• Identifying Resilience Factors of Distress and Paranoia During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Five Countries 

      Mækelæ, Martin Jensen; Reggev, Niv; Defelipe, Renata P.; Dutra, Natalia; Tamayo, Ricardo; Klevjer, Kristoffer; Pfuhl, Gerit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-10)
      The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has affected all countries with more than 100 million confirmed cases and over 2.1 million casualties by the end of January 2021 worldwide. A prolonged pandemic can harm global levels of optimism, regularity, and sense of meaning and belonging, yielding adverse effects on individuals' mental health as represented by worry, paranoia, and distress. Here we studied ...
    • A multi-lab test of the facial feedback hypothesis by the Many Smiles Collaboration 

      Coles, Nicholas A.; March, David S.; Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando; Larsen, Jeff T.; Arinze, Nwadiogo C.; Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L. G.; Willis, Megan L.; Foroni, Francesco; Reggev, Niv; Mokady, Aviv; Forscher, Patrick S.; Hunter, John F.; Kaminski, Gwenaël; Yüvrük, Elif; Kapucu, Aycan; Nagy, Tamás; Hajdu, Nandor; Tejada, Julian; Freitag, Raquel M. K.; Zambrano, Danilo; Som, Bidisha; Aczel, Balazs; Barzykowski, Krystian; Adamus, Sylwia; Filip, Katarzyna; Yamada, Yuki; Ikeda, Ayumi; Eaves, Daniel L.; Levitan, Carmel A.; Leiweke, Sydney; Parzuchowski, Michal; Butcher, Natalie; Pfuhl, Gerit; Basnight-Brown, Dana M.; Hinojosa, José A.; Montoro, Pedro R.; Javela D, Lady G.; Vezirian, Kevin; IJzerman, Hans; Trujillo, Natalia; Pressman, Sarah D.; Gygax, Pascal M.; Özdoğru, Asil A.; Ruiz-Fernandez, Susana; Ellsworth, Phoebe C.; Gaertner, Lowell; Strack, Fritz; Marozzi, Marco; Liuzza, Marco Tullio (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-20)
      Following theories of emotional embodiment, the facial feedback hypothesis suggests that individuals’ subjective experiences of emotion are influenced by their facial expressions. However, evidence for this hypothesis has been mixed. We thus formed a global adversarial collaboration and carried out a preregistered, multicentre study designed to specify and test the conditions that should most reliably ...
    • Perceived efficacy of COVID-19 restrictions, reactions and their impact on mental health during the early phase of the outbreak in six countries 

      Mækelæ, Martin Jensen; Reggev, Niv; Dutra, Natalia; Tamayo, Ricardo; Silva-Sobrinho, Reinaldo; Klevjer, Kristoffer; Pfuhl, Gerit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-12)
      The COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of people to drastically change their social life habits as governments employed harsh restrictions to reduce the spread of the virus. Although beneficial to physical health, the perception of physical distancing and related restrictions could impact mental health. In a pre-registered online survey, we assessed how effective a range of restrictions were perceived, ...