

ANGEL GOMEZ JIMENEZ
CATEDRÁTICO DE UNIVERSIDAD
PSICOLOGÍA SOCIAL Y DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES
FACULTAD DE PSICOLOGÍA
(+34) 91398-7747
Formación académica
Ph.D. en Psicología Social, diciembre 1998, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid.
B.S. en Psicología, junio 1993, Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education, Ginebra, Suiza.
B.S. en Psicología, junio 1993, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
Puestos académicos desempeñados
Catedrático, Departamento de Psicología Social y de las Organizaciones, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), desde 2018.
Profesor titular, Departamento de Psicología Social y de las Organizaciones, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 2003-2018.
Profesor asociado, Departamento de Psicología Social y de las Organizaciones, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), 1999-2003.
Actividad investigadora
- Prevenir la radicalización violenta y favorecer el desenganche.
Ha realizado trabajo de campo y online con individuos en riesgo de radicalización, radicales (por ejemplo, terroristas, bandas latinas, crimen organizado), y ex terroristas. Actualmente es IP de una ERC Advanced Grant (European Research Council). - Predictores y mecanismos mediadores de la disposición al auto-sacrificio por un grupo, por otro individuo, o por unos valores.
Ha obtenido más de una docena de proyectos del Ministerio y contratos internacionales gracias a los cuales ha co-originado teorías (por ejemplo, fusión de identidad, valores sagrados, modelo del actor devoto) para tal fin.
Experiencia profesional
Catedrático en el Departamento de Psicología Social y de las Organizaciones de la UNED desde 2018.
Docencia

N.º de tramos reconocidos de evaluación docente
5Investigación
GRUPOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN
- Director del grupo de investigación: Psicología social de las relaciones intra e intergrupales y de la identidad social Grupo de investigación centrado en estrategias para mejorar las relaciones intergrupales y aquellos procesos implicados en dicha mejora.
- Senior fellow de ARTIS International ARTIS Research & Risk Modeling es una institución de investigación multidisciplinaria diseñada para mejorar la comprensión de las ciencias cognitivas y conductuales relacionadas con la violencia políticamente motivada a través de investigaciones de campo basadas en la ciencia. + info
PROYECTOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN
- A Multi-Theory Multi-Method Approach for Preventing and Reducing Radicalization leading to Violence (MULTIPREV). European Research Council (ref.101018172) Proyecto dirigido a la prevención y reducción de la radicalización violenta. + info
- Deradicalizing Violent Extremist Offenders in Prison: A Randomized-Control Trial. New York University, Abu Dhabi El objetivo de este proyecto es realizar la evaluación de la eficacia un proyecto de intervención encaminado a evitar la radicalización que puede llevar a la violencia, y a fomentar el desenganche de aquellos grupos o creencias que pueden estar favoreciendo comportamientos violentos. + info
- Lo que aprendí estando en prisión. Profundizar en la naturaleza de la fusión de identidad, la formidabilidad física y espiritual y sus mecanismos subyacentes (FUSIONFORM). Ministerio de Ciencias e Innovación (ref. PID2021-124617OB-I00) El presente proyecto trata de profundizar en los mecanismos que llevan a la radicalización violenta y que pueden favorecer el desenganche. Tras haber realizado un estudio en prisión con internos vinculados a distintos grupos criminales el objetivo es realizar una serie de estudios online de diseño correlacional y experimental para determinar la relación entre variables y determinar relaciones causales. + info
- Evaluation of the Code of Ethics of the Civil Guard: Implications for training and practice. Dirección General de la Guardia Civil, Ministerio del Interior El objetivo de este proyecto es la evaluación del código ético de la Guardia civil española.
N.º de tramos reconocidos de actividad investigadora
3Publicaciones
- 2025 Wollast, R., Lüders, A., Nugier, A., Guimond, S., Phillips, J. B., Sutton, R. M., Douglas, K. M., Sengupta, N. K., Lemay, E. P., Zand, S., Van Lissa, C. J., Bélanger, J. J., Abakoumkin, G., Abdul Khaiyom, J. H., Agostini, M., Ahmedi, V., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., … Leander, N. P. (2025). Gender inequality and cultural values in explaining gender differences in positive and negative emotions: A comparison of 24 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06989-0. PDF
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2024
Gómez, A., Vázquez, A., Alba, B., Blanco, L., Chinchilla, J., Chiclana, S., & Swann, W. B., Jr. (2024). Feeling understood fosters identity fusion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000464. PDF
Blanco, L., Lobato, R. M., Alba, B., Vázquez, A., González-Álvarez, J. L., Chiclana, S., Chinchilla, J., & Gómez, A. (2024). “What Made Me Change”: Transformative Experiences in the Jihadist Radicalization Process. Terrorism and Political Violence, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2024.2437048. PDF
Chinchilla, J., & Gómez, Á. (2024). The potential role of psychological time in the study of violent radicalisation, deradicalisation, and disengagement. European Review of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2024.2429329.
