Giuliana Spadaro

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 778 citations indexed

About

Giuliana Spadaro is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Giuliana Spadaro has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 778 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Giuliana Spadaro's work include Cultural Differences and Values (7 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (5 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (5 papers). Giuliana Spadaro is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Differences and Values (7 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (5 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (5 papers). Giuliana Spadaro collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and China. Giuliana Spadaro's co-authors include Daniel Balliet, Isabel Thielmann, Jan‐Willem van Prooijen, Cristina Onesta Mosso, Haiyan Wang, Paul A. M. Van Lange, Katharina Gangl, Angelo Romano, Caspar J. Van Lissa and Jannis Kreienkamp and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Giuliana Spadaro

19 papers receiving 756 citations

Hit Papers

Personality and prosocial behavior: A theoretical framewo... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Personality and prosocial behavior: A theoretical framework and meta-analysis.
    2019 418 citations Isabel Thielmann, Giuliana Spadaro et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Giuliana Spadaro Netherlands 11 389 229 192 163 163 21 778
Kyle A. Thomas United States 6 278 0.7× 150 0.7× 130 0.7× 127 0.8× 101 0.6× 8 665
Simon Schindler Germany 19 365 0.9× 403 1.8× 288 1.5× 356 2.2× 116 0.7× 56 1.0k
Vanessa K. Bohns United States 18 424 1.1× 391 1.7× 220 1.1× 69 0.4× 145 0.9× 41 903
Tenelle Porter United States 14 321 0.8× 354 1.5× 81 0.4× 123 0.8× 79 0.5× 33 831
Tobias Rothmund Germany 20 824 2.1× 415 1.8× 257 1.3× 160 1.0× 103 0.6× 58 1.2k
Jeremy Burrus United States 19 213 0.5× 344 1.5× 102 0.5× 193 1.2× 122 0.7× 53 1.1k
Kate A. Ratliff United States 19 588 1.5× 331 1.4× 135 0.7× 70 0.4× 71 0.4× 55 953
Clayton R. Critcher United States 17 513 1.3× 408 1.8× 284 1.5× 101 0.6× 106 0.7× 39 1.1k
Michał Białek Poland 15 326 0.8× 329 1.4× 479 2.5× 73 0.4× 72 0.4× 64 866
Amanda Williams Canada 16 392 1.0× 305 1.3× 169 0.9× 114 0.7× 42 0.3× 36 859

Countries citing papers authored by Giuliana Spadaro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Giuliana Spadaro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giuliana Spadaro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Giuliana Spadaro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Giuliana Spadaro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Giuliana Spadaro. Giuliana Spadaro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spadaro, Giuliana, Angelo Romano, & Cristina Onesta Mosso. (2025). [Contribution to the Italian validation of the Chronic Illness Anticipated Stigma Scale (CIASS)]. 39(1). 49–55.
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Prooijen, Jan‐Willem van, et al.. (2025). Suspicious of AI ? Perceived autonomy and interdependence predict AI ‐related conspiracy beliefs. British Journal of Social Psychology. 64(2). e12883–e12883.
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Spadaro, Giuliana, et al.. (2024). Institutions and cooperation: A meta-analysis of structural features in social dilemmas.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 129(2). 286–312. 1 indexed citations
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Prooijen, Jan‐Willem van, et al.. (2024). Coping capacity attenuates the effect of natural disaster risk on conspiracy beliefs. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 97. 102363–102363. 5 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Giuliana, et al.. (2023). Identity and Institutions as Foundations of Ingroup Favoritism: An Investigation Across 17 Countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 15(5). 592–602. 4 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Giuliana, et al.. (2022). The Cooperation Databank: Machine-Readable Science Accelerates Research Synthesis. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 17(5). 1472–1489. 23 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Giuliana, et al.. (2022). Cross-cultural variation in cooperation: A meta-analysis.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 123(5). 1024–1088. 22 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Giuliana, Catherine Molho, Jan‐Willem van Prooijen, et al.. (2022). Corrupt third parties undermine trust and prosocial behaviour between people. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(1). 46–54. 18 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Giuliana, et al.. (2022). Gender differences in cooperation across 20 societies: a meta-analysis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1868). 20210438–20210438. 19 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Giuliana, et al.. (2022). Did cooperation among strangers decline in the United States? A cross-temporal meta-analysis of social dilemmas (1956–2017).. Psychological Bulletin. 148(3-4). 129–157. 10 indexed citations
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Romano, Angelo, Giuliana Spadaro, Daniel Balliet, et al.. (2021). Cooperation and Trust Across Societies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 52(7). 622–642. 39 indexed citations
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Prooijen, Jan‐Willem van, Giuliana Spadaro, & Haiyan Wang. (2021). Suspicion of institutions: How distrust and conspiracy theories deteriorate social relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology. 43. 65–69. 81 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Giuliana, et al.. (2021). Self-Interest Bias in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between the United States and China. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 52(7). 663–679. 6 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Giuliana, Katharina Gangl, Jan‐Willem van Prooijen, Paul A. M. Van Lange, & Cristina Onesta Mosso. (2020). Enhancing feelings of security: How institutional trust promotes interpersonal trust. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0237934–e0237934. 81 indexed citations
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Bagnis, Arianna, Alessia Celeghin, Matteo Diano, et al.. (2020). Functional neuroanatomy of racial categorization from visual perception: A meta-analytic study. NeuroImage. 217. 116939–116939. 18 indexed citations
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Thielmann, Isabel, Giuliana Spadaro, & Daniel Balliet. (2019). Personality and prosocial behavior: A theoretical framework and meta-analysis.. Psychological Bulletin. 146(1). 30–90. 418 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spadaro, Giuliana, Angelo Romano, & Cristina Onesta Mosso. (2017). [Italian contribute to the CIASS validation].. PubMed. 39(1). 49–55. 2 indexed citations
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Spadaro, Giuliana, et al.. (2017). Menstrual Knowledge and Taboo TV Commercials: Effects on Self-Objectification among Italian and Swedish Women. Sex Roles. 78(9-10). 685–696. 14 indexed citations
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Romano, Angelo, Ugo Merlone, Cristina Onesta Mosso, & Giuliana Spadaro. (2016). On the Role of Group Size in Social Dilemmas. 11(1). 3–18. 1 indexed citations
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Abbate, Costanza Scaffidi, Stefano Boca, Giuliana Spadaro, & Angelo Romano. (2014). Priming Effects on Commitment to Help and on Real Helping Behavior. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 36(4). 347–355. 11 indexed citations

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