A.L. (Anne) Vos MSc
Postdoctoral Researcher & Lecturer
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
CW : Persuasive Communication
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
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Postbus 15791
1001 NG Amsterdam
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My research passion lies in uncovering ways to encourage healthy lifestyle choices. My PhD research revolved around the design and evaluation of a mobile application for the Supreme Nudge project. Utilizing the JITAI (Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention) framework, this app, uniquely tailored to the individual, offers real-time feedback and advice on physical activity. Its innovative coaching system sends user-specific tips during pivotal decision-making moments throughout the day, such as suggesting a detour through a nearby park to reach daily step goals.
As a postdoctoral researcher, I have pivoted to a project centered on pandemic preparedness. The goal is to enhance compliance with preventive measures against viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2. By employing both online and field experiments, we investigate the effectiveness of communication strategies that promote preventive behaviors.
Research expertise
- Persuasive communication strategies
- mHealth
- Health interventions
- Physical activity
- Tailoring
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Research
Research methods
- Survey research
- Experimental research
- Randomized controlled trials
Current research project
Developing and testing behavioral interventions to prevent infection and spread of COVID-19
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Teaching
BA
- Persuasive Communication
- Thesis supervision
MA
- Thesis supervision
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Publications
2024
Stuber, J. M., Mackenbach, J. D., de Bruijn, G.-J., Gillebaart, M., Hoenink, J. C., Middel, C. N. H., de Ridder, D. T. D., van der Schouw, Y. T., Smit, E. G., Velema, E., Vos, A. L., Waterlander, W. E., Lakerveld, J., Beulens, J. W. J., & SUPREME NUDGE consortium (2024). Real‑world nudging, pricing, and mobile physical activity coaching was insufficient to improve lifestyle behaviours and cardiometabolic health: the Supreme Nudge parallel cluster‑randomised controlled supermarket trial. BMC Medicine, 22, Article 52. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03268-4 [details]- Vos, A. L., de Bruijn, G. J., Klein, M. C. A., Boerman, S. C., Stuber, J. M., & Smit, E. G. (2024). Effectiveness of a Just-In-Time Adaptive App to Increase Daily Steps: An RCT. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2024.09.010
- Winter, S., Vos, A. L., Remmelswaal, P., & Neijens, P. (2024). How social are self-effects? The impact of feedback on the internalization of expressed opinions in online communication. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 13, Article 100365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2023.100365 [details]
2023
- Stuber, J. M., van Hoek, B. A. C. E., Vos, A. L., Smit, E. G., Lakerveld, J., Mackenbach, J. D., Beulens, J. W. J., & SUPREME NUDGE consortium (2023). Participant recruitment, baseline characteristics and at-home-measurements of cardiometabolic risk markers: insights from the Supreme Nudge parallel cluster-randomised controlled supermarket trial. Trials, 24, Article 159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07157-8 [details]
- Vos, A. L., de Bruijn, G. J., Klein, M. C. A., Lakerveld, J., Boerman, S. C., & Smit, E. G. (2023). SNapp, a tailored smartphone app intervention to promote walking in adults of low socioeconomic position: Development and qualitative pilot study. JMIR Formative Research, 7, Article e40851. https://doi.org/10.2196/40851 [details]
2022
- Stuber, J. M., Mackenbach, J. D., de Boer, F. E., de Bruijn, G. J., Gillebaart, M., Harbers, M. C., Hoenink, J. C., Klein, M. C. A., Middel, C. N. H., van der Schouw, Y. T., Schuitmaker-Warnaar, T. J., Velema, E., Vos, A. L., Waterlander, W. E., Lakerveld, J., & Beulens, J. W. J. (2022). Correction: Reducing cardiometabolic risk in adults with a low socioeconomic position: protocol of the Supreme Nudge parallel cluster-randomised controlled supermarket trial. Nutrition journal, 21, Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-022-00795-9
2021
- Winter, S., Maslowska, E., & Vos, A. L. (2021). The effects of trait-based personalization in social media advertising. Computers in Human Behavior, 114, Article 106525. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106525 [details]
- Winter, S., Remmelswaal, P., & Vos, A. (2021). When posting is believing: Adaptation and internalization of expressed opinions in social network sites. Journal of Media Psychology, 34(3), 177-187. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000308 [details]
2020
- Stuber, J. M., Mackenbach, J. D., de Boer, F. E., de Bruijn, G.-J., Gillebaart, M., Harbers, M. C., Hoenink, J. C., Klein, M. C. A., Middel, C. N. H., van der Schouw, Y. T., Schuitmaker-Warnaar, T. J., Velema, E., Vos, A. L., Waterlander, W. E., Lakerveld, J., & Beulens, J. W. J. (2020). Reducing cardiometabolic risk in adults with a low socioeconomic position: protocol of the Supreme Nudge parallel cluster-randomised controlled supermarket trial. Nutrition journal, 19, Article 46 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-020-00562-8 [details]
2024
- Vos, A. L., van der Heijden, A., van den Putte, B., Timmermans, D. R. M., & de Wit, J. (2024). Communicate to mitigate: Testing the impact of persuasive communication strategies on compliance with pandemic preventive measures in an online experiment. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2024, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- Vos, A. L., van der Heijden, A., van den Putte, B., Timmermans, D. R. M., & de Wit, J. (2024). Improving pandemic preparedness: Comparing persuasive communication strategies to enhance pandemic preventive measures compliance. Abstract from 38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Cascais, Portugal.
