Erica Hepper

Handbook of Social Psychology Celebrates 90 Years with Groundbreaking Open-Access Sixth Edition

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1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟

Does moral licensing (doing a good thing, then a less good thing) really exist??

➡️ Many failed replications. Why?
➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test

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Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

#SocialPsychology #Bayesian #Theory

Greater average levels of relatedness need fulfilment across daily and monthly life predict lower attachment insecurities across time - Yuthika U. Girme, Nickola C. Overall, 2025 Attachment insecurity is characterized by chronic concerns about whether partners can fulfil core relatedness needs, including feeling loved and cared about. In...

Newly Published:

@ygirme.bsky.social & Overall examined how feeling loved and connected in a relationship can reduce attachment insecurity over time, using two long-term studies.
doi.org/10.1177/0265...

#AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

The paper makes some similar arguments to a paper I'm working on about individual narcissism so also look forward to citing it (need to get that submitted!)

This is a really apt analogy to narcissism and I look forward to reading this paper in full.

I was reading to my children last night and had to explain what a greengrocer was 😬 At least we have a Saturday market with fruit/veg/bakery to appreciate.

It's always a proud day celebrating a PhD graduation and this year our research group is lucky, and quadruply proud, to have 4! Big congratulations to you all, I know you have wonderful futures ahead 👏👏👏

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Who's ready for more Expanding Empathy? Through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making & @rockethics.bsky.social, I'm bringing it back for year 6. Now more than ever, we need to highlight why empathy can be strength, not weakness. And why universities, interdisciplinarity, & outreach matter. 1/n

FOR JUNIOR, SENIOR & GRAD MEMBER 2026.docx CALL FOR JUNIOR MEMBER The Relationship Researchers Interest Group (RRIG) seeks an application for one new junior committee member. You may self-nominate or nominate others for this role. The committe...

We're recruiting new RRIG grad student, junior, and senior committee members! Join @rosieshrout.bsky.social, Kori Krueger, @bogolsky.bsky.social, Judith Gere, and Laura Machia to plan the SPSP close relationships preconference! Applications due May 5th. Please share widely!

Narcissistic people are more likely to feel ostracized and misread social cues Despite their swagger, narcissistic individuals often misread social interactions as rejection, reinforcing feelings of exclusion and insecurity.

Narcissistic people are more likely to feel ostracized and misread social cues

A group of friends lays together on the ground together, looking up and smiling.

📈Research shows people can accurately track personality changes across situations. We're better at noticing shifts in extraversion and conscientiousness than emotional stability or agreeableness.

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Sorry can't see how to add alt text. Pic 1: a 10 year old girl standing on a chair in my plain academic office, drawing on the whiteboard. Pic 2: close up of picture on whiteboard, which is a v cute drawing of my face with adorable annotations like 'very smart', 'smile that lights up my life'

It was fun bringing my 10yo daughter to participate in a research study @surreypsychology.bsky.social last week. Bonus highlight was that she drew me this portrait on my whiteboard, which I can now never erase! ❤️ #academicparent

Helpful tips from @theloveconsortium.bsky.social on communicating research in the media and to the public, from both academic and journalist's perspective. Bookmarking for later! go.unc.edu/y4K8W

I'm so excited to have started our ESRC funded project on Dyadic Nostalgia in Couple Relationships @surreypsychology.bsky.social. Many years in the making and now we finally get to do the research! V happy to have the brilliant @gloriawsma.bsky.social as our lead postdoc gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...

Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer in Social Psychology Exciting Opportunity in Social Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Surrey!Join a Top-20 UK University with Ground-breaking Research.We're seeking outstanding Lecturers (and, in excep...

I am delighted to announce that we will be hiring a social psychologist: jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Please contact me with any questions!

Brain rot and the crisis of deep thought in the age of social media As attention spans shrink, storytelling — and truth — may be the greatest casualties of digital culture.

Brain rot and the crisis of deep thought in the age of social media

Really enjoyed today's UK Attachment Network meeting at the University of Bristol. Such a great range of inspiring relationship research talks and discussions.

Very helpful blog post on mediation analysis... I am determined to find valid ways of doing and interpreting it despite the many pitfalls!

British Psychological Society Fellowship 2025/26 Application deadline: 4 May 2025 (23:59).

This @BPSOfficial funded secondment at the Parliamentary Office for Science & Technology is an excellent opportunity for a PhD student

post.parliament.uk/british-psyc...

A Renewal of Dyadic Structural Equation Modeling With Latent Variables: Clarifications, Methodological Advantages, and New Directions Researchers interested in the quantitative analysis of data from dyads must select a preferred statistical framework. In this review, we focus on one option that has seen relatively modest adoption: ...

New OA paper in Compass with @datingdecisions.bsky.social, @omarjcamanto.bsky.social, and a number of non-blue-sky students and colleagues.

If you're a #dyadic #closerelationships researcher, and interested in what dyadic SEM can do for you:

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Should You Break Up with Dating Apps? Should you break up or continue your relationship with dating apps? Here are takeaways from a recent debate about the value of dating apps.

Should You Break Up with Dating Apps?

Here I covered for @psychologytoday.com a debate about the pros and cons of dating apps

#psychology #socialpsyc #PsychSciSky #BehSci 🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky🩺#HiSciSky #dating

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-fu...

Thanks for posting - we're looking forward to a new social psychologist colleague! We will also welcome applicants with a range of social psychology expertise 😊

Sad to be missing it too!

Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer in Social Psychology Exciting Opportunity in Social Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Surrey!Join a Top-20 UK University with Ground-breaking Research.We're seeking outstanding Lecturers (and, in excep...

We're hiring! Three new Lecturer posts @surreypsychology.bsky.social including one dedicated to Social Psychology jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
(There's a list of Uni priorities but candidates in more traditional social psych areas also v encouraged!)

It might be Valentine's Day but, as @vlamarche.bsky.social says, few people can boast a 100% success rate when it comes to attracting love interests.

Her psychology-backed tips in the @uk.theconversation.com are here to help you cope with romantic rejection.

theconversation.com/how-to-cope-...

Glad they didn't use the bit where they asked about my own Valentine's plans - the tired evening of a long-married academic mum of two does not make good radio 😂

Enjoyed talking to #BBC Radio Surrey for their #ValentinesDay breakfast show! 💝 It was nice to have the chance to talk about research (including our ongoing work on #nostalgia) as well as societal trends in #relationships. @surreypsychology.bsky.social