Chuma Owuamalam
@chuma73.bsky.social
Teacher and social/political psychologist. 🇳🇬
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Strange how the bootleggers’ radar always finds new coordinates. Nigeria seems to be blinking now… curious timing.
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Strange how the bootleggers’ radar always finds new coordinates. Nigeria seems to be blinking now… curious timing.
There is probably no better time than now to understand the science behind some negative attitudes toward certain members of the LGBTQ+ community in Trump's (macho) America! 👇 @msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
There is probably no better time than now to understand the science behind some negative attitudes toward certain members of the LGBTQ+ community in Trump's (macho) America! 👇 @msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com
We are hiring! 👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ958/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ958/a...
August 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We are hiring! 👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ958/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ958/a...
We explain some of these social identity needs in the paper below doi.org/10.1080/1046... 2/2
April 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We explain some of these social identity needs in the paper below doi.org/10.1080/1046... 2/2
New Career Development Fellowship at Durham!!
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Come join a friendly department in a charming city...!!
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Come join a friendly department in a charming city...!!
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New Career Development Fellowship at Durham!!
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Come join a friendly department in a charming city...!!
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Come join a friendly department in a charming city...!!
Just when you think you couldn't be repulsed any further....
April 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Just when you think you couldn't be repulsed any further....
We also examined the scatterplots to be sure... 👇 5/n
April 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We also examined the scatterplots to be sure... 👇 5/n
Four years ago, we revisited the data. We ran analyses missing from the original—simple slopes—to test the key status × inequality interaction👇. 4/n
April 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Four years ago, we revisited the data. We ran analyses missing from the original—simple slopes—to test the key status × inequality interaction👇. 4/n
But there was a puzzle: the dataset used (ISSP) mainly covers European countries, which are not known for extreme inequality. So—was the effect really there, especially looking at the their marginal plot👇? 3/n
April 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
But there was a puzzle: the dataset used (ISSP) mainly covers European countries, which are not known for extreme inequality. So—was the effect really there, especially looking at the their marginal plot👇? 3/n
A landmark 2021 Political Psychology paper claimed to find support for the status-legitimacy effect—but only in countries with extreme inequality. This stood out amidst years of conflicting findings. 2/n
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A landmark 2021 Political Psychology paper claimed to find support for the status-legitimacy effect—but only in countries with extreme inequality. This stood out amidst years of conflicting findings. 2/n
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
NEW ARTICLE alert! “Re-examining Büchel et al.’s (2021) Test of the Status Legitimacy Hypothesis” tinyurl.com/35hcfva2 (#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #PsycSci #politicalpsychology) (a thread to background below) 1/n @markrubin.bsky.social @hakancakmak.bsky.social Please RT!
April 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
NEW ARTICLE alert! “Re-examining Büchel et al.’s (2021) Test of the Status Legitimacy Hypothesis” tinyurl.com/35hcfva2 (#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #PsycSci #politicalpsychology) (a thread to background below) 1/n @markrubin.bsky.social @hakancakmak.bsky.social Please RT!
Call for commentaries on two target papers: "Responsible Research Assessment: Implementing DORA for hiring and promotion in psychology“
open.lnu.se/index.php/meta…
open.lnu.se/index.php/meta…
March 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Call for commentaries on two target papers: "Responsible Research Assessment: Implementing DORA for hiring and promotion in psychology“
open.lnu.se/index.php/meta…
open.lnu.se/index.php/meta…
Low system justification drives ideological differences in joke perception: a critical commentary and re-analysis of Baltiansky et al. (2021) - Read on@degruyter_pub
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
March 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Low system justification drives ideological differences in joke perception: a critical commentary and re-analysis of Baltiansky et al. (2021) - Read on@degruyter_pub
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
"Men’s Gender Norms and Gender-Hierarchy-Legitimizing Ideologies: The Effect of Priming Traditional Masculinity Versus a Feminization of Men’s Norms
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
March 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"Men’s Gender Norms and Gender-Hierarchy-Legitimizing Ideologies: The Effect of Priming Traditional Masculinity Versus a Feminization of Men’s Norms
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
New paper in Stress and Health: "Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines Moderates the Association between Vaccination Status and Mental Distress" Led by Chee Meng Tan, with Pek Kim Ng and Venga Sarma
doi.org/10.1002/smi.32…
doi.org/10.1002/smi.32…
March 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
New paper in Stress and Health: "Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines Moderates the Association between Vaccination Status and Mental Distress" Led by Chee Meng Tan, with Pek Kim Ng and Venga Sarma
doi.org/10.1002/smi.32…
doi.org/10.1002/smi.32…
A new paper finds that "Strongly identifying Italian women support their gender system because they accept their Italian way of doing things" Led by @CaricatiLuca
rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1482/10…
rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1482/10…
March 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A new paper finds that "Strongly identifying Italian women support their gender system because they accept their Italian way of doing things" Led by @CaricatiLuca
rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1482/10…
rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1482/10…
Version of record is now published!
