Persons

Paul Van Lange

Global Faculty

Publications (selection)

(2025)

Gangl, K., Seifert, M., Van Lange, P. A. M., & Pahl, S. (2025).

"Nature Posters Enhance Subjective but Not Objective Cleanness in Public Housing: Evidence from a Field Experiment." Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101, 102496.

Van Doesum, N. J., Van Lange, P. A. M., Mischkowski, D., & Van Dijk, E. (2025).

"Social Mindfulness and the SoMi Paradigm: A Decade of Research on Low-Cost Prosociality." European Review of Social Psychology. Advance online publication.

Wu, J., Balliet, D., Yuan, M., Li, W., Chen, Y., Jin, S., Luan, S., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2025).

"Social Class and Prosociality: A Meta-Analytic Review." Psychological Bulletin, 151(3), 285–321.
(2024)

Andrighetto, G., Szekely, A., Guido, A., … Dorrough, A.R., … Glöckner, A., … Van Lange, P. A. M., … Eriksson, K. (2024).

"Changes in Social Norms During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic Across 43 Countries." Nature Communications, 15(1), 1436.

Aurelia, M. Z., Van Prooijen, J., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024).

"How Do People Morally Judge Corruption? A Comparison Between the Netherlands and Indonesia." European Journal of Social Psychology, ejsp.3130. Advance online publication.

Capraro, V., Lentsch, A., Acemoglu, D., Akgun, S., Akhmedova, A., … Van Lange, P. A. M., … Viale, R. (2024).

"The Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Socioeconomic Inequalities and Policy Making." PNAS Nexus, 3(6), pgae191.

Dong, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024).

"Status Cues and Moral Judgment: Formal Attire Induces Moral Favoritism but Not for Hypocrites." Current Psychology, 43(21), 19247–19263.

Fan, L., Tybur, J. M., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024).

"Salience of Infectious Diseases Did Not Increase Xenophobia During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, e34.

Georgiou, N., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024).

"From Feeling to Doing in Social Dilemmas: Emotional and Behavioral Responses to Climate Change." Motivation Science. Advance online publication.

Jin, S., Columbus, S., Van Lange, P. A. M., & Balliet, D. (2024).

"Conflict, Cooperation, and Institutional Choice." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 111, 104566.

Kirkland, K., Van Lange, P. A. M., Gorenz, D., Blake, K., Amiot, C. E., … Bastian, B. (2024).

"High Economic Inequality Is Linked to Greater Moralization." PNAS Nexus, 3(7), pgae221.

Kirkland, K., Van Lange, P. A. M., Charalambous, N., Strauss, C., & Bastian, B. (2024).

"Beauty Builds Cooperation by Increasing Moral Concern for the Environment." Environment and Behavior, 56(5–6), 355–382.

Liu, Y., Stivers, A. W., Murphy, R. O., Van Doesum, N. J., Joireman, J., Gallucci, M., … Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024).

"Wherefore Art Thou Competitors? How Situational Affordances Help Differentiate Among Prosociality, Individualism, and Competition." European Journal of Personality, 08902070241298850. Advance online publication.

Liu, Y., Olivers, C., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024).

"Love and Hate Do Not Modulate the Attentional Blink but Improve Overall Performance." Cognition and Emotion, 38(7), 1001–1014.

Mao, J.-Y., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024).

"Conspiracy Theories: Groups, Ideology, and Status as Three Distinct Bases for Expressions in Society." Current Directions in Psychological Science, 33(6), 385–391.

Ruggeri, K., Stock, F., Haslam, S. A., Capraro, V., Boggio, P., Ellemers, N., Cichocka, A., … Van Lange, P. A. M., … Willer, R. (2024).

"A Synthesis of Evidence for Policy From Behavioural Science During COVID-19." Nature, 625(7993), 134–147.

Van Horen, F., Meijers, M. H. C., Zhang, Y., Delaney, M., Nezami, A., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024).

"Observing the Earth from Space: Does a Virtual Reality Overview Effect Experience Increase Pro-Environmental Behaviour?" PLOS ONE, 19(5), e0299883.

Van Sintemaartensdijk, I., Van Gelder, J.-L., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Nee, C., Otte, M., & Van Lange, P. (2024).

