Brock Bastian

13.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Brock Bastian is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Brock Bastian has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Social Psychology, 54 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 49 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Brock Bastian's work include Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (50 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (38 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (32 papers). Brock Bastian is often cited by papers focused on Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (50 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (38 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (32 papers). Brock Bastian collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Belgium. Brock Bastian's co-authors include Nick Haslam, Steve Loughnan, Jolanda Jetten, Catherine E. Amiot, Paul G. Bain, Matthew J. Hornsey, Helena R. M. Radke, William B. Swann, Cindy Harmon‐Jones and Peter Kuppens and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Brock Bastian

124 papers receiving 7.4k citations

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When group membership gets personal: A theory of identity fusion.

2012 440 citations Jolanda Jetten, Harvey Whitehouse et al. profile →

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Steve Loughnan United Kingdom

Gordon Hodson Canada

Christoph Randler Germany

Frank W. Marlowe United States

Stephen Nowicki United States

Nick Haslam Australia

John Archer United Kingdom

David Mellor Australia

Martin Daly Canada

Stephanie D. Preston United States

Steve Loughnan United Kingdom

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bastian, Brock, et al.. (2025). Identity fusion can foster intergroup trust and willingness to cooperate. Communications Psychology. 3(1). 124–124.

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Tisch, J. W. G., et al.. (2025). From vastness to unity: Awe strengthens identity fusion.. Emotion. 26(2). 479–494.

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Bastian, Brock, et al.. (2024). Hormonal contraceptive use, not menstrual cycle phase, is associated with reduced interest in competition. Evolution and Human Behavior. 45(6). 106616–106616. 1 indexed citations

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Greenaway, Katharine H., et al.. (2024). Identity fusion is associated with outgroup trust and social exploration: Evidence for the fusion‐secure base hypothesis. British Journal of Social Psychology. 63(3). 1184–1206. 3 indexed citations

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Bastian, Brock, et al.. (2024). Meating of the minds: Who denies animal mind in response to the meat paradox?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3.

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Bastian, Brock, et al.. (2023). Comparing psychological distress in Australians before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Australian Journal of Psychology. 75(1). 2207667–2207667. 5 indexed citations

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Jackson, Joshua Conrad, et al.. (2023). Supernatural explanations across 114 societies are more common for natural than social phenomena. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(5). 707–717. 9 indexed citations

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Smillie, Luke D., et al.. (2023). Differential responses to ethical vegetarian appeals: Exploring the role of traits, beliefs, and motives. Journal of Personality. 92(3). 800–819. 7 indexed citations

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Bastian, Brock, et al.. (2022). The Fusion-Secure Base Hypothesis. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 27(2). 107–127. 18 indexed citations

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Gleeson, John, Dina Eleftheriadis, Olga Santesteban‐Echarri, et al.. (2020). Positive and meaningful lives: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of eudaimonic well‐being in first‐episode psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 15(5). 1072–1091. 8 indexed citations

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Dejonckheere, Egon, Merijn Mestdagh, Stijn Verdonck, et al.. (2019). The relation between positive and negative affect becomes more negative in response to personally relevant events.. Emotion. 21(2). 326–336. 38 indexed citations

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Dejonckheere, Egon, Elise K. Kalokerinos, Brock Bastian, & Peter Kuppens. (2018). Poor emotion regulation ability mediates the link between depressive symptoms and affective bipolarity. Cognition & Emotion. 33(5). 1076–1083. 27 indexed citations

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Crimston, Charlie R., Matthew J. Hornsey, Paul G. Bain, & Brock Bastian. (2018). Toward a Psychology of Moral Expansiveness. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 27(1). 14–19. 49 indexed citations

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Crimston, Charlie R., Matthew J. Hornsey, Paul G. Bain, & Brock Bastian. (2018). Moral expansiveness short form: Validity and reliability of the MESx. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0205373–e0205373. 19 indexed citations

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Dejonckheere, Egon, Merijn Mestdagh, Marlies Houben, et al.. (2018). The bipolarity of affect and depressive symptoms.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 114(2). 323–341. 81 indexed citations

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Crimston, Charlie R., Paul G. Bain, Matthew J. Hornsey, & Brock Bastian. (2016). Moral expansiveness: Examining variability in the extension of the moral world.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 111(4). 636–653. 177 indexed citations

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Harmon‐Jones, Cindy, Brock Bastian, & Eddie Harmon‐Jones. (2016). The Discrete Emotions Questionnaire: A New Tool for Measuring State Self-Reported Emotions. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0159915–e0159915. 289 indexed citations

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Bastian, Brock, Jolanda Jetten, & Laura J. Ferris. (2014). Pain as Social Glue: Shared Pain Increases Cooperation. Psychological Science. 25(11). 2079–2085. 122 indexed citations

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Bastian, Brock, Thomas F. Denson, & Nick Haslam. (2013). The Roles of Dehumanization and Moral Outrage in Retributive Justice. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e61842–e61842. 179 indexed citations

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Bastian, Brock. (2008). Psychological essentialism and social identification: Immigration from two perspectives. Asian Journal Of Social Psychology. 46. 6 indexed citations

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