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2025

Haines, S., Sczesny, S., & Graf, S. (2025). Who cares? Stereotypes of and support for men working in childcare. Sex Roles, 91(1-2), 19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-025-01559-5 💾

Kołeczek, M., Sekerdej, M., Rupar, M., & Jamróz-Dolińska, K. (2025). Patriotic morality: links between conventional patriotism, glorification, constructive patriotism, and moral values and decisions. Self and Identity, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2025.2470774 💾

Sekerdej, M., Kołeczek, M., Rupar, M., & Jamróz-Dolińska, K. (2024). Social identity complexity decreases exclusion of immigrants by reducing the glorification dimension of national identification. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 28(2), 377-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241267972 💾

Swami, V., Stieger, S., Voracek, M., Aavik, T., Abdollahpour Ranjbar, H., Adebayo, S. O., ... Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M.,  Rupar, M. ..., & Lukács, A. (2025). Life satisfaction around the world: Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) across 65 Nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. PLoS One, 20(1), e0313107. 

2024

Graf, S., Oľhová, S., & Rupar, M. (2024). Media and prejudice. In E. Nshom & S. Croucher (Eds.), Research handbook on communication and prejudice (pp. 43-60). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209662.00009 

Lacko, D., Čeněk, J., Arikan, A., Dresler, T., Galang, A. J., Stachoň, Z., Šašinková, A., Tsai, J-L., Prošek, T., Ugwitz, P., & Šašinka, Č. (accepted). Investigating the Geography of Thought Across Eleven Countries: Cross-Cultural Differences in Analytic and Holistic Cognitive Styles Using Simple Perceptual Tasks and Reaction Time Modeling. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Doi: 10.1037/xge0001685 [JCR 2023: D1, IF = 3.7, AIS = 2.24]   ®️

Lacko, D., Čeněk, J., & Hřebíčková, M. (2024). University Students’ and Lecturers’ Perceived Stress and Satisfaction With Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Role of Personality Traits and Self-Efficacy. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(5), e12957. Doi: 10.1111/spc3.12957 [JCR 2023: D1, IF = 4.8, AIS = 2.36] 

Oľhová, S., Brachtlová, M., & Urban, M. (2024). The ups and downs of online intergroup contact interventions: popular narratives and secondary transfer effect. European Journal of Psychology of Education 39, 4597–4615. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-024-00887-6 

Rupar, M., Voca, S., & Graf, S. (2024). The link between social norms and reconciliation and behavioral intentions in postconflict societies. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000730 🔓 💾 ®️

Rupar, M., Sekerdej, M., Jamróz-Dolińska, K., & Hubená, B. (2024). Constructive patriotism predicts voting intentions: evidence from state parliamentary, EU parliamentary, and presidential elections across different EU countries. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 12(1), 126-139. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.9609 🔓💾

Rupar, M., Kołeczek, M., Jamróz‐Dolińska, K., & Sekerdej, M. (2024). Conservatism in response to rising universalism? Linking individuals' conservation values, right‐wing attitudes, and nationalism to perceived prevalence of universalism among fellow citizens. Political Psychology.  https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.13033 

Voca, S., Telaku, N., & Van Assche, J. (2024). Right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and attitudes toward peace and war: The role of symbolic and realistic threat. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 54, 572–583. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13059

Krivoshchekov, V., Graf, S., & Sczesny, S. (2024). Passion is key: High emotionality in diversity statements promotes organizational attractiveness. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63(2), 544-571. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12693  🔓 💾 ®️

Kende, A., Nyúl, B., Hadarics, M., Carmona-López, C., Ciordaş, P., De Cristofaro, V., … Voca, S., & Lášticová, B. (2024). Addressing anti-Gypsyism with context-dependent psychological tools: Research review, meta-analysis and secondary analysis of prejudice against the Roma. European Review of Social Psychology, 1–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2024.2362123

Arnoso-Martínez, M., Bobowik, M., González, N., Rupar, M., Arnoso-Martínez, A., & Gómez, D. (2024). European attachment and restrictive and inclusive policies towards ethnic minorities and immigrants: The mediating role of perceived threat. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 27(6), 1304-1330. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231199066  💾