"Assessing the Deterrent Effect of Symbolic Guardianship Through Neighbourhood Watch Signs and Police Signs: A Virtual Reality Study." Psychology, Crime & Law, 30(1), 1–21.

Wang, H., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. (2024).

"How Perceived Coercion Polarizes Unvaccinated People: The Mediating Role of Conspiracy Beliefs." Journal of Health Psychology, 13591053241238126. Advance online publication.

Wahring, I. V., Simpson, J. A., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024).

"Romantic Relationships Matter More to Men than to Women." Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Advance online publication.

Yuan, M., Wu, J., Jin, S., Lin, J., Kou, Y., & Van Lange, Paul A. M. (2024).

"The Changes in Cooperation Among Strangers in China: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Social Dilemmas (1999~2019)." Acta Psychologica Sinica, 56(9), 1159.
(2023)

Azevedo, F., Pavlović, T., Rêgo, G. G., … Van Lange, P. A. M., … Sampaio, W. M. (2023).

"Social and Moral Psychology of COVID-19 Across 69 Countries." Scientific Data, 10(1), 272.

Bastian, B., Crimston, C. R., Klebl, C., & Lange, P. A. M. van (2023).

"The Moral Significance of Protecting Environmental and Cultural Objects." PLOS ONE, 18(2), e0280393.

Colnaghi, M., Santos, F. P., Van Lange, P. A. M., & Balliet, D. (2023).

"Adaptations to Infer Fitness Interdependence Promote the Evolution of Cooperation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(50), e2312242120.

Ekinci, S., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2023).

"Lost In Between Crises: How Do COVID-19 Threats Influence the Motivation To Act Against Climate Change and the Refugee Crisis?" Journal of Environmental Psychology, 85, 101918.

Hornsey, M. J., Pearson, S., Kang, J., Sassenberg, K., Jetten, J., Van Lange, … Bastian, B. (2023).

"Multinational Data Show That Conspiracy Beliefs Are Associated With the Perception (and Reality) of Poor National Economic Performance." European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(1), 78–89.

Kirkland, K., Crimston, C. R., Jetten, J., … Van Lange, P. A. M., … Bastian, B. (2023).

"Moral Expansiveness Around the World: The Role of Societal Factors Across 36 Countries." Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(3), 305–318.

Liu, Y., Wang, B., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2023).

"The Development of Social Value Orientation: Attachment Styles, Number of Siblings, Age, and a Comparison of Measures." European Journal of Personality, 37(4), 402–417.

Martínez, C. A., van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2023).

"The Hateful People: Populist Attitudes Predict Interpersonal and Intergroup Hate." Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(6), 698–707.

Spadaro, G., Molho, C., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Romano, A., Mosso, C. O., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2023).

"Corrupt Third Parties Undermine Trust and Prosocial Behaviour Between People." Nature Human Behaviour, 7(1), 46–54.

Tanjitpiyanond, P., Jetten, J., Peters, K., … Van Lange, P. A. M., … Yeung, V. W.-L. (2023).

"A 32-Society Investigation of the Influence of Perceived Economic Inequality on Social Class Stereotyping." European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(2), 367–382.

Van de Vliert, E., Conway, L. G., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2023).

"Enriching Psychology by Zooming Out to General Mindsets and Practices in Natural Habitats." Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(5), 1198–1216.

Van Lange, P. A. M., & Manesi, Z. (2023).

"Reputation Reminders: When do Eye Cues Promote Prosocial Behavior?" The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 26, e8.

Zhang, Y., Ding, Y., Xie, X., Guo, Y., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2023).

"Lower Class People Suffered More (but Perceived Fewer Risk Disadvantages) During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 26(1), 39–51.
(2017)

Van Lange, P. A. M., Rockenbach, B., & Yamagishi, T. (Eds.) (2017).

Trust in Social Dilemmas. Oxford University Press.
(2016)

Righetti, F., Gere, J., Hofmann, W., Visserman, M. L., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2016).

"The Burden of Empathy: Partners’ Responses to Divergence of Interests in Daily Life." Emotion, 16(5), 684–690.

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