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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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Lena Hahn @lenahahn.bsky.social · Aug 18

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...

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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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Jun 3

The European Journal of Social Psychology (EJSP) is inviting proposals for a special issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · May 18

Great interview!

Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · May 17

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...

Rutger Bregman Wants to Save Elites From Their Wasted Lives

www.nytimes.com

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congrats!!

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tealhelixproject.bsky.social @tealhelixproject.bsky.social · Mar 20

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! 💚

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Feb 28

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...

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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Social Psychology - Hogrefe @socpsyjournal.bsky.social · Jan 31

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/...

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Dec 25

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...

Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia

The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.

www.newsweek.com

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Dec 15

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...

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Yasin Koc @spyasin.bsky.social · Dec 12

We kick off the annual ASPO conference with a welcome from Hedy Greijdanus at Groningen Forum

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Dec 11

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!

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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Valentin Mang @valentinmang.bsky.social · Dec 9

If you're interested in research on misinformation and conspiracy beliefs, I can highly recommend checking out this special issue!

Advances.in @advances.in · Dec 9

🌟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.

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Nov 26

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.

ASPO2024 - Program

Conference program

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Nov 7

The European Journal of Social Psychology is looking for junior consulting editors

www.easp.eu/news/itm/ejs...

EJSP seeks Junior Consulting Editors

Social Psychology News Articles

www.easp.eu

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Oct 7

Our new paper is out:

Advances.in @advances.in · Oct 7

🔊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...

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

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Oct 2

A nice summary that includes our work on moral inconsistency and counterfacyals thoughts:

Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · Oct 2

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

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Sep 14

Me as well, please!

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Jun 6

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)

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · May 21

Gefeliciteerd!

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Apr 16

Our editorial outlining the new policies at EJSP is online now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Apr 1

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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Yasin Koc @spyasin.bsky.social · Jan 29

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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Valentin Mang @valentinmang.bsky.social · Nov 25

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...

ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · Nov 21

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...

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