Jamróz-Dolińska, K., Sekerdej, M., Rupar, M., & Kołeczek, M. (2024). Do Good Citizens Look to the Future? The Link Between National Identification and Future Time Perspective and Their Role in Explaining Citizens’ Reactions to Conflicts Between Short-Term and Long-Term National Interests. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50(12), 1690-1710. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231176337 💾 ®️

Kaźmierczak, I., Jakubowska, A., Pietraszkiewicz, A., Zajenkowska, A., Lacko, D., Wawer, A., & Sarzyńska-Wawer, J. (2024). Natural language sentiment as an indicator of depression and anxiety: A longitudinal mixed methods study. Cognition and Emotion, 1-10. Doi: 10.1080/02699931.2024.2351952 [JCR 2023: Q2, IF = 2.6, AIS = 1.03] 

Swami, V., White, M. P., Voracek, M., Tran, U. S., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., ...  Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M.,  Rupar, M., & Lombardo, C. (2024). Exposure and connectedness to natural environments: An examination of the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Journal of environmental psychology, 99, 102432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102432 

Andrighetto, G., Szekely, A., Guido, A., Gelfand, M., Abernathy, J., Arikan, G., ... Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., … & Eriksson, K. (2024). Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across 43 countries. Nature communications, 15(1), 1436. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44999-5   

Andersson, P. A., Vartanova, I., Västfjäll, D., Tinghög, D., Strimling, P., Wu, J.,  … Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., … Eriksson, K. (2024). Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 5591. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55815-x  🔓 💾 ®️

Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Shaman, N., Shagan, J., Lee, D., ... Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., … & Funder, D. (2024). Personality and conceptions of religiosity across the world’s religions. Journal of Research in Personality, 110, 104496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104496  🔓 💾 ®️

2023

Graf, S., Rubin, M., Assilamehou-Kunz, Y., Bianchi, M., Carnaghi, A., Fasoli, F., Finell, E., Gustafsson Sendén, M., Shamloo, S. E., Točík, J., Lacko, D., & Sczesny, S. (2023). Migrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees: Different Labels for Immigrants Influence Attitudes through Perceived Benefits in Nine Countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(5), 970–983. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2947  🔓 💾 ®️ 

Schaerer, M., du Plessis, Ch., Nguyen, M., Tiokkin, L., Lakens, D., Clemente, E., Pfeiffer, T., Dreber, A., Johannesson, M., Clark, C., Gender Audits Forecasting Collaboration [including Lacko, D.], & Uhlmann, E. (2023). On the trajectory of discrimination: A meta-analysis and forecasting survey capturing 44 years of field experiments on gender and hiring decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 179(104280), 104280. Doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2023.10428 🔓💾 ®️

Lacko, D., Horák, F., Klicperová-Baker, M., Šerek, J., & Boehnke, K. (2023). Perceived legitimacy of antipandemic measures: Findings from west and East Germany, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia at the peak of the COVID-19 crisis. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 29(4), 549–562. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000395  🔓 💾  

Rupar, M., Bobowik M., Sekerdej, M., Soler-Pastor, E., Kołeczek, M., Jamróz-Dolińska, K., Ghorbani, F., & Mari, S. (2023). Emotional Responses towards Governmental Actions Predict Self-Reported Preventive Behavior in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Psychology. 59(1), 172–183 https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12961 💾

Voca, S., Graf, S., & Rupar, M. (2023). Victimhood beliefs are linked to willingness to engage in intergroup contact with the former adversary through empathy and trust. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 26(3), 696–719. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221084859 💾 ®️

Zingora, T., Birtel, M. D., Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., Lacko, D., Rupar, M., Tocik, J., Voca, Sh. (2023). Change in anti-COVID-19 behavior and prejudice against minorities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal evidence from five European countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(4). 645–663 https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2928  🔓  💾 ®️

