sustainable development goals

Research papers contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

My work contributes to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (in particular: 3, 4, 5, 10, 16). This is not an exhaustive list.


SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

2026

  1. PLOS ONE
    An exploratory psychometric network analysis of the college adaptation questionnaire in a sample of first year students
    Thomas V. Pollet, G. Adomaviciute, N. Haggag, and 2 more authors
    PLoS ONE, 2026

2025

  1. Horm Behav
    Testing the Congruency Hypothesis using meta-analysis: Are changes in oral contraceptive use correlated with partnered women’s sexual satisfaction?
    Victor M. Shiramizu, Julia Stern, František Bartoš, and 3 more authors
    Hormones and Behavior, 2025

2024

  1. HSCC
    A qualitative study of the impact of hoarding behaviours and social networks on older peoples supported housing decisions
    C. Murphy-Morgan, P. Hodgson, Thomas V. Pollet, and 1 more author
    Health and Social Care in the Community, 2024
  2. Cyber
    No relationships between self-reported Instagram use or type of use and mental well-being: A study using a nationally representative online sample of UK adults
    Sam G. B. Roberts, C. Malcolm, K. McCarty, and 1 more author
    Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 2024
  3. PAID
    The mental well-being of Involuntary Celibates
    T. W. Delaney, Thomas V. Pollet, and C. Cook
    Personality and Individual Differences, 2024
  4. Curr Psych
    An Exploratory Psychometric Network Analysis of Loneliness Scales in a Sample of Older Adults
    A. Thompson and Thomas V. Pollet
    Current Psychology, 2024

2022

  1. Hum Ethol
    Gender differences and mask wearing: an observational study on a University campus and a mini-meta-analysis
    S. Bainbridge, S. Allsopp, and Thomas V. Pollet
    Human Ethology, 2022
  2. Age Soc
    Friendships, loneliness and psychological well-being in older adults: A limit to the benefit of increasing the number friendships
    A. Thompson, M. A. Smith, A. McNeill, and 1 more author
    Ageing & Society, 2022
  3. JMH
    The role of self-efficacy and self-esteem in mediating positive associations between functional social support and psychological well-being in people with a mental health diagnosis
    D. Rippon, J. Shepherd, S. Wakefield, and 2 more authors
    Journal of Mental Health, 2022

2021

  1. HPBM
    Egocentric network characteristics of persons with Type 1 Diabetes and their relationships to perceived social support and well-being
    T. Cheyne, M. A. Smith, and Thomas V. Pollet
    Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2021
  2. Body Image
    Engagement with fat talk as a function of social comparison and body image concerns: Two replication studies support main effects but do not support an interaction effect
    Thomas V. Pollet, S. Dawson, Martin J. Tovée, and 2 more authors
    Body Image, 2021
  3. Body Image
    3D visualisation of psychometric judgements of the ideal male body
    S. Mohamed, Robin S. S. Kramer, T. Thornborrow, and 3 more authors
    Body Image, 2021
  4. Cyber
    Loneliness is negatively related to Facebook network size, but not related to Facebook network structure
    R. M. Brown, Sam G. B. Roberts, and Thomas V. Pollet
    Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 2021

2020

  1. Nat Sci Sleep
    Experienced demand does not affect subsequent sleep and the cortisol awakening response
    Greg J. Elder, Mark A. Wetherell, Thomas V. Pollet, and 2 more authors
    Nature and Science of Sleep, 2020

2019

  1. Body Image
    Are attitudinal and perceptual body image the same or different? Evidence from high-level adaptation
    Katri K. Cornelissen, H. Widdrington, K. McCarty, and 3 more authors
    Body Image, 2019

2018

  1. JAD
    Prevalence of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in adult civilian survivors of war who stay in war-afflicted regions. A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
    Nexhmedin Morina, K. Stam, Thomas V. Pollet, and 1 more author
    Journal of Affective Disorders, 2018

2016

  1. Clin Psych
    Interventions for children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder: a meta-analysis of comparative outcome studies
    Nexhmedin Morina, R. Koerssen, and Thomas V. Pollet
    Clinical Psychology Review, 2016

SDG 4: Quality Education

SDG 4: Quality Education

2026

  1. Preprint
    How consistent are UK university rankings of subjects and their shifts? An exploration using a robust ranking aggregation method
    Thomas V. Pollet, Merim Bilalić, and Lee Shepherd
    2026
    PsyArxiv preprint
  2. Preprint
    Optimising Cross-Institutional Comparisons in Large-Scale Student Surveys: An Illustration with the National Student Survey (NSS) in Russell Group Institutions
    M. Grugan and Thomas V. Pollet
    2026
    PsyArxiv preprint
  3. PLOS ONE
    An exploratory psychometric network analysis of the college adaptation questionnaire in a sample of first year students
    Thomas V. Pollet, G. Adomaviciute, N. Haggag, and 2 more authors
    PLoS ONE, 2026

2025

  1. Preprint
    First-generation students’ adaptation to university: The role of student social networks
    Thomas V. Pollet, G. Adomaviciute, N. Haggag, and 2 more authors
    2025
    PsyArxiv preprint
  2. Hum Ethol
    An index of her own: An investigation of the proportion of women indexed in evolutionary psychology textbooks
    Thomas V. Pollet, Jeanne Bovet, E. Renner, and 1 more author
    Human Ethology, 2025

