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Is moral elevation an approach-oriented emotion? (2016)
Journal Article
Van de Vyver, J., & Abrams, D. (2016). Is moral elevation an approach-oriented emotion?. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 12(2), 178-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2016.1163410

Two studies were designed to test whether moral elevation should be conceptualized as an approach-oriented emotion. The studies examined the relationship between moral elevation and the behavioral activation and inhibition systems. Study 1 (N = 80) s... Read More about Is moral elevation an approach-oriented emotion?.

Boosting belligerence: How the July 7, 2005, London bombings affected Liberals' moral foundations and prejudice (2015)
Journal Article
Van de Vyver, J., Houston, D., Abrams, D., & Vasiljevic, M. (2016). Boosting belligerence: How the July 7, 2005, London bombings affected Liberals' moral foundations and prejudice. Psychological Science, 27(2), 169-177. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797615615584

Major terrorist events, such as the recent attacks in Ankara, Sinai, and Paris, can have profound effects on a nation’s values, attitudes, and prejudices. Yet psychological evidence testing the impact of such events via data collected immediately bef... Read More about Boosting belligerence: How the July 7, 2005, London bombings affected Liberals' moral foundations and prejudice.

Children's prosocial behavioural intentions towards outgroup members (2015)
Journal Article
Abrams, D., Van de Vyver, J., Pelletier, J., & Cameron, L. (2015). Children's prosocial behavioural intentions towards outgroup members. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33(3), 277-294. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12085

When will children decide to help outgroup peers? We examined how intergroup competition, social perspective taking (SPT), and empathy influence children's (5–10 years, N = 287) prosocial intentions towards outgroup members. Study 1 showed that, in a... Read More about Children's prosocial behavioural intentions towards outgroup members.

Equality hypocrisy, inconsistency, and prejudice: The unequal application of the universal human right to equality (2015)
Journal Article
Abrams, D., Houston, D., Van de Vyver, J., & Vasiljevic, M. (2015). Equality hypocrisy, inconsistency, and prejudice: The unequal application of the universal human right to equality. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 21(1), 28-46. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000084

[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 21(3) of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (see record 2015-17043-001). In the article, the copyright should have been “© 2015 The Author(s)”. In addition, the author n... Read More about Equality hypocrisy, inconsistency, and prejudice: The unequal application of the universal human right to equality.

Testing the prosocial effectiveness of the prototypical moral emotions: Elevation increases benevolent behaviors and outrage increases justice behaviors (2014)
Journal Article
Van de Vyver, J., & Abrams, D. (2015). Testing the prosocial effectiveness of the prototypical moral emotions: Elevation increases benevolent behaviors and outrage increases justice behaviors. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 58, 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2014.12.005

How can we overcome apathy and instigate a desire to help others? This research tests and compares the prosocial effects of two of the most prototypical emotions on a range of prosocial intentions and behaviors. Emotion-inducing videos were used to i... Read More about Testing the prosocial effectiveness of the prototypical moral emotions: Elevation increases benevolent behaviors and outrage increases justice behaviors.

Evaluations of and reasoning about normative and deviant ingroup and outgroup members: development of the black sheep effect (2014)
Journal Article
Abrams, D., Palmer, S., Rutland, A., Cameron, L., & Van de Vyver, J. (2014). Evaluations of and reasoning about normative and deviant ingroup and outgroup members: development of the black sheep effect. Developmental Psychology, 50(1), 258-270. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032461

Research with adults has demonstrated a “black sheep effect” (BSE) whereby, relative to evaluations of normative group members, ingroup deviants are derogated more than outgroup deviants. The developmental subjective group dynamics (DSGD) model holds... Read More about Evaluations of and reasoning about normative and deviant ingroup and outgroup members: development of the black sheep effect.

Arts and kindness (2012)
Report
Broadwood, J., Bunting, C., Andrews, T., Abrams, D., & Van de Vyver, J. (2012). Arts and kindness. [No known commissioning body]