Dani Cosme

@dcosme.bsky.social

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Social affective neuroscientist at Penn studying motivation, resilience, individual & collective behavior change. Interests: climate, civic engagement, autonomy, solidarity, self & social development, youth participatory action research dcosme.github.io

Conceptual model of barriers to youth voting and strategies to overcome them rooted in decision-making and behavior change theories.
Table with overarching design recommendations for interventions: 1. Consider the developmental context to identify psychological barriers that are central in emerging adulthood and find developmentally appropriate ways to support youth to overcome them 2. Seek to design interventions that both motivate voting and help youth fulfill key developmental needs, such as identity and worldview exploration, to promote well-being and lasting civic engagement 3. Use behavior change theory to guide campaign and intervention design to more effectively identify which psychological barriers are relevant for a given population and which intervention strategies are promising targets to overcome them 4. Invite youth to inform, co-create, and lead campaign and intervention development
Sign saying “land of the free IF we are brave” held before Independence Hall at the no kings rally
A crowd at the no kings protest jamming with a drum line led by Philly Elmo
Stickers supporting striking city workers from Philly DC33. The QR code links to a call script to call city leaders. The link is: https://bit.ly/support-dc33
Video of the crowd at the stand up for science rally in Seattle
Screenshot of a deactivated Twitter account