Rebecca J. Hafner

Swansea University — United Kingdom

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

8h-index294citations19works1.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Environmental Education and Sustainability(9), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics(5), Behavioral Health and Interventions(4), Environmental Sustainability in Business(3), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization(2)

Publications19 total

Public perceptions of biospecimen sampling and uncertainty in the context of personalised nutrition
PLoS ONE·2025Open Access
Encouraging water-saving behavior during a “Moment of Change”: the efficacy of implementation intentions on water conservation during the transition to university
Frontiers in Psychology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Prescribing Paradigms: Understanding General Practitioner Inclinations Towards Medical and Social Prescribing
Health & Social Care in the Community·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum to “Assessing the effectiveness of gamification in reducing domestic energy consumption: Lessons learned from the EnerGAware project” [Energy Build. 210 (2020) 109753]
Energy and Buildings·2020· 1 cited
Results and insight gained from applying the EnergyCat energy-saving serious game in UK social housing
International Journal of Serious Games·2020· 16 citedOpen Access
Energy use in social housing residents in the UK and recommendations for developing energy behaviour change interventions
Journal of Cleaner Production·2019· 36 citedOpen Access
Exploring the role of alignability effects in promoting uptake of energy-efficient technologies.
Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied·2019· 6 citedOpen Access
Promoting behavioural change to reduce thermal energy demand in households: A review
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews·2018· 48 citedOpen Access
Should We Play Games Where Energy Is Concerned? Perceptions of Serious Gaming as a Technology to Motivate Energy Behaviour Change among Social Housing Residents
Sustainability·2018· 40 citedOpen Access
The Goldilocks Placebo Effect: Placebo Effects Are Stronger When People Select a Treatment from an Optimal Number of Choices
The American Journal of Psychology·2018· 7 citedOpen Access
Exploring the Role of Messenger Effects and Feedback Frames in Promoting Uptake of Energy-Efficient Technologies
Current Psychology·2017· 31 citedOpen Access
Exploring Alignability Effects and the Role of Information Structure in Promoting Uptake of Energy Efficient Technologies
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering·2017
Exploring the Influence of Normative, Financial and Environmental Decision Frames in Nudging 'Green' Behaviour, and Increasing Uptake of Energy-Efficient Technologies
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering·2017
Image, not environmentalism: A qualitative exploration of factors influencing vehicle purchasing decisions
Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice·2017· 56 citedOpen Access
Exploring Individual Decision Making Processes and the Role of Information Structure in Promoting Uptake of Energy Efficient Technologies
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences·2016
Counterfactual Thought Measure
PsycTESTS Dataset·2016
The excess choice effect: The role of outcome valence and counterfactual thinking
British Journal of Psychology·2015· 11 citedOpen Access
Investigating the Role of Counterfactual Thinking in the Excess Choice Effect
PEARL (University of Plymouth)·2013Open Access
Spoilt for choice: The role of counterfactual thinking in the excess choice and reversibility paradoxes
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology·2011· 38 cited

Frequent Co-authors

David G. Elmes(6), Daniel Read(6), Rory V. Jones(4), Alba Fuertes(4), Mathew P. White(4), Simon J. Handley(4), Sabine Pahl(3), Christine Boomsma(2), Marta Gangolells(2), Miquel Casals(2), Julie Barnett(2), Estelle Corbett(2), Ian Walker(1), Bas Verplanken(1), Kaloyan Mitev(1), Freya Rennison(1), Paul Haggar(1), Alice Lowe(1), Lorraine Whitmarsh(1), Marcel Macarulla(1)