Arnoso-Martínez, M., Bobowik, M., González, N., Rupar, M., Arnoso-Martínez, A., & Gómez, D. (2023). European attachment and restrictive and inclusive policies towards ethnic minorities and immigrants: The mediating role of perceived threat. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231199066 💾

Blackburn, A., Han, H., Jeftić, A., Stöckli, S., Gelpí, R., Acosta-Ortiz, A., Travaglino, G., Alvarado, R., Lacko, D., Milfont, T., Chrona, S., Griffin, S., Tamayo-Agudelo, W., Lee, Y., & Vestergren, S. (2023). Predictors of Compliance with COVID-19 Guidelines Across Countries: The role of social norms, moral values, trust, stress, and demographic factors. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05281-x  🔓 💾 ®️ 

Blackburn, A., Han, H., Gelpí, R., Stöckli, S., Jeftić, A., Ch'ng, B., Koszałkowska, K., Lacko, D., Milfont, T., Lee, Y., COVIDiSTRESS II Consortium, & Vestergren, S. (2023). Mediation analysis of conspiratorial thinking and anti-expert sentiments on vaccine willingness. Health Psychology, 42(4), 235–246. 10.1037/hea0001268 🔓 💾 ®️ 

Cohn-Schwartz, E., de Paula Couto, C., Fung, H., Graf, S., Hess, T. M., Liou, S., Nikitin, J., & Rothermund, K. (2023). Contact with older adults is related to positive age stereotypes and self-views of aging: The older you are the more you profit. The Journals of Gerontology, 78(8), 1330–1340. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad038

Gardiner, G., Lee, D., Baranski, E., … Graf, S., … Funder, D. (2023). The economic well-being of nations is associated with positive daily situational experiences. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100088 🔓

Horák, F., Antoš, M., Sklenář, D., & Lacko, D. (2023). Proporcionalita, efektivita a legitimita českých sněmovních voleb: Simulační studie účinků D’Hondtova dělitele, Imperialiho kvóty a Hareovy kvóty. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.13060/csr.2023.017  🔓 💾  

Jamróz-Dolińska, K., Sekerdej, M., Rupar, M., & Kołeczek, M. (2023). Do Good Citizens Look to the Future? The Link Between National Identification and Future Time Perspective and Their Role in Explaining Citizens’ Reactions to Conflicts Between Short-Term and Long-Term National Interests. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231176337  💾®️

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.,  …, Graf, S., ...  Żadkowska, M. (2023). Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(7), 808–824. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221129687 💾 ®️

Sekerdej, M., Rupar, M., Jamróz-Dolińska, K., & Kołeczek, M. (2023). Greater expectations or less sugar-coating? Perceptual underpinnings of constructive patriotism. Published Online. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(3), 1330–1345. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12634 💾

Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Stieger, S., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., ... Graf, S., ... Rupar, M. ... Hřebíčková, M. ... & Lukács, A. (2023). Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age. Body image, 46, 449–466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010  💾

Yik, M., Mues, C., Sze, I. N L., Kuppens, P., Tuerlinckx, F., De Roover, K., ... Graf, S., ... & Russell, J. A. (2023). On the relationship between valence and arousal in samples across the globe. Emotion., 23(2). https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001095  

Čunek, L., Ondřej, J., Blažíčková, I., Pupíková, V., Lacko, D., Prošek, T., & Šafárová, K. (2023). Handwriting quality: Psychometric properties of two evaluation scales on Czech sample. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(3), 7703205130. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2023.050029  🔓 💾 

Horák, F., & Lacko, D. (2023). Triangulation of Theoretical and Empirical Conceptualizations Related to the Rule of Law. Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 15(1), 191-216. Doi: 10.1007/s40803-022-00181-x 🔓

2022

Rupar, M., Graf, S., & Voca, Sh. (2022). Contact with former adversaries through mass-media is linked to forgiveness after dyadic and multi-ethnic conflicts. European Journal of Social Psychology, 52(5-6), 963–983. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2878 💾 

