rujimora J, Rusyidi B, Rutherford C, Said R, Sanguino I, Sarikaya AK, Say N, Schuck J, Shiels M, Shir Y, Sievert EDC, Soboleva I, Solomonia T, Soni S, Soysal I, Stablum F, Sundström FTA, Tang X, Tavera F, Taylor J, Tebbe AL, Thommesen KK, Tobias-Webb J, Todsen AL, Toscano F, Tran T, Trinh J, Turati A, Ueda K, Vacondio M, Vakhitov V, Valencia AJ, Van Reyn C, Venema TAG, Verra SE, Vintr J, Vranka MA, Wagner L, Wu X, Xing KY, Xu K, Xu S, Yamada Y, Yosifova A, Zupan Z, García-Garzon E
  - Nature Human Behaviour. 2022 Oct;6(10):1386-1397. doi: 10.1038/s41562-022-01392-w
  - 2022-07-11
- Early Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Immunization Services in Nigeria
  - Essoh TA, Adeyanju GC, Adamu AA, Ahawo AK, Aka D, Tall H, Aplogan A, Wiysonge CS
  - Vaccines. 2022 Jul 11;10(7):1107. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10071107
  - 2022-07-11
- Determinants of Adoption and Rejection of Protective Measures During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study in Germany’s Second Wave
  - Ochel P, Eitze S, Siegers R, Betsch C, Seufert A
  - Social Psychological Bulletin. 2022 17(1). doi:10.32872/spb.7515
  - 2022-07-04
- Measuring parents’ readiness to vaccinate themselves and their children against COVID-19
  - Rees F, Geiger M, Lilleholt L, Zettler I, Betsch C, Böhm R, Wilhelm O
  - Vaccine. 2022 Jun 21;40(28):3825-3834. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.091
  - 2022-06-21
- When science becomes embroiled in conflict: Recognizing the public’s need for debate while combating conspiracies and misinformation
  - Lewandowsky S, Armaos K, Bruns H, Schmid P, Holford DL, Hahn U, Al-Rawi A, Sah S, Cook J
  - The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 2022 Mar;700(1):26-40. doi: 10.1177/00027162221084663
  - 2022-05-05
- A lay perspective on prioritization for intensive care in pandemic times: Vaccination status matters
  - Sprengholz P, Korn L, Felgendreff L, Eitze S, Betsch C
  - Clinical Ethics. 2022;0(0). doi:10.1177/14777509221094474
  - 2022-04-18
- An instrument to measure psychosocial determinants of health care professionals’ vaccination behavior: Validation of the Pro-VC-Be questionnaire
  - Verger P, Fressard L, Soveri A, Dauby N, Fasce A, Karlsson L, Lewandowsky S, Schmid P, Dubé E, Gagneur A
  - Expert Review of Vaccines. 2022 May;21(5):693-709. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2022.2046467
  - 2022-04-01
- Measuring psychosocial determinants of vaccination behavior in healthcare professionals: validation of the Pro-VC-Be short-form questionnaire
  - Garrison A, Fressard L, Karlsson L, Soveri A, Fasce A, Lewandowsky S, Schmid P, Gagneur A, Dubé E, Verger P
  - Expert Review of Vaccines. 2022 Oct;21(10):1505-1514. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2022.2108800
  - 2022-03-29
- To disclose or not to disclose? Factors related to the willingness to disclose information to a COVID-19 tracing app
  - Jörling M, Eitze S, Schmid P, Betsch C, Allen J, Böhm R
  - Information, Communication & Society. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2050418
  - 2022-03-28
- Prebunking messaging to inoculate against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation: An effective strategy for public health
  - Vivion M, Anassour Laouan Sidi E, Betsch C, Dionne M, Dubé E, Driedger SM, Gagnon D, Graham J, Greyson D, Hamel D, Lewandowsky S, MacDonald N, Malo B, Meyer SB, Schmid P, Steenbeek A, van der Linden S, Verger P, Witteman HO, Yesilada M
  - Journal of Communication in Healthcare. 2022 Mar 04;15(3):232–242. doi: 10.1080/17538068.2022.2044606
  - 2022-03-04
- Emotional Situation of Children and Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: Results from the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring Study (COSMO)
  - Rathgeb C, Schillok H, Voss S, Coenen M, Schulte-Körne G, Merkel C, Eitze S, Jung-Sievers C, On Behalf Of The Cosmo Study Team
  - International journal of environmental research and public health. 2022 Feb 25;19(5):2698. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19052698
