Kai Epstude
@kaiepstude.bsky.social
social psychologist, University of Groningen
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New paper out in @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social !
We (@kwinter.bsky.social, @kaiepstude.bsky.social , Bob Fennis and I) found that encouraging counterfactual thinking reduces engagement with conspiracy theories (i.e., clicks on, and reading times for, conspiracy articles).
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We (@kwinter.bsky.social, @kaiepstude.bsky.social , Bob Fennis and I) found that encouraging counterfactual thinking reduces engagement with conspiracy theories (i.e., clicks on, and reading times for, conspiracy articles).
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November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
New paper out in @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social !
We (@kwinter.bsky.social, @kaiepstude.bsky.social , Bob Fennis and I) found that encouraging counterfactual thinking reduces engagement with conspiracy theories (i.e., clicks on, and reading times for, conspiracy articles).
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We (@kwinter.bsky.social, @kaiepstude.bsky.social , Bob Fennis and I) found that encouraging counterfactual thinking reduces engagement with conspiracy theories (i.e., clicks on, and reading times for, conspiracy articles).
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For the German speakers interested in listening to a conversation on nostalgia:
Ich hatte ein interessantes Gespräch mit @tobiasbecker.bsky.social und Magdalena Nowicka, moderiert von Eva Röder. von SWR Kultur.
Ich hatte ein interessantes Gespräch mit @tobiasbecker.bsky.social und Magdalena Nowicka, moderiert von Eva Röder. von SWR Kultur.
“‘Früher war alles anders’ – Warum sind wir so nostalgisch?” SWR Kultur Forum moderiert von Eva Röder, mit @kaiepstude.bsky.social, Magdalena Nowicka und mir, anzuhören hier:
www.swr.de/kultur/gesel...
www.swr.de/kultur/gesel...
„Früher war alles anders“ – Warum sind wir so nostalgisch?
Eva Röderdiskutiert mit
PD Dr. Tobias Becker,Zeithistoriker an der Freien Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Magdalena Nowicka,Integrationsforscherin beim Deutschen Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsf...
www.swr.de
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
For the German speakers interested in listening to a conversation on nostalgia:
Ich hatte ein interessantes Gespräch mit @tobiasbecker.bsky.social und Magdalena Nowicka, moderiert von Eva Röder. von SWR Kultur.
Ich hatte ein interessantes Gespräch mit @tobiasbecker.bsky.social und Magdalena Nowicka, moderiert von Eva Röder. von SWR Kultur.
The deadline for the meeting on counterfactuals is coming up. Don't forget to send in your contribution.
We're organizing an EASP small group meeting on counterfactuals in March 2026. More details can be found here:
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The deadline for the meeting on counterfactuals is coming up. Don't forget to send in your contribution.
We're organizing an EASP small group meeting on counterfactuals in March 2026. More details can be found here:
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
September 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
We're organizing an EASP small group meeting on counterfactuals in March 2026. More details can be found here:
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
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How complete are preregistrations?
Short answer: 53% include all 6 procedural specifications
Medium answer: 🧵
Long answer: check out my publication with A. Glöckner @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social J. Hellmann, J. Lange, S. Schindler & @kaisassenberg.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
Short answer: 53% include all 6 procedural specifications
Medium answer: 🧵
Long answer: check out my publication with A. Glöckner @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social J. Hellmann, J. Lange, S. Schindler & @kaisassenberg.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Completeness of Preregistrations by Psychological Authors From German-Speaking Institutions - Lena Hahn, Andreas Glöckner, Mario Gollwitzer, Jens Hellmann, Jens Lange, S...
Preregistering confirmatory research aims at reducing researchers’ degrees of freedom and increasing transparency to ultimately increase replicability. Yet the ...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
How complete are preregistrations?
Short answer: 53% include all 6 procedural specifications
Medium answer: 🧵
Long answer: check out my publication with A. Glöckner @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social J. Hellmann, J. Lange, S. Schindler & @kaisassenberg.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
Short answer: 53% include all 6 procedural specifications
Medium answer: 🧵
Long answer: check out my publication with A. Glöckner @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social J. Hellmann, J. Lange, S. Schindler & @kaisassenberg.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
The European Journal of Social Psychology (EJSP) is inviting proposals for a special issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Deadline: September 1, 2025.
Deadline: September 1, 2025.
European Journal of Social Psychology: Call for Special Issue Proposals
The European Journal of Social Psychology is an international social psychology journal for research at the intersection of psychology, sociology & behavioural science.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The European Journal of Social Psychology (EJSP) is inviting proposals for a special issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Deadline: September 1, 2025.
