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Doyle, Lewis, Easterbrook, Matthew and Harris, Peter (2022) The roles of socioeconomic status, ethnicity and teacher beliefs in academic grading. British Journal of Educational Psychology. pp. 1-22. ISSN 0007-0998

Harris, Peter R, Richards, Alice and Bond, Rod (2022) Individual differences in spontaneous self-affirmation and mental health: relationships with self-esteem, dispositional optimism and coping. Self and Identity. ISSN 1529-8868

Perach, Rotem, Read, Sanna, Hicks, Ben, Harris, Peter R, Rusted, Jennifer, Brayne, Carol, Dangoor, Margaret, Miles, Eleanor, Dixon, Josie, Robinson, Louise, Thomas, Alan, Banerjee, Sube and DETERMIND Team, (2022) Predictors of loneliness during the Covid-19 pandemic in people with dementia and their carers in England: findings from the DETERMIND-C19 study. Aging Ment Health. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1360-7863

Jessop, Donna C, Harris, Peter R and Gibbons, Timothy (2022) Individual differences in spontaneous self-affirmation predict well-being. Self and Identity. pp. 1-29. ISSN 1529-8868

Hicks, Ben, Read, Sanna, Hu, Bo, Wittenberg, Raphael, Grahamslaw, Amanda, Karim, Anomita, Martin, Evelyn, Nuzum, Eleanor, Reichental, Jacob, Russell, Alice, Siddle, Elaine, Harris, Peter R, Miles, Eleanor, Perach, Rotem, Rusted, Jennifer and others, (2022) A cohort study of the impact of COVID-19 on the quality of life of people newly diagnosed with dementia and their family carers. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 8 (1). a12236 1-14. ISSN 2352-8737

Barkoukis, Vassilis, Harris, Peter R, Rowe, Richard and Lazuras, Lambros (2022) Self-affirmation and image/performance enhancing drug use in recreational exercise. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. ISSN 0270-1367

Blondé, Jérôme, Easterbrook, Matthew J, Harris, Peter R, Girandola, Fabien and Khalafian, Achot (2022) Taking advantage of multiple identities to reduce defensiveness to personally threatening health messages. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. ISSN 1758-0846

Easterbrook, Matthew J, Nieuwenhuis, Marlon, Fox, Kerry J, Harris, Peter R and Banerjee, Robin (2022) ‘People like me don’t do well at school’: the roles of identity compatibility and school context in explaining the socioeconomic attainment gap. British Journal of Educational Psychology. e12494. ISSN 0007-0998

Huat See, Beng, Morris, Rebecca, Gorard, Stephen, Siddiqui, Nadia, Easterbrook, Matthew J, Nieuwenhuis, Marlon, Fox, Kerry, Harris, Peter R and Banerjee, Robin (2022) A conceptual replication study of a self-affirmation intervention to improve the academic achievement of low-income pupils in England. Educational Research and Evaluation. pp. 1-34. ISSN 1380-3611

Easterbrook, Matthew J, Doyle, Lewis, Grozev, Vladislav H, Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza, Harris, Peter R and Phalet, Karen (2022) Socioeconomic and gender inequalities in home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining the roles of the home environment, parent supervision, and educational provisions. Educational and Developmental Psychologist. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2059-0776

Aldoh, Alaa, Sparks, Paul and Harris, Peter R (2021) Dynamic norms and food choice: reflections on a failure of minority norm information to influence motivation to reduce meat consumption. Sustainability, 13 (15). a8315 1-17. ISSN 2071-1050

Easterbrook, Matthew J, Harris, Peter R and Sherman, David K (2021) Self-affirmation theory in educational contexts. Journal of Social Issues. pp. 1-19. ISSN 0022-4537

Lannin, Daniel G, Bible, Jacqueline, Harris, Peter R, Russell, Luke T, Arellanes, Jordan A and Yazedjian, Ani (2021) How is spontaneous self-affirmation linked to self-esteem? A cross-lagged examination. Journal of Research in Personality, 92. a104091 1-4. ISSN 0092-6566

Harris, Sally A, Harris, Peter R, Lenton, Jason, Warde, Catherine, Gold, Eluned, Gane, Teresa and Seddon, Paul (2021) "Nurturing parents" – mindfulness-based parent well-being group in pediatric cystic fibrosis. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 9 (2). pp. 123-134. ISSN 2169-4826

Seaman, Elizabeth L, Robinson, Cendrine D, Crane, David, Taber, Jennifer M, Ferrer, Rebecca A, Harris, Peter R and Klein, William M P (2021) Association of spontaneous and induced self-affirmation with smoking cessation in users of a mobile app: randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), 23 (3). a18433. ISSN 1438-8871

