International Publications:
Xie, X.-N., Zeng, Z.-X., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Guo, Y.-Y. (in press). When fear breeds division: How perceived threats increase negative attitudes towards people with opposing opinions. European Journal of Social Psychology.
Bowes, S. M., Clark, C. J., Conway, L. G., Costello, T., Osborne, D., Tetlock, P. E., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (in press). An adversarial collaboration on the rigidity-of-the-right, symmetry thesis, or rigidity-of-extremes: The answer depends on the question. Political Psychology.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Fousiani, K., Šrol, J., Čavojová, V., Kaneko Ebert, A. C., Müller, E., & Sağlam, E. (in press). The evil enemy: Belief in conspiracy theories predicts attitudes to war. European Journal of Social Psychology.
Mao, J., Zheng, Z.-X., Yang, S.-L., Guo, Y.-Y., Wang, B., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (in press). Why existential threats increase conspiracy beliefs: Evidence for the mediating roles of agency detection and pattern perception. British Journal of Psychology.
Van Es, L., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Van Buuren, J., & Van Veldhuizen, A. (in press). From ‘Great Awakening’ to sending death threats: A study of police-recorded crimes driven by conspiracy theories in the Netherlands. European Journal of Criminology.
Willemsen, L., Cherafini, C., Butler, J., Ergün, S., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (in press). Polarization in the COVID-19 pandemic: The impact of vaccination status and conspiracy theories. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Kipperman, J., Li, Y., Mo, Y., & Nachtwey, P. (in press). Popcorn politics: Entertainment appraisals predict support for populist leaders. British Journal of Psychology.
Papaioannou, K., Slewe, S., Pantazi, M., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (in press). Dissatisfied democrats, but democrats nonetheless? Unraveling the democratic paradox between populism and preference for alternative political systems. Political Psychology.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. Šrol, J., & Maglić, M. (2025). How belief in conspiracy theories could harm sustainability. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02243-0
Zhao, Q., van Prooijen, J. W., Jiang, X., & Spadaro, G. (2025). Suspicious of AI? Perceived autonomy and interdependence predict AI-related conspiracy beliefs. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, e12883
Wang, H., van Prooijen, J. W., & van Lange, P. A. M. (2025). How perceived coercion polarizes unvaccinated people: The mediating role of conspiracy beliefs. Journal of Health Psychology, 30, 2354–2367.
Bierwiaczonek, K., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Van der Linden, S., & Rottweiler, B. (2025). Conspiracy theories and violent extremism. Chapter in M. Obaidi & J. Kunst (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Violent Extremism (pp. 166-184). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Schlette, A., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Blokland, A., & Thijs, F. (2025). Information, identity, and action: The messages of the Dutch anti-vaccination community on Telegram. New Media & Society, 27, 2865-2884.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2025). Pandemic conspiracy theories: Implications for health and polarization. In J. Forgas (Ed.) The Psychology of False Beliefs (pp. 249-266). Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Aurelia, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2025). How do people morally judge corruption? A comparison between the Netherlands and Indonesia. European Journal of Social Psychology, 55, 472-489.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2025). On the subjectivity of conspiracy theory appraisals. Psychological Inquiry, 35, 179-182.
Zeng, Z.-X., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Guo, Y.-Y., & Van der Linden, S., & (2025). The gateway belief model: A preregistered large-scale replication in China. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102, 102542.
Fousiani, K., Xu, S., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2025). Leaders’ power construal influences malevolent creativity: The mediating role of organizational conspiracy beliefs. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98, e70005.
Cao, S., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Vugt, M. (2025). The motivations and reputational consequences of spreading conspiracy theories. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, e12784.
Xu, R., Ding, Y., Guo, Y., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2025). System-justifying beliefs buffer against distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, e12779.
Mao, J., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024). Conspiracy theories: Groups, ideology, and status as three distinct bases for expressions in society. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 33, 385-391.
Fousiani, K., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2024). The link between EU identification and responses to a war between two non-EU countries over time. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 65, 1123-1131.
Zhao, Q., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Spadaro, G. (2024). Coping capacity attenuates the effect of natural disaster risk on conspiracy beliefs. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97, 102363.
Roels, S., Begeer, S., Scheeren, A., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2024). Conspiracy mentality in autistic and non-autistic individuals. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 29, 228-241.