Swann, W. B., Klein, J. W., & Gómez, Á. (2024). Comprehensive Identity fusion theory (CIFT): New insights and a revised theory. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 70. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aesp.2024.03.003. PDF
Besta, T., Jurek, P., Olech, M., Wlodarczyk, A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J., Bender, M., Vandello, J., Abuhamdeh, S., Agyemang, C., Akbaş, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Ariyanto, A., Aruta, J. J. B., Ashraf, M., Bakaitytė, A., … & Zadkowska, M. (2024). Measuring Collective Action Intention Toward Gender Equality Across Cultures. European Journal of Psychological Assessment https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000857. PDF
Fisher, A. N., Ryan, M. K., Liao, Y.-H., Mikołajczak, G., Riedijk, L., Leander, N. P., Abakoumkin, G., Abdul Khaiyom, J. H., Ahmedi, V., Agostini, M., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Bélanger, J. J., Berisha Kida, E., Bernardo, A. B. I., Chobthamkit, P., Choi, H.-S., Cristea, M., Damnjanovic, K., ... & Zúñiga, C. (2024). The precarity of progress: Implications of a shifting gendered division of labor for relationships and well‑being as a function of country-level gender equality. Sex Roles, 88, 111-129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-024-01453-6. PDF
Kirkland, K., Van Lange, P. A. M., Gorenz, D., Blake, K., Amiot, C. E., Ausmees, L., Baguma, P., Barry, O., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Boonyasiriwat, W., Booth, R. W., Castelain, T., Costantini, G., Dimdins, G., Espinosa, A., Finchilescu, G., Fischer, R., ... & Bastian, B. (2024). High economic inequality is linked to greater moralization. PNAS Nexus, 3(7), 221. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae221. PDF
Syropoulos, S., Leidner, B., Mercado, E., Li, M., Cros, S., Gómez, A., Baka, A., Chekroun, P., & Rottman, J. (2024). How safe are we? Introducing the multidimensional model of perceived personal safety. Personality and Individual Differences, 224, 112640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112640. PDF
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2023
Gómez, A., Blanco, L., et al. (2023). Proyecto de investigación sobre procesos de radicalización violenta. Fase II. Documentos penitenciarios, 34. Ministerio del Interior, Secretaría General de Instituciones Penitenciarias. PDF
Gómez, A., Vázquez, A. & Atran, S. (2023). Transcultural pathways to the will to fight. PNAS, 120(24): e2303614120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2303614120. PDF
Gómez, Á., Vázquez, A., Chinchilla, J., Blanco, L., Alba, B., Chiclana, S., & González-Álvarez, J. L. (2023). Why is it so difficult to investigate violent radicalization? Spanish Journal of Psychology, 26, e7, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2023.2. PDF
Chiclana, S., & Gómez, A. (2023). Los delitos de odio desde la perspectiva de la psicología social. La intervención psicosocial en Instituciones penitenciarias. En A. M. Vinagre González, M. M. Aguilar Cárceles, & J. E. Soto Castro (Dirs.), Delitos de odio: Un abordaje multidisciplinar (pp. 197-217). Bosch Editor. ISBN 978-84-10044-12-8.
Vázquez, A., Dovidio, J. F., & Gómez, Á. (2023). Does the union always make the force? Group status and recategorization influence the perceived physical formidability of potential coalition groups. British Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12668. PDF
Abakoumkin, G., Tseliou, E., McCabe, K. O., Lemay Jr., E. P., Stroebe, W., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Kutlaca, M., VanDellen, M. R., Abdul Khaiyom, J. H., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Berisha Kida, E., …, & Leander, N. P. (2023). Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID-19: Evidence across countries and over time. Social and Personality Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12909. PDF
Bain, P., Bongiorno, R., Tinson, K. & Heanue, A., Gómez, A., Guan, Y., Lebedeva, N., Kashima, E., González, R., Chen, S., Blumen, S. & Kashima, Y. (2023). Worldviews about change: Their structure and their implications for understanding responses to sustainability, technology, and political change. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12574. PDF
Chvaja, R., Chinchilla, J., Goméz, Á., & Lang, M. (2023). Religious costly signal induces more trustworthiness than secular costly signal: A study of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. European Journal of Social Psychology, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.297. PDF
Douglas, K. M., Sutton, R. M., van Lissa, C. J., Stroebe, W., Kreienkamp, J., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., Bernardo, A. B. I., Buttrick, N. R., ... & Leander, N. P. (2023). Identifying important individual‐ and country‐level predictors of conspiracy theorizing: A machine learning analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2968. PDF
McLamore, Q., Syropoulos, B., Hirschberger, G., van Bezouw, M.J., Rovenpor, D., Paladino, M.P., Baumert, A., Bilewicz, M., Bilgen, A., Chatard, A., Chekroun, P., Chinchilla, J., Choi, H.S., Euh, H., Gómez, Á., Kardos, P., Khoo, Y.H., Li, M., Légal, J.-B., …, & Zein, R.A. (2023). The distinct associations of ingroup attachment and glorification with responses to the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from a multilevel investigation in 21 countries. British Journal of Social Psychology 62(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12614. PDF
Varmann, A. H., Kruse, L., Bierwiaczonek, K., Gómez, A., Vázquez, A., & Kunst, J. R. (2023). How Identity Fusion Predicts Extreme Pro-Group Orientations: A Meta-Analysis. European Review of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2023.2190267. PDF
Vázquez, A., Gómez, Á., López-Rodríguez, L. & Swann, W. B. (2023). Can identity fusion foster social harmony? Strongly fused individuals embrace familiar outgroup members unless threatened. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 107, 104462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104462. PDF
Westgate, E., Buttrick, N., Lin, Y., El Helou, G., Agostini, M., Belanger, J., Gutzkow, B., … & Leander, N. P. (2023). Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries. Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001118. PDF
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2022
Gómez, Á., Atran, S., Chinchilla, J., Vázquez, A., López-Rodríguez, L., Paredes, B., Martínez, M., Blanco, L., Alba, B., Bautista, H., Fernández, S., Pozuelo-Rubio, F., González-Álvarez, J.L., Chiclana, S., Valladares-Narganes, H., Alonso, M., Ruíz-Alvarado, A., López-Novo, J.L., & Davis, R. (2022). Willingness to sacrifice among convicted Islamist terrorists versus violent gang members and other criminals. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06590-0. PDF
Gómez, Á., Chiclana, S., Chinchilla, J., Blanco, L., Alba, B., Bautista, H. & Pozuelo-Rubio, F. (2022). The mirage of the jihad. Disenchantment as the pathway to disengagement of female jihadists. A case study about radicalization in Spanish prisons. International Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2022.2096254. PDF