Webb, Thomas L, Benn, Yael, Chang, Betty P I, Reynolds, James P, Sirois, Fuschia M, Assinnari, Ahmad and Harris, Peter R (2020) The relationship between individual differences in spontaneous self-affirmation and affect associated with self-weighing. Journal of Research in Personality, 89. a104020 1-11. ISSN 0092-6566

Perach, Rotem, Rusted, Jennifer, Harris, Peter R, Miles, Eleanor and for the DETERMIND team, (2020) Emotion regulation and decision-making in persons with dementia: a scoping review. Dementia. pp. 1-23. ISSN 1471-3012

Ferrer, Rebecca A, Cerully, Jennifer L, Harris, Peter R and Klein, William M P (2020) Greater benefit of self-affirmation for prevention-focused individuals prior to threatening health messages. Psychology and Health. pp. 1-20. ISSN 0887-0446

Epton, Tracy, Chittem, Mahati, Tanikella, Ravali, Rajappa, Senthil, Sinha, Sudha and Harris, Peter R (2020) Indian patient use of cancer euphemisms: Association with psychological outcomes and health behaviours. Psycho-Oncology, 29 (7). pp. 1193-1200. ISSN 1057-9249

Dutcher, Janine M, Eisenberger, Naomi I, Woo, Hayoung, Klein, William M P, Harris, Peter R, Levine, John M and Creswell, J David (2020) Neural mechanisms of self-affirmation's stress buffering effects. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1749-5016

Farina, Nicolas, Hicks, Ben, Baxter, Kate, Birks, Yvonne, Brayne, Carol, Dangoor, Margaret, Dixon, Josie, Harris, Peter R, Hu, Bo, Knapp, Martin, Miles, Eleanor, Perach, Rotem, Read, Sanna, Robinson, Louise, Rusted, Jennifer, Stewart, Rob, Thomas, Alan, Wittenberg, Raphael and Banerjee, Sube (2019) DETERMinants of quality of life, care and costs, and consequences of INequalities in people with dementia and their carers (DETERMIND): a protocol paper. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. pp. 1-12. ISSN 0885-6230

Harris, Peter R, Griffin, Dale W, Napper, Lucy E, Bond, Rod, Schüz, Benjamin, Stride, Christopher and Brearley, Irina (2019) Individual differences in self-affirmation: distinguishing self-affirmation from positive self-regard. Self and Identity, 18 (6). pp. 589-630. ISSN 1529-8868

Barkoukis, Vassilis, Rowe, Richard, Harris, Peter R and Lazuras, Lambros (2019) Self-affirmation effects on doping related cognition among exercisers who use nutritional supplements. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 46. ISSN 1469-0292

Moldes, Olaya, Banerjee, Robin, Easterbrook, Matthew, Harris, Peter and Dittmar, Helga (2019) Identity changes and well-being gains of spending money on material and experiential consumer products. Journal of Economic Psychology, 72. pp. 229-244. ISSN 01674870

Novakova, Barbora, Harris, Peter R, Rawlings, Gregg H and Reuber, Markus (2019) Coping with stress: a pilot study of a self-help stress management intervention for patients with epileptic or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Epilepsy and Behavior, 94. pp. 169-177. ISSN 1525-5050

Chittem, Mahati, Norman, Paul and Harris, Peter (2018) Primary family caregiversʼ reasons for disclosing versus not disclosing a cancer diagnosis in India. Cancer Nursing. ISSN 0162-220X

Churchill, Sue, Jessop, Donna C, Goodwin, Sophie, Ritchie, Laura and Harris, Peter R (2018) Self-affirmation improves music performance among performers high on the impulsivity dimension of sensation seeking. Psychology of Music, 46 (2). pp. 292-302. ISSN 0305-7356

Norman, Paul, Cameron, David, Epton, Tracy, Webb, Thomas L, Harris, Peter R, Millings, Abigail and Sheeran, Paschal (2018) A randomised controlled trial of a brief online intervention to reduce alcohol consumption in new university students: combining self-affirmation, theory of planned behaviour messages, and implementation intentions. British Journal of Health Psychology, 23 (1). pp. 108-127. ISSN 1359-107X

Churchill, Sue, Jessop, Donna, Green, Ricky and Harris, Peter (2018) Self-affirmation improves self-control over snacking among participants low in eating self-efficacy. Appetite, 123. pp. 264-268. ISSN 0195-6663

