Publications
Working papers / Preprints / Submissions
da Silva Pinho, A., Molleman, L., van den Bos, W. (2026). Learning about the world: the influence of online social information on youths’ opinions.
Céspedes Izquierdo, V., da Silva Pinho, A., Larsen, H., & van den Bos, W. (2025). Formalising the relationship between rewards and mood in social media. [preregistration]
Rathje, S., Asimovic, N., Ventura, T., Mughal, S., Karsting, H., Robertson, C. E., Barrie, C., The Global Social Media Experiment Team*, Tucker, J. A., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2025). Testing the causal impact of social media reduction around the globe. Nature (Registered Report, Stage 1 In-Principle Acceptance). * I am leading the team of scholars in the Netherlands
Doell, K. C., Lengersdorff, L., Rhoads, S. A., Todorova, B., Nitschke, J. P., Druckman, J., Vlascenau, M., Many Labs Climate Consortium*, Lamm, C. & Van Bavel, J. J. (2025, preprint). When Predicting Climate-Relevant Intervention Effectiveness, Academics Outperform the Public, but Not a Simple Heuristic. [Preprint] * I am part of the consortium contributing behavioral experiment data
Peer-reviewed papers
Slagter, S., da Silva Pinho, A., van Duijvenvoorde, A., & van den Bos, W. (2026). An experimental study on the influence of friends and popular peers on adolescents’ risky decisions in a private and public context. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. [paper]
da Silva Pinho, A., Molleman, L., Braams, B.R., & van den Bos, W. (2025). Pathways from Norms to Intentions: a Developmental Perspective. Collabra: Psychology, 11 (1): 150354. [preregistration study 1] [preregistration study 2] [paper] [data & code]
da Silva Pinho, A., Slagter, S., Gradassi, A., Molleman, L., Braams, B.R., & van den Bos, W. (2025). Teacher Knows Best? The Social Influence of Teachers and Peers in High School. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35 (3), e70063. [preregistration] [ paper] [data & code]
da Silva Pinho, A., Céspedes Izquierdo, V., Lindström, B., & van den Bos, W. (2024). Youths’ sensitivity to social media feedback: A computational account. Science Advances, 10(43). [preregistration study 1] [preregistration study 2] [paper] [data & code]
Gradassi, A., Slagter, S. K., da Silva Pinho, A., Molleman, L., & van den Bos, W. (2023). Network distance and centrality shape social learning in the classroom. School Psychology, 38(2), 67–78. [paper]
de Witte, M., da Silva Pinho, A., Stams, G.-J., Moonen, X., Bos, A. E. R., & van Hooren, S. (2022). Music therapy for stress reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review, 16(1), 134–159. [paper]
da Silva Pinho, A., Molleman, L., Braams, B. R., & van den Bos, W. (2021). Majority and popularity effects on norm formation in adolescence. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 12884. [preregistration] [paper] [data & code]
PhD thesis
da Silva Pinho, A. (2025). The social network effect: Norms and feedback in adolescence. University of Amsterdam. [PhD thesis]
Other
Céspedes, V., & da Silva Pinho, A. (2025). This is not a feed (Software).[repository]