  - 2022-02-25
- Information nudges for influenza vaccination: Evidence from a large-scale cluster-randomized controlled trial in Finland
  - Sääksvuori L, Betsch C, Nohynek H, Salo H, Sivelä J, Böhm R
  - PLOS Medicine. 2022 Feb 9;19(2):e1003919. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003919
  - 2022-02-09
- Attitude toward a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy and its determinants: Evidence from serial cross-sectional surveys conducted throughout the pandemic in Germany
  - Sprengholz P, Korn L, Eitze S, Felgendreff L, Siegers R, Goldhahn L, De Bock F, Huebl L, Böhm R, Betsch C
  - Vaccine. 2022 Dec 5;40(51):7370-7377. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.01.065
  - 2022-02-07
- Behavioral Determinants of Antibiotic Resistance: The Role of Social Information
  - Böhm R, Holtmann-Klenner C, Korn L, Santana AP, Betsch C
  - Appl Psychol Health Well-Being. 2022 Aug;14(3):757-775. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12345
  - 2022-02-01
- The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction
  - Ecker UK, Lewandowsky S, Cook J, Schmid P, Fazio LK, Brashier N, Kendeou P, Vraga EK Amazeen MA
  - Nature Reviews Psychology. 2022 1(1), 13-29. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-021-00006-y
  - 2022-01-12
- Age Differences in COVID-19 Preventive Behavior: A Psychological Perspective
  - Korn L, Siegers R, Eitze S, Sprengholz P, Taubert F, Böhm R, Betsch C
  - European Psychologist. 2021;26(4):359–372. doi:10.1027/1016-9040/a000462
  - 2022-01-05
2021
- Einführung einer Impfpflicht: Eine politische Entscheidung
  - Betsch, C., Sprengholz, P., Schmid, P., Korn, L., Eitze, S., Ochel, P., Felgendreff, L., Engel, E., Böhm, R.
  - Dtsch Arztebl. 2021, 118(49): A-2312 / B-1899.
  - 2021-12-10
- Die 4. COVID-19-Welle wurde durch fehlenden Impfschutz angestoßen: Was ist zu tun?
  - Maier BF, Burdinski A, Klamser P, Wiedermann M, Jenny MA, Betsch C, Brockmann D
  - Epidemiological Bulletin. 49/2021, 3-5. https://doi.org/DOI 10.25646/9363
  - 2021-12-08
- Caregivers’ willingness to vaccinate their children against childhood diseases and human papillomavirus: a cross-sectional study on vaccine hesitancy in Malawi
  - Adeyanju GC, Sprengholz P, Betsch C, Essoh TA
  - Vaccines. 2021 Oct 22;9(11):1231. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9111231
  - 2021-10-22
- The four weeks before lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: a weekly serial cross-sectional survey on risk perceptions, knowledge, public trust and behaviour, 3 to 25 March 2020
  - Betsch C, Korn L, Burgard T, Gaissmaier W, Felgendreff L, Eitze S, Sprengholz P, Böhm R, Stollorz V, Ramharter M, Promies N, De Bock F, Schmid P, Renner B, Wieler LH, Bosnjak M
  - Eurosurveillance. 2021 Oct;26(42):2001900. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.42.2001900
  - 2021-10-21
- Determinants of influenza vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women in Europe: a systematic review
  - Adeyanju GC, Engel E, Koch L, Ranzinger T, Shahid IBM, Head MG, Eitze S, Betsch C
  - European Journal of Medical Research. 2021 Sep 28;26(1):116. doi: 10.1186/s40001-021-00584-w
  - 2021-09-28
- Ok Google: Using virtual assistants for data collection in psychological and behavioral research
  - Sprengholz P, Betsch C
  - Behavior Research Methods. 2022 Jun;54(3):1227-1239. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01629-y
  - 2021-09-10
- Vaccination policy reactance: Predictors, consequences, and countermeasures
  - Sprengholz P, Felgendreff L, Böhm R, Betsch C
  - Journal of Health Psychology. 2022 May;27(6):1394-1407. doi: 10.1177/13591053211044535
  - 2021-09-06
- Sociodemographic characteristics determine download and use of a Corona contact tracing app in Germany-results of the COSMO surveys
  - Grill E, Eitze S, De Bock F, Dragano N, Huebl L, Schmich P, Wieler LH, Betsch C
  - PLoS ONE. 2021 Sep 2;16(9):e0256660. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256660
