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Netta Weinstein

Email:
n.weinstein@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
100
Job title:
Professor

Areas of interest

Human motivation, wellbeing, prejudice and stigma, close relationships, emotion regulation, technology use, mental health, listening

Teaching

Supervising BSc and MSc research placements, and PhD students

Academic qualifications

PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, 2010
MSc, Clinical Psychology, University of Rochester, 2007
BA, Psychology, San Diego State University, 2004

Websites/blogs

https://www.soarinsolitude.info

Publications

Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Hansen, H. , Nguyen, T. (2023) Who feels good in solitude? A qualitative analysis of the personality and mindset factors relating to well‐being when alone. European Journal of Social Psychology pp 0. ISSN: 1099-0992 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2983
Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Hill, J. , Law, W. (2023) Balancing listening and action is key to supportive parenting. Current opinion in psychology , 53 pp 0. ISSN: 2352-2518 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101651
Prizeman, K. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , McCabe, C. (2023) Effects of mental health stigma on loneliness, social isolation, and relationships in young people with depression symptoms. BMC Psychiatry , 23 ISSN: 1476-1793 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04991-7
Liefgreen, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-8580-6924 , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Wachter, S. , Mittelstadt, B. (2023) Beyond ideals: why the (medical) AI industry needs to motivate behavioural change in line with fairness and transparency values, and how it can do it. AI & SOCIETY ISSN: 0951-5666 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01684-3
Samangooei, M. , Saull, R. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 (2023) Access to nature fosters well-being in solitude. Sustainability , 15 (6). ISSN: 2071-1050 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15065482
Legate, N. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Graham, L. , Plaster, M. (2023) Anti-bias training and perceived force climate: links with prejudiced attitudes in United Kingdom policing. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology , 33 (4). pp. 929-939. ISSN: 1099-1298 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.2682
Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Haddock, G. , Chubb, J. , Wilsdon, J. , Manville, C. (2023) Supported or stressed while being assessed? How motivational climates in UK university workplaces promote or inhibit researcher well-being. Higher Education Quarterly , 77 (3). pp. 537-557. ISSN: 1468-2273 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12420
Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Legate, N. , Graham, L. , Zheng, Y. , Plater, M. , Al-Khouja, M. , Moller, A. (2023) The role of perceived autonomy‐supportive communications for motivating prejudice reduction and avoiding defiant backlash within the police force workplace. Journal of Applied Social Psychology , 53 (5). pp. 443-454. ISSN: 1559-1816 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12953
Itzchakov, G. ORCID: 0000-0003-1516-6719 , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Vinokur, E. , Yomtovian, A. (2023) Communicating for workplace connection: a longitudinal study of the outcomes of listening training on teachers' autonomy, psychological safety, and relational climate. Psychology in the Schools , 60 (4). pp. 1279-1298. ISSN: 1520-6807 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pits.22835
Paulmann, S. ORCID: 0000-0003-4148-3806 and Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 (2023) Teachers' motivational prosody: a pre‐registered experimental test of children's reactions to tone of voice used by teachers. British Journal of Educational Psychology , 93 (2). pp. 437-752. ISSN: 2044-8279 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12567
Itzchakov, G. ORCID: 0000-0003-1516-6719 , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Cheshin, A. (2023) Learning to listen: downstream effects of listening training on employees' relatedness, burnout, and turnover intentions. Human Resource Management , 62 (4). pp. 565-580. ISSN: 1099-050X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22103

Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Wolf, L. , Legault, L. , Atsizelti, Ş. , Legate, N. (2022) Will outgroup members satisfy my need for autonomy? The role of autonomy threat expectations in outgroup attitudes. Journal of Social and Political Psychology ISSN: 2195-3325
Kelley, N. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Smith, E. , Davis, W. , Christy, A. , Sedikides, C. , Schlegel, R. (2022) Emotional, motivational and attitudinal consequences of autonomous prosocial behaviour. European Journal of Social Psychology pp 0. ISSN: 0046-2772 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2916
Oliver, T. , Doherty, B. , Dornelles, A. , Gilbert, N. , Greenwell, M. ORCID: 0000-0001-5406-6222 , Harrison, L. , Jones, I. ORCID: 0000-0002-7738-2516 , Lewis, A. , Moller, S. , Pilley, V. , Tovey, P. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 (2022) A safe and just operating space for human identity: a systems perspective. The Lancet Planetary Health , 6 (11). pp. e919-e927. ISSN: 2542-5196 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00217-0
Legate, N. , Nguyen, T. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Moller, A. , Legault, L. (2022) A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 119 (22). ISSN: 0027-8424 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111091119
Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Hansen, H. , Nguyen, T. (2022) Definitions of solitude in everyday life. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin pp 1. ISSN: 0146-1672 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01461672221115941
Rave, R. , Itzchakov, G. ORCID: 0000-0003-1516-6719 , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Reis, H. (2022) How to get through hard times: principals' listening buffers teachers' stress on turnover intention and promotes organizational citizenship behavior. Current Psychology pp 0. ISSN: 1936-4733 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03529-6
Itzchakov, G. ORCID: 0000-0003-1516-6719 , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Saluk, D. , Amar, M. (2022) Connection heals wounds: feeling listened to reduces speakers’ loneliness following a social rejection disclosure. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin pp. 14616722211003. ISSN: 1552-7433 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01461672221100369
Al-Khouja, M. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Ryan, W. , Legate, N. (2022) Self-expression can be authentic or inauthentic, with differential outcomes for well-being: development of the authentic and inauthentic expression scale (AIES). Journal of Research in Personality , 97 ISSN: 0092-6566 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104191
Nguyen, T. ORCID: 0000-0003-0777-4204 , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Deci, E. (2022) Alone with our thoughts: investigation of autonomy supportive framing as a driver of enjoyment during quiet time in solitude. Collabra: Psychology , 8 (1). pp 0. ISSN: 2474-7394 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1525/collabra.31629
Itzchakov, G. ORCID: 0000-0003-1516-6719 , Reis, H. ORCID: 0000-0002-3542-6074 , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 (2022) How to foster perceived partner responsiveness: high‐quality listening is key. Social and Personality Psychology Compass , 16 (1). pp 0. ISSN: 1751-9004 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12648
Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Itzchakov, G. ORCID: 0000-0003-1516-6719 , Legate, N. ORCID: 0000-0001-8086-9643 (2022) The motivational value of listening during intimate and difficult conversations. Social and Personality Psychology Compass , 16 (2). pp 0. ISSN: 1751-9004 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12651

Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Nguyen, T. , Hansen, H. (2021) What time alone offers: narratives of solitude from adolescence to older adulthood. Frontiers in Psychology , 12 ISSN: 1664-1078 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.714518
Przybylski, A. , Nguyen, T. , Law, W. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 (2021) Does taking a short break from social media have a positive effect on well-being? Evidence from three preregistered field experiments. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science , 6 pp. 507-514. ISSN: 2366-5963 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41347-020-00189-w
Weinstein, N. , Chubb, J. , Haddock, G. , Wilsdon, J. (2021) A conducive environment? The role of need support in the higher education workplace and its effect on academics' experiences of research assessment in the UK. Higher Education Quarterly , 75 (1). pp. 146-160. ISSN: 1468-2273 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12259

Texieira, P. , Silva, M. , Duda, J. , La Guardia, J. , Lonsdale, C. , Michie, S. , Ntoumanis, N. , Reeve, J. , Sebire, S. , Vansteenkiste, M. , Weman-Josefsson, K. , Marques, M. , Brunet, J. , Haerens, L. , Lindwall, M. , Markland, D. , Moller, A. , Patrick, H. , Ryan, R. , Standage, M. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Williams, G. , Hagger, M. (2020) A classification of motivation and behavior change techniques used in self-determination theory-based interventions in health contexts. Motivation Science , 6 (4). pp. 438-455. ISSN: 2333-8121 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000172
Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Vansteenkiste, M. , Paulmann, S. (2020) Don't you say it that way! Experimental evidence that controlling voices elicit defiance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 88 ISSN: 0022-1031 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103949
Itchakov, G. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Legate, N. , Amar, M. (2020) Can high quality listening predict lower speakers' prejudiced attitudes?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 91 ISSN: 0022-1031 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104022
Przybylski, A. , Orben, A. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 (2020) How much is too much? Examining the relationship between digital screen engagement and psychosocial functioning in a confirmatory cohort study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , 59 (9). pp. 1080-1088. ISSN: 0890-8567 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2019.06.017
Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 and Nguyen, T. ORCID: 0000-0003-0777-4204 (2020) Motivation and preference in isolation: a test of their different influences on responses to self-isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak. Royal Society Open Science , 7 (5). pp 0. ISSN: 2054-5703 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200458

Przybylski, A. and Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 (2019) Digital screen time limits and young children's psychological well-being: evidence from a population-based study. Child Development , 90 (1). pp. e56-e65. ISSN: 0009-3920 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13007
McPhetres, J. , Rutjens, B. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Brisson, J. (2019) Modifying attitudes about modified foods: increased knowledge leads to more positive attitudes. Journal of Environmental Psychology , 64 pp. 21-29. ISSN: 0272-4944 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.04.012
Wolf, L. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Maio, G. (2019) Anti-immigrant prejudice: understanding the roles of (perceived) values and value dissimilarity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 117 (5). pp. 925-953. ISSN: 1939-1315 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000177

Przybylski, A. and Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 (2017) A large-scale test of the Goldilocks hypothesis: quantifying the relations between digital-screen use and the mental well-being of adolescents. Psychological Science , 28 (2). pp. 204-215. ISSN: 1467-9280 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797616678438
Ryan, W. , Legate, N. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Rahman, Q. (2017) Autonomy support fosters lesbian, gay, and bisexual identity disclosure and wellness, especially for those with internalized homophobia. Journal of Social Issues , 73 (2). pp. 289-306. ISSN: 0022-4537 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josi.12217
Przybylski, A. , Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Murayama, K. (2017) Internet gaming disorder: investigating the clinical relevance of a new phenomenon. American Journal of Psychiatry , 174 (3). pp. 230-236. ISSN: 0002-953X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16020224

Weinstein, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 , Farah, K. , NIcole, L. (2016) Enhancing need satisfaction to reduce psychological distress in Syrian refugees. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 84 (7). pp. 645-650. ISSN: 0022-006X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000095