Abadi, D., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Krouwel, A. P. M., & Fischer, A. (2024). Anti-establishment sentiments: Various types of realistic and symbolic threats predict populist attitudes and conspiracy mentality. Cognition and Emotion, 38, 1246-1260.
Acar, K., Karagiannidou, A., Olsson, A., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Balter, L. J. T., Axelsson, J., Ingvar, M., Lebedev, A. V., & Petrovic, P. (2024). Delusion proneness predicts COVID-19 vaccination behavior. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1450429.
Papaioannou, K., Pantazi, M., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2024). Rejection of the status quo: Conspiracy theories and preference for alternative political systems. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63, 2077-2099.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2024). Group-oriented motivations underlying conspiracy theories. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 27, 1050-1067.
Schlette, A., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Blokland, A., & Thijs, F. (2024). The online structure and development of posting behavior in Dutch anti-vaccination groups on Telegram. New Media & Society, 26, 4689-4710.
Dong, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024). Status cues and moral judgment: Formal attire induces moral favoritism but not for hypocrites. Current Psychology, 43, 19247-19263.
Zhao, Q., Ma, R., Liu, Z., Wang, T., Sun, X., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Dong, M., & Yuan, Y. (2024). Why do we never have enough time? Economic inequality fuels the perception of time poverty by aggravating status anxiety. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63, 614-636.
Zeng, Z.-X., Tian, C.-Y., Mao, J.-Y., van Prooijen, J.-W., Zhang, Y., Yang, S.-L., Xie, X.-N., & Guo, Y.-Y. (2024). How does economic inequality shape conspiracy theories? Empirical evidence from China. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63, 477-498.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Böhm, N. (2024). Do conspiracy theories shape or rationalize vaccination hesitancy over time? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15, 421-429.
Durmuşoğlu, L., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Wagner, W. (2024). Punishment beyond borders: Attitudes towards punishment in interpersonal and international contexts. Chapter in W. Wagner, L. Durmuşoğlu, B. Holá, R. Kroeze, J.-W. van Prooijen, & W. Werner (Eds.), Punishment in international society: Norms, justice, and punitive practices. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Wagner, W., Durmuşoğlu, L., Holá, B., Kroeze, R., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Werner, W. (2024). Norm violations and punishment beyond the nation-state: Normative orders, authority, and conflict in international society. Chapter in W. Wagner, L. Durmuşoğlu, B. Holá, R. Kroeze, J.-W. van Prooijen, & W. Werner (Eds.), Punishment in international society: Norms, justice, and punitive practices. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Mao, J.-Y., Zeng, Z.-X., Yang, S.-L., Guo, Y.-Y., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2024). Explaining the paradox of conspiracy theories and system justifying beliefs from an intergroup perspective. Political Psychology, 45, 299-318.
Van Sintemaartensdijk, I., Van Gelder, J.-L., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Nee, C., Otte, M., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2024). Assessing the deterrent effect of symbolic guardianship through neighbourhood watch signs and police signs: A virtual reality study. Psychology, Crime, and Law, 30, 1-21.
Fousiani, K., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2023). Instrumental goals shape EU citizens’ attitudes to the Russia-Ukraine war over time. International Journal of Psychology, 58, 563-573.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Amodio, D. M., Boot, A., Eerland, A., Etienne, T., Krouwel, A. P. M., Onderco, M., Verkoeijen, P., & Zwaan, R. A. (2023). A longitudinal analysis of conspiracy beliefs and Covid-19 health responses. Psychological Medicine, 53, 5709-5716.
Papaioannou, K., Pantazi, M., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2023). Is democracy under threat? Why belief in conspiracy theories predicts autocratic attitudes. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53, 846-856.
Bertin, P., Delouvée, S., McColl, K., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2023). Rage against the machine: Investigating conspiracy theories about the Video Assistant Referee on Twitter during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Sports Management Review, 4, 495-516.
Azevedo, F., Pavlović, T., Rêgo, G. G. d., Ay, F. C., Gjoneska, B., Etienne, T., … Sampaio, W. M. (2023). Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries. Nature Scientific Data, 10, 272.
Martinez, C. A., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2023). The hateful people: Populist attitudes predict interpersonal and intergroup hate. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14, 698-707.
