Social Psychology of Morality

Research lines of the group documented by publications in the period 2019-2023 

• Morality and gender bias in social judgment   
• The consequences of perceived morality on impression formation and behaviour 
• Gender discrimination and collective action 
• Ingroup morality and social identification 

Head

Silvia Moscatelli, Associate Professor 

ERC Sectors  

SH Social Sciences and Humanities 

• SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity: cognition, psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and education 
• SH4_4 Cognitive and experimental psychology: perception, action, and higher cognitive processes 
• SH2 Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour: sociology, social anthropology, political science, law, communication, social studies of science and technology 
• SH2_1 Social structure, inequalities, social mobility, interethnic relations 

Scientific Disciplinary Sector: M-PSI/05  

Selected publications of the group for the period 2019-2023

1. Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Olech^, , Vandello, J. A., Bender, M., Dandy, J., Hoorens, V., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., (...) Moscatelli, S. (...) & Żadkowska, M. (2023). Gendered self-views across 62 countries: A test of competing models. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 14(7), 808-824. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221129687
2. Moscatelli, S., Graziani, A.R., Botindari, L., Ciaffoni, S., Menegatti, M. (2023). Do we need a strong captain to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic? Social identification, conspiracy theory beliefs, and the wish for a strong leader. Frontiers in Psychology, 14: 1100519. https://doi.org/3389/fpsyg.2023.1100519
3. Moscatelli, S., Golfieri, F., Tomasetto, C., & Bigler, R. (2021). Women and #MeToo in Italy: Internalized sexualization is associated with tolerance of sexual harassment and negative views of the #MeToo movement. Current Psychology, 40(12), 6199-6211. https://doi.org/1007/s12144-021-01350-1
4. Moscatelli, S., Menegatti, M., Ellemers, N., Mariani, M., & Rubini, M. (2020). Men should be competent, women should have it all: Multiple criteria in the evaluation of female job candidates. Sex Roles, 83, 269-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01111-2
5. Menegatti, M., Moscatelli, S., Brambilla, M., & Sacchi, S. (2020). The honest mirror: Morality as a moderator of spontaneous behavioral mimicry. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(7), 1394-1405. https://doi.org/1002/ejsp.2670
6. Moscatelli, S., Menegatti, M., Albarello, F., Pratto, F., & Rubini, M. (2019). Can we identify with a nation low in morality? The heavy weight of (im) morality in international comparison. Political Psychology, 40, 93-110. doi: 10.1111/pops.12504

Funding for the period 2019-2023 

National Projects 

•  PRIN Project Prot. 2017924L2B: "The psychology of economic inequality”; Funding responsible M. Rubini 

Active National and International Collaborations documented by publications/ funding/ scientific agreements for the period 2019-2023 

 International collaborations 

•  N. Ellemers, University of Utrecht 
• N. Kosakowska-Berezecka, University of Gdańsk 
• R. Bigler, University of Texas at Austin 

 National collaborations 

•  S. Sacchi and M. Brambilla, University of Milano Bicocca; 
• G. Pacilli, University of Perugia; 
• F. Guizzo, University of Padova 
• A.R. Graziani, University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia 

 Unibo collaborations 

•  C. Tomasetto, Department of Psychology 

Editorial activities in the period 2019-2023 

Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, and Psicologia Sociale.