Publications
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2026
Demoulin, S. (2026). Diversité et conflits: Comprendre les tensions et chercher des solutions. InMind.
Woltin, K. A., & Sneddon, J. (2026). Examining personal values and regulatory fit in poverty alleviation appeals: Impact on appeal evaluations, campaign interest, and donations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 55(1), 145-172. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640251324169
Correll, J., Folberg, A. M., Judd, C. M., McClelland, G. H., Ryan, C. S., Muller, D., ... & Yzerbyt, V. (2026). Analyse des données: Une approche par comparaison de modèles. De Boeck Supérieur.
Calderon, S., Mac Giolla, E., (...) Woltin, K. A., (...) & Terzi, H. (2026). Effects of Psychological Distance on Mental Abstraction: A Registered Report of Four Tests of Construal-Level Theory. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251401177
Guinote, A., Woltin, K. A. (2026). In the here and now: Power and the experiential self. Advances in Experimental Social Pyschology, 76, 123-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aesp.2025.10.003
Sanrey, C., Yzerbyt, V., & Rohmer, O. (2026). Spontaneous Stereotypes About Individuals With Mental Illnesses: What Spontaneous Language Production Tells Us. European Journal of Social Psychology, 56(3). 460–477. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70052
Marinthe, G., Lalot, F., Kasper, A., Manunta, E., & Brown, G. (2026). Collective action hinders the increase in post-election trust among election losers: Longitudinal evidence from the 2024 UK election. Advances. in Psychology, 1, e411811. https://doi.org/10.56296/aip00048
2025
Van Oost, P., Baccus, J., Klein, O., & Yzerbyt, V. (2025). Belgian Laïcité: Associations With Racism, Sexism, and Strategic Endorsement in the Face of Islam. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 55 (7), 534-550. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13107
Kasper, A., & Demoulin, S. (2025). Expressing equivalence of responsibility and victimhood: How message directionality affects perception of speakers' willingness to reconcile. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000508
Casini, A., Desmette, D., & Leman, G. La santé des leaders issu· es de minorités. Briser les barrières, Bruxelles: 153.
Bertin, P., Tognon, E., Nera, K., Bajraktari, R., Klein, P., Yzerbyt, V., & Klein, O. (2025). The Impact of Freedom of Speech on Conspiracy Beliefs. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70029
CORE Lab. (including Paris B., 2025). A novel, network-based approach to assessing romantic-relationship quality. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 20(4), 806-849. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231215248
Marinthe, G., Cislak, A., Stronge, S., Biddlestone, M., Azevedo, F., Kasper, A., ... & Cichocka, A. (2025). Yes, we can (but for different reasons): Collective narcissism is linked to different values but similar pro‐ingroup collective action tendencies among disadvantaged and advantaged ethnic groups. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(1), e12790. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12790
Van Oost, P., Nera, K., & Yzerbyt, V. (2025). Do Anti-Egalitarians Report Increased Support for People with Language Difficulties when Exposed to Gender-Fair Language?. Psychologica Belgica, 65(1), 132. https://doi. org/10.5334/pb.1342
Brisbois, M., Schmitz, M., Vansteenkiste, M., Yzerbyt, V., Van Oost, P., Morbée, S., ... & Klein, O. (2025). Attitudes toward mandatory vaccination and the COVID certificate as a function of vaccination status and risk perception: A vignette‐based study. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 25(1), e12435. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12435
Yzerbyt, V., Koch, A., Brambilla, M., Ellemers, N., Fiske, S. T., & Nicolas, G. (2025). Dimensions of stereotypes about groups. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 09637214251345489. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214251345489
Woltin, K.-A., & Sneddon, J. (2025). Examining Personal Values and Regulatory Fit in Poverty Alleviation Appeals: Impact on Appeal Evaluations, Campaign Interest, and Donations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640251324169
Marinthe, G., Kasper, A., Veillé, R., & Lalot, F. (2025). Collective action among the extremes? Relations between political ideology, political extremism, emotions, and collective action. Political Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.70008