Lacko, D., Čeněk, J., Točík, J., Avsec, A., Đorđević, V., Genc, A., Haka, F., Šakotić-Kurbalija, J., Mohorić, T., Neziri, I., & Subotić, S. (2022). The Necessity of Testing Measurement Invariance in Cross-Cultural Research: Potential Bias in Cross-Cultural Comparisons With Individualism– Collectivism Self-Report Scales. Cross-Cultural Research, 56(2-3), 228–267. https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971211068971 🔓 💾 

de Paula Couto, M. C. P., Fung, H. H., Graf, S., Hess, T. M., Liou, S., Nikitin, J., & Rothermund, K. (2022). Antecedents and consequences of endorsing prescriptive views of active aging and altruistic disengagement. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 807726. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.807726 

Friehs, M. T., Kotzur, P., Kraus, C., ... Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., Rupar, M., … Yzerbyt, V. (2022). Evidence from 35 countries that the social perception of key protagonists is associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports, 12, 21277. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25228-9 🔓💾®️

Imhoff, R., Zimmer, F., Klein, O., António, J. H. C., Babinska, M., Bangerter, A., …, Graf, S., ... van Prooijen, J-W. (2022). Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries. Nature Human Behaviour, 6(3), 392–403. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01258-7   

Kołeczek, M., Jamróz-Dolińska, K., Rupar, M., & Sekerdej, M. (2022). Thinking like a patriot: Criticising the country and the nation is linked to the differences in thinking style and cognitive ability. Personality and Individual Differences, 195, 111670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111670. 💾

Pick, C. M, Ko, A., Kenrick, D. T., Wiezel, A., Wormley, A. S., Awad, E., ... Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., ... Varnum, M. E. W. (2022). Fundamental social motives measured across forty-two cultures in two waves. Scientific data, 9(1), 499. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01579-w   

Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Van Lange, P. A. M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., ... Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., ... Yong, J. C. (2022). Reply to Komatsu et al.: From local social mindfulness to global sustainability efforts? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(4). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119303118 

Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Van Lange, P. A. M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., ... Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., ... Yong, J. C. (2022). Reply to Nielsen et al.: Social mindfulness is associated with countries’ environmental performance and individual environmental concern. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(9).  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122077119

2021

Lacko, D., Čeněk, J., & Urbánek, T. (2021). Psychometric Properties of the Independent and Interdependent Self-Construal Questionnaire: Evidence From the Czech Republic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 564011. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.564011 🔓 💾  

Rupar, M., Bobowik, M., Arnoso, M., Arnoso, A., & Vollhardt, J. (2021). General inclusive victimhood promotes intergroup contact in post-conflict societies: the role of conflict-specific victimhood beliefs, intergroup trust, and empathy. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 52(2), 71–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12835 💾

Rupar, M., Sekerdej, M., & Jamróz-Dolińska, K. (2021). The role of national identification in explaining political and social civic engagement. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(8), 1515–1537, https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220967975. 💾

Rupar, M., Jamróz-Dolińska, K., Kołeczek, M., & Sekerdej, M. (2021). Is patriotism helpful to fight the crisis? The role of constructive patriotism, conventional patriotism, and glorification amid the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Social Psychology. 51(6), 862–877. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2777 💾

Boin, J., Rupar, M., Graf, S., Neji, S., Spiegler, O., & Swart, H. (2021). The generalization of intergroup contact effects: Emerging research, policy relevance, and future directions. Journal of Social Issues, 77(1), 105–131. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12419 

Zingora, T., Vezzali, L., & Graf, S. (2021). Stereotypes in the face of reality: Intergroup contact inconsistent with group stereotypes changes attitudes more than stereotype-consistent contact. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(8), 1284–1305. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220946816

Baranski, E., Sweeny, K., Gardiner, G., Guan, Y., ... Graf, S., ... & Funder, D. C. (2021). Who in the world is trying to change their personality traits? Volitional personality change among college students in 56 countries. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121(5), 1140–1156. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000389  

Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Guillaume, E., Aveyard, M., Bastian, B., Bronin, I, ... Graf, S., ... Funder, D. C. (2021). International optimism: Correlates and consequences of dispositional optimism across 61 countries. Journal of Personality, 89(2), 288–304. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12582 

Bosson, J. K., Vandello, J. A., Jurek, P., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Olech, M., Besta, T., …, Graf, S., ... Žukauskienė, R. (2021). Psychometric properties and correlates of precarious manhood beliefs in 62 nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(3), 231–258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022121997997

Eriksson, K., Strimling, P., Gelfand, M., Wu, J., Abernathy, J., Akotia, C. ... Graf, S., ... Van Lange, P. (2021). Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21602-9

Rothermund, K., de Paula Couto, M. C. P., Fung, H. H., Graf, S., Hess, T. M., Liou, S., & Nikitin, J. (2021). Age-related attributions of experienced changes in life: Origins and implications. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences, 76(5), 881–893. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa160 

Troian, J., Wagner-Egger, P., Motyl, M., Arciszewski, T., Imhoff, R., Zimmer, F., …, Graf, S., ... van Prooijen, J-W. (2021). Investigating the links between cultural values and belief in conspiracy theories: The Key roles of collectivism and masculinity. Political Psychology, 42(4), 597–618. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12716

Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Van Lange, P. A. M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., ... Graf, S., ... Yong, J. C. (2021). Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(35). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023846118

2020

Graf, S., Linhartova, P., & Sczesny, S. (2020). The effects of news report valence and linguistic labels on prejudice against social minorities. Media Psychology, 23, 215–243. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2019.1584571 

Graf, S., Paolini, S., & Rubin, M. (2020). Does intimacy counteract or amplify the detrimental effects of negative intergroup contact on attitudes? Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 23, 214–225. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430218767026 

Zingora, T., Stark, T. H., & Flache, A. (2020). Who is most influential? Adolescents’ intergroup attitudes and peer influence within a social network. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 23(5), 684–709. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219869460 

Gardiner, G., Baranski, E., Guillaume, E., Aveyard, M., Bastian, B., Bronin, I., ... Graf, S., ... Funder, D. C. (2020). Happiness around the world: A Combined etic-emic approach across 63 countries. PloS one, 15(12), e0242718. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242718

Ko, A., Pick, C. M, Kwon, J. Y., Barlev, M., Krems, J.A., Varnum M. E. W., ..., Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., ..., Kenrick, D. T. (2020). Family Matters: Rethinking the Psychology of Human Social Motivation. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(1), 173–201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619872986 

Lee, D. I., Gardiner, G., Baranski, E., Beramendi, M., Bastian, B., Bronin, I, ... Graf, S., ... Funder, D. C. (2020). Situational experience around the world: A Replication and extension in 62 countries. Journal of Personality, 88(6), 1091–1110.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12558

2019

Graf, S., & Sczesny, S. (2019). Intergroup contact with migrants is linked to support for migrants through attitudes, especially in people who are politically right wing. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 73, 102–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2019.09.001 

Rupar, M., & Graf, S. (2019). Different forms of intergroup contact with former adversary are linked to distinct reconciliatory acts through symbolic and realistic threat. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 49(2), 63–74. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12565 

Zingora, T., & Graf, S. (2019). Marry who you love: Intergroup contact with gay people and another stigmatized minority is related to voting on the restriction of gay rights through threat. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 49(11), 684–703. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12627 

2018

Hřebíčková, M., Mõttus, R., Graf, S., Jelínek, M., & Realo, A. (2018). How accurate are national stereotypes? A test of different methodological approaches. European Journal of Personality, 32(2), 87–99. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2146 

2017

Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., Tegdes, T., & Brezina, I. (2017). We are the opposite of you! Mirroring of national, regional and ethnic stereotypes. Journal of Social Psychology, 157, 703–719. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2017.1284738 

Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Guillaume, E., Aveyard, M., Bastian, B., Bronin, I, ... Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., ... Funder, D. C. (2017). Comparisons of daily behavior across 21 countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(3), 252–266. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616676879 

2016

Graf, S., & Kovacova, S. (2016). How to reduce prejudice? Intergroup contact theory. Ceskoslovenska Psychologie, 60(2), 185–196. [in Czech]

Hřebíčková, M., & Graf, S. (2016). How we see the ingroup sometimes reflects how we see outgroups: Mirroring of national stereotypes in Central Europe. Ceskoslovenska Psychologie Supplement, 59, 91–99. 

