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Winnifred R. Louis

Winnifred R. Louis

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Psychology

D-Index
64
Citations
13310
World Ranking
3016
National Ranking
146

Overview

Winnifred R. Louis is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on social sciences and psychology, with 120 publications in social sciences and 62 in psychology. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields including sociology and political science, social psychology, clinical psychology, applied psychology, and health.

The topics addressed in their research include social and intergroup psychology, behavioral health and interventions, COVID-19 and mental health, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, environmental education and sustainability, cultural differences and values, and climate change communication and perception.

Winnifred R. Louis has contributed to multiple research articles and books. Recent papers include:

  • "Social norms, social identities and the COVID-19 pandemic: Theory and recommendations" (2021), Social and Personality Psychology Compass
  • "Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence" (2021), PLoS ONE
  • "The Volatility of Collective Action: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Data" (2020), Political Psychology
  • "MOBILISE: A Higher-Order Integration of Collective Action Research to Address Global Challenges" (2022), Political Psychology
  • "Identity motives in charitable giving: Explanations for charity preferences from a global donor survey" (2020), Psychology and Marketing

In book publications, their work includes contributions published by Cambridge University Press, with titles such as "The Psychology of Effective Activism" (2021) and "The Psychology of System Change and Resistance to Change" (2025).

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Winnifred R. Louis include Kelly S. Fielding, Emma F. Thomas, Mirra Noor Milla, Georgios Abakoumkin, and Edward P. Lemay.

Their research has appeared in several publication venues multiple times, including:

  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Political Psychology
  • Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Best Publications

  • Theory of planned behaviour, identity and intentions to engage in environmental activism

    Kelly S. Fielding;Rachel McDonald;Winnifred R. Louis

  • Congruent or conflicted? The impact of injunctive and descriptive norms on environmental intentions

    Joanne R. Smith;Winnifred R. Louis;Deborah J. Terry;Katharine H. Greenaway

  • The attitude-behavior relationship in consumer conduct: the role of norms, past behavior, and self-identity.

    Joanne R. Smith;Deborah J. Terry;Anthony S. R. Manstead;Winnifred R. Louis

  • Why Do People Engage in Collective Action? Revisiting the Role of Perceived Effectiveness

    Matthew J. Hornsey;Leda Blackwood;Winnifred Louis Louis;Kelly Fielding

  • Do as we say and as we do: The interplay of descriptive and injunctive group norms in the attitude–behaviour relationship

    Joanne R. Smith;Winnifred R. Louis

  • Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

    Qing Han;Bang Zheng;Mioara Cristea;Maximilian Agostini

  • Collective Action—and Then What?

    Winnifred R. Louis

  • When will collective action be effective? Violent and non-violent protests differentially influence perceptions of legitimacy and efficacy among sympathizers

    Emma F. Thomas;Winnifred R. Louis

  • Social trust, risk perceptions and public acceptance of recycled water: testing a social-psychological model.

    Victoria L. Ross;Kelly S. Fielding;Winnifred R. Louis

  • Acting in Solidarity: Cross‐Group Contact between Disadvantaged Group Members and Advantaged Group Allies

    Lisa Droogendyk;Stephen C. Wright;Micah Lubensky;Winnifred R. Louis

  • Interaction Effects in the Theory of Planned Behavior: The Interplay of Self‐Identity and Past Behavior

    Joanne R. Smith;Deborah J. Terry;Antony Stephen Reid Manstead;Winnifred R. Louis

  • You did, so you can and you will: Self-efficacy as a mediator of spillover from easy to more difficult pro-environmental behaviour

    Nita Lauren;Kelly S. Fielding;Liam Smith;Winnifred R. Louis

  • Why do citizens want to keep refugees out? Threats, fairness and hostile norms in the treatment of asylum seekers

    Winnifred R. Louis;Julie M. Duck;Deborah J. Terry;Regina A. Schuller

  • Individual differences in local gray matter density are associated with differences in affective and cognitive empathy.

    Robert Steven Eres;Jean Decety;Winnifred R Louis;Pascal Molenberghs

  • Messaging matters: A systematic review of the conservation messaging literature

    Lindall R. Kidd;Lindall R. Kidd;Georgia E. Garrard;Georgia E. Garrard;Sarah A. Bekessy;Sarah A. Bekessy;Sarah A. Bekessy;Morena Mills

  • Pizza and Pop and the Student Identity: The Role of Referent Group Norms in Healthy and Unhealthy Eating

    Winnifred Louis;Sarah Davies;Joanne R. Smith;Deborah J. Terry

  • Group Norms and the Attitude–Behaviour Relationship

    Joanne R. Smith;Winnifred R. Louis

  • Social interaction and psychological pathways to political engagement and extremism

    Emma F Thomas;Craig McGarty;Winnifred R Louis

  • Rejected! Cognitions of rejection and intergroup anxiety as mediators of the impact of cross-group friendships on prejudice.

    Fiona Kate Barlow;Winnifred R. Louis;Miles Hewstone

  • Social norms, social identities and the COVID‐19 pandemic: Theory and recommendations

    Fergus G. Neville;Anne Templeton;Joanne R. Smith;Winnifred R. Louis

  • Nationality Versus Humanity? Personality, Identity, and Norms in Relation to Attitudes Toward Asylum Seekers

    Angela M. Nickerson;Winnifred R. Louis

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine E. Amiot
Catherine E. Amiot University of Quebec at Montreal
Kelly S. Fielding
Kelly S. Fielding University of Queensland
Deborah J. Terry
Deborah J. Terry University of Queensland
Fiona Kate Barlow
Fiona Kate Barlow University of Queensland
Katharine H. Greenaway
Katharine H. Greenaway University of Melbourne
Matthew J. Hornsey
Matthew J. Hornsey University of Queensland
Donald M. Taylor
Donald M. Taylor McGill University
Jean Decety
Jean Decety University of Chicago
Richard N. Lalonde
Richard N. Lalonde York University
Craig McGarty
Craig McGarty Western Sydney University

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