Woltin, K., & Sneddon, J. (2025). Associations Between Personal Values and Regulatory Focus: A Partial Replication for Basic Values and an Extension to Refined Values. European Journal of Social Psychology. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3157
Rougier, M., Schmitz, M., Nuel, I., Fayant, M.-P., Subra,
B., Alexopoulos, T., & Yzerbyt, V. (2025). It is not only whether I
approach but also why I approach: A registered report on the role of action
framing in approach/avoidance training effects. Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology, 117, 104697.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2024.104697
Yzerbyt, V., Rohmer, O., & Cambon, L. (2025). The Vicissitudes of Paternalistic Stereotypes: Is Warmth Toward Socially Protected Groups Authentic?. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 01461672251378535. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672251378535
Demoulin, S., & Stinglhamber, F. (2025). Turnover intentions of police officers when facing discretionary ethical dilemmas: The explanatory roles of professional disillusionment and job stress. Police Quarterly, 28(2), 159-181. https://doi.org/10.1177/10986111241263118
Alves, H., Yzerbyt, V., & Unkelbach, C. (2025). Attitude formation in more-and less-complex social environments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51(10), 1987-2001. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241235387
Woltin, K. A., & Sneddon, J. (2025). Examining Personal Values and Regulatory Fit in Poverty Alleviation Appeals: Impact on Appeal Evaluations, Campaign Interest, and Donations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 08997640251324169. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640251324169
Stinglhamber, F., Ohana, M., & Demoulin, S. (2025). Backfire effect of organizational pressure to behave unethically: The roles of organizational dehumanization and moral attentiveness. Journal of Business Research, 200, 115642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115642
Brison, N., Demoulin, S., & Caesens, G. (2025). How witnessed workplace ostracism relates to employee outcomes: The role of organizational dehumanization. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 30(3), 119. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000402
Beylat, M., Woltin, K. A., Barbedor, J., Sassenberg, K., & Yzerbyt, V. (2025). Followers' Locomotion Mode Predicts Preferring Assertive Leaders: Regulatory Fit by Means of Valued Social Characteristics of Others. European Journal of Social Psychology, 55(2), 259-273. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3141
Sternberg, B., Yzerbyt, V., & Badea, C. (2025). Diluting perceived immigration threat: When and how intersectional identities shape views of North African immigrants. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(2), e12861. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12861
2024
Khosrowtaj, Z., Teige‐Mocigemba, S., & Yzerbyt, V. (2024). '(N) One of us but all of them!'Ingroup favouritism on individual and group levels in the context of deviant behaviour. European Journal of Social Psychology, 54(7), 1593-1609. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3103
Brisbois, M.,
Schmitz, M., Vansteenkiste, M., Yzerbyt, V., Van Oost, P., Morbée,
S., Waterschoot, J., Luminet, O., Van den Bergh, O., Raemdonck, E., &
Klein, O. (2024). Attitudes toward mandatory vaccination and the COVID
certificate as a function of vaccination status and risk perception: A
vignette‐based study. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 25(1).
Portico.
https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12435
Duveau, C., Wets, C., Delaruelle, K., Demoulin, S., Dauvrin, M., Lepièce, B., ... & Lorant, V. (2024). Individual, interpersonal, and organisational factors associated with discrimination in medical decisions affecting people with a migration background with mental health problems: the case of general practice. Ethnicity & Health, 29(1), 126-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2023.2279476
Demoulin, S. (2024). Déterminants psychologiques du recours à la médiation. Revue des médiations, 2024, 68.
Klein, O., Van Oost, P., Leys, C., Eberlen, J., & Wollast, R. (2024). Stéréotypes, préjugés et discrimination. In L. Bègue (Ed.), Traité de psychologie sociale: La science des interactions humaines (2ème édition). Louvain-La-Neuve De Boeck.