  - 2021-09-02
- Protective and Risk Factors for Mental Distress and Its Impact on Health-Protective Behaviors during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic between March 2020 and March 2021 in Germany
  - Gilan D, Müssig M, Hahad O, Kunzler AM, Samstag S, Röthke N, Thrul J, Kreuter F, Bosnjak M, Sprengholz P, Betsch C, Wollschläger D, Tüscher O, Lieb K
  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Aug 31;18(17):9167. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179167
  - 2021-08-31
- Good night: Experimental evidence that nighttime curfews may fuel disease dynamics by increasing contact density
  - Sprengholz P, Siegers R, Goldhahn L, Eitze S, Betsch C
  - Social Science & Medicine. 2021 Oct:286:114324. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114324
  - 2021-08-19
- Zero-sum or worse? Considering detrimental effects of selective mandates on voluntary childhood vaccinations
  - Sprengholz P, Betsch C
  - The Journal of Pediatrics. 2022 Jan:240:318-319. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.08.018
  - 2021-08-18
- Prosocial vaccination
  - Böhm R, Betsch C
  - Current Opinion in Psychology. 2022 Feb:43:307-311. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.010
  - 2021-08-16
- The human factor between airborne pollen concentrations and COVID-19 disease dynamics
  - Betsch C, Sprengholz P
  - P Natl Acad Sci USA. 2021 Aug 24;118(34):e2107239118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2107239118
  - 2021-08-16
- Unpacking the black box: Empirical evidence to understand the human factor for effective rapid testing against SARS-CoV2
  - Betsch C, Sprengholz P, Siegers R, Eitze S, Korn L, Goldhahn L, Schmitz JM, Giesler P, Knauer G, Jenny MA
  - P Natl Acad Sci USA. 2021 Aug 10;118(32):e2107179118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2107179118
  - 2021-08-06
- Impfverhalten psychologisch erklären und verändern am Beispiel der HPV-Impfung
  - Heinemeier D, Terhardt M, Betsch C
  - Der Gynäkologe. 54, 665-672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00129-021-04839-9
  - 2021-08-05
- Money is not everything: experimental evidence that payments do not increase willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19
  - Sprengholz P, Eitze S, Felgendreff L, Korn L, Betsch C
  - Journal of Medical Ethics. 2021 Aug;47(8):547-548. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-107122
  - 2021-07-26
- Previous SARS-CoV-2 infection is linked to lower vaccination intentions
  - Sprengholz P, Betsch C
  - Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 Dec;93(12):6456-6457. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27221
  - 2021-07-21
- Allocation of COVID-19 vaccination: when public prioritisation preferences differ from official regulations
  - Sprengholz P, Korn L, Eitze S, Betsch C
  - Journal of Medical Ethics. 2021 May 10:medethics-2021-107339. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2021-107339
  - 2021-06-24
- Measuring the 7Cs of vaccination readiness
  - Geiger M, Rees F, Lilleholt L, Santana AP, Zettler I, Wilhelm O, Betsch C, Böhm R
  - European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000663
  - 2021-06-16
- Enhancing Specific Health Literacy with a Digital Evidence-Based Patient Decision Aid for Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  - Wehkamp K, Kiefer FB, Geiger F, Scheibler F, Rueffer JU, Donner-Banzhoff N, Betsch C
  - Patient Preference and Adherence. 2021 Jun 14:15:1269-1279. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S311470
  - 2021-06-14
- Reactance revisited: Consequences of mandatory and scarce vaccination in the case of COVID-19
  - Sprengholz P, Betsch C, Böhm R
  - Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. 2021 Nov;13(4):986-995. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12285
  - 2021-05-25
- Kommunikationsempfehlungen zur Verbesserung des Verhaltens bei der Verwendung von PoC Antigen-Schnelltests und Selbsttests
