Centre for the Study of Group Processes

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Books

Abrams, D. (2012). Extremism is normal: The roles of deviance and uncertainty in shaping groups and society. In M.A. Hogg and D.L. Blaylock (Eds.). The Claremont Symposium. Extremism and the psychology of uncertainty. (pp. 36-54). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

Sutton, R.M. and Douglas, K.M. (2012). Social Psychology: An interactive text. Palgrave MacMillan (in press)

Journal publications

Calogero, R.M., Pina, A., & Sutton, R.M. (in press). Cutting words: Priming self-objectification increases the intention to pursue cosmetic surgery. Psychology of Women Quarterly.

Calogero, R.M. (2013). Objects don’t object: Evidence that self-objectification disrupts women’s social activism. Psychological Science, 24, 312-318. doi: 10.1177/0956797612452574

Calogero, R.M. (2013). On objects and actions: Situating self-objectification in a system justification context. In S. Gervais (Ed.), Nebraska Motivation Symposium: Vol. 60. Perspectives on motivation (pp. 97-126). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Cross, S., Uskul, A. K., Gercek-Swing, B., Sunbay, Z., & Ataca, B. (2013). Confrontation vs. withdrawal: Cultural differences in responses to threats to honor. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 16, 345-362.

Hartley, B.L. & Sutton, R.M. (2013). A stereotype threat account of boys’ academic underachievement. Child Development. In press.

Meleady, R., Hopthrow, T., & Crisp, R.J. (2013). The group discussion effect: Integrative processes and suggestions for implementation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 17(1), 56-71.

Randsley de Moura, G., & Abrams, D. (2013). Bribery, blackmail, and the double standard for leader transgression. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 17(1), 43-52.

Rutland, A., Cameron, L., Jugert, P., et al. (2012). Group identity and peer relations: A longitudinal study of group identity, perceived peer acceptance and friendships amongst ethnic minority English children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 30, 283-302.

Swift, H.J, Abrams, D. & Marques, S. (2012). Threat or boost: Social comparison affects older people’s performance differently depending on task domain. Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 68(1), 23-30.

Viki, G.T. and Fullerton, I. and Ragget, H. et al. (2012). The Role of Dehumanization in Attitudes toward the Social Exclusion and Rehabilitation of Sex Offenders. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42(10), 2349-2367

Principal staff publications