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The breaking bad effect: Priming with an antihero increases sensation seeking

Overview of attention for article published in British Journal of Social Psychology, March 2020
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (76th percentile)
  • Average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source

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Article details
Title
The breaking bad effect: Priming with an antihero increases sensation seeking
Published in
British Journal of Social Psychology, March 2020
DOI 10.1111/bjso.12374
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 39 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 5 13%
Student > Master 4 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 8%
Other 2 5%
Lecturer 2 5%
Other 5 13%
Unknown 18 46%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 8 21%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 10%
Arts and Humanities 2 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 5%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 17 44%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 March 2021.
All research outputs
#6,360,291
of 34,265,936 outputs
Outputs from British Journal of Social Psychology
#513
of 1,284 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#97,134
of 417,510 outputs
Outputs of similar age from British Journal of Social Psychology
#9
of 15 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,265,936 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 81st percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,284 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 20.9. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 60% of its peers.
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