  - Jenny MA, Lein I, Jung-Sendzik T, Eitze S, Drosten C, Betsch C
  - Epidemiologisches Bulletin. 2021 20/2021, 3-10. https://doi.org/10.25646/8481
  - 2021-05-17
- Analyzing vaccine hesitancy in Malawi: a policy brief
  - Adeyanju GC, Betsch C, Head MG, Essoh TA
  - Figshare presentation
  - 2021-05-17
- Comment on: Willingness to Pay for a COVID-19 Vaccine
  - Sprengholz P, Betsch C
  - Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2021 Jul;19(4):619-621. doi: 10.1007/s40258-021-00656-2
  - 2021-05-11
- School opening during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Public acceptance of wearing fabric masks in class
  - Betsch C, Korn L, Felgendreff L, Eitze S, Thaiss H
  - Public Health in Practice. 2021 Nov:2:100115. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100115
  - 2021-04-02
- Cancelled routine vaccination appointments due to COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
  - Schmid-Küpke NK, Matysiak-Klose D, Siedler A, Felgendreff L, Wieler L, Thaiss HM, Betsch C
  - Vaccine X,. 2021 Aug:8:100094. doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2021.100094
  - 2021-04-01
- Risk information alone is not sufficient to reduce optimistic bias
  - Felgendreff L, Korn L, Sprengholz P, Eitze S, Siegers R, Betsch C
  - Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 2021 May;17(5):1026-1027. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.01.010
  - 2021-03-25
- Reply to Rabb et al.: Why promoting COVID-19 vaccines with community immunity is not a good strategy (yet)
  - Korn L, Böhm R, Betsch C
  - P Natl Acad Sci USA. 2021 Apr 6;118(14):e2102054118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2102054118
  - 2021-03-24
- Drivers of hesitancy towards recommended childhood vaccines in African settings: a scoping review of literature from Kenya, Malawi and Ethiopia
  - Adamu AA, Essoh TA, Adeyanju GC, Jalo RI, Saleh Y, Aplogan A, Wiysonge CS
  - Expert Review of Vaccines. 2021 May;20(5):611-621. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2021.1899819
  - 2021-03-22
- Public preferences for exit strategies from COVID-19 lockdown in Germany – a discrete choice experiment
  - Krauth, C., Oedingen, C., Bartling, T., Dreier, M., Spura, A., de Bock, F., von Rüden, U., Betsch, C. Korn, L. & Robra, B-P.
  - International Journal of Public Health, 66, 591027.
  - 2021-03-19
- Reply to Weisel: From polarization to vaccination and back
  - Betsch C, Korn L, Böhm R.
  - P Natl Acad Sci USA. 2021 Mar 30;118(13):e2102717118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2102717118
  - 2021-03-19
- Effectiveness of intervention on behaviour change against use of non-biodegradable plastic bags: a systematic review
  - Adeyanju GC, Augustine TM, Volkmann S, Oyebamiji UA, Ran S, Osobajo OA, Otitoju A
  - Discover sustainability. 2021 2(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-021-00015-0
  - 2021-03-09
- Increasing vaccine acceptance using evidence-based approaches and policies: Insights from research on behavioural and social determinants presented at the 7th Annual Vaccine Acceptance Meeting
  - Attwell K, Betsch C, Dubé E, Sivelä J, Gagneur A, Suggs LS, Picot V, Thomson A.
  - International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021 Apr:105:188-193. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.007
  - 2021-02-09
- Decreasing vaccine hesitancy with extended health knowledge: Evidence from a longitudinal randomized controlled trial
  - Eitze S, Heinemeier D, Schmid-Küpke NK, Betsch C; Vaccination60+ Study Group
  - Health Psychology. 2021 Feb;40(2):77-88. doi: 10.1037/hea0001045
  - 2021-02-01
- Vertrauen der Bevölkerung in staatliche Institutionen im ersten Halbjahr der Coronapandemie: Erkenntnisse aus dem Projekt COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO)
  - Eitze S, Felgendreff L, Korn L, Sprengholz P, Allen J, Jenny MA, Wieler LH, Thaiss H, De Bock F, Betsch C
  - Bundesgesundheitsblatt. 2021 Mar;64(3):268-276. doi: 10.1007/s00103-021-03279-z.
