Research areas
I am a social psychologist specializing in psychology of intergroup relations. Most of my research focuses on: (1) sources of and methods for reducing intergroup bias; (2) the role of collective emotions and ways in which people relate to the history of their social groups in shaping current intergroup attitudes; and (3) the psychological underpinnings of negative and positive intergroup behaviour, e.g., hate crime, collective violence, and collective action. The overarching goal of this research is to employ social psychological knowledge to understand and address challenges burdening diverse societies. In addition, I am currently developing a line of work on the role of social identities (e.g., belonging to different social groups) in shaping people’s health outcomes with a particular interest on recovery from addiction.
Selected publications
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Group identification moderates the effect of historical trauma availability on historical trauma symptoms and conspiracy beliefs
Skrodzka, M., Stefaniak, A. & Bilewicz, M., 27 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. Early View, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are societies in conflict more susceptible to believe in COVID-19 conspiracy theories? A 66 nation study
Hebel-Sela, S., Stefaniak, A., Vandermeulen, D., Adler, E., Hameiri, B. & Halperin, E., 3 Nov 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Peace and Conflict. First Posting, 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Authoritarians go with the flow: social norms moderate the link between right-wing authoritarianism and outgroup-directed attitudes
Gorska, P., Stefaniak, A., Lipowska, K., Malinowska, K., Skrodzka, M. & Marchlewska, M., 11 Jan 2022, In: Political Psychology. 43, 1, p. 131-152 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Collective nostalgia as a balm for the distressed social identity
Wohl, M. J. A., Stefaniak, A. & Smeekes, A., 13 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Current Opinion in Psychology. 101542.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Commentary on "Different roles of interpersonal trust and institutional trust in COVID-19 pandemic control"
Stefaniak, A., Wohl, M. J. A. & Elgar, F. J., 1 Apr 2022, In: Social Science and Medicine. 299, 3 p., 114765.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
In time, we will simply disappear: racial demographic shift undermines privileged group members' support for marginalized social groups via collective angst
Stefaniak, A. & Wohl, M. J. A., 7 Jul 2022, In: Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. 25, 3, p. NP1-NP23 23 p., 13684302211023551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic
Van Bavel, J. J., Cichocka, A., Capraro, V., Sjastad, H., Nezlek, J. B., Pavlovic, T., Alfano, M., Gelfand, M. J., Azevedo, F., Birtel, M. D., Cislak, A., Lockwood, P. L., Ross, R. M., Abts, K., Agadullina, E., Aruta, J. J. B., Besharati, S. N., Bor, A., Choma, B. L., Crabtree, C. D., Cunningham, W. A., De, K., Ejaz, W., Elbaek, C. T., Findor, A., Flichtentrei, D., Franc, R., Gjoneska, B., Gruber, J., Gualda, E., Horiuchi, Y., Toan Luu Duc