Affective Processes Lab

Selected Publications

Ceschi, A., Costantini, A., Dickert, S., Scalco, A., Mas., E., & Sartori, R. (in press). Testing a norm-based policy for waste management: An agent-based modeling simulation on nudging recycling behavior. Journal of Environmental Management.

Vacondio, M., Priolo, G., Dickert, S., & Bonini, N. (2021). Worry, Perceived Threat and Media Communication as Predictors of Self-Protective Behaviors During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Europe. Frontiers in Psychology. 12:577992.

Thürridl, C., Kamleitner, B., Ruzeviciute, R., Süssenbach, S., & Dickert, S. (2020). From Happy Consumption to Possessive Bonds: When Positive Affect Increases Psychological Ownership for Brands. Journal of Business Research, 107, 89-103.

Bjälkebring, P., Henning, G., Västfjäll, D., Dickert, S., Bremer, Y., Buratti, S., Hansson, I., & Johansson, B. (2020). Helping out or helping yourself? Volunteering and life satisfaction across the retirement transition. Psychology & Aging.

Erlandsson, A., Lindkvist, A., Lundkvist, K., Andersson, P., Dickert, S., Slovic, P., & Västfjäll, D. (2020). Moral preferences in helping dilemmas expressed by matching and forced choice. Judgment and Decision Making, 14, 452-475.

Rubaltelli, R., Hysenbelli, D., Dickert, S., Mayorga, M. & Slovic, P. (2020). Asymmetric cost and benefit perceptions in willingness-to-donate decisions. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making.

Hagman, W., Erlandsson, A., Dickert, S., Tinghög, G. & Västfjäll, D. (2019). The effect of paternalistic alternatives on attitudes toward default nudges. Behavioral Public Policy, 1-24.

Dickert, S., Ashby, N., & Dickert, A. (2018). Trading under the influence: The effects of psychological ownership on economic decision making. In J. Peck & S.B. Shu (Eds.), Psychological Ownership and Consumer Behavior. (pp.145-163). Cham: Springer.

Ceschi, A., Costantini, A., Dickert, S., & Sartori, R. (2017). The impact of occupational rewards on risk taking among managers. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 16, 104-111.

Dickert, S., Kleber, J., Västfjäll, D., & Slovic, P. (2016). Mental imagery, impact, and affect: A mediation model for charitable giving. Plos ONE, 11:e0148274.

Ceschi, A., Sartori, R., Dickert, S., & Costantini, A. (2016). Grit or Honesty-Humility? New insights into the moderating role of personality between the health impairment process and counterproductive work behavior. Frontiers in Psychology. 7:1799.

Dickert, S., Västfjäll, D., Kleber, J., & Slovic, P. (2015). Scope Insensitivity: The Limits of Intuitive Valuation of Human Lives in Public Policy. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 4, 248-255.

Dickert, S., Västfjäll, D., Mauro, R. & Slovic, P. (2015). The Feeling of Risk: Implications for risk perception and communication. In H. Cho, T. Reimer, & K. A. T. McComas (Eds), The SAGE Handbook of Risk Communication (pp. 41-54). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

Dickert, S., Sagara, N., & Slovic, P. (2011). Affective motivations to help others: A two-stage model of donation decisions. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 24, 361-376.

Dickert, S., & Slovic, P. (2009). Attentional mechanisms in the generation of sympathy. Judgment and Decision Making, 4, 297-306.