Brock Bastian

The moral significance of prosstecting environmental and cultural objects

Brock Bastian, Charlie R Crimston, Christoph Klebl, Paul AM van Lange

Journal article  |  2023  |  PLOS ONE

A powerful avenue through which to promote the preservation of the natural and cultural environment is to afford cultural and envi..

Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance

MJ Hornsey, S Pearson, J Kang, K Sassenberg, J Jetten, PAM Van Lange, LG Medina, CE Amiot, L Ausmees, P Baguma, O Barry, M Becker, M Bilewicz, T Castelain, G Costantini, G Dimdins, A Espinosa, G Finchilescu, M Friese, R González, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  European Journal of Social Psychology

While a great deal is known about the individual difference factors associated with conspiracy beliefs, much less is known about t..

Evaluating the effectiveness of vegetarian appeals in daily life: Comparing positive and negative imagery, and Gauging differential responses

Nicholas P Tan, Brock B Bastian, Luke D Smillie

Journal article  |  2023  |  APPETITE

Persuasive appeals designed to reduce meat consumption often employ graphic images of the harms perpetuated by eating meat (e.g., ..

Awe promotes moral expansiveness via the small-self

JY Song, C Klebl, B Bastian

Journal article  |  2023  |  Frontiers in Psychology

The experience of awe has been shown to challenge how people think about themselves and the world around them, linking them to som..

Social mindfulness predicts concern for nature and immigrants across 36 nations.

Kelly Kirkland, Paul AM Van Lange, Niels J Van Doesum, Cesar Acevedo-Triana, Catherine E Amiot, Liisi Ausmees, Peter Baguma, Oumar Barry, Maja Becker, Michal Bilewicz, Watcharaporn Boonyasiriwat, Thomas Castelain, Giulio Costantini, Girts Dimdins, Agustín Espinosa, Gillian Finchilescu, Ronald Fischer, Malte Friese, Ángel Gómez, Roberto González, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  Sci Rep

People cooperate every day in ways that range from largescale contributions that mitigate climate change to simple actions such as..

Identifying with other animals and human well-being: Extending perspectives on the social cure and human-animal relations

CE Amiot, PO Caron, B Bastian

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Prior research has uncovered a beneficial role for social identities in promoting human well-being. Whether these benefits also ar..

The Relationship Between Prosociality, Meaning, and Happiness in Everyday Life

BC Dakin, NP Tan, TS Conner, B Bastian

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of Happiness Studies

Prosocial behaviors benefit others, but what benefits do they hold for those who enact them? Prosociality can enhance the actor’s ..

Moral Expansiveness Around the World: The Role of Societal Factors Across 36 Countries

Kelly Kirkland, Charlie R Crimston, Jolanda Jetten, Maksim Rudnev, Cesar Acevedo-Triana, Catherine E Amiot, Liisi Ausmees, Peter Baguma, Oumar Barry, Maja Becker, Michal Bilewicz, Watcharaporn Boonyasiriwat, Thomas Castelain, Giulio Costantini, Girts Dimdins, Agustin Espinosa, Gillian Finchilescu, Ronald Fischer, Malte Friese, Maria Cecilia Gastardo-Conaco, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE

What are the things that we think matter morally, and how do societal factors influence this? To date, research has explored sever..

Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning.

Tomislav Pavlović, Flavio Azevedo, Koustav De, Julián C Riaño-Moreno, Marina Maglić, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Patricio Andreas Donnelly-Kehoe, César Payán-Gómez, Guanxiong Huang, Jaroslaw Kantorowicz, Michèle D Birtel, Philipp Schönegger, Valerio Capraro, Hernando Santamaría-García, Meltem Yucel, Agustin Ibanez, Steve Rathje, Erik Wetter, Dragan Stanojević, Jan-Willem van Prooijen, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  PNAS Nexus

At the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 became a global problem. Despite all the efforts to emphasize the relevance of preventive measu..

The Fusion-Secure Base Hypothesis

Jack W Klein, Brock Bastian

Journal article  |  2022  |  PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW

Identity fusion is traditionally conceptualized as innately parochial, with fused actors motivated to commit acts of violence on o..