Huynh, Ibanez, A., Imran, M. A., Israelashvili, J., Jasko, K., Kantorowicz, J., Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, E., Krouwel, A., Laakasuo, M., Lamm, C., Leygue, C., Lin, M-J., Mansoor, M. S., Marie, A., Mayiwar, L., Mazepus, H., McHugh, C., Minda, J. P., Mitkidis, P., Olsson, A., Otterbring, T., Packer, D. J., Perry, A., Petersen, M. B., Puthillam, A., Riano-Moreno, J. C., Rothmund, T., Santamaria-Garcia, H., Schmid, P. C., Stoyanov, D., Tewari, S., Todosijevic, B., Tsakiris, M., Tung, H. H., Umbres, R. G., Vanags, E., Vlasceanu, M., Vonasch, A., Yucel, M., Zhang, Y., Abad, M., Adler, E., Akrawi, N., Mdarhri, H. A., Amara, H., Amodio, D. M., Antazo, B. G., Apps, M., Ay, F. C., Ba, M. H., Barbosa, S., Bastian, B., Berg, A., Bernal-Zarate, M. P., Bernstein, M., Bialek, M., Bilancini, E., Bogatyreva, N., Boncinelli, L., Booth, J. E., Borau, S., Buchel, O., Cameron, C. D., Carvalho, C. F., Celadin, T., Cerami, C., Chalise, H. N., Cheng, X., Cian, L., Cockcroft, K., Conway, J., Andres Cordoba-Delgado, M., Crespi, C., Crouzevialle, M., Cutler, J., Dabrowska, J., Cypryanska, M., Daniels, M. A., Davis, V. H., Dayley, P. N., Delouvee, S., Denkovski, O., Dezecache, G., Dhaliwal, N. A., Diato, A. B., Di Paolo, R., Drosinou, M., Dulleck, U., Ekmanis, J., Ertan, A. S., Etienne, T. W., Farhana, H. H., Farkhari, F., Farmer, H., Fenwick, A., Fidanovski, K., Flew, T., Fraser, S., Frempong, R. B., Fugelsang, J. A., Gale, J., Begona Garcia-Navarro, E., Garladinne, P., Ghajjou, O., Gkinopoulos, T., Gray, K., Griffin, S. M., Gronfeldt, B., Gumren, M., Gurung, R. L., Halperin, E., Harris, E., Herzon, V., Hruska, M., Huang, G., Hudecek, M. F. C., Isler, O., Jangard, S., Jorgensen, F. J., Kachanoff, F., Kahn, J., Dangol, A. K., Keudel, O., Koppel, L., Koverola, M., Kubin, E., Kunnari, A., Kutiyski, Y., Laguna, O., Leota, J., Lermer, E., Levy, J., Levy, N., Li, C., Long, E. U., Longoni, C., Maglic, M., McCashin, D., Metcalf, A. L., Miklousic, I., El Mimouni, S., Miura, A., Molina-Paredes, J., Monroy-Fonseca, C., Morales-Marente, E., Moreau, D., Muda, R., Myer, A., Nash, K., Nesh-Nash, T., Nitschke, J. P., Nurse, M. S., Ohtsubo, Y., de Mello, V. O., O'Madagain, C., Onderco, M., Soledad Palacios-Galvez, M., Palomaki, J., Pan, Y., Papp, Z., Parnamets, P., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Pavlovic, Z., Payan-Gomez, C., Perander, S., Pitman, M. M., Prasad, R., Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J., Rathje, S., Raza, A., Rego, G. G., Rhee, K., Robertson, C. E., Rodriguez-Pascual, I., Saikkonen, T., Salvador-Ginez, O., Sampaio, W. M., Santi, G. C., Santiago-Tovar, N., Savage, D., Scheffer, J. A., Schonegger, P., Schultner, D. T., Schutte, E. M., Scott, A., Sharma, M., Sharma, P., Skali, A., Stadelmann, D., Stafford, C. A., Stanojevic, D., Stefaniak, A., Sternisko, A., Stoica, A., Stoyanova, K. K., Strickland, B., Sundvall, J., Thomas, J. P., Tinghog, G., Torgler, B., Traast, I. J., Tucciarelli, R., Tyrala, M., Ungson, N. D., Uysal, M. S., Van Lange, P. A. M., van Prooijen, J-W., van Rooy, D., Vastfjall, D., Verkoeijen, P., Vieira, J. B., von Sikorski, C., Walker, A. C., Watermeyer, J., Wetter, E., Whillans, A., Willardt, R., Wohl, M. J. A., Wojcik, A. D., Wu, K., Yamada, Y., Yilmaz, O., Yogeeswaran, K., Ziemer, C-T., Zwaan, R. A. & Boggio, P. S., 26 Jan 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 14 p., 517.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning
Pavlović, T., Azevedo, F., De, K., Riaño-Moreno, J. C., Maglić, M., Gkinopoulos, T., Donnelly-Kehoe, P. A., Payán-Gómez, C., Huang, G., Kantorowicz, J., Birtel, M. D., Schönegger, P., Capraro, V., Santamaría-García, H., Yucel, M., Ibanez, A., Rathje, S., Wetter, E., Stanojević, D., van Prooijen, J-W., Hesse, E., Elbaek, C. T., Franc, R., Pavlović, Z., Mitkidis, P., Cichocka, A., Gelfand, M., Alfano, M., Ross, R. M., Sjåstad, H., Nezlek, J. B., Cislak, A., Lockwood, P., Abts, K., Agadullina, E., Amodio, D. M., Apps, M. A. J., Aruta, J. J. B., Besharati, S., Bor, A., Choma, B., Cunningham, W., Ejaz, W., Farmer, H., Findor, A., Gjoneska, B., Gualda, E., Huynh, T. L. D., Imran, M. A., Israelashvili, J., Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, E., Krouwel, A., Kutiyski, Y., Laakasuo, M., Lamm, C., Levy, J., Leygue, C., Lin, M-J., Mansoor, M. S., Marie, A., Mayiwar, L., Mazepus, H., McHugh, C., Olsson, A., Otterbring, T., Packer, D., Palomäki, J., Perry, A., Petersen, M. B., Puthillam, A., Rothmund, T., Schmid, P. C., Stadelmann, D., Stoica, A., Stoyanov, D., Stoyanova, K., Tewari, S., Todosijević, B., Torgler, B., Tsakiris, M., Tung, H. H., Umbreș, R. G., Vanags, E., Vlasceanu, M., Vonasch, A. J., Zhang, Y., Abad, M., Adler, E., Mdarhri, H. A., Antazo, B., Ay, F. C., Ba, M. E. H., Barbosa, S., Bastian, B., Berg, A., Białek, M., Bilancini, E., Bogatyreva, N., Boncinelli, L., Booth, J. E., Borau, S., Buchel, O., de Carvalho, C. F., Celadin, T., Cerami, C., Chalise, H. N., Cheng, X., Cian, L., Cockcroft, K., Conway, J., Córdoba-Delgado, M. A., Crespi, C., Crouzevialle, M., Cutler, J., Cypryańska, M., Dabrowska, J., Davis, V. H., Minda, J. P., Dayley, P. N., Delouvée, S., Denkovski, O., Dezecache, G., Dhaliwal, N. A., Diato, A., Paolo, R. D., Dulleck, U., Ekmanis, J., Etienne, T. W., Farhana, H. H., Farkhari, F., Fidanovski, K., Flew, T., Fraser, S., Frempong, R. B., Fugelsang, J., Gale, J., García-Navarro, E. B., Garladinne, P., Gray, K., Griffin, S. M., Gronfeldt, B., Gruber, J., Halperin, E., Herzon, V., Hruška, M., Hudecek, M. F. C., Isler, O., Jangard, S., Jørgensen, F., Keudel, O., Koppel, L., Koverola, M., Kunnari, A., Leota, J., Lermer, E., Li, C., Longoni, C., McCashin, D., Mikloušić, I., Molina-Paredes, J., Monroy-Fonseca, C., Morales-Marente, E., Moreau, D., Muda, R., Myer, A., Nash, K., Nitschke, J. P., Nurse, M. S., de Mello, V. O., Palacios-Galvez, M. S., Palomäki, J., Pan, Y., Papp, Z., Pärnamets, P., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Perander, S., Pitman, M., Raza, A., Rêgo, G. G., Robertson, C., Rodríguez-Pascual, I., Saikkonen, T., Salvador-Ginez, O., Sampaio, W. M., Santi, G. C., Schultner, D., Schutte, E., Scott, A., Skali, A., Stefaniak, A., Sternisko, A., Strickland, B., Strickland, B., Thomas, J. P., Tinghög, G., Traast, I. J., Tucciarelli, R., Tyrala, M., Ungson, N. D., Uysal, M. S., Van Rooy, D., Västfjäll, D., Vieira, J. B., von Sikorski, C., Walker, A. C., Watermeyer, J., Willardt, R., Wohl, M. J. A., Wójcik, A. D., Wu, K., Yamada, Y., Yilmaz, O., Yogeeswaran, K., Ziemer, C-T., Zwaan, R. A., Boggio, P. S., Whillans, A., Van Lange, P. A. M., Prasad, R., Onderco, M., O'Madagain, C., Nesh-Nash, T., Laguna, O. M., Kutiyski, Y., Kubin, E., Gümren, M., Fenwick, A., Ertan, A. S., Bernstein, M. J., Amara, H. & Van Bavel, J. J., 31 Jul 2022, In: PNAS Nexus. 1, 3, 15 p., pgac093.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Refugees unwelcome: narcissistic and secure national commitment differentially predict collective action against immigrants and refugees
Gorska, P., Stefaniak, A., Marchlewska, M., Matera, J., Kocyba, P., Lukianow, M., Malinowska, K. & Lipowska, K., Jan 2022, In: International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 86, p. 258-271 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The I in us: personality influences the expression of collective nostalgia
Stefaniak, A., Wohl, M. J. A., Blais, J. & Pruysers, S., 1 Mar 2022, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 187, 6 p., 111392.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review