Research
Research Interests
Subjective well-being, cyberpsychology, the impact of social media on the individual and society, social comparison behaviour, personality (RST/Big 5), impacts of technology use, individual differences in video games & smartphone use, mental health and well-being in academia, technology at work.
Research Profiles
Journal Publications & Book Chapters
​Stead, J., Gracia, L., & Riva, E. (2025). An Investigation Into the Wellbeing and Loneliness of PGR Students and the Effectiveness of Institutional Support Strategies. European Journal of Education, 60(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70067
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Gerson, J., Mahmood, L. and Zibarras, L. (2023). Research design and evidence-based practice. Organisational Psychology (pp. 200–216). Routledge.
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​Drouvelis, M., Gerson, J., Powdthavee, N., & Riyanto, Y. E. (2023). Large losses from little lies: Strategic gender misrepresentation and cooperation. PLOS ONE, 18(3), e0282335. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282335
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Trifiro, B. M., & Gerson, J. (2019). Social Media Usage Patterns : Research Note Regarding the Lack of Universal Validated Measures for Active and Passive Use. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119848743
Gerson, J., Plagnol, A. C., & Corr, P. J. (2017). Dimensionality of the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure and its relationship to Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory. Journal of Individual Differences, 38(4), 256–264. http://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000242
Gerson, J., Plagnol, A. C., & Corr, P. J. (2017). Passive and Active Facebook Use Measure (PAUM): Validation and relationship to the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 117, 81-90.
Gerson, J., Plagnol, A. C., & Corr, P. J. (2016). Subjective well-being and social media use: Do personality traits moderate the impact of social comparison on Facebook? Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 1–43.
Work in Progress
Stead & Pereira (Eds). Online groups and communities. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cyberpsychology. In progress.
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Stead. Measuring social media use. Social Media. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cyberpsychology. In progress.
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Pereira, Stead, & Rguyeg. Interventions to reduce problematic smartphone use. In progress.
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Stead, Pererira & Rguyeg. iMpatient: How do different types of smartphone based social media effect patience and well-being?In progress.
Tølbøll, Plagnol & Stead. Instagram Passive Active Use Measure (iPAUM): Development, validation and relation to self-esteem. Under review.​
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Stead & Rguyeg. Experiences masters students' statistics anxiety in a flipped classroom. In progress.