  - 2021-01-29
2020
- Increasing the willingness to participate in organ donation through humorous health communication:(Quasi-) experimental evidence
  - Betsch C, Schmid-Küpke NK, Otten L, von Hirschhausen E
  - PloS ONE. 2020 Nov 20;15(11):e0241208. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241208
  - 2020-11-20
- Weight-of-Evidence Strategies to Mitigate the Influence of Messages of Science Denialism in Public Discussions
  - Schmid P, Schwarzer M, Betsch C
  - Journal of Cognition. 2020 Oct 1;3(1):36. doi: 10.5334/joc.125
  - 2020-10-01
- Psychische Belastungen, Resilienz, Risiko- und protektive Faktoren während der SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie. Systematische Literaturanalyse und Studienergebnisse aus dem deutschen COSMO-Panel
  - Gilan D, Röthke N, Blessin M, Kunzler A, Stoffers-Winterling J, Müssig M, Yuen KSL, Tüscher O, Thrul J, Kreuter F, Sprengholz P, Betsch C, Stieglitz RD, Lieb K
  - Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2020; 117(38), 625-632. doi:10.3238/arztebl.2020.0625
  - 2020-09-18
- Social and behavioral consequences of mask policies during the COVID-19 pandemic
  - Betsch C, Korn L, Sprengholz P, Felgendreff L, Eitze S, Schmid P, Böhm R
  - P Natl Acad Sci USA. 2020 Sep 8;117(36):21851-21853. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2011674117
  - 2020-08-20
- Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition
  - Habersaat KB, Betsch C, Danchin M, Sunstein CR, Böhm R, Falk A, Brewer NT, Omer SB, Scherzer M, Sah S, Fischer EF, Scheel AE, Fancourt D, Kitayama S, Dubé E, Leask J, Dutta M, MacDonald NE, Temkina A, Lieberoth A, Jackson M, Lewandowsky S, Seale H, Fietje N, Schmid P, Gelfand M, Korn L, Eitze S, Felgendreff L, Sprengholz P, Salvi C, Butler R
  - Nature Human Behavior. 2020 Jul;4(7):677-687. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0906-x.
  - 2020-06-24
- Vaccination as a social contract
  - Korn L, Böhm R, Meier NW, Betsch C
  - P Natl Acad Sci USA. 2020 Jun 30;117(26):14890-14899. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1919666117
  - 2020-06-15
- Herd immunity communication counters detrimental effects of selective vaccination mandates: Experimental evidence
  - Sprengholz P, Betsch C
  - EClinicalMedicine. 2020 May 19:22:100352. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100352
  - 2020-05-19
- Barriers and drivers to adult vaccination among family physicians – Insights for tailoring the immunization program in Germany
  - Neufeind J, Betsch C, Habersaat KB, Eckardt M, Schmid P, Wichmann O
  - Vaccine. 2020 Jun 2;38(27):4252-4262. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.04.05
  - 2020-05-12
- Rapid, flexible, cost-effective monitoring tool for behavioural insights related to COVID-19 across countries
  - Betsch C, Wieler LH, Habersaat K and the COSMO group
  - The Lancet. 2020 95(10232), 1255-1256. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30729-7
  - 2020-04-02
- Sample study protocol for adapting and translating the 5C scale to assess the psychological antecedents of vaccination
  - Betsch C, Bach Habersaat K, Deshevoi S, Heinemeier D, Briko N, Kostenko N, Kocik J, Böhm R, Zettler I, Wiysonge CS, Dubé È, Gagneur A, Botelho-Nevers E, Gagneux-Brunon A, Sivelä J
  - BMJ Open. 2020 Mar 10;10(3):e034869. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034869
  - 2020-03-10
- The echo in flu-vaccination echo chambers: Selective attention trumps social influence
  - Giese H, Neth H, Moussaïd M, Betsch C, Gaissmaier W
  - Vaccine. 2020 Feb 18;38(8):2070-2076. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.11.038
  - 2020-02-18

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