Fousiani, K., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2023). Motives for punishing powerful vs. powerless offenders: The mediating role of demonization. Victims & Offenders, 18, 1070-1092.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Wahring, I., Mausolf, L., Mulas, N., & Shwan, S. (2023). Just dead, not alive: Reconsidering belief in contradictory conspiracy theories. Psychological Science, 34, 670-682.
Fousiani, K., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2023). The effects of culture on active and passive reactions to financial offenders: The moderating role of type of harm. Victims & Offenders, 18, 961-987.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Etienne, T., Kutiyski, T., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2023). Conspiracy beliefs prospectively predict health behavior and well-being during a pandemic. Psychological Medicine, 53, 2514-2521.
Wang, H., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2023). Stolen elections: How conspiracy beliefs during the 2020 American presidential elections changed over time. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37, 277-289.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2023). Feelings of insecurity as a driver of anti-establishment sentiments. In J. P. Forgas, W. D. Crano, & K. Fiedler (Eds.), The psychology of insecurity: Seeking certainty where none can be found (pp. 368-388). Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Spadaro, G., Molho, C., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Romano, A., Mosso, C. O., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2023). Corrupt third-parties undermine trust and prosocial behavior between people. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, 46-54.
Dong, M., Kupfer, T. R., Yuan, S., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2023). Being good to look good: Self-reported moral character predicts moral double standards among reputation-seeking individuals. British Journal of Psychology, 114, 224-261.
Papaioannou, K., Pantazi, M., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2023). Unravelling the relationship between populism and belief in conspiracy theories: The role of cynicism, powerlessness, and zero-sum thinking. British Journal of Psychology, 114, 159-175.
Ikramullah, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Iqbal, M. Z., Shah, B., & Ul-Hassan, F. S. (2022). Does interpersonal justice negatively predict overall performance appraisal fairness? A Pakistani study. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 35, 17-30.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Cohen Rodrigues, T., Bunzel, C., Georgescu, O., Komáromy, D., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2022). Populist gullibility: Conspiracy theories, news credibility, bullshit receptivity, and paranormal belief. Political Psychology, 43, 1061-1079.
Dong, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Strategic exploitation by higher-status people incurs harsher third-party punishment. Social Psychology, 53, 209-220.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Imhoff, R. (2022). The psychological study of conspiracy theories: Strengths and limitations. Current Opinion in Psychology, 48, 101465.
Pavlović, T., Azevedo, F., De, K., Riano-Moreno, J. C., Maglić, M., Gkinopoulos, T., ...... & Van Bavel, J. J. (2022). Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning. PNAS Nexus, 1, pgac093. Doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac093
Tan, X., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Positive fortune telling enhances men’s financial risk taking. PloS ONE, 17, e0273233.
Fousiani, K., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Armenta, B. (2022). Appearing competent or moral? The role of organizational goals in the evaluation of candidates. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 923329. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923329
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Rosema, S., Chemke-Dreyfus, A., Trikaliti, K., & Hormigo, R. (2022). Make it great again: The relationship between populist attitudes and nostalgia. Political Psychology, 43, 951-968.
Martinez, C. A., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). A threat-based hate model: How symbolic and realistic threats underlie hate and aggression. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 103, 104393.
Van Sintemaartensdijk, I., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Nee, C., Otte, M., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Personality and burglary: A virtual reality study. Personality and Individual Differences, 196, 111712.
Douglas, K. M., van Prooijen, J.-W., & Sutton, R. M. (2022). Is the label “conspiracy theory” a cause or a consequence of disbelief in alternative narratives? British Journal of Psychology, 113, 575-590.
Fousiani, K., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2022). Motives for punishing powerful vs. prestigious offenders: The moderating role of group identity. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61, 729-747.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2022). Psychological benefits of believing conspiracy theories. Current Opinion in Psychology, 47, 101352.
Martinez, C. A., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Hate: Towards understanding its distinctive features across interpersonal and intergroup targets. Emotion, 22, 46-63.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Etienne, T., Kutiyski, T., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2022). Just a flu? Self-perceived infection mediates the link between conspiracy beliefs and Covid-19 health beliefs and behaviors. Journal of Health Psychology, 27, 1421-1431.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2022). Injustice without evidence: The unique role of conspiracy theories in social justice research. Social Justice Research, 35, 88-106.
