William Dominic Joshua Abrams

Professor of Social Psychology

University of Kent

United Kingdom

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William Dominic Joshua Abrams is a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kent, United Kingdom. His research primarily focuses on intergroup dynamics, trust in leadership, and the psychological underpinnings of social cohesion. Recent publications include studies on communication within groups, the legitimacy of authority, and the effects of political leadership on transgression credit. He also explores the role of volunteering in fostering social cohesion and collective action.

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Georgina Randsley de Moura

Head of School of Psychology

University of Kent

UNITED KINGDOM

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Kristof Dhont

UNITED KINGDOM

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Hannah J. Swift

UNITED KINGDOM

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Rainer Greifeneder

University of Basel

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José Marques

Professor Catedrático

University of Porto

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Tim Hopthrow

Professor

University of Kent

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Lisbeth Drury

Lecturer in Psychology

University of Kent

UNITED KINGDOM

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Hirotaka Imada

Royal Holloway, University of London

UNITED KINGDOM

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Linus Peitz

University of Greenwich

UNITED KINGDOM

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Kaya Davies Hayon

Lecturer in Film & Media

Open University

UNITED KINGDOM

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Articles (19)

Motivated to trust? Promotion and prevention focus are distinctly related to the tendency to trust others

Intergroup and intragroup dynamics of communication: Identity validation, trust, and action

The psychology of criminal authority: Introducing the Legitimacy of Secret Power Scale

The Power of Biography: Using the Diary of Anne Frank to Stimulate Generalisation and Secondary Transfer of Willingness for Intergroup Contact

Partisan forgiveness of political leadership in the 2024 UK general election: Are there limits to transgression credit?

Destructive belief systems and violent behavior within and between groups and identities

Why leaders can be bad: Linking rigor with relevance using machine learning analysis to test the transgression credit theory of leadership

Social cohesion and volunteering: Correlates, causes, and challenges.

The Causal Relationship Between Volunteering and Social Cohesion: A Large Scale Analysis of Secondary Longitudinal Data

Distrustful Complacency and the COVID‐19 Vaccine: How Concern and Political Trust Interact to Affect Vaccine Hesitancy

Intergroup contact and intended actions in support of disadvantaged groups: The role of affective processes and feelings of solidarity

Introduction to Michael A. Hogg's SPSSI Kurt Lewin Award Address

Investigating the social embeddedness of criminal groups: Longitudinal associations between masculine honour and legitimizing attitudes towards the Camorra

A Stranger or a Friend?

Intergenerational contact during and beyond COVID‐19

Collective deviance: Scaling up subjective group dynamics to superordinate categories reveals a deviant ingroup protection effect.

Donald Trump and the rationalization of transgressive behavior: The role of group prototypicality and identity advancement

The social cohesion investment: Communities that invested in integration programmes are showing greater social cohesion in the midst of the COVID‐19 pandemic

The role of positive and negative gossip in promoting prosocial behavior.

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Georgina Randsley de Moura

Kristof Dhont

Hannah J. Swift

Rainer Greifeneder

José Marques

Tim Hopthrow

Lisbeth Drury

Hirotaka Imada

Linus Peitz

Kaya Davies Hayon

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