Katarzyna Cantarero
A5027167324- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Media Influence and Health
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Social Media and Politics
Uniwersytet SWPS
2015-2024
Sapienza University of Rome
2019-2023
University of Essex
2020-2023
King's College London
2023
University of Koblenz and Landau
2023
Universität Koblenz
2023
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2023
University of Cape Town
2023
Moscow State University of Psychology & Education
2023
Tilburg University
2023
Abstract Humans express a wide array of ideal mate preferences. Around the world, people desire romantic partners who are intelligent, healthy, kind, physically attractive, wealthy, and more. In order for these preferences to guide choice actual partners, human mating psychology must possess means integrate information across many preference dimensions into summaries overall value their potential mates. Here we explore computational design this integration process using large sample n =...
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation effect magnitudes across samples settings. Each protocol was administered approximately half 125 comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries territories. Using the conventional criterion statistical significance ( p < .05), we found 15 (54%) provided evidence a statistically significant same direction as original finding....
Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds previous research studies. However, conclusions and generalizability studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological sampling issues. The objective present study was to compare preferred distances across world overcome problems observed in We an extensive analysis over a large data set ( N = 8,943 participants from 42 countries). attempted relate social, personal, intimate each country...
Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in for attractiveness and resources as well sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives-an evolutionary psychological perspective a biosocial role perspective-offer alternative explanations these findings. However, the original data on which each relies are decades old, literature is fraught with conflicting methods, analyses, results, conclusions. Using new...
Responses to norm violators are poorly understood. On one hand, perceived as powerful, which may help them get ahead. the other evoke moral outrage, frustrate their upward social mobility. We addressed this paradox by considering role of culture. Collectivistic cultures value group harmony and tight order. therefore hypothesized that collectivism tightness moderate reactions violators. presented 2,369 participants in 19 countries with a violation or adherence scenario. In individualistic...
We tested if challenges to basic psychological needs (BPN) for autonomy, competence, and relatedness during the COVID-19 pandemic undermine people’s mental well-being. Furthermore, we an intervention, affirmation of these needs, enhances Results Study 1 ( N = 153) showed that higher levels satisfaction BPN were related well-being outbreak. In 2 215), employed online intervention enhancing BPN. found increased through bolstered in particular. The also decreased perceived stress. Both studies...
DATA REPORT article Front. Psychol., 21 July 2017Sec. Personality and Social Psychology Volume 8 - 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01199
Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account this variability. Here, over 14,000 individuals from 45 countries were asked whether they embraced, stroked, kissed, or hugged their partner, friends, and youngest child during week preceding study. We then a range of hypothesized individual-level (sex, age, parasitic history, conservatism, religiosity,...
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance to examine variation effect magnitudes across sample setting. Each protocol was administered approximately half 125 samples 15,305 total participants from 36 countries territories. Using conventional statistical significance (p &lt; .05), fifteen (54%) the provided evidence same direction statistically significant as original finding. With a strict...
The Triangular Theory of Love (measured with Sternberg's Scale – STLS) is a prominent theoretical concept in empirical research on love. To expand the culturally homogeneous body previous psychometric regarding STLS, we conducted large-scale cross-cultural study use this scale. In total, examined more than 11,000 respondents, but as result applied exclusion criteria, final analyses were based sample 7332 participants from 25 countries (from all inhabited continents). We tested configural...
A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining human is limited scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between desire for short-term, uncommitted as well outcomes such marriage divorce rates. Less empirical attention been directed towards mate preferences, despite importance preferences literature. To address this gap, we ratio's to variation attractiveness, resources, kindness, intelligence health a long-term...
DATA REPORT article Front. Psychol., 30 April 2020Sec. Cultural Psychology Volume 11 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00711
In two studies (N = 886), we examined how individuals judge and select feedback providers for those who either handle criticism well or poorly after performing a low-quality task. Prosocial liars provided overly positive feedback, were judged as more moral than honest providers. However, despite this, preferred both oneself others. Interestingly, when selecting provider vulnerable recipient versus an unspecified other, participants favored prosocial liar the former. Similarly, "sensitive"...
This study investigates how objective reality (truth vs falsity), intention (honest dishonest) and motivation (prosocial egoistic) affect lie labelling moral judgment of lies. Using a comic-based task, we conducted with 5-6-year-olds 9-10-year-olds (N = 194). Participants were presented scenarios where protagonist made either prosocial or egoistic statements that truthful false, honest deceptive intent. Results showed younger children more likely to judge objectively false as lies, while...
This study investigates whether a brief, online delivered meaningful activity intervention can enhance daily work engagement through increases in meaningfulness. Using two-week diary study, we examined 289 full-time employees randomly assigned to either or an active control condition. Participants the condition were asked perform 3-5 activities on workday, with booster week later. We assessed meaningfulness and measured individual differences need for sense-making. Results showed that had...
This article presents the findings of four studies designed to validate translated Polish version Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale. Results exploratory factor analyses in Study 1 (N = 272, Mage 41.07) showed that psychological need for autonomy, relatedness, competence are central Self-Determination Theory have a bidimensional structure, involving both satisfaction frustration component. Subsequent confirmatory 2 265; 38.15) provided further evidence...
Cultural sensitivity in societal development has been advocated for since at least the 1960s but remained understudied. Our goal is to address this gap and investigate folk theories of development. We aimed identify both universal culturally specific lay beliefs about what constitutes good collected data from 2,684 participants Japan, Hong Kong (China), Poland, Turkey, Brazil, France, Nigeria, USA, Canada. measured preferences 28 aims. used multidimensional scaling, analysis variance,...
In this article we show that when analyzing attitude towards lying in a cross-cultural setting, both the beneficiary of lie (self vs other) and context (private life vs. professional domain) should be considered. study conducted Estonia, Ireland, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden (N = 1345), which participants evaluated stories presenting various types lies, found usefulness relying on dimensions. Results showed joint sample most acceptable were other-oriented lies concerning...
Olfaction plays an important role in human social communication, including multiple domains which people often rely on their sense of smell the context. The importance and its can however vary inter-individually culturally. Despite growing body literature differences olfactory performance or hedonic preferences across globe, aspects a given culture as well culturally universal individual affecting odor awareness life remain unknown. Here, we conducted large-scale analysis data collected from...
Abstract According to Wierzbicka (1999), one of the core values Polish culture is sincerity and emotional frankness, in this study we tested assumption analyzing display rules operating between friends. 100 respondents completed modified version Display Rule Assessment Inventory (Matsumoto, Yoo, Hirayama, & Petrova, 2005). Results show that participants endorse more expression with close friends than acquaintances strangers. The obtained differences those groups were quite large similar...