2024

  1. Body Image
    Sample characteristics for quantitative analyses in \emphBody Image: Issues of generalisability
    Thomas V. Pollet, Jeanne Bovet, R. Buhaenko, and 2 more authors
    Body Image, 2024
  2. PLOS ONE
    Publication Bias in Psychology: A Closer Look at the Correlation Between Sample Size and Effect Size
    Audrey H. Linden, Thomas V. Pollet, and Johannes Hönekopp
    PLoS ONE, 2024
  3. Stud HE
    Consequences of arbitrary binning the mid-point category in survey data: An illustration with student satisfaction in National Student Survey
    Thomas V. Pollet, Merim Bilalić, and Lee Shepherd
    Studies in Higher Education, 2024

2022

  1. Curr Psych
    When (deliberate) practice is not enough – the role of intelligence, practice, and knowledge in academic performance
    Merim Bilalić, R. \DJokić, M. Koso-Drljević, and 2 more authors
    Current Psychology, 2022
  2. JFHE
    Subscales in the National Student Survey (NSS): Some considerations on their structure
    Thomas V. Pollet and Lee Shepherd
    Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022

2019

  1. EPS
    How diverse are the samples used in the journals ‘Evolution & Human Behavior’ and ‘Evolutionary Psychology’?
    Thomas V. Pollet and Tamsin K. Saxton
    Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2019

SDG 5: Gender Equality

SDG 5: Gender Equality

2025

  1. GWO
    In Search of a Professional Image: How Women Comedians Engage Gender in their Work
    C. Cook, Jamie L. Callahan, V. Elsey, and 1 more author
    Gender, Work & Organization, 2025
  2. Hum Ethol
    An index of her own: An investigation of the proportion of women indexed in evolutionary psychology textbooks
    Thomas V. Pollet, Jeanne Bovet, E. Renner, and 1 more author
    Human Ethology, 2025
  3. Horm Behav
    Testing the Congruency Hypothesis using meta-analysis: Are changes in oral contraceptive use correlated with partnered women’s sexual satisfaction?
    Victor M. Shiramizu, Julia Stern, František Bartoš, and 3 more authors
    Hormones and Behavior, 2025
  4. Psych Aesth
    Acting gender: Actors’ experiences of gender role conformity and hopes for their characters
    C. Cook, Thomas V. Pollet, and Jamie L. Callahan
    Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2025

2023

  1. Hum Rel
    Gender(ed) performances: Women’s impression management in stand-up comedy
    C. Cook, Jamie L. Callahan, Thomas V. Pollet, and 1 more author
    Human Relations, 2023

2022

  1. Hum Ethol
    Gender differences and mask wearing: an observational study on a University campus and a mini-meta-analysis
    S. Bainbridge, S. Allsopp, and Thomas V. Pollet
    Human Ethology, 2022
  2. PLOS ONE
    Are we measuring loneliness in the same way in men and women in the general population and in the older population? Two studies of measurement equivalence
    Thomas V. Pollet, A. Thompson, C. Malcolm, and 3 more authors
    PLoS ONE, 2022

2021

  1. Psych Sex
    A meta-analysis of the reliability of the Sexual Self-Esteem Inventory for Women (SSEI-W) measure
    Alaric Lloyd, G. Brown, and Thomas V. Pollet
    Psychology & Sexuality, 2021

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

2026

  1. PLOS ONE
    An exploratory psychometric network analysis of the college adaptation questionnaire in a sample of first year students
    Thomas V. Pollet, G. Adomaviciute, N. Haggag, and 2 more authors
    PLoS ONE, 2026

2025

  1. Preprint
    First-generation students’ adaptation to university: The role of student social networks
    Thomas V. Pollet, G. Adomaviciute, N. Haggag, and 2 more authors
    2025
    PsyArxiv preprint
  2. Hum Ethol
    An index of her own: An investigation of the proportion of women indexed in evolutionary psychology textbooks
    Thomas V. Pollet, Jeanne Bovet, E. Renner, and 1 more author
    Human Ethology, 2025

2024

  1. Body Image
    Sample characteristics for quantitative analyses in \emphBody Image: Issues of generalisability
    Thomas V. Pollet, Jeanne Bovet, R. Buhaenko, and 2 more authors
    Body Image, 2024

2023

  1. Hum Rel
    Gender(ed) performances: Women’s impression management in stand-up comedy
    C. Cook, Jamie L. Callahan, Thomas V. Pollet, and 1 more author
    Human Relations, 2023

2022

  1. IJP
    An exploration of the impact of contextual information on the emotion recognition ability of autistic adults
    D. Metcalfe, K. McKenzie, K. McCarty, and 2 more authors
    International Journal of Psychology, 2022

2019

  1. RDD
    Emotion recognition from body movement and gesture in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder is improved by situational cues
    D. Metcalfe, K. McKenzie, K. McCarty, and 1 more author
    Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2019
  2. EPS
    How diverse are the samples used in the journals ‘Evolution & Human Behavior’ and ‘Evolutionary Psychology’?
    Thomas V. Pollet and Tamsin K. Saxton
    Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2019

SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

2018

  1. JAD
    Prevalence of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in adult civilian survivors of war who stay in war-afflicted regions. A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
    Nexhmedin Morina, K. Stam, Thomas V. Pollet, and 1 more author
    Journal of Affective Disorders, 2018

2016

  1. Clin Psych
    Interventions for children and adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder: a meta-analysis of comparative outcome studies
    Nexhmedin Morina, R. Koerssen, and Thomas V. Pollet
    Clinical Psychology Review, 2016

2015

  1. SPPS
    Political Extremism Predicts Belief in Conspiracy Theories
    Jan-Willem Van Prooijen, André P. M. Krouwel, and Thomas V. Pollet
    Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2015