Pantazi, M., Papaioannou, K., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2022). Power to the people: The hidden link between support for direct democracy and belief in conspiracy theories. Political Psychology, 43, 529-548. Read HERE
Fousiani, K., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2022). Punishment reactions to powerful suspects: Comparing a “corrupt” versus a “leniency” approach to power. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 230, 164-173.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2022). Political extremism. In D. Osborne & C. G. Sibley (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology (pp. 414-428). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Read HERE.
Imhoff, R., Zimmer, F., Klein, O., António, J. H. C., Babinska, M., Bangerter, A., ...... & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2022). Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01258-7
Van Bavel, J. J., Cichocka, A., Capraro, V., Sjåstad, H., Nezlek, J., Pavlović, T. ....... & Boggio, P. (2022). National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic. Nature Communications, 13: 517.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Ligthart, J., Rosema, S., & Xu, Y. (2022). The entertainment value of conspiracy theories. British Journal of Psychology, 113, 25-48. Read HERE
Dong, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Wu, S., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2022). Culture, status, and hypocrisy: High-status people who don’t practice what they preach are viewed as worse in the US than China. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 60-69. Read HERE
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Spadaro, G., & Wang, H. (2022). Suspicion of institutions: How distrust and conspiracy theories deteriorate social relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 43, 65-69. Read HERE
Mao, J.-Y., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Yang, S.-L., & Guo, Y.-Y. (2021). System threat during a pandemic: How conspiracy theories help to justify the system. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 15, 1-11.
Dong, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2021). Calculating hypocrites effect: Moral judgments of word-deed contradictory transgressions depend on targets’ competence. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 5, 489-501.
Van Sintemaartensdijk, I., Van Gelder, J.-L., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Nee, C., Otte, M., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2021). Mere presence of informal guardians deters burglars: A virtual reality study. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 17, 657-676. Read HERE
Baloch, Z., Iqbal, M. Z., Ikramullah, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Khan, T. (2021). Getting ratees to accept performance feedback: A relational approach. Social Justice Research, 34, 285-316.
Adam-Troïan, J., Wagner-Egger, P., Motyl, M., Arciszewski, T., Imhoff, R., Zimmer, F., ...... & van Prooijen, J.-W. (2021). Investigating the links between cultural variables and belief in conspiracy theories: The key roles of collectivism and masculinity. Political Psychology, 42, 597-618
Knappert, L., van Dijk, H., Yuan, S., Engel, Y., van Prooijen, J.-W., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2021). Personal contact with refugees is key to welcoming them: An analysis of politicians’ and citizens’ attitudes towards refugee integration. Political Psychology, 42, 423-442. Read HERE
Krouwel, A. P. M., & van Prooijen, J.-W. (2021). The new European order: Euroscepticism and conspiracy belief. In A. Önnerfors & A. Krouwel (Eds.), A Continent of Conspiracies: Conspiracy Theories in and about Europe (pp. 22-35). Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2021). Overconfidence in radical politics. In J. P. Forgas, B. Crano, & K. Fiedler (Eds.), The Psychology of Populism (pp. 143-157). Oxon, UK: Routledge. Read HERE
Marques, A. G., Pinto, I. R., Leite, A. C., Randsley de Moura, G., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Marques, J. M. (2021). “A right to lead”: The role of leader legitimacy on group reactions to transgressive leadership. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51, 350-362.
Ståhl, T. & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2021). Analytic atheism: Valuing epistemic rationality strengthens the association between analytic thinking and religious disbelief. Personality and Individual Differences, 179, 110914.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Song, M. (2021). The cultural dimension of intergroup conspiracy theories. British Journal of Psychology, 112, 455-473. Read HERE (open access)
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2021). The psychology of political polarization: An introduction. In J.-W. van Prooijen (Ed.), The Psychology of Political Polarization (pp. 1-14). Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Altaf, S., Iqbal, M., van Prooijen, J.-W., & Ikramullah, M. (2020). The mechanism behind employee agreeableness and group performance ratings: A Pakistani study. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 70, 743-768.
Zwicker, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2020). Persistent beliefs: Political extremism predicts ideological stability over time. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 23, 1137-1149. Read HERE (open access).
