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Valentyn Fournier

@fournier-vy.bsky.social

Postdoctoral researcher in Psychology (University of Montréal) Interested in development of non-pharmacological interventions for chronic conditions and (conspiracy) beliefs in health

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Peer Community in Psychology: A platform for peer review of preprints across psychology: https://osf.io/m456e

11.06.2025 15:41 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2

Great piece of work! Thought you might find it interesting @florentvaret.bsky.social, @leotoussard.bsky.social, @slvdlv.bsky.social 🧐

12.06.2025 14:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@florentvaret.bsky.social @leotoussard.bsky.social Voilà qui est intéressant, chers collègues ! 🧐

14.04.2025 21:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Expression of Interest: Open Qualitative Research Community As qualitative researchers, we want a dedicated space to foster support, collaboration, debate and discussion, alongside the sharing of resources to support ethical and appropriate openness and transp...

What does openness and transparency in qualitative methods mean to you? 🧐 If you're interested in these discussions, join our european open qualitative research community here: forms.gle/EbC2CsjPbw6t... #openresearch #qualitative #metaresearch

01.04.2025 11:45 — 👍 31    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0

List of psychology-related starter packs!
#Psychology #AcademicSky 🧪 🧵

Cross-Cultural Psychology and Quant Anthropology
by @drboothroyd.bsky.social

15.09.2024 11:03 — 👍 404    🔁 166    💬 40    📌 32

ça a l'air bien tout ça, je vais t'offrir un nouveau follower en ma personne !

22.11.2024 17:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for your support, Mikey. It was a pleasure to work on this project; it brought out so many reflections on the topic! Looking forward to discussing it further. 😀

21.11.2024 18:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks to the journal Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being and the reviewers for their contributions, and to
Canceropôle Nord-Ouest for their support.
🔜 Stay tuned—more findings coming soon!
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21.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
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<em>British Journal of Health Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library Objective Conspiracy beliefs (CBs) can have substantial consequences on health behaviours by influencing both conventional and non-conventional medicine uptake. They can target powerful groups (i.e......

A moment to mention:
🔗 Our first publication from this project (doi.org/10.1111/bjhp...).
📬 Issue #36 of the newsletter by @adrienfillon.bsky.social , which features this work (psychopapers.kessel.media/posts/pst_d1...)
9/10

21.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

💡 This research highlights the impact of misinformation on health behaviors in oncology.
Next step: testing these effects in a clinical population as part of the COMBREAST project (funded by the Canceropôle Nord-Ouest) with @leotoussard.bsky.social as a postdoc researcher.
8/10

21.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Study 3:
We tested a brief intervention inspired by the toolbox from
@anaskozyreva.bsky.social:
🔸 A combination of warnings and accuracy prompts.
👉 Result: This approach reduced conspiracy beliefs about chemotherapy and affected the intention to use conventional treatments.
7/10

21.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

➡️ An interaction was observed between exposure to the material and the perceived credibility of the article.
But what happens when credibility is experimentally manipulated?
6/10

21.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Study 2:
A fictitious scandal, directly linked to chemotherapy this time, successfully:
✔️ Manipulated conspiracy beliefs about these treatments.
✔️ Modulated intentions to use oncological treatments.
5/10

21.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Results from Study 1:
The scandal unrelated to chemotherapy failed to increase mistrust toward these treatments.
❓ Was it due to a lack of coherence between the article and chemotherapy?
❓ Or the article’s lack of credibility?
The next studies provided some answers.
4/10

21.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Studies 1 & 2:
➡️ We attempted to manipulate conspiracy beliefs about chemotherapy using two types of health scandals:
A real scandal, unrelated to cancer.
A fictitious scandal, related to cancer (inspired by
@fabiovelo.bsky.social).
3/10

21.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

🔎 We conducted 3 studies to test the effects of conspiracy beliefs fueled by online misinformation on intentions to use both conventional and non-conventional treatments.
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21.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Assessing the role of conspiracy beliefs in oncological treatment decisions: An experimental approach Cancer is an important issue and a model topic for misinformatfion researchers. The present research experimentally investigates the effect of cancer-related conspiracy beliefs and misinformation on ...

🚨Paper alert🚨
Together with
@florentvaret.bsky.social and @slvdlv.bsky.social, we are excited to announce a new publication exploring the links between conspiracy beliefs and intentions to use alternative and complementary medicine in oncology. tinyurl.com/bdh27pmv 1/ 10

21.11.2024 17:35 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 2

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