Chinchilla, J., Vázquez, A. & Gómez, Á. (2022). Strongly fused individuals feel viscerally responsible to self-sacrifice. British Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12526. PDF
Celikkol, G., Mähönen, T., Sortheix, F., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Jetten, J., Ariyanto, A., Autin, F., Ayub, N., Badea, C., Besta, T., Butera, F., Costa-Lopes, R., Cui, L., Carole, F., Finchilescu, G., Gaertner, L., Gollwitzer, M., Gómez, Á., Gonzalez, R., … & Wohl, M. (2022). Individual, Group, and Temporal Perspectives on the Link between Wealth and Realistic Threat. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100054. PDF
Dejonckheere, E., Rhee, J. J., Baguma, P. K., Barry, O., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Castelain, T., Constantini, G., Dimdins, G., Espinosa, A., Finchilescu, G., Friese, M., Gastardo-Conaco, M. C., Gómez, Á., González, R., Goto, N., Halama, P., Hurtado-Parrado, C., Jiga-Boy, G. M., … & Bastian, B. (2022). Perceiving societal pressure to be happy is linked to poor well-being, especially in happy nations. Scientific Reports, 12, 1514. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04262-z. PDF
Enea, V., Eisenbeck, N., Carreno, D. F., Douglas, K. M., Sutton, R. M., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., Bernardo, A. B. I., Buttrick, N. R.,… Leander, N.P. (2022). Intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19: The role of prosociality and conspiracy beliefs across 20 countries. Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.2018179. PDF
González-Álvarez, J. L. Santos-Hermoso, J., Gómez, A., López-Novo, J. L., Buquerín, S., Pozuelo, F., Fernández, C. & Chiclana, S. (2022). A theoretical, empirical and methodologically based instrument to assess the risk of violent radicalization in prisons: The DRAVY-3. Terrorism and Political Violence. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2022.2145194. PDF
Hornsey, M.J., Pearson, S., Kang, J., Sassenberg, K., Jetten, J., Van Lange, P.A.M., Medina, L.G., Amiot, C.E., Ausmees, L., Baruma, P., Barry, O., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Castelain, T., Costantini, Gl, Dimdins, G., Espinosa, A., Finchilescu, G., Friese, M., … Bastian, B. (2022). 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), 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2888. PDF
Keng, S.L., Stanton, M.V., Haskins, L.B., Almenara, C.A., Ickovics, J., Jones, A., Grigsby-Toussaint, D., Agostini, Bélanger, J.J., Gützow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Lemay Jr., E.P., vanDellen, M.R., Abakoumin, G., Khaiyom, J.H.A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Atta, M., Bagci, S.C., Basel, S.,… Leander, N. P. (2022). COVID-19 stressors and health behaviors: A multilevel longitudinal study across 86 countries. Preventive Medicine Reports, 27, 101764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101764. PDF
Kirkland, K., Crimston, C., Jetten, J., Amiot, C., Baguma, P., Barry, O., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Boonyasiriwat, W., Castelain, T., Costantini, G., Dimdins, G., Espinosa, A., Finchilescu, G., Fischer, R., Frische, M., Gastardo-Conaco, M., Gonzalez, R., Goto, N., … Bastian, B. (2022). Moral Expansiveness Around the World: The Role of Societal Factors Across 36 Countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221101767. PDF
Kirkland, K., Van Lange, P.A.M., Van Doesum, N.J., Acevedo-Triana, C., Amiot, C.E., Ausmees, L., Baguma, P., Barry, O., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Boonyasiriwat, W., Castelain, T., Constantini, G., …, Bastian, B. (2022). Social mindfulness predicts concern for nature and immigrants across 36 nations. Scientific Reports, 12, 22102. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25538-y. PDF
Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Olech, M., Vandello, J. A., Bender, M., Dandy, J., Hoorens, V., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Mankowski, E., Venäläinen, S., Abuhamdeh, S., Agyemang, C. B., Akbaş, G., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., … Żadkowska, M. (2022). Gendered Self-Views across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221129687. PDF
McLamore, Q., Syropoulos, S., Leidner, B., Hirschberger, G., Young, K., Zein, R. A., Baumert, A., Bilewicz, M., Bilgen, A., van Bezouw, M. J., Chatard, A., Chekroun, P., Chinchilla, J., Choi, H. S., Euh, H., Gómez, Á., Kardos, P., Khoo, Y. H., Li, M.,… Burrows, B. (2022). Trust in scientific information mediates associations between conservatism and coronavirus responses in the U.S., but few other nations. Scientific Reports, 12, 3724. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07508-6. PDF
Mula, S., Di Santo, D., Resta, E., Bakhtiari, F., Baldner, C., Molinario, E., Pierro, A., Gelfand, M.J., Denison, E., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J.J., Güzkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumin, G., Khaiyom, J.H.A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S.C., ... & Leander, N. P. (2022). Concern with COVID-19 pandemic threat and attitudes towards migrants: The mediating effect of the desire for tightness. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2021.100028. PDF
Schumpe, B. M., Van Lissa, C. J., Bélanger, J. J., Ruggeri, K., Mierau, J., Nisa, C. F., Molinario, E., Gelfand, M. J., Stroebe, W., Agostini, M., Gützkow, B., Jeronimus, B. F., Kreienkamp, J., Kutlaca, M., Lemay Jr, E. P., Reitsema, A. M., vanDellen, M. R., Abakoumin, G., Khaiym, J. H. A.,… Leander, N. P. (2022). Predictors of adherence to public health behaviors for fighting COVID-19 derived from longitudinal data. Scientific Reports, 12, 3824. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04703-9. Mula, S., Di Santo, D., Resta, E., Bakhtiari, F., Baldner, C., Molinario, E., Pierro, A., Gelfand, M.J., Denison, E., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J.J., Güzkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumin, G., Khaiyom, J.H.A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S.C., ... & Leander, N. P. (2022). Concern with COVID-19 pandemic threat and attitudes towards migrants: The mediating effect of the desire for tightness. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2021.100028. PDF
Tossell, D., Gómez, Á., de Visser, E.J., Vázquez, A., Donadio, B.T., Metcalfe, A., Rogan, C., Davis, R. & Atran, S. (2022). Spiritual over physical formidability determines willingness to fight and sacrifice through loyalty in cross-cultural populations. PNAS, 119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113076119. PDF
Tanjitpiyanond, P., Jetten, J., Peters, K., Ashokkumar, A., Barry, O., Billet, M., Becker, M., Booth, R.W., Castro, D., Chinchilla, J., Constantini, G., Dejonckheere, E., Dimdins, G., Erbas, Y., Espinosa, A., Finchilescu, G., Gómez, Á., González, R., Goto, N., ... & Yeung, V.W.-L. (2022). A 32-society investigation of the influence of perceived economic inequality on social class stereotyping. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(2), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2908. PDF