Spadaro, G., Gangl, K., van Prooijen, J.-W., van Lange, P. A. M., & Mosso, C. O. (2020). Enhancing feelings of security: How institutional trust promotes interpersonal trust. PloS ONE 15, e0237934. Read HERE
Ljujic, V., Versteegt, I., Weerman, F., Thijs, F., Van Prooijen, J.-W., El Bouk, F., & Van de Weijer, S. (2020). Testing a threat model of terrorism: A multi-method study about socio-economic and psychological influences on terrorism involvement in the Netherlands. In D. Weisburd, E. U. Savona, B. Hasisi, & F. Calderoni (Eds.), Understanding Recruitment to Organized Crime and Terrorism (pp. 141-171). Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Strelan, P., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Gollwitzer, M. (2020). When transgressors intend to cause harm: The empowering effects of revenge and forgiveness on victim well-being. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59, 447-469.
Kutiyski, Y., Krouwel, A. P. M., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2020). Political extremism and distrust: Does radical political orientation predict distrust and negative attitudes towards European integration? The Social Science Journal. DOI: 10.1016/ j.soscij.2019.03.004
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2020). An existential threat model of conspiracy theories. European Psychologist 25, 16-25. read HERE.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2020). Overclaiming knowledge predicts anti-establishment voting. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11, 356-363. Read the article HERE (open access). Download supplementary materials HERE.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Klein, O., & Milošević Đorđević, J. (2020). Social-cognitive processes underlying belief in conspiracy theories. In M. Butter & P. Knight (Eds.), Handbook of Conspiracy Theories (pp. 168-180). Oxon, UK: Routledge. Read HERE.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Douglas, K. M., Cichocka, A., & Bilewicz, M. (2020). Psychological factors – Introduction. In M. Butter & P. Knight (Eds.), Handbook of Conspiracy Theories (pp. 151-154). Oxon, UK: Routledge. Read HERE.
Neve, R. J. M., Weerman, F. M., Eris, S., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2020). Radicalisation and travelling to Syria among delinquent youths: A case study from the Netherlands. Journal for Deradicalization, 22, 249-286.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Kuijper, S. M. H. C. (2020). A comparison of extreme religious and political ideologies: Similar worldviews but different grievances. Personality and Individual Differences, 159, 109888. read HERE (open access)
Fousiani, K., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2019). Reactions to offenders: Psychological differences between beliefs versus punishments. British Journal of Social Psychology, 58, 894-916. Open access, read HERE.
Dong, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2019). Self-enhancement in moral hypocrisy: Moral superiority and moral identity are about better appearances. PloS ONE 14(7): e0219382. Open access, read HERE
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2019). Belief in conspiracy theories: Gullibility or rational skepticism? In J. P. Forgas and R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Homo Credulus: The social psychology of gullibility (pp. 319-332). Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2019). Psychological features of extreme political ideologies. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28, 159-163. Abstract Open Access, read HERE
De Vries, R. E., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2019). Voters rating politicians’ personality: Evaluative biases and assumed similarity on honesty-humility and openness to experience. Personality and Individual Differences, 144, 100-104.
Dong, M., van Prooijen, J.-W., Wu, S., Zhang, Y., & Jin, S. (2019). Prosocial attitudes toward money from terror management perspective: Death transcendence through spirituality. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 29, 1-17.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2019). Empowerment as a tool to reduce belief in conspiracy theories. In J. Uscinski (Ed.), Conspiracy theories and the people who believe in them (pp. 432-442). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Read HERE
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Douglas, K. M. (2018). Belief in conspiracy theories: Basic principles of an emerging research domain. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 897-908. (Editorial Special Issue) . Abstract Read the article HERE (open access)
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Vugt, M. (2018). Conspiracy theories: Evolved functions and psychological mechanisms. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13, 770-788. Abstract Read the article HERE (open access)
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2018). Populism as political mentality underlying conspiracy theories. In B. Rutjens and M. Brandt (Eds.), Belief systems and the perception of reality (pp. 79-96). Oxon, UK: Routledge. Read HERE
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Staman, J., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2018). Increased conspiracy beliefs among ethnic and Muslim minorities. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 32, 661-667. Abstract Read the article HERE (open access).
