PUBLICATIONS

Ángel Gómez

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2020

Rudnev, M., Vauclair, C. M., Aminihajibashi, S., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Castellanos-Guevara, J. L., Collier-Baker, E., Crespo, C., Eastwick, P., Fisher, R., Friese, M., Gómez, A., Guerra, V., Hanke, K., Hooper, N., Huang, L., Karasawa, M., Kuppens, P., Loughnan, S.,… Bastian, B. (2020). Measurement invariance of the moral vitalism scale across 28 cultural groups. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233989 Download

Syropoulos, S., Rivera-Rodriguez, A., Gómez, Á., Baka, A., Cros, S., Martel, F. A. & Rottman, J. (2020). Deadly but protective: Americans’ unique perceptions of weapons. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 27(1), 81-84. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000507 Download

Vázquez, A., López-Rodríguez, L., Martínez, M., Atran, S., & Gómez, Á. (2020). Threat Enhances Aggressive Inclinations Among Devoted Actors Via Increase in Their Relative Physical Formidability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(10), 1461–1475. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220907466 Download

2019

Gómez, A., Vázquez, A., López-Rodríguez, L., Talaifar, S., Martínez, M., Buhrmester, M. D. & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2019). Why people abandon groups: Degrading relational vs. collective ties uniquely impacts identity fusion and identification. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103853. Download

Paredes, B., Santos, D., Briñol, P., & Gómez, A. (2019). The role of meta-cognitive certainty on the relationship between identity fusion and endorsement of extreme pro-group behavior. Self and Identity, 19(7), 804-824. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2019.1681498 Download

Vázquez, A., Ordoñana, J. R., Whitehouse, H., & Gómez, A. (2019). Why die for my sibling? The positive association between identity fusion and imagined loss with endorsement of self-sacrifice (¿Por qué morir por un hermano? La asociación positiva entre la fusión de la identidad y la pérdida imaginada con la disposición al autosacrificio). International Journal of Social Psychology, 34(3), 413-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2019.1639343 Download

Bastian, B., Vauclair, C. M., Loughnan, S., Bain, P., Ashokkumar, A., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Collier-Baker, E., Crespo, C., Eastwick, P. W., Fischer, R., Friese, M., Gómez, A., Guerra, V. M., Castellanos-Guevara, J. L., Hanke, K., Hooper, N., Huang, L., Junqi, S.,… Swann, W. B. Jr. (2019). Explaining illness with evil: pathogen prevalence fosters moral vitalism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286, 1914. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1576 Download

Hamid, N., Pretus, C., Atran, S., Crockett, M. J., Ginges, J., Sheikh, H., Tobeña, A., Carmona, S., Gómez, A., Davis, R., & Vilarroya, O. (2019). Neuroimaging 'will to fight' for sacred values: an empirical case study with supporters of an Al Qaeda associate. Royal Society Open Science, 6(6). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181585 Download

Pretus, C., Hamid, N., Sheikh, H., Gómez, Á., Ginges, J., Tobeña, A., Davis, R., Vilarroya, O. & Atran, S. (2019). Ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal interactions underlie will to fight and die for a cause. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 14(6), 569-577. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsz034 Download

Sprong, S., Jetten, J., Wang, Z., Peters, K., Mols, F., Verkuyten, M., Bastian, B., Ariyanto, A., Autin, F., Ayub, N., Badea, C., Besta, T., Butera, F., Costa-Lopes, R. R., Cui, L., Fantini, C., Finchilescu, G., Gaertner, L., Golwitzer, M.,… Wohl, M. J. A. (2019). “Our country needs a strong leader right now”: Economic inequality enhances the wish for a strong leader. Psychological Science, 30(11), 1625-1637. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619875472 Download

2018

Gómez, Á., Tropp, L., Vázquez, A., Voci, A. & Hewstone, M. (2018). Depersonalized extended contact and injunctive norms about cross-group friendship impact intergroup orientation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 356-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2018.02.010. Download

Atran, S. & Gómez, Á. (2018). What motivates devoted actors to extreme sacrifice, identity fusion, or sacred values? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18001565 Download

Bortolini, T., Newson, M., Natividade, J.C., Vázquez, A., & Gómez, A. (2018). Identity fusion predicts endorsement of pro-group behaviours targeting nationality, religion, or football in Brazilian samples. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57(2), 346-366. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12235 Download

Holbrook, C., López-Rodríguez, L., & Gómez, Á. (2018). Battle of Wits: Warfare Cues and Political Orientation Modulate the Perceived Intellect of Allies Versus Adversaries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9(3), 319–327. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617746219 Download

Paredes, B., Briñol, P. & Gómez, Á. (2018). Identity fusion leads to willingness to fight and die for the group: The moderating impact of being informed of the reasons behind other members’ sacrifice. Self and Identity, 17(5), 517-530. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2017.1419503 Download

Atran, S., Waziri, S., Gómez, Á., Sheikh, H., López-Rodríguez, L., Rogan, C. & Davis, R. (2018). The Islamic State's lingering legacy among young men from the Mosul Area. CTC Sentinel, 11(4), 5-22. Download

Klein, R. A., Vianello, M., Hasselman, F., Adams, B. G., Adams, R. B., Alper Jr., S., Aveyard, M., Axt, J. R., Babalola, M. T., Bahník, S., Batra, R., Berkics, M., Bernstein, M. J., Berry, D. R., Bialobrzeska, O., Binan, E. D., Bocian, K., Brandt, M. J., Busching, R.,… Nosek, B. A. (2018). Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 443-490. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918810225 Download

Smeekes, A., Jetten, J., Verkuiten, M., Wohl, M. J. A., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Ariyanto, A., Autin, F., Ayub, N., Badea, C., Besta, T., Butera, F., Costa-Lopes, R., Cui, L., Fantini, C., Finchilescu, G., Gaertner, L., Golwitzer, M., Gómez, A., González, R.,… van der Bles, A. M. (2018). Regaining in-group continuity in times of anxiety about the group’s future. Social Psychology, 49, 311-329. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000350 Download

Smith, H. J., Ryan, D. A., Jaurique, A., Pettigrew, T. F., Jetten, J., Ariyanto, A., Autin, F., Ayub, N., Badea, C., Besta, T., Butera, F., Costa-Lopes, R., Cui, L., Fantini, C., Finchilescu, G., Gaetner, L., Gollwitzer, M., Gómez, A., González, R.,… Wohl, M. J. A. (2018). Cultural values moderate the impact of relative deprivation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49(8), 1183-1218. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022118784213 Download

Vázquez, A., Gómez, A., & Swann, W. B. (2018). You just don’t get us! Positive, but non-verifying, evaluations foster prejudice and discrimination. Social Psychology 49(4), 231-242. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000346 Download