Taber, Jennifer M, Klein, William M P, Persky, Susan, Ferrer, Rebecca, Kaufman, Annette R, Thai, Chan L and Harris, Peter R (2017) Interest in and reactions to genetic risk information: the role of implicit theories and self-affirmation. Social Science and Medicine, 190. pp. 101-110. ISSN 0277-9536

Carolan, Stephany, Harris, Peter R, Greenwood, Kathryn and Cavanagh, Kate (2017) Increasing engagement with an occupational digital stress management program through the use of an online facilitated discussion group: results of a pilot randomised controlled trial. Internet Interventions, 10. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2214-7829

Carolan, Stephany, Harris, Peter and Cavanagh, Kate (2017) Improving employee wellbeing and effectiveness: a systematic review and meta-analysis of workplace psychological interventions delivered online. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19 (7). e271. ISSN 1439-4456

Harder, Helena, Holroyd, Patrick, Burkinshaw, Lynn, Watten, Phil, Zammit, Charles, Harris, Peter R, Good, Anna and Jenkins, Val (2017) A user-centred approach to developing bWell, a mobile app for arm and shoulder exercises after breast cancer treatment. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 11 (6). pp. 732-742. ISSN 1932-2259

Fox, Kerry J, Harris, Peter R and Jessop, Donna C (2017) Experimentally manipulated self-affirmation promotes reduced alcohol consumption in response to narrative information. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51 (6). pp. 931-935. ISSN 0883-6612

Harris, Philine S, Harris, Peter R and Miles, Eleanor (2017) Self-affirmation improves performance on tasks related to executive functioning. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70. pp. 281-285. ISSN 0022-1031

Novakova, Barbora, Harris, Peter and Reuber, Markus (2017) Diurnal patterns and relationships between physiological and self-reported stress in patients with epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Epilepsy and Behavior, 70 (Part A). pp. 204-211. ISSN 1525-5050

Carolan, Stephany, Harris, Peter R, Greenwood, Kathryn and Cavanagh, Kate (2016) Increasing engagement with, and effectiveness of, an online CBT-based stress management intervention for employees through the use of an online facilitated bulletin board: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17 (598). ISSN 17456215

Rennie, Laura J, Harris, Peter R and Webb, Thomas L (2016) Short communication: visualizing actions from a third-person perspective: effects on health behavior and the moderating role of behavior difficulty. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 46 (12). pp. 724-731. ISSN 0021-9029

Kamboj, Sunjeev K, Place, Hannah, Barton, Jessica A, Linke, Stuart, Curran, H Valerie and Harris, Peter R (2016) Processing of alcohol-related health threat in at-risk drinkers: an online study of gender-related self-affirmation effects. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 51 (6). pp. 756-762. ISSN 0735-0414

Kessels, Loes T E, Harris, Peter R, Ruiter, Robert A C and Klein, William M P (2016) Attentional effects of self-affirmation in response to graphic anti-smoking images. Health Psychology, 35 (8). pp. 891-897. ISSN 0278-6133

Miles, Eleanor, Sheeran, Paschal, Baird, Harriet, Macdonald, Ian, Webb, Thomas L, Harris, Peter R and Unset (2016) Does self-control improve with practice? Evidence from a 6-week training program. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145 (8). pp. 1075-1091. ISSN 0096-3445

Emanuel, Amber S, Howell, Jennifer L, Taber, Jennifer M, Ferrer, Rebecca A, Klein, William M P and Harris, Peter R (2016) Spontaneous self-affirmation is associated with psychological well-being: evidence from a US national adult survey sample. Journal of Health Psychology, 23 (1). pp. 95-102. ISSN 1359-1053

Rowe, Richard, Andrews, Elizabeth, Harris, Peter R, Armitage, Christopher J, McKenna, Frank P and Norman, Paul (2016) Identifying beliefs underlying pre-drivers’ intentions to take risks: an application of the theory of planned behaviour. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 89. pp. 49-56. ISSN 0001-4575

Dutcher, Janine M, Creswell, J David, Pacilio, Laura E, Harris, Peter R, Klein, William M P, Levine, John M, Bower, Julienne E, Muscatell, Keely A and Eisenberger, Naomi I (2016) Self-affirmation activates the ventral striatum: a possible reward-related mechanism for self-affirmation. Psychological Science, 27 (4). pp. 455-466. ISSN 1467-9280

Fielden, Amy L, Sillence, Elizabeth, Little, Linda and Harris, Peter (2016) Online self-affirmation increases fruit and vegetable consumption in groups at high risk of low intake. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 8 (1). pp. 3-18. ISSN 1758-0846

McNeill, Andrew, Harris, Peter and Briggs, Pam (2016) Twitter influence on UK vaccination and antiviral uptake during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 4. ISSN 2296-2565

