Ian McGregor

6.6k total citations
45 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Ian McGregor is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian McGregor has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Social Psychology, 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ian McGregor's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (23 papers), Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (21 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (16 papers). Ian McGregor is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (23 papers), Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (21 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (16 papers). Ian McGregor collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Ian McGregor's co-authors include Brian R. Little, Kyle Nash, Mark P. Zanna, John G. Holmes, Denise C. Marigold, Paul R. Nail, Mike Prentice, Michael Inzlicht, Steven J. Spencer and Ian R. Newby‐Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Ian McGregor

44 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ian McGregor 2.6k 1.8k 875 827 768 45 4.0k
Tyler F. Stillman 2.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 603 0.7× 921 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 37 4.0k
Igor Grossmann 2.6k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 798 0.9× 758 0.9× 569 0.7× 86 4.4k
Joshua A. Hicks 2.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 507 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.6× 95 4.6k
Sara B. Algoe 3.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 562 0.6× 817 1.0× 1.7k 2.2× 64 5.1k
Nathaniel M. Lambert 2.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 406 0.5× 669 0.8× 1.6k 2.1× 62 4.5k
Natalie J. Ciarocco 1.9k 0.7× 990 0.5× 337 0.4× 801 1.0× 877 1.1× 19 3.0k
Jeff Schimel 3.2k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 553 0.6× 717 0.9× 1.5k 2.0× 47 4.1k
Ilja van Beest 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 697 0.8× 338 0.4× 773 1.0× 120 3.4k
Serena Chen 2.4k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 496 0.6× 598 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 66 4.4k
Gráinne M. Fitzsimons 2.1k 0.8× 2.1k 1.2× 468 0.5× 1.1k 1.3× 624 0.8× 64 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian McGregor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian McGregor

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All Works

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McGregor, Ian, et al.. (2022). You can't reason with them: Dismissing religious defectors as irrational. Asian Journal Of Social Psychology. 26(1). 84–98.
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Huynh, Alex C., et al.. (2017). The Wisdom in Virtue: Pursuit of Virtue Predicts Wise Reasoning About Personal Conflicts. Psychological Science. 28(12). 1848–1856. 32 indexed citations
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Alquist, Jessica L., et al.. (2017). Personal conflict impairs performance on an unrelated self-control task: Lingering costs of uncertainty and conflict. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 74. 157–160. 14 indexed citations
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Hayes, Joseph, et al.. (2015). Why bother? Death, failure, and fatalistic withdrawal from life.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 110(1). 96–115. 36 indexed citations
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McGregor, Ian, Joseph Hayes, & Mike Prentice. (2015). Motivation for aggressive religious radicalization: goal regulation theory and a personality × threat × affordance hypothesis. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 1325–1325. 28 indexed citations
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Schumann, Karina, Ian McGregor, Kyle Nash, & Michael G. Ross. (2014). Religious magnanimity: Reminding people of their religious belief system reduces hostility after threat.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 107(3). 432–453. 39 indexed citations
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McGregor, Ian, Mike Prentice, & Kyle Nash. (2013). Anxious Uncertainty and Reactive Approach Motivation (RAM) for Religious, Idealistic, and Lifestyle Extremes. Journal of Social Issues. 69(3). 537–563. 61 indexed citations
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Nash, Kyle, Michael Inzlicht, & Ian McGregor. (2012). Approach-related left prefrontal EEG asymmetry predicts muted error-related negativity. Biological Psychology. 91(1). 96–102. 54 indexed citations
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Nash, Kyle, Ian McGregor, & Mike Prentice. (2011). Threat and defense as goal regulation: From implicit goal conflict to anxious uncertainty, reactive approach motivation, and ideological extremism.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 101(6). 1291–1301. 68 indexed citations
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McGregor, Ian, Kyle Nash, & Mike Prentice. (2010). Reactive approach motivation (RAM) for religion.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 99(1). 148–161. 66 indexed citations
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McGregor, Ian, et al.. (2010). Anxious uncertainty and reactive approach motivation (RAM).. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 99(1). 133–147. 155 indexed citations
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Nash, Kyle, Ian McGregor, & Michael Inzlicht. (2010). Line bisection as a neural marker of approach motivation. Psychophysiology. 47(5). 979–83. 57 indexed citations
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Randles, Daniel, Gordon L. Flett, Kyle Nash, Ian McGregor, & Paul L. Hewitt. (2010). Dimensions of perfectionism, behavioral inhibition, and rumination. Personality and Individual Differences. 49(2). 83–87. 68 indexed citations
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Schmeichel, Brandon J., et al.. (2009). Terror management theory and self-esteem revisited: The roles of implicit and explicit self-esteem in mortality salience effects.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 96(5). 1077–1087. 131 indexed citations
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McGregor, Ian, Reeshma Haji, & Sojin Kang. (2008). Can ingroup affirmation relieve outgroup derogation?. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 44(5). 1395–1401. 30 indexed citations
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McGregor, Ian, et al.. (2007). Ideological and Personal Zeal Reactions to Threat Among People With High Self-Esteem: Motivated Promotion Focus. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 33(11). 1587–1599. 74 indexed citations
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McGregor, Ian, Paul R. Nail, Denise C. Marigold, & Sojin Kang. (2005). Defensive pride and consensus: strength in imaginary numbers.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 89(6). 978–996. 94 indexed citations
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McGregor, Ian & Denise C. Marigold. (2003). Defensive Zeal and the Uncertain Self: What Makes You So Sure?. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 85(5). 838–852. 170 indexed citations
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McGregor, Ian, Mark P. Zanna, John G. Holmes, & Steven J. Spencer. (2001). Compensatory conviction in the face of personal uncertainty: Going to extremes and being oneself.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 80(3). 472–488. 379 indexed citations
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McGregor, Ian & Brian R. Little. (1998). Personal projects, happiness, and meaning: On doing well and being yourself.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 74(2). 494–512. 444 indexed citations

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