https://hdl.handle.net/10481/13716 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:54:13 GMT 2026-04-10T20:54:13Z https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111937 Public responses to health-oriented warning labels in car advertising: Implications for sustainable and active mobility Wang, Boyao; Rey Pino, Juan Miguel; Montoro Ríos, Francisco Javier; Viedma Del Jesús, María Isabel Introduction Private car use has significant implications for public health, contributing to air pollution, road traffic injuries, and physical inactivity. In this context, communication-based regulations that aim to reduce car dependency can support both environmental and health goals. This study evaluates the introduction of mandatory health and environmental warnings in car advertising as an emerging policy instrument to promote sustainable and healthy mobility, drawing on evidence from Granada (southern Spain). Methods A qualitative design was employed, using focus group discussions with 37 adults private car users segmented by age and level of environmental concern. The study explored participants’ awareness of car-use warnings, their perceptions of message credibility, and the behavioural and cognitive responses these warnings elicited. Results Findings indicate that many participants overlooked or dismissed the warnings as symbolic, particularly when the messages were small, poorly integrated, or perceived as inconsistent with broader transport and health policies. Nevertheless, the warnings prompted moral reflection and cognitive engagement among younger and more environmentally concerned participants, suggesting their potential contribution to gradual cultural change in mobility attitudes. Conclusions Policy coherence, visibility, and credibility are critical conditions for the success of communication-based interventions. When integrated into broader strategies that promote active and sustainable travel, warning labels can complement public health efforts to reduce emissions, sedentary lifestyles, and traffic injuries. The study offers practical insights for policymakers seeking to design credible, health-aligned information tools that foster behavioural change toward healthier and more sustainable mobility. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111937 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111877 Unlocking the future of paytech: exploring biometric payment card adoption patterns Liébana Cabanillas, Francisco José; Irimia-Diéguez, Ana; Albort Morant, Gema; Zarco, Carmen With the transition to a cashless society and the evolving regulatory framework gov erning electronic payments, the advent of novel payment systems has become increas ingly apparent. In this context, biometric payment cards have emerged as a promising alternative to enhance security, convenience, and efficiency in electronic transactions. An online questionnaire was administered to a sample of users experienced in mobile payment systems, and structural equation modeling was utilized to identify the vari ables significantly affecting usage and recommendation. The results confirm the pro posed hypotheses, except for those related to social influence and perceived risk. This study provides a unique contribution by investigating the factors influencing the adop tion and word‑of‑mouth (WOM) of biometric payment cards, integrating elements from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 (UTAUT2), general risk theory, and trust theory. This research is highly relevant for financial institutions, tech companies, marketers and policymakers, as it informs user strategy development for businesses operating within the biometric payment sector and suggests guidelines for enhancing consumer trust and reducing perceived risks associated with biometric payments. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111877 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111603 Eyes on the Prize: Eye-Tracking Evidence of Attentional Biases Toward Gambling and Natural Rewards Sánchez-Fernández, Francisco-Luis; Viedma Del Jesús, María Isabel; Ibáñez Zapata, José Ángel; Sánchez Fernández, Juan; Montoro Ríos, Francisco Javier The present study investigates attentional biases (ABs) in gamblers and non-gamblers, focusing on both gambling-related and food-related stimuli to examine the relationship between these biases and the Incentive Sensitization (IS) and Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) models of addiction. Using an eye-tracking methodology, we assess how ABs differ across three conditions involving two types of images: Food vs. Gambling, Food vs. Neutral, and Gambling vs. Neutral. Gamblers showed a significant AB toward gambling-related stimuli compared to neutral cues, supporting the IS model. However, when gambling and food images were compared, no significant difference in AB was found, partially disconfirming the hypothesis that gamblers exhibit a stronger bias toward gambling stimuli. In contrast, non-gamblers demonstrated a clear preference for food-related images, as predicted by the IS model. Additionally, group differences revealed that gamblers allocated more attention to gambling-related cues than non-gamblers. However, food images elicited similar levels of attention from both gamblers and non-gamblers when compared to neutral images, rather than gambling-related images. These findings highlight the role of ABs in the development and maintenance of gambling behaviour, supporting the IS