Cameron, David, Epton, Tracy, Norman, Paul, Sheeran, Paschal, Harris, Peter R, Webb, Thomas L, Julious, Steven A, Brennan, Alan, Thomas, Chloe, Petroczi, Andrea, Naughton, Declan and Shah, Iltaf (2015) A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students (U@Uni:LifeGuide): results from a repeat randomized controlled trial. Trials, 16. p. 555. ISSN 1745-6215

Chittem, Mahati, Norman, Paul and Harris, Peter (2015) Illness representations and psychological distress in Indian patients with cancer: does being aware of one's cancer diagnosis make a difference? Psycho-oncology, 24 (12). pp. 1694-1700. ISSN 1099-1611

Epton, Tracey, Norman, Paul, Harris, Peter, Webb, Thomas, Snowsill, F Alexandra and Sheeran, Paschal (2015) Development of theory-based health messages: three-phase programme of formative research. Health Promotion International, 30 (3). pp. 756-768. ISSN 0957-4824

Persoskie, Alexander, Ferrer, Rebecca A, Taber, Jennifer M, Klein, William M, Parascandola, Mark and Harris, Peter R (2015) Smoke-free air laws and quit attempts: evidence for a moderating role of spontaneous self-affirmation. Social Science and Medicine, 141. pp. 46-55. ISSN 0277-9536

Morgan, James I and Harris, Peter R (2015) Evidence that brief self-affirming implementation intentions can reduce work-related anxiety in downsize survivors. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 28 (5). pp. 563-575. ISSN 1061-5806

Booth, Amy R, Norman, Paul, Harris, Peter R and Goyder, Elizabeth (2015) Using the theory of planned behavior to identify key beliefs underlying chlamydia testing intentions in a sample of young people living in deprived areas. Journal of Health Psychology, 20 (9). pp. 1229-1239. ISSN 1359-1053

Taber, Jennifer M, Klein, William M P, Ferrer, Rebecca A, Lewis, Katie L, Harris, Peter R, Shepperd, James A and Biesecker, Leslie G (2015) Information avoidance tendencies, threat management resources, and interest in genetic sequencing feedback. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49 (4). pp. 616-21. ISSN 1532-4796

Good, Anna, Harris, Peter R, Jessop, Donna and Abraham, Charles (2015) Open-mindedness can decrease persuasion amongst adolescents: The role of self-affirmation. British Journal of Health Psychology, 20 (2). pp. 228-242. ISSN 1359107X

Epton, Tracy, Harris, Peter R, Kane, Rachel, van Koningsbruggen, Guido M and Sheeran, Paschal (2015) The impact of self-affirmation on health-behavior change: a meta-analysis. Health Psychology, 34 (3). pp. 187-196. ISSN 1930-7810

Barkoukis, Vassilis, Lazuras, Lambros and Harris, Peter (2015) The effects of self-affirmation manipulation on decision making about doping use in elite athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 16 (2). pp. 175-181. ISSN 1469-0292

Klein, William M P, Hamilton, Jada G, Harris, Peter and Han, Paul K J (2015) Health messaging to individuals who perceive ambiguity in health communications: the promise of self-affirmation. Journal of Health Communication, 20 (5). pp. 566-72. ISSN 1081-0730

Ferrer, Rebecca A, Taber, Jennifer M, Klein, William M P, Harris, Peter R, Lewis, Katie L and Biesecker, Leslie G (2015) The role of current affect, anticipated affect and spontaneous self-affirmation in decisions to receive self-threatening genetic risk information. Cognition and Emotion, 29 (8). ISSN 0269-9931

van Koningsbruggen, Guido M, Harris, Peter, Smits, Anjes J, Schuz, Benjamin, Scholz, Urte and Cooke, Richard (2014) Self-affirmation before exposure to health communications promotes intentions and health behavior change by increasing anticipated regret. Communication Research, 43 (8). pp. 1027-1044. ISSN 0093-6502

Harris, Peter, Brearley, Irina, Sheeran, Paschal, Barker, Margo, Klein, William M P, Creswell, J David, Levine, John M and Bond, Rod (2014) Combining self-affirmation with implementation intentions to promote fruit and vegetable consumption. Health Psychology, 33 (7). pp. 729-36. ISSN 0278-6133

Armitage, Christopher J, Rowe, Richard, Arden, Madelynne A and Harris, Peter (2014) A brief psychological intervention that reduces adolescent alcohol consumption. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82 (3). pp. 546-550. ISSN 0022-006X