Van Lissa, C. J., Stroebe, W., vanDellen, M. R., Leander, N. P., Agostini, M., Draws, T., Grygoryshin, A., Gützgow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Vetter, C. S., Abakoumin, G., Khaiyom J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., … & Bélanger, J. J. (2022). Using machine learning to identify important predictors of COVID-19 infection prevention behaviors during the early phase of the pandemic. Patterns, 3(4), 100482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2022.100482. PDF
Vázquez, A., López-Rodríguez, L., Gómez, Á., & Brambilla, M. (2022). Verification of ingroup morality promotes willingness to participate in collective action for immigrants’ rights. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 25(1), 174–192. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220963820 PDF
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2021
Gómez, Á., Bélanger, J. J., Chinchilla, J., Vázquez, A., Schumpe, B. M., Nisa, C. F., & Chiclana, S. (2021). Admiration for Islamist groups encourages self-sacrifice through identity fusion. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 8,54. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00734-9. PDF
Gómez, Á., Martínez, M., Martel, F.A., López-Rodríguez, L., Vázquez, A., Chinchilla, J., Paredes, B., Hettiarachchi, M., Hamid, N. & Swann, W.B. (2021). Why People Enter and Embrace Violent Groups. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 614657. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.614657. PDF
Chinchilla, J., Vázquez, A. & Gómez, Á. (2021). Identity fusion predicts violent pro-group behavior when it is morally justifiable. The Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2021.1948813. PDF
Lang, M., Xygalatas, D., Kavanagh, C. M., Boccardi, N., Halberstadt, J., Jackson, C., Martínez, M., Reddish, P., Tong, E. M. W., Vázquez, A., Whitehouse, H., Yamamoto, M. E., Yuki, M., & Gómez, Á. (2021). Outgroup threat and the emergence of cohesive groups: A cross-cultural examination. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211016961. PDF
López-Rodríguez, L., Halperin, E., Vázquez, A., Cuadrado, I., Navas, M.S. & Gómez, Á. (2021). Awareness of the Psychological Bias of Naïve Realism Can Increase Acceptance of Cultural Differences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(6), 888–900. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211027034. PDF
Paolini, S., White, F. A., Tropp, L. R., Turner, R. N., Page-Gould, E., Barlow, F. K., & Gómez, Á. (2021). Intergroup contact research in the 21st century: Lessons learned and forward progress if we remain open. Journal of Social Issues, 77, 11-37. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12427. PDF
Bosson, J., Jurek, P., Vandello, J. A., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Olech, M., Besta, T., Bender, M., Hoorens, V., Becker, M., Sevincer, A. T., Best, D. L., Safdar, S., Wlodarczyk, A., Zawisza, M., Zadkowska, M., Abuhmed, S., Agyemang, C. B., Akbas, G., Abayrak-Aydemir, N.,… Zukauskiene, R. (2021). Psychometric properties and correlations of precarious manhood beliefs in 62 nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(3), 231-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022121997997. PDF
Han, Q., Zheng, B., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Reitsema, A. M., van Breen, J. A., PsyCorona Collaboration & Leander, N. P. (2021). Associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with emotion and mental health during the pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders, 284, 247-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.049. PDF
Han, Q., Zheng, B., Cristea, M., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Güzkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Leander, N. P., & PsyCorona Collaboration (2021). Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour during the pandemic: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721001306. PDF
Jin, S., Balliet, D., Romano, A., Spadaro, G., van Lissa, C. J., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Güzkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., & PsyCorona Collaboration (2021). Intergenerational conflicts of interest and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, 110535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110535. PDF
Lima, M. E. O., de Franca, D. X., Jetten, J., Pereira, C. R., Wohl, M. J. A., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Hong, Y., Torres, A. R., Costa-Lopes, R., Ariyanto, A., Autin, F., Ayub, N., Badea, C., Besta, T., Butera, F., Fantini-Hauwel, C., Finchilescu, G., Gaertner, L., Golwitzer, M.,… van der Bles, A. M. (2021). Materialist and Post-materialist concerns and the wish for a strong leader in 27 countries. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 207-220. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6213. PDF
Martel, F. A., Buhrmester, M., Gómez, Á., Vázquez, A., & Swann, W.B. Jr. (2021). Why True Believers Make the Ultimate Sacrifice: Sacred Values, Moral Convictions, or Identity Fusion? Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 779129. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.779120. PDF
Nisa, C. F., Bélanger, J. J., Faller, D. G., Buttrick, N. R., Mierau, J. O., Austin, M. M. K., Schumpe, B. M., Sasin, E. M., Agostini, M., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). Lives versus livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 positive measures than perceived health risk. Scientific Reports, 11, 9669. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88314-4. PDF
Resta, E., Mula, S., Baldner, C., Di Santo, D., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., Bernardo, A. B. I., Buttrick, N. R., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). ‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2572. PDF
Romano, A., Spadaro, G., Joireman, J., Jin, S., Van Lisa, C., Balliet, D., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gutzkow, B., Kreiekamp, J., & PsyCorona Collaboration (2021). Cooperation and trust across societies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(7), 622-642. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022120988913. PDF
Stroebe, W., vanDellen, M. R., Abakoumin, G., Lemay Jr., E. P., Schiavone, W. M., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Reitsema, A. M., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., Bernardo, A. B. I., … & Leander, N. P. (2021). Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence. PLoS ONE, 16(10), e0256740. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256740. PDF
Van Breen, J. A., Kutlaca, M., Koc, Y., Jeronimus, B. F., Reitsema, A. M., Jovanovic, V., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Khaiyom, J. H. A., Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C., Basel, S., Kida, E. B., ... & Leander, N. P. (2021). Lockdown lives: A longitudinal study of inter-relationships among feelings of loneliness, social contacts, and solidarity during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(9), 1315-1330. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211036602. PDF
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2020
