Browsing BI Open by Author "Furnham, Adrian"

Advertisement-programme congruence in memory of sexual fragrance advertisements

Wong, Hiu Yan Amy; McClelland, Alastair; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

The current study explored the effect of sexual content in advertisements and the programme–advertisement congruence on the memory of sexual and nonsexual advertisements. Seventy participants (41 females and 29 males) were ...

Advertising: The contribution of applied cognitive psychology

Furnham, Adrian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)

This paper looks at the contribution of applied cognitive psychology primarily to the research on advertising. The first issue is to attempt to define and specify the unique contribution of applied, as opposed to “pure,” ...

An integrated perspective on insight

Martinsen, Øyvind Lund; Furnham, Adrian; Hærem, Thorvald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)

The present study on insight is based on an integration of Kaplan and Simon’s (1990) information processing theory of insight, a cognitive style theory, and achievement motivation theory. The style theory is the Assimilator ...

Antecedents and consequences of chronic impulsive buying: Can impulsive buying be understood as dysfunctional self‐regulation?

Fenton-O'Creevy, Mark; Dibb, Sally; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

Researchers reach different conclusions about the functional or dysfunctional nature of impulsive buying behavior. While many note the use of impulsive buying as a form of mood regulation, there is disagreement about whether ...

Are modern health worries associated with medical conspiracy theories?

Lahrach, Y.; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)

This study was concerned with whether Medical Conspiracy Theories (MCTs), along with other variables (demographics, ideology and health perceptions) are associated with Modern Health Worries (MHWs). MCTs were significantly ...

Are modern health worries associated with medical conspiracy theories?

Lahrach, Y; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)

This study was concerned with whether Medical Conspiracy Theories (MCTs), along with other variables (demographics, ideology and health perceptions) are associated with Modern Health Worries (MHWs). MCTs were significantly ...

Asexuality is inversely associated with positive body image in British adults

Swami, Viren; Laughton, Ryan; Grover, Simmy; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

Research on positive body image has infrequently considered sexual minority orientations beyond lesbians, gay men, and bisexual persons. Indeed, there is no existing research on the relationships between body image and ...

Associations between childhood biomedical factors, maternal smoking, personality traits, Body and Mass Index and the prevalence of asthma in adulthood

Cheng, Helen; Montgomery, Scott; Treglown, Luke; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

Objective: The study set out to investigate socio-economic, biomedical, health and behavioural and psychological factors in childhood and adulthood associated with the prevalence of asthma in adulthood, drawing data from ...

Beliefs about the causes and cures of depression

Furnham, Adrian; Ritchie, William; Lay, Alixe (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)

Aims: To test whether the group would recognise both vignettes with having depression and that the favoured cure would be Psychotherapy/Talking Cure. Method: In all, 320 adults completed a two-part questionnaire. In ...

The Big-Five personality factors, mental health, and social-demographic indicators as independent predictors of gratification delay

Furnham, Adrian; Cheng, Helen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

This paper reports on a study testing over 12,000 adults. We were interested in the correlates of gratification delay (GD) (as criterion variable) with gender, age, education and occupation, the Big-Five personality factors, ...

Birds of a feather work together: The role of emotional intelligence and cognitive ability in workplace interaction and advice networks

Treglown, Luke; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

The study investigated whether cognitive ability or trait emotional intelligence impacted the formation of task-contingent communication and advice seeking in the workplace. Contrary to the theory driven hypothesis, an ...

Breast size dissatisfaction, but not body dissatisfaction, is associated with breast self-examination frequency and breast change detection in British women

Swami, Viren; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

Studies examining associations between body image and breast self-examination (BSE) have returned mixed findings, but this may be a function of focusing on global body image. Here, we examined the impact of breast size ...

Childhood Cognitive Ability Predicts Adult Financial Well-Being

Furnham, Adrian; Cheng, Helen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)

This study set out to investigate to what extent childhood cognitive ability, along with personality traits, education and occupational status, as well as marital status influence adult financial success. Data were drawn ...

Childhood heart problems, adulthood emotional stability, and sex associated with self-report heart conditions in adulthood

Cheng, Helen; Montgomery, Scott; Green, Andy; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

The present study investigated biomedical, social, and psychological factors associated with self-reported heart conditions in adulthood in a British cohort. In total, 5697 (50.7% males) participants with data on parental ...

Childhood locus of control and self-esteem, education, psychological distress and physical exercise as predictors of adult obesity

Cheng, Helen; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

Objective To investigate to what extent locus of control, self-esteem, psychological distress, physical exercise, as well as socio-demographic factors are associated with obesity in 42-year-old adults in a longitudinal ...

Childhood onset of migraine, gender, parental social class, and trait neuroticism as predictors of the prevalence of migraine in adulthood

Cheng, Helen; Treglown, Luke; Green, Andy; Chapman, Benjamin P.; Kornilaki, Ekaterina N.; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)

This study investigated the effects of socio-demographic and psychological factors in childhood and adulthood on the prevalence of migraine in adulthood using data from The National Child Development Studies (NCDS), a birth ...