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2018). Moral demands truly are externally imposed. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, E115.
Pereira, A., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2018). Why we sometimes punish the innocent: The role of group entitativity in collective punishment. PloS ONE, 13(5): e0196852. Open Access, read HERE
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Douglas, K., & De Inocencio, C. (2018). Connecting the dots: Illusory pattern perception predicts belief in conspiracies and the supernatural. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 320-335. Abstract
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Krouwel, A. P. M., & Emmer, J. (2018). Ideological responses to the EU refugee crisis: The left, the right, and the extremes. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9, 143-150. Abstract
Van Gelder, J.-L., Martin, C., Van Prooijen, J.-W., De Vries, R., Marsman, M., Averdijk, M., Reynald, D., & Donker, T. (2018). Seeing is believing? Comparing negative affect, realism, and presence in visual versus written guardianship scenarios. Deviant Behavior, 39, 461-474.
Ståhl, T. & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2018). Epistemic rationality: Skepticism toward unfounded beliefs requires sufficient cognitive ability and motivation to be rational. Personality and Individual Differences, 122, 155-163.
Krouwel, A., Kutiyski, Y., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Martinsson, J., & Markstedt, E. (2017). Does extreme political ideology predict conspiracy beliefs, economic evaluations and political trust? Evidence from Sweden. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5, 435-462. read the article HERE (open access)
Ljujic, V., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Weerman, F. (2017). Beyond the crime-terror nexus: Socio-economic status, violent crimes, and terrorism. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy, and Practice, 3, 158-172.
Strelan, P., Difiore, C., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2017). The empowering effect of punishment on forgiveness. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 472-487.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Douglas, K. M. (2017). Conspiracy theories as part of history: The role of societal crisis situations. Memory Studies, 10, 323-333. Abstract
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2017). Extreme political beliefs predict dogmatic intolerance. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 292-300. Abstract
Köbis, N., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Righetti, F., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2017). The road to bribery and corruption: Slippery slope or steep cliff? Psychological Science, 28, 297-306. Abstract
Van Gelder, J.-L., Nee, C., Otte, M., Demetriou, A., Sintemaartensdijk, I., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2017). Virtual burglary: Exploring the potential of virtual reality to study burglary in action. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 54, 29-62.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2017). Why education predicts decreased belief in conspiracy theories. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31, 50-58. Abstract Read the article HERE (open access)
Tan, X., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Proulx, T., Wu, H., Van Beest, I., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2017). Reacting to unexpected losses in an uncertain world: High approach individuals become even more risk-seeking. Personality and Individual Differences, 109, 117-123.
Strelan, P., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2016). Tough love: The behavior control motive facilitates forgiveness in valued relationships. Personal Relationships, 23, 536-553. Abstract pdf
Razzaq, S., Iqbal, M. Z., Ikramullah, M., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2016). Occurrence of rating distortions and ratees’ fairness perceptions per rater’s mood and affect. Career Development International, 21, 726-743. pdf
Van Bommel, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Elffers, H., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2016). The lonely bystander: Social exclusion leads to less helping, even in the presence of others. Social Influence, 11, 141-150. pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & De Vries, R. E. (2016). Organizational conspiracy beliefs: Implications for leadership styles and employee outcomes. Journal of Business and Psychology, 31, 479-491. Abstract Read the article HERE (open access)
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2016). Cheating, corruption, and concealment: An introduction to dishonesty. In J.-W. Van Prooijen and P. A. M. Van Lange (Eds.), Cheating, corruption, and concealment: The roots of dishonesty (pp. 1-12). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2016). Sometimes inclusion breeds suspicion: Self-uncertainty and belongingness predict belief in conspiracy theories. European Journal of Social Psychology, 46, 267-279. abstract pdf
Beijers, J., van Prooijen, J.-W., & Bijleveld, C. (2016). ‘To marry a thief?’ Crime type as a deterrent to cohabitation. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 12, 159-165. Read the article HERE (open access)
Van Doesum, N. J., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Verburgh, L., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2016). Social hostility in soccer and beyond. PloS ONE, 11, e0153577. Read the article HERE (open access)
Köbis, N., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Righetti, F., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2016). Prospection in individual and interpersonal corruption dilemmas. Review of General Psychology, 20, 71-85. Abstract pdf
Ikramullah, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Iqbal, M. Z., & Ul-Hassan, F. (2016). Effectiveness of performance appraisal: Developing a conceptual framework using competing values approach. Personnel Review, 45, 334-352. pdf
Gollwitzer, M., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2016). Psychology of justice. In C. Sabbagh & M. Schmitt (Eds.), Handbook of Social Justice Theory and Research (pp. 61-82). New York, NY: Springer.
