A5056053981- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Health Policy Implementation Science
University of Zurich
2020-2024
The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in psychology religion, yet directionality robustness effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess this based on new cross-cultural dataset (N=10,535 participants from 24 countries). We recruited 120 analysis teams investigate (1) whether religious people self-report higher well-being, (2) self-reported depends perceived cultural norms religion (i.e., it considered normal...
Abstract When two actors have the same mental state but one happens to harm another person (unlucky actor) and other does not (lucky actor), latter elicits a milder moral judgement. To understand how this outcome effect would affect post‐harm interactions between victims perpetrators, we examined social role from which transgressions are perceived moderates effect, effects on judgements transfer agentic communal interpersonal goals. Three vignette experiments ( N = 950) revealed similar...
Abstract: We test a general theory of norm changes based on evidence that people will punish less hygienic others more strongly than others. The concludes such asymmetric punishment would result in hygiene norms becoming ever stricter. argue that, because complaints about one’s behavior might lead to protest, not always change complaints. conducted an online experiment ( N = 1,023 Swiss adults) using handwashing as the target behavior. replicated asymmetry intensities and found intensity...
This preregistered research analyzed survey data from ethnic and religious advantaged groups in 12 countries ( N = 2,304) to examine the interplay between two determinants of support for social change toward intergroup equality. Drawing on needs-based model common-ingroup identity model, we hypothesized that experience accepting contact endorsement a dual representation relations would be associated with greater Furthermore, integrating logic both models, tested novel hypothesis positive...
When two actors have exactly the same mental states but one happens to harm another person (unlucky actor) and other does not (lucky actor), latter elicits milder moral judgment among bystanders. We hypothesized that social role from which transgressions are perceived would moderate this outcome effect. In three preregistered experiments (N = 950), we randomly assigned participants imagine respond scenarios as actor (i.e., perpetrator), victim, or bystander. Results revealed highly similar...
We test a general theory of norm changes based on evidence that people will punish less hygienic others more strongly than others. The concludes such asymmetric punishment would result in hygiene norms becoming ever stricter. argue that, because complaints about one’s behavior might lead to protest, not always change complaints. conducted an online experiment (N = 1023 Swiss adults) using handwashing as the target behavior. replicated asymmetry intensities and found intensity protests...