Gómez, Á. (2020). What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger: The COVID-19 pandemic transforms citizens into devoted actors (Lo que no nos mata nos hace más fuertes: La pandemia de COVID-19 transforma a los ciudadanos anónimos en actores devotos). International Journal of Social Psychology, 35(3), 611-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2020.1783838. PDF
Gómez, Á., Cerdan. S., Perez-Laso, C., Ortega, E., Pasaro, E., Fernandez, R., Gomez-Gil, E., Mora, M., Marcos, A., Rodriguez del Cerro, M. C. & Guillamon, A. (2020). Effects of adult male rat feminization treatments on brain morphology and matabolomic profile. Hormones and Behavior, 125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104839. PDF
Gómez, Á., Chinchilla, J., Vázquez, A., López-Rodríguez, L., Paredes, B., & Martínez, M. (2020). Recent advances, misconceptions, untested assumptions and future research agenda for identity fusion theory. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 14(6), e12531. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12531. PDF
Paredes, B., Briñol, P., Petty, R. E. & Gómez, Á. (2020). Increasing the predictive validity of identity fusion in leading to sacrifice by considering the extremity of the situation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 51(12). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2727. PDF
Vázquez, A., López-Rodríguez, L., Martínez, M., Atran, S., & Gómez, Á. (2020). Threat Enhances Aggressive Inclinations Among Devoted Actors Via Increase in Their Relative Physical Formidability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(10), 1461–1475. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220907466. PDF
Ashokkumar, A., Talaifar, S., Fraser, W. T., Landabur, R., Buhrmester, M., Gómez, Á., Paredes, B., & Swann W. B. Jr. (2020). Censoring political opposition online: Who does it and why. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 91, 104031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104031. PDF
Donadio, B. T., Gómez, Á., Atran, S., Novak, J., Wheeler, M., Marquez, C., de Visser, E. J., & Tossell, C. C. (2020). Simulating combat to explore motivations behind why military members make costly sacrifices. 2020 Systems and Information Engineering Symposium (SIEDS), 19670090. https://doi.org/10.1109/SIEDS49339.2020.9106644. PDF
Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Besta, T., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Vandello, J. A., Best, D. L., Wlodarczyk, A., Safdar, S., Zawisza, M., Zadkowska, M., Sobiecki, J., Agyemang, C. B., Akbas, G., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Ashrf, M., Bakaityté, A., … & Zukauskiene, R. (2020). Country-level and individual-level predictors of men’s support for gender equality in 42 countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(6), 1276-1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696. PDF
Leander, N.P., Lemay Jr., E.P., Jeronimus, B.F., Keller, A.C., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J.J. & PsyCorona Collaboration (2020). Towards a Globally Collaborative Behavioral Science: An Organizational Approach from Pandemic Psychology. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 78(2), 2- 5. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696. PDF
Rudnev, M., Vauclair, C. M., Aminihajibashi, S., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Castellanos-Guevara, J. L., Collier-Baker, E., Crespo, C., Eastwick, P., Fisher, R., Friese, M., Gómez, Á., Guerra, V., Hanke, K., Hooper, N., Huang, L., Karasawa, M., Kuppens, P., Loughnan, S.,… Bastian, B. (2020). Measurement invariance of the moral vitalism scale across 28 cultural groups. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233989. PDF
Syropoulos, S., Rivera-Rodriguez, A., Gómez, Á., Baka, A., Cros, S., Martel, F. A. & Rottman, J. (2020). Deadly but protective: Americans’ unique perceptions of weapons. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 27(1), 81-84. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000507. PDF
Vázquez, A., López-Rodríguez, L., Gómez, Á., & Dovidio, J. F. (2020). Ambivalent Effects of Positive Contact between Women and Men on Collective Actions for Women’s Rights. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(9), 1358-1373. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220974162. PDF
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2019
Gómez, Á., Vázquez, A., López-Rodríguez, L., Talaifar, S., Martínez, M., Buhrmester, M. D. & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2019). Why people abandon groups: Degrading relational vs. collective ties uniquely impacts identity fusion and identification. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103853. PDF
Paredes, B., Santos, D., Briñol, P., & Gómez, Á. (2019). The role of meta-cognitive certainty on the relationship between identity fusion and endorsement of extreme pro-group behavior. Self and Identity, 19(7), 804-824. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2019.1681498. PDF
Vázquez, A., Ordoñana, J. R., Whitehouse, H., & Gómez, Á. (2019). Why die for my sibling? The positive association between identity fusion and imagined loss with endorsement of self-sacrifice (¿Por qué morir por un hermano? La asociación positiva entre la fusión de la identidad y la pérdida imaginada con la disposición al autosacrificio). International Journal of Social Psychology, 34(3), 413-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2019.1639343. PDF
Bastian, B., Vauclair, C. M., Loughnan, S., Bain, P., Ashokkumar, A., Becker, M., Bilewicz, M., Collier-Baker, E., Crespo, C., Eastwick, P. W., Fischer, R., Friese, M., Gómez, Á., Guerra, V. M., Castellanos-Guevara, J. L., Hanke, K., Hooper, N., Huang, L., Junqi, S.,… Swann, W. B. Jr. (2019). Explaining illness with evil: pathogen prevalence fosters moral vitalism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286, 1914. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1576. PDF
Hamid, N., Pretus, C., Atran, S., Crockett, M. J., Ginges, J., Sheikh, H., Tobeña, A., Carmona, S., Gómez, Á., Davis, R., & Vilarroya, O. (2019). Neuroimaging 'will to fight' for sacred values: an empirical case study with supporters of an Al Qaeda associate. Royal Society Open Science, 6(6). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181585. PDF
Pretus, C., Hamid, N., Sheikh, H., Gómez, Á., Ginges, J., Tobeña, A., Davis, R., Vilarroya, O. & Atran, S. (2019). Ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal interactions underlie will to fight and die for a cause. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 14(6), 569-577. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsz034. PDF
Sprong, S., Jetten, J., Wang, Z., Peters, K., Mols, F., Verkuyten, M., Bastian, B., Ariyanto, A., Autin, F., Ayub, N., Badea, C., Besta, T., Butera, F., Costa-Lopes, R. R., Cui, L., Fantini, C., Finchilescu, G., Gaertner, L., Golwitzer, M.,… Wohl, M. J. A. (2019). “Our country needs a strong leader right now”: Economic inequality enhances the wish for a strong leader. Psychological Science, 30(11), 1625-1637. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619875472. PDF