model but not the RDS model. The study also explores the association between AB and severity of gambling and other relevant psychological factors in gambling disorder, providing new insights into the cognitive mechanisms underlying gambling addiction. These results suggest that ABs could be targeted in interventions aimed at modifying attention patterns and reducing gambling-related cravings. This study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Consumption (SUBV23/00008). https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111603 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111446 Public responses to health-oriented warning labels in car advertising: Implications for sustainable and active mobility Wang, Boyao; Rey Pino, Juan Miguel; Montoro Ríos, Francisco Javier; Viedma Del Jesús, María Isabel Introduction: Private car use has significant implications for public health, contributing to air pollution, road traffic injuries, and physical inactivity. In this context, communication-based regulations that aim to reduce car dependency can support both environmental and health goals. This study evaluates the introduction of mandatory health and environmental warnings in car advertising as an emerging policy instrument to promote sustainable and healthy mobility, drawing on evidence from Granada (southern Spain). Methods: A qualitative design was employed, using focus group discussions with 37 adults private car users segmented by age and level of environmental concern. The study explored participants’ awareness of car-use warnings, their perceptions of message credibility, and the behavioural and cognitive responses these warnings elicited. Results: Findings indicate that many participants overlooked or dismissed the warnings as symbolic, particularly when the messages were small, poorly integrated, or perceived as inconsistent with broader transport and health policies. Nevertheless, the warnings prompted moral reflection and cognitive engagement among younger and more environmentally concerned participants, suggesting their potential contribution to gradual cultural change in mobility attitudes. Conclusions: Policy coherence, visibility, and credibility are critical conditions for the success of communication-based interventions. When integrated into broader strategies that promote active and sustainable travel, warning labels can complement public health efforts to reduce emissions, sedentary lifestyles, and traffic injuries. The study offers practical insights for policymakers seeking to design credible, health-aligned information tools that foster behavioural change toward healthier and more sustainable mobility. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111446 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111071 Cognitive and contextual configurations in entrepreneurial opportunity evaluation: insights from fsQCA Andrade Valbuena, Nelson A.; Alonso Dos Santos, Manuel Individuals with entrepreneurial experience evaluating opportunities in uncertain contexts rely on complex cognitive and social processes shaped by their psychological dispositions and perceptions of the environment. This study adopts a configurational perspective to examine how combinations of technological awareness, risk-taking, social influence, effort expectancy, and perceived innovativeness influence the psychological evaluation of technological opportunities. In doing so, the study advances methodfological practice by implementing an integrated, fully theory-driven fsQCA design at the individual level—a methodological approach that remains rare in entrepreneurial cognition research and enables the systematic identification of complex cognitive patterns underlying opportunity evaluation. Using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) on data from 404 individuals with prior or current involvement in technology ventures, each randomly assigned to evaluate one vignette describing an opportunity in artificial intelligence, fintech, biotechnology, or smart textiles, we identify three configurations associated with high Opportunity Beliefs (OB) and two with high Expected Returns (ER), along with two additional configurations explaining their negated outcomes. No single condition emerges as necessary for either outcome, underscoring the conjunctural and asymmetric nature of cognitive evaluations under uncertainty. A representative configuration leading to high OB combines elevated technological awareness, strong risk-taking, and social influence with high perceived innovativeness and prior entrepreneurial experience. Conversely, low OB and ER are primarily linked to heightened effort expectancy coupled with reduced social or technological awareness. These findings illustrate the principle of equifinality, showing that distinct cognitive–contextual combinations can produce similar evaluative outcomes—both positive and negative. The study contributes to cognitive and social psychology by demonstrating that integrated patterns of attentional, motivational, and social mechanisms—rather than isolated variables—underpin opportunity evaluation processes. By adopting a sample of self-identified individuals with entrepreneurial exposure rather than a verified founder population, the study offers theoretically grounded and ecologically valid insights into the cognitive configurations underlying opportunity assessment in technology-related contexts. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/111071