Demoulin, S., & Stinglhamber, F. (2024). Backfire effects of performance quantification on stress and disidentification: The role of metadehumanization in organizations, sport, and social networks. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63(3), 1156-1183. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12721
Demoulin, S., & Stinglhamber, F. (2024). Organizational intolerance to sexual harassment in sexualized work environments: Its effect on workers' emotions and intentions to display active responses. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 46(6), 399-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2024.2403973
Barbedor, J.,
Scheider, J., Yzerbyt, V., & Abele-Brehm, A. (2024). A Novel
Approach to the Evaluation of Groups: Type of Group and Facet of Evaluation
Matter. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1).
https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.124471
Waterschoot, J.,
Vansteenkiste, M., Yzerbyt, V., Morbée, S., Klein, O., Luminet, O.,
... Van Oost, P., ... & Van den Bergh, O. (2024). Risk
perception as a motivational resource during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of
vaccination status and emerging variants. BMC Public Health, 24(1),
731.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18020-z
Klein, O., & Yzerbyt, V. (2024). The psychology of vaccination. Routledge.
Bouchat, P., Pizarro, J. J., Páez, D., Zumeta, L. N., Basabe, N., Włodarczyk, A., ... & Rimé, B. (2024). Contributions of group identification and emotional synchrony in understanding collective gatherings: A meta-analysis of 13 studies. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 27(8), 1931-1959. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231223897
Fontesse, S., Chevallereau, T., Stinglhamber, F., Demoulin, S., Fiorito, A., Chatard, A., ... & Maurage, P. (2024). Suicidal ideations and self-dehumanization in recently detoxified patients with severe alcohol use disorder: an experimental exploration through joint explicit-implicit measures. Journal of addictive diseases, 42(4), 500-507. https://doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2023.2292303
Waterschoot, J., Morbée, S., Soenens, B., Van den Bergh, O., Raemdonck, E., Brisbois, M., ... Van Oost, P., Yzerbyt, V. & Vansteenkiste, M. (2024). Psychological need fulfillment as a source of resilience: Its protective role in concerns and symptoms of anxiety and depression during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 16(2), 632-652. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12508
Waterschoot, J., Morbée, S., Yzerbyt, V., Van den Bergh, O., Klein, O., Luminet, O., Schmitz, M., Van Oost, P. & Vansteenkiste, M. (2024). Why motivation for adhering to COVID-19 measures matters: Investigating time-lagged associations with epidemiological indicators. Motivation Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000346
Koch, A., Smith, A., Fiske, S. T., Abele, A. E., Ellemers, N., & Yzerbyt, V. (2024). Validating a brief measure of four facets of social evaluation. Behavior Research Methods, 56(8), 8521-8539. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02489-y
Van Oost, P., Klein, O., & Yzerbyt, V. (2024). Anti-sexism as weaponized discourse against muslim immigration: A view from social psychology. In Excluding Diversity Through Intersectional Borderings: Politics, Policies and Daily Lives (pp. 93-111). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65623-1_6
Vanbeneden, A., Woltin, K. A., & Yzerbyt, V. (2024). Are Observers Differentially Motivated to Empathize With Stigmatized Targets? An Investigation Using the Empathy Selection Task. Social Cognition, 42(4), 291-316. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2024.42.4.291
Besta, T., Jurek, P., Olech, M., Włodarczyk, A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., ... Yzerbyt, V., .... & Vohra, N. (2024). Measuring collective action intention toward gender equality across cultures. European journal of psychological assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000857
Hughes, S., Unkelbach, C., Rougier, M., & De Houwer, J. (2024). The Shared Feature Principle in Person Perception: Shared Features Lead to Assumptions About Other Features. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.117780
Schmitz, M., Rougier, M., & Yzerbyt, V. (2024). Introducing the brief reverse correlation: An improved tool to assess visual representations. European Journal of Social Psychology, 54(7), 1446-1461. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3100
Alves,
H., Yzerbyt, V., & Unkelbach, C. (2024). Attitude Formation in
More- and Less-Complex Social Environments. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin.