Hřebíčková, M., Jelínek, M., Blatný, M., Brom, C., Burešová, I., Graf, S., Mejzlíková, T., Vazsonyi, A. T., Zábrodská, K. (2016). Big Five Inventory: Basic psychometric properties of the Czech version of BFI-44 and BFI-10. Československá psychologie, 60(6), 567–583. [in Czech] 

Guillaume, E., Baranski, E., Todd, E., Bastian, B., Bronin, I., Ivanova, C., Cheng, J.T., de Kock, F.S., Denissen, J.J.A., Gallardo-Pujol, D., Halama, Pl, Han, G.Q., Bae, J., Moon, J., Hong, R.Y., Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., Izdebski, P., Lundmann, L., Penke, L., Perugini, M., Costantini, G., Rauthmann, J., Ziegler, M., Realo, A., Elme, L., Sato, T., Kawamoto, S., Szarota, P., Tracy, J.L., van Aken, M.A.G., Yang, Y., & Funder, D.C. (2016). The world at 7: Comparing the experience of situations across 20 countries. Journal of Personality, 84(4), 493–509.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12176 

2015

De Bolle, M., De Fruyt, F., McCrae, R. R., Löckenhoff, C., Costa, P. T. Jr., Aguilar-Vafaie, M., Ahn, C., Ahn, H., Alcalay, L. A., Allik, Avdeyeva, T.V., Bratko, D., Brunner-Sciarra, M., Cain, T. R., Chan, W., Chittcharat, N., Crawford, J. T., Fehr, R., Ficková, E., Gelfand, M. J., Graf, S., ... , & Terracciano, A. (2015). The Emergence of Sex Differences in Personality Traits in Early Adolescence: A Cross-Sectional, Cross-Cultural Study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108(1), 171–185. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0038497 

2014

Graf, S., Paolini, S., & Rubin, M. (2014). Negative intergroup contact is more influential, but positive intergroup contact is more common: Assessing contact prominence and contact prevalence in five Central European countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44(6), 536–547. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2052 

Hrebickova, M., & Graf, S. (2014). Accuracy of national stereotypes in central Europe: Outgroups are not better than ingroup in considering personality traits of real people. European Journal of Personality, 28(1), 60–72. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1904 

Löckenhoff, C. E., Chan, W., McCrae, R. R., De Fruyt, F., Jussim, L., De Bolle, M., Costa, P. T., Sutin, A. R., Realo, A., Allik, J., Nakazato, K., Shimonaka, Y., Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., ... , & Terracciano, A. (2014). Gender stereotypes of personality: Universal and accurate? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45(5), 675–694. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022113520075 

Širůček, J., Ťápal, A., & Linhartová, P. (2014). Potřeba poznávání: Studie psychometrických charakteristik zkrácené české verze škály potřeby poznávání. Československá psychologie, 58(1), 1, 41–50.

2013

Graf, S., Bilewicz, M., Finell, E., & Geschke, D. (2013). Nouns Cut Slices: Effects of Linguistic Forms on Intergroup Bias. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 32(1), 62–83. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X12463209 

Hřebíčková, M. (2013): Přesnost regionálních stereotypů a mechanismy jejich vytváření. Československá psychologie, 57(3), 230–245.  

Linhartová, P., Ťápal, A., Brabenec, L., Maceček, R., Buchta, J. J., Procházka, J., Ježek, S., & Vaculík, M. (2013). The color black and situational context: Factors influencing perception of an individual´s aggressiveness and respectability. Studia psychologica, 55( 4), 321–333.