Here, we (@RubinPsyc, @CaricatiLuca, @TanCheeMeng10 Russell Spears & I) considered the puzzle of the sometime positive association, but mostly negative association between objective status and system justification....
x.com/Chuma_Owuam/st… tinyurl.com/muyk6mr2
Here, we (@RubinPsyc, @CaricatiLuca, @TanCheeMeng10 Russell Spears & I) considered the puzzle of the sometime positive association, but mostly negative association between objective status and system justification....
x.com/Chuma_Owuam/st… tinyurl.com/muyk6mr2
March 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Version of record is now published!
Here, we (@RubinPsyc, @CaricatiLuca, @TanCheeMeng10 Russell Spears & I) considered the puzzle of the sometime positive association, but mostly negative association between objective status and system justification....
x.com/Chuma_Owuam/st… tinyurl.com/muyk6mr2
Here, we (@RubinPsyc, @CaricatiLuca, @TanCheeMeng10 Russell Spears & I) considered the puzzle of the sometime positive association, but mostly negative association between objective status and system justification....
x.com/Chuma_Owuam/st… tinyurl.com/muyk6mr2
"Do special education recommendations differ for Asian American and White American students?"
by Jiaxin Jessie Wang et al.
@jayakumarz
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
by Jiaxin Jessie Wang et al.
@jayakumarz
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
March 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"Do special education recommendations differ for Asian American and White American students?"
by Jiaxin Jessie Wang et al.
@jayakumarz
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
by Jiaxin Jessie Wang et al.
@jayakumarz
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
"Not all inequalities are created equal: Inequality framing and privilege threat for advantaged groups" by Tessa L. Dover
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…
March 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"Not all inequalities are created equal: Inequality framing and privilege threat for advantaged groups" by Tessa L. Dover
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…
New evidence shows that optimism (a form of hope) is positively associated with system justification and that women were more optimistic than men.
dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/opusjsr…
dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/opusjsr…
March 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New evidence shows that optimism (a form of hope) is positively associated with system justification and that women were more optimistic than men.
dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/opusjsr…
dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/opusjsr…
New paper accepted in Eur. J. Soc. Psy: "Cultural Group Norms for Harmony Explain the Puzzling Negative Association between Objective Status and System Justification in Asia" with @RubinPsyc @CaricatiLuca @TanCheeMeng10 and Russell Spears!
March 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New paper accepted in Eur. J. Soc. Psy: "Cultural Group Norms for Harmony Explain the Puzzling Negative Association between Objective Status and System Justification in Asia" with @RubinPsyc @CaricatiLuca @TanCheeMeng10 and Russell Spears!
"League of Legends or World of Warcraft? The effect of political ideology on consumers game choice" —
researchgate.net/publication/35…
researchgate.net/publication/35…
March 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"League of Legends or World of Warcraft? The effect of political ideology on consumers game choice" —
researchgate.net/publication/35…
researchgate.net/publication/35…
"Seeking Evidence of The MAGA Cult and Trump Derangement Syndrome: An Examination of (A)symmetric Political Bias#mdpisocieties via @Societies_MDPI
See also
tinyurl.com/bddp692j mdpi.com/1277352
See also
tinyurl.com/bddp692j mdpi.com/1277352
March 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Seeking Evidence of The MAGA Cult and Trump Derangement Syndrome: An Examination of (A)symmetric Political Bias#mdpisocieties via @Societies_MDPI
See also
tinyurl.com/bddp692j mdpi.com/1277352
See also
tinyurl.com/bddp692j mdpi.com/1277352
"System Justification and Coronavirus Restrictions Support: the Role of Government Trust and Conspiracy Belief"
- Original in Russian... otherwise, a fascinating finding: A system justification measure predicted reduced (not increased) support for a disadvantageous system!
- Original in Russian... otherwise, a fascinating finding: A system justification measure predicted reduced (not increased) support for a disadvantageous system!
March 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"System Justification and Coronavirus Restrictions Support: the Role of Government Trust and Conspiracy Belief"
- Original in Russian... otherwise, a fascinating finding: A system justification measure predicted reduced (not increased) support for a disadvantageous system!
- Original in Russian... otherwise, a fascinating finding: A system justification measure predicted reduced (not increased) support for a disadvantageous system!
Just been appointed Associate Editor for BJSP (now - Dec. 2022), thanks to @lauragesmith and Stephen Gibson! I look forward to serving/helping as much as I can.
March 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Just been appointed Associate Editor for BJSP (now - Dec. 2022), thanks to @lauragesmith and Stephen Gibson! I look forward to serving/helping as much as I can.