The effect of using social pressure in cover letters to improve retention in a longitudinal health study: an embedded randomised controlled retention trial [PDF]
Trials, 2017 Background Retention of participants in cohort studies is important for validity. One way to promote retention is by sending a persuasive cover letter with surveys.
Sarah Cotterill +3 more
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Favoritism Under Social Pressure [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2001 This paper is concerned with the effect of nonmonetary incentives on behavior, in particular with the study of social pressure as a determinant of corruption. We offer empirical evidence that shows how professional soccer referees favor home teams in order to satisfy the crowds in the stadium. Referees have discretion over the addition of extra time at
Luis Garicano +2 more
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Sexual Fantasies and Stereotypical Gender Roles: The Influence of Sexual Orientation, Gender and Social Pressure in a Sample of Italian Young-Adults [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Differences in gender and sexual orientation are suggested to be linked to differences in the way individuals think and behave. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the effect of gender and sexual orientation on sexual fantasies and gender roles ...
Carla Tortora +5 more
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Testing the social pressure hypothesis: Does in-party social pressure reduce out-party empathy? [PDF]
PNAS NexusAbstract Empathy is considered one of the most critical components for bridging political divides and reducing animosity between political groups. Yet, empathy between political opponents is rare. There is a growing concern that partisans do not empathize with out-partisans because they feel social pressure from fellow in-partisans not ...
Pradella L.
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The effects of social pressure on group recall [PDF]
Memory & Cognition, 2003 In two experiments, individual subjects worked in conjunction with two perceived group members to recall six 30-item categorized word lists. The perceived group members' recall levels were manipulated to establish either high or low group standards. After participating in the perceived group, subjects completed a surprise final individual recall test ...
Matthew B. Reysen
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The Psychology of Queuing for Self-Service: Reciprocity and Social Pressure [PDF]
Administrative Sciences, 2018 Many services are provided in the form of self-service. In self-service, customers simultaneously become the sole producer and a consumer of a service.
Hanyeong Kim, Yun Shin Lee, Kun Soo Park
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The Moderator Role of Followership Style and Honesty-Humility Attitude of Financial Managers on the Impact of Social and Environmental Pressure on Aggressive Financial Reporting Behavior [PDF]
مجله دانش حسابداری, 2021 Objective: Aggressive financial reporting means that the company delays reporting bad news and shows speed in reporting good news. Although sources of pressure (social pressure and corporate risk appetite) play a large role in this unethical behavior ...
Abdollah Taki +2 more
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'Giving' in to Social Pressure [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 We develop a theory of charitable giving in which donors feel social pressure from a direct solicitation. We show that equilibrium donations are concentrated around a social norm. Despite a higher level of the public good, relatively poor and/or low altruism givers fare worse under social pressure and would avoid the solicitor at a cost.
Name-Correa, AJ, Yildirim, H
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Between hope and fear: Anthropological analysis of the Revelation to John [PDF]
Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2019 On the basis of structuralist interpretations of religious narratives, the text offers an analysis of the messages contained in the Apocalypse, determined by the preteristic approach and the value of those messages for the original context in ...
Tomašević Milan
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Social pressure in opinion dynamics [PDF]
Theoretical Computer Science, 2019 Abstract Motivated by privacy and security concerns in online social networks, we study the role of social pressure in opinion dynamics. These are dynamics, introduced in economics and sociology literature, that model the formation of opinions in a social network.
Ferraioli D., Ventre C.
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