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2018
Gómez, Á., Tropp, L., Vázquez, A., Voci, A. & Hewstone, M. (2018). Depersonalized extended contact and injunctive norms about cross-group friendship impact intergroup orientation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 356-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2018.02.010. PDF
Atran, S. & Gómez, Á. (2018). What motivates devoted actors to extreme sacrifice, identity fusion, or sacred values? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18001565. PD
Bortolini, T., Newson, M., Natividade, J.C., Vázquez, A., & Gómez, Á. (2018). Identity fusion predicts endorsement of pro-group behaviours targeting nationality, religion, or football in Brazilian samples. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57(2), 346-366. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12235. PDF
Holbrook, C., López-Rodríguez, L., & Gómez, Á. (2018). Battle of Wits: Warfare Cues and Political Orientation Modulate the Perceived Intellect of Allies Versus Adversaries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9(3), 319–327. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617746219. PDF
Paredes, B., Briñol, P. & Gómez, Á. (2018). Identity fusion leads to willingness to fight and die for the group: The moderating impact of being informed of the reasons behind other members’ sacrifice. Self and Identity, 17(5), 517-530. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2017.1419503. PDF
Atran, S., Waziri, S., Gómez, Á., Sheikh, H., López-Rodríguez, L., Rogan, C. & Davis, R. (2018). The Islamic State's lingering legacy among young men from the Mosul Area. CTC Sentinel, 11(4), 5-22. PDF
Klein, R. A., Vianello, M., Hasselman, F., Adams, B. G., Adams, R. B., Alper Jr., S., Aveyard, M., Axt, J. R., Babalola, M. T., Bahník, S., Batra, R., Berkics, M., Bernstein, M. J., Berry, D. R., Bialobrzeska, O., Binan, E. D., Bocian, K., Brandt, M. J., Busching, R.,… Nosek, B. A. (2018). Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 443-490. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918810225. PDF
Smeekes, A., Jetten, J., Verkuiten, M., Wohl, M. J. A., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Ariyanto, A., Autin, F., Ayub, N., Badea, C., Besta, T., Butera, F., Costa-Lopes, R., Cui, L., Fantini, C., Finchilescu, G., Gaertner, L., Golwitzer, M., Gómez, Á., González, R.,… van der Bles, A. M. (2018). Regaining in-group continuity in times of anxiety about the group’s future. Social Psychology, 49, 311-329. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000350. PDF
Smith, H. J., Ryan, D. A., Jaurique, A., Pettigrew, T. F., Jetten, J., Ariyanto, A., Autin, F., Ayub, N., Badea, C., Besta, T., Butera, F., Costa-Lopes, R., Cui, L., Fantini, C., Finchilescu, G., Gaetner, L., Gollwitzer, M., Gómez, Á., González, R.,… Wohl, M. J. A. (2018). Cultural values moderate the impact of relative deprivation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49(8), 1183-1218. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022118784213. PDF
Vázquez, A., Gómez, Á., & Swann, W. B. (2018). You just don’t get us! Positive, but non-verifying, evaluations foster prejudice and discrimination. Social Psychology 49(4), 231-242. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000346. PDF
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2017
Gómez, Á., López-Rodríguez, L., Sheikh, H., Ginges, J., Wilson, L., Waziri, H., Vázquez, A., Davis, R., & Atran, S. (2017). The devoted actor's will to fight and the spiritual dimension of human conflict. Nature Human Behaviour, 1, 673-679. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0193-3. PDF
Holbrook, C., López-Rodríguez, L., Fessler, D. M. T., Vázquez, A., & Gómez, Á. (2017). Gulliver’s politics: Conservatives envision potential enemies as readily vanquished and physically small. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(6), 670-678. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616679238. PDF
Hornsey, M. J., Schuman, K., Bain, P. G., Blumen, S., Chen, S. X., Gómez, Á., González, R., Guan, Y., Kashima, E., Lebedeva, N., & Wohl, M. J. A. (2017). Conservatives are more reluctant to give and receive apologies than liberals. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(7), 827-835. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617691096. PDF
Pérez-Laso, C., Cerdan, S., Junque, C., Gómez, Á., Ortega, E., Mora, M., Avendaño, C., Gomez-Gil, E., Rodriguez del Cerro, M. C., & Guillamon, A. (2017). Effects of adult female rat androgenization on brain morphology and metabolic profile. Cerebral Cortex, 28(8), 2846–2853. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhx163. PDF
Tornero, E., Sánchez-Romera, J. F., Morosoli, J. J., Vázquez, A., Gómez, Á., & Ordoñana, J. R. (2017). Altruistic behavior among twins. Willingness to fight and self-sacrifice for their closest relatives. Human Nature, 29, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-017-9304-0. PDF
Vázquez, A., Gómez, Á., Ordoñana, J., Swann, W. B. & Whitehouse, H. (2017). Sharing genes fosters Identity Fusion and Altruism. Self and Identity, 16(6), 684-702. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2017.1296887. PDF
Vázquez, A., Gómez, Á., & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2017). Do historic threats to the group diminish identity fusion and its correlates? Self and Identity, 16(4), 480-503. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2016.1272485. PDF
Whitehouse, H., Jong, J., Buhrmester, M., Gómez, Á., Bastian, B., Kavanagh, K., Newson, M., Matthews, M., Lanman, J. A., McKay, R. & Gavrilets., S. (2017). The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences. Scientific Reports, 7, 44292. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44292. PDF
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2016
Gómez, Á., Vázquez, A., López-Rodríguez, L., Paredes, B., Martínez, M. (2016). Morir y matar por un grupo o unos valores. Estrategias para evitar, reducir y/o erradicar el comportamiento grupal extremista. Anuario de Psicología Jurídica. 26(1), 122-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apj.2016.04.001. PDF
Vázquez, A., Yzerbit, V., Dovidio, J. F., & Gómez, Á. (2016). How we think they see us? Valence and difficulty of retrieval as moderators of the effect of meta-stereotype activation on intergroup orientations. International Journal of Psychology, 52(S1), 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12260.PDF
Sheikh, H., Gómez, Á., & Atran, S. (2016). Empirical evidence for the devoted actor model. Current Anthropology, 57(13), 204-209. https://doi.org/10.1086/686221. PDF
Teymoori, A., Jetten, J., Bastian, B., Ariyanto, A., Autin, F., Ayub, N., Badea, C., Besta, T., Butera, F., Costa-Lopes, Cui, L., Fantini, C., Finchilescu, G., Gaertner, L., Golwitzer, M., Gómez, Á., González, R., Hong, Y. Y., Jensen, D. H.,… Wohl, M. J. A. (2016). Revisiting the measure of anomie. PLoS ONE, 11(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158370. PDF
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2015