Jessop, Donna C, Sparks, Paul, Buckland, Nicola, Harris, Peter R and Churchill, Sue (2014) Combining self-affirmation and implementation intentions: evidence of detrimental effects on behavioral outcomes. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 47 (2). pp. 137-147. ISSN 0883-6612

Cooke, Richard, Trebaczyk, Helena, Harris, Peter and Wright, Alison J (2014) Self-affirmation promotes physical activity. Journal of sport & exercise psychology, 36 (2). pp. 217-23. ISSN 0895-2779

Sheeran, Paschal, Harris, Peter R and Epton, Tracy (2014) Does heightening risk appraisals change people's intentions and behavior? A meta-analysis of experimental studies. Psychological Bulletin, 140 (2). pp. 511-543. ISSN 0033-2909

Napper, Lucy E, Harris, Peter R and Klein, William M P (2014) Combining self-affirmation with the extended parallel process model: the consequences for motivation to eat more fruit and vegetables. Health Communication, 29 (6). pp. 610-8. ISSN 1041-0236

Epton, Tracy, Norman, Paul, Dadzie, Aba-Sah, Harris, Peter R, Webb, Thomas L, Sheeran, Paschal, Julious, Steven A, Ciravegna, Fabio, Brennan, Alan, Meier, Petra S, Naughton, Declan, Petroczi, Andrea, Kruger, Jen and Shah, Iltaf (2014) A theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students (U@Uni): results from a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 14. pp. 563-575. ISSN 1471-2458

Novakova, Barbora, Harris, Peter R, Ponnusamy, Athi and Reuber, Markus (2013) The role of stress as a trigger for epileptic seizures: a narrative review of evidence from human and animal studies. Epilepsia, 54 (11). pp. 1866-76. ISSN 1528-1167

Griffin, Dale W. and Harris, Peter R. (2011) Calibrating the response to health warnings: limiting both overreaction and underreaction with self-affirmation. Psychological Science, 22 (5). pp. 572-578. ISSN 0956-7976

Klein, William M. P. and Harris, Peter R. (2009) Self-affirmation enhances attentional bias toward threatening components of a persuasive message. Psychological Science, 20 (12). pp. 1463-1467. ISSN 1467-9280

Epton, Tracy and Harris, Peter R (2008) Self-affirmation promotes health behavior change. Health Psychology, 27 (6). pp. 746-752. ISSN 0278-6133

Harris, Peter R, Griffin, Dale W and Murray, Sandra (2008) Testing the limits of optimistic bias: event and person moderators in a multilevel framework. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95 (5). pp. 1225-1237. ISSN 0022-3514

Jones, Fiona, Abraham, Charles, Harris, Peter, Schiltz, Jorg and Chrispin, Catherine (2001) From knowledge to action regulation: modeling the cognitive prerequisites of sunscreen use in Australian and UK samples. Psychology and Health, 16 (2). pp. 191-206. ISSN 0887-0446

Harris, Peter, Middleton, Wendy and Joiner, Richard (2000) The typical student as an in group member: eliminating optimistic bias by reducing social distance. European Journal of Social Psychology, 30. 235 - 255. ISSN 0046-2772

Harris, Peter (1996) Sufficient grounds for optimism? The relationship between perceived controllability and optimistic bias. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 15 (1). pp. 9-52. ISSN 07367236

Book Section

van Koningsbruggen, Guido M, Miles, Eleanor and Harris, Peter (2017) Self-affirmation and self-control: counteracting defensive processing of health information and facilitating health behavior change. In: de Ridder, Denise, Adriaanse, Marieke and Fujita, Kentaro (eds.) Handbook of self-control in health and wellbeing. Routledge International Handbooks . Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, pp. 495-507. ISBN 9781138123861

Conference or Workshop Item

Sillence, Elizabeth, Harris, Peter R and Briggs, Pamela (2015) Assessing patient experience and patient preference when designing web support for smoking cessation. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Digital Health 2015, 18th-20th May 2015, Florence, Italy.

Novakova, Barbora, Harris, Peter, Ponnusamy, Athi, Marques, Jefferson L B and Reuber, Markus (2014) Stress and seizures: exploring attentional biases in patients with refractory epileptic and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. In: International League Against Epilepsy British Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting, September 2014.

Sillence, Elizabeth, Hardy, Claire, Harris, Peter and Briggs, Pamela (2014) Modeling patient engagement in peer-to-peer healthcare. In: Proceedings of the companion publication of the 23rd international conference on World wide web companion. International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee.

Briggs, Pamela, Hardy, Claire, Sillence, Elizabeth and Harris, Peter (2013) An engagement framework for understanding the communication needs of different health groups. In: CHI 2013 (ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems), 27 April – 2 May 2013, Paris.