Deadline: September 1, 2025.
Great interview!
Such an honor to sit down with David Marchese for The Interview in the @nytimes — I loved this conversation about my new book, The School for Moral Ambition, and much more.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/m...
Rutger Bregman Wants to Save Elites From Their Wasted Lives
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Great interview!
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TealHelix consortium met in Amsterdam to align efforts, discuss progress, and collaborate! 🤝A key highlight was engaging with our Stakeholder Board, whose expertise adds great value to the project. A huge thank you to VU Amsterdam for hosting—excited for the next steps! 💚
March 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
TealHelix consortium met in Amsterdam to align efforts, discuss progress, and collaborate! 🤝A key highlight was engaging with our Stakeholder Board, whose expertise adds great value to the project. A huge thank you to VU Amsterdam for hosting—excited for the next steps! 💚
New paper on responding to negative feedback: We find different profiles of people differing in their responses to negative feedback. Whether the goal to actually perform better is crucial.
Led by Felix Grundmann, and in collaboration with @sussch.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Led by Felix Grundmann, and in collaboration with @sussch.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Multiple goal salience and emotion regulation in negative-feedback situations: A latent profile analysis
People react very differently to negative feedback. From an emotion-regulation perspective, this can be explained by reference to their salient goals,…
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February 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
New paper on responding to negative feedback: We find different profiles of people differing in their responses to negative feedback. Whether the goal to actually perform better is crucial.
Led by Felix Grundmann, and in collaboration with @sussch.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Led by Felix Grundmann, and in collaboration with @sussch.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Out today! Our Editor (@akfetterman.bsky.social) lays out his vision for the journal. Specifically, he calls for daring research that refocuses on the human experience, tackles real-world issues, & causes (good) trouble in the field.
Free Access: econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
Free Access: econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
January 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Out today! Our Editor (@akfetterman.bsky.social) lays out his vision for the journal. Specifically, he calls for daring research that refocuses on the human experience, tackles real-world issues, & causes (good) trouble in the field.
Free Access: econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
Free Access: econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
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If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:54 AM
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
Jannis Kreienkamp received the 2024 dissertation award of the Dutch social psychology association (ASPO) for his work on the challenges studying how individuals adapt to a new culture. The work resulted in 3 excellent papers:
doi.org/10.1177/1088...
doi.org/10.1177/0146...
doi.org/10.1080/0027...
doi.org/10.1177/1088...
doi.org/10.1177/0146...
doi.org/10.1080/0027...
December 15, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Jannis Kreienkamp received the 2024 dissertation award of the Dutch social psychology association (ASPO) for his work on the challenges studying how individuals adapt to a new culture. The work resulted in 3 excellent papers:
doi.org/10.1177/1088...
doi.org/10.1177/0146...
doi.org/10.1080/0027...
doi.org/10.1177/1088...
doi.org/10.1177/0146...
doi.org/10.1080/0027...
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We kick off the annual ASPO conference with a welcome from Hedy Greijdanus at Groningen Forum
December 12, 2024 at 9:52 AM
We kick off the annual ASPO conference with a welcome from Hedy Greijdanus at Groningen Forum
New paper led by Jannis Kreienkamp: A Gentle Introduction and Application of Feature-Based Clustering with Psychological Time Series www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Congratulations, Jannis!
Congratulations, Jannis!
A Gentle Introduction and Application of Feature-Based Clustering with Psychological Time Series
Psychological researchers and practitioners collect increasingly complex time series data aimed at identifying differences between the developments of participants or patients. Past research has pr...
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December 11, 2024 at 3:51 PM
New paper led by Jannis Kreienkamp: A Gentle Introduction and Application of Feature-Based Clustering with Psychological Time Series www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Congratulations, Jannis!
Congratulations, Jannis!
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If you're interested in research on misinformation and conspiracy beliefs, I can highly recommend checking out this special issue!
🌟We are thrilled to announce the publication of our Special Issue: From Vulnerability to Vigilance. This issue brings together 11 impactful articles on psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs. advances.in/psychology/1...
Vulnerability to vigilance – Cultivating psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs: Introduction to the special issue
Explore psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs with insights on interventions, mechanisms, and methodological advances.
advances.in
December 9, 2024 at 4:04 PM
If you're interested in research on misinformation and conspiracy beliefs, I can highly recommend checking out this special issue!
The conference program for the annual meeting of the social psychologists in the Netherlands (ASPO) is online now: sites.google.com/rug.nl/aspo2...
