BACKGROUND There is some evidence that the perceived credibility of specific forms of psychotherapy, beliefs about helpful and not-so-helpful interventions, and differential treatment preferences may influence both therapeutic alliance and outcome, at least in the short term. The present study explored whether distinct clusters exist, based on credibility ratings, and how these may be related t...

Research findings regarding the effects of educational interventions—typically reported in units standard deviations (e.g., Cohen’s d)—are often translated into more intuitive metrics before being communicated to teachers. However, there is no consensus about most suitable metric, and study has systematically examined how teachers respond different options. We conducted two preregistered studie...

Online reviews have become essential aspect in E-commerce platforms due to its role for assisting customers’ buying choices. Furthermore, the most helpful reviews that have some attributes are support customers buying decision; therefore, there is needs for investigating what are the attributes that increase the Review Helpfulness (RH). This research paper proposed novel model called inclusive ...

College students, and adults in general, may find it hard to identify trustworthy information amid the proliferation of false news misinformation about COVID-19 pandemic. In Fall 2020, college students (N = 221) an online general education civics course were taught through asynchronous assignments how use lateral reading strategies fact-check information. Students improved from pretest posttest...

This work focuses on the design and implementation of a new model of trust based on the formalizations of reputation, self-esteem, and similarity within an agent. In this work we universalize reputation through the use of values found within all Multiagent Systems. The following values are manifested within Multiagent Systems: responsibility, honesty, independence, obedience, ambition, helpfuln...

In this article we explore the ethics of manipulating verbal information for the sake of influencing health outcomes through placebo and nocebo responses. Recent scientific research on placebo and nocebo effects has drawn attention to the ways in which communication by health professionals may modulate the symptoms of patients across an array of highly prevalent conditions such as pain, depress...

PTSD Coach is a mobile application (app) designed to help individuals who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms better understand and self-manage their symptoms. It has wide-scale use (over 130,000 downloads in 78 countries) and very favorable reviews but has yet to be evaluated. Therefore, this study examines user satisfaction, perceived helpfulness, and usage patterns of PTSD Co...

Consent to perform a small favor increases a respondent's susceptibility to perform a relatively large favor. This phenomenon, known as the foot-in-the-door effect, is considered to result from induced self-perception changes: the respondent comes to feel helpful for doing the small favor and complies again later out of a desire to maintain the instilled self-view. This study did not find a lin...