Maria Cecilia Gastardo-Conaco
A5061321315- Cultural Differences and Values
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
- Social Media and Politics
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- Mental Health Research Topics
University of the Philippines Diliman
2021-2023
University of the Philippines System
1992
University of California, Santa Barbara
1988
This study investigated the processing consequences of receiving non-membership-relevant persuasive messages from in-group or out-group members. Students were given two-sided ostensibly an source. The position advocated in message was announced either before after arguments presented, and position-consistent strong weak. In-group more likely to receive content-focused (as indicated by lager times differential persuasion weak arguments) when advocacy followed rather than pre ceded...
Abstract Happiness is a valuable experience, and societies want their citizens to be happy. Although this societal commitment seems laudable, overly emphasizing positivity (versus negativity) may create an unattainable emotion norm that ironically compromises individual well-being. In multi-national study (40 countries; 7443 participants), we investigate how pressure happy not sad predicts emotional, cognitive clinical indicators of well-being around the world, examine these relations differ...
What are the things that we think matter morally, and how do societal factors influence this? To date, research has explored several individual-level historical size of our ‘moral circles.' There has, however, been less attention focused on which play a role. We present first multi-national exploration moral expansiveness—that is, people’s circles across countries. found low generalized trust, greater perceptions breakdown in social fabric society, perceived economic inequality were...
People in economically advantaged nations tend to evaluate their life as more positive overall and report greater well-being than people less nations. But how does positivity manifest the daily experiences of individuals around world? The present study asked 15,244 college students from 62 nations, 42 languages, describe a situation they experienced previous day using Riverside Situational Q-sort (RSQ). Using expert ratings, each was calculated for both individuals. average nation strongly...
Enriquez (1978) presented Kapwa as a core social psychological construct that could underpin Filipino perception and interaction. However, issues arose regarding its conceptual operational clarity well lack of empirical support. This two-phased study aims to address the through psychometric approach. The first phase aimed uncover characteristics by asking participants provide definitions examples kapwa di-kapwa, which were then examined via content analysis Linguistic Inquiry Word Count...
What are the things that we think matter morally, and how do societal factors influence this? To date, research has explored several individual-level historical size of our ‘moral circles’. There has, however, been less attention focused on which play a role. We present first multi-national exploration moral expansiveness – is people’s circles across countries. found low generalized trust, greater perceptions breakdown in social fabric society, perceived economic inequality were associated...
Abstract The article explored intergroup perspectives among Bangsamoro and Christian group members to determine their impact on forgiveness-based peace initiatives conflict resolution. It adopts a qualitative approach by analyzing thematically four (4) focus discussions. participants’ themes Intergroup Forgiveness as Process of Negotiation Pride Key Factor in the stress socio-religious political leaders’ roles including that cultural values such maratabat (honor) sabar (silent forbearance)....