2023
- Vos, A. L., de Bruijn, G. J., Klein, M. C. A., Boerman, S. C., Stuber, J. M., & Smit, E. G. (2023). The development and effects of SNapp, a just-in-time adaptive smartphone app intervention to increase step counts. Paper presented at International Communication Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Vos, A. L., de Bruijn, G. J., Klein, M. C. A., Boerman, S. C., Stuber, J. M., & Smit, E. G. (2023). The development and effects of SNapp: A tailored smartphone app intervention to increase walking in adults of low socioeconomic position. Abstract from Etmaal Communicatiewetenschap 2023, Enschede, Netherlands.
2022
- Vos, A. L., de Bruijn, G. J., Klein, M. C. A., & Smit, E. G. (2022). Step by step: Explaining differences in physical activity app use intention across socioeconomic strata by applying the Technology Acceptance Model. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschappen 2022.
2021
- Vos, A. L., de Bruijn, G. J., Klein, M. C. A., & Smit, E. G. (2021). From Start to Finish: Investigating Factors Related to Adoption and Discontinuance of Mobile Walking Apps. Abstract from European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC).
- Vos, A. L., de Bruijn, G. J., Klein, M. C. A., & Smit, E. G. (2021). Why People Start and Stop Using Walking Apps: Technology Perceptions and Demographic and Behavioral Factors. Abstract from Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2021.
2020
- Vos, A. L., de Bruijn, G. J., & Schulz, P. J. (2020). Using a walking app diminishes health literacy differences between socio-economic strata in Dutch older adults. Abstract from Kentucky Conference on Health Communication.
- Vos, A. L., de Bruijn, G. J., Klein, M. C. A., & Smit, E. G. (2020). Explaining Socioeconomic Differences in Walking App Use with the Technology Acceptance Model in a Population-Based Sample. Poster session presented at Kentucky Conference on Health Communication.
Talk / presentation
- Vos, A. (speaker) & van der Heijden, A. (speaker) (16-9-2024). De rol van communicatie om COVID-19 besmetting en verspreiding tegen te gaan, Van pandemie naar pandemisch paraat, Hilversum.
- Vos, A. (keynote speaker) (10-5-2023). Een mobiele wandelcoach: resultaten uit het Supreme Nudge project, Amsterdam Center for Health Communication symposium: Wearable tech for health, Amsterdam.
- Vos, A. (speaker) (2-11-2022). Ontwikkeling en resultaten van de Supreme Nudge wandelcoach, Supreme Nudge eindsymposium, Utrecht.
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Stuber, J. M., Mackenbach, J. D., de Bruijn, G.-J., Gillebaart, M., Hoenink, J. C., Middel, C. N. H., de Ridder, D. T. D., van der Schouw, Y. T., Smit, E. G., Velema, E., Vos, A. L., Waterlander, W. E., Lakerveld, J., Beulens, J. W. J., & SUPREME NUDGE consortium (2024). Real‑world nudging, pricing, and mobile physical activity coaching was insufficient to improve lifestyle behaviours and cardiometabolic health: the Supreme Nudge parallel cluster‑randomised controlled supermarket trial. BMC Medicine, 22, Article 52.