Van Bommel, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Elffers, H., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2016). Booze, bars, and bystander behavior: People who consumed alcohol help faster in the presence of others. Frontiers in Psychology, 7: 128. Read this article HERE (open access).
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Acker, M. (2015). The influence of control on belief in conspiracy theories: Conceptual and applied extensions. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29, 753-761. abstract pdf
Köbis, N., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Righetti, F., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2015). “Who doesn’t?” The impact of descriptive norms on corruption. PloS ONE, 10, e0131830. Read this article HERE
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Krouwel, A. P. M. (2015). Mutual suspicion at the political extremes: How ideology predicts conspiracy beliefs. In M. Bilewicz, A. Cichocka, & W. Soral (Eds.), The Psychology of Conspiracy (pp. 79-98). Oxon, UK: Routledge. Read HERE
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Krouwel, A. P. M., & Pollet, T. (2015). Political extremism predicts belief in conspiracy theories. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 570-578. abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Krouwel, A. P. M., Boiten, M., & Eendebak, L. (2015). Fear among the extremes: How political ideology predicts negative emotions and outgroup derogation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 485-497. abstract pdf
Van Knippenberg, D., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Sleebos, E. (2015). Beyond social exchange: Collectivism’s moderating role in the relationship between perceived organizational support and organizational citizenship behavior. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 24, 152-160. abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2014). The punitive power holder: Social judgeability increases the severity of punishment. In D. D. Steiner, S. W. Gilliland, & D. Skarlicki (Eds.), Research in Social Issues in Management: The Social Dynamics of Organizational Justice (Vol. 8) (pp. 121-140). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Read this chapter Here
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Dijk, E. (2014). When consequence size predicts belief in conspiracy theories: The moderating role of perspective taking. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 55, 63-73. Abstract pdf
Strelan, P., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2014). Rationalizers or realists? The effects of transgressors' just world beliefs within committed relationships. Personality and Individual Differences, 63, 41-46. abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2014). Power, politics, and paranoia: An introduction. Chapter in J.-W. van Prooijen and P. A. M. van Lange (Eds.), Power, politics, and paranoia: Why people are suspicious of their leaders (pp. 1-14). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2014). The social dimension of belief in conspiracy theories. Chapter in J.-W. van Prooijen and P. A. M. van Lange (Eds.), Power, politics, and paranoia: Why people are suspicious of their leaders (pp. 237-253). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Van Bommel, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Elffers, H., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2014). Intervene to be seen: The power of a camera in moderating the bystander effect. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 459-466. abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Coffeng, J., & Vermeer, M. (2014). Power and retributive justice: How trait information influences the fairness of punishment among power holders. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 50, 190-201. abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Coffeng, J. (2013). What is fair punishment for Alex or Ahmed? Perspective taking increases racial bias in retributive justice judgments. Social Justice Research, 26, 383-399. abstract pdf
Strelan, P., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2013). Retribution and forgiveness: The healing effects of punishing for just deserts. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 544-553. abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2013). Individualistic and social motives for justice judgments. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1299, 60-67. abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Kerpershoek, E. F. P. (2013). The impact of choice on retributive reactions: How observers’ autonomy concerns shape responses to criminal offenders. British Journal of Social Psychology, 52, 329-344. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Jostmann, N. B. (2013). Belief in conspiracy theories: The influence of uncertainty and perceived morality. European Journal of Social Psychology , 43, 109-115. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Ståhl, T., Eek, D., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2012). Injustice for all or just for me? Social value orientation predicts responses to own versus other’s procedures. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 1247-1258. Abstract pdf
Van Bommel, M., Van Prooijen, J.-W., Elffers, H., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2012). Be aware to care: Public self-awareness leads to a reversal of the bystander effect. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 926-930. Abstract pdf
Cojuharenco, I., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Patient, D. (2011). The role of memory in judgments of organizational justice. In S. W. Gilliland, D. D. Steiner, and D. P. Skarlicki (Eds.). Emerging Perspectives on Organizational Justice and Ethics (pp. 33-48). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Abstract
