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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · May 19

The landmark Handbook of Social Psychology's sixth edition is now available - and open access for the first time! It features 50 chapters from 50+ scholars.

Learn more + download it today: ow.ly/RPjn50VV8bT

Handbook of Social Psychology Celebrates 90 Years with Groundbreaking Open-Access Sixth Edition

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Amanda Rotella @amrotella.bsky.social · May 8

1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟

Does moral licensing (doing a good thing, then a less good thing) really exist??

➡️ Many failed replications. Why?
➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test

🧵👇

Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

#SocialPsychology #Bayesian #Theory

OSF

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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships @josoperrel.bsky.social · May 12

Newly Published:

@ygirme.bsky.social & Overall examined how feeling loved and connected in a relationship can reduce attachment insecurity over time, using two long-term studies.
doi.org/10.1177/0265...

#AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

Greater average levels of relatedness need fulfilment across daily and monthly life predict lower attachment insecurities across time - Yuthika U. Girme, Nickola C. Overall, 2025

Attachment insecurity is characterized by chronic concerns about whether partners can fulfil core relatedness needs, including feeling loved and cared about. In...

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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · May 14

The paper makes some similar arguments to a paper I'm working on about individual narcissism so also look forward to citing it (need to get that submitted!)

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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · May 14

This is a really apt analogy to narcissism and I look forward to reading this paper in full.

Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · May 14

Global Narcissism vs. Global Warming

"Through the metaphor of 'global narcissism' this paper explores how humanity’s response to ecological crisis mirrors narcissistic defense mechanisms and suggests a collapse is taking place."

By @hopeforfuture1.bsky.social

Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Climate change is driving rising global temperatures, ecological degradation, and widespread human suffering. Yet, as a collective, humanity has failed to implement sufficient changes to mitigate these threats. This paper introduces the concept of “global narcissism” as a speculative lens to analyze the psychological barriers to climate action. By examining different levels of narcissism and their manifestations in human responses to climate change, this framework highlights key obstacles to meaningful action. While humanity is diverse, and lived experiences vary greatly, this perspective offers a way to discuss patterns of response and resistance. A central challenge lies in humanity’s difficulty in recognizing its symbiotic relationship with the non-human world. Through the metaphor of “global narcissism” this paper explores how humanity’s response to ecological crisis mirrors narcissistic defense mechanisms and suggests a collapse is taking place. This framework provides insights into how psychological interventions at various levels, could encourage a shift toward a more humble and integrated relationship with the natural world.

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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · May 9

I was reading to my children last night and had to explain what a greengrocer was 😬 At least we have a Saturday market with fruit/veg/bakery to appreciate.

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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · May 8

It's always a proud day celebrating a PhD graduation and this year our research group is lucky, and quadruply proud, to have 4! Big congratulations to you all, I know you have wonderful futures ahead 👏👏👏

Social Psychology Surrey @socialpsychology.bsky.social · May 8

Congratulations to our PhD graduates, Drs. Rose Brett, Federica Case, Chuan-Ren Isaac Chuang, and Fatima Ozeto.

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · May 8

Starting university doesn’t mean students already know how to use academic language. Our new blog explores why learning discipline-specific academic language is vital for student success and a healthy democracy. srheblog.com

SRHE Blog

The Society for Research into Higher Education

srheblog.com

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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · Apr 30

Who's ready for more Expanding Empathy? Through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making & @rockethics.bsky.social, I'm bringing it back for year 6. Now more than ever, we need to highlight why empathy can be strength, not weakness. And why universities, interdisciplinarity, & outreach matter. 1/n

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Relationship Researchers Interest Group @rrigspsp.bsky.social · Apr 10

We're recruiting new RRIG grad student, junior, and senior committee members! Join @rosieshrout.bsky.social, Kori Krueger, @bogolsky.bsky.social, Judith Gere, and Laura Machia to plan the SPSP close relationships preconference! Applications due May 5th. Please share widely!

FOR JUNIOR, SENIOR & GRAD MEMBER 2026.docx

CALL FOR JUNIOR MEMBER The Relationship Researchers Interest Group (RRIG) seeks an application for one new junior committee member. You may self-nominate or nominate others for this role. The committe...

