Ilona McNeill

Low carbon readiness in social context: Introducing the social context of environmental identity model

Yoshihisa Kashima, Lean O'Brien, Ilona McNeill, Michael Ambrose, Gordana Bruce, Christine R Critchley, Paul Dudgeon, Peter Newton, Garry Robins

Journal article  |  2021  |  Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Low carbon readiness (LCR) is an aspect of environmental identity, an individual citizen’s willingness to reduce carbon emissions ..

Liar! Liar! (When Stakes Are Higher): Understanding How the Overclaiming Technique Can Be Used to Measure Faking in Personnel Selection

Patrick D Dunlop, Joshua S Bourdage, Reinout E de Vries, Ilona M McNeill, Karina Jorritsma, Megan Orchard, Tomas Austen, Teesha Baines, Weng-Khong Choe

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Applied Psychology

Overclaiming questionnaires (OCQs), which capture overclaiming behavior, or exaggerating one's knowledge about a given topic, have..

Towards a Psychology of the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Costs and Opportunities

SJ Dreyer, T Kurz, AMB Prosser, A Abrash Walton, K Dennings, I McNeill, DA Saber, JK Swim

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Social Issues

Scholars, government scientific research institutions, and public policy-making entities are increasingly focusing on environmenta..

Commitments increase preparedness for floods

Piers DL Howe, Adriana Vargas-Saenz, Ilona M McNeill

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLoS One

The current study investigated whether we could encourage Australian residents to become better prepared for floods by inviting th..

Increasing Preparedness for Wildfires by Informing Residents of Their Community's Social Norms

Piers DL Howe, Jennifer Boldero, Ilona M McNeill, Adriana Vargas-Saenz, John Handmer

Journal article  |  2018  |  Natural Hazards Review

Despite being informed about the risks of wildfires and what can be done to reduce these risks, many Australian residents in areas..

Children in disasters: the role of household preparedness

Ilona M McNeill, Kevin R Ronan

Journal article  |  2017  |  NATURAL HAZARDS

To increase children’s resilience to disasters, it is important to expand our understanding of what increases their vulnerability...

The smoke is rising but where is the fire? Exploring effective online map design for wildfire warnings

Yinghui Cao, Bryan J Boruff, Ilona M McNeill

Journal article  |  2017  |  Natural Hazards

The current study sought to offer guidance for developing effective web-based mapping tools for wildfire warnings by identifying (..

Increasing Pro-Environmental Behaviors by Increasing Self-Concordance: Testing an Intervention

Kerrie L Unsworth, Ilona M McNeill

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Applied Psychology

Globally, there is a clear need to change our behavior to mitigate climate change. Many people, however, will not find the need fo..

Towards personalised public warnings: harnessing technological advancements to promote better individual decision-making in the face of disasters

Yinghui Cao, Bryan J Boruff, Ilona M McNeill

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Journal of Digital Earth

Official warnings are essential for informing the public of impending hazards and promoting their responses before a disaster occu..

Development and Preliminary Validation of the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire: A Measure of Individual Differences in Constructive Versus Unconstructive Worry

Ilona M McNeill, Patrick D Dunlop

Journal article  |  2016  |  Psychological Assessment

This article presents a measure of individual differences in the tendencies to worry constructively and unconstructively, called t..