Registration for conference participation is still possible until the end of the week.
Registration for conference participation is still possible until the end of the week.
ASPO2024 - Program
Conference program
sites.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:54 PM
The conference program for the annual meeting of the social psychologists in the Netherlands (ASPO) is online now: sites.google.com/rug.nl/aspo2...
Registration for conference participation is still possible until the end of the week.
Registration for conference participation is still possible until the end of the week.
The European Journal of Social Psychology is looking for junior consulting editors
www.easp.eu/news/itm/ejs...
www.easp.eu/news/itm/ejs...
EJSP seeks Junior Consulting Editors
Social Psychology News Articles
www.easp.eu
November 7, 2024 at 3:45 PM
The European Journal of Social Psychology is looking for junior consulting editors
www.easp.eu/news/itm/ejs...
www.easp.eu/news/itm/ejs...
Our new paper is out:
🔊New in advances.in/psychology: "Source credibility effects in misinformation research: A review and primer" by
Mang, Fennis, & Epstude
This systematic review unravels the complex role of source credibility in misinformation contexts.
advances.in/psychology/1...
Mang, Fennis, & Epstude
This systematic review unravels the complex role of source credibility in misinformation contexts.
advances.in/psychology/1...
Source credibility effects in misinformation research: A review and primer
Explore the role of source credibility in misinformation research. This review uncovers factors causing inconsistent findings and suggests future directions.
advances.in
October 7, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Our new paper is out:
A nice summary that includes our work on moral inconsistency and counterfacyals thoughts:
Everyone wants to believe they have an unshakeable moral compass, but our perception of #morality is often guided by thoughts and theories that reinforce existing biases. @jayvanbavel.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social @daviddesteno.bsky.social @kaiepstude.bsky.social
Making Sense of Moral Hypocrisy
Everyone wants to believe they have an unshakeable moral compass, but our perception of morality is often guided by thoughts and theories that reinforce existing biases.
www.psychologicalscience.org
October 2, 2024 at 3:28 PM
A nice summary that includes our work on moral inconsistency and counterfacyals thoughts:
We're looking for a future PhD student at the University of Groningen for a project focusing on the intersection between social and consumer psychology. The main focus is on processes that motivate individuals to buy sustainable products: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... (deadline: June 26, 2024)
June 6, 2024 at 2:34 PM
We're looking for a future PhD student at the University of Groningen for a project focusing on the intersection between social and consumer psychology. The main focus is on processes that motivate individuals to buy sustainable products: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... (deadline: June 26, 2024)
Our editorial outlining the new policies at EJSP is online now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Our editorial outlining the new policies at EJSP is online now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
New paper: We investigate how individuals respond to negative feedback and how situational goals influence our responses to it. doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
April 1, 2024 at 9:54 AM
New paper: We investigate how individuals respond to negative feedback and how situational goals influence our responses to it. doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
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I am super excited to announce that we are hosting the next EASP Summer School in Košice, Slovakia from 8th – 19th July, 2024. We have fantastic teachers teaching fantastic workshops. Check out and spread the word! Let's have a great time together. sites.google.com/view/easpsum...
January 29, 2024 at 7:26 PM
I am super excited to announce that we are hosting the next EASP Summer School in Košice, Slovakia from 8th – 19th July, 2024. We have fantastic teachers teaching fantastic workshops. Check out and spread the word! Let's have a great time together. sites.google.com/view/easpsum...
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Happy to announce that a part of my PhD research has just been published! Together with my supervisors, Bob Fennis and @kaiepstude.bsky.social, we examined how the need to evaluate shapes the effects of exposure to conspiracy theories on behavioural intentions
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November 25, 2023 at 11:14 AM
Happy to announce that a part of my PhD research has just been published! Together with my supervisors, Bob Fennis and @kaiepstude.bsky.social, we examined how the need to evaluate shapes the effects of exposure to conspiracy theories on behavioural intentions
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Our new paper tracking the needs and experiences of migrants using experience sampling methods is out in PSPB. We show that situational need satisfaction is a very consistent predictor of attitudes towards the outgroup. Jannis Kreienkamp is the lead author! Congrats to him.
doi.org/10.1177/0146...
doi.org/10.1177/0146...
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November 21, 2023 at 10:22 AM
Our new paper tracking the needs and experiences of migrants using experience sampling methods is out in PSPB. We show that situational need satisfaction is a very consistent predictor of attitudes towards the outgroup. Jannis Kreienkamp is the lead author! Congrats to him.
doi.org/10.1177/0146...
doi.org/10.1177/0146...