McCrae, R. R., Chan, W., Jussim, L., De Fruyt, F., Löckenhoff, C. E., De Bolle, M., Costa, P. T., Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., ... , & Terracciano, A. (2013): The inaccuracy of national character stereotypes. Journal of Research in Personality, 47(6), 831–842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2013.08.006

2012

Graf, S. (2012). Psychologické důsledky jazykové abstraktnosti. [Psychological consequences of language abstractness.] Československá psychologie, 56(5), 420–434. [in Czech]

Chan, W., McCrae, R. R., De Fruyt, F., Jussim, L., Löckenhoff, C. E., De Bolle, M., Costa, P. T., Sutin, A. R., Realo, A., Allik, J., Nakazato, K., Shimonaka, Y., Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., ... , & Terracciano, A. (2012). Stereotypes of age differences in personality traits: Universal and accurate? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103(6), 1050–1066. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0029712 

Hewstone, M., Liebkind, K., Lewicka, M., László, J., Voci, A., Contarello, A., Gómez, A., Hantzi, A., Bilewicz, M., Guinote, A., Graf, S., & Petkova, K. (2012). An evaluation of the impact of the European Association of Social Psychology: A response to Schruijer (2011). History of the Human Sciences, 25(3), 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695111434464 

Hrebickova, M., & Kouřilová, S. (2012). Jak se vidíme, jak nás vidí a jací jsme: Porovnání národního auto- a heterostereotypu s posuzováním reálných lidí v kontextu pětifaktorového modelu osobnosti. [How do we see ourselves, how are we seen and how we are: Comparison of national auto- and heterostereotypes with ratings of real people in context of five-factor model of personality.] Československá psychologie, 56, 1–17.

Peer-reviewed publications without impact factor

Konečná, J., Kalinová, N., Křesáková, N., Lacko, D., Riegel, K. (2023). Chronické komplikace diabetu a diabetický distres – prevalence, souvislosti a vliv osobnosti pacienta. Diabetologie, metabolismus, endokrinologie, výživa (DMEV), 26(4), 131-137. 🔓

Gardiner, G., Guillaume, E., Stauner, N., Bae, J., Han, G., ..., Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., ... , & Funder, D.C. (2019). Assessing personality across 13 countries using the California Adult Q-set. International Journal of Personality Psychology, 5, 1–17.

Voca, Sh., & Graf, S. (2018). The effects of indirect intergroup contact on willingness to engage in direct contact with former adversary. Social Studies, 12, 47-57.

Rupar, M., & Graf, S. (2017). Ingroup and outgroup mass media are differently linked to reconciliation through perception of ingroup victimhood. In D. Valić Nedeljković, & D. Gruhonjić (Eds.), Populizam, izbeglička kriza, religija, mediji (pp. 36–51). Filozofski Fakultet, Novi Sad.

Voca, Sh. & Kamberi, M. (2017). Dealing with the past intergroup violence. Thesis, 6, 3-17.

Petrjánošová, M., & Graf, S. (2012). “The Austrians were surprised that I didn’t speak German”: The role of language in Czech-Austrian relations. Human Affairs, 22, 539–557.

Graf, S., & Petrjánošová, M. (2012). Ako spolu komunikujú Česi a Rakúšania: používání jazyka v průběhu meziskupinového kontaktu. In Diverzita v spoločenských vedách: 

Príspevky z 11. česko-slovenskej konferencie Kvalitatívny prístup a metódy vo vedách o človeku. Lásticová, B., Masaryk, M., Petrjánošová, M. (Eds.), Bratislava: Ústav výskumu sociálnej komunikácie SAV.

Petrjánošová, M., & Graf, S. (2012). "I have never met an Austrian but taken part in a student exchange in Germany": Perceived similarities between Austrians and Germans in Czech respondents. In P. Halama, R. Hanák, & R. Masaryk (Eds.), Sborník příspěvků Sociální procesy a osobnost 2012 (pp. 26–30). [Book of Proceedings, Social processes and personality 20012] Bratislava: Ústav experimentálnej psychológie SAV. ISBN: 978-80-88910-40-4. [in Czech]