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Interacting with the World

Meaning in life, trust, and interdependence

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Leaving your impact on the world

How do individuals perceive meaning in their lives, and how does that meaning manifest in behaviour?

  • Are the benefits of depending on others worth the risks of vulnerability?
  • Can thinking about death in different ways lead to more (or less) authentic conceptions of the self?
  • Are we better off competing or cooperating?
  • Can interventions target fears to improve the success of social interactions, especially when those interactions are focused on difficult and challenging subjects (e.g., talking about death and dying, talking about physical or mental illness)?
  • In this current culture of disconnection, what are the consequences of people finding it hard to make friends, and from that lack of belonging?

Our staff members working on these sorts of questions are known internationally for their contributions to this important area of psychology. Their work draws from social psychological and evolutionary theories, with methods ranging from traditional questionnaire approaches to more impactful experimental designs, as well as studying individuals outside of the psychological lab.

We also work on related areas such as well-being, motivation, and relationships, sex and attraction.

Publications

2023

  • Burra, Nicolas and Vrticka, Pascal (2023) . Attachment and Human Development, 25 (1). pp. 181-198.
  • Jolles, Daniel and Lamarche, Veronica M and Rolison, Jonathan J and Juanchich, Marie (2023) . Current Psychology, 42 (18). pp. 15727-15741.

2022

  • Cantarero, Katarzyna and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and G膮siorowska, Agata and Igou, Eric (2022) . Frontiers in Psychology, 13. 945692-.
  • Cantarero, Katarzyna and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Smoktunowicz, Ewelina (2022) . Journal of Counseling Psychology, 69 (4). pp. 443-451.
  • Hoehne, Katja and Vrti膷ka, Pascal and Engert, Veronika and Singer, Tania (2022) . Psychoneuroendocrinology, 141. p. 105734.
  • Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, Mark D and Murray, Sandra L and Kondrak, Cheryl L and Saltsman, Thomas L and Streamer, Lindsey (2022) . Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3. p. 100061.
  • Murray, Sandra L and Xia, Ji and Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, MarkD and McNulty, James K and Griffin, Dale W and Ward, Deborah E and Hicks, Lindsey L (2022) . Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3. p. 100071.
  • Rolison, Jonathan and Lamarche, Veronica (2022) . Current Psychology, 42 (33). pp. 29418-29434.

2021

  • Byrka, Katarzyna and Cantarero, Katarzyna and Dolinski, Dariusz and Van Tilburg, Wijnand (2021) '' Sustainability, 13 (10). p. 5716. ISSN 2071-1050
  • Cantarero, Katarzyna and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and G膮siorowska, Agata and Wojciszke, Bogdan (2021) '' Current Psychology. ISSN 1046-1310
  • Cantarero, Katarzyna and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Smoktunowicz, Ewelina (2021) '' Journal of Counseling Psychology. ISSN 0022-0167 (In Press)
  • Lamarche, Veronica M (2021) '' European Journal of Personality. 089020702110221-089020702110221. ISSN 0890-2070
  • Lamarche, Veronica M and Atkinson, Ciara and Croft, Alyssa (2021) '' Social Psychological and Personality Science, Online (6). p. 194855062096126. ISSN 1948-5506
  • Long, Madison and Puhlmann, Lara and Vrticka, Pascal (2021) '' Social Neuroscience, 16 (6). pp. 639-652. ISSN 1747-0919
  • Maher, Paul J and Igou, Eric R and van Tilburg, Wijnand AP (2021) '' Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 92. p. 104061. ISSN 0022-1031
  • Murray, Sandra L and Seery, Mark D and Lamarche, Veronica M and Jung, Han Young and Saltsman, Thomas L and Griffin, Dale W and Dubois, David and Xia, Ji and Ward, Deborah E and McNulty, James (2021) '' Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12 (7). pp. 1193-1202. ISSN 1948-5506 (In Press)
  • Nguyen, Trinh and Schleihauf, Hanna and Kungl, Melanie and Kayhan, Ezgi and Hoehl, Stephanie and Vrticka, Pascal (2021) '' Child Development, 92 (4). e565-e580. ISSN 0009-3920
  • Puhlmann, Lara and Derome, Melodie and Morosan, Larisa and Kilicel, Deniz and Vrticka, Pascal and Debbane, Martin (2021) '' Attachment and Human Development. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1461-6734
  • White, Lars O and Bornemann, Boris and Crowley, Michael J and Sticca, Fabio and Vrticka, Pascal and Stadelmann, Stephanie and Otto, Yvonne and Klein, Annette M and von Klitzing, Kai (2021) '' Child Development, 92 (4). pp. 1274-1290. ISSN 0009-3920

2020

  • Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, Mark D and Kondrak, Cheryl L and Saltsman, Thomas L and Streamer, Lindsey (2020) '' Biological Psychology, 149. ISSN 0301-0511
  • Murray, Sandra and Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, Mark and Jung, Han Young and Griffin, Dale and Brinkman, Craig (2020) '' Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ISSN 0022-3514 (In Press)

2019

  • Cantarero, Katarzyna and Byrka, Katarzyna and Van Tilburg, Wijnand AP and Komorowska, Agnieszka (2019) '' Social Psychological Bulletin, 14 (1). ISSN 1896-1800
  • Maher, Paul J and Van Tilburg, Wijnand AP and Igou, Eric R (2019) '' Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45 (9). 1409 - 1424. ISSN 0146-1672
  • Redhead, Daniel J and Cheng, Joey T and Driver, Charles and Foulsham, Tom and O'Gorman, Rick (2019) '' Evolution and Human Behavior, 40 (2). 222 - 234. ISSN 1090-5138
  • van Tilburg, Wijnand AP and Igou, Eric R and Maher, Paul J and Lennon, Joseph (2019) '' Personality and Individual Differences, 144. 111 - 119. ISSN 0191-8869
  • van Tilburg, Wijnand AP and Igou, Eric R and Maher, Paul J and Moynihan, Andrew B and Martin, Dawn G (2019) '' Emotion, 19 (2). 255 - 269. ISSN 1528-3542

Academics

Dr Veronica Lamarche
Dr Veronica Lamarche

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; relationships, sex and attraction.
Dr Rick O'Gorman
Dr Rick O'Gorman

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; justice, fairness and equality.
Dr Dale Shaffer-Morrison
Dr Dale Shaffer-Morrison

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; Political Psychology; Wellbeing.
Dr Wijnand Van Tilburg
Dr Wijnand Van Tilburg

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Relationships, sex and attraction; emotion; risk, judgement and decision making.
Dr Pascal Vrticka
Dr Pascal Vrticka

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Relationships, sex, and attraction.
Dr Natalia Zarzeczna
Dr Natalia Zarzeczna

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; Political psychology; Wellbeing; Communication and language; Cross-cultural studies.
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