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2011). Suspicions of injustice: The sense-making function of belief in conspiracy theories. In E. Kals and J. Maes (Eds.). Justice and Conflict: Theoretical and empirical contributions (pp. 121-132). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. Abstract
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van de Veer, E. (2010). Perceiving pure evil: The influence of cognitive load and prototypical evilness on demonizing. Social Justice Research, 23, 259-271. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2010). Retributive versus compensatory justice: Observers’ preference for punishing in response to criminal offenses. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 72-85. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van den Bos, K. (2009). We blame innocent victims more than I do: Self-construal level moderates responses to just world threats. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1528-1539. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2009). Procedural justice as autonomy regulation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 1166-1180. abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2009). Offender’s social categorization: Ingroup bias or black sheep effect? In M. E. Oswald, S. Bieneck, & J. Hupfeld (Eds.), Social Psychology of Punishment of Crime (pp. 211-230). West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Zwenk, F. (2009). Self-construal level and voice procedures: The individual self as psychological basis for procedural fairness effects. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 392-397. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2008). Egocentrism in procedural justice effects. In K. Hegtvedt & J. Clay-Warner (Eds.) Advances in Group Processes: Justice (Vol. 25; pp. 29-54) . Bingley, UK: JAI press. Abstract
Van Prooijen, J.-W., De Cremer, D., Van Beest, I., Ståhl, T., Van Dijke, M., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2008). The egocentric nature of procedural justice: Social value orientation as moderator of reactions to decision-making procedures. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1303-1315. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Gallucci, M., & Toeset, G. (2008). Procedural justice in punishment systems: Inconsistent punishment procedures have detrimental effects on cooperation. British Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 311-324. Abstract pdf
IJzerman, H., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2008). Just world and the emotional defense of self. Social Psychology, 39, 117-120.
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Van den Bos, K., & Wilke, H. A. M. (2007). Procedural justice in authority relations: The strength of outcome dependence influences people's reactions to voice. European Journal of Social Psychology, 1286-1297. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Lam, J. (2007). Retributive justice and social categorizations: The perceived fairness of punishment depends on intergroup status. European Journal of Social Psychology, 1244-1255. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Van den Bos, K., Lind, E. A., & Wilke, H. A. M. (2006). How do people react to negative procedures? On the moderating role of authority’s biased attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 632-645. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Karremans, J. C., & Van Beest, I. (2006). Procedural justice and the hedonic principle: How approach versus avoidance motivation influences the psychology of voice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 686-697. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2006). Retributive reactions to suspected offenders: The importance of social categorizations and guilt probability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 715-726. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Van den Bos, K., & Wilke, H. A. M. (2005). Procedural justice and intragroup status: Knowing where we stand in a group enhances reactions to procedural justice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 664-676. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Van den Bos, K., & Wilke, H. A. M. (2004). The role of standing in the psychology of procedural justice: Towards theoretical integration. In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.) European Review of Social Psychology (Vol. 15, pp. 33-58). East Sussex, England: Psychology press. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Van den Bos, K., & Wilke, H. A. M. (2004). Group belongingness and procedural justice: Social inclusion and exclusion by peers affects the psychology of voice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 66-79. Abstract pdf
Ståhl, T., Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Vermunt, R. (2004). On the psychology of procedural justice: Reactions to procedures of ingroup vs. outgroup authorities. European Journal of Social Psychology, 34, 173-190. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., Van den Bos, K., & Wilke, H. A. M. (2002). Procedural justice and status: Status salience as antecedent of procedural fairness effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1353-1361. Abstract pdf
Van den Bos, K., & Van Prooijen, J.-W. (2001). Referent cognitions theory: The psychology of voice depends on closeness of reference points. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 616-626. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van der Kloot, W. A. (2001). Confirmatory analysis of exploratively obtained factor structures. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 6, 777-792. Abstract pdf
Van Prooijen, J.-W., & Van Knippenberg, D. (2000). Individuation or depersonalisation: The influence of personal status position. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 3, 63-77. Abstract pdf