https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241235387
Van Oost, P., Schmitz, M., Klein, O., Brisbois, M., Luminet, O., Morbée, S., ... & Yzerbyt, V. (2024). When views about alternative medicine, nature and god come in the way of people's vaccination intentions. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3047
Bertin, P., Ionescu, O., Green, R., Abts, K., Rogenhofer, J., Delouvée, S., Yzerbyt, V. & Klein, O. (2024). Conspiracy blaming in the aftermath of group relative deprivation: The moderating role of national narcissism. European Journal of Social Psychology, 54(6), 1393-1415. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3093
Morton, J. S., Rimé, B., Herman, G., Bourguignon, D., & Luminet, O. (2024). Towards an interdisciplinary consensual measure of social participation: From scoping review to clustering measurement. International Review of Social Psychology, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.854
Beylat, M., Woltin, K. A., Yzerbyt, V., & Sassenberg, K. (2024). With whom do people compare at work? The role of regulatory mode and social comparison motives. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 54(6), 319-331. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13032
Schmitz,
M., Vanbeneden, A., & Yzerbyt, V. (2024). The many faces
of compensation: The similarities and differences between social and facial
models of perception. PloS one, 19(2), e0297887.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297887
Rimé, B. (2024). The social sharing of emotions. In J. J. Gross & B. Q. Ford (Eds.), Handbook of emotion regulation (3rd ed., pp. 520–526). The Guilford Press.
Vansteenkiste, M., Waterschoot, J., Morbée, S., Van Oost, P., Schmitz, M., Klein, O., Yzerbyt, V. & Van den Bergh, O. (2024). Psychological science and its societal mission during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic: The Motivation Barometer as an evidence‐informed policy instrument in Belgium. Social Issues and Policy Review, 18(1), 59-88. https://doi.org/10.1111/sipr.12101
Estrada, C., Espinoza, D., Vásquez, R., & Yzerbyt, V. (2024). Association between secessionist tendencies and perceived intragroup conflict: implications of adherence to regionalist and essentialist beliefs. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 37(2), 551-560. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2021.1919507
Coladonato, R., Yzerbyt, V., & Carnaghi, A. (2024). Category intersections as conceptual combinations: Combining male categories of age and sexual orientation. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63(2), 518-543. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12690
2023
Dekeyser S, Schmits E, Glowacz F, Klein O, Schmitz M, Wollast R, Yzerbyt V., & Luminet O. (2023). Predicting compliance with sanitary behaviors among students in higher education during the second COVID-19 wave: The Role of Health Anxiety and Risk Perception. Psychologica Belgica, 63(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.1171
Bustillos, A., Demoulin, S., López-Rodríguez, L., Vázquez, A., & Zlobina, A. (2023). Approaching dehumanizing interactions: Joint consideration of other-, meta-, and self-dehumanization. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 49, 101233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101233
Klein, O., & Yzerbyt, V. (2023). Psychologie de la vaccination. Bruxelles: Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles.
Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Olech, M., Vandello, J. A., Bender, M., Dandy, J., Hoorens, V., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Mankowski, E., Venäläinen, S., Abuhamdeh, S., Agyemang, C. B., Akbaş, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Yzerbyt, V., … Żadkowska, M. (2023). Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(7), 808-824. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221129687
Morbée, S., Vansteenkiste, M., Waterschoot, J, Klein, O., Luminet, O., Schmitz, M., Van den Bergh, O., Van Oost, P., & Yzerbyt, V. (2023). The role of communication style and external motivators in predicting vaccination experiences and intentions: An experimental vignette study. Health Communication, 38:13, 2894-2903. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2125012
Demoulin, S., Brison, N., & Stinglhamber, F. (2023). Perceived sexualization of the work environment's influence on well‐being, attitudes, and behaviors: The roles of organizational dehumanization and enjoyment of sexualization. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 53(10), 1012-1026. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12992
Waterschoot, J., Morbée, S., Van den Bergh, O., Yzerbyt, V., Raemdonck, E., Brisbois, M., Schmitz, M., Klein, O., Luminet, O., Van Oost, P., Vansteenkiste, M. (2023). How the stringency of the COVID-19 Restrictions influences motivation for adherence and well-being: The critical role of proportionality. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023;12:8021. https://doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2023.8021
Waterschoot, J., Van Oost, P., Vansteenkiste, M., Brisbois, M., Schmitz, M., Morbée, S., ... Yzerbyt, V.,... (2023). Who is motivated to accept a booster and annual dose? A dimensional and person-centered approach. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 15, 1293-1318. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12437
Waterschoot, J., Yzerbyt, V., Soenens, B., Van den Bergh, O., Morbée, S., Schmitz, M., Van Oost, P., Luminet, O., Klein, O., Vansteenkiste, M. (2023). How do vaccination intentions change over time? The role of motivational growth. Health Psychology, 42, 113-123. htpps://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001228
Yzerbyt, V., & Klein, O. (2023). Psychologie sociale (2nd Edition). Bruxelles: De Boeck.