Gómez, Á. & Vázquez, A. (2015). Personal identity and social identity: two different processes or a single one? International Journal of Social Psychology, 30(3), 468-480. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2015.1065091. PDF
Gómez, Á. & Vázquez, A. (2015). The power of “feeling one” with a group: Identity fusion and extreme pro-group behaviours. International Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 481-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2015.1065089. PDF
Bastian, B., Bain, P., Buhrmester, M. D., Gómez, Á., Vázquez, A., Knight, C. G., & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2015). Moral vitalism: Seeing good and evil as real, agentic forces. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 5, 1069–1081. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167215589819. PDF
Eller, A., Gómez, Á., Vázquez, A., & Fernández, S. (2015). Collateral damage for ingroup members having outgroup friends: Effects of normative versus counternormative interactions with an outgroup. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 20(4), 483-500. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430215612222. PDF
Fredman, L.A., Buhrmester, M. D., Gómez, Á., Fraser, W. T., Talaifar, S., Brannon, S. M., & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2015). Identity fusion, extreme pro-group behavior, and the path to defusion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 9(9), 468–480. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12193. PDF
Jiménez, J., Gómez, Á., Buhrmester, M. D., Vázquez, A., Whitehouse, H. & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2015). The dynamic identity fusion index (DIFI): A new continuous measure of identity fusion for Web-based questionnaires. Social Science Computer Review, 34(2).https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439314566178. PDF
Swann, W. B. Jr., Gómez, Á., Vázquez, A., Guillamón, A., Segovia, S., & Carillo, B. (2015). Fusion with the cross-gender group predicts genital sex reassignment surgery. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 1313-1318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0470-4. PDF
Vázquez, A., Gómez, Á., Ordoñana, J. R. & Paredes, B. (2015). From interpersonal to extended fusion: relationships between fusion with siblings and fusion with the country. International Journal of Social Psychology, 30(3), 512-530. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/02134748.2015.1093755. PDF
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2014
Gómez, Á., Jetten, J., & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2014). The more prototypical the better? The allure of being seen as one sees oneself. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 17, 221-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430213510570. PDF
Atran, S., Sheikh, H. & Gómez, Á. (2014). Devoted actors sacrifice for close comrades and sacred cause. PNAS, 111(50), 17702-17703. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1420474111. PDF
Atran, S., Sheikh, H. & Gómez, Á. (2014). For Cause and Comrade: Devoted Actors and Willingness to Fight. Cliodynamics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.21237/C7clio5124900. PDF
Besta, T., Gómez, Á. & Vázquez, A. (2014). Readiness to deny group’s wrongdoing and willingness to fight for its members: the role of Poles’ identity fusion with the country and religious group. Current Issues in Personality Psychology, 2, 49-55. https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp.2014.43101. PDF
Fernández, S., Branscombe, N., Saguy, T., Gómez, Á. & Morales, J. F. (2014). Higher moral obligations of tolerance toward other minorities: An extra burden on stigmatized groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 363-376. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167213512208. PDF
Swann, W. B. Jr., Buhrmester, M. D., Gómez, Á., Jetten, J., Bastian, B., Vázquez, A., Ariyanto, A., Besta, T., Christ, O., Cui, L., Finchilescu, G., González, R., Goto, N., Hornsey, M., Susianto, H., Sharma, S., & Zhang, A. (2014). What makes a group worth dying for? Identity fusion fosters perception of familial ties, promoting self-sacrifice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106(6), 912-926. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036089. PDF
Swann, W. B. Jr., Gómez, Á., Buhrmester, M. D., López-Rodríguez, L., Jiménez, J., & Vázquez, A. (2014). Contemplating the Ultimate Sacrifice: Identity Fusion Channels Pro-Group Affect, Cognition, and Moral Decision Making. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 713-727. https://doi.org/10.1037/A0035809. PDF
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2013
Gómez, Á., Dovidio, J. F., Gaertner, S. L., Fernández, S. & Vázquez, A. (2013). Responses to endorsement of commonality by ingroup and outgroup members: The roles of group representation and threat. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 419-431. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167213475366. PDF
Gómez, Á., Eller, A. & Vázquez, A. (2013). Verification of ingroup identity as a longitudinal mediator between intergroup contact and outgroup evaluation. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 16, e74, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2013.66. PDF
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2012
Eller, A., Abrams, D. & Gómez, Á. (2012). When the direct route is blocked: The extended contact pathway to improving intergroup relations. International Journal of Intercultural relations, 36, 637-646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.03.005. PDF
Buhrmester, M., Gómez, Á., Brooks, M. L., Morales, J. F., Fernández, S., & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2012). My group’s fate is my fate: “Fused” Americans and Spaniards link personal life quality to outcome of 2008 elections. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 34, 527-533. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2012.732825. PDF
Fernández, S., Branscombe, N. R., Gómez, Á., & Morales, J. F. (2012). Influence of the social context on use of surgical-lengthening and group-empowering coping strategies among people with dwarfism. Rehabilitation Psychology, 57(3), 224-235. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029280. PDF
Gómez-Gil, E., Gómez, Á., Cañizares, S., Guillamón, A., Rametti, G., Esteva, I., Vázquez, A. & Salamero-Baró, M. (2012). Clinical utility of the Bem Sex Role Inventori (BSRI) in the Spanish transsexual and non transsexual population. Journal of Personality Assessment, 94(3), 304-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2011.650302. PDF
Hewstone, M., Liebkind, K., Lewicka, M., László, J., Voci, A., Contarello, A., Gómez, Á., Hantzi, A., Bilewicz, M., Guinote, A., Kourilova, S. & Prtkova, K. (2012). An evaluation of the impact of the European Association of Social Psychology: A response to Schruijer. History of the Human Sciences, 25(3), 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695111434464. PDF
Rametti, G., Carrillo, B., Gómez-Gil, E., Junqué, C. Zubiarre-Elorza, L., Segovia, S., Gómez, Á. & Guillamón, A. (2012). Effects of androgenization on the white matter microstructure of female to male transsexuals. A diffusion tensor imaging study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37(8), 1261-1269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.019. PDF
