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Psychometric properties of early childhood development assessment tools in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review by Bliznashka, Lilia, Hentschel, Elizabeth, Ali, Nazia Binte, Hunt, Xanthe, Neville, Sarah Elizabeth, Olney, Deanna K., Pitchik, Helen O., Roy, Aditi, Seiden, Jonathan, Solís-Cordero, Katherine, Thapa, Aradhana, Jeong, Joshua

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Sequential testing of complementary hypotheses about population density by Rincon, Diego F., McCabe, Izzy, Crowder, David W.

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Farmers' perceived transaction costs in relation to slaughterhouses : the case of the Swedish slaughter business by Liang, Se

“…The socio-psychological attibutes such as attitudes are expressions of the farmers’ perceived transaction costs. …”

Asymmetric information on non-cognitive skills in the Indian labor market: An experiment using an online job portal by Yamauchi, Futoshi, Nomura, Shinsaku, Imaizumi, Saori, Areias, Ana C, Chowdhury, Afra R

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A landscape analysis : Investigating restorative features within urban greening by Arvidsson, Ellinor

Aspirations and investments in livestock: Evidence of an aspiration failure in Kenya by Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr., Heckelei, Thomas, Rasch, Sebastian

“…Our findings have two implications: first, it reinforces previous claims of the role of psychological constraints on poverty reduction and rural development. …”
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Impact of home gardens promoted among urban residents in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Pepijn Schreinemachers, Sandhya S. Kumar, Nasir Md. Uddin

“…Promoting gardening among urban residents holds the potential to improve urban diets in low- and middle-income countries, but there is a lack of evidence of impact. This study tests the hypothesis that training urban residents in gardening increases their intake of fruit and vegetables. …”
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Breadwinner role and economic decision-making: Experimental evidence from Kenya by Vitellozzi, Sveva, Savadori, Lucia, Davis, Kristin E., Azzarri, Carlo, Kinuthia, Dickson, Ronzani, Piero

“…Using a lab-in-the-field experiment among 400 smallholder farmers in Vihiga County, we test how psychological and social pressures associated with being the breadwinner of the family influence decision-making in both individual work choices and collective decisions. …”
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School-based nutrition interventions had impacts on dietary diversity and meal frequency of adolescent girls in Ethiopia by Sununtnasuk, Celeste, Berhane, Hanna, Kim, Sunny S., Menon, Purnima, Oumer, Abdulaziz, Sanghvi, Tina, Walissa, Tamirat

“…Adolescence is a critical period of physical and psychological development, especially for girls as poor nutrition can affect their well-being as well as the well-being of their children. …”
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Behavioural nudges for promoting supply and demand for quality seed of improved sweetpotato varieties by Okello, J.J., Rajendran, S., Ogero, K.

“…A randomized controlled trial was implemented in Amuria District with 1,200 farmers across 120 villages, divided into treatment and control groups. The intervention tested low-cost psychological and social nudges—nostalgia, loss aversion, and SMS reminders—alongside supply-side enablers such as verified seed vendors and equal physical access points. …”
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Signaling, screening, or sunk costs? Experimental evidence on how prices affect agricultural technology adoption in East Africa by Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Abate, Gashaw T., Colen, Liesbeth, Kramer, Berber

“…We explore three mechanisms through which charging a positive price may increase uptake, intended use and subsequent adoption of a new technology: (1) a signaling effect, where a positive price conveys higher product quality; (2) a screening effect, whereby payment deters users who do not value the product and targets those more likely to use it; and (3) a sunk cost effect, where paying a positive price induces a psychological commitment to use. We test how these pricing mechanisms shape uptake, use, and subsequent adoption of recently released seed varieties of staple food crops, drawing on a field experiment with smallholder farmers in Uganda and Ethiopia. …”
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Food systems for healthier diets in Nigeria: A research agenda by Maziya-Dixon, Busie, Achterbosch, Thom, Adelekan, Delana, Adeyemi, Olutayo, Ajieroh, Victor, Akerele, Dare, Akinola, Adebayo A., Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, van Berkum, Siemen, Byrd, Kendra A., Nijhuis, Aafke, Ojide, Makuachukwu, Onabolu, Adeyinka, Onyibe, Johnson E., Raaijmakers, Ireen, Samuel, Folake O., Snoek, Harriette, Yusuf, Adekunle M., Brouwer, Inge D.

“…Malnutrition, mostly resulting from poor food, health, and care practices, is related to physiological, socioeconomic, and psychological factors and remains one of the leading causes of mortality in children under five years of age in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Changes in the behaviour of sheltered cats when coping with a new environment: focus on individuality and effects on sickness behaviour by Skånberg, Lena

“…The second aim was to see if measuring sickness behaviours might work as an indicator of psychological stress. In this study 11 sheltered cats were observed in a cat shelter in Sweden. …”
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Kalibrering av den multivariata variabeln trädslagsfördelning by Lundberg, Niklas

Irie Classroom Toolbox: A study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial of a universal violence prevention programme in Jamaican preschools by Baker-Henningham, Helen, Vera-Hernandez, Marcos, Alderman, Harold, Walker, Susan

“…Ethical consent for the study was given by the School of Psychology Ethics and Research Committee, Bangor University (ref: 2014-14167), and by the University of the West Indies Ethics Committee (ref: ECP 50,14/15).ISRCTN11968472; Pre-results.…”
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Retirement pension by Rödin, Therese, Samuelson, Josefin

“…The process includes individual preferences, psychological processes and environmental influences. …”
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Berikning för att motverka stereotypier hos zoodjur by Johansson, Sandra

Samband mellan kroppens substratutnyttjande, energiomsättning och antropometriska mått hos överviktiga barn och ungdomar by Sjöberg, Andreas

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Utfodring i finmaskiga hönät : hästens ättid och skötarens arbetsmiljö by Karlsson Budde, Lina, Kjell, Emelie, Ryman, Marie

“…Due to the physiological and psychological conditions of the horse there are benefits to design a feeding system similar to the natural way of the horse to distribute the time spent on feeding during the day. …”

Impact of human caregiving style on the dog-human bond by Fahlgren, Anna

“…There are four different attachment styles defined wit-hin the human psychology; insecure anxious, insecure avoidant, secure and disorganised attachment. …”