Rougier, M.,
& De Houwer, J. (2023). Unconstraining Evaluative Conditioning
Research by Using the Reverse Correlation Task. Social Psychological
and Personality Science.
https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231217526
Van Oost, P., Leveaux, S., Klein, O., & Yzerbyt, V. (2023). Gender Inequality Discourse as a Tool to Express Attitudes Towards Islam. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 11(2), 690-707. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.9621
Bapolisi, A. M., Maurage, P., Georges, C. M., Petit, G., Balola, M., Cikomola, C. J., ...,Rimé, B., ... & de Timary, P. (2023). Personal and interpersonal factors moderate the relation between human-made trauma and hypertension: a path analysis approach. Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, 85(8), 710- https://doi.org/715. 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001225
Rougier, M.,
& De Houwer, J. (2023). Updating stereotypical attributions in light
of new information: The attractiveness halo effect changes when attractiveness
changes. European Journal of Social Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3017
Rimé, B., & Páez, D. (2023). Why we gather: A new look, empirically documented, at Émile Durkheim's theory of collective assemblies and collective effervescence. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(6), 1306-1330. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221146388
Duveau, C., Wets, C., Delaruelle, K., Demoulin, S., Dauvrin, M., Lepièce, B., ... & Lorant, V. (2023). Unintentional discrimination against patients with a migration background by general practitioners in mental health management: an experimental study. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 50(3), 450-460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-023-01250-5
Coladonato, R., Yzerbyt, V., & Carnaghi, A. (2023). Category intersections as conceptual combinations: Combining male categories of age and sexual orientation. British Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12690
Rougier, M., Muller, D., Smeding, A., Wiers, R. W., & Neyroud, L. (2023). The Association Between Smokers' Approach Bias and Heaviness of Use: A Focus on Light Smokers. Collabra: Psychology, 9(1), 88926. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.88926
Woltin, K.-A, & Epstude, K. (2023) Should I have
been more careful or less careless? The
comparative nature of counterfactual thoughts alters judgments of their
impact. Cognition.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105402
Stinglhamber, F., & Demoulin, S. (2023). Enlarging the victim's perspective on dehumanization. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 50, 101248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2023.101248
Stinglhamber, F., Nguyen, N., Ohana, M., Lagios, C., Demoulin, S., & Maurage, P. (2023). For whom and why organizational dehumanization is linked to deviant behaviours. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 96(1), 203-229. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12409
Woltin, K. A., & Epstude, K. (2023). Should I have been more careful or less careless? The comparative nature of counterfactual thoughts alters judgments of their impact. Cognition, 235, 105402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105402
Metzler, H., Rimé, B., Pellert, M., Niederkrotenthaler, T., Di Natale, A., & Garcia, D. (2023). Collective emotions during the COVID-19 outbreak. Emotion, 23(3), 844. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001111
Wlodarczyk, A., Zumeta, L., Basabe, N., Rimé, B., & Páez, D. (2023). Religious and secular collective gatherings, perceived emotional synchrony and self-transcendent emotions: two longitudinal studies. Current Psychology, 42(6), 4754-4771. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01826-0