Swann, W. B. Jr., Jetten, J., Gómez, Á., Whitehouse, H. & Bastian, B. (2012). When group membership gets personal: A theory of identity fusion. Psychological Review, 119(3),441-456. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028589. PDF
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2011
Gómez, Á., Brooks, M.L., Buhrmester, M., Vázquez, A., Jetten, J. & Swann, W.B. Jr. (2011). On the nature of identity fusion: Insights into the construct and validation of a new measure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 918-33. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022642. PDF
Gómez, Á., Morales, J.F., Hart, S, Vázquez, A. & Swann, W.B. Jr. (2011). Rejected and excluded forevermore, but even more devoted: Irrevocable ostracism intensifies loyalty to the group among identity fused persons. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1574-1586. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167211424580. PDF
Gómez, Á., Tropp. L., & Fernández, S. (2011). When extended contact opens the door to future contact: Testing the effects of extended contact on attitudes and intergroup expectancies in majority and minority groups. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 14(2), 161-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430210391119. PDF
Rametti, G., Carrillo, B., Gómez-Gil, E., Junque, C., Segovia, S., Gómez, Á. & Guillamón, A. (2011). White matter microstructure in female to male transsexuals before cross-sex hormonal treatment. A diffusion tensor imaging study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45, 199-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.05.006. PDF
Rametti, G., Carrillo, B., Gómez-Gil, E., Junque, C., Zubiarre-Elorza, L., Segovia, S., Gómez, Á. & Guillamón, A. (2011). The microstructure of white matter in male to female transsexuals before cross-sex hormonal treatment. A DTI study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45(7), 949-954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.11.007. PDF
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2010
Carrillo, B., Gómez-Gil, E., Rametti, G., Junque, C., Gómez, Á., Karadi, K., Segovia, S. & Guillamón, A. (2010). Cortical activation during mental rotation in male-to-female and female-to-male transsexuals under hormonal treatment. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35(8), 1213-1222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.02.010. PDF
Swann, W. B. Jr., Gómez, Á., Dovidio, J. F. Hart. S. & Jetten, J. (2010). Dying and Killing for One’s Group: Identity Fusion Moderates Responses to Intergroup Versions of the Trolley Problem. Psychological Science, 21, 1176-1183. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610376656. PDF
Swann, W.B. Jr., Gómez, Á., Huici, C., Morales, F. & Hixon, J. G. (2010). Identity fusion and self-sacrifice: Arousal as catalyst of pro-group fighting, dying and helping behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 824-841. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020014. PDF
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2009
Gómez, Á., Seyle, C. D., Huici, C. & Swann, W. B. Jr. (2009). Can self-verification strivings fully trascend the self-other barrier? Seeking verification of ingroup identities. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 1021-1044. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016358. PDF
Swann, W. B. Jr., Seyle, C., Gómez, Á., Morales, J. F. & Huici, C. (2009). Identity Fusion: The interplay of personal and social identities in extreme group behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 995-1011. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013668. PDF
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2008
Gómez, Á., Dovidio, J. F., Cuadrado, I., Huici, C. & Gaertner, S. L. (2008). The other side of We: When outgroup members express common identity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1613-1626. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167208323600. PDF
Gómez, Á. & Huici, C. (2008). Vicarious Intergroup Contact and the Role of Authorities in Prejudice Reduction. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 11, 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1138741600004169. PDF
Huici, C., Gómez, Á. & Bustillos, A. (2008). La identidad comparativa veinte años después: repercusión en el dominio de las relaciones intergrupales. Revista de Psicología Social, 23, 297-313. https://doi.org/10.1174/021347408785843042. PDF
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2007
Gómez, Á. (2007). La violencia en el deporte. Un análisis desde la psicología social. Revista de Psicología Social, 22, 63-87. https://doi.org/10.1174/021347407779697539. PDF
Gómez, Á., Morales, J. F., Huici, C., Gaviria, C. & Jiménez, J. (2007). When the World Understands Me... And My Alignment with the Group. From Self-verification to Verification of One's Group Identity. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 7, 213-236. PDF
Morales, J. F. & Gómez, Á. (2007). Introduction to the Series “Towards a More Relational Social Psychology”. Social Psychology is Innovative, Vital. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy 7(2), 141-143. PDF
Méndez, E., Gómez, Á. & Tropp. L. (2007). When Metaperceptions are Affected by Intergroup Processes. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 7(2), 237-250. PDF
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2004
Gómez, A., Huici, C. & J. F. Morales. (2004). ¡Nos gusta que nos vean...como somos! Implicaciones de la teoría de la auto-verificación a nivel intergrupal (We like others to see us... the way we are! Implications of self-verification theory at a group level). Revista de Psicología Social, 19, 139-157.
Vega, T. & Gómez, Á. (2004). El efecto del nivel de prejuicio y de la preocupación por ser evaluado en las emociones y el comportamiento hacia las minorías étnicas (The effect of prejudice and evaluativo concern on emotions and behaviour toward ethnic minorities). Encuentros en la Psicología Social, 4, 341-344.
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2003
Gómez, Á., Huici, C. (2003). Los efectos del prejuicio y el meta-estereotipo en las emociones e intenciones de contacto con los inmigrantes (Effects of prejudice and meta-stereotype on emotions and contact intentions toward immigrants). Encuentros en la Psicología Social, 1, 143-146.
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2002
Gómez, Á. (2002). If my group stereotypes others, others stereotype my group…and we know. Concept, research lines and future perspectives of meta-stereotypes. International Journal of Social Psychology, 17(3), 253-282. https://doi.org/10.1174/02134740260372982.
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2000
Gómez, Á., Martínez-Sánchez, E. (2000). Implicaciones del modelo de valores de Schwartz para el estudio del individualismo y el colectivismo. Discusión de algunos datos obtenidos en muestras españolas. Revista de psicología general y aplicada, 53(2), 279-301.