• Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from COVID‐19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice 

      Asimakopoulou, Koula; Hoorens, Vera; Speed, Ewen; Coulson, Neil; Antoniszczak, Dominika; Collyer, Fran; Deschrijver, Eliane; Dubbin, Leslie; Faulks, Denise; Forsyth, Rowena; Goltsi, Vicky; Harsløf, Ivan; Larsen, Kristian; Manaras, Irene; Olczak‐Kowalczyk, Dorota; Willis, Karen; Xenou, Tatiana; Scambler, Sasha (Health Expectations;Volume 23, Issue 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-27)
      Background: Comparative optimism, the belief that negative events are more likely to happen to others rather than to oneself, is well established in health risk research. It is unknown, however, whether comparative optimism ...
    • When health is wealth: occupationally differentiated patterns of health capital in post‑industrial Europe 

      Harsløf, Ivan; Larsen, Kristian; Bambra, Clare (Social Theory & Health;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-07)
      This paper explores the general relationship between peoples’ health-related practices and their affiliation with different fields in the occupational structure. It argues that ‘healthy behaviour’ may be particularly induced ...