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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · Apr 21

Narcissistic people are more likely to feel ostracized and misread social cues

Despite their swagger, narcissistic individuals often misread social interactions as rejection, reinforcing feelings of exclusion and insecurity.

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · Apr 15

📈Research shows people can accurately track personality changes across situations. We're better at noticing shifts in extraversion and conscientiousness than emotional stability or agreeableness.

Follow SPSP for more #EverydayPsych insights!

Read more: ow.ly/qLG750VAQCZ

A group of friends lays together on the ground together, looking up and smiling.

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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · Apr 15

Sorry can't see how to add alt text. Pic 1: a 10 year old girl standing on a chair in my plain academic office, drawing on the whiteboard. Pic 2: close up of picture on whiteboard, which is a v cute drawing of my face with adorable annotations like 'very smart', 'smile that lights up my life'

Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · Apr 15

It was fun bringing my 10yo daughter to participate in a research study @surreypsychology.bsky.social last week. Bonus highlight was that she drew me this portrait on my whiteboard, which I can now never erase! ❤️ #academicparent

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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · Apr 7

Helpful tips from @theloveconsortium.bsky.social on communicating research in the media and to the public, from both academic and journalist's perspective. Bookmarking for later! go.unc.edu/y4K8W

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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · Apr 7

I'm so excited to have started our ESRC funded project on Dyadic Nostalgia in Couple Relationships @surreypsychology.bsky.social. Many years in the making and now we finally get to do the research! V happy to have the brilliant @gloriawsma.bsky.social as our lead postdoc gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...

Gateway to Research (GtR) - Explore publicly funded research

The Gateway to Research: UKRI portal onto publically funded research

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Apr 4

I am delighted to announce that we will be hiring a social psychologist: jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Please contact me with any questions!

Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer in Social Psychology

Exciting Opportunity in Social Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Surrey!Join a Top-20 UK University with Ground-breaking Research.We're seeking outstanding Lecturers (and, in excep...

jobs.surrey.ac.uk

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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · Apr 2

Brain rot and the crisis of deep thought in the age of social media

As attention spans shrink, storytelling — and truth — may be the greatest casualties of digital culture.

www.psypost.org

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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · Mar 27

Really enjoyed today's UK Attachment Network meeting at the University of Bristol. Such a great range of inspiring relationship research talks and discussions.

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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · Mar 20

Very helpful blog post on mediation analysis... I am determined to find valid ways of doing and interpreting it despite the many pitfalls!

Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Mar 20

New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words!

If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.

www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...

Reviewer notes: That’s a very nice mediation analysis you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.

Mediation analysis has gotten a lot of flak, including classic titles such as “Yes, but what’s the mechanism? (Don’t expect an easy answer)” (Bullock et al., 2010), “What mediation analysis can (not) ...

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · Mar 14

This @BPSOfficial funded secondment at the Parliamentary Office for Science & Technology is an excellent opportunity for a PhD student

post.parliament.uk/british-psyc...

British Psychological Society Fellowship 2025/26

Application deadline: 4 May 2025 (23:59).

post.parliament.uk

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John Sakaluk @johnsakaluk.bsky.social · Mar 4

New OA paper in Compass with @datingdecisions.bsky.social, @omarjcamanto.bsky.social, and a number of non-blue-sky students and colleagues.

If you're a #dyadic #closerelationships researcher, and interested in what dyadic SEM can do for you:

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Renewal of Dyadic Structural Equation Modeling With Latent Variables: Clarifications, Methodological Advantages, and New Directions

Researchers interested in the quantitative analysis of data from dyads must select a preferred statistical framework. In this review, we focus on one option that has seen relatively modest adoption: ...

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Bruce Y Lee @bruceylee.bsky.social · Feb 18

Should You Break Up with Dating Apps?

Here I covered for @psychologytoday.com a debate about the pros and cons of dating apps

#psychology #socialpsyc #PsychSciSky #BehSci 🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky🩺#HiSciSky #dating

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-fu...

Should You Break Up with Dating Apps?

Should you break up or continue your relationship with dating apps? Here are takeaways from a recent debate about the value of dating apps.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Erica Hepper @ericahepper.bsky.social · Feb 17

Thanks for posting - we're looking forward to a new social psychologist colleague! We will also welcome applicants with a range of social psychology expertise 😊

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