Interventions via the system or the individual? Behavioral science insights into the importance of interaction
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The Relationship Between Financial Scarcity and Perceived Control Across 51 Societies
Scientific article (2025)
A longitudinal study on the association between financial scarcity and feelings of societal exclusion
For this study, we followed a representative group of Dutch people over time by administering…
Financial scarcity and financial avoidance: an eye-tracking and behavioral experiment
Abstract When having less money than needed, people experience financial scarcity. Here, we conducted a…
An empirical investigation of emotion and the criminal law: towards a “criminalization bias”?
Scientific article (2024)
How executive functioning and financial self-efficacy predict subjective financial well-being via positive financial behaviors
Scientific article (2023)
Psychological barriers to take-up of healthcare and child support benefits in the Netherlands
Scientific article (2023)
Food approach dynamics in daily life: speed and force of food approach movements fluctuate with hunger, but less so for people with high BMI
Scientific article (2023)
Driven to snack: simulated driving increases subsequent consumption
Scientific article (2023)
The effect of cognitive load on preference and intensity processing of sweet taste in the brain
Dutch research report (2023)
Room for feelings: a “working memory” account of affective processing
Scientific article (2023)
The psychological inventory of financial scarcity (PIFS): a psychometric evaluation
Scientific article (2022)
The prospective associations between financial scarcity and financial avoidance
Scientific article (2022)
The role of financial stress in mental health changes during COVID-19
Scientific article (2022)
Appraisal and coping predict health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international approach
Scientific article (2022)
Financial scarcity increases discounting of gains and losses: Experimental evidence from a household task
Scientific article (2022)
Daily distracted consumption patterns and their relationship with BMI
Scientific article (2022)
Extending the theory of planned behavior for explaining dietary quality: the role of financial scarcity and food insecurity status
Scientific article (2022)
Test-retest reliability of a smartphone-based approach-avoidance task: effects of retest period, stimulus type, and demographics
Scientific article (2022)
Encouraging recalibration of student loans in the Netherlands
Scientific article (2022)
Social security or insecurity? The experience of welfare participation by financially vulnerable households in the Netherlands
Scientific article (2022)
People from lower social classes elicit greater prosociality
Scientific article (2022)
The detrimental effects of no trust: active decisions of no trust cause stronger affective and behavioral reactions than inactive decisions
Scientific article (2021)
Sharing in need
Scientific article (2021)
Aesthetics and logistics in urban parks; can moving waste receptacles to park exits decrease littering?
Scientific article (2021)
How choice architecture can promote and undermine tax compliance
Scientific article (2020)
The effect of financial education on pupils’ financial knowledge and skills
Scientific article (2020)
The road to financial satisfaction
Scientific article (2020)