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Denise T. D. de Ridder

Denise T. D. de Ridder

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Psychology

D-Index
84
Citations
25484
World Ranking
1233
National Ranking
69

Overview

Denise T. D. de Ridder is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily centers on psychology, with a focus on applied psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, economics and econometrics, and general decision sciences.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including behavioral health and interventions, decision-making and behavioral economics, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, mental health research topics, environmental education and sustainability, as well as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.

Denise de Ridder has contributed to multiple research publications. Recent notable papers include:

  • Eating behavior and food purchases during the COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-sectional study among adults in the Netherlands (2020) published in Appetite
  • Nudgeability: Mapping Conditions of Susceptibility to Nudge Influence (2021) published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • The influence of nudge transparency on the experience of autonomy (2020) published in Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology
  • Practice makes perfect: Repeatedly dealing with response conflict facilitates its identification and speed of resolution (2020) published in Journal of Research in Personality
  • How to Form Good Habits? A Longitudinal Field Study on the Role of Self-Control in Habit Formation (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychology

The publication venues most frequently associated with their work include:

  • Appetite
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • TSG - Tijdschrift voor gezondheidswetenschappen
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Journal of Research in Personality

Denise de Ridder frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Marleen Gillebaart
  • Jeroen S. Benjamins
  • Maartje P. Poelman
  • Caroline Schlinkert
  • Floor M. Kroese

Their academic contributions span a significant range of behavioral and social science fields, emphasizing the understanding of behavior change, autonomy, and habit formation within the context of health and environmental challenges. Their work on nudge theory explores conditions that affect susceptibility to behavioral influence as well as transparency effects on autonomy experience. Other studies address behavioral responses to the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, examining eating behavior and food purchasing patterns.

Best Publications

  • Taking Stock of Self-Control A Meta-Analysis of How Trait Self-Control Relates to a Wide Range of Behaviors

    Denise T. D. de Ridder;Gerty Lensvelt-Mulders;Catrin Finkenauer;F. Marijn Stok

  • Psychological adjustment to chronic disease.

    Denise de Ridder;Rinie Geenen;Roeline Kuijer;Henriët van Middendorp

  • Patient adherence to medical treatment: a review of reviews.

    Sandra van Dulmen;Emmy M Sluijs;Liset van Dijk;Denise Dt De Ridder

  • The first taste is always with the eyes: A meta-analysis on the neural correlates of processing visual food cues

    L.N. van der Laan;D.T.D. de Ridder;M.A. Viergever;P.A.M. Smeets;P.A.M. Smeets

  • Feeding Your Feelings: Emotion Regulation Strategies and Emotional Eating

    Catharine Evers;F Marijn Stok;Denise T D de Ridder

  • Self-regulation of health behavior: social psychological approaches to goal setting and goal striving.

    Traci L Mann;Denise De Ridder;Kentaro Fujita

  • Coping with chronic diseases.

    Stan Maes;Howard Leventhal;Denise T. D. de Ridder

  • Do implementation intentions help to eat a healthy diet? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the empirical evidence

    Marieke A. Adriaanse;Charlotte D.W. Vinkers;Denise T.D. De Ridder;Joop J. Hox

  • A review of successful aging models: proposing proactive coping as an important additional strategy.

    Carolijn Ouwehand;Denise T.D. de Ridder;Jozien M. Bensing

  • Bedtime Procrastination: Introducing a New Area of Procrastination

    Floor M. Kroese;Denise T. D. De Ridder;Catharine Evers;Marieke A. Adriaanse

  • Healthy diet: Health impact, prevalence, correlates, and interventions

    Denise de Ridder;Floor Kroese;Catharine Evers;Marieke Adriaanse

  • Environmental correlates of physical activity and dietary behaviours among young people: a systematic review of reviews.

    E. de Vet;D. T. D. de Ridder;J. B. F. de Wit;J. B. F. de Wit

  • Don't tell me what I should do, but what others do: The influence of descriptive and injunctive peer norms on fruit consumption in adolescents

    F. Marijn Stok;Denise T. D. de Ridder;Emely de Vet;John B. F. de Wit

  • Nudging healthy food choices: a field experiment at the train station

    Floor M. Kroese;David R. Marchiori;Denise T. D. de Ridder

  • Developing Interventions for Chronically Ill Patients: Is Coping a Helpful Concept?

    Denise de Ridder;Karlein Schreurs

  • When planning is not enough: Fighting unhealthy snacking habits by mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII)

    Marieke A. Adriaanse;Gabriele Oettingen;Gabriele Oettingen;Peter M. Gollwitzer;Peter M. Gollwitzer;Erin P. Hennes

  • Not doing bad things is not equivalent to doing the right thing: distinguishing between inhibitory and initiatory self-control

    Denise T.D. de Ridder;Benjamin J. de Boer;Peter Lugtig;Arnold B. Bakker

  • Finding the Critical Cue: Implementation Intentions to Change One's Diet Work Best When Tailored to Personally Relevant Reasons for Unhealthy Eating

    Marieke A. Adriaanse;Denise T. D. de Ridder;John B. F. de Wit

  • Eating behavior and food purchases during the COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-sectional study among adults in the Netherlands.

    Maartje P. Poelman;Marleen Gillebaart;Caroline Schlinkert;S. Coosje Dijkstra

  • Good mood food. Positive emotion as a neglected trigger for food intake

    Catharine Evers;Marieke Adriaanse;Denise T.D. de Ridder;Jessie C. de Witt Huberts

  • Effortless Self-Control: A Novel Perspective on Response Conflict Strategies in Trait Self-Control

    Marleen Gillebaart;Denise T. D. de Ridder

Frequent Co-Authors

Marieke A. Adriaanse
Marieke A. Adriaanse Utrecht University
Catharine Evers
Catharine Evers Utrecht University
John de Wit
John de Wit Utrecht University
Marcel A. G. van Aken
Marcel A. G. van Aken Utrecht University
Aleksandra Luszczynska
Aleksandra Luszczynska University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Jane Wardle
Jane Wardle University College London
Peter M. Gollwitzer
Peter M. Gollwitzer New York University
Jan Fekke Ybema
Jan Fekke Ybema Utrecht University
Marcel Zeelenberg
Marcel Zeelenberg Tilburg University

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