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

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

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

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

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 👏👏👏

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

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

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!

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

📈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

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

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

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...

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!

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

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

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

This @BPSOfficial funded secondment at the Parliamentary Office for Science & Technology is an excellent opportunity for a PhD student post.parliament.uk/british-psyc...

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/...

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...

We're hiring! Three new Lecturer posts @surreypsychology.bsky.social including one dedicated to Social Psychology jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... (There's a list of Uni priorities but candidates in more traditional social psych areas also v encouraged!)

It might be Valentine's Day but, as @vlamarche.bsky.social says, few people can boast a 100% success rate when it comes to attracting love interests. Her psychology-backed tips in the @uk.theconversation.com are here to help you cope with romantic rejection. theconversation.com/how-to-cope-...

Enjoyed talking to #BBC Radio Surrey for their #ValentinesDay breakfast show! 💝 It was nice to have the chance to talk about research (including our ongoing work on #nostalgia) as well as societal trends in #relationships. @surreypsychology.bsky.social

EMA/Daily Diary researchers! Do you have a dataset with momentary or daily loneliness among adults 18+? @kvanbogart.bsky.social is seeking datasets to support a coordinated data analysis Email [email protected] with a brief description of your dataset to be considered! #psychscisky

New blog post! I highlight JEP: General research on a trait-like style of interpreting emotional cues! Happy to get feedback on it here! Appreciate any thoughts or feedback. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-... #Psychology #socialpsych #emotion #nonverbalBehavior

Listening to music during memory recall can alter the emotional tone of memories, making them more positive or negative, by activating emotion- and memory-related brain regions. This discovery suggests potential… #MusicTherapy #EmotionalHealing #MentalHealth #MusicAsMedicine #TherapeuticMusic

Here's what's coming in PROCESS v5, to be released very soon. • Regression analysis without a mediation or moderation component • Regression diagnostics • Breusch-Pagan test of heteroskedasticity • Standardized and semi-standardized regression coefficients for all models 1/4

This is a US centric article, but interesting reading and many of the trends apply to the UK as well. Environmental and technological changes often promote solitude and discourage real social interactions, harming relationships and well-being.

#AcademicSky I still see many students taking notes by hand Turns out, there's a benefit! See meta-analysis: Laptop users take more notes, but under-perform. Students, resist temptation to write down everything we say! Listen, think, capture the key essence link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"nationally representative samples of German and Dutch couples...followed for 37 or 14 years...within each couple, the happier partner experienced most dramatic well-being declines; unhappier partner’s well-being either did not change or increased slightly" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Feedback coming in now, including "outstanding edition, real meat and the feeling of the profession coming together". This issue was challenging to pull together, and at times it felt like there was zero appetite to think / talk about Covid. So the team and I are very pleased to get these comments!

Argh, just found a load of suspected bots in a student's dataset that I hoped we could turn into a paper 😕 They even left invalid email addresses to enter our prize draw - what is the point? That's the last time I advise recruiting via Twitter/X #psychology #academicsky

Nostalgic memories of home and a carefree childhood | Letters

‘I am certain psychology will see many more train wrecks’ I had some questions for Ruth Leys, author of 'Anatomy of a Train Wreck: The Rise and Fall of Priming Research' (University of Chicago Press); plus an extract. RT for your chance to win a copy! www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

A PhD student at CambridgeHPS has been putting “artwork signs” up all around our department next to “ordinary things” and they are brilliant. They unfailingly make me stop and smile and notice the wonderful strangeness of the world ✨ Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌

Stereotype threat: a once-dominant idea in social psychology that shaped how we think about identity and performance. But what happens when the evidence crumbles? A deep dive into the failed replications, the myths, and what it all means. Read my latest essay: open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...

Please retweet: @BABCP In Person Spring Conference is back! 8th-9th April, KCL, London. “New Generation CBT:Broadening Perspectives by attending to process”. Workshops+keynotes: Prof Lance McCracken (Uppsala) ACT for Pain, Dr Pamela Jacobsen (Bath) on Mindfulness, more exciting speakers to follow!

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky 1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

New article! #onlinefirst This study explored how the desire for power mediated the relationship between narcissism and romantic relationship functioning (Zeigler-Hill et al., 2024). Read more in the comments. #IARR #relationships #research #narcissisminrelationships

Fascinating stuff - so many questions for research to examine about the nature of AI relationships www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...

Last few days to apply for our postdoc at @surreypsychology.bsky.social (deadline Mon 9 December)

I will never, ever get over this.

What strategies can you use to provide effective peer reviews? Join us for a virtual workshop with @blackinneuro.bsky.social! We'll discuss the structure & content of peer reviews & provide advice about how to write your first review. Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989

+++ New Preprint Alert +++ Together with @ajwright.bsky.social, @mdkraemer.bsky.social, and @wiebkeb.bsky.social, I worked on two coordinated data analyses to examine event-related personality changes. CDA1: osf.io/preprints/ps... CDA2: osf.io/preprints/ps... ⬇️Details below⬇️

We’re excited to share that the School of Psychology at the University of Surrey now has an official Bluesky account! Follow us to stay connected with updates on our latest research, teaching programmes, and academic and social events.

Twenty-Two Centuries of Nostalgia in Classical Chinese Poetry journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

As a grant reviewer, what do you really wish people would do/not do? Not big things, like find a significant question/innovative method/be consistent with aims Little things, like bold each acronym the first time it’s used. Add your pet peeves ⬇️ #HiddenCurriculum #Research

@fabiofas.bsky.social good to see you 😊