Journal Article

Helpful or not? Inaccurate appraisals of prosociality in the dark triad

Individuals with higher levels of psychopathy were likely to perceive others as more helpful, when they were not. Higher levels of Machiavellianism were associated with a lower likelihood of rejecting a high help offer in an ultimatum game, indicating an accurate perception of help.

Beyond Universalism. Ideology Is Shaped by Institutions, History, and Context

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A manifesto for a globally diverse, equitable, and inclusive open science

In this Perspective, we raise the spectre of Questionable Generalisability Practices and the issue of MASKing (Making Assumptions based on Skewed Knowledge), calling for more responsible practices in generalising study findings and co-authorship to promote global equity in knowledge production.

Do you trust the rumors? Examining the determinants of health-related misinformation in India

This study examined the different psychosocial predictors of believing in conspiratorial information related to general health in India.

Does incentivization promote sharing “true” content online?

In this experiment, a mock social media platform was created to understand if incentivizing participants to share factual content and disincentivizing the sharing of misinformation influenced their sharing behavior on the platform.

Guidelines to improve internationalization in the psychological sciences

In this paper, we provide practical guidelines research funders, university administrators, professional societes and organizations, researchers, and journal reviewers and editors to improve internationalization in psychology.

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) researchers in India

This Wellcome Trust funded study highlights the various challenges faced by early career researchers, and STEM scientists at various positions in their careers during the COVID-19 restrictions in India.

Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning

In this study, we applied machine learning on the multinational data collected by the International Collaboration on the Social and Moral Psychology of COVID-19 (N = 51,404) to test the predictive efficacy of constructs from social, moral, cognitive, and personality psychology, as well as socio-demographic factors, in the attitudinal and behavioral responses to the pandemic.

Who Are You to Me? Relational Distance to Victims and Perpetrators Affects Advising to Report Rape

This study examined the relationships between advice to report sexual assault and the relational distance between the confidant and the victim. We also explored victim blaming and rape myth acceptance.